1 ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
PEN PICTURES OF THE MARTYRED
PRESIDENT.
Characteristic Sketches Portraylng the
Man, Statesman and President—Impres-
sions of Friends, Neighbors and D111-
tinguished Men.
History furnishes the record of few lives
the beginning of which was so humble, the
progress so eventful and important, and the
ending so tragic, as that of Abraham Lin-
coln. The foremost poets and orators, ar-
tists and historians have endeavored to de-
pict his character and- illustrate his career.
A life so full of incident and a character so
many sided as was his, could not, however,
be satisfactorily portrayed in any ordinary
biographical sketch. It is the incidents, an-
ecdotes and reminiscences which have ac‘
cumulated from many sources that best re-
veal the phases of his unique personality.
From out all these contributions to tho
voluminous “Linconia,” none have perhaps
been read with more interest than the stray
leaves furnished by himself. Mr. Lincoln
was repeatedly asked to give incidents of his
boyhood and youth. To these solicitations
he usually returned evasive answers. The
lives of his father and mother and the his-
tory and character of the family before their
settlement in Indiana were topics upon which
Mr. Lincoln never spoke but with great re-
luctance and reserve. To a campaign biog-
rapher who applied for particulars of his
early history, he replied that these could be
of no interest. “My early history,” said he,
“is perfectly characterized by a single line of
Gray’s elegy— ‘
“The short and simple annals of the poo'r.“
Anartist, who was painting his portrait
during the interval between his nomination
and election, contributes the following to
“Reminiscences of Lincoln.” He said to Mr.
Lincoln: “You are to be the next president
of the United States, and the people will
want a picture of your birthplace. If you
will tell me where it is, we" will not trouble
you again about it,” handing him at the
time a small memorandum book. ‘
“He took the little book, and while holding
it in his hand an expression came on his face
for half a moment which I had not seen there
before. It was a puzzled, melancholy sort of
shadow that had settled on his rugged feat-
ures, and his eyes had an inexpressible sad»
ness in them, with a far away look, as if they
were searching for something they had seen
long, long years ago; then, as quickly as it
came, that expression vanished, and with a
pencil he wrote afterward in the little book :”
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FAC-SIMILE or T1211: MEMORANDUM.
To a compiler of a dictionary of congress
he gave the following: “Born Feb. 12, 1809,
in Hardin county, Ky. Education defective.
Profession a lawyer. Have been a captain
of volunteers in the Black Hawk war, post-
master at a very small office, four times a
member of the Illinois legislature, and was a
member of the lower house of congress.”
The fullest account ever given of himself by
Mr. Lincoln was at the earnest request of
Hon. J. 1V. Fell, of Bloomingdale, Ills. At
the solicitation of this gentleman he drew up
the statement here reproduced of the leading
events of his career, from the time of his
birth to the repeal of the Missom‘i com-
promise.
“I was born Feb. 12, 1809, in Hardin
county, Ky. My parents were both born in
Virginia of undistinguishable families-
second families, perhaps, I should say. My
mother, who died in my 10th year, was of a
family of the name of Hanks, some of whom
now reside in Adams. and others in Macon
counties, Ills. My paternal grandfather,
Abraham Lincoln, emigrated from Rocking-
ham county, Va., to Kentucky about 1781
or 1782, where, a year or two later, he was
killed by Indians, not in battle, but by
stealth—when he was laboring to open a
farm in the forest. His ancestors, who were
Quakers, went to Virginia from 'Berks,»
county, Pa. An effort to identify them with
the New England family of the same name
ended in nothing morethan a similarity of
Christian names in both families. such as
Enoch, Levi, Mordecai, Solomon, Abraham
and the like.
“My father, at the death of his father, was
but 6 years of age, and he grew up literally
without education. He removed from Ken-
tucky to what is now Spencer county, Ind,
in my 8th year. We reached our new home
about the time the state came into the UniOu.
It was a wild region, with many bears and
other wild animals still in the woods. There
I grew up. There were some schools. so
called, but no qualification was ever required
of a teacher beyond ‘readin’, writin’ and
ciphcrin’ to the Rule of Three.” If a strag-
gler, supposed to understand Latin, hap-
pened to sojourn in the neighborhood, he was
looked upon as a wizard. There was abso-
lutely nothing to excite ambition for educa-
tion. Of course, when I came of age I did
not know much. Still, somehow, I could
read, write and cipher to the Rule of Three,
but that was all. I have not been to school
since. The little advance I now have upon
the store of education I have picked up from
time to time under the pressure of necessity.
“I was raised to farm work, which I con-
tinued till I was 22. At 21 I came to Illinois
and passed the first year in Macon county.
Then I got to New Salem, at that time in
Sangaxnon, now in Menard, county, where I
remained a year as a sort of clerk in a store.
Then came the Black Hawk war, and I was
elected a captain of volunteers—a success
which gave me more pleasure than any I
have had since. I went through the cam-
paign, was elected, ran for the legislature the
same year (1832) and was beatenéL-the ”only '
time I have ever been beaten by the people.
The next, and three succeeding biennial elec-
tions, I was elected to the legislature. I was
not a candidate afterward. During this
legislative period I had studied law, and re-
moved to Springfield to practice it. In 1846
I was once elected to the lower house of con-
gress, but was not acandidatc for re-election.
From 1849 to 1854, both inclusive, practiced
law more assiduously thsn'eVer before. Al-
ways a Whig in politics and generally on the
Whig electoral tickets, mlking active cun~
vasses, I was losing interest in politics when
the repeal of the Missouri compromise aroused
me again. What I have done since then is
pretty well known.
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DENNIS BANKS.
“If any personal description of me is
thought desirable, it may be said I am in
height six feet four inches, nearly; leanin
flesh, weighing on an average 180 pounds;
dark complexion. with coarse, black hair,
and gray eyes. No other marks or brands
recollected. Yours very truly,
“A. LINCOLN.”
Lincoln‘s reticence on the subject of his
early childhood was not imitated byall of
his relatives. Dennis Hanks, a cousin of Mr.
Lincoln, on his mother’s side, has furnished
some of the most entertaining recollections of
the boy life of the president on record. And,
while some of Lincoln’s historians are in»
clined to credit Mr. Hanks with a disposition
to exaggeration, all have made uscof the
items furnished, and there is little doubt that
.thcsc are, in the main, correct.
Cousin Dennis’ recollections go back to
Ibo birth of Abraham Lincoln, who was
:1bout twenty—four hours old when the for-
mer first saw him.
Torepeat the words of the narrator: “I
rikkilect I run all the way—over two'miles—
:to schancy Hanks’ boy baby. Her name
was Nancy Hanks before she married Thom-
as'Lincoln. ’Twas.common for connections
to gather in themdaysto see new babies I
hold the wee one aminute. I was 10 years
old, and it tickled me to hold the pnlpy, red,
little Lincoln.” ' ' 1 ’
The Hanks family moved to Indiana soon
after the Lincolns had settled there, and the
boys grow up together on the intimate terms
of kinship. Dennis claims to have taught
his cousin to read, write and cipher, but
there 15 pretty good evidence that Abe’s Own
mother, before she died, had started him well
.111 these rudiments. As to the materials
with which the boy learned to .‘fi‘iw, Dennis
says: “He made ink out of blackberry briar
root and a little copperas in it. His first pens
were made out of a turkey buzzard’s feath-
are.”
According to . his genial cousin’s state-
ments Lincoln’s first reading book was Web-
ster’s Speller. “When I got him through
that,” says Dennis, “I only had a copy Of
Indiana statutes. Then he got hold of a
book; I can’t rikkilect the name.
yarn about a fellow, a nigger or suthin’, that
sailed a flatboat up to a rock, and the rock
was magnetized and drawcd the nails out. of
his boat, and he got drowned or suthin’.” (It
was “Arabian N ights.”) “Abe would lay on
the floor and laugh over them stories by the
hour. I told him they was likely lies from
end to end. I borrowed for him the “Life of
Washington” and the “Speeches of, Henry
Clay." They had a powerful infl. so on
him, especially the first one. ' He was a
Democrat, like his father and all of us, when
he began to read it. When he closed it he
was a Whig, heart and soul, and he went on
step by step until he became leader of the
Republicans.”
The sad story of Lincoln’s gentle mother
and her untimely death has been too frequent—
ly told to need repetition here. Equally famil-
iar is the story of the stepmother’s devotion
and the stepson’s affection. The hardships
and privations endured by Lincoln and his
family, always so painfully recalled by the
president, will be passed over with the tell-
ing, in the president’s own words, of how he
earned his first dollar.
The story was told one evening, in the ex-
ecutive mansion at Washington, to Mr. Sew-
ard and a few other friede '
“I have never told you how I earned my
first dollar. I belonged, you know, to what,
we called down south the scrubs. We had
succeeded in raising , sufficient produce, I
thought, to justify taking it down the river
' to sell.‘ So I had constructeda little fiat boat
for the purpose. I was contemplating my
new flat ‘boat with considerable pride as a
steamboat was coming down the river. There
were no wharves on the western streams, and
the custom was, if passengers were at any of
the landings, for them to go out in a boat,
the steamer stopping and taking them on
board. Two men came down to the shore,
with trunks, and asked: ‘Will you take us
out to the steamer? Certainly, said I, sup-
‘posing that each of them would give me two
bits. I sculled them out to the steamboat.
The steamer was about to put on steam again
when they and their trunks were aboard,
when I cried out that they had forgotten to
pay me. Each of them took from .his pocket
9. silver half dollar and threw it on the bot—
tom of my boat. ‘
“Gentlemen, you may think it was a little
thing, but it was the most important incident
in my life. I, a poor boy, had earned a dol-
lar, in less than a day, by honest work. The
world seemed wider and fairer before me. I
was a more confident and hopeful being from
that time.”
Following are some of the pictures descrip-
tive of Lincoln drawn by the pens of great
men:
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LINCOLN’s rms'r DOLLAR.
Said Gen. Grant: “Lincoln was incontesta-
bly‘the greatest man I ‘cver knew. What
marked him especially was his sincerity, his
kindness, and his clear insight into affairs.
Under all this he had a firm will and a clear
policy. It was that gentle firmness in carry-
ing out his own will, without apparent force
or friction, that formed the basis of his
character. He wasa wonderful talker and
teller of stories; his power of illustration and
his humor were inexhaustible.”
R. \V. Emerson emphasizes the fact that
President Lincoln was a man of the people.
He says: “He was thoroughly American, a
quiet, native, aboriginal man, as an acorn
from the oak; no oping of foreigneis, no
frivolous accomplishments. He offered no
shining qualities at the first encounter; he
did not offend by superiority; his face and
manner disarmed suspicion. which'inspired
confidence, which confirmed good will. Then
he had a vast good nature which made him
tolerant and accessible to all, fair minded,
leaning to the claim of the petitioner. Then
he was a man of severe labor. It can not be
said there is any exaggeration of his worth.
If ever a man was fairly tested he was.”
Henry W'ard Beecher, in writing Of Lin-
coln, said: “He was in a most significant
way a man that embodied all the best quali-‘
ties of unspoiled middle class men. He had
homely common sense; he had honesty and
sagacity; and he had a sympathetic nature
that prepared him to accept any stormy
time. Lincoln was able to deal with all
classes of men from his very nature.”
Robert G. Ingersoll says: “Lincoln was
an immense personality—firm, but not ob-
stinate. He influenced others without ef-
fort, unconsciously. He was severe with
himself, and for that reason lenient with oth-
ers. He appeared to apologize for being
kinder than his fellows. He did merciful
things as stealthiiy as others committing
crimes—a great man stooping, not wishing
to make his fellows feel that they were small
and mean. Lincoln was the grandest feature
of the fiercest civil war. He is the gentlest
memory of our world.”
“No man of Lincohi’s historical stature
ever passed through a more checkered a‘
varied career than fell to the lot of this ex-
traordinaiiy man,” said . Allen Thorndike
Rice, in the introduction tohis reminiscences
of Abraham Lincoln. “In 1826 he left school.
In 1827 he is recorded as an athlete of local
renown, while at the same time he was a
writer on temperance, and a champion of
the integrity of the American Union. In
1830 he began his career as an orator, stand:-
ing on an empty keg at Decatur. Next he
became in turn a Mississippi boatman, a
clerk at the polls, a salesman, a debater in
frontier debating club's, a militia captain in
the Black Hawk war and an unsuccessful
candidate for the legislature. After this he
tried his fortunes as a land surveyor. In
1833 he was appointed postmaster at New
Salem. Having studied law he became a
lawyer. In 1834 he was a successful candi-
date for the legislature of Illinois, and, as a
member of it, protested against slavery.
Challenged about this time to fight a duel he
became reconciled to his adversary, and map.-
ried Miss Mary Todd, after constituting bime
self her champion. Defeated as candidate
for congress in 1843, he was returned in 1846.
In 1854 he sought, without success, to be ap-
pointed general land commissioner. Subse~
quently be was engaged vigorously in state
politics, opposing Judge Douglas in a debate
that attracted national attention, and that
gave him the nomination for the presidency
of the United States."
The brief sketches here given of Lincoln,
the man, have indeed been imperfectly told,
if the reader does not see between the lines
the faith in his own strength which sufliced
toguide him through some of the severest
trials that ever fell to the lot of a public
man. There was no end to his ambition, no
failure in his patient endeavors to push on-
ward. His watchword was; Forward,
march.
80 he grew up, a destined work to do,
And he lived to do it.
From a local politician and an obscure
member of congress, he suddenly rose to be
one of the world’s most influential statesmen.
From a volunteer against Indian insurgents,
he became the mover of vast armies. Begin-
ning as a stump speaker and corner grocery
debater, he lived to take his place in the
front- rank of immortal" orators. It was
this power of compassing the most trying
situations, says Mr. Rice, that made the brief
and crowdiug'space of four years sufficient
for Abraham Lincoln to accomplish a task
that generations had been preparing.
An Unsatisfactory Interview.
11qu the following story;
In 1862, after the appearance of the rebel
ram Merrimac, the president was waited
upon by a delegation of New York million:
very uneasy about the unprotected .Si. .etion
and bombardment by rebel rams, and re-
questedhimto detail a gunboat to defend
the city. The gentlemen were fifty in num~
her, very dignified and respectable in appear-
theiz own right $100,000,000.
Of course, Mr. Lincohi did not wish to
offend theseggntlemen, and yet he intended
to give them a little lesson. He listened with
great attention, andseemed to be much im-
pressed by their presence ppgl their state—
ments. Then he replied, very ,deh‘bgrately:
“Gentlemen, Lam, by the constitution, com-
mander-inchief of the ,army and navyof the
United States, and, sea matter. ~of law, can
order anything done that is practicable to be
command Of the gunboats or ships of war,
as a matter of fact, I do. not know exactly
where they are, but presume they are
actively engaged. It is impossible fer me,
in the present condition of things, to furnish
you a gunboat. If I was worth half as much
as you gentlemen are represented to be. and
' as badly frightened as you seem to be, I
would build a gunboat and give it to the
government.” A gentleman who accom-
panied the delegation says he never saw
$100,000,000 sink to such insignificant pro-
portions, as the committee recrossed the
threshold of the White House, sadder but
wiser men.
The Lincoln Guard of Honor's Secret.
The last annual memorial services of the
assassination and death of P1;eside11t Linc_0_ln,
It told a '
once, and stated that they represented in ’
done. But, ash matter of fact. ‘I am not in .
In “Every Day Life of Lincoln” is intro-
'aires, who represented to him that '12 were .
of their city, which was exposed to attack .
”NORWALK GAZ
April 14\and 15,1881, iii Springfield, 1113;,
were of unusual-interest, owingto therevela- ,
tion of, the secret of the guard ‘of honOr,’re-
the hidden grave of Lincoln and the
final interment of the body. Since the un-
successful attempt in 1876 to steal the body it
had been understood, especially by the people
in and about Springfield, that it was not in
the marble saréophagus always shown to vis-
itors in the north hall of ' the monument,
where the public generally supposed A: was.
'In point 'of fact, after the attempttosteal
the martyred president’s body, the remains
were placed in a tomb excavated in the solid
masonry directly under the oblisk. _ April 14,
1887, in the presence of the members of the
guard of honor and the Lincoln Monument
association, the body was taken from its bid—
‘lng'vand placed with the remains of Mrs.
Lincoln, in a tomb sunk in the center of the
floor of the north hall.‘ The tomb is‘lined
'with stone securely laid in cement. The
masons immediately went to work, and a
low, brick arch was sprung over the coffin.
This was covered with hydraulic cement,
and above this rubble and slag mingled with
cement were filled in, bringing the surface of
the tomb up to the floor. The stones of the
floor were then replaced, and the work was
ended.
The coffin containing the body of Mr. Lin-
coln was opened at the time of the last inter-
ment and identified by friends preient. It
was in a remarkable state of preservation.
Among the books Abe Lincoln read when
a boy was “jEsop’s Fables.” He was always a
good story teller, and it was told by one of
his early acqaintances that “he could tell
more stories than anybody in school but
Hazel Dorsey.” Esop’s stories helped him
immensely, and he soon was a better story
teller even than Hazel Dorsey.
GLIMPSE AT LINCOLN-'3 WEDDED LIFE.
Mrs. Mary Todd Lincoln as a Young Lady.
Wife and NVidow.
Miss Mary Todd, who married Abraham
Lincoln Nov. 4, 1842, was the daughter of
the Hon. Robert S. Todd, of Kentucky. She
was 21 years of age when she first met her
future husband. She was at that time intel-
ligent and bright, full of life and animation
with ready wit and quick at repartee. Her
abundant hair was dark brown in color; her
eyes were a grayish blue, and a rosy buo-
Rnged her cheeks. In a word, she was bright,
pretty and ambitious. From the first hour
of her acquaintance with Mr. Lincoln she
regarded him as an intellectual prodigy, and
married him in the belief that some day or
other he would be president Of the United
States.
nus. LINCOLN.
After their marriage Lincoln and his wife
went to live in pleasant rooms in a very com-
fortable hotel called the Globe tavern, kept
by a Mrs. Bede and about 200 yards distant
from the old state house, paying 84 a week
only for board and rooms. On one oceas'ion,
shortly after her marriage, Mrs. Lincoln,
1 speaking of a friend who had married an old,
but very rich man, said: “I would rather
marry a good man—a man of mind—with
bright prospects for power and success and
fame, than all the horses and houses and gold
in the world.”
In 1844 Mr. Lincoln purchased the small,
but comfortable, house illustrated in the en-
graving, in which he lived until his election
as president and his removal to Washington.
Notwithstanding Mrs. Lincoln’s pride and
faith in her husband, it cannot be said that
they were supremely happy in their domestic
relations. It is generally admitted by those
who claim to know most about it, that his en
gagement to Miss Todd was a misfortune to
both parties concerned. A portion of the
press has ever been ready, and especially
since Mr. Lincoln’s death, to heap reproaches
upon his wife and widow. Lamon says, in
reference to the subject: “If ever a woman
grievously expiatcd an offense not her own,
this woman did.” Herndon, who knew prob
ably better than almost any other, the inside
workings of the Lincoln family, in a letter to
one of Lincoln’s biographers, writes, “Al
that I know ennobles both.”
LINCOLN HOMESTEAD AT SPRINGFIELD.
.Mr. Arnold. in his life of Lincoln, makes a
chivalrous defense of Mrs. Lincoln, whom he
considers was treated not only harshly, but
cruelly bye. large portion of the press. He
says: “The heart broken widow’s intellect
'was shattered by the awful shock of her hus-
band’s death, and her mental condition was,
made worse by the death of her son Thomas,
in 1871.” From that time Mrs. Lincoln, in
his opinion, was never entirely‘responsiblo
for her conduct. She was peculiar and ec-
yentric, and had various hallucinations.
These at one time assumed such a form that
her son and family friends thought it wise
that she should be under treatment for her
mental maladies. She was removed 13015110
quiet of the country, and in a few months so
for improved that her elder sister, Mrs,
Ninian Edwards, took her to her home in
Springfield, where she lingered until her
death. which occurred J ulv 16. 1882.
Charles Sumner was true to the widow of
.his friend to the last. Largely through his
influence congress passed a law giving to
Mrs. Lincoln a pension and conferring upon
her A trunking privilege for life.
Grant and Stanton.
When Gen, Grant-was appointed to take
command of the army he called upon Secre-
tary of War Stanton, He were smoking a
cigar, and the secretary greeted him in that
abrupt way of his, saying: “By virtue of
my ofllcc I rank you, general; I have com:
mand over you.” To this Gen. Grant quietly
replied that he was at the head of the army
and commanded it. . Mr. Stanton then in-
sisted that they should go to President
Lincoln and have the matter settled. Grant
said that he did not care, as he was then on
“LET GRANT HAVE HIS was new.”
When they arrived in the prwence of the
president, Mr. Stanton, with much vehe-
mence, put the case to the chief executive,
and wound up by asking if he did not rank
Gen. Grant as commander of the army.
President ,Lincoln answered, in that high
voice of his: ”Mr, Stanton, you and I have
been tryinw'toru‘n clients for a cod while
don’t you Dunk 'it'Is best'tg let D. Grant
have his turn now?" That géttled the con-
troversy in favor of Gen. IGra'ntJ" ‘ "
The devotion felt for Abraham Lincoln
during the war by the Federal soldiers, was
something almost past belief. {The .I'vritcr rcé
menibersalieutenhnt in g. New‘Yor-k regi-
lncnt who preserved a triangle pt fa‘ded 1.11:0
cloth as a relic long after the war, -‘ Linc-cl: 1‘s
hand oncc brushed my overcoat,” be salt
simply, “and I cut out the piece and 511111.
always keep it.”
The Lighthouse neeper.
“No, the lighthouse keeper does not have a
soft snap. He can subordinate his light to
nothing. It is no available excuse for his
Eight to be out that his wife was dying and
. :é‘could not leave her. He may be satisfied
that thctower he is stationed in will tottcr
and fall in ruhijs'within the next hour, but
he must keep its light‘going 'as long as it
stands. The abs'enc'épf a light' for O'nc min;
ate may result in 'disast'ei" to ‘life' an?
property on the seas. Onc'single instance 0
neglect in keeping a light going according to -
instinctions i$ .smze $91.0 tailor/9i} by immé-
dicte dismissal. ”va York Sun. '
Seawpcds of the Centuries.
The earthquake left deep pits in the land
between Charleston and Summerville.’m1¢
on the margins of these was white sand, such
as is seldom found except» near the seashore,
On this sand has sprung up a dense growth
of seaweeds, and it is conjectured that'the
seeds whence sprung this growth had been
buried. at a great depth for many centuries
wNelt York Sun.
« YOU
HAST THOUGHT!
Hess thought, 0 friend. how many, long, sweet
years
We two have jonmed kindly on togethw,
O’er smooth and stony ways, with smiles and team.
’Ncath cloud and sun, in every kind of weather:
Host thought one day our fellowship must cease:
Our kindled ways at last will go asunder?
And one be upward led to perfect peat-c,
And one be left to weep and wait. and wonder?
Hast- thought one happy day what welcome sweet
Shall angels hear who guard the Heavenly
portal? '
And hbw thenceforth our undivided feet
Shall walk the shining hills of Life Immortal?
—-“L. L. G." in Demorest‘s Monthly.
EXCELLENCE.
EXECUTIONERS PAR
Sthry of Mai-wood. the. English Hangman.
A Disgusting Performance.
The two men who loomed before the gen-
eral public as executicncrs par excellence
were Marwood, the English hangman, and
Issues, who from time to time has experi-
mented i: the Tombs. I have Marwood’s
own “'Ol‘L for it that at the last moment,
after the cap is pulled over the face, under
pretence Of arranging the noose more care-
fully, the presses with his thumb quickly and
with great force just below the Adam’s apple
with the intent successful, as he claims, of
depriving the condemned of consciousness.
Whether this is a desirable feature or not, I
leave to hangmen. The ordinary mind rc-
volts from any personal aid to glory, prefor-
ring to leave all literal killing to the appli-
ances of a physical nature provided for that
purpose.
Marwood was a voluptuary in his calling,
and in moments of ..-briety found greatest
pleasure in toying With the necks and throats
of his companions. On one occasion when an
actor, well known and highly esteemed in
this city, was on a grand tour through the
English provinces, on going to his dressing
room he found a party of convivialists, who
had called to pay him their respects. There
was the sheriff, quite a dignitary abroad,
other officials and Marwcod, tho hangman.
Clad in the classic garb of Hamlet, Prince
of Danes, the actor was a picture of manly
beauty, and Marwood, whohad been drink-
ing freely, placing his hands upon the actor’s
bust, said, “What a superb neck you have.
How I would like to put the rope about your
throat.” Conversation turned upon the pleas-
ant performance of this cheery companion,
and he gave practical illustratiOn of his
throat pushing custom, very much to the an-
noyance of the actor.
In the party was an American. Upon him
Marwood attempted to experiment, but be- .
coming somewhat rough in his treatment the
American, who could stand it no longer and
who was intensely disgusted by the entire
procedure, drew elf and with appropriate ex-
clamation struck the little nuisance squarely
in the jaw, knocking him with great force
against a full length mirror. which was shat-
tered into fragments. That that ended the
call may be well imagined—Joe Howard in
New York Graphic.
School Hours for Children.
011 rainy days, instead of the usual hour’s
intermission at noon, considerably less than
an hour is taken for recess, and with this ex-
ception the children are kept continuously at
work from shortly after 9 o’clock till 2. This
is known in school phraseology as “short
session ;” the last two hours thereof, any
teacher will bear me out in saying, are worse
than useless. Children and teacher alike are
weary and irritable. They act and react
upon one another. It is more than doubtful
whether anything is effectually taught or
eflectually learned. Surely when school
hours are so long educational work might be
completed in them. After giving four or five
hours to mental work in school, children
'shOuld not be'requircd to study two or three
hours longer out of‘school. Home work often
takes up the hour of sunlight which remains
after school on a winter’s day, and children,
who need sunshine as much as do daisies, live
in semi-darkness till their checks are blanched
like celery stalks. In half the time now
spent in lessons children would acquire as
much or more. Books would not be regarded
with the distaste which follows weariuess.
The learners would come to study with minds
refreshed, and hence keen and attentive.—
E. M. Hardinge in The Epoch. .
Clennnness of St. Petersburg.
The stronger wonders how, in St. Peters-
burg, for instance, the markets and shops ,
are kept as clean as they are, when the water
isso filthy. One can smell the water of the
Neva, which furnishes the supply for drink-
ing and household purposes, for a mile on an
ordinary summer day. It discounts the
water that used to get green in the Potomac
flats at W'ashington. A nativc'tells me the
reason things are clean. Every day a health
officer goes about inspecting the shops and
houses. Gendarmcs assist. If there is any
stench or decay disceiuiable, or any filth of
any kind, the place is arbitrarily closed, and
kept closed for weeks or months. There is no
recourse, no help for it. Cleanliness in the
commercial centers is an imperative neces-
sity. Many people have been ruined in busi-
ness by being closed by the officers. They can
never learn what is wanted. The only reply
is: “You must keep the premises clean.” How
clean is not explained, and there can be no
appeal—Moscow Cor. New Orleans Times-
Democrat.
Dad Spells,
.An experienced journalist publishes his
conviction that some people cannot learn to
spell, no matter how much pains they take.
It is a constitutional defect, he thinks. In some
instances it seems to depend upon the health.
A man who knows how. to spell Wednesday
when he is in good condition, lapses into
“Wcusdy” when he has the headache; and a
boy who can spell down a whole school in the
morning will make forty mistakes in writing
a short note when he is sleepy in the evening.
Shakespeare evidently had these facts in
view when he made Dogberry declare that
“reading and writing come by nature. ”—New
York Ledger.
Turkeys pay m V ermunt=wsen everything
goes well. A Green mountain farmer made
a net profit of $40. 50 from a single hen turkey
during the past season. That’s better than
raising wheat, or cattleh—if you have enough
turkeys.
Relief from sick headache, drowsiness,
nausea, dizziness, pam 1n the s1dc, gnar—
.anlccd to those using Carter’s Little Liver
Pills. These complaints are nearly always
caused by torpid liver and constipated
bowles. Restore these organs to their
proper functions and the trouble ceases.
Carter’s Lillie Liver Pills will do this
every time. One pill isadosc. P1101325
cents. ‘
It is hard to say which proved the most
insignificant cipher, Thocbc or his lawyer.
can live at home and make more money
at work for us, than at anyth'ng else in
this world. Capital not needed; you
are started free. Both sexes; all ages. Any one
can do the work. Large earnings sure from first
start. Costly outfit and terms free. Better not
delay. Costs you nothing to send us your address
and and out : if you are wise you will do so at once.
11, Hallett .11 99., Portland, Mame. 1y52
S'”“Jonesl What evou
l 9 '5 talklu ‘ I aboutl’flPWDat
a: K6‘evcry y ta ks about.
N ,E Thcysay thatforBrights’ »
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In E a G‘xixueahe'hln (Sent nee).
I or all: by C. LArnAnI,ll Main street.
Buk'.
ames Means
James Menus 83 Shoe is ab-
solutely the only, shoe of its
price which has ever been
placed eXtensively on’the
,e'market 111 Which
_ s‘bli y' is‘ consid-
‘ ‘ .crej W0.” H.133}?
‘ twiarg a _-
811.1:- -
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For l888 is xbeller than ever. and should be in 11"- '.~j"d5
of every ‘permn conmmulsllnk’bgytnc s E E n s
‘. icon- _ .-
PLANT A" DUI-38mm.- s cmmvw’.
,khousends of ‘ lluslrsllons. snd ‘nesrly 150 plge‘s,- c 11153
yin“ to buy. and where to get it. and mining lowest price!
for honest gobds. Price of GUIDE only 10 cents, inelud-
1112p Continua good for 10 cents worth of Seeds. - I. -'
' JAMES VICK. SEEDSMA 'Y
e ., e
gochester,
For Sale as Exchange.
THE Homestead of the late Abl ah Bells.sllu-
ated at South Wilton, one m1 0 from depot.
Dwelling has eleven rooms. good well of water,
barn and sheds, eighteen acres of land, abundance
of fruit. Will be sold at a bargain. Enquire of
0. E. WILSON. 3 GAZETTE Banding, Norwalk, or
JULIA C. Gnsoonv, Winnipauk, Conn. 1114
For Sale.
Frame Tin Roof House, 9 rooms
‘WO-S’l‘pr r:
20x36 5x 4, ,bxii“ 1.9124. lot 67x225. Good
garden, abunddncé’ m iffgood well water.”
South Wllto‘n. w1th1n‘thre'c minutes walk of 4999;.
W121 be sold at 'a bargain.“ Enquire of :. = _ 1
- “ 0. 1. WILSON,
3}; Norwalk, Cbnn.
. “has... A.
Cemetery Notion.
R. GEO {GE BARRETT _h 5 been ap .Olllfie.’ ‘1
superiliteudent ‘5 the $515.11 ‘.Cehiete§y
Grounds. Parties desk- ag avss opened; pl .
fixed, 810.. 01' work of any 1. 11111101161 lac chine-
tery Will 8 ply to 11m. He will be an, «pmelgry
from 1' o'c ock. a. m., to 6 p. 111.. «101.1% 8.114 have
11111 charge of the (gonads. Per order of
1m XECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
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DNESDAY.
SOLDIERS, ATTENTION
M. L. svmcrou, ,,
Pension Attorney,
Ml Eighth Street, N, E..
\VASIIINGTON, D. (1..
Located at the National Capital, adjacent to all me
Exccunve Departments, gives me superior
advantage In the prosecution of Claims
against the United States.
INCREASE YOUR PENSION.
Many pensioners borne on the rolls mc eunlled
loamuchhlgncr rate of P81181011 than they now
receive. 111 a great majorlty of cases 111 which
pension was granted for disease, the pens1oncr is
entitled to an increase of rate. and in most cases
where it was granted for wounds or injuries (he
(llsuhillty Increases each year. As time passes the
(lisahillt y of all classes naturally increases. Many
were :11. llrst rated too low. and It often occurs
that pensioners are unjustly or erroneously re-
duced by examining surgeons. A pensioner ls
enlltied to increase on a disability not set forth In
his original declarmlon. 'l‘hc pension laws are
morcllbernl 1111111 formerly, and 11c11cr rating can
be had for many disabilities. 111111111: a specially
of Neglected and Rejected 0111171151. and If you Will
present me with aoriel statement of your case,
gmm‘g by whom 11 was presented, I will obtam u
rehearing of your case,an(l,if it has merit. will
procure a favorable settlement Many claims
stand rejected before the department, when it
only requn‘cs n competentatrorucyto make them
good cases. soldiers sujjermg 1mm disabilities
conh'auied in sm‘vict'. who have 7196 appllcdfor a
pension, should do so as it 18 then' 11111111;
SOLDIERS OF THE MEXICAN WAR,
Who were in 11111: service sixty days, [or them
widows if not rc-marrled] are gmmcd 1058.00 per
month from January 29111. 1881. 1120
The “Record.” _
The Norwalk Record
Is an cslahlishcd fact. Allhough barely four
months old its circulation already averages
2,000 COPIES PER WEEK,
a fact which attestslts rapid rise and firm hold on
the pubhc favor. it aims to be clean and whole-
some. and presents all the legitimate news In
readable, spicy and terse shape. its subscnpllon
price is sumciently low to enable anybody to have
it without discarding any.other of their favorite
journals, .and it prospers without encroaching
upon me prospemy of any of its cxucllcnt and
esteemed local coutcmpomnes. as is shown by
the fact that it enjoys and appreciates the hearty
good will of ail—the GAZETTE, Hour. Sentinel,
Journal and Republican. ‘
THE RECORD is sent to any address totem
small sum of
75 00111811 Year; Single Copies, 2 cents.
Now is the Time to Subscribe“
SPECIAL TO FARMERS.
The Record.
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YOUR
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FITS overthe top course of brick keeping .them
in place for years. No more topping of your
chimneys. The Cyclone Cap prevents down draft.
it is made of ca t iron in one piece and will last
I forever. Any one‘ can place 11. it is cheap and
In ordering always send out-
of your chimney, or number of
Extra sizes made to order.
Works
amso
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sltle measurement
brick each way.
Manifactured solely by the Spugatuck Iron
00.. Saugatuck, Conn. . "
B. 1.. 31111.01”, Agent, Novella
17.11. 81112;, Agent‘.»South Nor-walk.
"M.'.sQ§:WAB.
OPTIC-IAN and 9011.11.15.13
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WILL BE AT NORWALK.
January, 25 and 26,1888,
At Norwallc Hotel.
Hevlngqualined myself by years of hard study
in the best institutions in Europe, and having had a
Medical experience of twenty-five years in thl
country, I am enabled at first sight to adapt lense
most appropriate‘to restore the vision to its origma
vlglor‘an'd cure all the various diseases of the eye
I ave therefore ‘coinbined my practice of an
Ocullst with'that of an Optician", and ‘am now en-
abled tofnrnlshed’all klfldS'Qf lenses and styles of
'1 let“ upwelling-12111511 are made no
derunder ipy own summon, to suit my cus-
omers’viaionary 111mm. ‘ " '
Con-ultutton Ergo.
References—Geo. G. Bishop, Games Olmw
Notice to 131.111....
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P. 0. Box 23.
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Building Materials, 81c.
,UILDING STONE, all qualities of sand, cel-
‘lhrsa' dug.‘gardens and go nds. renovated.
horses nnilca‘rts for bite.‘ I havesomc thoroughly
rotted and very fine manure for flower beds. ,1 - '
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No.0 South Union Avenue.
‘ 1’. 0. Box 654. Norwalk.
01‘ leave orders at P. W. Bates’Marhle Yard. 1116
For $9.19 6115311.
Ten Horse Power Roller and Six Horse Power
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Guerra Drives. ' ‘ H43
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1111511111111 No; 1011 Freight L111.
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THE. P110: 32‘
City of Norwalk and Eagle,
LLERS,
..
Will make daily trips for freight between I
New York and Norwalk. st )pping at South Nor- ‘
:THE SUN,
walk. Leaving Pier 23, foot of Beckman street
New York every evening at 5 o’clock ; Saturdays at
21). 111. Leaving Norwalk Bridge every evculng.
1 2: :r. . . .
,l-‘Irejght taken Iron: and received for all points
,9); the puph'nryapd Norn'nlk 1f.’_1'1d“Shc_pau,-; Rail—
roads at (inculyllcs'mil 1111155." " ‘ '
Upon application to agcms the Guy or Norwalk
and Eagle will be sent for special 10:; of freight
anywhere in New York or its vicinity.
B?” All persons are forbld trusting any of the
employee of the boats on thlsli11e on account of
the owners thereof. 1141
to he made.Cut this out and re-
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11131 anything else in this-world. may 0110' can do
HOUSATONIC RAILROAD
Danbm'z/ and Norwalk Division.
Corrected December 11111, 1887.
PASSENGER TRAINS
SOUTH.
,Lv. Norwalk. Lv .80. Norwalk, Ar.Wiison PleI
732mm. 745 a.m. 152:1.m
S 56 “ 9,04 “ 10 “
ll) ‘24. “ 10 32 “ 10 39 “
12 50 p. m. 10011.11]. 10? p.111
4 39 mi ‘8 57 In
T 0-1 “ Mixed 7 16 “ Mixed '1’ 22 “ M’x-‘(l
NOR'I‘I—I.
Lv. Wilson Point Lv.So. Norwalk, Ar. Norwalk
7 20 a. in. Mixed '1' 30 a. In. M’x‘d 7 44 Mixed
$111! f." ‘ 920 “ 9‘15 8.1!).
_ 3. 91 1213p. 111. 1218p.m.-
11 40 ‘5 Mixed 1 45 5‘ Mixed 1 52 A lxed -
153p.m. ’ 515 ‘2 519 p.111.
5 55 (b ‘l 6 20 8|
9 30 “ Mixed 10 00 “ Mixed 10 01' Mixed
W. 11. Srnvsxsox,,Vicc-Pres. and Gen’l Manager
1“. C. PAYNE, Superintendent.
II. D. AvsluLL. General Ticket Agent.
New York, New Haven &
I Hartford Railroad.
JANUARY 15, 183.8-
sz YORK DIVISION.
Trains leave South Norwalk as follows;—
For New York—Accommodation trains at
5.50 11.12, 6.56, 9.33, 11.45. 11. m., 2.41.5.03, 6.54.824,
10.15 p. 111. Express trains at 4.56, 5.l6 (except
Mondays), 5.40. 1.23 (101-111), 7.43 (local). 8.26 (105.11),
9.03 (Springfield local), 10.30 (Springfield local),
:1. 1n. ; 12.59 (Springfield local), 3.33, 4 46 5.51. 9.50
p. m. Washington night express. 12.56 11. m.
For New Haven and the East—Accommo-
dation trains at 6.31, 7.32. 8.45. 10.58 a. m., 1.15, 4.32,
8.29. 9.58, 11.06 p. 111. Express trains at 1.22 a. In.
(Washington night express), 9.20, a. m.: 12.13,
1.13 (local), 3.05, 4.49. 5.10 (locals), 5.42 (Stamford
and New Haven special), 6.11 (local). 6.20 (Bridge-
‘port spcc1111).6.53 (Springfield local), 7.54 (Bridge-
port special). 11.41 p. m.; 12.21 a. In. (Boston
express).
Sundays.-—Accommodation 7.32, 9.11 a. m.,
311116.511). m. ‘- ' - -
- O. \I. SHEPARD, Gen. Supt.
C. '1‘. lIEMPSTEAD, Geinass. Agt.
- 11-01.: 1.888.
The year 1888 promises to be a year of
splend1d political developments, one
and all rednunding to the glory and
triumph of 11
UNITED DEMOCRACY.
In the front line will be found
Fresh from its magnificent victory over
the combmcd fees of Democracy in its
own Slate, true llS convictions, truthful
_ Vbcforc all else, and fearless in the cause of
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the work and live at home. Either sex: all ages. ;
something new that just coins money for. all .
women. We will start you;capital not needed.
4 Tilt 15 one of the genuine, important chances of a
lifétlme. Those who are ambitious and enterprls—
in); will not delay. Grand outfit free. Address
True a (10., Augusta 111111110. 1v52
truth and right. .
T1111 Sun has six, eight, twelve and six- :
teen ages. as occasion requires, and is
1111611 of all competition in 1111 that makes
a newspaper. ‘
Daily, . $6 00
Daily and Sunday, .. 7 50
Sunday, (10 and 20 pages), .., 1 50
Weekly, .. 1 00
Address, THE SUN , New York.
Fer Sale. -
ADOUBLE DARRELLED RIFLE madehy John
. Blissctt, London. Will be sold cheap to
ash. Enquire at this office.
AWAKE AND ACT.
Up. up. my soul! the long spent time redeeming;
Sow thou the seeds of better deed and thought;
Light other lamps while yet thy light is beaming.
The time-
The time is short.
THE VOICE OF TIME.
The only triumph over Time
That Time permits is his who sings;
The poet Time himself defies
By secret help of Time‘s own wings.
——Helcn Hunt Jackson.
A NEW MOTOR WANTED.
Something the World is “'aiting For.
Electric Locomotives.
The world is ready Iona nc w motor—is act-
ually expecting and waiting for it. What it
will be no man can tell, but just now it looks
as though electricity was destined to sup-
plant steam in many of the mechanical pro-
cesses, or at least to be used in the distribu-
tion and application of power furnished by
steam generated in great quantities and eco-
nomically at central points, or by waterfalls
or the tides of the sea. Electric motors have
already been so perfected as to demonstrate
not only the ease with which the power pro-
duced by a dynamo may be distributed, but
its adaptability to almost every purpose for
which power is required.
Nearly thirty street railways are already
operated by electric motors of various kind
and successful experiments are in... ~
and elsewhere with electric loo-0115)..
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several manufacturing centers electric power
1:; supplied for driving printing presses and
usher machinery, and wherever it has been
introduced it has been popular, the principal
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objection being its cost. And even that oh-
stacle to its general use will no doubt 'cvcnt-
ually be overcome. The steam engine, in its
infancy, was a. crude machine, wasting all
but a very small portion of the power gener-
ated; but a Corliss invented a “cut Off,” and
other ingenious men devised improvements
in boilers and the means of utilizing fuel,
and we have the perfected steam engine of
today.
So, too, when the electric lamp was first
successfully lighted, the cost of supplying it
with an electric current was so great that its
popular use was said to be out of the qua:-
tion. But improvements were made in dyna-
mos, and'economics in Operating them were
introduced, until clcctric lamps today com-
pctc successfully with gas lights, not only in
the quality of the illumination they give,
but also in the cost at which they are fur-
nished. The electric motor, which already
is admitted to possess many advantages over
the direct use of steam power, will next be
made as cheap as the latter, but whet her it is
to be the motor of the future or not. time
:1 lone can tell.—Frank Leslie‘s.
Oranges All the “'11:; from Italy.
“It is wonderful how the Mediterranean
orange trade has developed within the past
. ten years,” said a west side importer to a
reporter the other day.
“Why, I remember the time when we
never used to get an orange from Italy after
the 4th of July until the spring trade opened
again, and now we get them all the year
round. There was a time when the Havana
orange was all the go, not so very long since,
either, but now you never hear of a Havana.
It‘s all Florida and Jamaica. The Cuban
groves petered out. and oranges, it was
found, could be raised much cheaper both in
Florida and Jamaica. In fact, they ran the
Mediterranean oranges out of the market for
a while, but now they are back again with a
vengeance.”
“How do you account for this"
“Simply from the fact that during the past
ten or fifteen years so many Italians, who
1ave come to this country and made little
fortunes in the street-vending business, have
gone back to Italy and Sicily and started
orange groves.”
“Do you think many have made sufficient
for that?”
“Certainly. They are economical and
thrifty people, as a rule, and have a deal of
hard common sense. Many have scrapcd to-
gether perhaps several thousand dollars, and
this in Italy is a sumptuous fortune, and will
erable a. man to live like a lord for the rest
of his life. A few hundred dollars is sulfi-
cicnt to purchase a plot of ground large
enough for an orange grove, and as this fruit
grows in that country almost without c‘ulti-
vation, you see oranges can be raised very
' cheaply, so cheaply, in fact, that they can be
brought all the way to this market, sold
lower than the domestic fruit, and still bring
a handsome profit to the grower.”—Ncw
York Evening Sun.
The Famous Cashmere Gate.
Near my hotel is the famous Cashmere
Gate—world-famed in connection with the
brilliant exploit of the little forlorn hope
that .on the morning of Sept. 14, 1852‘,
succeeded, in the face of a deadly fusilade
from the walls and the wicket gates, in car-
rying bags of gunpowder and blowing it up.
Through the opening thus efi'ected poured
the eager troops that rescued the city from
ten times their own number of mutincers, and
turned the beams of the scale in which the
fate of the whole British-Indian empire was
at the moment balanced. Perhaps in all the
world’s battles, no more heroic achievement
was ever attempted or carried out than the
blowing up of the Cashmere Gate. “Salkeld
laid his bags of powder, in the face of a.
deadly fire from the open wicket not ten feet
distant; he was instantly shot through the
arm and leg: and fell back on the bridge,
handing the port fire to Sergeant Burgess,
bidding him light the fuse. Burgess was in—
stantly shot dead in the attempt. Sergeant
Carmichael then advanced, took up the port
fire and succeeded in firing the fuse, but im-
mediately fell, mortally wounded. Sergeant
Smith, seeing him fall, advanced at a run,
but finding that the fuse was already burn-
ing, flung himself into the ditch.”—Thomas
Stevens in Outing.
The Dandy’s Photograph.
A French dandy went to a photographer to
get his picture taken. When the job was
done he refused to pay, on the ground that
the picture did not look like him, and he left
the estabhshm' ' ent. Next morning he passed
by the place and saw his picture hanging in
the showcase, and under it were the startling
words in big letters ‘FThe biggest fool in the
whole town.” Ho rushed into the store and
abused the photographer. “But, my dear
sir,” said the latter, “since the picture doesn’t
resemble you, what in the world are you
complaining about—New York Sun.
Agricultural Experiment Station.
The Pennsylvania State College Agricultu-
ral Experiment station was established by
vote of the trustees, June 30, 1887, in accord-
ance with the provisions of the Hatch act,
and will continue and greatly enlarge the ex—
perimental work of past years. It investi-
gates such subjects as are of immediate im-
portance to the farmer of the state, and pub-
lishes the rpsnlts in reports and‘bulletins,
which are distributed free of charge to all
citizens of the state who apply for them.—
Chicago Herald.
People whoaro always on the go-—Chi-
cagoans, for instance—sate now called “pen-
dulums” by Bostonians
ODDS AND ENDS.
To allay all troubles incident to the
change of life Lydia E. Piukham’s Vege—
table Compound has no equal for female
complaints." 2 - «
_ Anew thing in socks—_A baby three
days old.
Hay fever, Asthma. Immediate relief.
Foutaine’s Cure. Sold by all druggists.
On the look-out—The dude in the club
window.
Hay fever asthma.
Fontaine’s Cure.
and C. Lapham, 11Main Street.Norwalk.
The printer’s devil is not so black as he
is inked.
A- cheap piano can only be used five or
ten years and is never entirely satisfacto—
‘ry. ' The Mathushck will wear a lifetime.
'At Leomis’ Temple of Music.
Some of the best blood in the land now
ruiis'througli the mosquitoes? veins. '
My friend look here! you know how weak
and nervous your wife is, and you know
that Carter’slr'on Pills will relieyc' her,
now why not be fair about'il and buy her
a box ? ‘
l’oker players expect that 1888 will he
s .3094 Year, as it contains three of a
kind. ‘
Asthma. Bronchitis, Consumption,
Fontaine’s Cure relievcsa cold in 12hou1-s.
Sold by druggists. and C. Lapham, 11
Main Street, Norwalk.
Driver (to mercl1ant)—thre’ll ye have
this load er can] put ?
Merchant—Ia the front office.
find the safe door open.
One kind .of medicine will not cure all
kinds of diseases. Dr Kilmer’s preparer
lions are specifics—aremedy for each dis~
ease. They are the result of a succesful
practice since 1759. Guide to Health
(Sent Free) Binghamplou, N. Y.
The President new measures fifty—six
inches around the waist, bathe will look
twice as big as that to the bulging eyes of
the Blame crowd next .full- '
Always purchase the best it will be the
cheapest in the end, Cotton—seed oil, bill's?
tea and other minerals used to cheapcn
ard are very injurious. Lord made by
Sperry and Barnes is strictly pure. Wnr~
ranted free from any adultcraliou.
“We’ve got a hen that laid two eggs in
one day,” boasted :1 six—year—old girl to a
compani‘oni- ~~
Relief guaranteed.
You will
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“That’s nothing! My pa has laid a cor— l
ncr stone." ' ‘ ' ;
For sale by druggists,
Yours for Health
23.33338 LYDIA 5.
PINKHAM’S
VEIETABLE
coupons».
Is a Positive Cure
For'ALL of those Painful
Dclxcato Complaints and
Com licated troubles and
Wes nesses so common
. among our Wives, Mothors.
and Daughters.
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com: mon Onsmvanox, ox imam or PRICE.
Mas. Pam’s “61711)er Enema” AND Comm-
mL mm min) to m LADY sesame mousse
AND sum 10 LYNN, ms. Mention this Paper;
ITS MERITS KEEP UP THE SALE.
8311‘ Is A anssma so ovnnwoxm woman. Ir ax-
novzs FAXXTNFSS, W'CY,ALL cmvrxa 11-03 m.
mnrs, AND W wuxxnss or run sromcn. 01mm
moonnncm. mamuermons rsssmm‘lhoulrm.
Physicians Use It and Prescribe It.
wk names run Dnoorrxo srmns, varooasm um
umxomzrs run orgasms menoxs, owns 21.4511an
AND mxxsss T0 m srnr, ass-roars ran NATURAL Lusrau
we m mm, mm rants or: run PALE mean or woman rm:
1 1731311 ROSES 03' LIFE'S SPRING AND EARLY 5mm mu.
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WEARY WOMEN PRAISE IT-
Izs purpose is solely for the legitimate healing of dis-
ease and the rclicfafpain, and i: does ALL it claims to do.
It will cure entirely all ovarian or vaainal troubles,
I n flammation and Ulccration, Falling and Displacements;
and consequent Spinal Weakness, and is particularly
adapted to the Change of Life.
AN ANGEL OF MERCY-
Tnn Woman’s Sure Friend roamnmcam AND cos-
rues-run 'rnocnu's. LADIESBHILLNOI‘ ransom! sD'nGICAL
ornm'noxs on. com: CANCER, 3111': 11' WILL UNDER ALI. cm-
cu’nsraxcns, Aer Ix runner: Wi'm run LAWS or NATURE.
mun FEELING or ammo DOWN, cassava PAIN, man-r
AND nacxacnsns aware mans-11.11 century”: 1751:.
EPA“ Sold by Druggists.‘(£u
MRS. PINKIIAM’S LIVER I‘lLLS cum: Coxsrnwnos‘,
j Bnuousxrss AND Toni-1mm or run Livnn. 25 cums.
YOUTH anasnaur‘i
'.‘ Can be Obtained
BY USING
ELINTON’S
WITCH HAZEL
1911.11 use
It is the on] preparation in the
' worl-l warrsute to cure and eradicate
all impurities from the skin.suchu
Pimfilcs Salt R
=_ . Fles Worms and Sun
nyll'n. R‘gives the complexion a freshness and lransluceucy
which cannot be obtained byan other, even b the dangerous use of
arsenic. It is unequaled as a sulifier of t e handafiefiaing the
skin and makingitsoft, clear and white. Witch Hazel Toilet Cream
is not a pnlut or powder used to cover up the 1m critics of the skin
but a remedy that heals perfectly and converts l a some to envlsbh;
benutv. Price oflgi‘sl box. 25c. For Sale BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
WITCH "MEL WAG! GD. GLIHTWVILLE CONN.
eocxss’s
ANTS-BILIOUS
PILLS,
THE GREAT ENGLISH REMEDY
l‘or Liver. llilc. indigestion, etc. Free from Mer.
cury: contains only Pure Vegetable Ingredients.
Agent: C. K. CRIT’I‘EN’I‘OS, New 1 ork.
FECHTER’S FAMOUS
FAERICON!
The above cuts are made from photographs of the
disc-overer of this wonderful remedy, the first cut
5114)) ng him while perfectl bald. and the second
after he had restored his lair by means of the
FAMOUSFAIRICON. This reparation lsaperfcctly
harmless herb remedy, 1 1c result of a scientific
study of the causes governing the growth of hair,
and contains all the elements of which halr is com-
posed. Does not contain any sugar of lean]. nitrate
of silver or other poisonous substance. We particu-
larly invite those who have unsuccessfully tried
some or all of the various so-calied hair Ionics
restorers, &C.. to makeatest of the Falrlcon, and
we wlil guarantee that it brings about a new
growth unless the roots of the hair be entirely dried
up. which latter occurs very rarely and exists in
pea-bans no: more than five cases out of a hundred.
s1,coc REWARD
payable to anyone who will prove that our state-
ments are not correct. . ,
FAIRICON No. 1. price 50 cents per bottle. 1.;
for heads entirely or partially bald.
FAIRICON N0. 2. price 75 cents per bottle. 1:;
used on the new hair after its appearance.
FA IRICON No. 3. price 75 cents per bottle, 15in-
valuable as a HAIR DRESSER. especially for
ladies. If applied to the head occasionally. it will
renew the growth of hair that is falling out. keep
it smooth and glossy remove all dandruff and keep
the scalp erfect * clean. 11‘ 1S A CERTAIN
REMEDY ‘OR AL DISEASES 0F Till-z SCALE
and will preserve the hair of anyone 115111211, for
the balance of life. While. it is used. neither total
nor partial baldness need be feared.
FECHTERIS FAMOUS FAIRICON is for sale by all
(lrugxists or can be sent by the 111111111l‘ucturcrs on
receipt of price. Send for ci 1r come 11;,
history cf the discovery of this 1‘ .edy and (wit
11111191115 from 1’; who have used it. .
H, 5.. FECHT1 1,8500” HE fIanEn. CON N.
Tunic suppliw‘; 11;: ll. liswnr 1“: Co.. New Haven, (F
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v This Invaluable Medicine is acknowlerl ‘5
._ ed by thousands 1 o be The Best Cough Medl :
cinein the world. For Coughs. Colds. Sore .
hrcat,House-nose.InflammationbitheThroa ,
5- ' nth, Whooping Cough, Canker. Rash.
51c. there is no medicine new in use that 11:1 >
.pcrfornicd more cures. _.-
- it is W‘azrantcd not to contain any mineral
3.220; it is also free from laudanum o 3
. 0 taken at auv time with per -.{
11d byallD’g’sts. 35c. & 31. bottles.
.- . £1 SONS. Prop., Providence, R. I. -'
‘ Dr. Haynes’ Araian Balsam is unequsll .
»; ed for Group. Try it. 25c. and $1. at Drugg'ists. ~
AND GREAT--
s-Ionm
It will drive the Humorfrom your
system, and make our skin
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clean and smoot Those
.3,th Pimplcs and Blotches
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your beauty _
by impufie X
blood, and can e
removed in a short
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the best and cheap- _ “
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Get it of your draggist.
and you will be satisfied. ‘
DON'T Wm. Gar rr AT ONCE
Sole Proprietors for U. S. &. Canadas.
A. P. Onswn s (30.. Chemists
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Send two 32. stamps to A. P. Ordway 67 Co..
’awrcnce, 1111155., and receive an elegant set of
. .mcy Cards free. :
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BAKER’S
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Wari’uutcd absolutely pure
' Cocoa, from which-the excess of
Oil has been removed. '11. hosth‘rec
times the strength Of COco’a'mixeq
with‘Starch, Arrowroot or sugar.
, and is therefore ' far more economt
‘ .. cal, costing less than one cent a
" cup. It is delicious, nourishing,
strengthening, easily digested. and
3i admirably adapted for invalide 1111
' well as for persons in health,
Sold by 017.1125 everywhere.
11, BAKER 11 80., 1111101111111. Mass.
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PIANOS.
- “Tried and Triumphant.”
llnaqualled in flichness and Depth of Tom.
GREAT CAPACITY OF VIBRATION
AND DURABILITY. '
Each Instrument over 12 months In
pro es; ofconstruction. Beet materials
on. lines: workmanshlp.
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FULLY WARRANTED‘. faiths! will lag;
a'llfe-tlme and keep‘ln tune‘ at one-.1
quarts? to. expenses! ”any other mane:
OVER. 17,000 IN. USE.
Send for full descriptive pamphlet andé
prlcee to
lbs I}. 11. [00111300, Temple of Music,
If EITHER
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