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I don’t like to be- * ; generals accused the Confederates of cute ' rageous cruelty, and in retaliation a, score ; something of the kind was to take place, while the terms prerafled that. special “EVEN THIS WILL PASS AWAY." Of all the proverbs quaint and sweet, That burdened souls so often greet, As some wise voice from ancient clay, There sure is none in whose belief The worn heart finds such sweet relief, As ‘vaen this will pass away!“ When weary hands from early dawn "rill lengthening eve must labor on, And know not. surcease day by day; . How gladly comes the sweet refrain, , . ‘4' ‘ That echoes o'er and o‘er again, ' “This, even this, will pass away." When burdens that are hard to bear '7: Would sink the soul ‘neath black despair, ' ' And whitening lips refuse to pray; Faith‘s lovely face e‘en then will glow, And sweet her voice that whispers low, “But even this will pass away." When earth to earth and dust to dust Is read above our heart‘s best trust, And we in anguish turn away; The bitter cup less bitter seems, When through its dregs the bright truth gleams, That even this will pass away. Yes, even this! With hearts bowed down We stand beside the new made mound, And long to greet the coming day, When weary feet have found a rest; When hands am folded o‘er the breast; And all life’s woes have passed away. —-lliargaret McBae Lackey in New Orleans Pica- A WAR TRAGEDY. If you have never been in the valley of the Tennessee—I mean that part of the famous valley that stretches southwest- ward from the great Sand mountain to the picturesque table lands of Monte Sano, you have missed a scene the fairest of all In that country of fair scenes. 1 will not attempt to describe it. I cannot do it justice. No one can. It is the paradise of north Alabama, and in the heart of that for southern district devastated by war, and yet thanks to its protecting bul- wark of mountains, its pleasant ironies and Well tilled lands escaped almost un- scathed. - Not many miles to the north is Lookout mountain and the battlefields of Mission Ridge and Chickumuugn. Further to the south and west, and on the some great trunk line that passes within the shadow of the heights on which Hooker fought his "battle in the clouds,” is that already fa- mous young city of phenomenal growth, Decatur, and beyond that, the new Shef- field and war scarred Corinth. But while this corner of the great val- ley saw little Of either blue costs or gray —exccpt~, perhaps, an occasional foraging party that chance led away from the rail- road and into the garden land between thebig hills—the valley gave its best blood forthe cause of the Confederacy, and sons and brothers left the cotton un- picked in the field to join Bragg and his gat-herin g hosts across the border line of -_ Tennessee, or to follow the fortunes of Morgan or Stuart on their cavalry raids to the north. Back from the Tennessee, in a cove pro- tected from the northern by the broad back of Monte Sarto, a hardy mountain furmcr had built a house of uncut stone— a poor place at best, but a home for the sake of what was in it. It was not a. typical southern home, for the good wife and mother was housekeeper, dairymaid and gardener all in one, while the two strapping boys, with their father, did the work which on other plantations fell to the task of the negro slaves. At the nearest store, at 'Maysville, old John Rogers was, with indiscriminate courtesy, dubbed “colonel.” Why, he never knew. Perhaps no one else did. Even before the war military titles were popu- Now they are all colonels. .'.o few privates escaped the war. Among the negroes “Col.” John was looked upon with some disdain. A man who “worked” his farm without a. single black ”boy” was not likely to win the re spect of “the quarters”, at the big plan- tations on the river. Farmers who worked were “poo—ah white trash” in those days of easy indolence. But “Col.” John thrived for all that, and never a home in all the broad valley was happier than in the little cove under the shadow of Monte Sano. News travels slow in the country. III those clays few newspapers found their way into the Tennessee valley of Ala- bama, and the first shock of war at Fort Sumter was too far away to affect the tranquility of the people by the great river. Then came the frantic call for troops by the government at Montgomery, and the great valley was at last awakened to the horrors of war. A recruiting office was opened at Huntsville, ten miles away, on the other side of Monte Sano, and bus- bands, and fathers, and sons left their homes and people and went away to the war. The valley of the Tennessee was desolate. The negroes went flocking northward in search of the army of eman- cipation, and the cotton was left in the balls to spoil. There came it time when even food was scarce, and beef was worth its weight in the strange new scrip the Confederate government had issued. ‘Col.” John fared worse than many, although for months after the boys of the lower valley had gone away into Tennes- see, his sons yielded to the wish of the old folks and stayed at home. The time came, however, when honor compelled them to go, and they went; but the eyes of the aged mother were wet with tears, and the face of the white haired “Col.” John was strangely old, when they bade their boys good-by. There are brave hearts here at home who remember those sad farewells, when the boys in blue went far away to fight and die on these southern battlefields. There were the same and partings in many a southern home, and the war left hun- dreds of decimated families in that fair valley. Months passed and then years. Oc- casionally letters from the absent soldier boys came to the old folks in the cove, but they were few and very far between. They had gone north and enlisted in the Army of Virginia. They had been at Bull Run and had been on the peninsula in the checkerboard operations of McClellan’s campaign. The latest letter, scribbled in pencil and writ-ten in haste, and read in that little iodine with aching yet thankful hearts, told of good health and Confeder- ate success. Side by side thc brothers had fought, as yet unhurt. Now they were to go with Lee into the land of promise—the rich, corn growing valleys of Pennsyl- vania. Gettysburg came, and the Army of 'Vir- ginia, rudely awakened from its victorious security, was hurled back across Mary- land and into Virginia again by the mili- tary genius of Meade. In the carnage of the first day the older brother was killed- The younger, while retreating with his decimated regiment from an unsuccessful clmrge,*vvas taken prisoner. In company with several other Alabama soldiers, young Rogers, even then a mere boy, was brought to Philadelphia, and from here sent to Fort Delaware, as a prisoner of war. There he remained until the sur- render of. .Lee at Appomattox Court House. The and news of the battle of Gettys- burg was siow in reaching the little home by Monte Sano, but when it; did come it: broke the spirit of "'Col.” John and turned still whiter the head of the sweet faced mother; for it was said that in the battle both boys had fallen under the shower of Federal balls. It was not long before there was a “burying” from the house in the cove, and the body of “Col.” John Was laid to rest among the pines he loved so well. ‘ And the mother? She too would gladly have died, but nature was too strong. The time came, moreover, when she was glad that death had spared her, for there came to her from far away Fort Delaware 9. letter from her surviving boy, telling of the older brother’s death and the younger one’s imprisonment. She read the letter many times, and as the tears rolled down her sunken cheeks, she fell on her knees and thanked God that one son at, least had been spared to her. A'sudden: reso- lution possessed her. She Would leave the little home in the cove and go away to the north. She would go toFort Dela- ware, aud they would not refuse to let a mother see her son—even a "Confederate" mother. , face again she would have courage to wait for his release. , Traveling was slow. WeeksE’passed be- fore she was enabled to get through the opposing lines and into Washington. At last, dying from want, sorrow and fatigue, she stood in the commandant’s room at Fort Delaware with written permission to see and speak with the boy she loved so well. , They tell sad stories of Fort Delaware lieveit. Neither do you. They say that afteracertain engagement the northern or more prisoners were taken from the fort and ignominiously hanged. Perhaps they are mistaken, and that there were better grounds for-hanging than that. By some means a rumor had gained credence in the prisoner’s barracks that- Once she hnd woman”, his vengeance ‘wgs to be tested out E) the SO!- diers of Alabama, because of alleged out. _ rages committed by regiments from that state. Young Rogers was not a coward, but he had no desire to meet so unsol- dierly a death. With that inventive genius which develops so rapidly among those held in confinement, the prisoners in Rogers’ "gang” dugout the stone work and earth under one of the banks, and thus secured, not only a comparatively safe hiding place for pilfered provisions, but also for one or more of their number when occasion demanded that they should keep under cover for a time. The rumor that retaliatory measures were in order struck consternation to many a. brave heart, and when, for any reason, a Federal orderly came to the pris- oners’ barracks aud called the name of a “Johnny Reb,” there was a general feel- ing of misgiving, and an effort made, when possible, to discover for what pur- pose ‘tlie prisoner was wanted before answering to his name. So that when one day the barracks were excited to a fever point by the calling of a dozen names or more, and the name of “Joe Rogers” mug with startling distinctncss in the ears of that young Alabumian, he did not wait to be seen, but hurriedly crawled into the “grub” hole, and held his breath for fear of discovery and the consequences that would follow. Three times the orderly called: “Joe Rogers! Joe Rogers! Joe Rogers!" rang through the long corridor. Then the prisoners crowded around, and the orderly seemed to be unaware that Rogers had failed to answer to his name. He went away; and on the records it was written that Joe Rogers had been transferred—us even the ofiicers thought —to be hanged.‘ A sad look came into the face of the commanding officer when the white haired woman gave him the slip of paper that to her meant so much. ' “Rogers is not here now,” he said, finally. ' She looked at him, dazed by the intelli~ gcucc. “Not—here?” “No; he has been transferred ' "Where?” The ofiicer had a heart. “I—I do not know,” he said. He could not tell that sad eyed woman what he be- lieved to be the truth. But he could not deceive her. “He is dead!” she cried, wildly, and tottering forward she clasped her hands across her breast and sank into a chair. “My poor boy!” she subbed. “I loved you so, and yet I was too late!” The parched lids closed over the sad gray eyes: the tired head fell forward; the nervous fingers relaxed their hold. “Come,” said the ofiicer, kindly; “you must go now. I cannot permit you to re- main item. ” There was no answer. “I am waiting”-—- he began, and then he paused abruptly. Something strange in her appearance startled him, and he stooped down and peered into her face. As he did so tears came into his eyes. The sweet faced mother would never see the valley of the Tennessee again. She was dead! News flies in jails as it flies elsewhere. In his hiding place that night young Rogers was told the story of his mother’s death. Strong man though he was, the shock was almost more than he could bear, and lie grieved bitterly at the thought that, even dead, he might not look upon her face. But he was glad for one thing. There were kind hearts among the boys in blue,’ and they took the body of the dead mother across to New Castle, and there in the old church yard rever- cntly laid it to rest. Rogers managed to escape detection for the few weeks remaining before the close of the war. After the surrender he was liberated and returned to Alabama. There he lives and there I met him. He told me this story, and I repeat it because it comes so near home. It interested me. I think it will you—Philadelphia News. Victims of Monte Carlo. The Monte Carlo people will do anything to avoid a scandal. As a rule, this is the process: You have lost all your money and you are in bona fide distress. You go to the administration and ask for a. little assistance to get home. You are asked at what table you played. The head croupier of that table is sent for. He recognizes you as a player and probably remembers whether you played heavily or not. Your story being confirmed, you say to what station you wish to proceed. A sum suf- ficient for your fare and your needs on the journey is then handed to you, and you have to sign an I. O. U. for the amount. So long as you don’t return to Monte Carlo you hear no more of the matter, but if you go back there again you must repay your I. O. U. before you are allowed to re- enter the gambling saloons. All the peo- ple of the establishment are trained to re- member faces and it is very rarely that they make a mistake—London Referee. A Primitive Grist Mill. The editor of a Tennessee paper has been making a tour in the mountain region of his state, and in his travels discovered a mill which he says is per- haps the most primitive of the kind in the country, and is almost entirely the handiwork of Mr. Henderson. The mill proper in about 18 by 20 feet, and is built of logs, after the style of the country pig pen—that is, the logs laid one on top of _the other, the chinks not being filled up. The power is furnished by water, and the mill sets within about ten feet of the dam, the roof being about five feet below the top of the dam. When the creek is not overly flush the water falls over the dam, between it and the mill, and operates a horizontal flutter wheel, but when the creek gets flush the water comes over the dam in a volume, and instead of dropping be- tween the mill and the dam, lands di- rectly on the roof of the building and completely delpges the place. When it becomes evident that such a state of affairs is coming on the miller just re- moves his corn and meal to the bank and waits for the water to fall before he can go back to work. . The grinding stones are about six feet in circumference, and seem to he made of some sort of sandstone; they had been corrugated once, but that was in the long ago, for now the corrugations are completely worn off and they are as smooth as a piece of paper. The hopper over them will contain probably a bushel and a half of corn, and only one grain drops from it at a time; after grinding up one grain the stones immediately jump on another, and thus the thing goes on. The miller fills up the hopper in the morning, and goes ed for the day, plow: iug, herding cattle, or whatever chances to be necessary. The shaft which con- nects the wheel with the stones, instead of being iron or steel, is simply a hickory pole, and just how the stones are fast- ened to this shaft yet remains a mystery. The barrels about the mill are pieces of hollow gum logs with a piece of board nailed on the end as a bottom. The en- tire plant is the handiwork of Mr. Hen- derson, and while it is a queer combina- tion, it is well worth a visit—Chicago Times. Marriage Among Eskimos. The marriage ceremony of the Eskimos. is extremely simple. After obtaining the consent of the parents, the bridegroom just goes and takes his bride away to his own people, and the knot is tied. The families are not large, a_woman’s offspring rarely exceeding two—a family of four being quite phenomenal. Marriages take place at a very early age, and at twenty- five a wife is an old woman. A pleasing feature in the Eskimos is their kindness to their children. These are treated with the greatest indulgence and allowed to do and to have pretty much'what they please until of an age to support themselves. But they are taught .th’o. use of the arms and the tools, ' _ by their tribe, and miniature implements are contracted for their education. Theé'stnndard of man- ,hood'isneithor minty-oneiyears nor the passing of “exams,” but the killing of a you; i-remdeir,o13“ebi€1hsa.whale- After such an Enterprise a'y'Outh becomes a man. -Clt'ambers_’ Journal. ' nemesis; the memo sag-w: ' “It is a. good thing to keep an account of your small expenses,” ex-Minister John Blgelow once said to an acquaint- ance, as he entered an item in his note book.- His listener smiled at the remark, but took it to heart. In recently telling the story of his experience he said that, up to that time, be loud never thought of the amount it cost him annually for cigars and drinks and treats and other sundries. He began to itemize the cost daily. He was amazed at the end of the year when he footed up the sum at $750. A change was wrought in him. He determined that, for the next year, he would keep such expenses down to one~third of the sum in question. “And now,” he said, “within ten years I have profited by Mr. Bigelow’s advice to the amount of $5,000, which I have handed over to my wife to keep for hard times. And I have not be- come moan, oither.”-—Now York Sun. LEAP YEAR LEGENDS. A VARIETY OF PEASANT SUPERSTI‘ TIONS AND FOLK LORE. The Year’s Unpropitious Influence on Farming Operations—A Bit of Tuscan Superstition—Traditions in the Early Days of the Church—A Demon. The break in the regular order of days is naturally a matter of awe and appre- hension for the peasant mind. We ac- cordingly find, in nearly all the old coun- tries, a variety of superstitions clustering around leap year. The rural folk lore of England tells us how all the pens and beans grow the wrong way in their pods— that is, the seeds are set in quite the con- trary way to what they are in other years. The reason commonly assigned for this supposed eccentric freak of nature is “be- cause it is the ladies’ year, they (the pens and beans) always lie the wrong way in leap year.” Iii Belgium the peasantry maintain that this year is not only too frequently unpro- pitious for farming operations, but that throughout it the young of no domestic animal will thrive as at other times. A similar futility, they argue, extends to every kind of young grass and shoots, which it is affirmed invariably become either stunted in their growth or blighted. The same peculiar idea prevails in cer- tain districts of Russia, and, in accord- ance with tho time-honored and much- quotcd proverb, the peasant is reminded how, “If St. Cassiau (Feb. 29) look onacow it will wither.” Oh the other hand, there would seem to be exceptions ' to this rule, as in Sicily, where the former is advised to “set and graft vines in leap year.” The ancient Romans considered the bis- sextile, or “leap day,” a critical season, reckoning it among their unlucky days. That this belief has not by any means lost ground is evidenced by the deep rooted dislike parents have to a child being born on “leap day,” it being a popular notion that to come into the world at such an odd time is ominous us signifying the per- son’s speedy exit. But those, however, who chance to be born on this particular day have little occasion to dread such un- necessary ularms, for “it must be remem- bered how leap years comes around again and again, only too truly to testify to the utter falsity of the many articles of belief attached to its anniversary.” A variety of this superstition prevails on the continent, and, according to a. piece of Tuscan folk lore, when a child is born in leap year, either it or its mother will die before the year has expired. But, apart. from considerations of this kind, it must be acknowledged that it is somewhat awkward to be born on “leap day,” as a person can only celebrate the anniversary of his birth once in four years. It like- wise also has its advantages, as in the case of those of the fair sex who like, as far as possible, to minimize their age, and hence look with envious eyes on those whose birthday comes only once to their four. Referring to this month, Mr. Chambers remarks, in the “Popular Rhymes of Scotland,” that “it appears to be consid- ered by some people as the most import- ant. We have as many rhymes about this docked month as about all the rest put together, many of them expressing either an open deteststion of it or a. pro- found scnsc of its influence in deciding the Weather that is to follow.” But again, leap year is not without its traditions and legendary lore. St. Augus- tine, for example, writing of it, says: “The almighty made it from the begin- ning of the world fora great mystery, and if it be passed by untold, the first course of the year will be perversely altered, be- cause there is one day and one night not reckoned. If you will not account it also to the moon, as to the sun, then you frus- trate the rule for Easter, and the reckon- ing of every new moon all the year.” I-Iampsou, in his “Medii (Evi Kalendar- ium,” quotes the following quaint tradi- tion from o. Saxon treatise: ”Some assert that the bisscxtus comes through this, that Joshua prayed to God that the sun might stand still for one day’s length, when he syvcpt the heathen from the land as God granted to him. It is true that the sun did stand still for one day’s length over the cit-yof Gebaon; but the day went; forward in the same manner as other days. And the bissextus is not through that, as some think.” In France there is a popular tradition among the peasantry in the environs of La Chatre of a different kind altogether. It is said that every leap year a particular sort of evil demon makes its dread up» pearance, whose “only pleasure is to be displeased.” His shape is not distinguish- able in member, joint or limb. Nearly thirty years ago, M. Maurice Sand exhib— ited in the salon to powerful and graphic picture of this mysterious being. ".t is evening; the sun has just set over to country covered with marshy In; mid fens full of stagnating water. The clouds are bloodstsincd by the last rays of the departing day star, and the dark red color is reflected on the spleeping pools. Out of the depth of one of them in the distance a. marvelous monster has arisen, and is leaning against an Old water worn pile. Before him the frightened fishermen fly and fall. His form is not to definite as could be desired, but still he is the ghost of leap year.”—T.»F. Thistelton Dyer in Home Journal. What Say the Purists? A new verb, to “ante-pone,” has become uclaimnnt for public adopt-ion. I t evi- dently avoids the roundabout way in which, by several words of a sentence, we have been in the habit of expressing the idea which is the opposite of that con- tained in the accepted word “post-pone.” This means to place after, in point of time; “ante-pone” means to place before, inpoint-Of time. It is correctly formed from two Latin words, and, in a literary point- of view, can scarcely be objected to. It will be a more condensed and a shorter mode of expression to use single words such as “ante-pone,” “ante-poned," “ante-poning” and “nnte-ponemeut,” than to write, as heretofore, sentences stating that specified things which had been fixed for a certain date were to come off on a date prior to the one originally intended. One word will satisfactorily contain the whole idea.—NewPort News. A Small Boy’s Modest Request. “Grandpa,” said Bertie, “you like to see young boys enjoy themselves, don’t you?” ' “Why, yes,” replied grandpa. “And you like to do all you can to help 'em have a good time, don’t you?” “Why, certainly.” “I thought so. Well, me and the Tompkins boys and the Clerks are going to play ‘Life on the Plains’ in the Clarks’ burn for the next two afternoons, and] thought I’d ask you to let us take your wig to use for ascolp.”—Chicago Inter Ocean. Inconvenicnce of Dress. Often I interval that so little ingenuity is displayed where the dress of women is concerned. Following the fashions down the avenues, I have admired the arrange- ment which, though not meant for steer- ' ing purposes, so neatly simulates a rudder. But, noticing the inconvenience with which it is worked, I have wondered that the boat had not been further borrowed from, and "steering ropes” leading to the front attached to a. tiller rigged athwart- ships, as in all well regulated yachts, yawls and other small pleasure craft. The awkwardness of having to reach to the rear whenever they wish to give the gear atwist to port or to starboard, to round to on a door step or turn a corner, is too apparent to need any demonstration other than that which observation of the fair navigators aflords.—John Paul in Harper’s Bazar. “An Old Woman's ,Day.” Car drivers and ferrymen are adopting a trick of calling every bright, sunny day in the winter “an old woman’s day,” be‘ cause they say they have noticed that the sun and the old ladies both appear to- gether in the streets of this town. There is no class of persons that conductors and drivers abominnte as they do old ladies; it takes so long to get them on and OR the , cuss—Now York Sun. The Mormon's Wife's shoes. Mormon Wife (trying on a pair of shoes) ‘ -—They are oceans too large, my dear. Husband—I’ll take them back and get a smaller pair. Mormon Wife—No, don’t do that. Give them to your last wife. They’ll just fit hen—The Epoch. Not Quite Fitted. Miss De Peyton—Yes, admit De Smith’s quotations are very amusing, but they are not quite fitted for our circle. His saws usually have reference to common people. Mr. J ones—0h! I see. His saws are not of your set—Boston Courier. THE RUSSIAN censors. - A CONTEMPTIBLE FEATURE OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE SYSTEM. Every Foreign Newspaper Examined and All Objectionable Mutter Blottcd Out. How Letters Are Violated Without . Sample—Advice to Correspondents. The censor must examine every copy before it is issued to the public. For his convenience the papers are printed one day in advance. The type of Thursday’s paper is set on‘ Tuesday. 0n Weuesday morning the forms are made up; one copy is printed and sent 'to the censor, who looks it over at his leisure during the day, and returns it to the office with his official stamp of approval on, each page. This copy is carefully filed away as a protec- tion for the editor, who then sets his presses at work and orders the edition distributed to the subscribers. If there is anything in it that the ‘censor cannot up- prove he marks the objectionable article, which is taken out of the forms and some- thing else substituted. If 'the censor is otherwise engaged the paper has to wait. Sometimes the issue of Tuesday will be detained till Wednesday and sent out with the Wednesday issue, but it makes very little difference. Last week‘s paper is just as interesting as today’s. EXAMINATION OF THE MAILs. All foreign mails are also submitted to the censor, not the same man who reads the local papers, butnnother, who has his ~ headquarters and a staff of readers at the general postoffice. All newspaper mail is dumped on his table, except. that ad- dressed to the members of the diplomatic corps and high ofilcials. That is supposed to be delivered promptly without exam- ination. So the American minister gets his papers sometimes a week ahead of other residents. Every wrapperis opened.- If the paper contains an objectionable arti- cle, something in the way of criticism of “the administrative system” of Russia, for example, the censor takes a large pad, dips it in the ink and stamps it upon the article, obliterating it. Thus no incen- diary idens are allowed to obtain circula- tion among the people. No criticisms of the government are allowed to be read,.and no news from exiled nihilists. When the censor has read one copy of a paper, The London Times, for example. he tucks it back into the wrapper and throws it into a. basket for delivery, pick— ing up the next paper that comes to his hand. If he finds that it is a copy of The London Times of the same date he stamps out the objectionable article that he has read before and throws it into the basket copy examined was found to contain nothing exceptional be examines no more of them, but throws them into the basket as fast as they come. To simplify mat- ters, the circulation of very few foreign papers are allowed in Russia. . The censors cannot possibly read every- thing sent through the mails, so they con- fine their labors to the principal journals of Europe and destroy the remainder. Ono can receive The London Times or N ewsor Standard in Russia, but no other London dailies. He can have Punch and the monthlics, provided they contain not-hing objectionable. He can have Figaro, Gil Bias, The Pet-it Journal and one or two others of the Paris papers, but he cannot get the strong re- publican papers of that city. The New York Herald is the only American daily that can be taken. The censor will not read any other, so there is no use having them. sent. Ihad two daily papers sent me from the United States all the time I was in Russia, but not one of them was delivered. I was told at the postofiice that the censor does not have time to read every transient paper that came in the mails, and none could be delivered till he had read it. He had only time toread one American paper, and if I wanted to subscribe for that it would be delivered. This censorship of the mails is the most cowardly and contempt-ible feature of the Russian administrative system. It is simply a confession Of weakness that tempts the average man to sympathize justly make it one of their chief causes of complaint. The Russian postofiice is under the direction of the police like everything else, and is one of their strong- holds. . now LETTERS ARE VIOLATED. well as papers, and often exercise it. In fact there is no limit to their power. If a citizen or a foreigner is suspected of sym~ patliy with the revolutionary element, or is supposed to be in communication with agitators, whether at home or in exile, the police give orders to have all his letters delivered to them. The gum upon the lid of the envelope is moistened by being held over a jet of steam, and opened, or a thin knife withakeen edge is slipped under the seal. The letter is read, rescaled and sent back to the postofllce, or it is retained as evidence of treason. Letters going out of the Russian post- ofiices are examined, as well as those that come in. All packages addressed to foreign newspapers are opened and their contents read. Correspondents residing in Russia write upon the thinnest sort of stationery, and address the envelopes to individuals or business firms, so as to avoid the espionage of the police, who destroy everything that in anyway re- flects upon “the administrative system.” All manuscripts carried in bags or trunks by travelers are examined at the Russian custom houses to avoid the circu- lation of incendiary literature. All news- papers found in the cars that cross the border are seized and destroyed. I had a lot of newspaper clippings in an envelope, which I had cut from time to time, relat- ing to Russia. Agentleman in Berlin, who was familiar with the operations of the Russian police, advised me not to take them with me, as they would cer- tainly cause me trouble if discovered by. the police. A gentleman connected with the police at Petersburg, to whom I spoke of this, said my friend’s advice was good. If they had been found by some police- man or customs ofilcer, they certainly would have resulted in my detention until my character and purposes had been in- vestigated. He kindly suggested, too, knowing my business, that if I intended to write anything about the country it would be better not to commence till I had passed the borders. The same espionage is exercised over the telegraph as over the mails. A cor- respondent dnre not send a dispatch by wire from Petersburg to a newspaper. It would never be delivered if it contained anything objectionable, and if it did not, the fact of his having sent such a mes- sage would make him the Object of sus- picion and police attention. Correspond- ents of foreign newspapers in Russia have arrangements by which they send their news by mail to some agent across the border, who opens the envelope and tele» graphs its contents.—William Eleroy Curtis in Chicano News. A Pretty French Girl. One of the prettiest girls I saw in France was selling flowers on the grand balcony. Her beauty won her many buyersas well as admirers. Her hair was as dark as the raven’s wing, her eyes flushed and softened by turns, her features were as clean as from a sclup- tor’s chisel, her cheeks red roses. How- ever shc might be addressed she answered with a smile, a melodious laugh of pleasure following if she were pleased, at ' frown clouding her face but adding to her beauty if she would reprove. But. she did not lose the evenness of her temper. “I do so want to sell all ze genteelmen flowers,” she would say in broken Eng- lish, with a delicious French accent that stole right through the hearts and into the pocketbooks of some Amer- ican gentlemen, I knew, and to whom she often turned during the evening, “but I want them to buy for their own goot, not mine. I love so flowers. They are sweet flowers, lovely flowers,” and her face run red with blushes like‘her roses. I gave up thinking of her when I heard next morning that she had a bus- band whom she regularly whipped twice a day.—-D. A. Orr in Chambersburg Spirit. The Pickle Industry. The pickle industry is a large one in some localities. At Fredericksburg, Vow the supply reached 30,000,000 cucumbers. They are picked an inch and a half long, and bring eighty cents per 1,000. A boy can pick 3,000 per day. Picking them oil! when they are small increases the pro- ductiveness of the vines, as others quickly w as the first ones are picked ofi'.—- ostou Budget. Chinese as Liquor Drinkers. There is hardly a single Chiuaman among the Chinese denizens of this city who has ever fallen into the liquor habit, and a policeman who patrols the Chinese quarter says he never yet saw a drunken Chinaman. There are more Americans of both sexes who have taken up the Chinese opium habit than Chinamen who have been seized with the alcoholic mania of the Americans—N cw York Sun. without further examination. If the first - with revolutionary element, and they ' They have the power to Open letters as A _. .[RRIGATING LANDS. DESCRIPTION OF THE BIG DITCHES OUT IN COLORADO. Construction of Canals for Irrigation. Tapping the Bivor or Creek—Flooding the Crops in a Dry Season—Surprising Results—Profits. The great system of irrigating lands in dry sections for crops is as yet in its in- fancy, but wherever tried it has done well, and irrigating ditches have yielded a large- return to the investors in them. Most of the largest ditches are in Col- orado, where 3,000,000 acres of land are subject to irrigation. Of this vast body less than 500,000 acres have been ir- rigated, leaving 2,500,000 to be wa- tered yet. The canals in course of construction will water about 1,200,000 of the 2,500,000 acres. This is enormous when we consider that the whole system of irrigation has grown up almost within the past five years. The San Louis Park canal, watering 400,000 acres; State Land canal, 140,000 acres; Citizens’ canal, 110,000 acres. and Del Norte and Suguache canal, 150,000 acres, may be mentioned as among the most successful Colorado ditches. These three canals cover 100,000 acres of government land, 200,000 acres of patented land, and 150,000 acres of state land. They will furnish homes for be- tween 3,000 and 4,000 farmers. The water for the canals is taken from the Rio Grande river near the town of Del Norte. The largest canal is 120 feet wide at its head and gradually narrows down to twelve feet. Its depth varies from two to six feet. It has when full a capacity for watering 400,000 acres of land. coxsrnucrINo A CANAL. How do they make irrigating canals? Easy enough and quite rapidly. First is the construction of the main canal. The water is taken from a river or creek, the supply being regulated by a head gate. The canal may be ten, twenty or fifty feet wide and one, five or ten feet deep, ac- cording to the volume of water desired. Generally the canals are wide and shallow like a creek. Indeed, they are merely artificial creeks, and when grass grown and planted with trees along their banks are hard to tell from the natural streams. A favorable place for tapping the river or creek having been found, the canal is carried forward to the high grounds. It is generally given about half the fall of the river or creek, so it soon reaches an elevation far above the natural stream' and has the lands between it and the stream below its waters. At intervals as needed, small canals are taken out and carried to the farms. Each lateral has a head gate and measure for the water. The laterals are built so as to cover the greatest number of farms. At certain distances sublaterals are taken out from the main laterals, and these sublaterals too have head gates and water measures. The sub- laterals are used by individual farmers. If before plowing time there has been rain enough to soften the ground the farmer does not resort to his ditch, but, if the season is dry, he opens his headgate and saturates the ground. The seeding is then done. Ten acres is about the allow- ance of land that can be irrigated in one day per man. Unless wateris very plenti- ful farmers are limited to eighty acres each to be irrigated in one season, but this does not include grass lands. After the crops come up they are irri- gated or simply flooded. The quantity of water put on is about equal to what would fall in three days’ steady rain. When the crop is half grown it is irrigated again. Two irrigatious are considered enough for a crop in a. season, unless the weather is very hot and dry, and then three irriga- tions may be put on. It will thus be seen that every farmer holds in his own hands the means of making a crop when he has irrigating ditches. - EXPENSE OF IRRIGATION. Root crops can always be kept moist, and require five or ten times as much Water as cereals. The expense of irriga- tion, when compared with the benefits derived is very slight. Irrigation about doubles crops, and the cost of the water is never over $2 per acre, and often as r-low as sixty cents per acre, per annum. Forty and fifty bushels of wheat per acre are often raised under irrigation. Potatoes frequently grow to five pounds, and yield 250 to 500 bushels per acre. Other root crops yield equally well, and barley will yield forty bushels per acre and oats often fifty and sixty bushels. I have seen sev- enty-seven bushels of oats cut on an acre of irrigated land, and myself measured 500 bushels of wheat cut from a. ten acre field in Colorado, near Boulder. Wild hay, when well irrigated, will out two tons per acre, and alfalfa four to six tons. All kinds of berries, such as strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, gooseberries, currents and such fruits, grow prolific- ally under irrigation and yield nearly a. double crop. From $300 to $400 is often taken from an acre for small fruits. Ditching machines have been mad. for digging irrigating canals, but I never saw one that worked satisfactorily. The best ditching machine is an Irishman and a wheelbarrow or a plow and a scraper. A ditch ten feet wide and two or three feet deep can ordinarily be made at a. cost of $1,000 per mile. The income from the water in such a_ ditch in a good locality is about 24 per cent. per annum on the cost of making. So it will be' seen ditching is profitable. The little companies first formed in Colorado had great difliculty in placing their stock, but they throve amaz- ingly and soon men of capital began to look into the matter. The Colorado Loan and Trust company was formed by Mr. T. 0. Henry for the purpose of irrigating lands, and soon large ditches were under way. This company now controls many ditches and irrigates nearly 1,000,000 acres of land. There are many other compa- nies, and I believe all are making money. —.Gc'n. James S. Brisbin in New York Tribune. 'Dollcately Flattering tho “Freshics.” A certain barber in this beautiful city has been vexed in spirit because some of his trade seemed in a fair way to slip away from him. The manner of it is this: He has among his customers a large num- ber of Yale freshmen of tender years. These frisky youths insist upon being shaved, although their chins may be as smooth as the surface of a. billiard ball. The barber saw that in order to keep that class of trade he must convince it that it had hair on its face, so he bethought him- self Of a scheme. He took a very fine razor and honed it down to a very fine edge. This accomplished, he so manipu- lated the tool that when it was drawn along the smooth fiesh it made a noise as if the points were being scraped 0!! a barbed wire fence. . He tried it on the first freshman that came in, and the man went away looking as pleased as if his mother-in-law had just died. The tonsoriai artist now flourishes and the freshman goes on his way rejoic- ing.—New Haven News. All Sorts of Folsom. Mr. W. F. Daley, Advertising Agent of the Brooklyn Elevated Railroad, writes: “Inflammatory rheumatism swelled my legs and arms to twice their natural size. I suffered excruciating pain. Your won- derful S. S. 8., made a complete cure. Major Sidney Herbert, editor of the Southern. Cultivator and Dm'c Farmer, Atlanta, Gii., writes: “ I have fully tested the virtues of Swift’s Specific, both as a rheumatism cure and a tonic. 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We manufacture all goods bearing our brand at our packing house. New Haven. Sperry & Barnes, new HAVEN, come. WWW FOR BREAKFAST. son) BY an. enema Quaker Mill Co., Ravenna, Ohio Ladies I Do Your Own Dyeing at Home with PEERLESS DYES. They will dye everything. They are sold every- where. Price [0c.a package—~10 colors. They have no equal for Strength, Brt htness, Amount in Packages, or for Fastness 0 Color. or non~ fading Qualities. ’1‘ ey donotcrock or smut. For sale by J. G. Gregory E 00., Draggists. Wail street, and C. Lapham, ll Main street. Norwalk, Conn ly13 SOLDIERS, ATTENTION M. L. ariuc'rou, Pension Attorney, 241 Eighth Street, N. E.. \VASHINGTON I). Cor Located at the National Capital, adjacent to all the Executive Departments, gives me superior advantage in the prosecution of Claims against the United States. INCREASE YOUR PENSION. Many pensioners borne on the rolls are entitled to a much higher rate of pension than they now receive. Inagreat majority of cases in which pension was granted for disease, the pensioner is entitled to an increase of rate, and in most cases where it was granted for wounds or injuries the disability increases each year. As time passes the disability of all classes naturally increases. Many were at first rated too low, and it often occurs that pensioners are unjustly or erroneously re- duced by examining surgeons. A pensioner is entitled to increase on a disability not set forth in his original declaration. The pension laws are more liberal than formerly, and better ratin can. be had for many disabilities. I make a spec alty of Neglected and Rejected Claims. and if you Will present me with a brief statement of your case, stating by whom it was presented, I will obtain a rehearing of your case, and, if it has merit. will procure a favorable settlement Many claims stand rejected before the department, when it only requires a competent attorney to make them good cases. Soldiers Merino with disabilities contracted in service, who have not appliedfor a pension, should do so as it Is their man's. SOLDIERS OF THE MEXICAN WAR, Who were in that service sixty days, [or their widows if not re-married] are entitled to $8.00 per month from January 29th. 1851'. than Geo. S. Gregory... Livery. Boarding, Sale. Feed and Exchange 101 No. 14: Knight '81. (in rear of Horse Car Depot). NORWALK , CONN- Carrtages furnished at All hours. Courteous attention and gentlemanly drivers. 1y Two DOLLARS A YEAR . Number 1]. DO YOU KNOW THAT YOU “ CAN FIND AS FINE AN ASSORTMENT OF MEATS, ——AT—— . F. W. SMITH’S MARKET, 55 Main Street, As can be found in any market in this town of Norwalk? GEverytliing is selected by Competent Judges‘ of our line of goods. Country Dressed Mutton, Lamb and ‘ Veal. CALL AND EXAMINE. 1y48 , FRED. w. smn. DEBENTURE BONDS 6 0! o Guide—oi Montana Of the New England Loan nadir-st Co. This is one of the olden‘ most conservative and soccessful institutions den ing in such securities. Eleven years' experience without a dollar of loss to investors. Each $100,000 of debentured is secured by 8102 - 000 of mortgafigs‘hassi ed to and deposited with the Farmers' an Trust Co., New York. trus- tee. Interest psyabie at Bank of New Nork, Mort esfrom best Corn-Producing regions of Iowa, ansas, Nebraska and Missouri, For full information enquire of m o. E. wotsou. II llIllI 7 Hill CBIII. PBI'III IIIII‘IEHEBS —or run—- Equitable Iertgage Co., Kansas City. Capital, 82,000,000. 81,000,090 paid up. Principal and Interest Guaranteed. Security from three to six times the amount of loan. Coupon Bonds. Interest payable in New York. Also, use Six per cent. Debuts-re Bonds of the Middle-ox flanking Company, of Mlddletown, Conn. Organized under the banking laws of the State of Connecticut. Coupons payable in New York, R. B. CRAUFURD, Agent. 31 Main Street, Norwalk. JOHN S. ATKINSON, Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Harness, Blankets, Trunks, Bags, Sole Leather and Slice Findings, and Boot and Shoe Uppcrs. Corner of Pairfield Ave. and Kiddie Street Bridgeport, Conn. ayes Tun CELEBRATE!) Prof. Ashborn’s NUMINDI’S EMBOSSING [III —on—— Transparent Paint, --IS ON SALE AT— .J. T. PROWITT’S, 47 Main sneer, llorrra'll, Conn. The Only Paint Renewer in Existence. It Restores the. Lustre of Old Paint and gives it an Elastic Body. trlf you contemplate painting or re-painttng your house or other pIOpei-ty it will pay you to examine the merits of Numindi’s Embossing Oil or Transparent .Paint Before trying any other, J. T. Prowitt, Sole Agent for N orwalk and Vicinity, 47 MAIN STREET. ms To Inventors GEO. ll. BYING‘NN OFFICE : tor. [nuisiana Ave. and 1th St Washington, D. 0., Gives his Personal Attention to Procui-iul Patents for Invention: in the U. S. Patent Cfice and all Poreig Conn es. An experience of nearly ten years in the Patch Office has given him a perfect familiarity wit; to every classification of invention and the parti( u.aI EHAMINERS AND BUREiaUs, to which (anti and every invention is referred. He has a coir. plete familiarity with the Rules of Practite the Records Models, are, ac, kc, are every detail of the office, and GIVES HIS PER SONAL ATTENTION to the interests of hte Clients. Being on the ground, and visiting the Patent Office daily, he can serve Inventors in securing their Letters Patent for more advantage- ously than Solicitors who do not reside Washington. Searches and Rejected Applications A Specialty. To all those whose applications have been rejected. he will make an examination and report on the same gratuitously. ‘ Prelimin- ary examination of the Patent Office Records. prior to an application for a patent, will be made orsvery small charge,aud advice or informs- tlon in regard to patents will be given in full detailinacircnlsr which will be mailed free of charge to every applicant. lie has special facilities also for Proeuiing Patents in Foreign Countries. He refers to any officer of the Patent Chloe, and to the many Connecticut Inventors for whom he has done business and taken out Lx'r'rEss PATENT Pianos! Pianos! Pianos for Sale! Pianos to Rent! Pinion Still! tilt the Installment Plan. PIIIIIIII TIIIIBII ant Htllllll‘flll. Come and see HIE Sohmer and Krakauer Pianos . —AT—- Heniee’s New linsie Store, LOCKWOOD’S HALL BUILDING, WALL STREET NOBWA LR CONN. “29 GENERAL norm 2 Meat, Fish, Vegetables. doc. LOCKWOOD It ANDREWS. mane STREET. Ailkinds of the best qualities of Meats. Fish, Clams, Vegetables, etc., are kept constantly on hand.sndwitlbesoldbynsaslowu 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. lyeo LOCKWOOD a ANDREWS. I WANT EVERYBODY —'i'o come in and look over my stock of— Monuments HEADSTONES Before they buy anything of the kind. A selection can be made from them much better than from a photograph or pencil sketch. Respectfully, P. W. Bates. I“ J. P. NIGKERSON, For the time being at No. 7 East Side of Water St., FOUR DOORS FRO] WALL STREET. NORWALK, - - _ CONN. STAPLE AND CHOICE G R 0 G E R I E S . Family Supplies, 0f the freshest and best unlit that the N York market affords iii grozeries, also 0' VEGETABLES a Favors In their seasons at MODERATE PRICES. The patronage of my friends and former cus- tomers is respectfully solicited. * tfat J. P. NICKERSON. Telephone Call. RIVERSIDE ensue issootirron. 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 so arranged as to afford an almost Continuous Drive to all the difi’ereut sections, and are crossed in every direction by the streets so that carriages may reach every plot in the entire cemetery. Au Elegant Receiving Vault of large capacity, and fitted with all modern improvements, is near the entrance gate. Capacity. The entire space is not plotted, but 52 Vault Lots, reservations for 517 single interments, and 2,102 Burial Psots are now offered for sale at prices very favor- able to purchasers. 14:41:95. Maps of the Cemetery may be seen at the office of MR. Exos KELLOGG, the Superintendent, on the premises; at the office of How. James W. Hvs'rr, at the Horse Railroad Depot; and at the office of Mn. Jomv H. LIGHT, at South Nor- wslk. ti5 O. E. WILSON, General Insurance I Real Estate Agent Money to Loan. Stocks, Bonds, &c., Bought and Sold and Loans Negotiated at. Lowest Rates of Interest. ROO‘II N0. 3 GAZETTE BUILDING Nonwank. CONN. PETER L. HUIGUE, FLORIST III!!! IHYIIIII, UNION AVENUE, North of Norwalk Cemetery, NORWQLE, - - CORR. Dealer in in Green House and Hot House and Bedding and Vegetable Plants, Fruit and Ornamen tal Trees Shrubbery, Vines. Cut Flowers always on hand and all sorts of designsin Flowers arranged to order. 41y! Grading and Re-filling Cemetery Plots promptly attended to. Choice BUILDING LOTS (ON INSTALLHENT PLAN.) FOR SALE 0n Wilton Avenue —AND— San Sauce? Plot. APPLY TO A. ll. BYINGTON, GAZETTE OFFICE. n Removal. MRS. BEACH, Carpet Maker and Layer, has removed from the Shepherd Building, on Lewis street, to No. 7 Main street. where she will be glad to receive and romptly attend to all orders in her line of bus ness. she would also return thanks for the liberal patronage bestowed upon her for the past twelve years. me Norwalk. J only 19. 1887. For Sale Cheap. ATen Horse Power Boiler and Six Horse Power Engine for sale very cheap. Enquire at the Gum's: OFFICE. Btf
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