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N umber 36.
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Veluinc LXXXVIII.
NORWALK, (iONN.,,WEeNE.SDAY; SEPTEMBER 5, 1888.
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NARDENBROOK'S BLOCK. WALL smear.
FAMILY GROCERIES.
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P'ATENT OFFICE.
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Real Estate, Insurance and Investment
Securities.
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NUBWA LK. CONN
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A MAN’S REPROACH.
When into my life you came
You gave me no promise, yet stilt
Dan: I charge on you the shame
Oi.’ e. pledge you have failed to fulfill
Said not each tone of your voice,
Said not each look of your eye,
“Measure my truth at your choice;
No means of proof I deny.“
Was. it. for nothing your glance
Ilold itself, flame pure, to mine?
Needed there speech to enhance
The strength of its promise divine?
Was there no pledge in that. smile,
DazzlingbcyOnd all eclipse?
Only God measures your guilo
When you could lie with those lips!
_You fail me, in spite of it nil,
And smile that no promise you break.
No word you have need to recall;
Your self is the vow you forsake!
—Arlo.Bates in the The Century.
A VINE.
“I’ve been thinking,” said my wife, “that
we ought to have a vine down there.”
“Down there" was the few square feet of
soil which made up the front lawn of oui;
residence, and as we were sitting at the head
of the flight of brown stone steps which led to
our front door, natu 'ally we were at some
elevation over the lawn.
It was a. relief to mo to find that my wife’s
mind was dwelling only upon vines. I had
joined a new club the week before, and I had
been expecting some little interrogations con-
cerning initiation fees, dues. etc.., ulerofy
. Tel-ed so civilly and _courtci3usly that it'wonld
bo‘impossiblo to withhold the desired infor-
mation, albeit; I know that following such
conjugal interchange of confidence would
probably como a gentle reminder that “we
must be sure to lay in the coal in August, as
the papers anticipate strikes next winter”
I replied most cordially to the vine sug<
gestion, “A capital id‘ea.’ You mean it, of
course, to be trained up the house front?"
“Oh, yes," said Mrs. John. “It will have
to be wired up, you know, and then trained
out about each window. “’0 have taken the
house on a long lease, and it will pay to
make such small improvements to the prop—
erty.” ' ,
I assented with sufficient heartincss, still a
little fearful that: onothorsileucc on my Wife’s
part might evolve some reference to club
matters. But Mrs. J ohu was absorbed with
the vine. It; and her imagination were grow-
ing together.
“I shall get some sort of free growing ivy,
I think,” she went on ruminating. “I don’t
like a. big lenvcd vine or a sprawling growth
up a. house side—something clinging and
close, sending it's slender teudrils out in of-
fcctive traccry of rich green against the
stone.”
“Like a. woman’s love,” I ventured, knock—
ing the ashes off the end of my cigar, and
when the words rang out on the cool night
air they revel-berated through space with a
painfully flat note.
"If you mean that a. woman’s love is a rich
green,” said my wife coldly, “I agree with
you. The woman and the love are both
richly green to bestow themselves upon the
average man. John,” she broke of! quite
iri-elcvantly, “don’t read so many cheap
novels. Stick :to your business _and your
clubs—oh, by the way, is the Pclhmn really
shorted?”
. 'l‘ho I’elhnm was the. new club. The cool
night air was no longer cool.
“The Pelham?” I repeated. “Oh, yes, the
P ilham,” floundering easily and hopelessly.
“I believe it opens shortly. I’ll tell you what
I’ll (10, Non, about that vine. I’ll stop at the
florist’s in the morning and send him over to
see you”—aud then the baby cried and Mrs.
John sought the. seclusion of the second i100!
front. »
That is how the vine started, or, to be
strictly accurate, that is how the vine'did not
start. ‘
The next evening when I approached my
home shortly before the dinner hour, I gave
tho premises the usual inspection which a.
'man is apt to bestow when he is rather proud
than otherwise of his place, and was for a
moment surprised to discover a. wire cable
about one-eighth inch in diameter stretching
from the little mat of turf inside the iron
fence away up to tho roof of the three story
and basement; house, and, for ought I knew
to the contrary, considerably further. As
far as the naked eye could reach perpendicu-
larly the wire went.
For a. moment I said I was surprised. but a
second glance downward showed mo :1. small
plant, perhaps six inches in height, from
whose very heart apparently the formidable
length of the wire took source. “ .
“Alli" I reflected with a. smile, “Mrs.
John’s vine has become an established fact.”
And I may as well stato'right hero that the
vino seemed entirely content to exist merely
in that capacity. '
At first, of course, we expected nothing
more from it than to get used to its new sur-
roundings, drop its underground anchors,
settle itself to work as it were—but when a
week had passed and the vine had not seen
fit to take on a. single additional . leaf, much
less add to its stature by even the fraction of
an inch, I ventured to ask my wife.if she
had carried out her expressed intentions and
procured a “free grower.” _
“Oh, yes, indeed; the florist selected it him-
self; he said that it wasprcmurknbly prolific
in growth, and that byifzrll it would inako a
fine showing.” . ‘
“lVell,”Ircplicd, fucetiously, .“ui'fl'cau ,
say is the sooner it gets down -to business the
better for tho'showiug.” Several more days
passed with the interesting Specimen of flori-
culturo remaining in statu quo.
“I know what’s the trouble with that vine
of yours, Mrs. John,” I remarked as We were
sitting ngai 11 upon the doorstep after dinner,
and as usual viewing the estate. ‘ 1
“What?” asked my wife, quickly betraying
her anxiety iii the matter. .
“It’s discouraged,” “'93 my reply; “you’ve
given it. too much wire; it’s enough ’to take .
the ambition out of the most enthusiastic
grower. I can imagine the poor thing gaz-
ing up that stretch of g cable, saying to itself,
‘What do they take me for? I wonder if
they think I am a. Standard Oil company
viuc: even an octopus, couldn’t reach that
length,’ and words to that effect. You know
how it is yourself, if you will pardon the
slang. Set yourself too much to do and you
feel at once unequal to anything. sydncy
Smith says, “fake short. views,’ ” I continued,
warming 'with my subject, particularly as
my wife made no reply, “and it‘s good, sound
philosophy, applicable to vines. as well as peo-.
pic. If you had carried the wire up to the
parlor window only, at first, and coaxed the
vine that far, it: would have seen' that, taking
the thing by easy stages, even the roof was.
not inaccessible. But tohave its whole life
work laid out on the start . has broken its:
spirit, crushed its enterprise, overwhelmed
it’s”——— . ' - '
“Barker‘s, that’s the name," interrupted
my wife suddenly and wholly unintelligibly.
“Excuse me, John, were you speaking? ’ l’ve‘ .
been trying to recall the name Of a. fertilizer"
Uncle Joo uses on his farm. _1 don't think;
this city soil is rich enough. The vino needs
more nourishment.” -
“Yen might give it acourse of cod liver '
oil or a. few bottles of beef, wine and iron,”
I replied with some asperity. -
Tho fertilizer was bought
plied", but at the end of a. week the vino still.
remained a passive and apparently uninter-
ested spectator.
“It won’t do, Annie," I said, "Barker’s
isn’t strong enough. That bit of botany
down in the yard there wants a summer at
the seashore, a. winter in Florida and a spring
at a German spa. I would also recommend
free massage treatment. ”
To tell the truth, the vine was becoming an
incubus. The neighbors on the block inani-
festcd an uncomfortable interest in it. They
looked in curiously only at first, then rather
dcrisivcly, and now when they passed an ex-
pression of contemptuous pity stole over their
couiitcnances that was not agreeable. We
had lived. so little time in the neighborhood
that I felt our reputation was not sufficiently
established to stand this sort of thing. I put
on a bold front though, and tried in a mean,
masculine way to shift the responsibility._ I
mado‘jocosc remarks, loud enough to beheagd
two doors away on either side, to my wife
about her vine, and felt sneakingly better
when I saw that such cowardly humorous
efforts provoked a fleeting and rapidly sup-
pressed smile from oithet'udjaocut: doorstep.
I went further. I blush to say that} I made
that vinc,faud Mrs. John’s hand in it, the sub-
jeet of a beer saloon story, and I can only
offer in cxtenuntion that it: was a sort of
family beer saloon on the next corner, very
choice and exclusive, frequputcxl chiefly by
the adult 'male residents of the block. We
were all husbands and householders together,
so to speak, behind the hip doors of that cool
retreat, and as the fellows, after I had setup
the drinks, laughed hilariously at my account
I was led on rather further than my first in;
teutious. Afterward I regretted _ my ver-
bosity. .
,Six weeks went by. The middle of May
gave place to the first of July, when, one
evening, my wife met me with a. smile of
triumph upon her face, and, turning me
around on tho doorstep, pointed down to the
much maligned and heretofore immovable
V1110. ,
“Did you see?” she asked, expectantly.
I did see. Since I had looked at the thing,
and I was sure I had glanced that way that
very morning, the stunted and_incompreh_cn—
and freely up:
sihlb 'tfaWifii 'hiid 1.an ire—unseen;
inches to its stature. ‘ - ~
“What’s come over it, do u suppose?" I
asked in some trepidation, f the idea of that
vino growing seemed positively uncanny.
“I think,” said my wife wisely, putting her
head to one side, “that the effect of Barker’s
is cumulative, like opium. The vine suddenly
feels the combined force of allithnt I have put
on, and I don’t mind telling you now that
there is “something to shovv‘for'it; that I have
used pounds." And I think she bad, if it was
Barker‘s that prompted the growth ‘of “that
vine, for anything like its progress “I never
saw. ’
Within a week it had cleared the basement
window and was (on a level with the parlor
sill, and at the end of a little over a fortnight
it was nodding n teudril of pale green at the
second floor. It grew close with the wire,
ther up. The passers by noticed and com-
mented upon it. My wife fairly bnskcd and
beamed in its wonderful growth. My own
feelings also underweutn. change. " I began
to refer to it as the Vine, then as our vine,
and at the store I did not hesitate to say
boldly, “I have a vine over at my house,”
etc. The vino itself attended strictly to busi-
ness. When it reached the roof, as it did he-
foro a month was out, it, grow wild for a day
or so, sending out a long, swaying shoot;
then it caught on to the shutter of the third
floor window and began a meandering course
back to earth. All the way down it swung
out its tentacles, finding a hold on anything
—-a shutter hook, window ledge, or even a
slight roughness in the stone. By the mid-
dle of August thehousc was beautifully fcs.
tooued. gull still the Origin‘mastulk Wasi'grow-
ing'tovi'ard allfiiofnts‘of the Compass. -
Every man on the block envied mo that
vino. I felt that as a. family and as a house-
frout we were an ornament to the neighbor-
hood. . - '
I always take a fortnight of? the latter part
of September. I did as usual that your, My
wife and children followed me out .on the
doorstep aud'arrnngcd themselves in n pic-
turcsquo groupos I walked off, gripsack in
hand. I turned back two doors away and
saw them thus framed in the rich green of
the luxurious vino. I fell: proud of the en'
tire landscape—animal and vegetable. “Good-
by,” I said; “take care of yourselves,” and
then, glancing at tho clambcring foliage, I
warmed to that. .
“We must have that trimmed down this
fall and packed in strEuv,” I called, nodding
toward the vine. There was a wagon pass-
ing at the moment, and I put down to the
uoiso of that the apparently garbled reply of
my wife.
-"‘I think so, too—n perfect nuisance.”
My return was accomplished at. night. The
air was mild, though October, and after an
hour or two of welcoming gossip Mm. John
and I sought the doorstep while I finished
my last cigar. ‘ ' _
“on, John, 1 did as you suggested—had
the vinocut down while‘ you were away,” rc-
markcd my wife. casually.
“You mean trimmed down for winter,” I
suggested. ‘ ~
“Why, no. I had the whole thing removed
—‘root, branch and wire. You spoke just as
.you were; leaving that it ought to be cut
down; it wasn’t worth a straw.” -
’I grouncd aloud.
“Yes, and I replie hat I thought so too.
' It had become a. per ect nuisance; it was 9.
breeding place for qusquitoes and spiders
that got in the rooms, and those dirty and
detestable sparrows simply pro-erupted it,
making more noise and mischief than was
' tolerable. I was glad to hear you order its
removal.” _ ,
My feelings literally choked my utterance.
The next morning among- somc bills awaiting
my return I found this:
John Blank.
. To A. Terraccgarden, florist
May I‘d—To One vine, free grower ............ 75
May 12-To one wire for same ............... $1 50
May iB—To two hours‘ work ........... . ..... l 00
Sept. ls—To one day‘s work cutting down
vine... ........................... 5 00
Sept. 18—To removing due in cartlouds. 1 00
Total ....................................... so 25
. And besides this I paid a man $3.75 for
washing down the house.—New York Times.
Brain Not Essential to Life.
Physiologists speak of dcothas occurring
through the cessation of the action of either
the brain or the heart or the lungs. But
the brain cannot be rcgurdedas an organ
salty 1'5 may be to its'rcgular and systematic
cause. The entire orgauimny be removed
from certain kinds of animals, and yet life
goes almost as perfectly for a time as though
it were still there to dominate the rest of the
body. The heart beats, the lungs respire,
the stomach digests and the several glands
continue to elbborate tho secretions proper
to them, and not only all this, but actions
are performed which are well calculated to
xcifo astonishment in those who see them
for the first time and who have embraced
the idea that all intelligence resides in the
brain.
Thus, for instance, if the brain be entirely
removed from the head of a frog and the web
between the toes be pinched, the limb is im-
mediately withdrawn; if the shoulder be
scratched with a needle the hind foot of the
some side is raised to remove the instrument;
if the animal is held up by one log it strug-
gles; if placed on its back—n. position to
which frogs have a. great antipathy—it. im-
mediately turns over on its belly; if one foot
be held firmly with a pair of forceps the frog
endeavors to draw it away; if unsuccessful,
it places the other foot against the instru-
ment and pushes firmly in the effort to re-
move it; still not succeeding, it writhcs the
body from side to side and makes a move-
ment forward. I have seen a rattlesnake
strike after its head was cut off, and a viper
has been known to crawl straight for its hole
in the wall after suffering like mutilation.
Nor are such experiments the only evi-
dence that we have that life may persist
though the brain be absent. It sometimes
happens that individuals of the human species
are born without brains. In one instance of
the kind, life was present for six months.
Though very feeble this being bad thofnculty
of sucking and the severalfunctions Of the
body seemed to be well performed. Its eyes
clearly perceived the light and during, the
night it: cried if the candle Wm, allowed to go
out. After death the cranium was opened
and there was found to be an entire absence
of tho’ccrebrupx. In another case that of a.
'male infant which lived eighteen hours,
there was found after death no vestigo of a
brain, nevertheless respiration was estab-
lished; the pupils contracted to light; bitter
juice put into the mouth was immediately
rejected and loud noises caused movements
of the body. In another case in which the
' cranium «was entirely empty lifo continued
for four days, yet this being opened and shut
:its eyes. cried, sucked and even ato broth.—
William A. Hammond. '
.Story of Grcclcy's Eéé‘cntriclty. _
Erastus Brooks, ouco editor of the New
York Express, told me a very interesting
ptorynbout Horace Greeley. They were
commissioners together in 1355, representing
the United States in the Parisian (ctposition
of that year. They were to beprcscnted,
, with tho other commissioners, to the Em-_
'peror, and fissembled for that purpose in a
.’ drawing room of the hotel, whence they were
" going in a body to the palace. Mr. Brooks
noticed that Mr. Greeley’s cont collar was
turned up, and that one of his trousers legs
was caught over-his boot. Callirig the edi-
tor’s attention to his .disarmnged tOilet, Mi“.
Brooks adjusted the collar, and, bending low,
put the trousers leg in its proper position. A
half hour later, audience being given, what
was Mr. Brooks’ amazement and annoyance,
upon looking at his friend and comrade Grec-
ley, to see his attire rearranged precisely as
it had been before Mr. Brdoks set it right.
The irresistible inference in Mr. Brooks’
mind was, and continued so down to the date
of telling me the story, thut the oddity of_
costume was ‘inteutionnl on the part of Mr.
G1‘eclcy.r-Joe'HoW;iifd§m Once'o-chek. '
{l VcryEQnecr Tow‘n. .
“Folks vhns so queer in Detroit,” he sat
to tho policomhniwho stopped fpr a. moment
in the shade of his awning.
“HOW?” ,‘i . _ .
“th11, you "see ‘dot coat‘l. A fellcr come
,ulong hero mid-i ask me der price, uud I say,
‘My frendii, der rcguinr price of dot coat
vhas $22, bill: ash ‘t'rado vhas so worry dull
you can huf him for $8) ” ’ '
““7011?” : ‘ .
“th11, he walks right uvbuy.”
“\Vhatrdo you expect him to do?”
“I oxpect he stay right here und boat mo
[down to three dollar und take der coat. It
vhns n queer pluce—w‘crry queer.”—-Dotroit
Free Press.
A Little “roman Did It.
When Edison, genius 'and inventor as ho
is, had given two weeks of his valuable time
to going up and down on the New York‘Elc-
voted railroad, trying to discover what
caused its noise undo euro for it, he gave up
the job. Then a little woman took it. She
rode on the cars three days, was denied a.
place to stand on the rear platform, laughed
at for her curiosity and politely snubbed by
conductors and passengers. But she discov-
ered what caused the noise, invented a rem-
cdy which wns patented, and she was paid a
sum of $10,000 and a. royalty forever. Her
name is Mrs. Mary Vantou and she lives 1‘11
New York city—New Orleans Picayune.
twisting around it as if to twist itself fur-i
' dull, menu certain things.
absolutely essential todifchhowcvcr neccs- ’
THE FISHERMAN’S SIGNS.
HE. STOUTLY DENIES THAT HE
IS AT ALL SUPERSTlTlOUS.
But no Believes That a. “'el; Sunday Al-
ways Follows n. “'ct Friday-JEN] Luci.
To Break n‘Looking Glass—Olim- Mys-
teries.
“Nc'xt Sunduy'will bo wet.”
‘-‘_How can you tell?"
“ Vet Friday, wot Sunday, replied an old
fisherman who was smokiiig o. well colored
ulcerschaum pipe and discussing in cup of
strong, block coffee in an eating saloon. Ho
was a. typical fisherman. He had large,
clear blue eyes, a bushy head of hair, .and a
hand its hard as n marlinspikc. IIO stoutly
denied that sailors were superstitious, and
maintained that their rcasonings were
founded on fact and . not fiction. No book
for him. In spite of his denial, however, fish-
ermen are probably the most superstitious
class of people on earth.
“Just tell me something about a. fisher-man‘s
life and his superstition,” asked the reporter
of the veteran. ' '
“Ii‘ishermcndon’t have any superstitions,
sir, and if they have they are far below those
that you land lubbcrs are a prey to.” .
‘ ‘You just now mentioned one; ‘wct Friday,
wet Sunday.”
“That’s no superstition; that‘s a. fact and
one you can’t alter. I’ve grown old in the
business, and as long as 1 can remember I’ve
never seen o. wet Friday that was not fol-
lowed by a wet Sunday.”
AN vxmjcxv DAY.
“Don’t you think it superstitions not to go
fishing on Friday? thy should you select
that as being. on unlucky day?”
“No, I don’t. Just so long as fish have
lived in the water and men have taken them
out. Friday has been an unlucky day for
our trade. You just try it and you’ll find
that I’m right.” ‘ '
“Why is it; that you never ' allow whistling
on board a fishing boat?”
“Because, me boy, it’s calling on old Nick
to make his appearance, and he always brings
wind with him.”
“Fishermen don’t like to begin any under-
taking on .Monday. “’hat’s the reason ,of
that superstition?” .
“I told you a minute ngo that it was not a
superstition. The incoming of it is bad Mou-
day, bad week.”
“Now, if one of your shipmatcs should
smd‘sh 0. looking glass on board ship you give
up all hope of getting a good haul.”
”Yes, sir; I never saw it fail yet, and I
have seen a good many broken in my time,
and just as sure as it occurred a gale come on
and blow great; guns, and we were compelled
to run for shelter. 'If that failed, then we
caught no fish. I’ve known men that had to
go out of the business because they were
always smashing things, and no one would
sail with them. I dare say you would laugh
. at me if I told you that I. gotu good drubbing
from a skipper under whom I once sailed be-
cause I shoved the dory off from the side of
the ship with her head pointing to the sun.”
“What did that signify?” . '
“It means simply defying the elements,
and whenever you do that take my word
that nothing good comes from it.”
“How is it that you are so certain Of your
storm prediction?”
Stoxs OF Tun nEAvENs.
“Oh, that is simple. Year in and year out
we study the signs of the heavens, which are
very accurate. Certain stars, bright or
The wind from
a. given certain quarto ' in a certain month
is almost sure to bring stormy, fair, dry or
wet weather, as the case may be. The moon
gives us a good deal Of information; if she is
on her back, then look out for a. storm; if
her horns are well pointed then you may ex-
pect cool or cold weather, according to the
season of the year. If there is a large, hazy
circle around the moon, then you may look
out for a good min storm or a steady rain
fall. Then the big and little boars give us
some useful knowledge, according to the dif-
ferent positions they assume.” ‘
“When going on a fishing trip—I mean, of
course, deep sea. fishing—how is it that you
can tell exactly where to set your not; or cast
your lines 2” .
“That’s as easy as smoking your pipe. You
see, a. rock or a. bank is situated exactly by
the compass in a certain hearing or locality.
IVcll, We can tell just as well without u. com-
pass, and it ‘is very simple. Supposo the
fishing ground is ten, twenty or thirty miles
from the land. “’0 soil in the direction of
it until we get two hendlands in one, as it
were. Then we can tell’to a. dot how far we
are out, and consequently we know where
the fishing bank is, but we sail on until one
of tho headlauds 01- banks is visible; that
gives us so many miles, just us exactly as if
you measured it with a tape, so that; we know.
where we are. \ A high church steeple, a.
lighthouse or a. land bluff all tend to show the
accustomed eye of a fisherman where he is.”
“Then it is'n’t true that you can tell by the
watcrf’
“In SOlllO cases we can, but as a general
rule our land bearings are the most reliable.”
“There is no cxncrgencyvthu't would compel
u. fisherman to make any repairs on Sunday,
either in the sail department, rigging or hull ‘
of the vessel.”
“Experience has taught us that Sundays
must be kept. If you drive a. nail in the
piece of the wood of your vessel on Sunday
look out, for that is what we call nailing the
trip. Should you mend your soils, the first
wind rips them again, and if you fix or mend
your rigging it will come down about your
head or cars the moment you go out. I have
myself had needles break in my hand when I
attempted to sew on Sunday. That was when
'I was a. youngster, and thought it would be a.
big thing to defy the rules.”—Lcwiston
Journal. ~
In flichst PbifitICEmctcry.
Most famous people interred in the West
Point cemetery have well marked graves, and
not a few have elaborate memorials. Gem
Winfield Scott lies here. His monument is o.
rough granite ccnotaph that lies flat upon
the. ground and is surrounded by an iron rail- ,
ing that ought to be removed, or, better yet,
ought never to have been placed here. The
inscription covers the entire north" side of the
huge ccnotaph, and recounts the services of
the old warrior, concluding with the observin-
tion that a laudntory inscription is unneces-
sary, because the deeds of Scott are ongravcn
upon the memories of mankind.
Beneath a cenotuph almost exactly like
that of Gen. Scott’s lie the remains of 001.
Anderson, who commanded at Fort Sumter
when it was first fired upon. Col. Anderson
lived until some years after the close of the
war, dying at last in Italy, from whence his
remains were brought to W'est Point for in-
terment. The cenotuph is just across the
walk from that over Gen. Scott.
Nearly in the center of the plot is interred
the body Of George A. Custer. His monu-
ment is' a huge block of rough granite, a ,
dozen or so feet in height. The top is per-
fectly plain, but upon the sides are four
bronze medallions, circular in shape, and
bearing appropriate inscriptions. 'Two of
them recount his family history and the
tragic manner of Custcr’s death in the battle
of Little Big Horn, and the other two are
symbolic, buffalo heads, Indian arrows and
maize being prominent. .
Other famous soldiers interred hero are
Gen. Audenrcid, Gen. Judson Kilpatrick and
Col. Thayer, the latter the father of the
academy, as he is affectionately referred to,
and whose life size statue stands at the south-
east corner of the ’infautry plain and imme-
diately in front of cadet b‘urracks. It is the
custom to bury cadets ,when they die in the
institution in the pretty cemetery here and.
to give them full military honors. This is
invariably done unless the family of. the dc-
ceased cadet requests otwe'rwisa. The latter
is rare, and as a. consequence a. large part of .
the cemetery is given up to students. These
graves are generally marked in a. modest
manner by small stones erected by ’class-
mates of the dead cadet. It is said here that,
following the custom set by Gen. Winfield
Scott, who asked to be interred here, future
generals of the army arc to lie hero—West;
Point Cor. Philadelphia. Times.
The Real St. Bernard Dog.
Bc-Iorolsaw one I always imagined the
St. Bernard to be as large as a lion and
strong as a bull. ‘hc picture of my youthful
geography had made these impressions.
When a. dog that I supposed to be an over-
grown setter was pointgd out as one of the
celebrated Alpine breed, my cherished imag-
inative structures went cluttering to the
ground. Many n time had I in my early
boyhood on n winter’s night, when it was
snowing hard outside, sat before a. cheerful
fire and thought that was the kind Of-wcuthcr
when the sogaciotrs St: Bernard patrolled the
mountaiupusscs on the lookout for storm
bound travelers. When some poor wrctch
half perishiner in the snow was found his
freezing blood’would be thawed by the dog’s
warm body and the brandy flask so convo-
niently attached to the collar. After regain-
ing strength I supposed the ire-velar would
mount the dog’s buck and the animal trot off
with him to the monastery. D 'ID it was plain
that this. St. Bernard (ho’wos' a crack, too),
bad he been large enough to carry amen,
could not trot; ho was entirely too straight
in tho stiilcs. 'It is doubtful if he could havo
even walked fast enough to keep himself from
freezing to death on :7. real cold night.—
Forcst and Stream.
BROOKLYN minimums.
CONVERSATION WITH “JOHN CHI;
NAMAN” AS TO THE BUSINESS.
A “'omnn’u Opinion on Hand \Vork and
Steam “Turk—Hoot of tho Drying; Room.
Visit to a steam
\Tm'k.
Lnnnd ry—Muchino
Chancing one day to be passing a. Chinese
laundry which had the name J amos L. Yu on
the door, the thought suggested itself to the
scribe to step in and see how the laundry
business is carried 0:).
“Hello,” said the reporter, “how is busi-
ness?” _
“Oh, business no good. People all gone to
country; no make much now.”
“Will you tell me how much you average
of a week and how much you pay your assist-
ant?” f
“Mai-:0 about $15 a week in winter, some
times 5:20 or $25. Pay him (his assistant) $10
a. week. Then have to pay $20 a month for
house, and coal and wood, light and rice,
vcgctublcsnndmcat cost.”
“Will you let me see the back room?"
“Yes, I let you see, but no stay long here
now; want you go homo.”
The reporter started back into the kitchen,
which wasro hot that nobody but a China-
man could stand it any longer than five min-
utes. ~ 'l‘hcro wnsunotliiug in it but a few
pans, a rack, a tablpbtwo chairs and a rcdhol:
stove. Between thrj storm and the kitchen, in
a sort of passagcwny,'wero two bunks, very
much on the plan of stateroom berths, one
over the other. _
Chinmncn, geucrnllyfspcnking, live on rice
and vegetables—very little meat. They eat;
the rice with chop sticks, and when eating
they never sit on o. chair properly, but place
their feet on the chair and assume a sort of
doubled up position. In writing they usoo.
long reed with camel’s hair stuck in one end
in the shape of :1 brush. This instrument is
called e. “bid.”
“Do you go to
reporter.
“Yes, I go to Methodist Sunday school in
Atlantic street. No burn ‘Joss’ stick 'no
more, no worship him no more. Now you
Sunday school?” asked the
. go home?” said he suddenly.
‘Walking up Fulton street the reporter-
camc to a laundry kept by a. nativ . “rould
she give. any information?
“Oh, certainly; with pleasure.”
“Will you tell me how long you have been
in this business, end if it rays?”
“Well, I‘ve been in it :1 out three or four
years now. As to its paying, I think it does.
I manage to make :1 good living out of it, be-
side g"'ing employment to eight women, not
counting two girls who stand behind the
counter to do up the clothes and wait on tho
custOiziei-s. And it is all hand work, too.”
“Do you not. find it very warm in the sum-
mer?” ’
“Oh, yes, it is warm all the time, winter
and summer, in the drying room;” hero she
showed a small room in the back of the store
and Opening the door, said: “This is the dry-
ing room. As you can see we have a stove
red hot all the time, and this room is lined .
with shoot iron, so that there is no danger
from it and all the heat remains within.”
,“Do you think this business is injurious to
health '2”
“Not a bit of it; It would be probable if
we hadto be over that hot stove all day, but
you see I have another stove going down in
the kitchen, and that is where the irons are
heated. Of course, it; is hot, but not nearly
so hot as the drying room.”
“What do you think
dries?” '
“I don’t think much of them, to tell the
truth. I suppose it lightens the labor a good
deal to have rollers to iron with by steam,
but; then you’ll find that the collars and cuffs
and other things will eventually be worn out
before their time by that system.” .
“What do you think of the Chinese?”
“The Chinese, is it! \Vell I never look at a.
China-man but what he puts me in mind of a.
dried up monkey. But as for them washing
and ironing any Christian’s garments, I tell
you if I never had anything washed I
wouldn’t get u Cinnamon to do it. Fudge, I
can’t bear them.”
The next visit was to a steam laundry.
“Do you cmploy many hands?”
“Well, between twenty and thirty, I think.
And I \vnulilnot be surprised but what next,-
wintcr we will have to employ more, as this
kind of work is constantly increasing.
People don’t care to have their white goods
done at; home. Whether it is because they
are not done up nice enough for them, I don’t
know, but in nine cases out of ten you will
find that all the white goods find their way
to the different laundrics in the city.”
“What do you mean by white goods?” .
“Oh, collars, cuffs, shirts, ladies’ collars,
skirts, etc. .Of course, we do more of a. busi-
ness in men’s collars, cuffs and shirts than
anything else.”
"In your opinion, does it injure clothes
any, this steam work 2”
“Why, bless your heart, no? How could
it. Seine people have an idea thutwo merely
sousc the things once or twice in the water,
starch and dry them and then put them
through the ironing rollers. But we don’t
do anything of the sort. The clothes in this
laundry are thoroughly and carefully washed,
and as carefully finished off before they
leave our hands.”
“How many drying rooms have you
“We have only one drying room, but it
contains no less than five medium sized
stoves, and it; extends nearly the full length
of the collar. Do you know I think we have
the best drying room in the city? Why if you
put a new shirt in there, in five minutes after
you put it in you can take it out bone dry.”
“How does hand work compare with this
steam work?”
“Well, I don’t pretend to know half as
much as some people, but my Opinion is that
when 9. machine can lighten the labor, why I
say use tho'machino by all means, no mat-
ter what the motive power. As for hand
work, well it’s all well enough in itsway, but
let those who like it do it. Steam work is
the thing; ,why, while a'womun ,at the old
hand work 5 mom is finishing ouo collar we
can finish two every time; of course skirts
have to be done by hand.” .
“Do you know if the other steam Laundries
take in skirts?”
“\Vcll as to that I couldn’t say. There is
not much in them, in fact there's more bother
than their worth, but; then ' you know if a.
lady says she wants a. thing done it has got to
be done, and that’s an end of it.”
“Can you tell inc about how much you
ovcra go a. day or week i”
“Well I would not like to tell that, but you
can see for yourself that if this laundry cm-
ploys about twenty people all summer round,
and ten or fifteen more in the winter, with
the fact that; business is constantly improv-
ing, why then of course, we do take in a. little
inoncy.”—“F. C.” in Brooklyn Eagle.
f the steam laun-
‘77)
‘
Hamming: the Great Canyons.
No grander idea. has ever been suggested
than that proposed by our National Survey
-—-to dam the canyons Of the Rocky moun-
tains, in order to form vast reservoirs of
water, that may be used as needed, to keep
the act-idlmids Of the great dry basins irri-
gated and fertile. The plan will, if carried
out, be equally valuable in preventing floods
in‘tho Missouri and Lower Mississippi val-
leys. It; is believed that 150,000 square miles
of land may thus be reclaimed for cultiva-
tion. The extent of this may be seen by the
fact; that the total extent of land now under
cultivation in the United States is less than
L 300,000 squaro‘miles. Dams can be con-
constructcd strong enough absolutely to reg-
ulate the spring flooding, retain the supply
and feed it out; slowly, as may be needed, all
Summer. ‘50 shall, by such works, not
greatly surpass the engineering feats of tho
aucicnts.——Globe—De:uocmt.
, A Dead Man’s Finger.
“I got:- a. two guinea fee today for a. dead
man’s finger,” said a well known Louisville
physician. “An Old negro woman who
claims to be a great voudoo doctor has been
pestering me with a request for such m1 urti-
clc, and finally I went to the dissecting room
of a medical college and procured it. She
gladly paidtho money for it, too. She makes
a very efficacious charm—so sho claims—in
wh ch the dead finger is the principal ingrc<
dicnt. Tho charm is said to be u. sure mas-
cot; for those who want to win on horse races.
Put the charm in your pocket and you can’t
help picking the winner—so the old woman
says. She was very anxious, therefore, for
me to sell her tho finger before the races
were over, and was greatly gratified when I
did so.”—Louisvillc Post.
Governor Hill ‘Exoneruted.
A Lmrxv, Aug. Sit—James “fall, president
of Albany Typograpicnl union No. 4, has
issued a letter defending Governor Hill
against charges printed in The New York
Times that he had given the printing of his
public papers to anon-union concern. The
letter explains that the governor and the
union printers bud fully convnssod the mat-
ter in unison and had a. lengthy opinion
from the attomcy'generul that the governor
was bound by the low to give his public
papers to the contract printers of depart-
ment work, which was the non-union con-‘
cern in question, and that by request; of the
union he had prevented the coscernfrom
putting its imprint; upon the papers.
I: ,
' ‘TO \i'CI!
A BABYLDNIAN TEA.
NOVEL METHOD OF ope-Nome A
SUMMER EVENING lN TOWN.
Interesting Story Told by a Youthful Limb
of Fashion—now a. Philadelphia Hostess
Filled Her Guests with Amazement and
Delight.
A suave youth, of small fortune, but large
social pretensions, who is kept in town by his
duties as a. bank clerk—$15uweek—was a.
trifle mystified a few days ago by the receipt
from a fashionable married woman of a
visiting card, on which was written, “Friday
evening. 8 to 10, Tea Babylonian.”
“Ten Babylonian] Tea Babylonian!” he
read again and again. "What new wrinkle
may that be, I wonder.”
It required about; four seconds for him to
see that his engagement book was virgin.
He made up his mind to go in n. space of time
so small that he had no method of calculat-
.ing. For, remember you, diversions that
promise anything worth speaking of to a.
city bound swell do n:t' como every day in
August.
The next morning, warm as it was, the
youthful limb of fashion was swinging down
Chestnut street to his desk in the banking
house as chipper us a boy with a. new watch.
“Well," said 1, “why so blithcsomo this
morning?“ '
“it was the ten, the Babylonian too,” said
he. “1 tell you it; was a stunner.” '
“And what is u Babylonian teal".
He was so full of it that he must have re
garded the opportunity to talk as nfuvor.
This is the story he told: , ,
' “When I received the bid,” he explained,
“I had no more notion than the dead what a.
Babylonian: tea might be. However, as you
see, I went. The house—a. charming one in
a fashionable street—is the scene of many a.
_ pleasant dinner and dance in the winter, at
which one is sure to meetn lot of agreeable
people. Ihad read in tho ‘sassiety' column
of a. newspaper that the host and hostess
were in town fern few days on their way
from some Virginia springs to Bar Harbor.
“I was not a: all surprised, therefore, to
find the front stoop swept and trim as be-
camo tho habitation of a Christian even in
midsummer, nor was I amazed to observe the
' door standing hospitably open. There was
something ndt quite intelligible, however, in
the circumstance that the only light to be
observed was furnished by a single gas jet in
the hallway. A man servant, however, ,
standing near the doorway mechanically
draw-led out: ‘Gcntlemcn’s dressing room
third story back; ladies’ front parlor.’ As I
stumbled up the stairs through semi-dm'k--
mess, I saw that the door to the drawing
room was open, and, glancing in, I observed
what nppcorcdlto bc women’s wraps on the
chairs and sofas, which, however, were cov—
cred with white linen, as when the house was—
first put in summer order.
“ ‘A queer basket of chips,’ thought I; ‘If
this is the Babylonian tea I shnn’t want
much of it, and where lil'O tho Babyloniunsi’
“I was in the third story back by this
time, when another servant politely took my
hat and placed it with other huts and coats.
He then opened a door at; his left and. I passed
down a gloomy passageway into another half
lighted room. - ,
“As I looked blindly round he asked my
name. I gave it him. He turned, and
simultaneously calling out my name brushed
aside a. certain of some dark, heavy stuff,
and I passed into Babylonin.
“I found myself standing in an illuminated
garden. Glowing Chinese lanterns wcro
strung in fantastic designs along the edge
and drawn to in common point over the head
, line in the center suggested a great canopy
. of light. Hero and there among the branched
palms and the spreading fern varied hucd
fairy lamps burned with a. mild light. Small
tables were set; out on the gross and illumin-
ated by tapers burning in heavy silver cau-
dclabro. The edge of the garden, on three
sides, was marked by a light bnlustradc. Oh
the fourth the garden ended abruptly against
the wall of the house. Looking beyond the
bulustradc I could make out the tops of trees
gently waving in the wind. I fell; upon my
check also a breath of cool air, and upon my
mind flaslzcl at once the truth—I was stand-
ing on a lzcusetop. People in evening dress
were seated at the little tables or moving
about looking at everything éu'i‘iously.’ My
host 0.11;! i mean were nfinndingueifl“ WEB din-
tniucd entrant-c, which, as I looked again, I
saw was not a doorway, but. 1'). low window.
I made 1:: y regards and they laughed
merrily as they observed my very observable
look of surprise.
“ ‘It is the some with every one,’ chim'uped
my hostess. ‘Amazement, then, if I may be
permitted to say it, delight. Pardon me,
but really I never had the pleasure of gather-
ing my friends at any entertainment that
afforded so much fun as this Babylonian tea.
is giving.’
“ ‘But the idea,’ said I, ‘whcrc did you get
iti’ ‘
“Then she was good enough to explain that
her husband, who is a. member of the tro-'
mcndously rich ‘Mauufacturers’ club,’ had
casually mentioned that a. feature of the
club’s new house, which is now being built,
will be a. summer garden on the roof. She
caught at the remark as containing the sug-‘
gestion for something altogether unique in
the way of entertainments. The develop-
ment of the idea was manifested in the ‘tea’
called Babylonian, of course, for a reason
that is clear to you with your recollection cf
the celebrated hanging gardens. The roof
on which we stood was that of' tho-back.
building, which was a story or so lower in
height than the front; The grass was in
sods, bordered in long shallow boxes, neatly
concealed by the green. The palms and fetus
and other exoticswcre of course in tubs, all
from the stock of a. florist. A servant had
strung up the lamps, and a carpenter, with-
out much ado, had put‘ up the bulustrudb
against the possibility of auybody’s stopping
of! the roof and tumbling into the back yard.
“As our hostess finished her little story soft
music of strings came floating on the air
from some invisible quarter. I determined
for myself that the orchestra was placed in
a. room just Off the garden out of sight, but;
near enough to be heard in a degree that was
pleasanter for being soft and low. Ices and
salads and some other—things were served at
the little tables, and altogether everything
went on much as it would at a. lawn party of
the every day kind. The company was not
a large one, but still it was numerous enough
to send everything with go and spirit. Nearly
all the men were people who, as I knew, wero
kept; in town by the demands of business,
and usually appear more or less miserable at
the clubs. Naturally enough tin August in
town they outiiuznti ‘ed the ladies two to
one. Most 0." Inc limo: were, like our host?
ass, passing through Luv. 1: from one resort to
another. Sonic L. d ('J in for the ‘tco.’
from the count ~_ at Bryn Mawr and
the other 1‘." sliiozi regarded as
in
suburbs, The:- \..:~. ,. . and gracious
that they me .i. . .~ :1 nation they re
ccivcd. I: \. . «_-_... . .H..i., instead of
11 o’cloe" ' i . and as
carlic" w; . . . t y lighted,
mfling c... -. . . .
that 1'32 3 '
\. l .
I
_ ~med—that is,
been or—
.,.'..l
an from the Same Jug.
But the mineral water take is nothing by
comparison with etc One _ which another
street merchant is running for tho benefit of
Chicago’s thix-uty thousands. His specialties
are: “Moxie, birch beer, mend and root
beer.” He is never particular about which
of the four leverages you ,drink,‘ for he
makes as much by selling one as another. ‘
They all come from the some jug, hence
are all alike. When he first opened'his
stand, he claims, he kept the genuine articles
of drink on tap, but he soon found that it.
. did not pay. , Tho birch beer would spoil,
the root become stale, and moxie and mend
were expensiv 3. He made a few inquiries
about them with a view to ascertaining their
component parts, and be hit: upon the decor)-
tiou of szu'sapm'illa and molasses as a happy
medium. 110 says he has not hcufd a. single
complaint uh out the quality of his root beer
or moxie, but, on the contrary, that he has
frequently been told that they are excellent.
Perhaps they are—Chicago Herald.
'Ic‘kujllng‘ Practical Housekeeping.
‘At one of the schools for ucgrocs in the
south the girls loam housekeeping practi-
a. month at a time, in a cottage, where they
live and have complete control, under the
oversight of a matron. ' They keep strict cc-
couut of their expenditures, practice econ-
omy, and sweep, cook, wash and Iron.—-Ncw
York Sun. .
Poisons and Antidotes.
Druggists in Iowa are obliged to label every
packet of poison which they sell with the
names of antidotes to' the drug, as well as tho
wort “poison.”
Down south a. “.melonairc” is a. man who
raises a largo number of melons. All the
melouaircs expect to become millionaires
some day.
\Vhiting,
lino polish.
dry or wet, will give to glass 0
Thcr'oluro many blessings attached to pov-
erty. But they are fear-fully disguised.—
Rochester Post-Express. .
cally by being placed" four at a. time, and for .
' light of hope.
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SOCIETY’S CRIMINALS.
EXTRACTS FROM AN INTERVIEW
WITH COL. ROBERT G. INGERSOLL.
We Are “'ell, In a Measure, Responsible
for the Existence of Felons-The Bur-
, glar’s Beginning—8N0 Reforming Power
in Revenge—Another View.
The probability in that society raises its
own criminals. It plows the land, sows the
seed and harvests the crop. I believe that
the shadow of tho gibbet will not always full
upon the earth. I believe the time will come
when we will know too much to raise crim-
inals—know too much to crowd those who
labor into the dens and dungeons that we
call tenements, while the idle live in palaces.
The time will come when men will know'that
real progress means the enfranchisement of
the whole human race, and that our interests
are so united, so interwoven, that the few
cannot be happy while the many suffer; so
that the many cannot be happy while tho
few suffer; so that none can be happy while
one suffers. In other words. it will be found
that tho human race is interested in each“
individual. When that time comes we will
stop producing criminals; we will stop pro.
ducing failures; we will not leave the next
generation to chance; we will not regard the
gutter as a, proper nursery for posterity.
, People imagine that if the thieves are sent
to tho penitentiary that is the last of the
thieves; that if thOSO who kill others are
hanged society is on safe and enduring
basis. But the trouble s'here: Amen comes
to your front door and you drive him away.
You have an idea that that man’s case is set-
tled. You are mistaken. Ho goes to the
back door. He is again driven away. But
the cnscis not yet settled. The next thing
you know he enters at night. He is n. burg-
lar. He is caught; he is convicted; ho is
sent to the penitentiary, and you imagine
that the cash is settloi. But it is not. You
must remember that you have to keep all the
agencies alive for the purpose of taking care
of these people. You have to build and
maintain your penitentiurics, your courts of
justice; you have to pay your judges, your;
district attorneys, your juries, your witnesses,
your detectives, your police—all these people
must be paid. So that, after all, it is a very
expensive way of settling this question.
THE nURonAn’s BEGINNING.
You could have done it for more cheaply
had you found this burglar when he was a
child, had you taken his father and mother.
from the tenement‘house, or' had you com-
pelled the owners to keep the tenement clean;
or if you had widened the streets, if you had
planted a. few trees, if you had had plenty of
baths, if you hndhad a school in the neigh-
borhood. If you had taken some interest in
this family—some interest in this child—in-
stead of breaking into houses, he might have
been a. builder of houses.
There is, and it cannot be said too often,
no reforming influence in punishment; no
reforming power in revenge. Only the best
of men should be in charge of penitentiaries;
only the noblest minds and the tendcrcst
hearts should have the care of criminals.
Criminals should see from the first moment
that they enter a penitentiary that it is
filled with the air of kindness, full of the
The object should be to con-
Vince every criminal that he has made a
mistake; that he has taken the wrong way;
that the right way is the easy way, and that
the path of crime never did and never can
lead to happiness; that that idea is a. mistake
and that the governmc it wishes to convince
him that he has made umistake;wishcs to
open his ~intellectual eyes; wishes to so cdu-
onto him, to so elevate him. that he will look
back. upon what he has done only with
horror.
LIKE A VIIID BEAST.
This is reformation. Punishment is net.
When the convict is taken to Sing Sing or to
Auburn, and when a. striped suit of clothes
is put upon him—that is to .say, when he is
made to feel the degradation of his position
—-no step has been taken toward reforma-
tion. You have simply filled his heart with
hatred. Then, when he has been abused for
several years, treated like a wild beast, and
finally turned out again in the community,
he has no thought, in a. majority of cases,
except to “get oveq” with those who have
persecuted nim. He feels that it is n. perse-
cution. ._ ...__..,..,. .. x "Mi...” .. _... ,.,..‘.
Another View of the subject is this: I have
read that of ‘fifty criminals who had been
executed it was found, I believe, in nearly
all the cases that the shape of the skull was
abnormal. Whether this is true or not I
don’t know, but that some men have a ten-
dency toward what we call crime I believe.
Where this has been ascertained, then, it
seems to me such men should be placed where
they cannot multiply their kind. “forum
who have a criminal tendency should be
placed where they cannot increase their kind.
For hardened criminals—that is to say, for
the people who make crime a business—it
would be better to separate the sexes; to‘
send the men to one island, the women to
another. Let them be kept; apart, to the end
that people with criminal tendencies may
fade from the earth. This is not prompted
by revenge. This would not be done for the
purpose of punishing these pcoplc,but for
the protection of society—for the peace and
happiness of tho future—New York \Vorld
Interview.
Money Saved by Sanitation.
Medical men have long been familiar with
the fact: that sanitation has been a saving to
the community at large in doctor’s bills, in
nursing, and even in days of labor to the in-
dustrial classes. But: it has been difficult to
put results into figures so as to impress the
public mind. Mr. 'Bi‘udcnell Carter nt-
temptcd this in his inaugural address to‘tho
College of State Medicine. Every case of
fever, be calculated, cost the community $10.
The reduction in the annual death rate from
fever to 484 per million from the 18:31-60 rate
of 908 per million represented a total saving
of $1,500,000, “but of this no one seemed
conscious ;” while tho annual cost of scarlet
favored; the present time was $2,003,000 :1
year. If, therefore, we could trace scarlet
fever to a. definite cause, as a bovine disease
communicable by milk. we could adopt pre-
cautions which “would suvo the country
every year somewhere about half as much
money as the recent conversion of stocks,
besides much misery.” Hero .is a new light
upon disease. It is increasingly proventiblo,
and as we reduce its virulence and range we
save money.——-Hcrald of Health.
The Shah's Imperial Edict.
The shah has caused a. great stir in Persia
by issuing an imperial edict telling his peo-
ple that “they may engage with perfect con-
fidcnco in all industries and enterpris‘bs
which are the basis of civilization and the
sources of‘happiness and prosperity,” that
they “may without fear or apprehension of
any kind exercise all rights of owncmhip
over their property," amt that. they “may
undertake any calm-pi" ' -ing tho com-
bination of capit l‘. or i. motion of com‘
panics, such '10 l‘.- -:ion_ of public
works, road" .‘ ' . ...l may be con-
sidered co ;-. 2.1 opens her
doors to (~21. ' .;: Sun.
.
{at of “the BreastWOMm
TATE SPRINGS, Teena, July 4, 1882
The Swift Specific Co., Atlanta, (513.:
Gentlemen—Seven years ago I contracted
an exceedingly bad case of blood poison.
tried a. physician, the best at command, but
secured no benefit. My throat: began to
get sore, and my body covcrcd with sores
and ulcers. .Going from bad, to worse, I
felt that_my grave must be reached in the
near fumrc. I gm: up the doctors' treat-
ment, and with a despairing hope I com-
m'enécd taking your medicine.» I began'to
improve from the first bottle, and in a short
time the ulcers healed, and my skin cleared
off and was entirelywell. ,
One year ago a case of catarrh developed .
in my system. T he physician did his best,
but could not cure inc; but two bottles of
Swift's Specific gave me permanent relief.
J. '11. ROBINSON.
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KAUFMAN, Tux, June 23, 1888.
The Swift Specific Co., Atlanta, Ga.:
Gentlemen—I have been alllictcd with a
skin disease for zit-out twelve years. and the
best medical treatment failed to- give me te-
licf. I am now using Swift's Specific, and
have received the greatest benefit from its
use. Y ours truly, Wu. Joxes.
For sale by all druggists.
HE Swn-‘r SPECIFIC Co.,
. Drawer 3, Atlanta, Ga.
New York, 756, Broadway.
London, Ei:,;., 5,5 Snow 'l'li‘...
l’impies. blolclics, eruptions of the skin
indicate that you need a few doses of
Fonluiuc‘s Great Discovery For sale by
(I. Lapliam. 11 Main Street, Norwalk.
Time waits for no man because some
men are so long in coming to time. we
suppose.
’i‘o Families—Never be without. Moti'at’s
Life Fills in the house. Page’s Clinrx
Salve is a household blessing. Use Mot—
fan’s Life Pills and Page’s Climax Salve.
There can be no sickness if Mofiat’s Med-
icines are used, For sale by Druggxsts
everywhere. .
‘ ’ a: W” ER
Absolutely Pure. .
This Powder never varies. A marvel of pure
strength and wholesomeness. More economic
than the ordinary kinds, andcannol he sold incom-
petllion with the multitude of low test, short
weight, allnm or phosphate powders.
JESSE-Mom
'GARMIEEIMAKBB,
Has removed to the building I
Next in Gregory’s Stables. Knight street.
Where he does first-class
Carriage Repairing and Painting
19” At Reasonable Prices.
remnant.
A Full Stock of Furniture of all kinda"
PARLDR AND BEDROOM SETS
a specialty.
DAVID STOW.
> Main Street rpm-Depot
SOUTH NORwALK, CONn
lloviu. BAKING l’ownsn 00.,106 Wall St., N. Y.
4 “(3001) “0‘16“”
‘F‘Aimu. OVILGAN.
v.
humps mo
‘ filled dime by
1‘ '1' I! E P U M P
' without mn-
lng thy Can.—
tho filling tuba
adjusting to
null: 11 o! 3:: t 2:
of any Lamp.
This is tha
most practical
ruin}? CAN
mt oflered to
the public.-
rnnnni smnuw nave use.
IANUFAOTURED BY
nirv
WINHELD MANUFACTURING consign,
WM, - s.
No Drop in Oil on the Floor-or Table; No
Faucet wBea or en knocked open to waste
mutants orcause xplosions. NoCorka to
Closes Perfectly Air Tight. No be...” t' -
age—No Evaporation—Absolutely Sale.
A Universal Household Necessity. '
cm'm 53:3 2321:.
For Sale in Norwulk by Gregory J: Worden and
E. K. Lockwood «in Co. 13:22
Time PUBLIC mrsnssrs
Treated in a clean manly way.
A healthy people make a prosperous nation.
People made and kept healthy by
Baker’s Great American Specific.
Rhennmlisnl With its Vise-like grip tortures its
vi‘ctim until he loses control of his temper, and
then comes grave mistakes. Another turn of the
vise and Neurnlgin tormeuta all patience out of a
man. Relief from these terrible diseases makes a
heaven of happiness for the sufferer, and Baker’s
Great American Speclflc gives that relief.
There is no mistake about this, and at this season,
in this climate, you cannot afford making the mis-
take of being without a bottle of this wonderful
remedy. Damp, chill winter winds, sleet, snow,
stop and ice are as certain to bring on the for-
ments of RHEUMATISM and tortures of NEURALGIA
as is Dunn’s (luau Anemone: SPECIFIC to cure
them. Price 50 cents a bottle. Prepared only by
Maurice, Baker k Co., Portland, Me. Doolittle J;
Smith, 24 and ‘26 ’l‘rcmont Street, Boston, Noam,
LADIESi iil'ésé
Do Your Own Dyeing, at Home.
They will dye everything. They are sold every-
where. Price ]0e. 3 package. Theyhave no equal
for Strength, Brightnessr Amount in Packages
or for Fastness of Color. or non-fading Qualifies.
They do not crack or smut ; 40co10rs. For sale by
f
w .
.l. 5. Gregory .e 00.; C. annam, iljliiain Street;
(:eo. B. i‘laislcd, Druggists.m 1y2‘i’
P. H. DWYER
The largest Stock of Harness
EVER DISPLAYED Ill TOWN.
All First-(thus, "and Stitched, 0nk Tanned
' en-sylvnniu Leather
THIRD CLASS PRICES.
Call early as I intend to sell at SMALL l‘non‘i'i',
SEYENI Y-FIVE
Set Single and Bumble Harlem.
HABDEHBRDIIK "All,
Over Mitchell‘s Market, next door to P. H. Dwy—
er’s old stand. 14”
EQUITABLE MORTGAGE (30..
OF KANSAS CITY. CAPITAL $2,000,000
6 and 7 percent. Debenturc Bonds and Men 8 9
Loans at For and Accrued Interest. g g
If. D. CRAUFURD, Agent,
Room 2 Museum Build?! .31
HENRY TILLY
CARRIAGE MAKER,
SOUTH NOR WALK, -
CONN .
Manufacturer of
Family Carriages, Victories, Buggies, tie.
.All Kinds of Repairing.
JOHN S ITKINSOR, '
Wholesale andltemil Dealer in
Harness, Blankets.
igfifl’runks, Bags,
Sole Leather and Shoe Findings, and Boot
and Shoe Uppcrs.
corner of Pairfield Ave. and. Middle Street
Bridgeport, Conn. 1y48
F o r S at e .
DOUBLE BARR ELLED RI FLE madeby Joli:
. Blissen, London. Will he sold cheap to
cash. Enuuircatths omec.
",/-n
' ii‘
Eeals Without Leaving a. Scar.
I disease to the Internal Organs.
all the poisonous and corrupt .humors,
eradicatcs the disease from the system.
PAOE'S CLIMAX BALVE acts like
Sores, Fresh Cuts, Snake lhtes, Bruises, Bums,
boxes three times larger than any other Salve, and
cvcryw here.
results than any other medicine.
Neuralgio and Nervous Diseases,
Inflammatory Rheumatism, Piles
Kidneys. Colds and Fever and Agile.
who are sick.
Complaints, etc.
L will try them once.
P G
PHOENIX
life once more. Thousands have.
E‘— _-.-..._:—
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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
Its properties go to the diseased part, and separate
through the perspiring vessels to the surface. and
We warrant it to cure Old Sores, tilccrs,
Scrofula. sures, Shit Rheum. Sore Breasts or Nipples, Inflamed Eyes,
Erysipcias, Boils, Scolds, Burns, Cuts. Bruises.
blaius. Frosted Feet. and all cutaneous diseases on men and beast.
magic on horse flesh in curing
Saddle and Harness Grills, Chafcs, 025;.
sold at the low price ofuventy—hvc cents rer box.-
11 is warranted to cure in every case or money rcfundcd. For Sale by Druggists and Dealers in medicare
- HOFFAT’S LIFE PILLS are elegantly Sugar .
dinner Pill, one taken after dinner each day will aid digestion and cure 'aiI disorders of the Stomach.
Headache and Sick Headache cannot existif these Bills are used. For cosgyepess take one l’jli of: bedtime.
MOFFAT’S PHOENIX BITTERS
Are not a drink used for intoxication, but a. pure medicine and only used by people
They correct the secretions of the stomach and are osure cure for
Dyspepsia, Sleeplessness, Nervousne s, Debility, Weakness, ‘ .
Thousands of certificates are in possession of the proprietor, gmng,
perfect cures effected by these invaluable, medicines and we warrant: that. they will do
just what we have said or money will be refunded. It is simply gskcd that the afflicted
their use will convince the most skeptical,
A E's CLIMAX SALVE, 25¢.allox. M . . .
BITTERS, Si .co :1 Bottle. For Sale y Druggisfs and Dealers in median; everywhere,
MPOUND
THE VCELEBRATED NERVE TONIC.
.4 Word to the Nervous
A healthy boy has as many as you, but he doesn't know it. That is
the difference between “sick” and “well."
Why don’t you cure yourself? It is easy. Don’t wait. Paine’s
Celery Compound will do it. Pay your druggist a dollar, and. enjoy
any ill! _
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3M.5~:S§ISXV.W|1_3
venetian on. PIWIS «5
Swollen Glands,
Fistula, Piles, Corns, Damiano, Chit.
Scratches, Mange, (lid
It is put up in
_._._____——.——-———
MOFFAT’S LIFE PILLS. 4
THE GREAT STOMAOH 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
Moffat's Life Pills are purely vegetable. They act on the stomach, bowels, iii-tr
and kidneys, purify and regulate the whole system, and are warmnicd a certain can:
for all Malarious Diseases, Torpid Liver, Impure Blood, Jaundice, Bilious Complaints,
Dyspepsia, Loss of Appetite, Indigestion, Costiavcncss, Nervous and hick llcauneiie,
Female obstructions and General weakness, Scurvy,
of every kind, Gravel and Diseases of the Bladdcrand
coated and easy to take and are a. perfect : fr:
Loss of Appetite, Denial ~
FFAT’S LIFE PILLS, 251;. a Box. MOFFAT'S
or sent by mail or Express, prepaid, on receipt of price.
‘ J' .‘ P. MILLS, Sole Proprietor,
85 LIBERTY STREET. NEW YORK.
You are painfully aware that yOu
have nerves? Then you are sick.
Why not you? .
WELLS, RICHARDSUN & 00., Ploprietors, 'Buflington, W.
IF YOU WANT
A HEATER
THAT WILL
I leatYomrHomse -
—-GET—-—
ll lll-liitl
. in n. it. linemen!) In 00.58
Norwalk Chronicler