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An Enterprising Republican Journal, especially devoted to Local News and Interests.
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TWO DOLLARS A YEAR
Number 31.
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NORWALK,'C()NN., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1, 1888.
Volume LXXXVIII.
(Fur-BO . ‘VA'RD SELLECK,
unnnananooxrs BLOCK. WALL smear,
FAMILY _ GROCERIES.
ATENTS I
G. n. BYING-ronr,
“'uslriugton, I). C. . _
‘° “”8 m U- 5' Guide in Inventors Mariel iree.
PATENT OFFIC E .
n. n. UltAUFURD,
lrrrestnrents, Real Estate ant Irrsnranee,
ROOM 2, MASONIC BUILDING.
"I’m. Lockwood, '.
Real Estate, Insurance and Investment.
Securities.
MONEY TO LOAN.
Insurance Placed in First-Class (‘ompnnies
Uii’li'e—(‘or. MAIN .\" \VALI. S'l’S., NORWALK
iv 1::
I .r. BELDEN rrrrnrnnrr,
Aitnner ant Cennselnr at Lee,
Room No. 4, Up Stairs. i
GAZETTE BUILDING, NORWALK, CONN.
A LEX. S. ' GI BSON,
Organist of isi Congregational (itruruii, \t’aierbury,
Teacher of
Pianoforte, Organ and Musical
Composition,
Lock livrxll‘J l’ 0.,NOIHVALKJIUNN.
ll. L. llyirietorr.
Persian ant Patent Attorney,
No. 241 Eltlil'l‘il STREET, N. 13.,
\\'.\§lil.\'(u"l‘0N, I). 1'. till;
,‘TNA INHURANCH Cm, of )llnlt'l‘b‘ulti).
A- incorporated181-1. Ulrirrtcriclpetuai.
(IAI'I'I'AI. AND ASSETS, $8,902,273rfil.
insures against loss and damage by Fire, on
errrrsadopied toihe. hazard and persistent with
no laws of compensation. (‘OW files .12. M ERRI LL,
stile Agents for Norwaik and Vicinity. ,
TH E
- . . , \ ,
Nerwalk Fire insurance to.
llas now completed its
18th SUCGESSI‘UL BUSINESS YEAR
And has not outstanding a dollar of unpaid tosses
'ri‘vrlitinrs for losses. No sound company insures
for less.
W. i‘. Sl'xr-zrvz'r, l’res., GEO. ll. ST. JOHN. 'i‘rens.,
‘ (trio. It. i‘nwuvs Secretary.
Express.
l’atronize the old reliable
ADAMS EXPRESS COMPANY.
Low RATES AND l‘rronr-r DELIVERY.
Branch Urilce, Norwulk. at. S. K. Stanley‘s
.\l.:rrr Urlice :rr Depot, South Norwalk. tft2
1.. IIUNT, Agent.
u. A. FRANKIE,
THE HAIRGUTTER,
No. i Gazette Building.
HOT AND COLD BATHS.
‘ )1: “ION "
I v N b b
And GOVERNMENT CLAIMS my sole busi-
ness. Rejected and increase claims it speciality.
.Uftil'l delay. Address or visrt.
GEN. war. NOBLE,
No. 01 S'rm'rrronu AVE , Bruno rorrr, C'r
HENRY truss, \
Restaurant, Cafe reiterating Rania,
Grand Central Station,
«l Srnnnr AND 41‘” Avnxun, N raw Your;
Entrance from waiting room, New York, New
Haven and Hartford railroad. ”32
o. E: WILSON,
General lnsnranee it ileal Estate Agent
- Money to Loan.
tor-ks, Bonds, &c., Bought and Sold
and Loans Negotiated at Lowest
Rates of Interest.
itOOll N0. 3 GAZETTE BUILDING
NORWALK. CONN.
1‘. If OilIIUfl,
Wile-Easier:-
lias received a Full Line of Fine Wooiens for
TaPRING Alli] SUMMER Tillill,
w lrich he will make up in
'BestSirle at the Vere Lowest Prices.
Satisfaction Guaranteed!
‘3 and 15 Main Street, Norwalk, Conn.
1y36
w._1{. nrnnrtnn,
Plillillllllll, Steam and Gas Fitting,
SOUTH NORWALK, CONN.
anitary Plumbing, and Ventilation, and
ow Pressure Steam floating, a Specialty.
PLUMBERS‘ SUPPLIES.
Pipe and Fitting for Steam and (his.
Agent fortlrc Florida Low Pressure Boiler.
Facilities for Culling and 'i‘iil‘etlding aii Sizes of
Pure. 50tf
Gen. II. lireynmnd,
Furniture Dealer.
AT THE OLD STAND,
36 MAIN STREET.
:3. Large Stock of all kinds of Furniture Cheap
for (‘llSlL Also
FURNISHING UNDERTAKEE.
i am prepared to take charge day or night and
furnish everything necessary for tire. inicrrrerrt of
me dead. 'l‘clepliorre Connection With resulcricc
No. 3 Bernie y l‘lacc. ~ iy.
F. W. .lilQUl. iii.
DEALER I.\Y
- ll. 18. Briel-Setllannes
Furnaces and Steam Heaters,
'l‘in. Sheet Iron, Copper, Wooden, Glass
and Crockery Ware.
Refrigerators and House Furnishing Hoods.
Generally. A Full line of
CHILDREN’S CARRIAGES.
Piumhirig. Gas and Steam Fitting, and Hot Air
Engineering. Agent for the Richardson .
it Boynton Co’s.
[tier/ideas and. Ranges,
Also agent for tile'Edonomy ,
rain 3.: WARM Arn {Estonian-Ion HEATER
kinds of Ornamental and Main Slalelng, 'l‘irr
Shrugle Rooting.
‘tspairrng Done by Experienced Workmerr
short Notice. ‘
53 WELL STREET,
NOB WALK, CONN
3' .
COMMON SENSE.
What good to think and then allow
Orrr gathered thoughts to slumber,
And have our heads, like old cock lofts,
A store for useless lumber?
\V’llirt signifies philosophy
If we the while abuse it?
For better have good common sense,
And know well how to use it.
—S. Moore.
ESCAPE FROM PRISON.
Of the thousand or more Andersonvilie
prisoners who at one time or another made a
break for liberty, nine-tenths were recap-
tured within an hour. Of the other tenth
the majority were returned inside of a day.
So far as I can learn only three prisoners
over made their way from Andersonville to
the Union lines, and I was one of them. I
' was captured soon after Lee returned to Vir.
ginin from Gettysburg, and was sent with
about 150 others direct to Andersonville'. I
had at the moment of cap ture about $500 in
Confederate money with me, hidden in tho
lining of my vest, and $50 in reenbacks in
the heel of one of my shoes. . was searched
four different times before I passed through
the f’gntes of Andersonvill'e, but my motley
was not discovered. They would have taken
my clothes from me, but I would not have it
that way. Orr two occasions when I was or-
dered to “shuck” I stood boldly up and _said:
“This is my uniform. I paid for it. I own
it. I’m going to keep it. If the Confederacy
is so hard tip that it must needs rob prisoners,
England and France ought to he informed."
I entered the stockado with my full suit of
clothes and all my money, much to the sur-
prise of my fellow prisoners, all of whom had
been despoilcd. The place was then approach-
ing its worst. I had made up my mind
directly after capture thutif taken to Ander-
sonvillc I would run any fish to make my
escape. I had not been insidcan hour béfore
I was canvassing the chances; According to
all accounts they were slim indEed. The
stockade was heavily guarded, the guards
were aware of every Yankee trick, and the
people in the country around eagerly took up
the hunt after any prisoner who made a dash
for liberty. There was no longer any hope
of tunneling under the fence, and theidea. of
a sudden uprising of all the prisoners had to
be abandoned in the. face of the artillery
planted to prevent such 'a movement, In
two days I had figured the matter down to
this? First, if I got awey, it must bowhilél
had sti‘cngth. pluck and ,nroney. Secondly,
the first move toward escape must be to gotta
detail outside the stockude. Onlthe 31th any
of my stay I sent out word that; This Willing
to serve on the medical staff of the post if de-
sired, -and.my ofierwus accepted.
Just at; that time there was a good deal of
sickness among the Confederateti nswell, and
there was no one at the postmorthy' of the
title‘ of surgeon. I had served All. six months
as~hospitstL steward at Wgshln'gton, and,
though nothing of a doctor, I Was better
qualified to administer medicine than any
one at the post. The dispensary was 'a room
about twelve feet square, and the stock on
hand was almost wdrthless, There were
about a hundred boxes of cathartic pills,
"some blue muss, not _over two entices of
quinine, an ounce of calomel, and a‘ gallon
jug of extract of blackberry root. 1 , There
Were a. few surgical instruments, but the
whole outfit would have been held~ in con-
ternpt by a backwoods‘begiu‘ner. The day I
went: out of the stockude there were twenty-
threo Confederutes on the sick list and ,at
least 1,000 prisorr'iérs should'huve. been under
medical care. .-
I was informed that I would be put on my
honor not to attempt to escape, but was not
sworn or asked to sign any paper. I, there-
fore felt at liberty to carry out any plan
which might come to me. I knew the Inca.-
tion‘of Ander‘sonville to a dot, and the long
distance one would haye to travel to reach
the Union lines. Such prisoner-abs had got
away had no other idea. then to pull distance
between themselves and the Stockade, and
lmd soon worn themselves out. Myfirst ut—
tentiou was given to the country around us.
In two weeks, by observation and inquiry, I
knew every highway and pluututloh for ten
miles around us. In another fortnight I
could have made my way across the state of
Alabama without asking a. question. A
great many colored people came to the post
as sightseers, and, as I employed some of
them to bring me bark and roots, I had every
chance to pursue my inquiries. I got the
highways to the west truthfully mapped out
in my mind, and I was posted as‘to' every
negro cabin between Anders‘on’ville and the
Alabama state line. A week before I made
my break I had every detail planned and
every emergency providedfor, and there was
no fear that anything would miscarry.
After coating out. of the Stockade I had
gradually exchanged mynhli’orm for civil-
ian’s ,olothes, and by the time I was ready to
go I had nothing blueleft. Up to three days
before I left my secret was my own. But for
one thing I should have kept it locked in my
own breast. I wanted to get hold of a horse,
and; could not do it unaided. The horse I
wanted belpnged'to 'u captain, and was cured
‘1 for i by a Colored man named Joe. I had
spoken with him on several occasions, and,
from words he he‘d‘let full, I-realizerl that he
was anxious 'to escape - to the Union‘ lines.
To reacli‘Joe after nightfall I must have an
excuse to pass the guard. This alone he
could furnish. I was to go, horse or _no hor'sc,
but to get the horse if I could. Autu'mr'i'hed
now come, and the rainy season might. soon
be expected. On the morning of the day I
had set for" my. lust at Andersonvillo‘ _ Joe
came to see me about a. sore throat. Hisde—
meanor was such that ,1 determined to fully
trust him, and I,finally queried:
“Joe, would you advise me to try and es.
cape from this?”
“On foot t” he asked.
fl‘fgo, on horsebdck.” ‘
n "‘ ‘3",,:,-,-. .e to git a boss?” ,
W" "l'lihtlhlk' Ore captain’s.”
“Which way ye gwine?”
“West', into Alabmna.”
“Howfurl”
“About twenty-five miles; then I’m going
to stop with an old colored man for a month,
or until the matter blows over.”
“How ye gwinc to git-dot boss?”
“Why, tic-night, soon after dark, you’ll be
taken with cramps and send for me. I’ll
come. Then I’ll ride off.”
“But, dey’ll track yer.”
“It‘s going to rain.
night.”
“Dnr’ mought be two bosses in do stable,"
he said, after looking at the weather Item
the window.
£‘How2”
“Dc capting bought anodcr yesterday,
which he’s gwine to send off to somebody.’_’
“Well, you can go, too.” ,
After dinner I had opportunity to speak
with him again,_n.nd it was settledthdt ho-
shouid go with me. ,He realized the danger
as fully as I did. If recaptured, I Would be
returned to the pen, but he would suffer
death in some horrible form. A slave who
would not only help a prisoner off, but go
with him, and rob his master in the going,
would be burned at. the stake as a. fitting
punishment. At 5 o’clock in the afternoon
the heavens were overcast, and a. slow,
steady rainstorm set in. I was determined
to go that night, Joe or no Joe. He came to
me at 0 o’clock with the information that a
strange negro, gm, one” gin-cu nun . urn",
had been sent to sharehb; Quarters, and that
any attempt to get 93,1th .1151!“ horses would
be frustrated. From 6 engine htbe alone
for fifteen 01: twenty mantles. gWhen. taps
sounded at 9 I was sup ‘ i, to tni‘tijn'r 38
were all others abontjhg pops. If I went .I
must go before that haunts}! w0uld then be
stopped hr the sentinelb- ‘
At. 0:30 a lieutenant. who. _hed quartersc
few Steps awny,: came'in ogdlj‘lj’ With-0 9%
I advised him to gifl‘bed, Endwliffihq; fr,
done so I hung his clothgé"beforé myth?-
It will be a rhiny
w
5‘
place todry. It was while engaged in this
that I got the ideal”: takingtheiqhib' ' .__ I
bundled them up, wet and'sog'qus‘hhey' ' .. ,
brought out from mydeshgoxpe’y ,_ ‘_
bacon 1, linemen up, melanin clogs; , .'
in hand, I stépfi‘guiside, It vase; g
light, with a S _,,,y drizzle of rain _-,
put on the lieutenants cap andpaséd, h
curnp sentinel'with'awevo of m hang. *2
' want'dowtjintb file- $5.91 ,' shame:—
ous soldier's oil their why buckjogam fluid
without cm in mutant-with gin Gite.
took the rughwayzyunntpgyést. than act.
a break, and I couldth 'én'rpgct that; @311).
sence would remain Rig? nuances a.
While in feverish haste to get 8:5 no army as
possible, I did'notyun. The dagsl couldh'e‘t
follow me,.owing to the r'aii'l, and if aligned
by‘lhoyemen, I hoped to hell: tin uvbid
‘th'em.
Luckily for me, other going about two
miles without deleting any” _vl.hgm‘rd;mch
coming from th'e’west. Iliiy, ownzb‘cZSIdo a
leg. and as they passed I made W8” 1? use a
portion of some booze guard compenyp‘ro-
~ coeding to a... pose to do duty. . Iti'vi'as ncli'y
for me; because, when mot nearertiiegtown
by those in pursu’iti'of me, they tniuth'fully
declared they had-encountered no. one entire
hi' hwuy. Afterthc guards passed I took to
this rogd and pushed on an the rate of five
mileg 'en hour. I was strong and hearty turd
u’goo‘d. walker, and. Wes determined that, day;
light should find me an aWfl'Y- Twic'dbe-
fore midnight 1 had to glvp’trp the maid to
horsemen, but afterthut hour-Ime'tnoéne. I
put in ht; least nine liqum’vvv‘dking betiieen
the time of my escape turd dnyljght, g9}
w‘as ustifled in believing first I muggi-
- thirty miles from ,Andmonxsne, Wham]
' mass. The booianriter
sis—tight alliangplirce: ‘zfissjatse'akeh; now-
ever. In the darkness and rain: and Without
the slightest suspicion on Fly part}, I had
taken the wrong road (it the first forks and
gone toward Cohelnbns. ‘I4hu‘d thus cheated
myself out of fully ten miles.
A: daylight begun to break} entered upon
a. plantation, having for the last half hour
been following the read through the woods.
It was still ruining, and I Wanted Shelton for
the day. 'As soon, as it was light enoughto
take an, observation I crofised an old cotton
field to u-eabiii or building, which turned out
to be filled with cow peas or}: the" vine. I
clhnbcd in over the vines and stowed. myself
away nm thé roof. cold, Naked through
and through, oral so tired out that I could
not go a rod further. My-crnckc'rs had been
reduced to deugh by the rain, and the bacon,
none too good at the start, now disgusted me.
I therefore lay down without tasting food,
and was just dozing off 'to sleop when two or
three people came to the building. A little
later they went to work on the peas; and I
made out; that there were at lease three old
negroes in the party. Théy Were below me
and entirely unsunpiciom, and if r a. time I
got over my scam and “vent to a cop. It was
noon when I awoke and when broke my
slumbers~ was the voice of a 'whitc man who
came riding up to the place. Looking put
between the legs I saw that he was n'Con-
fcdcrnto cavali’ymmr, and from his mud
splashed appearance I could guess that he
had ridden many miles. His selutution as he
rode up was:
“Hol tlrar’, you triggers, come out!”
“Yes, mns‘r,” answered all in a chorus, as
they hurried to tbcdoor.
“You are hiding a white men in that”! He
came here this morning. . Bring him out or
I'll have the mm of you skinned alive.”
“A white man?" queried one.
“Yes, d—n you! Bring him out!"
For a moment I gave up, believing I had
been seen as I crossed the fields. My heart
was in my throat as one of the uegroes
fliruilysaid:
“No, mns’r, no white man ur’ ludin’ yore.
Nobody but us has dun been yere dis
mawnin‘.”
“If you lie tome I’ll shoot you!” shceitcd
the trooper.
“Fo‘ God, but we’re dun toled do troof,
mas‘r."
“Well, keep your eyes open. If you see a
strange white man around yore do you let
’em know at the house at once.”
“Git. away from de prison n, sch?”
“Yes; last night. Keep y eyes peeled."
“Yes. salt.”
With that he rode oil’, and I was satisfied
that no trace had been fohnd of mr. I fell
asleep again in a little while, and when I
awoke i was night. I was now thoroughly
rested, but sharp set. Satisfied that I run a.
great risk in trying for anything to cat, (in
the plantation, I headed for the highway,
and as soon as Istruck it I set off at a brisk
pace. While the ruin still continued, there
was considerable travei,'a'ud every half hour
at least I had to hide myself to let, traveler's
pass. I hudwulked ten miles beOI‘QI sus-
pected that I was headed for Columbus. I
kept on, until midnight, however; hoping to
come to landmarks which .I should have
found long'ago on the right road. I then
meta. negro, who told me‘ it‘wns only nine
miles to Columbus. He‘llud a bundle, ahd
was, I suspected, a runaway. gave him my
confidence at a venture, and _t woslmy sal-
vation. He had been sold'the your before by
his master'nt Jackson, Miss;, to email living
near Hawkinsville, Ga. A week before I
met. him he had run uway,plunning to get
to Grant‘s line in Mississippi, and Just as I
encountered him he hurl been raiding}; plan-
tation for provisions. In ten minutes We
knew we could trust each other.
Up to this time I had carried the lieuten-
ant’s uniform, thinking to don it, if worst
cumeto worst, and put on a. bold face. The
negro, who was-«celled James, advised me to
abandon it, which I did, and We entered the
woods, cooked some of his meal and bacon
and lay hid all next day. When night came
we flanked Columbus by the 1e50, passed into
Alabama and bedded for Tuskegee. That
was the bcgimiing of {1. trme lasting forty-
one nights. During" this time We lay hidden
by day in swamps, burns and thickets, fed by
negrocs and hunted by white men, and sev-
eral times narrowly escaping capture. \Vo
passed to the left of Montgomery and Selma,
right. through Demopolis, and. ueér the Misp
sissippi state line were hidden three days find
three nights in a swamp, while a. hundred
men beat up the neighborhood for us'. “’heh
we were final] y picked up by a. Federal Scout-
ing party I had walked nearly 500 miles,.hhd
not been in 11 bed for forty-three- nights,
weighed thirty-seveu’pc'xinds less than when
I started and was so sore and lame and full
of aches that the last night of our iodiney
the negro carried me seven or eight miles on
his back.
Below Sehnn, as I was trying to getinto 9
corn house one night, while the negro was
after bacon, is white man came ripen me sud-
denly, gun in hand. I struck him with a club
I had in hand and have no doubt that I broke
his skull. Again, near Demopolis, we were
pursued by a savage bloodhound, and while
I went on the negro waited behind a tree on
our trail and killed the dog with a single
blow us he came up.—~New York- Sun.
THE “BOOMW'WRI-TEE
l‘hc Lino Along WM: 3
tile In "Schemg'g. ‘
A late aspirant for-j
the news-
He’ enters
slid acute
paper world is‘thc “be" first."
ntown, and with his [I ' ' “
mind readily comps): .
which he must work. . 1, , ,5, ,
sources, “schemes,” be (6)33 HEM! filth
some of the leading motifqhd mrcgedhis
surprise that:~ a tom 50' '_ filly withheld,
with so many natural]. _ _,
become more Widelyknoim.
earthly reason, her , , why Boom'v'ille
should-not become “3%? Thousands
of people in the crowded .. , dong like At—
lantic coast are score " theybpérs eagerly
for aweStern. W0! ', luwhlch to
invest- their houndp‘ofi' Thojnoney
bur-list: beinveairszl. hi ismnccdcd is
tolot ese _. pep 'jow iit'Boom' -
villa. mdiwmaminumm
Having interested his? harem-the boom
whitetnowmkpse con f, .Wltlf'the we
new core nasty . p. 1'01“!» may
Tell Title for: M Writ of space in
each issue. .
Soon the quiet. slow some chiller! sees in
his mOruing paper col '_ _.ot-bnrninggpro
phetio words—graphic chirp; 0! Boom-
Yille’s prosperityandmmrrgohndlesfi ll.
mashing? inanMfiOM‘he he!
' ' mvillg so'ldng,.'uhd-hgi§ never
grasped these metastasis: Alteration
runs'mmiin the valvummmvr'whioh.
but a few tarsus. war-MW“ chronicle
the local gossip of ‘ Wining _town.
Poetry. untried-r13. ,, .,.t>ive Wage.
columnspf figure-me wdedinaconfused
ewe how to make
figures lie.
Enthusiasm is contagious. The citing. of
Boomville grew in ’ . Real estate ofil—
ces openvin every vacun room, 'und'tmde‘e _in
lots become the. chief ._ , _efi of'tbe day.
All these are duly ($313190 in We glowing
words of the boom ' ,tcl‘, who begin: now to
reap his harvest. Hengllschpies of each
issue of the paper inhifiidlég of hundreds to
the cntcrprisingihl’tlzéha, who met! them to
friends and ucq‘ menace; In older towns.
A subscription list IsMe’for the.pnrpose
sending over the [avid these i‘aphic accounts
of the new metropollq: ,ho boom writer
unfoldsone scheme am . another, as the-ex-
citement increases, an '- pocketbookgrows
cowhient. th
hen his quick eye ,_ gthpt the _en usi-
usm begins to waver-fig, i' :m write! rc-
members that he is e ' _ -towritre~np the
next town, and away dehfiqy‘lygleqylnfi
Boomvillotoslnk slowly ‘ 'kJntd-a. quiet
rage, but not the shite-,fili'tggggr strontium
writer‘has so amused 151919th of th'e'Boom—
villinns in the tuturo‘pi-ifg _' prelim-city
that years of dull tim.” ' Gwhol'ly do-
stroy their confidenw-L-C'. » Stamina! in
The “Futon
. ._.,_._
new, 7 3 Beam,
Beeswax is refined so its tovclflllklt of
all foreign .sub‘stmé'cs' l? mslfig the
wax wit . «tor-’5 per cilh; . of warm in . is
bright cop _ r‘bqller, prefet'ahty belated);
steam, an after the wholeié perfectly
liquid and has boiled 10????” 'minutes,
withdrawing the heat gndpprlnkling over
its surface ”ittlc oil of Vitriol in the pro-
rtion of about. fiye or six fluid ounces
t every hundred Twel htof Wax, Greet
carehliould lie-used sotlwmelto'd wax
will froth up add boil over thb.srdos of
this an. 'l'hoaeid should b01942” .809?-
tcre over the Surface. The melted we;
is 11px covérédny'o’i'andleft some hours
to set-c, whent-t is chilly drawn on
for molding without isturb' g the sedi~
merit.
A writer in one of "the English papers
claims that thepractice of ringin swine
is one of the Kind”). cause of aroma.
auction of .',P79£°’ll~9n$t9 v fut “pork,
and that as an. in _ whence pane-anther
in its naturcldeslre-t‘ondlg ' and root-
ing is fillfghl beneficial to'nho' rope: no.
velorment . 0 ~ Miler-it's: Ml!!! 4.8 very
essential in tho‘prodmb 0.1-th or security
meat,- net: scrunch desired
-
have rnflfleiet‘aé-uuitmfa ‘5 ox:
Pam are when“ ”as
s' ‘ ' 'e we: 0 ' ‘
frighten? . - _ "5‘. .’
WHERE ARE THE GIRLS?
FOLLIES or: 'rrv'rr-z DAY AS rLLus
ran-rec av conoucr IN PUBLIC.
Soruethlno for Cal-ole“ Mother: to llcml.
’I‘ha [Dulrgan of Fllmtlon—Commant of
the Win—splitters on the Watch
Il‘oollulr Fliers. '
for
In a Pullman sleeper the other night i
watched an ufi‘ecting parting between a
young woman and her sweetheart. She was
a bouncing maiden of the Daisy Miller type
—ho an insignificant looking young dude
with caterpillar colored fun on his upper lip
and a but two or three sizes too small for his
small head. 'l‘hcugony of parting almost
overcame them. Their sweet sorrow was
long drawn out. Their lips clung together
in many long kisses, while he whispered airy
nothings in her ear and embraced her re-
peatedly, and she wept and nabbed into her-
freshly ironed handkerchief. The eyes of
every one in the car were upon them, and
cynical and scofiing remarks were plenty.
At last they tore themselves apart.
The eastern bound express rolled Out of the
depot. the messengers settled themselves for
the journey and the young Pullman con-
ductor made his first. appearance with great.
brilliarrcy and eclai. How it happened loan-
not tell, for my thoughts were busy else-
where, but after a little I raised my eyes and
to! "Choliy" was forgotten. Dnisy's tears
were dried and she was umducting, accord-
ing to the best knowledge and most authen-
tic rules of the game. a successful flirtation
with the young conductor. She giggled, she
made eyes, she frowned prettily, she was so
charmingly helpless about the'window, she
must have water and oranges, and the dick-
ens knows what. and the railway fledgelirrg
was at her beck and call. Next morning the
flirtation made perceptible progress. Daisy
went to breakfast with gilt buttons and blue
clothes. and what there was inside" of
them. She donned her ulster“ and the
big flaring Gainsborough and went. out and
rode upon the platform “to look at the scan
cry," which consisted mainly of flat mead-
ows, freshly plowed, and was accordingly of
imposing beauty. She talked at: the top of
her lungs, and informed the other passen-
gers that now she guessed she’d better wash
her hands, and anon she guessed she’d have a
pillow. This being brought, she made great
useof it for the further subjugation of the
unhappy conductor, for, taking it, she posed
upon it such ofiectivo attitudes as to win
glances of approval and speeches of admira-
tion from the infatuated, hopelessly besotted
youth.. In fact, for several hundred miles
Daisy formed the staple amusement for a our
full of passengers.
Being delayed for several hours in an out;
of-the-wny town on the following day, i
watched the gradual unfolding of another
sudden attachment. Daisy the second was
also traveling alone. She was a pretty girl,
out bad a look of brazen, full bloom coquetry
in her eyes. Amati who certainly looked
old enough to know better, a man with
wrinkled face and bless eyes, made her- no
quaintnnce. , chus devotion itself. He sat
by her and stared into her pretty, peachy
face with a vicious gaze, and complimented
her in the most bold and florid fashion, and
when i left them in the soft, mellow twilight
she was cuddled up under his protection like
a fascinated bird under the coil of a serpent.
A gentleman, who has a daughter 18 years
old, said: “Well, if I thought my daughter
would act like that, I should want to shoot
myself." Both these girls were well dressed
and looked as if they might bathe children
of well todo parents. What are the girls
doing!
The streets in aliour great cities are filled
with girls from 12 to 18 who are ready and
willing to flirt and make the acquaintance of
any tolerably good looking and well, dressed
stranger. So anywhere, in street cars, on
trains and steamers, in parks and on avenues,
in New York or Chicago, you can witness
any number of such scenes as l have de-
scribed At the hours when shops clue and
busines men are walking to their homes this
parade is most noticeable. I have a friend,
a young man who walks every' night from
his office to his rooms, a distance of many
blocks. He tells me that every night pretty,
well dressed girls, not disreputable women,
but daughters of eminently respectable
able people, throng this great thoroughfare
to make it 'fmash;" that they often uccost
him—even young 'girls with short. skirts {and
hair hanging in braids, and by look and word
invite his society. Nor is this an exceptional
case. I often hear of and am witness to
these remarkable exhibitions. This is what
the girls are doing. Now what are the
mothers doing! Well, many of them are ab‘
sorbed in their houses, looking after this,
arguing about the width of _u pillow case
hem, or whether hot. or cold starch will pro
duco the most resplendent results. Some of
them are wrapped up in church work, at-
tending church lecturcs or making flannel
shirts for the heathen, or looking after the
church sociable, or carpeting the minister’s
study, or teaching Sunday school, or Oh,
mockeryt leadingu “mother's" meeting, The
mothers are lost in theories, while the daugh-
ters are learning frivolity or something
worse.
To the girls who do this sort of thing, pick
up a chance acquaintance here and there,
listen to the cheap compliments of fellow
travelers, railway conductors and all the
other spiders that are on the watch for fool-
ish flies, I will simply say: "You are run
ning a tretirendous hams-d. You are but the
idle amusement of an idle hour for these
men Don't flutter yourselves that you will
find a respectful sweetheart or a loving
husband among these men, who will ap-
proach you in this bold way. Men do not
cure to be sought, they prefer to seek.
Your name will be bandied' about from
traveling man to traveling man, from one
railway conductor to another. in their vo-
cabulary you will simply)!» ‘my last mash ;'
an .otl’ensive description of yourself, gur-
irished wrtb Winks and iriuuendoes, will pass
from mouth to mouth, and while at heart
you may be perfectly innocent, none of these
men will believe you to be.” - ,
To the mothers 1 would my pretty sharp] y,
“Why in the name of common sense don’t
you let. your temperance lectures and your
table cloths, your jelly and your heathen’s
'fianuel shirts, your covenant meetings and
the flies go, and look after your daughter a
little better! Why do you allow them to
travel alone—to rmke a State street prome
nude 3 daily habit? And these Sunday after
noon strolls in .the parks Do you realize
what the meani”——Edith Swaiotrs ’l‘upper in
Chicago lerald.
An English physician has shown why some
people can digest milk readily and others
cannot. lle says: lntbe digestive fluids of
the stomach there exists a special ferment by
which the flesh fovming part. of the milk, the
cheese or ermine, is specially digested. This
ferment continues in action throughout life
Ira-some persons. but not in all; so that there
are some who can digest milk at all times,
and others who cannot digest. it at. any time.
In those who too exclusively feed on flash
meat and starchy substances the particular
milk ferment ceases to be produced, and the
digostinn of milk ceases to be a mtu'rui act
.4 Jim-ago Herald.
A Curio of Mbnoma'nhn
The difficulty in distinguishing .nn inspire
from o. sane mun, particularly if It be a. case
of monomnniu, is oftentimcoffvéry great, as
the following incident , _ w! A few
years 830. av physléien
almost, and prabfioe
mosphcre' of insulin V . ‘ ’
the beat authority , a, ”in: .. matters,
called at the St: Lotds'lngdno ' grit-for the
ptn‘pose of.160kln§ ,' " ,. _‘ lng one
physician of his. not; i 4 1? was lo-
cated flit?” ‘30 Show .1" ,_ . _
niche metsgentlc‘, ' twp was very ae-
gatecoumousand n ,_ I
inquiredof hum _ ,, '
n'aatébeent,atthe., ,je. ",
pantontobon in on}?!
from wmlntermsendf . .. »
the medic-n mutants.- iv. «.21.: than... i ad-
vdnced, he e' _’ him In convert-much.
The man was very ru‘tiounl‘and displayed .a.
thorough knowledge offthc classics rind of
science and art as Well, upon which he talked
at length and very enfertulnirigly.
Finally he volunteered to show the visitor
through the institution, nndn's he didsohe
made a minute diagnosis of each case which
was presented. The visitpr was charmed
until suddenly inform ted‘ by'the appearance
of the kee rand. ,nts, who unceremo-
niousiysezed marrying cb . actor. inas-
acied him riddled blmfio n .3 despite his
violent reSistadce. This would have been
quite natural under ting _ cigcbmgtnnces with
evenumne moment! thcoxpert was unde-
ceived still, until his former entertainer
shriokcd back to him: “lec'y’re out to
crown me (am or of Germtiny, a Jhcqrn
the crown! yo me, alive ificr’ The ex-
port’s medical friend uppebred on the scene a
little litter and congrntulotcd the via—
itor on his narrow ceca'po, informing
him, to - his astonisllment, that this
was the mast violent ailment under their
chilies": that belied escaped his cell for the
third time, and that iptlie, former instances
he had brutally Match his keepers. This
demonstrates tho'inabillty of cventhe most.
experienced judgoto decide infalliblyasto
the condition of a men‘s mind—Dr. Max
Sturklot! in Glohegyemigcyat.
.J"
reasons daemon.
IN son; PARTICULARS FAR AHEAD
OF THAT AMERICA.
The French System of Practical Inbtruc-
tion—Tire Aim of the Government—Art:
Education—Technical Schools—The Paris
Primary Schools.
General education in France is “fullyas
thorough and gratuitous as that. of the
United States, and in some particulars far
ahead of it, mainly so in the system of prim;
ticnl education.
“Commencing with the kindergarten, the
primary schools, the intermediate schools,
drawing and art; schools, all have the same
manifest and outspoken tendency of raising
the growing population into a. people of
skilled and well educated workmen who, by
their superior training and intellectual out-
fitting, will bc better able tofight,misery and
poverty than at any period of the world be
fore. All the instruction, tools, books, sta-
tionery—to the very poor even food and
clothing—are given free-,Of charge, so that
school becomes an ubodo 0f pleasure and a
dispenser of comforts to the poor children
whose parents ere not able to provide them
with unybf these blessings.”
France spends 300,000,000f. a. year to give
its growing generation intellectual advance-
ment. In addition to this the ministers of
war and of commerce contribute large sums
for special schools, and jv Paris spends for
municipal schools 30,000,000f., which is five
times more money thankus spent for this
purpose in the time of the empire. Mr. Soho
e'nhof says “the school systems of other un-
tions may be as complete in their educational
facilities, but nowhere excepting in Switzer-
land nnd America is free instruction so sys-
temuticully carried out as in France. * * *
Nowhere are Industrial education and art
education made, so ' to speak, 'nn organic
part of the whole system of public instruc-
tion.” It begins with manual training, and
with it is combined object teaching.
AIM OF THE GOVERNMENT.
This sec-ms to be the aim of the government.
General education at first, and in time spe—
cial instruction.
“1. To accustom the child to know the tools,
to understand their use and to amuse him as
much as possible with sketchings, outlinings,
modeling and hand work. 2. To assist in the
creation of apprentice schools in industrial
centers to the end of giving to the pupils who
follow the instruction dexterity in the use '0!
the build and other corresponding knowledge
to prepare them for entering the Ecole des
Arts et Metiers or manufacturing establish-
ments. 3. To contribute to the expense of
‘tools and machinery used in the superior,
primary and other schools preparing for the
technical schools. 4. To raise the standard
of admission to the Ecole des Arts et Metiers
by the greater efficiency given by these Sec-
ondary primary schools with workshop prac-
tice connected. 5. To assist the superior lo-
cal schools in the support of specially deter—
mined industries of the district. 6. To bring
the principal schools to the highest degree of
technical and scientific, perfection by adding
new courses of complementary exercises of
special application, and to support and en-
courage us much as possible industrial socie-
ties who maintain special public courses in
the different industrial centers of the coun-
try.”
Americans who favor an art; education as
necessary for workmen had to combat old.
ideas and time honored prejudices. 'Once, so
long as cloth was thick ,or warm, or a. house,
as William Morris has it, was a. “comfortable
hutch," that sufficed. But as manufactures
have increased, our “infantile productive
powers” turning out more goods than we.
could conveniently use, we want a market
for them. The Minnesota or Iowa man is
satisfied, indifferent to the color, design,
form, finish of the wares he makes or buys,
yet. the Mexrcan or Brazilian may feel disin-
clined to wear the goods we manufacture
simply because’they do not; suit his taste .as
to “color, design, fform, finish.“ As 'Mr. ’
Schoenh'of aptlyputs it:
"Many an article superior in wearing qual-
ity, and consequently of higher intrinsic
value, is rejected in competition with an'ln-
ferior one, more pleasing to the eye, how-
ever, in virtue of higher skill and taste em-
ployed in its ornamentation, coloring, shap-
ing. The particular manufacturer in the
United States who ignores this fact and is
obstinate stands the chance of ruin.”
In Paris therein-e from fifty to seventy-
five studios, of designers for industrial art.
and at their heads are designers of skill, with
full knowledge of- art industry or the adap-
tiveucss of certain forms and ornamentations‘
to materials To these studios come the
manufacturers who purchase ideas.
um TECHNICAL sermons. 3
All technical schools In France tyre under
the supervision of the minister of commerce.
The highest of these is the Ecole des Arts et‘
Matters. There are others at Aix, Angers,
and Chalons-sur-Marne. In the workshops
are turned out competent foreman and super-
intendents. The work in those schools, it is
believed, will be better in the future, because
the rising generation of Frenchmen, under
that newer system, which cache. the chiid=
how to work earlier with his hands, willlriwe
more time for theoretical study. ' ,
Special schools for trades are singular to'
Fiance, as the Ecole Mnnicipale Profession-
elle d’Ameublement, where pupils are taught”
to design and make artistic furniture. In
theoretical studies the pupils are taught
French, history, language, arithmetic, geom-;
etry, technology, history of industrial dmw-’
ing, sketching, modeling and molding. Pro-i
fessionul instruction consists of cabinet.
making, wood carving, turning, joiner work
and upholstery. Instruction is free, and
pupils are fed during, school hours. The
teachers are practical workmen. Somewhat
similar in character isaschool where car-
riage building is taught, and the Ecolo
d’Horioger-ie, which gives education to those
who work to become skilled wutchmakers.
With similar ends, many school: are now in
the formation process in France for the
making of mathematical, optical, telegraphic
and surgical instruments. In Lyons there is ,
a Weaving school (Ecole do Tissagc). In
Paris, as a. center of population, there are
W primary schools for boys, 275 for girls,
and the pupils number 200,000. The divisions
are three-kindergarten schools, primary
schools and superior primary schools (ecoles
primnires et superleures).
0f the 285 primary schools in Paris ninety
have workshops for the working of wood and
iron, and in time workshops will be the con-,-
stant adjunct. Everywhere in all the depart—
ments of France are to be found these
schools, not elementary alone, but where the‘
highest branches ofgtechnical art. are taught..
Take, for instanoc,_tho apprentice school of;
decorative arts. lied to industry in Paris?
“The object of ties school-is to give special-
instruction to special trades of an artistic
nature—ceramic, glass, cnrimeling, sculptur-.
ing and curvmg iii-wood, marble and ivbry,i
metal casting .(copper bronze, iron), chasinzyl
textile designing. and decorative painting,
furniture undjartlstic woodwork, modeling;
in clay and waxfrom. luster or from lé‘fled
The instruction from '5 school, is gm l-'
tons, and all are admitted after having passed.
an examination‘ln written" pets or on tax--
uminetion and a submitt druwing.”-Ne‘wl
York Times. . ~ . »
Food for' Net-voila ~Platforms: ' '
Dr. Clonston in the annual report of the
Ediiiburgh Royal asylum answers the ,query
of Henry It. Johnson, ofSt. Louis, as to the
meet our: and eggs in the was of viewers
patients. He gives to such patients as minty
as a, dozen eggs, and as muchlas slxnr seven
pints ‘of' milk' e.’ day. When this form of
treatment is associated with plenty of walk-
ing exercisg metre open air, a great increase
of weight- often takes place. “The greater
my experience becdmes,” writes Dr. Clone-
ton, “I tend moré to substitute milk for
stimulants. I don’t undervalue tholutter in
suitable cases;_but. in the very unfute chases,
bothln depression and maniacal refutation.
where the disordered working of the brain
tendsi‘apidly to exhaust the strength, _1 £er
more and more on milk and eggs made "into
liquid caster-(ls. One such ($8.9 this F9397 3°?
eight pints of milk and sixteen eggs’ every
(lily for three months, and under this atre‘at-
mént recovered. I question whether he would
have done so under any 0th“:-
“He was almost dead on ’admlfiion, actunlly
delirious, absolutely sleeplessmud very nearly
pulSeless. It wusa hnnd to hand fight be«
tween the acute disease in his brainfind- his
general vitality. If his SW3“ 09‘!“ 11°75
have digested and his body assimilated
enoughs'uitnblc nourishmenglor, if , he could
not. have been taken out; freely into the open
air, he must have died. But tpduy‘hc‘ is ful-
fillmg the duties or his positions vell'as he
ev‘e'r did in hi6 life. All ”grommet chem.
likemostnervous What! to thinness
of,body and therefore all feeds; and untreat-
menus that fatten, are good. To my assist-
nuts, and 1mm, and patients ,I_ preach the
gospel of fatness us the grbat antidote to the
exhausting tendencies of thudisecse we have
to treat, audit would bcpwell if all people of
nervous constitution would obey this gOSpeI.”
-—Horald of Health. . .
‘ The one Thing Desirable.
Rev. Dr. Kenton (after morning service):-
Good morning, my dear Mrs. 'De Twining-
hnm. We have had rather a. small congre-
gation this morning.
Mrs: Dc 'f‘willlugham-Yes, Dr. I-kruton,
but I thought it was very select-Life.
THE VETERINARIAN.
A COMPLAINT AGAINST QUACKS iN
THE PROFESSION.
The “Horse Doctor" of Twenty-five Years
Ago—Skillful Practitioners of New York
City—Their Yearly Incmncs—Yefcrlnary
Colleges—Horse Hospitals.
Il'hile land was cheap and is cheap people
were accustomed, and are now in fact, to re-
gard the death of stock as a matter of little
consequence. There was.then, say twenty-
five years ago, from which time the profession
dates its substantial progress, little demand
in this country fonwell educated veterina-
rians. He was then, perhaps he is now in a
'good many places. the “horse doctor,” _or
worse still, the “cow doctor,”u big fellow
with a rough voice and shaggy overcoat:~
who smelled of his patients, spit tobacco
juice and “cussed” like a herd driver. Twen-
ty-five years . «o in this city there were, ac-
cording to Dr. Alexander F. Liuutard, the
dean of the American V vterinury college in
“fest Fifty-fourth street, only three well
educated veterinary surgeons. Now there
are between fifty and sixty skillful practi-
tioners here whose names appear in the busi-
ness directory. But the names in the direct-
ory do not; give an idea. of the real number
t-f men practicing here. And quneks still
flourish, not alone in this city, but all over
the country. ~
It' does not. pay a..skillful veterinarian to
follow his profession in a country town, and
hundreds of towns, villages and hamlets
throughout the land rejoice in their “horse
and cow doctors.” Many of them are men
of good comnron sense and can pull their
patients through, butjthe large cities, where
stock is valuable, can’t exactly be proud of
veterinarians of a "class that humunitariuns
protest against. An animal cannot tell its
troubles, cannot sire for damages; but if it
could, ’would it not; resent the offices of a.
“doctor” who can scarcely write his own
name? Yet, on go'od authority, it may be
said that there are such men in thc' profes-
sion. It is said that out,vof,6,m0 or 8,000
veterinary surgeons in the country only 1,000
are educated. ’
T.“ omen or omens.
The profession hns' long'lhud to bear the
odium of quacks with much cost to itself.
Two years ago the Societies 'shOvved tireleg'is—
lnture the necessity offpilss’ih‘gun‘ riot for
regulating the practice of veterinary-surgery.
It was provided that all veterinarians 'who
had practiced three yours prior to. the, pits-
sage of the not should be 31.1.1.0‘79d to'con'tihuo
in practice on filing with the" ecunty clerk a
certificate to that effect.
Pr‘ofes'sor Law employs from fourteeuto
sixteen surgeons in the servioés of thebureau
of which heiis the head. The léwgst sulury
he pays is $1,200 a year, and, ,thii‘t'fio dream
graduate; while due of his most capable
assistants gets $10 a. day andexpons'es. “Look
at my ‘llogries’ Gallery,’.-’? said-n well known
veterihnry'surgeon the other day, pointing
to the pictures of the graduates of his col-
lege. “All of those 280 renews, except half
a dozen, are doing well, making from $1,400
to $8,000 a year.” BrofeSsof Linntard, is an
enthusiast in the future.“ his profession.
“In ten years," said he;-with._:n shrug of his
shoulders, “the, Americlln 559 ' rinurlnu ‘will
eclipse the world.” 'Why should not'thcpm-
fessor be right? He caifi'ei,here,twénty3fiye
years ago from France. Thényin this city,
there were only three properly edgcdted
veterinarians, and new there are hgtween
fifty and sixty. _.Ther'e erg néiY‘M‘é chllegézs,
several well eqtfippedhbfiifitglsi, veterlnhry
societies and veterinary ”carnelian! 01'va
established. Besides that,’the profession is
respected by the medical‘iriyiternity. Que of
the colleges hero is sadly oyércrowded, and
has sent out an appédlffit‘fq. building mild.
Thc hospitals are always full and aré’bbliged
to turn away patient-s at times. The value
of stock has greatly; i, .. leafed. The-domestic
animulscf the United States now repre-
sent an aggregate wealth of upward of
$2,500,000.000-
‘ There are about six veterinary colleges in
this country, and fourcf," hem, like most
American institutions, ow heir; success to
their own efforts. T1163 . an colleges are
subsidized by their'goyerrjme' '. Yet France
is said to have only thijiée co e'gefs, uermemy
no more than thisZconntny, ‘ d‘En'glund even
less. But governmental‘ ussistdnde, enables
even Roulnnnin to" give students a.
five years' course; Franco font, Portu-
gal five, Russia four, giveden four,
Holland four, Germany three and one-
half and, England three. The course re-
quired Jeers is only trimmers. arid. 51.1.9145
years__nt'tha,t. Germany regu‘ hbout forty
hours of recitatious'und I: _ , _, ' water: for
are first year, and nearly anything the
second year.
HOSPITALS F9“. 393?.”-
The hospital system hasmdgfigood rog-
ress bomb! lute"yenrs,,bii‘t itjisris'yet udo
and, inadequate, uccordjn tothc, opihion of
2; well knmvn vetorinu‘ri _j "who ,is'cq‘nneeted
with a hospital of good-standing. Therc'are
notjeno’ugh hospitalsyhe‘re" add the best‘man-
aged ones-are generallyioy mi. One hos-
pital. unneeded are massage-With 3099111.-
‘modiitionsfor‘six horses. How lt‘cn‘n,‘ take
care of thirty horsés'nr‘id ' 011., inhmber" of
dogs. 'I‘v'vénty thousand dolhifs: Were taken
in at that place last year. The colleges also
have hospitals. ‘
The horses are comfortably stalled iuthc
hospitélstsome of them her is. but stalls
Thejothéuda’ylu reporter saw no horse [tn]:-
iugnlecltlfic' Shocks for spiiml trouble ’with, as
much ednaulmity as a" human being; The
sling is an interesting appliance. It is used
fro support}: ho’i‘Sethat hits lamed or strained
itSelf,-or is not strong enough to stand all
the time. The sling is large enough to give
a horse a. good imitation, of a hammock
swing, and it is' rather- interesting to $99 a
dozen. horses in their stalls lazily enjoying
the: support of their slings. An ingenious
nitichi'rio‘ is used for‘scc ' .- horses that; are
to be operated 'on. It loo is like a. small
“thl:a.'shlng”_ machine. The'horse' is fastened
top. part or, the machine which looks like a
let downledf of n diningtgblo.‘ Thcjassist-
ants. turnip crank “tithe-loaf with-the 1mm
fastened to it gildes'up to , its place Ontop oi
the table 'n'nd there thbhor‘se iihigh and dry
and ready 'to be Operated on by men who ini-
derstn'nd their business—New York Tribune.
' frwo Sizes of Envelopes.
Always keep two sizes ' of letter envelopes
on your desk, one small enough to slip ensil y
into the other. , An editor always prefers
yonr' self-directed and stamped envelope to
stamps'put in loose. or stuckto your letter oi-
msnuscript. A regard shown for his corn-
fort will condu'cé to uregard for your manu-
script. Have your manuscript Weighed be-
foreclosing the envelope, and put in an
envelope with the stamps affixed which are
mquislte for its return.
If your manuscript .is valuable and cannot;
easily 'be reproduced, register it when you
mail _it. ‘Tenpents' worth ‘of registry fee _is
better than ten dollars’ Worth, of trouble in
making a. secon copy of a manuscript which
went astray in the mails, nine times out of
ten through your own carelessness.
Keep a. record of your manuscripts, and,
better yet, of all your business letters, noting
always the exact date on which each was
dispatchedifiomce London in The Writer.
The Life ofnu Actor.
‘- >05nsiderlug the restless life than-nine:-
‘tcntihs of thonctors lend, the wondér 's-that
they urc’ixot more at the mercy- of theatrical
Speculators thnnis the case. One of them
said to me last winter:
uThe working actor has no business to
marry, for he can never have a home.
People talk-of stock companies, and my
friends outside of the profession tell me, that
I ought to join a stock company, so as to be
able to live in New York all winter and have
a home of my own. Do you know how many
applications 'annicl lirbhinun bud-(inst sum-
mer from people who Wanted to be engaged
in the Lyceum company, one of half a. dozen
stock companies left in this country?
Just 1,228, and tin-re are places for
twenty-six. I strppOsro that Walluck,
Palmer and . Daly w'buld give about
the some figures. Scarcely a mail comes
into these theatres that doesnot‘br‘ing an ap-
plication. Ikriow actors who have played
lending part-sin small towns, and have re-
ceived as high as $00 a week, who would
jump at the chance of. playing footman at
lVallnck‘s or the Lyceum, and would do it
year after your for'$% a. week. The life of
an uctor.today is the life of 0. dog; it is
scarcely worth qualifying such a. statement,
because the exceptions are so few as com-
pnrcd.to the rule. I would sooner see my son
a contentcdf-h‘od carrier than an actor; he
would hn've more-chances of domestic happi-
ness and n. prosperous 'o_ld age. ”
This gentleman; whose name I do not feel
at liberty tolgive, is one of the veterans of
the American stage, whom most actors lock
up to as hnvh'fg succeeded—New York
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liter-o Force of Habit.
Distinguished Foreigner—I think the voices
' of American girls very ‘srveet, but they would
be still mega musical if ”conversation were
carried on iii a, lower tone.
Chicago Belle—We maken. good deal of
noise, but you must remember our favorite
amusement is concert going, and one gets in
the habit, of loud talking trying to make
onc’s voice heard above the music, you know.
«Omaha World. ‘
THE SENSE! 0F SMELL.
Concerning Its Development in the Beasts
of the Field.
Apparently developed in a much greater
degree than that. of horses‘is the scouting
power of cattle. Most. animals seem to identi-
fy their young by their smell. The barber»
ous custom still prevails throughout the
country of placing the hide of u butchered
calf' before its mother to stop her mournful
lowing. It would be rating human acumen
rather high to supposo that a. mother could
recognize her baby by its skim—yet a cow will
identify the bloody relic of her offspring and
instantly cease her noisy grief. Yard fed
cattle nose their hay filled racks and bins,
and from the many varieties of dried fodder
select only such as will please their palates
and nourish their bodies.
Cows out many kinds of fungi—the com-
inon puffbull wireu young, mushrooms, fairy
ring champignon, and some wood growing
touristools, by which their milk ,is much
affected; but by far the greater number they
pass untouched with a contemptuous sniff.
The pig, from the well known and proverb-
ial length of its combination nose, would
naturally be expected to have on-
lnrgcd olfactory sense, and so it has.
thcn its omnivorous appetite is con-
sidered, and it; is remembered thutit seeks
the greater part of its food by plowing
under the surface of the ground to obtain it,
where it cannot see and must detect it by the
process of smelling before it can get it to its
mouth to taste it, its discernment of the
edible and non-edible from the countless
things its nose encounters is, to say the
least, higirly complimentary to that. much
. derided organ. It is said that “learned pigs”
(they are worthy of capitals) are first trained
to their card playing accomplishments by
placing grains of corn under such cards as
they are afterward by signs instructed to
move. .
The ground mole, with fur covered eyes,
capable at; the best of discerning bright light
only, discovers and choctes food in its sub-
terranean groping by its long, delicately con-
structed nostrils. Sheep are even more dainty
titan cattle in selecting their nourishment,
and, like all other animals, depend almost
entirely upon the sense of smell. Lambs,
after :1 long separation from their mothers,
will seek them out in a. large herd. But ex-
perience goes to show that sight and hearing
are auxiliary to scent in some cases, as lambs
frequently fail to recognize their mothers
after the latter lgive been Shaun—New York.
Times. ‘
Bridging the English Channel.
The scheme of constructing a. bridge over
the English channel has just been completed.
It has been worked out by the Creusot engi-
neers and M. Horseut, (ex—president of the
Society of Civil Engineers. The progress of
metallurgy makes the construction possible
of an immense bridge, thirty kilometers long,
with a. platform at tho height of fifty meters
above the sea at full tide, and supported by
piles at distances of 500 meters. The height
0.1 lowed for the bridge over the channel
would allow large steamers and sailing ves-
sels to pass freely. It would support four
railway lines, besides a road for carriages
and footpaths. This will be satisfactory for
those who dread sea sickness. Tire only
trouble left them will be that of choosing
their mode of locomotion—whether by rail?
way carriage, omnibus, cab or velocipede.
Places of refuge, watch houses and alarm
bells will be placed on each pile, with a pow-
erful light.
The authors of this gigantic scheme believe
that the foundations may be constructed by
means of compressed air diving bells, the
depth of the strait between Calais and Dover
not being, on an average, more than from
twenty-five to thirty-nine meters, and in few '
places exceeding fifty meters. The bridge
will cost; 800,000,000 francs, its metallic
weight will amount to 2,000,000 tons, and it.
might be constructed in six years. The
scheme will shortly be submitted for exami-
nation to an international technical commit-
tee. When this cxaminntiou has been com-
pleted, the Channel Bridge society will apply
for a concession to the French and English
governments, from which it will ask for no
subsidy. Under these conditions the con-
cession might be easily granted and the work
immediately begult. In a few years the
commerce of the two nations would benefit
from the simplification introduced into their
relations by the execution of a. work which
might be considered as one of the most inl-
portunt of the century—Paris Temps.
Tobacco a Cure for Group.
Although Dr. S. Leavitt, professor of
Hahnemunn college, does not use tobacco in
any form, he is never without. a. small pack—
age of fine cut in his pocket, and the reason
of it is this: A gentleman of the doctor’s
acquaintanco told him how he had saved his
child’s life after all the doctors had given her
up. She had membraneous croup, and while
the mother, from sheer exhaustion, had lain
down for a. few moments’ rest, the father sat
by the child. The hard, difficult breathing
of the little one, growing fainter and fainter
as the throat clogged up, was torture to the
father. Everything in the way of emetics
had been used, but without effect, but sud-
denly an idea. struck the nearly distracted
father. He remembered how deathly sick
he was the first time he chewed tobacco, and
having a. cud in his mouth, without thinking
twice he opened the child’s month and placed
the tobacco in.
The father knew it. was a. desperate net,
and he waited in terrible suspense for the re-
sult. It came, and quicker than he could
have hoped. There was a. sudden convulsive
movement and the poor little thing was
nearly doubled for an instant, and seemed to
writhe in agony when, throwing herself for-
ward, there shot from her throat a. chunk of
almost solid phlegm at. least two inches long
and having through it a passage no larger
than a small lead pencil. After a. few min-
utes' of retching the little one lay quietly
back and slept calmly and sweetly, and the
next day was playing around the house with
all her wontcd vim. Dr. Lenvitt remarked
that it. was a. tough remedy, but: said he
would always carry tobacco hereafter, and
he does-Chicago Herald.
At Home, Sweet Home.
Bunker (at dinner tabla—Strangest thing
happened, my love, today. I met; Charlie
Blazer.
Mrs. Bunker—Charlie Blazer! Well, I
never didi Johnny, take your elbows of! the
table. thnt did he have to say? More
coffee? ,
Bunker—Half cup. “’6 talked about old
times and—Thomas, don’t. rattle your fork on
your plate. He said-—
Mrs. B.-Mame, leave the room if you
can’t keep quiet. Is be living in Boston yeti
Bunker—No; he moved to—Tom, see who‘s
at the door,- and if it’s a. beggar, tell him no
—to Portland, and he thinks he will—
Mrs. B.—Mercy on us! Kate, do be care-
ful. You nearly put out baby’s eye with
your finger. So glad to hear it. Did you
tell him—
Tom—Man with a. ton of coal.
Bunker—Must be a. mistake; tell him to
try next door. I told Charlie—_—
Mrs. B.-——Excuse me, dear. I hear Mrs.
Battles calling me over the back fence.
Bunker (with energy)—If I ever try to tell
a. story again I— (Chokcs himself on his
coffee and arbsidcs.)-—Datroit Free Press.
Cure of Cancer and Ulcers.
' ‘ Judge'l‘. C. McLondon writes to the
Swift Specific Co. : “About three years
ago, Jerry Bradley, had a cancerous
core on his face, near the right eye. It
caused him a. great deal of pain, and he
lost the sight of the eye, but. was finally
cured by the up of Swift’s Specific.
This case is wo'; known in Wilke 00.,
~ GIL, where he lived.”
Mr. L. Cox, of Arkabutia, Tate Co.
I Miss, writes: “I snifereda great don
from old ulcers for years. Your medi-
cine was recommended, and after using
six bottles I was completely cured.
Your medicine does even more than you
claim for it. I have known itto cure
cases which were thought hopeless."
Mrs. A. M. Goldsmith, No. 674 “Turret!
St.,Brooklyn, N. Y., writes: “I com-
menced using S. S. S. about thrceyears
ago. lhnd suffered with a sore throat
for over a your. Insed a great many
other remedies with no good results.
My little girl, also, had sore fingers; it
commenced from the' quick, and then
the nails would come off. We doetored
her forever two years, and when Icom-
menced using S. s. S. I thoughtI would
see what. it would do for her. I am
thankful to say that it entirely cured
her. It. is the best remedy I know
of for the blood. I really believe
it. was the means of saving my life.
The doctor told me I had a throat dis-
ease tsimilar to General Grant’s.
cheerfully recommend it to all suffering
fmm disordered blood.
Treatise on Blood and SkinDiscnses
mailed free. The Swrrr Spncrrrc 00.,
‘ Drawer 3, Atlanta, Ga.
No Crow-No Pay—A new departure
iii medicine! Foutairrc‘s Great Discovery
removes the cause of disease; namely (llS-
case germs. This guarantee means some.
tiring--—for “Knowledge. is power." For
sale. by (h-Lapham, 11 Main street. Nor-
walk.
l'se both brain and brawn.
Regimen is better than wisdom.
There is not a moment without some
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Be. silent. or say something better than
silence.
Absolutely Pure.
This Powder never varies.
strength :rrrd wlrolesomeness.
tlralrthe ordinary kinds, and cannot be sold in com-
petitron with the multitude of low test, short
weight, allutn or phosphate powders.
ltovar. BAKING l‘ownr-zn 00.,106 Wall St, N. Y.
A marvel of pure
More economic
«Goon ENOUGH”
FAMIW arrears.
Lamps are
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Treated in a clean manly way.
A healthy people rrrakc a prosperous nation.
People made and kept healthy by
Baker’s Great Ameriean Sneeiiie.
Rheumatism with its Vise-like grip tortures its
victim until he loses control of his temper, and
then comes grave mistakes. Another turn of the
vise and Nenrnlgiu tor-merits all patience out of a
mall. ltelicf from these terrible diseases makes a
heaven of happiness for the sufferer,and Baker’s
Great American Specific gives flint relief.
There is no mistake about this, and at this season,
in this climate, yoir cannot afford making the mis-
take of being witlrorrt a bottle of this wonderful
remedy. Damp, chill winter winds, sleet, snow,
stop and ice are as certain to bring on the tor-
merits of lfrrntilfxrrslr and tortures of NEURALGIA
as is UAKl-llt’s (trtna'r AMERICAN SPECIFIC to crrre
them. Price 50 cents a bottle. Prepared only by
Maurice, ilakcr it: Ce., Portland, Me. Doolittle .v
Smith, 24 and ‘16 'i‘rcrirorlt Street, Boston, Mass,
Selling Agents.
LADIES?“ unless
DYES
. Do Your Own Dyeing, at Home.
They will dye everything. They are said every.
where. Price 10c. a package. Theyhnve noequal
for Strength, Brightness, Amount in Packages
or for Fustuess of Color, or non-fading Qualities.
They do not crock or smut; 40 colors. For sale by
.r. (r. Gregory .t Co. ; (‘. Lapham, ii‘_.\iain Street}
(ti-o. ll. l‘lii‘rsied, ilrnggists. ly27
JESSE HOPSON,
arearree MAKER,
Has removed to the building
Next in Gregory’s Stables. Knight Street
Where he does first-class
Carriage Repairing and Painting
19” At Reasonable Prices.
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A Fun Stock of Furniture of an kinds'
PARLUR AND BEDROOM SETS
a specialty. .
DAVID STOW,
Main Street, opp. Depot
sOUTH NORWALK, CONn
P. H. DWYER.
The targets! Sleek of "arrest:
EVER DISPLAYED iii TOWN.
All First-Class, "and Stilt-lied, Oak Tanned
Pennsylvania Leather
THIRD CLASS PRICES.
(‘all early as I intend to sell at SMALL PROFIT,
.s E YENz Y- F1 VE
Set Steele and Bernie Harness.
HABDENBROOK "All, .
Over-Mitchell's Market next door to P i
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EQUI’I‘ABLE MORTGAGE 00..
OF KANSAS CITY. CAI’IT.‘ L $2,000,000
6 and 7 percent Debenture Bonds and ’ti
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Loans at i ar and Accrued Interest. gage
If. B. (‘ItAUFURD, Agent,
Room 2 Masonic Bniidlt g
HENRY TILLY
CARRIAGE MAKER,
: SOUTH NOR WALK, -
CONN.
Manufacturer of
Feinilr Carriages, Vietnrias, Bunnies, tie.
All Kinds of Repairing.
.roris s "students,
Wholesale and itetail Dealer in
Harness, Blankets,
'I '«run ks, Bu g s ,
Sole Leather and Shoe Findings, and Boot
and Shoe Uppers.
Corner of Fairfield Ave. and Middle Street
Bridgeport. Conn. iyis
F o r 8 ate .
DOUBLE BARRELI.ED RIFLE inadeby Joli:
Blissett, London. Will be sold cheap to
Enquire atthsomce.
cash.
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eradicates the disease from the system.
Page’s Climax Salve,
A FAMILY BLESSING FOR 25 CENTS.
Its action upon the system is unlike any other external remedy, as it never drives the
disease to the Internal Organs. Its properties go to the diseased part, and separate
all the poisonous and corrupt humors, through the perspiring vessels to the surface, and
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Scr'irilrln Sores, Salt Rheum, Sore Breasts or Nipples, Inflamed Eyes, Swollien Glands,
Ei')'sipclas, Boils, Scaids, Burns, Cuts, Bruises, Fistula, Piles. Corns, Bunions, (.lui.
lililllis, Frosted Feet, and all cutaneous diseases on man and beast.
PAGE'S CLIMAX SALVE acts like magic on horse- flesh in curing Scratches, Mange, Uiii
Sores, Fresh Cuts, bnake Bites,
lrrrrscs, Burns, Saddle and Harness Calls, (.‘hafes, etc. It is. put up in
lvuXL‘S three times larger than any other Salve, and sold at the low prrrc of twenty-five cents perlvox.
It is warranted to cure in every case or money refunded. For Sale by Uruggists and Dealers in medicine
cvurywlrcrc.
lFFAT’S LIFE PILLS.
THE GREAT STOMACH AND LIVER REMEDY.
Established by one of our most eminent physicians and recommended by the medical
profession and druggists who know their real merit, and are used With more pleasing
results than any other medicine.
Mol‘t’at's Life Pills are purely vegetable. They act on the stomach, bowels, liver
and Lidneys, purify and regulate the whole system, and are warranted a. certain cure
for all Maiarious Diseases, Torpitl Liver, Irnpure Biood,]:1undice, Bilious COlilplllliris,
Dyspepsia, Loss of Appetite, Indigestion.
Costiveness, Nervous and Sick Headache,
Neuraigia and Nervous Diseases, Female obstructions and General weakness, Scurvy.
Inflammatory Rheumatism, Piles of every kind, Gravel and Diseases of tire Bladder and
Kidneys. Colds and Fever and Agile.
MOFFAT’S LIFE PILLS arc elegantly Sugar coated rind easy to take and are :1 perfect sir i
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MOFFAT’S PHOENIX BITTERS
Are not a drink used for intoxication. but a. pure medicine and only used by people
who are sick. 'i‘hey correct the secretions of the stomach and are asurc crire ivr
Dyspepsia, Siecplessiless, Nervousnc s, Debrlity, \\'enkness, Loss of Appeti'e, Fernal -
Complaints, etc.
Thousands of certificates are in [logsession of the proprietor, giritrvv
perfect cures effected by these invaluable medicines and. we warrant that they will 0 i
just what we have said or money Will be refunded. It is simply asked that the aiilictt-ii
will try them once, their use will convruce the most skeptical.
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E’s CLIMAX SALVE, 25th:! Box. MOFFAT'S LIFE PILLS, :3c. .1 ilnx. MOFFAT'S
BITTERS. Sin-so :1 llottle. For Sale by Uruggrsts and Dealers in medicine cvoryhiruc,
or sent by marl or Express, prcpflld, on receipt of price.
3'. P. MILLS, Sole Proprietor.
85 LIBERTY STREET. NEW YORK.
OMPOUND,
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A Word to the Nervous
You are painfully aware that you
have nerves? Then you are sick.
A healthy boy has as many as you, but he doesn’t know it. That is
the difference between “sick” and “well.” ,
Vrfhy don’t you cure yourself? It is easy. Don’t wait. Paiiie’s
Celery Compound will do it.
life once more. Thousands have.
Pay your druggist a dollar, and enjoy
Why not you? .
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