a.
TWILIGHT.
The soft voluptuous opiate shades.
The sun just gone, the eager light dispelled-
(I too will soon be gone, dispelled),
A haze—Nirvana—rest and night—oblivion.
—Walt Whitman in The Century.
A. WESTERN IIDYL.
Duke (short for Marmuduke) Ridge pulled
up a very dusty broncho in front of “ Ben-
ton’s” and looked about him ruefully. Ben-
ton’s was a rough story-and-a—half structure,
built of logs and slabs, standing on the bank
of the Arkansaw river, thirty miles from
Grey Earth City, Duke’s destination. A
“shanty” boat was drawn up at the rude
landing place, and three hard looking sub-
jects were smoking on the deck. Behind the
house were thick forests, sloping upward till
they blended into indistinctncss with the
cloud mists that Were sweeping downward
from the mountain summits.
“A blasted tenderfoot dude—that’s what he
is, you kin bet your sweet life, Jim 1” said a
very audible voice.
And the speaker, a. heavily built young
man, wearing a faded red shirt and high
boots, into which the legs of his trousers were
tucked, expectorated violently over the rail, '
as though to show his contempt for the new-
comer, who, having turned, was eyeing him
steadily. .
“I beg your pardon,” remarked Duke,
mildly, “but will you please step ashore and
repeat that remark?”
For, as his friends could have told you, the
young college athlete was one whose quick
temper and utterly fearless disposition never
was known to let an insult pass unnoticed.
Buck Cummings, the youngest and most
notorious desperado in western Arkansaw,
was momentarily paralyzed at the speaker‘s
audacity. But he pulled himself together in
another instant, as Duke Ridge coolly began
taking off his coat.
“Repeat itl” he said, with a hoarse chuckle,
that was echoed by his two companions.
IlWelllI__
But checking the vituperative epithets
which began escaping his lips, Buck drew
his revolver from its holster and handed it to
one of the men beside him.
“I might forgit myself an’ blow a hole
through him before I mash him I” he re-
marked.
Then, springing ashore, Buck confronted
his youthful antagonist, who, with his guard
held low, left foot advanced, head turned a
trifle to the right and keen gray eyes fixed
unswervingly on Buck Cummings’ bloodshot
orbs, stood coolly awaiting the onset.
Now, I do not purpose going into detail.
It is enough to say that Buck Cummings‘
mad onrush was met with what the fancy
term a “left upper cut,” and, caught severely
under the chin, he was nearly lifted from his
feet and sent toppling over the bank down
on the deck of the shanty boat.
“In here—quickl” cried a clear female
voice behind him. .
Turning quickly, Duke saw a young and
remarkably'pretty girl holding open the door
of the building behind him. It was lucky be
obeyed unquestioningly; for scarcely had the
door closed behind him and a heavy oak bar
been dropped into place at the top (or bot-
tom) than two sharp reports from without
were followed by the thud of two bullets.
which buried themselves deep into the plank-
Ing.
“They’ve only been waiting for an excuse
to open fire,” said a tall, resolute looking wo-
man, the only other occupant of the plainly
furnished room.
“What is it all about?” demanded Duke,
greatly bewildered.
The girl’s sweet face, framed in masses of
short, curly black hair, crimsoned painfully
as she glanced at the woman by the window.
“It’s Buck Cummin’s,” said the tall woman,
who was Mrs. \Villiam Brant, pretty Kitty’s
stepmother, “an’ he’s purtendin’ to be dead
in love with my Kit here, which would nigh
as soon hev a rattler or a horned frog round
her. He knowed my old man was away to
the settlement fer stores, an’ tuk the chance
fer to make us a call. Kit she slammed the
door into his face this mornin’, an’ it’s been
kep’ barred ever since till jes’ now.”
All the while Mrs. Brant was speaking her
sharp eyes were following the movements of
the men without as she stood by the 'one
window.
“But I fear I have placed you in danger!”
exclaimed Duke, glancing with respectful
admiration at the young girl.
“There won’t be no grc’t of trouble,”
grimly returned Mrs. Brant. “Buck Cum-
min’s won’t dust show his face inside the
door now there’s a man round the premises,
an’ he ain’t goin’ to wait till John gits back;
there's an old gredge betwixt ’em, an‘ he
knows John swore to shoot him on sight.”
This was an entirely new phase of exist- ,
enceto Duke Ridge. His father, a wealthy
Chicagoan, had bought into a large cattle
ranch in southern Missouri, toward which
Duke was making his way by easy stages, cn-
jnying the novelty of his ever changing sur-
roundings with the kccnest possible zest.
Buck Cummings and his two companions
had withdrawn to the “shanty heat,” so that
Mrs. Brant, putting down her rifle, became
communicative after the manner of women
in the west leading lives completely isolated
from society.
Thus Duke learned that Kitty’s mother——
Mr. Brent’s first,wife——was an English lady
of good family, and that Kitty herself had
had advantages of good society and schooling
before the misfortunes which had sént Mr.
Brant into the wilderness, where he had given
Kitty a stepmother.
The sun went down, and neither did the
boat pull out from the bank, nor was the
welcome roll of the wheels of John Brant’s
tilted wagon heard approaching the house.
“I’m going to try to find out what those
fellows are up to,” said Duke, at length;
“for I feel sure that they are planning some
sort of mischief.”
“If you think you won’t come to grief
noways,” rather doubtfully remarked Mrs.
Brant.
“You had better take father's spare rc-
volver,” suggested Kitty.
But Duke unwisely declined, and slipping
through the partly open door, stole to the
bank under cover of the darkness.
The boat was like an ordinary “flat,” the
“shanty” or cabin being at the stern, raised
some three feet above the flush deck. In the
end fronting the bow was the one window or
aperture intended for a small, narrow sash.
Through this came the light of a smoking
cabin lamp, acloud of tobacco smoke and the
murmur of voices. Creeping over the rail,
Duke wormed himself along the dirty deck
to the square opening.
“Wot’s the use waitin’ a hour longer?” one
of the trio, an ill favored, black bearded fel~
low addressed as Ben was saying. “If you’re
so set on carryin’ oil? the gal an’ marryin’ her
outer hand, whether she’s willin’ or not, why
not set to work one time well’s another,
Buck?”
“That blasted tenderfoot, comin’ so onex-
pected, has kinder upset my calc’lations,”
growled Ciunmings, filling a cracked mug
threequarters full of fiery corn whisky from
a jug on the table before them and swallows-
ing it at a draught.
“He don’t count,” contemptuously put in
Jim Brady. “He don’t even kerry a gun
slung to him. I say as Ben docs.” he went
on —“there ain’t no use of Waitin’a hour, no
more a. half hour. - Old man Brant is adayrl’
on the perarie with a tall through his skull,
au’, ’ceptin’ the tenderfoot, thar’s only the
two women in the shebang. I say, less make
a move, if we’re gwine to.” ,
Duke could hardly trust the evidence of
his own cars. ' Brant dead, and these villains
deliberately purposing a young girl’s abduc-
tion and a forcible marriage with the low
brewed, blonde moustached young desperado
almost within reach of his hand!
“All right. then,” responded Cummings,
rising to his feet; “and mind, you two
fellers, before the door is smashed in or a
thing done, I calc’late to take a snap shot
through the winder at young tenderfoot.”
Duke began to think it high time to with-
draw. Softly rising, he was tiptoeing to the
rail, when his foot caught in the mooring
rope, and down he went with a tremendous
thump. Before he could regain his feet, two
of the men were on him, and five minutes
later he was lying, gagged and bound, on the
top of the shanty, in such a position that by
the light of the moon he could distinctly see p
everything that was going on.
“When we come back with the girl, I’ll
settle your hash, my young bamtaml” said
Cummings, exultantly. -
And then the three left poor Duke to his
own reflections and stepped ashore.
Duke’s feelings, as, lying bound and help-
less, he watched the villainous trio approach
the door of Brant’s dwelling, cannot well be
put into words. Though he himself had
everything to live for, his own fate seemed
comparatively of small moment as he thought
of the living death awaiting the young girl.
And he ground his teeth in impotent wrath
as he saw Buck Cummings draw back the
butt of his gun, as though to drive it through
the panels of the door. But, to his great sur-
prisc, the door was thrown open before a
blow was struck. The river was swollen by
the ruins, and the deck of the boat lay nearly
on a. level with the top of the little blufl’.
And the house itself was not twenty feet
from its edge.
So, from where he lay, Duke could see by
thefiflood of light that streamed through the
door that Mrs. Brant and daughter appeared
to welcome, rather than repel, the invaders.
And, on silhouette, against the background
of light, he noticed a black bottle standing
on the table. All this was torture to poor
Duke, particularly when he saw Buck Cum-
mings, the only one of the trio who appeared
to bearmed, lean his gun against the wall
and drop heavily upon a. stool, in which ex-
ample he was followed by the other two.
The. clinking of glasses, blended with
hoaIso laughter, reached his bewildered ears,
and Duke was beginning to wonder whether
the whole were not some part of a terrible
nightmare, . when all at once he saw the
young girl steal from the open door. Seizing
the ax, which stood by the chopping block
in the yard, she ran directly toward
jooJIing bagkasshg digpo. _ _- __ _ _
the boat, .
The reason was obvious. A moment later,
Duke, whose heart was beating almost to
suffocation, was conscious that Mrs. Brant
had snatched Cummings’ rifle from its place
and followed her daughter.
“Quick, mother!”
And as Mrs. Brant sprang aboard the
shanty boat Kitty severed the mooring line
with two quick blows of the ax. Then,
seizing a setting pole, the plucky girl pushed
the bow into the stream, and, as the swiftx
current swung the shallow craft clear of the
bank, she dropped the pole and ran to the
tiller.
The whole affair had been cleverly planned
and so swiftly carried into execution that be-
fore the three men were fairly out of the
house their boat was a dozen yards out in
the turbid current, which was beginning
to sweep it downward with considerable
. force.
Tall and barcheaded, Mrs. Brant stood
holding the cocked rifle in readiness, while a
grim smile was visible on her careworn visage
as the three men, rushing wildly along the
river bank, raved and swore and threatened
terrific improbabilities.
“We’ll burn your old shebang down if you
don’t head the boat inter the bank!" yelled
Jim Brady, clutching madly at his hip.
Alas! the heavy pistol which usually was
- so handy lay with those of the other two on
the rude table in the boat’s cabin.
“It’s time John was home; he’ll hev a word
to say about that," retorted Mrs. Brant,
whose faith in her husband’s fighting powers
were evidently of the firmest kind.
“Give him my love when you see him!”
shouted Jim Brady, mockingly. “I’m sorry
to hev to say that Buck here got the drop on
Lin this mornin’ at South Bend forks, an’
he’s a-layin‘ under the wagin deader’n”—-—
It was not the cry of horror escaping the
lips of the young girl in the stern that
checked the further utterance of the brutal
speaker. No! It was the sudden conscious-
ness that unwittingly he had sealed Buck
Cummings’ fate.
“You feel!” fiercely exclaimed the latter,
turning savagely. -
But before Jim Brady could pull him out
of range the ringing crack of a rifle echoed
through the ravines, And Buck Cnnmiings
fell dead, with a ball through his brain.
Crack!
And Jim Brady himself clapped his hand
to his shoulder with a yell of pain, while the
third man dropped to the ground and crawled
into a bunch of cottonwood.
Mrs. Brant mechanically recovered her
rifle, pushed out the empty shells and snapped
the lever back to place.
“An eye fer an eye an’ a tooth fer a tooth,”
she muttered, vacantly. . .
And then, apparently noticing Duke’s un-
pleasant position for the first time, she re-
leased him at once. After which the poor
woman laid down the rifle, and, seating her-
self on deck, buried her face in her hands
and gave way to a burst of the wildest grief.
Duke took the tiller from the hands of the
weeping girl, who joined her mother, and
together their tears were blended for the
husband and father, while D uke looked on
with a sympathizing face. .
t. :2: t- it t :1:
One year from that eventful evening, Duke
Ridge took to himself awife, and when I last
heard from him he was living on his father’s
ranch literally “in clover."
Pretty Kitty adores her young husband,
and Mrs. Brant, who comes and goes at will,
allows that Duke “ain’t no slough—in fact,
is considerable of a. rustler, considel‘in’ he
comes from She-cago.”—Harry Hale ln Phil
adelphia Saturday Night.
THE FIRST FATAL. STEP.
The Results of Committing ~on Indlscre-
tion in (he ‘.’n.y 01‘ Elegant Attire.
A friend of mine who is mther violently
disturbed over the matter of his personal ap—
pearance, in discussing the matter the other
day, placidly remarked:
“Frank R. Stockton once wrote a story
about a man who bonghta Queen Anne grate,
and was then lured on from one purchase to
another under the spell of the decorative
craze until he was obliged to build a Queen
Anne cottage to match his belongings. The
man who falls a victim to clothes does it a
good deal in the same way, and Stockton
ought to be able to write a corking good
story about a poor wretch who goes oil? in a
sudden flight of vanity and extravagance
and purchases a pair of overgaiters, from
which he is led on to be a monumental and
stupendous fop.-
“It is when man commits his first indiscre-
tion in the way of the elegancies of attire
that his downfall begins. If you are dressed
in rough clothes and heavy boots you will.
look as well, as long as your attire is in bar-
mony. but the very instant you buy a pair
of orergaitcrs you observe that your trousers
Iookabit frayed at the bottom. You buy
new ones. Then you find that you want to
have them ironed to bcin the style. They
are ironed. After this the conviction is
slowly but surely forced upon you that the '
shoes are not quite up to the standard of
gaiters. ' You buy new shoes, and patent
leather ones, of course, as there is no use
going half way. By this time there is no
shadow of doubt that the coat looks rusty,
and after you have bought a new coat and
vest, you find that a fancy waiscoat is almost
as necessary as food. You buy the waist-
coat. Then after a short struggle, you me
obliged to admit that smooth bosomed shirts
are by no means in harmony with the rest of
your attire. Hence, pique and ribbed fronts,
huge cuffs, high collars. After this, expen
sive cravats, and, finally, if you are not very
careful, a fierce and ungovernable yearning
for a single glass. .
“This is the place to draw the linc, though
it is not always drawn by the well dressed
men of New York. Then you want a rose in
your buttonhole, and finally sally forth with
the latest beaver hat and the rcddcst oi ‘
gloves, and feel yourself completely dressed.
Then the trouble is that by the time all this
i] accomplished, you suddenly discover that
the over g iters look a little bit frayed.
Then the boots need rcvarnishing and there
isa. wrinkle in the back of the coat, but
worst of all, the trousers bag a little at the
knees, and it is the unwritten law of swelldom
that by his trousers shall ye know him. From
that time on about one-third of your life
must be given up to considerations of dress,
or you will miss accomplishing what has be-
come a cherished and over mastering ambi-
tion. My advice to mankind is to beware of
the first step for fear you become a fop."-—
Blakcly Hall in Lincoln (Nob) State Journal.
Prince Bismarck at Home.
Everybody knows that the prince hardly
ever gets up before noon, unless he has to at-
tend an important parliamentary meeting.
But it must be remembered that he only goes
to bed after working till 2 a. In. every night.
In the chancellor’s bedroom a light is kept
burning all the night, numbers of mossagm,
often requiring his personal attention, being
brought in during the night. In considera-
tion OI" the late hours kept by the prince. sup- _
per is served late in the evening and seldom
finished before midnight. Besides the PrIn-
cess Bismarck Count and Countess Runtzan
partake . of almost every meal, regularly
leaving the palace at 10:45 1). m._. when
a second class cab always takes them
home. Bismarck’s birthday is always
a great feast and holiday for the serv-
ants of the house. In the kitchen a barrel of
wine is provided by Princess Bismarck, two
bands are in attendance, and the servants‘
families appear on the scene. The prince
comes down. talks with the guests and dis-
tributes sweets among the children. The
pleasant rclations between master and
servant are also evident from the fact that
the princes always gives six Easter eggs to
each of the servants.
The domestic police of the prince consists
of asergcaut and eight constables. .If the
prince is away from home four constables go
with him and four remain at the house, and
all of them are entitled to arrest any suspi—
cious person, be it at Berlin, at Friedrichs-
ruhe or at Varzin. It was at Varzin where
Bismarck’s large dog Sultan was poisoned.
The princess declared at the time that she
would make provision for life for any one
who could point out the poisoner. Sultan
was more intelligent than Tyras, but Tyres
is the more faithful of the two, and will take
food out of the hand of any member of
Prince Bismarck’s family, but never from a
servant, as one of the footmen has learned to
his regret—German Paper.
_ Cocoa. for the Voice.
“IVhat was that you drank last night after
your first song?” asked a reporter the other
day of a well known concert singer who had
taken part in a musical entertainment the
previous evening.
“How did you know I drank anything?”
“I saw you take a drink of something from
my seat in the box.”
“It was a cup of cocoa.”
“\Vhat effect does it have on the voice?"
“ItJ'csts it and soothes the vocal cords. I
always have a small spirit lamp stove in my
dressing room and before I go on the stage 1
have my maid prepare a small pot of thin
cocoa. The moment I finish Iny selection I
drink a cup of it warm—not hot, mind you—
and as a consequence my voice is seldom tired
and never is hoarse.”
“How does tea and coffee act?”
“Tea is better than coii‘ec, but neither com-
pares wit-h cocoa. 'l‘ea must be warm, and
it must not be drawn too long before it is
drank. If it stands for a certain time it be-
comes acid and does more harm than goal.
Tea should he drank without sugar, .Cofl'ee
makes one too nervous to be of much bone-
fit.”-New York Mail and EXprcss
All 0111 “'nr Horse.
Probably the only survivor of La- horses
that took part in tilt; rebellion is old Chub,
the horse ridden by Col. Galligan, of Illinois,
during the war and still in the possession of
Mrs. Galligan at Genm, Ills. Chub 1930
years old and in daily use as a carriage
DOI’SBrr'NeW York Evening World.
Tomakealong story macaw
editor or a newspaper.-Burhng.ton (Vb)
Free Press.
.-.. . ,
NORWALK GAZETTE, WEDNESDAY, IANUARY
YOUNG STUTTERE RS.
TO PREVENT OR CURE DEFECTIVE
UTTERANCES IN CHILDREN.
Sensible Advice from a Competent Au-
thorityelmportalice of Early Correc-
tion 4 Proper Respiration — Value of
Vowels and Consultants.
It is altogether. useless, nay, even in a high
degree injurious, to scold, or, worse still,
strike a child for a defective utterance or
stuttering. It is requisite that those Who
surround such a‘ fchjildgshould be most gentle
and canal: eyer‘ything "liar'sh or abrupt
stai‘tle's,‘an'd nothifig'is more. adapted to pro-
mote stuttering thanterror and fear.
»With" grown up persons or with children
between 8 and 12 years explanations or
prescribed rules may exercise a beneficial
effect; with children below 8 years this
is altogetheryuseless. Here only the means
that nature" prescribescan be applied—that-
is, imitationfirfd habili.-'_’,Whafcver a. child of
such a tender age sées or nclfrs' it imitates,
and very . often with surprlsmg fidelity.
Hence the"ereation of a dialect which is
spoken" by thefchildren just as by thepanents.
The persons s'urro’un'diiig the child are every-
thing‘ in its developmentfand it depends
principally on them- how its natural abilities
are developed and what defects make their
appearance.- ' Persons incoptact with achild
of this‘ag'e "ought not to have defects of any
kind, as; for instance, in breathhig, in the
production-of voice, in. speaking .and in lan-
guage- The? ought-not . area 10,0 rapidly.
too hastily or'in detached phases ;_the‘ child,
forced by-na‘tui'e’ to rely-on moonwal-
assume 1111 these defects; Renee let the fam— ,
ily bevery distill-that the ‘9th hears only
good’spe'aldhg; -' In“. "1‘ r' y _ . .
As soon as a mother perceives that a child
' has the habit of repaying, and Quickly re—_
peating, syllables or-letters, or, indeed, of in-
correctly pronouncing words of syllables or
letters, she must . not let this pass. by un-
noticed. yoreven,’ perhaps, laugh at the mat-
.ter' in amusement, mimicking the incorrectly
spoken words andjex'agg’e'rating the defects;
but she must with the greatest cahnness, and
without startlingithechlld by too sudden iu—
terruption, 510,le and distinctly utter in cor-
rect manner the wrongly pronounced word,
syllable-orlet‘ter, and cause the little, one to
repeat it in like manner; Let the mother,
however, be careful not to do this with a
forced distin‘ctnem‘of utterance, for, as the
child" Will imitate. her, it will now {all into
the error {of aflectution, which will increase
justas'm'u‘ch', as any other'defect; '_If the
mother-has failed .to understand’thchhild, let
her cause it slowly to repeat its words, 111- _
ways, however, without startling it by too
sudden or violent commands. and let her
make it a rule never to comply with the wish
of a child which it has not clearly and dis-
tinctly uttered. A story is told of a mother
who cured her child of stuttering by forcing
it to pronounce everything in a long drawn,
almost singing, manner. For instance:
“Pl-ea-se 1-e-e m—e h-lerO a—n a-pple.” Not
until the child had thus spoken was its wish
complied with. Such positive determination
is absolutely indispensable to mothers and
teachers.
Though, as I have already said, rules and
laws are of no avail In the case of a child of
from 8 to 6 or 7 years, yet it must be accus-
tomed to a certain fixed manner of utterance.
Above all, it must be accustomed always to
take breath before beginning to speak,
whereby it gains air, time and tranquility
to speak. When a person wishes to speak he
must first take breath. This the child usu-
ally fails to do; it begins with half filled,
sometimes with nearly empty lungs, to ex-
press its thoughts, and hence, of course, is
forced after one or two words to take breath
convulsively in order to continue to speak—
for instance: “If you (a pant for air) want to
go there, etc.” This injurious manner of respi-
ration is very prevalent among vivacious
children of from 3 to 5 years. If this defect
of speech be not broken, many defects, prin-
cipally among them stuttering, will ensue in
time. It is, therefore, just at this age that a
child requires to be treated with the greatest
attention, love and patience, and must not be
left to itself in the development of its speech.
A very good means of training a child to
speak properly, as indeed to concentrate its
wandering thoughts, is to tell it stories. Let
the mother relate little stories to the child,
using only easily understood words, short
sentences, which can be comprehended by the
child, and let her, ere coming to the end of
the tale, cause the child to repeat part after
part slowly and distinctly, being careful to
notice every mistake of the child in breath-
ing and speaking, as well as in the language
itself, and to correct every phonetic defect in
-.I pleasant and gentle manner, not allowing
the slightest mistake to pass unnoticed. In
this manner, relating and being related to,
let the story be brought to a close.
If it is particularly difficult for the child
to utterly correctly certain words, syllables
or lottcls, let the mother repeat these slowly,
oudly and distinctly (though not in a forced
manner) until the child can pronounce them
correctly. Let the mother be careful that
the vowels are always pronounced clearly—
that is, with the correct vowel shades and
with the necessary duration—and the con-
sonant sounds are made short but decided.
The letters of the alphabet (vowels and con-
sonants) require a certain time for their
formation and must have a certain duration
in speech. ' The vowel is the carrier of sound;
on it we must tarry when it becomes neces-
sary; upon it we must put every degree of
emphasis, 'every shade of accent, for it is the
expression of our feeling. It is the body of
the language. The consonant is only -the
dress. Both must be rightly produced in or-
der to obtain the right results, and, as a
behutiful body in an ugly dress loses much
of its beauty, aye, is often disfigured, so it is
with a syllable ora word the vowels of which
are falsely or defectively created. The great-
est faults in speaking are too great an ex-
penditure of strength and too long a dura-
tion of time in the creation of the con-
sonants. and too short a. duration of time,
lack of strength and neglect to give the
vowel shades in the creation of the vowels.
It is very injurious to a child inclined to
stutter if its questions-and it puts many,—
arc either not answered at all or very impa-
tiently. The child finally becomes imbued
with a sort of reluctance to put any ques-
tions, withdraws into itself and forgets to
question and consequently to speak at all.
Persons whose task it is to be with children
and instruct them must in such cases never
become impatient and irritated, and repel the
child in a quick and angry manner, but must
give a loving and clear explanation to its
querie=. It will, perhaps, be said that it is
not always possible for a mother to do this,
and 'et thousands of mothers—mothers truly
wort y of imitation—have done it, and thou-
sands will do it in time to come; for the future
of a child is based on the first eight years of
its life, which lie altogether in the mother’s
hands. If this ‘ of a child’s life (from
3 to 8 years) allowed to pass with-
out proper Klucation in the utterance of
h; if the child, who at first shows only
slight traces of stuttering, he suffered to do
velop fully into a stutterer, then it will have
to undergo the long, tedious cure which re-
quires six, ten, fifteen months and even more
time, and .which is infinitely troublesome and
wearisome to pupil and teach‘eI‘.—Oskar
Guttnmu in Babyhood. -
Tobacco to Venezucm.
An impression seems to prevail abroao that
the ladies of Venezuela, being direct descend-
ants of the Spaniards, are great smokers. I
have made particular inquiries, but have
found the contrary to be the case. How c« mld
it be different 3 The curaqucnnas show such
excellent taste and so much refinement that
they could not possibly stoop to such viceS.
It seems, however, that certain elderly ladies
occasionally enjoy a good cigar when among
themselves, but never in the society of gentle-
men. Probably they would indulge in it a
little more if cigars and tobacco were better
in Venezuela. But there are no good cigars
to be had.
The native tobacco, although grown in
large quantity, is far below the average, and
Havana cigars are very expensive. or vig -
rettes, American ‘or Turkish are almost 1111-.
known, and but those of Havana make are
used, Among the women of the lower classes
cigarette smoking is far more common, and
women of a certain, or, to express it more
plainly, of an uncertain, age indulge a great
deal in cigar smoking. A curious and very
general'habit among them is smoking cigars
inverted, with the burning end inside the
mouth. I have seen this frequently in the
West India Islands, at Curacao, and among
the women of Venezuela, but I never noticed
men indulging in this risky-practice. They
say cigars taste much better if smoked in this
way, but I must leave it to the readers to de-
cide for themselves—E. De Home WaI-tegg
in New York Sun. ‘
Not a Good Juror.
A man whose sole duty in life is to obey
orders does not make a good nor a fair juror.
He does not know how to weigh evidence as
the mechanic, or the blacksmith, or. the
skilled laborer does. He is not accustomed to
exercising his own judgment. Somebody
else has been doing the most of his thinking.
And if he entertains a doubt about anything
be naturally looks to the man in power to set
him right, That comes to be instinctive in
him as a result of his business education. Of
course the state‘s attorney or his representa-
tive is looked upon by a man like this as the
agent of all that is good and just, The law:
yer for the poor scamp who has otten' into
trouble is an enemy of society, he trouble
with many of our juries is that they are not
impartial, because they fall intofa way of re-
garding themselves as a corps of assistants to
the pposecntor and the state—Chicago Her-
Teeumsch and the Minstrels,
Gen, Sherman is very fond of g miustvel
show. He listens earnestly to the jokes "Id
laughs heartily at the points made by Bones
and Sambo. Usually he is in a box with some
of his family. with whom he chats hem
the acts—lien York Evening 811.!!-
I
AT CHIGKAMAU GA.
A- BIT OF EXPERIENCE WHICH TWCI
MEN WILL REMEMBER.
What Happened to a Federal Artillery-
man—Making Friends with a. “founded
Confederate—Robbed by Ghouls—A
Close Call—ln_tlIe Swamp.
Miles P. Cook, of Flint, Mich, went to the
front during the rebellion in the Twenticth
Ohio Battery, and had an experience at the
battle of Chickamauga which he will ever
remember. He says:
“On the first day of the fight our battery
was charged time after time, but we repulsed
the Confederates each time until about mid-
afternoon. A raw regiment was then brought
up to act as support for the battery, and at
the very first charge they fled in wild disor-
der. “’9 were left stark alone on open
ground, and though we gave them double
charges of canister the Confederate lines
swept right up to our guns and over us. I
was shot in the arm and leg, and was left ly-
ing on the ground with scores of others when
the guns were drawn off.
“As soon as I could look around me I
found that the man on my right, who was
wounded in the hand, shoulder and thigh,
was a‘Confederate. He was a member of the
Ninth Alabama infantry—one of the charg-
ing regiments—and his name was A. R. Car-
tor. There were other Federal and Confed-
erate wounded around us, and the ground
was covered with dead men and horses. I
dressed Carter’s wounds and be dressed mine,
and with the roar of battle around us we be-
came the best of' friends. None of the .
' wounded were removed that night, and early
next day the ghouls began to appear. I saw
a number ,of Confederates rObbiug the dead
and wounded, and by and by a‘membcr of
Hood’sTexan rangers approached us. I had
on‘ii‘pair of newbootsof fancy make, and
nahe came up he ordered me to pull them
off. I replied that I was wounded and could
not do it. He remarked that he would have
them off in a jiffy, and be seized my foot
and drew the boot oil‘ in a rough manner. The
other leg was the wounded one, and as he
grabbed my foot I cried out with the pain. I
was then braced up against a bank of earth
in a sitting position, and the wound had be-
come very painful. Carter reproved the
ranger for his want of feeling, and with an
oath he dropped my foot and picked up a
musket with a bayonet attached.
A cnosn CALL.
“I behave he meant to kill me, but as he
thrust at me the bayonet passed through my
right hip and entered the earth, pinning me
fast. The merciless Ranger then picked up my
foot, braced one of his feet against my body,
and pulled oil’ the boot. Everything turned
dark to me, although I did not lose conscious-
ness. He was going away with the boots
under his arm when Carter reached over and
possessed himself of a revolver from a caval-
ryman’s holster, and taking careful aim
across my legs, he sent a. bullet into the
Ranger’s back and dropped him dead in' his
tracks. I expected we would both be mur-
dered for this, but the fellow’s own comrades
came up and agreed that it served him right.
They raised me up, cleaned the bayonet of all
dirt, and then pulled it out as carefully as
possible.
“Just below us wasa bit of swamp, and
. Carter, myself and several others managed
to crawl down to it. There wasa bed of
soft, wet muck into which we burrowed
clear up to our chins, and we were there
another twenty-four hours before the Fed-
erals came to take us of! the field. The mud
bath was doubtless the means of saving our
lives, as it kept the flies away, stopped the
loss of blood, and acted as a dressing. When
they came to wash me 0113 in hospital the'
flesh about my wounds was as white as
chicken meat, and the soreness had nearly
all disappeared. Carter was taken to the
same hospital, but I never saw him after-
ward. But for him I should certainly have
been murdered by the ranger, and it was he
who revenged me. He may yet be living,
and if so I would give more to receive word
from him than I would tobe appointed a
member of the president’s cabinet.—‘—Detroit
Free Press.
rountmnlcss London.
London is a fountainlem city. It 1.; not for
want of urging; we have before now pointed
out that there are many nooks and corners in
London which would be almost beautilic-d by
the addition of a little water in an cm i cu-
tal form. “’e have, of course, the Tra 7
square squirts, but‘ they are only I:;)ll‘.u;1ics
for fountains. “'0 want somethi 11;: really
beautiful and refreshing to the eye. not that
miserable sort of thing which has g’vun the
nickname of “Squirt square” to the spa . c- be—
hind the Town hall in Birmingham. l-‘nun-
tains can be made per sc attraciivc 1.2:: 1110
more arrangement of Wilton—London G lobe.
Seen at Night.
It is surprising to be told, as vn- are by a
writer who is an experienced yachasnzan, that
dark tanned sails are much more easily dis—
tinguished at night than are white ones. The
same remark holds true of buoys, whlwh are
seen against the water and not agahlst the
sky. In their case, black can be seen fal'tlzrr
and more distinctly than white in the night
ti n19. —--Youth"s Companion.
The dead letter oflice received during the
last fiscal year 5,578,965 pieces of mail unt-
ter, 01‘ more than 18,000 per day, or an awr-
nge of 40 a minute.
Dan/nary and. Normal]? Division.
Corrected December 11111.1387.
PASSENGER 'I‘IIA I NS
govern.
Lv. Norwalk. Lv .811. Norwalk, Ar.WiIson Polnt
732nm 745mm. 752mm.
856 H 904 “ '910 u
102 “ 10 32 h 10 30 u
12 50 p. m .'. 00 p. m. 107 p. m.
439 u 460 “ 45': “
NORTH.
Lv.Wilson Point Lv.So. Norwalk. Ar. Norwalk
7 20 a. m. "I 80 a. m. 7 44 a. m.
840 “ . 920 " 025 ..
935 “ 1213p. m. l218p.m.
1140 “ 145 “ 152 “
163p.m. 515 " 519 ‘1
- 5 55 Cl 6 15 1| 6 20 0‘
W. ll. Srsvnuson, Vice-Pres. and Gen’l Manager.
F. C. PAYNE, Superintendent.
11. D. Avalon. General Ticket Agent.
new York, New Haven 8;.
Hartford Railroad.
NOVEMBER 6, 1887.
NEW YORK DIVISION.
Trains leave South Norwclk as follows:—
For New York.-—.—Accomm0(lallon trains at
5.50 6.12, 6.69.9.36, 11.45. a. m., 244,5.08. 654,834,
10.15 p. In. Expresslralns at 4.66, 5.16 (except
Mondays), 6.40, 7.23 (local), 7.43 (local), $.26 (local),
3.03 (sprlnglleld local), 10.30 (Springfield local),
11. In. ; 12.59 (Springfield local), 3.33, 446 5.51. 9.50
p. m. Washington night express. 12.66 a. In.
For New Haven and the Each—Accommo-
dation trains at 6.31, 8.46. 10.58 a. m., 1.16, 4.32,
8.29, 9.58, 11.06 p. In. Express trains at 1.22 a. In.
(Washington night express), 9.20, a. In.; 12.13,
1.43 (local), 3.05, 4.49. 5.10 (Iooals). 6.42 (Stamford
and New Haven special), 6.14 (local). 0.29 (Bridge-
port speclal),6.63 (Springfield local). 7.54 (Bridge-
port special). 11.47 p. In.; 12.21 II. In. (Boston
express).
Sundaym—AccommodalIon 8.00, 9.11 n._ m.,
and 6.51 p. In.
0. M. SHEPARD Gen. Supt.
c. '1‘. HEMPSTEAD, Gen. Pass. Agt.
I23 VIIII WANT A BIGI’GLE 1’
IF so. am: run
RUDG—E,
and all Lending Makes. or
our Bur lllllll lIl‘ Second-
Hnnd 151.3. Sold for
cash or on easy terms. Cycles
Rented by the Hour or Month.
Instruction frcc.
Sendfor Circulars.
CEO. 1?. BIIJVIEIJ.§
- to be made.Cut this out and re-
turn to us.and we will send :you
free something of great vane and
Importance to you, that Wlll start you In business,
Much Will bring you in more money right away
than anything else in this world. Any one can do
the work and live at home. Either sex: all ages.
Something new that just coins Inoney for all
workers. We 'wlll start you ; oapltal not needed.
This Is one of the genuine, important chances of a
lifetime. Those who are ambitious and enterprls-
Ing wlll not delay. Grand outfit free. Address
True I! 00., Augu.sta Mame. Hail
The “Record.”
The Norwalk Record
Is an established fact. Although barely four
months old its circulation already averages
.000 COPIES PER WEEK,
a fact which attests Its rapid rise and firm hold on
the public favor. It aims to be clean and whole-
some, and presents all the legitimate news In
readable, spicy and terse shape. Its subscrlptlon
price Is sumclently low to enable anybody to have
It without dlscardlng any other of Ihclr favorite
journals, and it prospers without encroaching
upon the prosperity of any of its excellent and
esteemed local contemporanes. as 13 shown by
the fact that It enjoys and appreciates the hearty
ood will of all—the GAZETTE, Hour, 3011mm],
Sournal and Republican.
THE RECUlIDis sent 10 any address foreIn
small sum of
76 0911133 Year; Single copies, 2 cents.
New I: the Time to Subscribe
SPECIAL TO FARMERS.
The Record
The New York Market Reports
”3'7
connncrsn yr '110 DATE.
-* fnl, blotched and Ina'lclons.
Infantile
_ Skin Diseases. .
Our-oldestchlld. now slx years of age. when an
Infant six months old was attacked with a viru-
lent, malignant. skin disease. All ordinary l'clnc-
dlcsl'aillng, we called our family physician. who
atlcmptcd to cure it; but It spread wilh almost
incredible rapidity. until the lower porlion of the
lilllc lcllow’s person, from the middle of his back
down to his knees. was one solld rash. ugly, pain-
Wc bud no rest. at.
m'
nighl,no peace by day. Finally. we were :Idv ..
10 try me CUTICUIIA REMEDIES. ’I‘Ile cll'cct was
simply marvellous. lu Illl‘Ce or four weeks a com-
plete cure was wrought. leaving the 111110 fellow’s
person as white and as healthy as though he had
never been attacked. in my oplnlon your valu-
able I‘cmedlcs saved his Me. and 10-day he is a
strong. healthy child, perfectly well, no repetition
of the disease having ever occurred.
GEO. ll. SMITH,
All’y ill Law and Ex-Pros. All’y, Ashlund. 0.
Reference: J. (I. \Vcisl, Drugglst, Ashlauld, I).
THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN.
Are born Inlo the world every day with some
cczcmulous ullccuou, such as milk crust, sciIll
head. soul-I or :lnndrull'. sure to develop “"0 an
agonizing eczema. the ltchlllg, blII'nIng, disfigur-
allon of which make life a prolonged torture un-
less properly Il‘caled.
A warm bath wnlI CUTICUIIA SOAP, an exquisite
Skin lleauliller, and a single application of CU'I‘I-
CUIIA, lhe grout Skin Care. with It Hide L‘U'I‘Icmu
liasomnnr, the new Blood l’urIlIer. ls oilcn suf—
Ilclcnt lo arrest the progress of the disease, and
point to a speedy and permanent cure.
Hence, no mother Who loves her children. who
takes pride in their beauty, purity and health, and
in llcstowIIIg on them a clllld’s greatest inherit-
ance—a skin without :I blclIllslI, and a body nour-
Ished by pure blood—should fail to make trial of
Inc CU’I‘ICUIIA REMEDIES.
Sold everywhere: l’rlcc, CUTICUIIA, 50c. ; 801 r,
250.; linsom'I-IN'I', $1. Prepared by 1110 Forum
DIIIIG AND CHEMICAL C0,. lloslon, Mass.
W'Selnl for “llowlo Cure Skill Diseases," 64
pages. 50 Illustrallons, and 100 lcsllmoninls.
BABY’S
Constitutional CataI-I-II.
No single disease has entailed more suffering or
hastened the Dreaming up 01' the collstllllll'm
more than Catarrh. The sense smell. of taste, of
slglll,ofllearing. the human voice, the mind—
onc or more, and sometimes all, yield to Its de-
structive Influence. ’I'he poison it distribules
throughout the system attacks every vital force,
and breaks-uplhe most robust of constuutions.
Ignored. because but lime undelstood. by most
physicians. Impotently assailed by quacks and
charlatuns, those sulferlng from it have lzllle hope
to be relieved of it this side of the grave, It Is
time then that the popular treatment of this
terrible disease by remedies wlthln the reach 01'-
all passed Into hands ‘at once competent and
lrustworthy. The new and hitherto untried
method adoplcd by Dr. Sanford in the prepara-
tion of his RADICAL Conn has won the hearty
approval of thousands. It is Instantaneous iII
alfording rcllei 111 all head colds, sneezing, snul-
ling and obstructed breathing. and Iapidly rc-
mosves the most oppressive symptoms, clearing
the head. sweetening the breath, restoring the
senses of smell taste and hearingLand neutraliz-
ing the constitutional tendency of the dIsease
towards the lungs, liver and kidneys.
SANl-‘ORD’S RADICAL CURE conslsls of one bottle
of the RADICAL CURE, one box of CATARRHAL
SOLVENT, and an IMPROVED INHALER; price, $1.
Porraa Dana AND Gunman. Co.. Boston.
KIDNEY PAINS,
STRAINS AND WEAKNESSES,
Relieved in one minute by that marvel-
ous Antidote 1.0 l’aln, Inflammation and
Weakness. [he Cutlcuru. AIIti-l'njn
' Plaster The first and only pain-k1 ling
\ slrenghlhening plaster. Especially
' adapted to instantly relieve and speed-
Ily cure Kidney and Uterine Pains and Weakness.
Wal'ranted vastly superior to all other plasters.
At all dl'nggisls, 25 cents: Ilvc {or $1.00; or,
postage free of Potter Drug and Chemical (20..
Boston, Mass.
.I'l‘TEMI‘lON 7:
WORKING CLASSES We are now
prepared to furnish all classes with employment at
home,Ille whole of the time, or for llIeir spare
moments. Business new, light and profitable.
Persons of either sex can earn from 50 cents to $5
per evening, and a proportional sum by devoting
all their time to the business. Boys and girls cam
nearly as much as men. That all who see Inis may
send their address, and test the business, wc make
this offer. To such who are not well satisfied we
Wlll send one dollar to pay for the trouble of writ-
Ing. Full particulars and oulllt free. Address
Skin and Scalp preserved and beauti-
lled by CUrIcmu MEDICATED SOAI'.
4, 1888.
A CHRISTMAS GIFT
WORTH HAVING.
We have our urn share
of enjoyment in the bull-
day trade, serving, a s we
do, so many happy people
who come here to buy
gifts, both 11 s c f 111 and
ornamental—ornamental
in the true sense, for what
better ornament for a man
or boy than a neat, stylish
suit or overcoat.
Then we have lots of
other things appropriate
{or gifts. Fine neckwczlr,
mufflers, handkerchiefs
and gloves, umbrellas and
canes, dressing gowns and
house coats—so substan-
tial and not unduly cx-
pensive. Can we not help
you to a choice 2
ROGERS, FEET & CO.
CLOTHES, HATS AND SHOES,
rho-mavxay and Prince St.
NEW
'Broadway and 32d 5;.
YORK.
IAIJIIION CATALOGUE MAILED FREE ON APPLICATION.
is sold by all
Mad by
C HICRGOW2/8Produce
7 .. II AIRBANK%CO
Kr Ext—hangeN.Y
George Stinson & (10.. Portland, Maine. 1352
can llve at home and make more money
at work for us, than at anything else In
Youthis world. Capital not. needed; you
ale started from Both sexes; all ages. Any one
can doihe work. Large earnings sure from first
start. Costly outllt and terms free. Better not
delay. Costs vou homing to send us your address
and find out; if yell are wise you will do so at once.
11. Hallclt .1: 00., Portland, Mame. 1y52
ENDORSED
5 Physicians. 'l'hc Clergy. ;
Bankers, Lawyers. 1
Public Speakers, ' l
in film by .
EVERY near.
‘1“ " .Illdrugglsts 25c..50c..sl.ou.
”UNSUMPTIW' Dr. Seth I-Irnold’s Sugar-
Coated Bilious l‘Ills, unequalled for Costiveness,
Jaundlce,Livel' Troubles, (to. 250. (mm
@RES @UGI’RO O
1' ._ l *5
lens,
W'HYNES: a...
liRIiBlbggdngfl
The Best Medicines Ever Invented l‘or
Perfect and Immediate Belief in Ilases 91E,
_.\
it.
.' PAIN AI‘IO II‘chLAMMATION, ,
.4 both Externally and Internally. It is safe and I ‘
3‘- ccrtaininits action. For burns.1’oisoning,12ry- ':
F: sipelas, Inflammation of the Eyes or Bowels, g:
';- Barache, Deafness, Rheumatism,1’ains in Side, “3'-
5,1- Back or Shoulders, Piles, Sore Throat, Group, §
'.. tax-Bronchitis. I’ricefl5cts.and $1.atdrnggists. “.
‘ E. MORGAN & EOES, Proprietors, Providence, 11. l. E.“
Dr. J. Miller’s Vegetable Expectorant is in- r
valuable for Coughsd‘; Colds, 35¢. a £1. at Druggists.
‘>.‘fi"-é '35.- :2' ..
‘lu.‘ ;.
Stop that Cold, Cough,
and Tickling in the 'Ihroat.
Arrest that Catarrh,Bron-
chitist or Asthma. This
Remedy relieves quickly,
Cures rmanent . It
prevents line ngh Sweats
and {lath from Consumptlups.
IDR.KILMER'S
COUCH-CURE
PTlo Er at an. mum
5““ ’V 1min! Bin hamton N.Y.
‘x 0’4 D answéxed.
, Letmof e13
~ Guide tell u: SentFree
Sold by Drug-ls“.
For sale by U. LIAl’iIAM, 11 Milli] strut-I.
4 I
can) MEDAL,PARIS,1878.
AKE '
Brahms: R’s
Gonna. '
% Warmnted absolutely pure
' Cocoa, from which the excess of
Oil has been removed. It has three
times the strength of Cocoa mixed
with Starch, Arrowreot or SngaI,
. ,- , and is therefore far more economi-
-, .1 cal. costing less than one can! a
,1 , 3' ’ .j 5 cup. It is delicious. nourishing,
'. I ’ I 1 Strengthening, easily digested. and
'1 y I j admirably adapted for invalids as
‘ g ' l ‘V ‘ well as for persons in health.
‘ Sold by Grocers everywhere.
“I. BAKER I 00., Illll‘tlltlltl‘, Mass.
MIHIELS or THE. NEW WEST. ‘
Avlvid portra al of the stupendous marvels in
the vast wonder- and west of the Missouri River. Six
Books in one Vol. comprlsln Marvels or Nature.
Marvels of Race, Marvels 0 Enterprise Marvels
of II mug. Marvels of Stock Raising, )Inrvcls of
Agricul 350 original ilne Ensrnv-
in . A perfect Picture Gallery. 11; has more
semnéfiialitics than any other book.
AG 1 ‘5 “'AN'I‘ED. A rare chance for live
Ill cuts} tomake money. Apply at once. Terms wry
ra .
THE HENRY BILL PUBLISHING 00., NonWIczI, Cr,
ture. Over
PRBTEIS‘T
\\\.‘\ xfis
WW» \
m~
YOUR
\\\.. swims
mmzwmm .
\wassmssssas
muss
Chimneys.
in. 01010111011
FITS over the top course of brlck keeping them
in place for years. No more topping of your
chimneys. 'I‘Ile Cyclone Cap prevenls down draft.
It is made of cast iron In one piece and Will last
for ever. Any one can place it. It is cheap and
very ornamental. 1n ordering always send out-
side measurement of your chimney, or number of
brick each way. Extra sizes made to order.
Man 'factured solely by the Sangatuck Iron Works
00.. Saugatuck, Conn. . 3mm)
3. L. rzttow, Agent, Norwalk.
W. E. SMITH, Agent, South Norwalk.
M. SCHWAB.
OPTICIAN and OCULIST,
g” \
WILL BE AT NORWALK.
January, 25 and 25, 1888,
A t Norwallt Hotel.
lluvlngquallflcd myself by years of hard study
In the best institutions in Europe, and having had a
practical experlence of twenty-llve years In IlIl
country. I am enabled at Ilrsl slght to adapt lense
moslapproprlatc to restore the vision to Its orlglna
vigor and cure all the various diseases of the eye
I have therefore combined my practice of an
Ocullst with that of an Optician, and ‘am now on-
abled to furnished all kinds of lenses and styles of
Spectacles and Eyc.Glasses which are made to
order under my own supervision. to suit my cum
omers’ visionary ailments.
Consultation Iii‘rée.
References—Geo. G. Bishop. Charles olIIIsIcIId
For Sale.
IIOL'IILII.‘ ISARRELLED RIFLE madeby John
. Blisselt, London. Will be sold cheap to;
ash Enquire at thlsolllce.
Grecers EDrugglsl‘s
UNAOQUAIHTED WITH THE GEOGRAPHY OF
HE COUNTRY WILL OBTAIN
MUCH USEFUL INFORMATION FROM _A STUDY OF 'l_'ll_|8' "APO! THE
CHICAGO. ROCK ISLAND 8!. PAGIFIOR’Y.
Its central position and close connection with Eastern Lines at Chicago and
continuous lines at terminal points West. Northwest and Southwest, make it the
true mid-link in that transcontinental chain of steel which unites the Atlantic
and Pacific. Its main line and branches include Chicago, J oliet, Ottawa, La. Sane,
Peoria, Geneaeo, Molina and Rock Island. in Illinois; Davenport. Muscatine.
Washington, Fairfield, Ottumwa,03kaloosa,West Liberty, Iowa City.DeaMoines,
I
on
making all transfers in Union Depots.
t, Atlantic,_1{noxvi11e, Audubon, Harlan, Guthrie Centre
and Council Bluffs, in Iowa; Gallatin, Trenton, Cameron,
St. Joseph and Kansas City. in Missouri: Leavenworth
and Atchison. in Kansas;
Minnesota; Watertown and Sioux Falls, in Dakota. and
many other prosperous towns and cities. It also offers 8.
ms to and from the Pacific Coast and intermediate places.
an' eapolis and St. Paul, in
Fast Trains of fine DAY COACHES.
elegant DINING- CARS, magnificent PULLMAN PALACE SLEEPING CABS.
and (between Chicago, St. Joseph. Atchison and. Kansas City) restful DECLIN-
ING CHAIR CARS, seats FREE to holders of through first class tickets.
THE CHICAGO. KANSAS 81. NEBRASKA R’Y
(GREAT ROCK ISLAND ROUTE)
Extends west and southwest from
Nelson, Horton, Tepeka, - ~
Wichita Caldwell. and all
interior kansas and beyond.
of the celebrated I’ullman
lasted track of heavy steel
All. safety appliances and modern improvements.
KansasCity and St. 30191511 to Fail-bury,
cw: Remington. Hutchinson.
_: pointsmsouthern Nebraska.
._ -* Entire passenger equipmert
‘1‘ .manufacture.‘ Bolidly bah
" rail. Iron andstoneb'ridges.
Commodxo‘ us. well built
stations. Celcrity, certainty, comfort and luxury
THE FAMOUS ALBERT LEA. ROUTE
, Is the moi—Isa between Chicago. Rock Island. Atehison. Kansas City, and Inn-
neapolia and St. Paul.
The tourist route to all Northern Summer Resorts. Its
Watertcwn Branch traverses the most productive lands of the great “wheat and
dairy belt” of Northern Iowa. Southwestern Minneaota'and'Eut-Central Dakota.
The short line. via Seneca and Kankakee, offers superior ‘ ’ '
facilities to travel between Cincinnati, Indianapolis. Lafan
yette. and Council Bluffs. St. J oseph, Atchison. Leaven-
worth, Kansas City, Minneapolis and St. Paul. , ,
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New York every evening at 5 o’clock; Saturdays at
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anywhere in New York or 115 riclnily.
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New York Wood Turn-ing Company.
Corner Blocks for window casings.
Balusters.
, Newels.
Plain and Double Moulded Stair Rail.
Also Flat Moulded Door and Window
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Cemetery Notice.
V R. GEORGE BARRETT has been appointed
l superintendent of the Union Cemetery
Grounds. Parties desiring graves opened, plots
fixed. eI.c.. or work of any kind done In the ceme-
Iel'y w11| apply to I'llm. He will be at the cemetery
from '1' o’clock. a. m., to 6 p. 1“,. daily, and have ,
full charge of the grounds. Per order of
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3 rl‘llE Largest and Most Ellglble Front Room on
first floor of GAZETTE Building. suitable for
' Eosmlany
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7 Ten Horse Power Boiler and six Horse Power
1 Engine for sale very cheap. EIIquIre at the
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PICTURE OF JAMES w. RILEY.
The Indiana Poet Talks About His Art
and His Method of \Vork.
James Whitcomb Riley, the western poet
and humorist, took the intellectual audience
by storm the other afternoon at Chickcring
ball when he recited his quaint lines entitlcdf
“Ithn the Frost Is on the Punkin.” Even
James Russell Lowell could not repress a.
smile, and Bunner, Eggleston, Cable and._
Richard Henry Stoddard laughed aloud.
Those who have read Mr. Riley’s poetry
would almost instantly recognize the poet, if
it Were possible for ideas topicturc in the
mind’s eye their creator. Riley is quaint and
almost homely, until he speaks. Then the veil ‘
is lifted and mirth and humor illumine his
features. He has a large, strong, smooth
shaven, mobile face. It isa humorous face
that retreats fore and aft; in other words, it
curves from forehead to chin. His large Ro-
man nose plays a strong part in the ensemble
of features. Large blue eyes, rnthcr sunken,
give a beaming expression to thin, radiating
wrinkles. When he smiles these lines fairly
glow. His hair is so thin and close cropped
that it. is not easy to distinguish it". color. It
looks. a pale sandy. He is snugly built, of
medium height, and has great suppleness in
the shoulders.
Mr. Riley is a. ready composer. .‘Ilaj. I’ond
4. ll him for an autogmph, when he sat
down and immediately wrote those lines:
It; lmin'l. no use to gI'IIIIIblc and complain.
“I 25‘ as cheap and easy to rejoice:
.-. ,, n Hull sons out tin- weather and sends rain,
\I ‘v, I'III‘II‘I: my clmiuc.
After he Sign:I his name, a. la 2-, bold
humlwriting, some other person do l'L‘il his
autograph, and this is the verse he immedi-
. j.’ wrote:
nd_ we say and we say.
N L 1 muse. engage- and do urn.
IIII :I 51.1.? Iloln tomorrow is _\'L:=Lerdlly,
And ycstcmay Is —— where?
A reporter asked him how he worked and
how he went about selecting something suit-
able for his particular style. ,llc replica: “I
have no trouble whatever to find somethin"
to write about. I cannot throw a stone bu:
that I bit a subject. They are everywhere
about, wherever I go, and I take them as I
find them. I have no special system to work
by. I always writcas I feel, and that per-
haps is the only system I have. It is useless
to force anything; it must come forth with
natural feelings and then it will strike the
right chord. A writer cannot tell every
time how he selects a theme to write about
ntlcast I cannot. Nature is spread out be:
fore us, and somehow I stumble over things
that awaken within me the instinct wd feel-
ing to write. That is finding a subject.”
“In writing your dialectic poetry do you
put it in good English and then translate it
so to speak '5” ,
“No, I do not. I imagine that the old
farmer is talking, and I for thc time am the
old farmer, writing down the thoughts that
come to me in a. homely, easy way. The ‘
; spelling and all, as the old farmer would do
. It, so do I, and I find it satisfactory as to re.
sults.”—New York Mail and Express.
Inner Circles of Swelldoln.
A census of “good society” has just been
made in this city, and it is found that of the
population of nearly two millions—counting
in the metropolis and its suburbs—only 700
are qualified to rank with the best. In a re-
public where the noiion is outrageously gc‘
neral that behavior is the true test to worthi-
ness, it requires an authoritative edict once
in a while to squelch the leveling tendency.
The Patriarchs have done the job this time.
They are an organization of intensely swell
gentlemen who give annual balls at Delmo-
nico’s, and they put what they regard as their
minds to the drawing of the line distinctly
between “society” and common people. The
Patriarchs’ next ball is to occur this month.
“'ard McAllister, an old beau of unquestioned
standing, is the high mogul. Every autumn
he maks out a careful list of ninety nine other
real gentlemen, making 100 in all. They con-
stitute the Patriarchs.
They are assessed $50 apiece for a fund
with which to pay the bull’s costs of music
and supper. Upon them is placed the awful
responsibility of issuing invitations, for the
documents are substantlnlly credentials of
the highest possible character, proving that
the holder is “in society.” Each one in the
100 names seven pc The number is
based on a careful and ice! estimate that
there are no more than 200 men and women
in all New York quite worthy of the glorious
distinction. The separate lists of seven are
sent to McAlIister, who calls a secret meet-
ing of the entire 100, to whom the names are
read, and a single vat; against a candidate is
sufficient for exclusion, all of which is funny
to the reader, but very momentous to the
small coterie of }l("1‘<Ull§ concerned. “Illen
Mrs. “'illiam Astor gusto a notable ball two
years ago she extended her invitations to 9:100,
and was by her friends considered liberal,
considering how sacred are the precincts of
“society.” Thus you will see that so far as
New York is concerned there may be an
“upper 10,000,” but towering, altitudinously
above them are less than 1,000 positive super— ‘-
latives.—New York Ger. Pittsburg Dispatch.
Offer to a. Yale Professor.
A few days previous to the Thanksgiving
game a young man who wore glasses, and
bore the appearance of being a Yale student,
entered a local ready made clothing store
and asked for a. suit of a fair material and
price. He was quickly fitted. Then came
the fun.
“Shall I send the bill to your father?” in-
quired the salesman. “Let me see, you live
in Buffalo, don’t you? I’ll fix it—say $40 or
$50. I can give you the balance in three or
four days anyway; or, if you are hard up, I'll
advance it now.”
The figures named were double what the
suit cost, and- the customer, who is one of
Yale’s youngest professors, asked the clothier
what he meant.
The clothier explained; “Oh,” he said, “I
do a great deal of that sort of thing now for
the boys, and I am willing to accouunodate
you if you want it."
The professor thanked him, szni led and said
'he thought he’d pay. rfhc merchant was, at
last accounts, unaware that his customer was
a professor, and not a student. The professor
thought the story too good to keep and told
it to some of his friends. Its cruel publica-
tion may end a clever scheme to deplete the
parental pocketbook—New Haven News.
ODDS AND ENDS.
Hay fever, Aslhma. Immediate relief.
Fontaine’s Cure. Sold by all druggists.
A lady in a Mexican suburban town
near Orizaba foil dead while waltzmv.
Lydia E. Pinkham’s “Guide to Health”
is the popular book of the season. Overa
a million coples have been issued. Mailed
fr: c upon application.
It is estimated that California has 9,600-
000 bushels of wheat available for export.
A majoriiy of the Mathusek pianos sent
out bv. the C. M. Loomis Co., are sold by.
the commendation of those who already
have one. Everybody indorses them.
Some of thcbcst blood in the land now
runs through the mosquitoes’ veins.
Asthma, Bronchitis, Consumption.
Foniaine’s Cure relicvcsa cold in 12 hours.
Sold by druggists. and I. A. Meeker, 11
Main Sll'cct, Norwalk.
The Hudson Rivcr ice crop will_be very
large this season.
For any case of nervousness, sleepless
ness, weak stomach, indigestion, dyspep-
sia, tl'v Carter’s Little Nerve Pills. _Relicf
is sure. The only nerve medicine for the
price in market. ,
A new thing in socks—A baby IIII'CC
(lays old.
It is a rarity these days to find a really
reliable article, but Sperry and Barnes’
Hams arc Without doubt, the best in the
world. If you want pine kettle lard, ask
for Sperry and Barnes’. Every reliable
grocer keeps these goods in stock.
It is said that hair dressers are being
fast supplanted by women.
If you feel as llIough water was gather-
ing around the heart, (hoIIrI-dropsy), or
have heart-rheumatism, palpitation of the
heart with suIIocaIion, sympathetic heart
trouble, Dr. Kilmcr’s Ocean-Weed regu-
lates, corrects and cures. For sale by C.
Lapllaln, Main street.
If you want to keep the flow of Inilk up,
always milk clean.
Glad tidings. Relief and cure of throat
and lung diseases. Fontainc’s Cure is
guaranteed to cure a cold in 12 hours
For sale by I. A. Meeker, 11 Main Street,
Norwalk.
No, my son, cars provided with bunks
are not necessarily carbunkles.
A Generous FiI‘m.—Wc are informed
that the proprietors, Messrs A. P. Ol'dway
& 00., recently sent three dozen of their
reliable medicine, Sulphur Bitters. to the
Catholic Home for the Aged, which is
highly appreciated by Ille directors and
Inmates. “As we sow, so shall we reap.”
—E(litor Catholic Union.
It is pretty certain that we shul have
large importations of English potatoes
this year.
Every nervous person should try Cur-
teI"'s Little Nerve Pills. Tllcym'e made
especially for nervous and dyspeptic men
and women, and just the medicine nccdu
ed by all persons who, from any cause, do
not sleep wall, or who fail to get proper
strength from their food. Cases of ‘wcak
stomach. indigcslion, dyspepsia, nervous
and sick headache, etc. readily yield to
the use of the Little Nerve Pills, particu-
laI-l y if combined with Carter’s LivonPilIs.
In vials at 25 cents.
About 100 squalling babies have been
named after the president of the United
times.
Yours forlllealth
11.3.11? ‘ well: 53"
slim-laws
.VEBE‘I'ABLE
F'oriALL' of those Painful
‘ Delicate Complaints and
com Iicaled troubles and
We' nesses so common
among our Wives. Mothers,
. and Daughters.
. 133'er 10 In:
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xovrs 1mm, m reigns. caAvnm ton smu-
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moconnuu mm 'Aermon‘s rAssnnwitlIout 2.1m.
Phys‘lclans "81 1t and Prescribe It.
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WEARV W0 EN PRAISE IT.
Its purpose a solely fo the legitimate Malina of dis-
ease and the Midofpain,::ld It docs and: claims to do.
It will cure entirely all Ovarian or muffin! troll-bl“.
Inflammationand Ulccrati’ ,ramnyandDisplaccmentn;
and consequent Spinal witness, and ‘9 particularly
adapted to the Change 0 ,Life. ,
All ANGEL OF MERCY.
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man 17mm: or name DOWN, cAIJsxxe rAIs, mom:
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MRS. PINKHAM’B LIVER PILLS con: CoxsmA'I-Ios,
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tumors
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gl‘olm GBEAII.
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It is the only preparation in the
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which cannotbo obtained bynn other, even b lhedsngerous use of
finale. it II unequaled as a milder of e hand-.refinlnz '3’”
In Indmlklngltsoft, clear and whlte. Witch Hazel Toilet Cream
Is not} paint or powder used In cover up thoim urltles of the skin,
but nremedy that heals perfectly nml converts the same to enviable
benntv. Price oftlflpl box 956. For Sale BY 'A LL DRUGGISTS.
WITGII IUIIEI- III'AE‘I 60. GIINTGNVIIIE CONN.
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For Liver. Bllc. Indigestion, etc. Free from Mery
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It will drive the Humorfromyour
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The First and Only Starch I"
“1an have :1 practical linox
laundry profession. It requires 1:
kce stir: iron from. sticking and linen from I . .
whi eireuing. and gives shirts. cuffs and is
stiffness and. beautiful polish they have when .n
which. everybody knows keeps them clean two
long. Beware of imitations. See that the II
.1‘. C. HUBINGER 85 BROS" New Haven. Conn
on cvcrv package. SOLD BY ALL GROCERS.
IN CONNECTION WITH THIS STLRCII USE
BLEACH! G EIIIIIE
the Latest. Cheapestand Best preparation yet discov-
ered for bleaching-linen. It invariably makes your
clothes snowy white. Ask your grocer for it.
George ‘F. Quintard
—llasopened 3—-
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N0. 5 Wall Silael,
Opposite to J. It. 6115’ Furniture Rooms.
Everything new and fresh. and will be mm
cheap as can be bcnght In town.
IE‘illlln't fail to give us a. call.
FORSALE
ASTYLISH .
as" ' .
V I C I O I"? I A ,
' Newly Trimmed and Painted
A Fine Finnily flamingo.
Will be sold at a. very .ow ‘JI'II I7.
HENRYIILLY,
CARRIAGE MAK} R.
SOUTH NORWALK.
Notice to Builders.
HIST-QUALIFY BUILDING s’l'ox
t [311931)- Apply to
.1 urns smmsm
P. 0. 30x23.
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