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Volume LXXXVIII.
THE om». suoxes.
I am e ngnlt‘cd, and drawn deliciously,
Soft music like a, perfume, and sweet lfigl t
Golden with audible odors exquisite,
Swathc me with cerements for eternity,
Time is no more. I pause and yet I fire,
A million ages wrap me round with nig hi,
I drain a million ages of delight,
I hold the. future in my memory.
Also I have this gztrret which I rent,
This bed of straw, and this that was a. chair,
This worn out body like a tattered lent,
This crust, of which the rats have catch part,
This pipe of opium; rage, remorse, despair;
This soul at pawn and this delirious heart.
—London Academy.
UNCLE 0n NEPHEW.
I.
Allowing for disparity of years Geoffrey
Middleton, nephew, was as like in person to
Geoffrey Middleton, unclo, as ho was in name
and nature. '
The two were the last; representatives 01
their race, Middletons, of Middleton Castle,
and sti‘mlgcl‘s who saw them together were,
sure to fancy them father and son until in-
formed to the contrary. They were both
tall, thin and muscularT—justifying in their
degree the arrogant; Lancashire proverb
which affirms that “tho south grows trees,
the north grows men.” Their features were
rugged and boldly defined, speaking, without
words, of force of character and vitality of
will. N one could look either uncle or nephew
in the face—as they looked their neighbors—-
and read weakness there. But the nephew,
us become stalwart soven-aud-twcuty, had
pretensions to be described as handsome
(upon the family pattern), which his kins-
mau lacked.
- As has been hinted, the physical resem-
blance was supplemented by analogy of tem-
_ per. Each was stiff, reticent, locked in the
prison house of a. natural .hauteur, and caps-
bl'c of c. smoldering, dangerous resentment.
And in the case of old Geoffrey these nt-
tributm had of late come every one into
play. In his chin fashion ho was showing
his extreme disapproval of the sayings and
doings of his heir, now on a visit to Eigin
house, Sefton Park.
The prosperous Liverpool shiphroker saw
the maxims of his life, those rules of caution
and exactness by which he had built upa
house the envy of a thousand rivals, appar-
ently set. at naught by a harum-scarum
young surgeon. He had wanted young
Geoffrey to cpme into the office, and, mis-
liking the outlook of perpetual quill driving
and equally systematic supervision, Geoffrey
. refused. This was a. first: offense, and it had
been condoned. Funds were found toedu-
cats the refractory one for the profession be
selected; and later, to purchase for him a
share in a practice Where he might still be
under his uncle’s eye. Fairly launched thus,
young Geoffrey had incontinently exchanged
with a dissatisfied brother of tho scalpel
located at York. ‘The score against him on
his uncle’s tablets of memory was therewith
doubled.
And after many days he had come back in
an 'hing but the prodigal’s role of hu-
mi ity and contrition, though the main pur-
pose of his cross country journey seemed
to be to invite extrication from a financial
difficulty.
“It’s an awful nuisance, of course, I’m dis-
gusted with myself at having to come to you
on such an errand, sir. But I never dreamed
that it would turn out more than what; Ar-
buthnot called it—‘a mere form,’ " he said.
“And after all I suppose it’s I that will be
the leser in the long run.”
Whether young Geoffrey’s native talents
were few or many, that of diplomacy was
- notamong them. If it had been, he would
instinctively have avoided at this juncture
the remotest. reference to his uncle’s well un-
derstood intentions concerning the ultimate
disposition of his wealth. It was inevitable
that such an allusion must, under the circum-
stances, grate upon the listener’s car.
In reality it stimulated old Geoffrey’s
anger to a. perilous pitch The shipbroker’s
brow was furrowed like a warped plank of .
one of his own vessels, the cold gray eyes
scintillated with scorn, the lines deepened and
grew rigid at the corners of tho inflexible
mouth. Yet the bridle was upon his tongue.
He was never the man to handy futile ro-
proaches or reveal the depth of his indigna-
tion in scathing, impetuous speech. The pas-
sion of his wrath found its familar outlet—
mrcasni. '
“Most genially and pleasantlysaid,” he
answered. “Yes, it is you whowill be the
sufierer. There cannot beu doubt of that.
And I quite acquit you of intending to sub-
mit: mo to this trifling annoyance—tho figures
you mentioned were £1,500, I think!”
Young Geoffrey writhed upon his chair
and felt: uncommonly hot, although he was
sitting at; an open window with the June
breeze fanning him. Foolish he mightbc, a
sad blunder-er he was; but he had plenty of
wit to see his error after committing iii—no
great thing, perhaps, to say in his favor, and
certainly no unusual phenomenon. And he
recognized both the storm signals on his
uncle’s countenance and the irony of the old
man’s tone and words. Yet such was the
turncf his own mental and moral idiosy -
crasics that he made no pretense of apology,
but tightened his lips and replied to the su-
perfluous query in accents eijually frigid and
calm. ' ‘ ‘
“Yes—rather more, in fact; fifteen hun-
dred and eighty.”
“And you cxpect; me to find you this sum?"
“To whom also shall I apply, sir? I have
no other resource. If my father were living
it would be different. But you’ve stood in
the place of both parents to me for many a
yczr. And this is how I repay you!”
1. was a sudden clinmx, and not the loss a
stroke of happy'aug’ury. If the young sur-
geon Illltl paused there, there might be no
story to tell. His spasm of emotion, his ro-
pen’tltncg,» genuine if destined to be short
lived, had favorably affected old Geoffrey,
who loved his adopted boy with every fault
upon his head. ‘
But surely some mischievous sprite must
have stood at young Geoffrey’s elbow and
have: dictated new words of strife. _
‘Audymi can, punish me, sir, by leaving
as much more away to the office boy, if you
like. I rather wish you would,” he famously
added, as the lull grew harassing.
Ho hold whistlcd for the wind, and the
tempest was his reward, ifsuch unepithet
may properly be applied to tho measured and
restrained condemnation to which he was
compelled to attend.
"You are still harping on the me cheer-
ful string," said old Geoffrey, with a bland
yet bitter :tnilc upon his face—it was as
though patience should smile at the futility
of her own forbearance—“I leave you to de-
termine whether there is not after all the
chzmce‘miud, I only venture to say the
chance—of nnoiherilaw in your calculations.
You appear to have made one in relying
upon your friend Mr. Arbuthnot’s honor,
and backing the. bill which he cleverly leaves
you to pay. Very possibly be, too, is aware
of your great expectations. Or it may even
be c. planned business between you.”
“Sirl—iuicle!" The victim of this dubious
money transaction sprang to his feet.
“Sit; down,” said the other dryly; “it’s not
the Middleton way to go pop likoagingor
beer bottle, because shaken by n. more per-
” .
Young Geomey resumed his seat and bit
his lip in silence.
“I didn’t say that it was so; I don’t know
that I thought it. But, putting the best con-
struction on your conduct, it’s anything but
satisfactory. My money has been made, sir,
by hard work, pegging at: it, and taking care
ot’ every guinea. Your clever-hem seems to
be exhibited in precisely an opposite direc-
tion. Your pockets, sir, are sieves. And to
any man with an atom of real business about
him, the backing of a stiff bill on next to no
inquiry would be impossible. He could no
more do it. than scuttle a. ship. You shall
have the money, but beware-not a second
time.”
“It. shall not occur again, air.” The prom-
ise was sincere, but utttu'ed in a manner
neither gracious nor conciliating. It seemed
to the young surgeon that he had been made
the mark of a. volley of missiles, every one
of which had left its bruise behind. And in
addition he was no (liubt buffeted by an ac
casing conscience. -
Old Gcofl‘rcy crossed the room to an ebony
. cabinet fit-ted at; the top as awriting desk; he'
took his check book from an inner drawer.
filled up a draft, while the only sound in the
apartment was the sullen ticking of a. morosc
clock supported by griffins on the mantel-
piecc, passed the pink slip to his nephew, and
walked out into the adjacent conservatory.
He had said hissay, and for the hour there
was an end to it.
“Thank you; I am very sorry, I’m sure,
sir,” said the culprit. And by a. different door
he too vanished. .
But the ship broker did not dismiss the in-
terview from his thoughts. It was with him
all day at. his office in \Vater street, produc-
ing an increased testiness under which his
clerks suffered and for which they could til: ‘.
no adequate palliation in the current 'condi-
tion of trade. Even one of his skippers con-
desceudcd to mention in the outer counting,
house that; “tho boss was in a regular tcsr,
raging like a. nor’caster, and that; all he, the
sailor, could do was-to t‘cef sail and to bring
up closo.to the wind.”
Old Geoffrey was slowly working out a
problem more troublesome than any supplicl
by the figures on his lodgers or cargo sheets.
"W" he reached the goal of great do-
out;
axon-- It was“ (hear {has his nephew was
unfit to be intrustcd with the round half:
million so laboriously amassed. The scape~
grace would make ducks and drakes of it.
Yet to disillhcrit; him by will was an irksomc
procedure, and ran counter to lifelong pur-
poses and prejudices. Old Geoffrey had ever
been ready with his sneer at merchants who
scraped and saved and left their board, at
their reluctant exit, to asylums or charities
And so far as he knew there was not oven on
cousin half a dozen times removed who could
be dragged into the warm circles of wealth
While the delinquent was hidden stay out in
tho cold. No; it was the choice of unwel-
como alternatives that the shipbl'oker had
faced. He might leave his nephew to pres
out content and future triumph. Or—the
first. inception of the idea was attended by
fierce mental throes that fully accounted for
irritability of temper—ho might; marry. And
to marry was his final resolve.
The revolution would have astounded his
clerks, and have at ouco amused and scan-
‘ilal' ed his neighbors and intimates. And he
opined, rightly or wrongly, that by it his
iuisbchnved nephew would be thrown into
consternation and despair. It was on this
feature of the general effect that be fixed his
prophetic gaze with most equanimity. _The
scamp deserved the punishment.
Ilcroism was a. word contumeliously dealt
with in old Geoffrey’s private lexicon. He
professed to disbeliovo in it altogether. His
. synonyms for it was vainglot‘y—for the bum-
blcr sort, fanaticism Yet the quality was
not. absent from the purpose be was now
shaping for immodiato action. - 110 was ,00:
i all tho ways of his dnil y life wore ordered on
a model tested and approved by prolonged
ez'perienco; and it was understood ‘with per-
fect correctness by the whole body of his as—
sociatos, whether in “'atcr street: or Scfton
Park, that he wm it confirmed miogynist.
And in spite of these facts ho had determined
to write this very evening an explicit pro-
posal of marriage to a. girl of whom he knew
little more than that she was pretty—repute
Said cultured—and tho daughter of his
banker.
The deed was done before ho again met; the
intractable nephew whose nose-ho chuckled
grimly to himself—might thus in duo time be
effectually put out of joint.
Young Geoffrey failed pitiably to read the
true meaning of his uncle’s elaborate polite-
ness and elephuutino mirth .nt the dinner
table. Generally a drenr ' function of; Elgin
house was that of the great: social feusti IIc
fancied that the sky was clear again; that his
uncle’s wrath was appeased. He learned bet-
ter when the solemn visaged butler had with-
drawn.
“Um! I think it right to inform you,
Gcoll‘, that I intend shortly to change my
state—to marry,” said old Geoffrey.
A wine glass was shivcred, slipping in some
occult way to the, polished floor. Lut there
was no other overt symptom of disconcert-
iucnt on the listener‘s part. A Middleton to
the core, he simply answered:
“Indeed! Allow me to congratulate you,
sir.”
And old Geoffrey was strangely vexed at-
tlio sturdy restraint and the family phlegm
which in a similar position would have chur-
ucterized himself.
“This means, don’t 'you see, an end to idle
dreaming, Dicks. I’ll just have to buckle to
work and coerce Dame Fortune in spite of
her frowns. But I’d take it better, I think,
if the governor had gone about this freak-‘-
for such I call iii—after my latest scrape.
And I shouldn’thnvc been as much surprised
then. But he must have settled it long ago.
He announced it as a. fact already in process
of fulfillment. Ho dropped a. word or two
in the morning as I was doing penance of
confession, but I didn’t tall.) much heed then;
I shall have to now." .
Mr. Geoffrey Middleton the younger was
discussing with the old friend and ally whose
post. ho had taken at: York the untoward al~
teratiou of his prospects disclosed to him on
the previous evening. And not. unnaturally,
though in this instance erroneously, he gave
his uncle credit for acting with mature de-
liberation.
Edgar Dicks clapped him on the shoulder.
“Spoken like a Briton,” he cried; “but I’d
have taken oath that the old fellow had more
sense. Yes, and a better regard for you.
Who is the fair beguiler? She‘ll have a
prize. ch?”
“She will. I speak in all seriousness. Not
a. syllable can or shall be uttered by my lips
against my uncle. And he has a perfect right;
to do as he pleases in ‘this matter. But: who
is to be the future Mrs. Middleton I am as
ignorant, Dicks, as you arc.”
“You asked him, surely?"
,“Not I. I suppose my wretched pride got;
in the path; ah, well, it’s got a knock down
blow at last.”
“Wbewi You‘re a. queer pair. Eccentric-
ity must be hereditary; here’s tho proof.”
And Dicks ended with a laugh, compound-
ed in about equal parts of admiration, pity
and amusement—admiration for his com-
mdc’s chivalrous defense of the imperious old
a zip broker, pity for young Geoffrey’s ab-
" moi-clouded hopes, and amusement at
v or of the off hand nvowal which
.. y Lind described.
At the same instant Dicks i-ecollected u. call
hehad to make In Park street. They were
far up Prince’s road.
“I shall have to wish you good morning.
Middleton; it won’t do to neglect duty, and
the beckoning hand is at my rear.”
The friends parted. Geoffrey strolled
moodily along, battling with a certain temp-
tation which was sure to attack him as he
neared Prince’s park. In a house to his right
resided Dusa Venn, a. girl whonr yesterday
he had dared to picture on ~ the canvas of an
exuberant fancy as his wife, but who now
was as far above him as the star is ever
above the moth. Her friends were rich, and
he was a poor surgeon—nothing more. Had
he not, been duly warned that to build an
airy castle on the basis of a great inherit-
ance, as in ,the past he had been apt
to do, was simply to set a premium on
disappointment and disaster! Henceforth
he would walk among realities, and,
as he had assured Dicks, put a decisive
period to day dreams. It was hard, all the
same, to ' that the acquaintance
that. had begun so blithely at Christmas,
and the hope of continuing and developing
which had secretly combined with his mone-
tary need to bring him now to Liverpool,
must remain only a. Witching, tantalizing
memory. Yesterday he had'dared to call
and Dusa. had been so kind that-he had
grown bold to whisper words into which she
might, if she pleased, readpassion and the
old sweet homage of _ the man to the maid.
He was invited to return—to drop in at any
time he chose. -
Why not for the last time now? On the
monow he would seek safety in flight to
’crk.
VJ hero is young woman is in the question-
cspccially a. girl scarce twenty, with rippling
golden hair, eyes like tastes of living light,
and a face and figure worthy of Aphrodite as
she dwelt; in a Greqiau sculptor’s brain—how
shall man hold on the even tenor of his way
and be strong?
Young Geoffrey’s feet stayed, turned,
finally stood in the hall of Gartmorc, and
then a. strange, thingbefollhim. Ho was ush-
ered into a boudoir,’ maidens pass along“,
and therosvas a. no u» tantrum;
sweet expectancy in her- stands,
his heart; to thump against his breast as if
seeking to depart and fly to that fair custod-
ian for whom nature had so clearly destined
it. Already ho was mystified, and, it would
hardly be too much to write, alarmed. '
“Geoffrey!” whispered a soft voice. And
volumes could not have gathered into ‘th‘eir
covers a fuller, richer meaning.
What, bewildering portent was this? For
hard strife with the yearnings of his own
spirit Geoffrey Middleton had' come prc~
pared. But not for a challenge of this sort.
He was swayed like a. reed in the wind.
Every maxim of prudence was driven out. of
his bead.‘ The words of his answer—which
was an appeal—came with but semi-con-
scious volition.
“Dusa, my dear one! Is there any hope?"
he cried. '
And oh, the bliss, the bewilderment of it!
his breast. Hope? This was certainty.
ing; Iwas not looking for you yet.' Were
you so impatient?" _
“My letter," he echoed helplessly.
“ch;:i.nd how curiously formal you were
in expressing what—what I suppose is your
wish"—-—tho blushing face was averted, or
young Geofirey‘s slowly dawning look of hor—
rifled intelligeuco must infallibly have struck
a chill to the tender heart. that trusted him—
“if Ihadn’t known you—as it really seems
for an age, though it’s such a little time—I
should have fancied that, after all, you didn’t
very greatly care”—
“Stop, Dusa, my trcm'ure!” almost moaned
thc startlwl and dismayed lover; “nothing
can change our regard for each other—noth-
ing shall. “’0 are agreed in that?”
Duso was alert and quivering, in every
nerve with a new accession of excitement.
It was her turn to be perplexed. Why
this sudden tornado of anxious, foreboding
passion?
“Yes, oh, yes,” she replied, with a shy,
pretty fervor.
“Then, Dusn, it was not I who wrote to
you; it was my uncle!”
Only the rosy kiss of morning on Alpine
snow will compare with the flood of car-mine
that, overswept tho nbashed countenance.
A2 "omen; andcpnstemntion bejwegn LL»:—
when Dusa had returned from Germany,.
The shapely little head was .pillowcd upon.
“But, Geoffrey, your letter said this 'cvch- .
l‘lVeté'tl in to tne's'p'bmo‘l' the gm angst have
fled. If this were true, what uhoydcn she
must; have appeared to her visitor. Could
anything be worse than to be won without
being wooed? And her parents too had been
deceived. They had regarded the stately
proposal as emanating from the nephew, and
on the strength of old Geoffrey’s wealth, in
estimating which the banker had the assist-
ance of private knowledge, they had gm.
ciously favored the suitor. It was a terrible
imbroglio, from whatever standpoint the
complex question at lane was regarded.
But young Geoffrey had the courage of
despair, and the nobility of his nature as-
sertcd itself.
'- “Forgive me, Miss Venn, for_my ill con-
sidered attempt just now at pledging you to
a promise which altered conditions may rea-
sonably warrant you in breaking,” he said.
“I have been wrong—wrong all through.
But I can make this amends. You are per-
fectly free, Miss Venn, as free as one short
hour ago; even freer, for then your mind was
entangled by a singular error. I may never
be my uncle’s heir; he has told me that he
means to marry; I did not know whom. I
am only a poor toiler. It isnot for me to
harbor vain ambitions. however meet.”
. His voice died away in an involuntnr
sigh. The touch of self pity in the lust sen-
tence of his great renouncement was almost
tragic.
Dusa had recovered the control of her fac-
ulties, if not her self possession. She smiled
through tears.
_ “But; you made a promise, too; and unless
you wish it; I will not release you," she said.
There was a. happy pause, in which—
But the narrator relonts, and leaves the
hiatus. And Bass. added, with a flash of
mischiefn irradiating her tremulous confu-
swu: -
“Only I wish I’d been familiar, Geoffrey,
with your handwriting,"
III.
Philosophers, who differ in some other mat-
ter; ulmést as vehemently as politicians, am
agreed that succees is not synonymous with
happiness. It is possible to have a big bank-
l‘ng balance, costly freight on may seas, and
CV02! seniority in the procession to the civic
chair, and to hobnob nevertheless with dis~
content. The foot may have its corn and
wines at the slightest touch beneath the vol-
vet slipper. ’
These moral reflectlcus owe their origin in
this place to the profound dissatisfaction
that had crept like u Mersey fog of December
over the spirit of Geoffrey Middleton, ship-
brokcr. His position was precisely that: dex-
tcrously insinuawd above. And the cause
thereof was his own hastily adopted purpose
of matrimony.
Ills fateful letter, once posted by his own
hand, for fear of accidents or the importin-
cnt curiosity of domestics, ho felt for the
moment triumphant. It was in this mood
that ho had dealt his sharp thrust at his
nephew over the wine and dessert in the din-
Ing room.
But; when he retired that night it. was to z
weary vigil in which car-king care was biting
like an acid into-the pattern of his heroic ro-
solve. With a young and ardent lovo the
major uncertainty would have been whether
he was to beaccepted or rejected. But old
Geoffrey’s thoughts did not tarry long at this
stage. He had witnessed too many sacrifices
of feir, ingenuous springtime to wan, satur-
uinc winter to have much doubt that he could
lead to the altar yet: nnc thcr victim. He
was wealthy, and it was enough. Guardians
would advise, and the girl’s own vanity and
- desire to pos'sem the advantages credited to
the. station of a rich man’s darling would
give her strength to crush down any natural
repugnancc. -
The anxiety was cf a. (hirer-cut sort. W'as
he sure that he had fully calculated the cost
of the step in personal security, comfort and
ease? And every time he wont; t-Ver anew the
ground of the argument pro and con the
keenor home his doubts. In the morning
he got up with feelings surely cast. on the
model of those with which Mr. “’illiam
Sykes may regard the final ceremony in 3
prison court yard, at which his presence is
ever likely to be required. '
Mightily glad Wm old Geoffrey that he hurl
not to face his nephew, who was a late riser.
at; the breakfast table.
And if on the previous day a. nor’easter
had rattled about the cars of his \Vater street:
employee, it was a veritable hurricane that
blew anathemas hither and thither from 10
to 8 on this 'date of doom. One of his
clerks resigned then and there.
Everything went wrong; though, as ho was
at bottom a scrupulously fair man, there
could be little doubt that; old Geoffrey would
by and by come to acknowledge that the
fault was in himself.
And a fellow trader who dropped in with
8 budget of gossip did not throw oil on the
troubled waves
“Sad about Danny, m’t it?” be shed.
“What? I haven’t heard. I thought his
firm was as solid its—as St. George's hall.”
“0b,,so it is; there’s no screw loose in Dan-
by, Porter 8: Porter. But the old man's
shaky here," and the friend significantly tap-
ped his parchment-like forehead; “they’re
sending him to an asylum. Married 3 young
wife. mu mmemberu That’siioneit. A 7"“
dais: choral!" "" .
was—us you are. Middleton.”
“Quite so,” said old Geoffrey, grimly. And
he relapsed into his ledger again. '
“Quito so; and next; month everybody will
be saying that I’m as big a foul, and prophe-
sying on my account," he muttered irrele-
flette‘r have Stayed as he ,
vantly, when, with a farewell word about; a, ,
shipment of wool from Melbourne, the visi-
tor had gone.
“Confound the boy,” he went on in his
bitter soliloquy; “what did he want to be so
cocksuro about- coming in for my money for?
As for tho £1,5SO—it was a heavy figure—l
could have forgiven him that. And now he’s
let mo in for a. worse scrape.”
Remorse was working. But what could it
avail a. man who had drawn up a. document.
as compromising as half the inane composi-
tions that figure in reports of breach of
promise suits, and had watched it with a
malicious smile committed to the charge of
her majesty’s postmaster general. With a.
groan his conscience supplied the response-—
none. He was bound by every consideration
of honor and wobity to go through hisenter-
prise. And this meant a call that evening
at Gar-tutors. His exact expression in his
old fashioned and somewhat cumba'somo
phraseology had been:
“In so important a matter, my dear Miss
Venn, I would earnestly_ desire that you
should eschew a hasty decision, and I there-
fore will ask to be permitwd to wait in per-
son ut; your home for your reply 7 during the
early hours of to-morrow evening.”
And hp went. »
Not altogether to his surprise Mr. Van
ceived him. It was quite in keeping with his
notions of propriety that the preliminaries
of the momentous contract should be settled
with his future bride’s father; and, in truth.
be was very considerably relieved to have to
enter, (as be supposed) upon a purely business
discussion and to postpone the ordeal of mak-
ing love. What he should find to say when
the latter labor had to be undertaken it
passed his power of conjecture to imagine.
He could only hope that the crisis—and he
dreaded it worse than an interview with his
dentist—would by its very severity kindle
within his mind illumination for the road he
had so famously elected to travel.
Mr. Venn was a rotund little man, with a
bustling manner, twinkling dark eyes—the
twinkling was intensified at this juncture-
and tho good m1)! sound digestion, which
renders ill temper‘ou any but the most inso-
lcnt; provocation a base ingratitude to kindly
Providence.
“Delighted to see you at Gar-17mm, Mid-
dleton, and—chem! I believe I have some
idea of your errand,” said he.
The shipbroker bowed. “I fully expected
that you would understand,” he answered.
And then somehow he paused, for it was
borne in upon him that: he was on the eve of
listening to some disturbing revelation.
Nothing could be wrong with the bank sure.
lyt- It was a. dreadful thought that made
him quake in his boots. ' Certainly Venn's
face wore an aspect .of funereal gravity, re-
lieved only by the Oddly. contrasted bright-
nem of his eyes, where a couple of imprisoned
sunbeams seemed to be bushings . ,
“First let'ine exprm my sense-"our sense
-of the honor . done to 'my daughter, and
through Dust; to her. parents, by your offer
of this morning, Mr. Middleton."
Old Geoffrey breathed a' trifle more freely.
It was the question ho had come about, then,
that accounted for Vonn’s soleninity. The
stability or the famous old banking house
was unimpaired. It was a ridiculously ab-
surd terror that had seized him.
“But, Middleton, I am so .”
“I am afraid I don’t quite take you.”
And indeed the inference seemed to be too
good to be true. Never, surely, did pretender
await with more eagerness the verdict of dis-
missal.
“I repeat that I am sorry. My daughter’s
affections arc bestowed already—elsewhere,
my dear Middleton. And there has been
an odd mistake, the oddest: mistake, I think,
I over know or heard of. If I had seen your
letter I should have known, of course. ,But ~
you sec Dusa is quite unfamiliar with your
hand; and then you write as vigorously as—
us your nephew might do. And I was busy; I
didn’t ask to see the note. Dusa told me
what was in it, and who she supposed it had
come from, and so,as I say, we blundcrcd all
round.”
Light was slowly breaking, on old Geof-
frey’s mind. Perhaps the reactionfrom the
. dread that he might be taken qt his word
uuu waned out. 6! hand (so to spent.) by u.
flighty young miss; quickcned his faculties
of apprehension. It was, queer how strong
was his temptation to re—enact the schoolboy
of flve-and-torty years ago and throw up his
but at; the joyful news of regained liberty.
But there was more to learn.
“Do I gather correctly that you mistook
the sender?” '
“Dusc did; pardon me, not unnaturally."
“Then Miss Venn could only read that, note
as coming from”--—
“Your nephew.”
“Possibly I may still be within my righti
May I ask was its petition then denied?”
“No, it wm granted. And it was at Busa’s
request that I am hereto tell you this “ill
you see her?"
“Not now. not- now. thanks."
The banker, whose love for his daughter
hind madclu'm more compliant than perhaps
his cautious profwnionnl instincts justified,
and who had not withdrawn his consent to
the young surgeon's suit-n. consent given as
it transpired in error—even when the quarrel
at Elgin House stood. disclosed, made clear
with a few more pithy words what had hap-
pened. And his shrewd insight into his
patron’s character was vindicated in the
sequel.
“Have no fears, Geoffrey; your uncle will
come round," he hadsziid. “I am only glad
that it wasthrough Dma that; he proposed
to punish you.” '
Old Geoffrey went home, humiliation swal-
lowed up of relief. He found his nephew
standing in the library, hunting up certain
,cartoons in an old volume of Punch. With
a. quick nervous trend he stepped to‘bis side.
“\Ve arc quits, Geoff, now,” he said. “I
saved you from one dilemma, and you’ve dc-
livcred me from another: (”I'll notion-get the.
service.” 2'“ ‘5 . I . ‘ '
And it was the last reference: he made to
his two da 3’ wooing.
In the autumn he settled an income of 600
n year, as a marriage gift, on G303”? Mid-
dleton’s nephew.—W. J. Lacey in Home
Journal. .
JAMES ~WH|TCOMB 'RILEY
thctlc and Humorous Stories.
Mr. Riley, who was dining at an Italian
restaurant, bit the end clfono of those crow-
bars of‘ bread that are ’jerved in those cara-
vansaries, while. this listener begged him to
emit. a story.‘ He finallyconsented to tell
this combination of humor and pathos:
“I was wandering up one of the principal
streets of Indianapolis 'o'ne Decoration day,
when I met a rugged old farmer from the in-
terior who seemed to have lost his way. As
he wandered aimlessly- along I approached
him and asked: ‘Do you enjoy the exercises
of the day'!’ ‘Wall, so do,’ he answered; ‘but
I ain’t hero for fun. I come unto go to the
buryin’ ground up there on the hill.
My boy’s buried up there. He was
in the army, you know. He had to
lie about his age to git in, but the angels
’ll forgive that One lie. Lord how he did
tight! I’ve beam the other soldiers tell
about it. Wall, he went into the Battle 0‘
the Wilderness an’ got wounded awful. They
telegrapth to me, un’I went right down.
He wanted to be took home. an’ Ifetched
him. On the way up he grew worse, an’ be
said to mo if he could flive to get: home an"
:09 his ma he would be satisfied. He kep
gittin’ Weaker an’ weaker, but he held on till
I got him home. His ma. tried to nu’so him
backto life, but be kep’ on _runnin’ down.
He called me up to his bed one night ’bout
sundown, un’ said, sez he, ‘Pa, I wantcr be
buried up in town’ (meonin’ here in Inginn—
cpolis) ‘an’ I want youto keep my grave
green.‘
“Here the old farmer wiped the tears from
his cheeks with his big, brown band, and
then brought: it down On my shoulder in a
determined manner, and exclaimed: ‘Au‘,
mister, I’m agoin’ to keep that grave green if
I havc'ter paint it P ” ' .
2. One of the most nifectlngstories that Mr.
Riley tells is that whichf gave him the inspi-
jrat-ion for his pathetic .‘poem, “’Causo I’ve
‘got curvature of the spine.” It voices the
boastful, cheery sentiments of a little de—
formed child ' who glories in his deformity,
and whose only fear is that his unnty will
not; know him when she gets to heaven,
where he is, because there, as she has told
him, he will be erect and free from deformi-
t y like the other angels.
"The idea for that; poem,” said Mr. Riley,
"was suggested by a. rough, rugged man that.
I met on one of my tours. I had been loc-
turiug in a little interior. town, and had to
get up at daylight one cold morning to ride
to the nearest railway station. The man who
drove me over was one of those rugged char-
acters that you meet in the rural regions—
one of those men who deem sentimentality
a weakness and tears something to be
ashamed of. As we rode along over the
creaking snow he said, ‘I beam you talk
last night.’ I remarked, ‘Indeedl I hope
you enjoyed it.’ ‘ch,’ said he, ‘fust rate.
My little girl was there. She likes that
tort 0’ thing. She's great on po’try. You
may hcv seen her. She sat on the front row.
She’s a. little girl, not very tall. You must
c-noticcd her.’ I told him that" I did not re-
call having seen her, and he continued: ‘She
ain’t very big. She don’t weigh morn fifty
pounds. You see, she’s got; curv’ture of the
spine. Her mother died when she was a lit-
tle thing, and havin’ no one to lookout for
her as a. mother can, she fell down stairs one
day an’ hurt herself. She never got; over it.
I hcv took care 0’ her the best I knew how,
but she’s never growed. Sometimes I think
she’ll never be no bigger.’ The tears walled
to his eyes as he talked. He was ashamed to
show the evidences of his grief, and turned
aside his head. Seeing that I was looking at
him and had discovered his emotion, he
dashed away the moisture from his eyes with
one of the heavy leather mittens that he wore
and said: ‘I dunno what’s the matter with
my eyes. One 0’ my homes is lame, an‘ I put
some linimcut on his leg this mornin’. I must
’o’ got some of it on this yer mitten o’ mine.’ ”
—New York Evening Sun.
\Vomcn Workers in Russia.
_ The women in Russia do two-thirds of the
work in the coun There are immense
wheat, oat; and hay fields everywhere, and in
August them is great activity in the country.
Tho large majority of; persons at work are
women. They wear short. dresses, plain and
straight. and along piece of cloth over their
heads, like the Arabs. ‘The wheat is sown
broadcast, and if not‘cut by the women with
sickles is harvested with the old fashioned
scythe, which has c‘two pound mood and a
broad, short blade. From the mend up to
the handle there is a. wooden how something
like, in appearance, the half of a heavy bar-
rcl hoop. This bow keeps the wheat, etc,
from falling back over the Scythehsndle and
scattering. I have never yet. seen a man who
would deign to gather up, bind and stack the
wheat or oats when, once it was felled. The
women must- do this while the men do the
“gentlemanly” work, although I have seen
many women cutting the grain with the
scythe. The neighbors club together in bar-
vest; and help one another.
A Russian harvesting rendezvous is quite
lively, and isthc scene of a motley crowd.
The old men nndyoung, boys and girls, with
their mothers, grandmothers and aged
women, assemble at daybreak. There are a
number of horses, on which are carried
water, food and extra. implements. The
horses, the boys and men ride, while the old
women walk. They always carry the scythes,
forks and rakes buck and forth every day,
and workaslong as there is daylight; and
since it is daybreak at. 3 a. m. and not dark
till 9:30 p. m, the hours of labor are long
ones—St. Petersburg Cor. New York Mail
and Express. -
The Day of the Dead In menco.
Most of the candy stands have a. choice
assortment of skulls in white or cream hued
sugar, from those the size (d a filbert to
others “as large as life and twice as natural.”
And people are to be found who really buy
and eat them! Ugh-h-h: Numerous are the
vendors of models of the funeral tram cars
that serve as hearses in the City of Mexico.
.Painted somber- black they- are, whether of
Wood or tin, and 'of WhatcVer dinicn‘sii'ms,
from six to eighteen inches long, or .even
larger. They have their sable'cunains care
fully looped back at the corners to'show the
bier within and thecorpse or the coffin upon it;
and in the more elaborate ones there are
the black gal'bed,~tull silk hatteddriver.
Hero is a table full of deaths, mountedto
show countless Ways in which the. grisly one
may assail us. One skeleton is mounted upon
a. wide nostriled, fiery eyed horse, which
very evidently would carry any rider to de-
structiou. Another is engaged inan inter-
esting controversy with a bull, which may
well end in disaster. Another is mounted
upon a corpulent, noxious looking ulncran,
or scorpion, whose sting is so fatal inthe
tropics. One venturesome Death stands
poised in an attitude of triumph, with one
bony foot; planted on the breast of the devil
ir- oerson.—Snn Francisco Chronicle.
.—
‘
Going into Trade.
It is becoming quite common for an impe
cunious society woman to go into trade.
There are half a dozen small arts in which
her connections are of distinct value. One
. such in New York imports dainty bouucts,
another paints toilet articles and menu cards,
a third docs fine pmbroideriss for fashionable
baby clothes, and a fourth conducts a sort of
private brokerage in duplicate'wedding pres
» eats—Philadelphia Call.
Tells a Newspaper Man a Couple of. Pa-
THE POPULAR BANANA.
CUTTING THE FRUIT REVEALS THE
OUTLINE OF A CROSS.
Said to Be Adam‘s Apple Tree—An 0ft
Disputed Queuing—Cultivation of the
Banana—How it Has Lately Sprung
Into Favor.
Girard, the cld’. lulu-h botanist, in refer-
encoto the Italians, mys it is Adam's apple
tree, and that- wh'ichcver way the fruit; may
be cut the form 0:! a cross may be seen in it.
Again, tradition further asserts that in Ccy<
lon, where, according to some, Paradise was
situated, there exists a tremendous banana
tree, the fruit of which when out transverse-
ly, presents the :liguro of a man crucified;
and local tradition asserts that front its tinge
leaves Adam an'tl Eve mudo garments for
themselves. But whether Adam ate the ba-
nana in the Garden of Eden or not must; be
a matter of complete indifference to those
who live in the Nineteenth century; yet if
the banana be the tree that produced the fur-
bldden fruit that "the woman saw was good
for food, pleasant to the eyes, and a. tree to
be desired to make one wise,” we cannot; In
surprised she was tempted to eat it. At any
rate the description, to our lllllld, applies
with especial force to the luscious clusters of
this popular fruit.
The antiquity of the banana is beyond dis-
pute. Pliny, among other ancient scribes,
undoubtedly speaks: of it under the name 0!
pulse. After writing upoll the properties of
the Indian fig, ho :" ys: “There is another
tree in India, still larger .uimrfid "
markablo for the size and sweetness of its
fruit, upon which the sages and gymnoso-
phists of India live.” True, sonic authorities
contend that this does not in reality apply to
the banana at all, but to another kind of
fruit; Upon tho face of it, however, with
due respect to these adverse and able opin-
ions, we think we are safe in asserting that: it
does. So much for fancy—now for fact.
AN on DISI'UTED QUESTION.
As I have previously stated, to refer to the
mass, or plantain tree, is tantamount to
opening tho oft disputed question as to-
whether it be a. native of southern Asia or of
the New world. It was generally considered
as being a native of the former until, as Do
Candollc states, Humboldt threw doubts
upon its purely Asiatic origin, fortifying his
contention by an appeal to numerous writers
who maintained that the banana was culti-
vated in America before the Conquest. Yet,
even this point may be left in abcyance; and
whether I incline to the general belief that
probably the species was introduced by the
Spanish into Sun Domingo and Brazil or not,
one fact is clear—that: of late years its popu~
lnrity for the table has vastly increased, and
if it possesses the healthful properties attrib
uted to it this is not to be wondered at. With
regard to their cultivation, we find that not
only do they require tropical heat, but that,
on the other hand, no fruit is more suscepti-
ble to frost than the banana, and even in the
tropics, says old Philip Miller, they are carc-
fully cultivated by the planters, who raise
them in low, rich ground by the side of gul-
iies, where they produce fruit; most parts of
the year.
I suppose it is now pretty well known that
most of the bananas are raised in the West
Indies, the Island of Jamaica especially
though they grow freely in all tropical lands.
The fact of their cheapnexs here shows that
they must. be. easily cultivated; and this is so,
for even the wildest tribes in South America
and elsewhere succeed well in raising them.
In the culture of this luscitus fruit; it is not
too much to say that Nature seems to do all
the work herself, the share necessary for man
being almost nil, since all the labor needed
in cultivating the fruit consists in setting out
the suckers that; form the trees, Nature beiii g
then left to do the rest; until the time to cut
the fruit arrives.
This occurs within a year from planting,
the plant, or rather the tree, by this time
having reached a height of ten feet. Wlicre
considerable intelligence is brought into rc-
quisition the suckers are set out regularly to
make plantations, with the trees about fif-
teen feet: apart, something like our orchards.
In case irrigation is practicable (for the
plants do best in a dump, cloggy soil)
trenches are dug between the rows for water.
0n the other hand, the plants are in most
cases planted about the above distance, but,
of course, as with our orchards, so with our
banana plantations. It is now admitted that
they both thrive and succeed, and yield best,
too, if planted further apart: than is custom-
ary at present. “fish the natives and others
the plantingof the suckers is done with a
primitive and pondcrous hoe.
EASY OF. DIGESTION.
Doubtless no fruit; is more easy of digestion
and so healthful as the banana. It takes on
an average only one hour and forty-five min-
utes’ stay iu the digestive organs, and is, I
believe, the only fruit in existence that re
quires such a short time to do so; even ripe
pears require more, and the proverbial ripe
strawberry takes one hour longer. Hence, to
the epicure, the above fruit, in my opinion,
offers especial advantages, and when propor-
l y ripe forms a delicacy that hm few equals.
Like that of the tomato, the enjoyment; of
the banana arises, though not to such a. great
degree, from a. purely acquired taste, besides
which the condition of the fruit should be
studied, since, if unripe or unsound, it is apt
to be found rather nauseous, but when Later:
in good condition it is exceedingly palatable
and rich. .
It is ustonishiu g to find how rapidly, cs“
peciallU of late years, the banana has sprung
into favor, hundreds of blinches of this pretty
fruit being put on the markets day after day
through the season. Nutritious and healthful
no wonder need be expressed at their increas-
ing popularity and consumption, and in vcri‘
fication of the latter point; we simply refer
to the trade in bmumas from Telleriil’e, which
shows that its exportation from Grand
Canary is considerably on the inci‘ use, and
it is expected that it will soon become one of
the principal experts, as direct communica-
tion between Grand Canary and London is
established. During. one year from 40,000 to
50,000 clusters of this fruit were shipped to
Europe, averaging three shillings per cluster,
Grand Canary alone contributing between
25,000 hnd 30,000 clusters:
According to one authority, one pound of
bananas contains more nutriment than three
pounds of meal or as many pounds of pota-
toes, while as a food it is in every. sense
superior to the Wheaten bread. Although it
grows spontaneously throughout the tropics,
when cultivated its yield is prodigious, for
an acre of ground planted with bananas will
return as much food as thirty-three oer. .: it
wheat or over 100 acres of potatoes. 1. is
not generally understood that bananas—a
fried, baked, or roasted—arc very appetizing,
and that; sliced and placed in ii. dish with
alternate slices of orange they make a. riot
delicious dessert. In the West Indies, where
they are grown in profusion, as elsewhere,
they are much esteemed as food, and, being
easily obtained nearly all the yetu' round,
they are justly looked upon us being a great
dainty by the natives—The Echo.
Submarine divers new use the electric light
with considerable success.
.
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Mr. Michael Long, Jr., with the Stro-
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I know S. S. S. saved its life, and I told
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Hay fever, Asthma. Immediate relief.
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A lady in a -Mexican suburban town
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- A majority of the Mathu'sek pianos sent
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the commendation of those who already
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solutely Pure.‘
'l'hls Powder never varies. A marvel of pure
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petltion with the multitude of low test, short
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'POOR RICHARD SAYS
“Fools make feasts and
wise mm eat them,” biit
o
dfiiilf‘nh’onld' ‘i ve. ‘on
their breakfast table that
. delicious cereal food,
' Foiilil’s Wheat
Germ Meal,
Because it cooks quickly,
is wholesome and de-
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tried it. buy a package of
your grocer tit-day, for as
t’oor Richard says, “One
[0-day is worth. two to—
mm‘rows." Sold every-
where in two-pound pack-
ages, 15 cents.
"II ' W611: this Out.
TRUE - PUBLIC INTERESTS
Treated in it clean manly way.
A healthy people make a prosperous nation.
People made and kept healthy by
Ballet’s Great American Sneniie.
Rheumatism with its Vise-like grip tortures its
victim until he loses control of his temper, and
then comes grave mistakes. Another turn of the
vise and Nenrnlgin torments all patience out of a
man.
Great American Specific gives thot relief.
There is no mistake about this, and at this season,
in this climate, you cannot afford making the mis-
take ot being without a bottle of this wonderful
remedy. Damp, chili winter winds, sleet, snow,
. stop and ice are as certain to bring on the tor-
ments of. Riiuusurlsn and tortures ot NEURALGIA
as is Bnksu’s (mum AMERICAN SPECIFIC to cure
them. Price 50 cents a bottle. Preparer] only by
Maurice. Baker Jr 00., Portland, lite. Doolittle tin
Smith. 24 and ‘26 'l‘remont Street, Boston, Mass,
Selling Agents.
SEVERAL YEARS AGO
‘ asevere cold settled on my
g ’ lungs. The physicians at-
tending me said I had settled
consumption, and gave me
up.
i WAS.
advised to try Dr. Seth Ar-
nold’s Cough Killer, and it
made me
A WELL. HEARTY MAN.
’1‘. D. Paine, Woonsocket, R. I. 25c., 50c. and Si
Dr. Arnold’s litlious Pills tor Constipation, Head-
is the. etc. 25c. .
sawmtmmzrmnsiwesimiwmusin
The Best in tlie War/d!
SPEREI’ & BARNES
HAMS ”“
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SHOIILIIEIIS, 4‘
BREAKFAST
BACON
and
SAUSAGE
Are Guaranteed
THE BEST Iii THE ,
iiiiiiti.
Our KETTLE LARD is Strictly Pure
and Free from All Adulteration.
IOOK CAREFULLY FOR THE BIIIIIII. .
We manufacture all goods bearing our
brand at our packing house, New Haven.
Sperry & Barnes,
"all HAVEN, coun.
divans?!» «WWIWIFVIIWIWISWW
Ladees 1
Do Your Own Dyeing at Home with
v V v v v v
P1314. BLESS DYLS.
They will dye everything. They are sold every-
where. Price l0c.a package—to colors. They
have no equal for Strength, Brightness, Amount
in Packages, or for Easiness of Color, or non-
iadiug Qualities. T..cy do not crock or smut. For
sale by J. (l. Gregory .b 00., Druggists, Wall
street, and C. Laphnm, ll Main street, Norwulk,
Conn ‘ lyls
Geo. 5. Gregory.
Livery. Boarding, Sale,
ifeed and Exchange
s‘éfi t a. b 1 e s ..
i..| .mibl'B-‘flm Inga» a
fifi/ERY STAB ‘1
; W“;.§,‘
(.n rear of Horse Car Depot),
NORWALK, CONN.
Carriages furnished all hours. Courteon
itcntion and gentlemanly drivers. ly
IIatnIt Raile (iii
LUMBER, niuenn,
Shin gles, Lu I h,
Doors, Sans/I.
[Iii/ills, .Mowlrting,
Window Frames,
l’iclcets, ' do.
Veneeieii Hard Wood Work.
Halli Wood Oeiiingianti Flaming.
South Norwalk, Conn.
lisb..or. wise geyery ,
Relief from these terrible diseases makes a ’
heaven of happiness for the snft'erer.and linker-’5
Coolidge & Lockwood,
REAL ESTATE 8t INSURANCE,
N0. 9 LIAIN STREET,
have run FOLLOWING PROPERTY FOR SALE:
House and Lot, Academy Street.
House and Lot, West Avenue.
, House and Lot, East NOE-walk.
BUILDING LOTS} IN ALL PARTS
OF THE TOWN.
Prices range from $50 to.$l,oro.
MOOOY IO LOOII Oll RBOI ESIOIO SOOIII'IIY,
AT 5 PER CENT.
THREE FARMS FOR SALE.
Tenements to Rent from 83 1'0 815 Per Month.
-——STOBE TO RENT.—
lnsnrance Placed in Old Reliable Companies.
——llENTS cor.r.scrnn.—— lyll
llE'BllNTURE BONDS
6 0:0 _..._
Guaranteed Mediates
of l he New England Loan and Trust Co.
This is one of the oldest, most conservative and
scccessfui institutions dealing in such securities.
Eleven years' experience without a dollar of loss
to investors.
Each $100,000 of debentured is secured by $102,-
000 of mortga' es, assigned to and deposited with
the Farmers’ can and Trust Co., New York. trus-
tee. Interest payable at Batik of New Nork,
iiio'rigages from best Corn-Producing regions of
Iowa, houses, Nebraska and Missouri,
Forfnll information enquire ot the
, o. 5. WILSON.
VII ROI 7 Bill OORI. I'Ol‘lll MOIIEREOS
—-—0F rus—
chitable Mortgage Co., Kansas City.
capital, $2,000,000. $1,000,090 paid up.
Principal and Interest Guaranteed.
Security from three to six times the amount of
loan. Coupon Bonds. Interest payable in New
York. Also, lyM
Six per cent, Debentures Bonds of the
Middle-sex "stinking Compnrly, of
llflddlemwn, Conn.
Organized under the banking laws of the State
ot Connecticut. Coupons payable in New York.
R. B. CRAUFURD, ..
Agent, 31 Main Street, Nor-walk.
John S. ATKINSON,
Wholesale and Retail Dealer in
Harness, Blankets,
Trunks, Bags,
Sole Leather and Shoe Findings, and Boot
and Shoe Uppers.
Corner of Pairfield Ave. and. Middle Street
Bridgeport, Conn. iy48
U I: Q .
Ask your druggist for it and your physician
about it.
P. stands for l’iiique, which, “by Joe.”
Cures KIDNEY 'J liOUBLES. don’t ciler know?
11‘ ISA NATURAL PRODUCT AND NOT A
PATENT MEDICINE.
It cures all Kidney Troubles and is the only
known specilic for Bright’s Disease. in cases of
Dyspepsm, insomnia, Debilily and excessive use
of Tobacco, it. will be found of great value.
It is a wonderful tissue huildicr. giving strength
to the Weak. Get our descriptive circular and
read what reputable physicians from your vicinity
say about it. if your druggist does not have our
circular, semi postal and we will mail you one free.
Retail Price, 60 its. net Onait Bettie.
)lEX [CAN PULQUE (101“ l‘ANYc
Elm-15 92 Hudson Street, Jersey City, N. J.
'l‘IIE CELEBRATEI)
Prof. Ashborn’s
NOMINOI'S EMBOSSINII OIL
-—on—
Transparent Paint,
—-IS ON SALE AT—
J. T. PROWITT’S,
ii Main Street, Netwalit, Conn.
The Only Paint Renewer in
Existence.
It Restores the Lustre of
Old Paint and gives it
an. Elastic Body.
Wit you contemplate painting or re-painting
your house or other property it will pay you to
examine the merits or
Numindi’s Embossing Oil or
Transparent 'Paint
Before trying any other.
J. ’1’. Prowitt,
Sole Agent for N orwalk and
Vicinity,
47 MAIN STREET. 1m
Glover tit Olsen,
antenna, NOI'WiIIIi,
Leaders of the Shoe Trade
Wish to cal. your attention to a few of the many
styles of shoes carried in stock by them.
u
OUR LADIES’
Piencii Iii, Hana-Male Wankenntiast,
A Msrve of Comfort and Ease.
Ont $6 Hana-Matte Piennli KIII Welt
For ladies wear are perfect in every respect and
as good a shoe as any sold at $6.
For $5.50,
' Our Ladies’ [land-Made French Kid Turn Shoes
made b Benedict it 00.,01 New Canaan, are the
acme 0 style and benut-y,and positively cannot be
excelled at any price.
OhI'OhI for $3,
Those Nobby Little French Kid, Hand-Made
Uxi'ords with patent leather tips are admired by
all that have seen and worn them. You must cal
For $2.50,
A Perfect Misses’ Waukenphast for school or a
walking shoe cannot be equalled.
Win a word our line of shoes is complete in
every respect.
We have the besr me OI
CHILDREN’S SCHOOL SHOES
Ever shown in town and at prices from the
cheapest to the best.
Glover &,'Olsen,
42 Wall Street,
NORWALZ.
GENERAL MARKET.
Meat, Fish, Vegetables. &c.
LOCK WOOD Or ANDREWS.
IAIN STREET.
All kinds of the best qualities of Meats, Fish,
Clams, Vegetables, etc, are kept constantly on
hand. and will be sold by us as low as can be pro-
cured at any market in Norwalk. We intend to
prove to our customers that we deserve their
patronage. by fair and generous dealing.
lyto LOCKWOOD it: ANDREWS.
I WANT EVERYBODY
—-'l'o come in and look over my stock of—
Mortuments
-—-AND——
HEADSTONES
Before they buy anythingot the kind. A selection
can be made from them much better than from a
photograph or pencil sketch. Respectfully,
P. W. Bates.
115
J. P. NICKERSON,
For the time being at
No. 7' East Side of Water St,
I‘0lilt DOORS FROM WALL STREET,
_ NORWALK, - - — CONN.
STAPLE AND CHOICE
GROCERIES.
Family Supplies,
01’ the freshest and best quality that the New
York market affords in groceries, also
VEG ETA BLES & Flt UI'I‘S
In their seasons at
MODERATE PRICES.
The patronage of my friends and former cus-
tomers is respectfully solicited. ital
J. I’. NICKERSON.
Telephone Call.
RIVERSIDE
CEMETERY ASSOCIATION.
The grounds of this Association are
situated in the Borough of Norwalk, just
north of the Union Mills, between Spring
Hill Road and Riverside. Avenue, and
may be reached by good and well-kept
roads from all directions. The cemetery
is divided into twenty-two sections. with
Broad Avenues
and-suitable streets, and the contour of
the land is such that every taste may be
gratified in the selection of plots. The
avenues are 50 arranged as to afford
an almost
Continuous Drive
to all the (liil’ercut sections, and are
crossed in every direction by the streets
so that carriages may reach every plot in
the entire cemetery. Ail Elegant
Receiving Vault
of large capacity, and fitted with all
modern improvements, is near the
entrance gate.
Capacity.
The entire space is not 'plotted, hilt.
52 Vault Lots, reservations for 517 single
intermcuts, and 2,102 Burial Pets are
now offered for sale at prices very favor-
alzlc to purchasers:
MAPé‘é-
Maps of the Cemetery may be seen at
the office of Mn. Exos Kntrocc, the
Superintendent, on the premises; at the
office of HON. Janus W. HYATT, at the
Horse Railroad Depot; and at- the office
of Mn. Jon}: II. LlGur, at South Nor-
walk. U5
0. E. WILSON,
General Insurance In Real Estate Agent
Money to Loan.
Stocks, Bonds, &c., Bought and Sold
and Loans Negotiated at Lowest
Rates of Interest.
R00“ NO. 3 GAZETTE BUILDING
Nouwanx, Coax.
PETER L. GUIG UE,
FLORIST ONE 8* IRAN,
UNION AVENUE,
North of Norwalk Cemetery,
NQEWgLE, . - CONN.
' Dealer in In Green House and Hot House and
Bedding and Vegetable Plants, Fruit and Ornament
tal Trees Shrubbery, Vines. Cut Flowers alway
on hand and all sorts of designs in Flowers arranged
0 order. 41y?
Grading and lie-filling Cemetery Plots
promptly attended to.
BEING UNABLE TO MANUFACTURE
HARNESS
To compete with large conceres, I have taken
the agency of one of the the oldest- aud largest
establishments in the state for the sale of
HARNESS, SADDLES, IIALTERS,
SURCINGLES, COLLARS. &c.
I shall also make
FINE [[A It’NIi'SS lo ORDER
As usual as the old stand,
NO. '7 WATER SQ‘REET,
Where I will keep a regular line of Whip
Sponges, Chamois, Blankets, Robes, Feed Bags
Traveling Bags, etc.
J. 1?. PACK II’ELL
Geo. H. Raymond,
Furniture Dealer.
AT THE OLD STAND,
36 MAIN STREET.
A Large Stock of all kinds of Furniture Cheap
for Cash. Also ‘
FIIIIHISIIING UNDERTAKEB.
I am prepared to take charge day or night and
fur nish everything necessary-for the |iutemeut of
the dead. Telephone Connection with residence,
No. 3 Berkley Place. 155')
Norwalk Chronicler