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THE MISSION OF TEARS.
Weep, if thou wilt; for tears are good.
Ay, tours are like the gentle rain
'i‘but bringetli flowers in the dark wood,
And maketli meadows green again.
Our fears are blcst, though rivers flow;
Such moving springs our nature needs.
Deep through these stony hearts they go,
And turn the mill wheels of good deeds.
—F. Buckham in Sunday School Times.
. LOOKING FOR SHARKS.
“The Singapore Trading company, lim-
ited," was and is an organization owning
half a dozen brigs and schooners which voy-
ngc among the islands of the Indian ocean
and trafllc for popper, spices, cinnamon. bees~
wax, figs, rare woods, medicinal roots and
herbs, etc. On one occasion—this was twenty
years ago—this company received an order
from Sydney, Australia, for 0. great quan—
tity of sharks’ brains. It seemed that some
eminent; quack doctor in the colony had
made the discovery that; sharks’ bruins was
the great panacea the medical world had
been looking for to euro all diScascs. They
were dried and then pulverized and mixed
with accrtain root, and, as silly as it may
look to you, the people went wild over the
new cure. ‘ '
When the order was received at Singapore
I was mate of a small schooner called the
Little Duke, and it was planned that I should
be set ashore on some of the islands to the
north of Australia to fill it. I had voyaged
from Singapore to 'l‘orrcs' strait; several
times, and after a little talk I selected South
Aroo Island as the most convenient place for
carrying out the purposc. There are seven
of these islands in a. group of! the New
Guinea coast. thilo the waters from the
Straits of Malacca to those of Torres are
really the Indian ocean, they 'mo laid down
on maps and charts as different seas-Java,
Flores, Bands and Arufura. “’0 had once
been cast; away on the coast of South Aroo,
and had found the waters almost alive with
sharks. We know it to be uninhabited, and
about twenty miles long by ten broad.
Our outfit was very simple. I was to have
a. couple of nren with me, and we took a tent,
alot of shark lines, a couple of lanccs, and
bedding and provisions. For firearearmsjwe
had revolvers and double barreled shotguns,
and after along and tedious voyage, during
which we called at several islands, we finally
cast; anchor off South Aroo, and Were safely
landed on a sandy beach. The schooner was
in haste to get away, and two hours after
landing us she was out of sight. “'0 were
to be left on the island from fourteen to
twenty days. Near where we landed was
what sailors calla. rip, that is, a narrow chan-
nel between the main land and a sand bar.
This channel was about sixty feet wide, fif-
teen or twenty feet deep, and open at both
ends. The sand bar was not over four feet
above high tide, half a mile long, and not: so
much as a. spear of grass grew upon it. We
didn’t have to look twice to see that this rip
was our shat-king ground. A dozen dorsal
fins could be seen cutting the water, and a.
piece of salt pork flung out resulted in ufight,
in which a score of the monsters participated.
We erected our tent in the edge of the forest,
set up our windiass above high water, and
next morning after landing were all ready to
begin work. Our method of proceeding was
very simple. Our Windlass was a roller,
provided with a handle on either end and
resting in crotchcts. One end of the shark
line was made fast to this, and the hook at
the other was baited and flung out. When a
shark was fast we brought him in by turn—
ing the windlnss. While the two men turned
I stood at the edge of the water with a lance
and jabbed him as he' got near enough.
There may be spots where the shark is more
numerous than of! the New Guinea. coast, but
I doubt it. There was no waiting about the
business of catching them. No sooner was
tho baited hook thrown in than a shark
seized it and was fast. They were not ground
sharks, nor shovel noses, but the genuine
man eater, ranging from nine to fifteen feet
in length, and terribly strong and fierce. An
ordinary man would be snapped in two by
one of these fishes as easily as a. boybites into
a. cracker. “’0 had to secure the brains and
spread them in the sun to dry, undjthis made
it slow work. Our catch tho’ first day was
seventeen. IVo increased this to twenty on
the second day, and for four days maintained
that figure. On the afternoon of the fourth
day a sad calamity occurred. The spring at
which we got our water was about 400 feet
inland, and we had cut a path to it. We
had seen a. few snakes, but they seemed de-
sirous of avoiding us as much as possible,
and none of us were alarmed about them.
On this afternoon, as one of my helpers
went; after water, he was struck by
a snake lying in the tangle, and al-
though he was back within five minutes, I
could tell by his looks that. ho had received a
deadly bite. In ten minutes he was rolling
on the ground in agony, and in fifteen his
body began to swell. While he had not seen
the serpent, we had no doubt of its species.
It is known in the cast asthe collar snake,
and is found on all the islands in the Indian
ocean. It attains a length of two feet, and
has a white ring or collar about its neck.
There is no more poisonous snake. In forty
minutes from the time the man received the
bite he was dead, and his body'was a. terrible
sight tolook at.
When we had buried our companion in the
sands we loaded our guns with fine shot and
went snake hunting. We killed a. round
dozen of the collar snakes between the tent
and the spring, and felt assured that the fir-
ing would rid the neighborhood of any which
had escaped us. They had probably been
drawn that way by the scent of the blood
and meat. The tragedy had upset us both,
and neither was inclined to sleep that night.
It was well that we were in wakeful mood.
Ever since the Indian sea was navigated by
European vessels there has been more or less
piracy. At this time almost every island
had its boss wrecker. who was no bet-
ter than a. pirate. While not daring to
attack a. ship, if she was caught
in distress it went hard with her. It
was a. quiet, starlight night, and I was sitting
outside the tent while my comrade was lying
down inside, when I caught a sound from
the water which alarmed me. As I rose up
and advanced I caught sight of a native craft
steriling into the rip from the lower side. She
was from the Pindo islands, to the north of us,
and was a spice boat. She had a. single most
and a. latcen sail, and during a. calm was
pulled by ours. I ran back to my companion
and we crept forward on hands and knees to
discover the object of the visit. Had the
men been honest they would have been talk-
ing and singing. They would not have come
into the rip bad they not known of our pres-
ence, and the fact of their coming so quietly
boded ill for us. The craft was grounded
about 100 feet above us, and twelve or fifteen
natives leaped out on the bench.
When we had seen this much we returned
to our tent, secured the three guns and coarse
nmmunition’and took up our stations between
the tent and the water. In five minutes we
had burrowed out rifle pits and charged the
guns with buckshot. It was not for us to
open the fight. We could just make out the
group of figures around the boat, and they
would soon let us know whether they Were
friends or enemies. We had just got fairly
settled when we saw the crowd stealing over
the sands In the direction of the tent. All
had spears and clubs, and their cautious
movements proved them bent on mischief.
When they had come up quite close to the
tent they raised a. loud yell and dashed for-
ward, hurling their speurs and swinging
their clubs, and it was two or three minutes
before they discovered that the tent was un-
occupied. Then, as they huddled together,
we opened the. They were not more than
sixty feet away, and the buckshot had to
tell. There were screams and shouts and a
stampede. All broke for the bout—nil who
were on their feet after our fire. Two or
three men had been left In charge of the
craft, and as soon as they heard the firing
and yelling a panic seized them and they
pushed the boat off, sprang into her and
made off down the rip. Nine natives were
thus left in the lurch. They raised a great
outcry, calling and commanding, but those
in the hoatdid not even reply.
The situation was this: We had the fellows
penned up on a neck of sand without cover,
and we had firearms and they had none. I
have no doubt we had been spied upon before
they came to make the attack, and very
likely they believed there ware three of us.
They were afraid to attack us, and as for
surrender it was not to be thought of. In the
five years I sailed among the islands I IIchI'
knew a quarrel between white men and
natives to terminuto in I: draw. One party
or the other ran away or were wiped out.
These wrockers had meant to butcher us.
Hudl offered them terms, they would have
refused. Had they captured us alive, they
would have lauccd us off hand, and been as-
tonished at any protest. Lying in our rifle
pits, we both realized that it was a question
of the survival of the strongest. and that we
would have no‘rciicf until the last man was
wiped out. We heard them chattering, and
cursing for an hour or so, the leader evidently
seeking to work their courage up to the at-
tacking point, and then all was quiet.
Daylight came at last, and what was our
astonishment to discover that the nine had
crossed the channel. to the sand bur, leaving
most of their weapons on the main shore.
We also soon discovered why they had braved
the sharks to reach that: spot. The boat had
_ run down the rip, circled around outside thc
k
siirffw'h'icli" “ Es“ cerium Thief-crand ‘c'f-
tempted to land on the head of the bar. The
fellows bud swum over expecting to be taken
off, but the craft had struck a rock and filled
and sank in fifteen feet of water. There
must have been three men with her, for the
number on the bar was now twelve. The
only explanation of why the sharks did not
seize any of the nine was that they had fol-
lowed the boat out and around. Well, that
was the siiuution, and no two men ever had
a neuter drop on a gang of cut throats. They
had their knives alone, while we had shot-
guns, and it would have been the easiest sort
of work to bowl them over in succession by
off hand shots. By our volley when at-
tacked we had killed three and wounded a
fourth so that he could not leave the spot.
That made the strength of the attacking
party s'xtecn.
I could talk all the lingocs of the islands,
and I asked tho wounded man who they
were and why they had attacked us. 'He
said the boat was from the Pindos. and the
name of her captain was Abyun. They had
attacked us for the sole object of plunder.
The follow had several buckshot in his left
groin and others in his leg, and I told him
ho was fatally wounded.
"It was so written,” he calmly. replied.
“Bo so kind as to finish mo.”
“Kill you?”
“Certainly. I would do us well by you.”
“But I cannot do it.”
“Then I will. I waited for morning, in
hopes my friends would kill you, but as they
have not. and as all must die, I will go first.”
He had his naked knife in his hand, and
before I could move to prevent he drew it
across his throat, and two minutes later was
(lead. We now had the living to look out
for. As I told you, it was, only about sixty,
feet across the rip, and we could look right '
into their eyes. A more bloodthirsty dozen
could not have been scraped together in the
cast. Had they been humbled by the situa-
tion I should at least hoped to see them get
away; but they were not. On the contrary,
they were brazen and defiant. AS soon as
they saw us moving they uttered shouts of
defiance aud- brandished their knives, and
because we did not begin shooting they taunt-
ed us with cowardice.
Just what steps to take I did not know. I
stood guard while my companion prepared
breakfast, but there was little fear of any of
them crossing the channel. The sharks had
come in until they actually crowded each
other, and out beyond tho surf we could
see their dorsal fins by the score. The no-
tives saw the situation in all its dangers, but
they continued defiant. I called to ask them
why they had attacked us, as we had done
them no'hnrm and were not trespassing on
their domain. and the lender shouted buck:
“Youure a dog! You are not fit tolivel
Yes, you are a dog and a. coward! I have
wet my hands in the blood of half nhundred
white faced dogs, and I am only sorry that I
haven’t your heart to throw to these fishes!"
“Well, what me you going to do?” I asked
as I choked back my anger. -
“What is it to you, dogl Comet You are
a coward. Now that it: is daylight you
tremble before us and dare not shoot! Hill
I believe you will run away!” -
My companion was for killing them 03 at
once, but I was more merciful. While I
knew they thirsted for my blood, and would
kill me if they got; the chance, it seemed
awful to shoot them downin their helpless
situation. After breakfast we sat down op-
posite them with our guns in our hands,
when those who had knives began to flourish
them and their taunts were renewed. The
leader finally worked himself up to such a
pitch of anger that he threw his knife across
at me. It came whirling and whistling
through the air and entered the sand beside
me. I replied with a snap shot which
stretched him dead. His fall only enraged
the others, and I had scarcely finished re-
loading when my companion said:
“Take care. They are going to try and
swim the channel 1”
They scattered along the but its full length,
like skirmishers going to the front, and at a
given signal n11 sprang into the water. Had
there been no sharks we could have answered
for every black head crossing the channel.
By spreading out they hoped to distract the
attention of the monsters, and. reasoned that
:1 portion of them would get OVer to attack
us. But there were too many sharks. For
about five minutes the sight was terrible. It
seemed as if there were three or four sharks
for every victim, and they fought over the
feast like so many tigers. Not a man lived
to make twenty strokes toward us. In ten
minutes after I fired my shot we were rid of
the whole gang and ready to resume our
labors, nor were we annoyed again before
the schooner took us oft—New York Sun.
STOWAWAYS ON BOARD.
Discoveries Often Made by the Captain!
of Ocean steamers—Caught.
Hardly an ocean steamer, boundfor Amer-
ica, leaves a port in Great Britain but has
four or five unfortunatp creatures stowed
away somewhere. It is within the experi-
ence of captains to make the discovery that
they have twenty, or even more, of these un-
desirable passengers aboard, and that they
have as runny more months to feed. This
makes some skippers savage, us when they
sail they have stores only proportionate to
their crew, with- due provisions for delays
from stress of weather, will of God, etc.
The stowaways are recruited from all sorts
and conditions of men, but as a. general rule
they are mostly incapables and the scum of
the streets of London and other great cities.
It can be truthfully said of them as a class,
that their leaving is usually for their
country’s good. They hang around the docks
until an opportune moment arrives for ship
ping aboard. Usually they select ships which
are taking in a cargo of pipes or some other
material in which they can make a comfort-
able hiding plncc. As a general rule they are
assisted by the “bumpers," or ship laborers,
with whom they are leagucd, and 'who, while
loading a ship with brick, can easily build
up a. square room in a. dark corner in which
stowuwnys can be accommodated with com-
parative comfort. '
When the cargo consists of pipes the show-
awuys creep inside them and wait patiently
until they think the pilot has gone off and
the vessel is well away from land. This plan
has its inconveniences, us directly I; ship
leaves port the officers start upon a tour of
investigation and often throw “awakeners”
into the pipes. then they hear an appre-
ciative howl they make the stowawuy crawl
out. The majority of the men, however,
either escape the missiles or bear the slings
and arrows of outrageous fortune with Spur-
tan fortitude, because it often happens that;
after the officers are satisfied that there is
no one there, in good time the stowawnys
come from below and begin to inhale the
ozone in safety.
When a ship is too far out from land to
send a. boat ashore, the captain is reduced to
the necessity of taking all the work he can
get out of the stowuwnys, and be generally
does this pretty effectually if there is only a
moderate consignment of them. But it Is
hard for any captain to find work for twenty
extra men. “Then overwhelmed by such a.
number the smartest are put to work as deck
hands, the rest are treated as steerugc pas-
sengers and handed over to the police on ur-
rivnl.-——W. B. Harte in Detroit Free Press.
Found After Many Years.
The coming removal of that ancient insti-
tution, tho Boatmen’s Savings bank, from
Second street to the bum and trafiic of Wash-
ington avenue, just west of the big bridge's
month. has awakened recollections of the
curl y finances of St. Louis and the time when
its banks were few in number. Alluding to
the changes wrought in local architecture
and in local institutions, than which no more
striking may be noted than this some classic
pile the Boutmcn’s directors are about to
rear, 'l‘heophilc Pepin, the real estate agent,
remarked reminiscently: “It was some years
ago that a man entered the bank on Second
street with a. somewhat diffideut air, and
looked inquiringly about him, as one not
quite positive of his bearings. Ho scrutin-
izcd the building closely, looked about the
interior, and presently found his way to the
cashier’s desk.
“ ‘Therc used to be a. bunk hero in the old
times,’ he said. ‘cnlled the Boutmen’s Saving
institution. I suppose it is dead long ago;
~ this bunk, of course, has nothing to do with
it‘l’
“ ‘It is the same bunk,’ replied the (cashier,
‘only the name is a little changed.’
“ ‘Ahl’ exclaimed the stranger with sur-
prise. ‘Wcli, when the old institution started
I was one of the first subscribers. but I only
put in $100. I reckon, qucr so many ups
and downs, that I must have been wiped out
long ago?’
“ ‘Who are you? the cashier asked, and
‘what Is your numel’
“ ‘My name is Jefferies’“
,3 “ ‘Thomas J cffericsi’ cried the cashier.
“ ‘Yes, they called me Tom then.’
“ ‘Wberc have you been, Mr. Jefieries,
these. long years, and why haven't you writ-
ten usl’
" 'In Californy, and of course I thought
the $100 was a dead duck, and it’s only your
sign that called mo in now.’
“ “Well, Mr. J efferies, if you have been
idlc,’ said the cashier, taking down and
opening a. great folio, ‘your. 8100 has not;
here it is. Your check on this bank today is
good for $7,875. You have only to get some
one to prove your identity and we will pay it
over.’ ”—St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
WILDING.
A wild duro devil, reckless to the core,
Who mocked at creeds both human and divine,
And made a dual god of Chance and Will:
A lonely, hardened man on whom would shine .
No ray of hope, for all the future bore
Thclowerlng front of unacknowledged Ill.
A nature softening ‘neath owomnn‘s sway,
And soiled hands striving to be pure again;
Her Influence piercing to the thread of gold
Which gleamed through broken‘ hopes and sor-
rows vuln:
And then, a risen ghost which turned the my
0f downing happiness to grief untold.
A desperate man. with hunted, haggard eyes;
A stained life whitening to n nobler close;
And Milli-eternal silence. All the‘ fears,
The brief, shot wanton. and the sad heart throes,
A pence forever, as the dead man lies
A poor. dumb supplant. for his mother‘s tears.
——'l‘ho Theatre.
THE DRIVE.
We were a. large household, many boys and
girls, and I, the eldest daughter, at an age
When pride, frivolity and all the little vani-
ties which bmct ufoolish girl are at their
come. I think I must have been selfish
also, but I could not have inherited it from
futhcror mother, for larger hearted people
never lived.
At our meals when the happy, romping
children came, I would sometimes sigh and
mother’s smile of welcome would be clouded
us she heard me; she bud keen intuitions and
sometimes I felt that she read my very
thoughts.
On these occasions father’s eyes were
turned with pride from one to the other of us
and he would often say: “A fine netof boys
and girls, Margaret!” The children appro-
ciated his compliment, and baby Sue would
speak up with her mouth full of bread and
butte -: “I fine, too, papal”
I had been away 03 to boarding school and
was very anxious to have two school friends
visit me before the summer was over; but
our family had long since outgrown the sire
of the house. .
Mother and father always thought there
was room for one or two more, and never
hesitated about having their friends. With
their generous hospitality and warm wel-
come the house seemed to expand, and their
visitors were comfortable and well pleased.
When our dear old minister came into the
neighborth to preach our home was graced
and hallowed by his presence, and I often
wondered how he could enjoy being with us
in preference to his more wealthy parishion-
ers. I think I know now, in these after
years that have taught me so many things.
Who could give him such a. welcome gs
father and mother? Who could say, as
father did, the words which bespoke so deep
an Interest in his labors or show such rever-
ence for him? Who could resist mother’s
winning simplicity and bright smiles? I can“
see her now , in her quick yet quiet way,
superintending his personal comfort—for she
learned, as if by magic, what her visitors
liked and disliked
To return to my subject, I had only to hint
that a visit. from my friends was desirable
to have all the family aid and chef: my plans.
One day Tom, who was a your and a. half
my senior, came In With the interesting in-
telligence of a “rousing picnic” soon to take
place.
Mother suggested that this now would b0 a
good time to invite my friends, as a picnic
was about the grandest affair“ we ever had in
our generally quiet neighborhood.
I agreed with her; so the invitation was
sent and accepted.
Before the girls arrival, however, our
horses fell lame, and the picnic grounds
being about three miles away, we were some-
what perplexed about our mode of locomo-
tion. ‘
In the midst of our perplexities Tom dis?
covered that there was a negro on an adjoin-
ing farm who owned a pony and mule that
could be driven in harness.
Father accordingly sent Tom the day be-
fore the picnic to bring them over that we
might test their capabilities, and, as they did
not work well together, we provided twc
buggies. ,
Certainly our cquipages had no pretensions
to style, but father consolingly said there
was nothing like having safe, gentle crea-
tures, as he believed these to be.
Although my friends had been with us but
a. few days, Tom imagined ho was much in
love with Helen, and, therefore, ho hitched
the pony to the best buggy, and left the mule
and the other buggy for Sallie and me. .
Everything looked propitious-oven charm-
ing. Sallie, who enjoyed riding, anticipated
as much pleasure from the drive us from
anything connected with the piclfic.
We were nearly ready when a neighbor’s
carriage passed, and Tom proposed that we
should move‘ next, and he would follow,
since he could keep watch over us better if
we were in front of him.
About half a. mile from home was a post-
ofilcc and one or two stores. It was a favor-
ite rendezvous for the young men of the noigh~
borhood, and not forgetting this fact I'told
Sallie to look her prettiest us we went past.
I gave the reins a shake and the mule, af-
ter looking queerly about, started off, but at
orather' slow gait.
After a. few paces we were startled, so that
we nearly fell from' the bug , by tho most
unearthly sound that ever ' ted human
cars.
Kali-ah! it came again, and we found it
proceeded from our mule. We were much
relieved, and had a good laugh at the thought
of our alarm.
Sallie said, “All mules do that when they
first start off. I‘huvo heard old black Uncle
Jerry say so.”
' “Well, we will have to endure It, but it
isn’t nice a. bit.”
Just then, another “Krill-uh!”
“I wish he wouldn’t I”
“Can‘t we silence him?”
“Knit-uh!”
“Good gracious, Carol this is disgraceful."
“I can‘t help it, I am sure i”
( lKah_ah I"
“ Whip him,” Tom suggested, looking puzl
zled. while Helen seemed amused. '
“Kah-ahl” '
Snilie‘s feelings and mine were altogether
indescribable.
.s’l‘om said, “Something must be the matter
with the long cared thing.”
“Knh-nb!” came in response.
Helen exclaimed, smothering with a laugh,
“Why, been talk!”
“Kali-uh l”
, “Whip him," Tom said, “every time he
boilers. I bet that will make him stop his
foolishness."
"Kuh-ahl”—u lick with tho whip-rt little
faster guilt. I looked back at Tom in despair;
Sallie was getting tearful. and Helen still
trying tosmother her amused emotions.
"Never mind, Caro,” said_'l‘om, “he'll stop.
in a. minute, I am sure; for we will be at the
tofiicc and he will be diverted by tho
Easrses tied to the racks”
“Krih-uh! Kah-nhl”
“Did I ever!” cried Helen; “he is always
ready to tell: back to 'l‘om,”—convulsed with
mirth.
Sallie remarked aside. “I mn't appreciate
Helenls enjoyment of our discomfort."
“No:- I; but you know Helen would laugh
at a funeral."
“Rah-chi”;
“Well, this will bathe death of me, and
then Helen can have another laugh.”
“Kerb-ah!” ,
“Tom; oh, Tom! let‘s go back,” said I.
“Kali-nht”
“Oh! we cannot stand it any longer,”
cried both of us.
“min!"
Sallie said: “Look at those people in the
carriage laughing. I am mortified to
death.”
“Tom, we are going to return.”
“Oh, not” said Helen, trying to assume a
sympathetic expression “I am sure his
lungs will give out soon, and he‘ll be forced
.to stop."
“Kan“ l” ‘
“0h, Helen,” replied Sallie, rather sarcas-
tically, “he’ll answer you, too.”
We drew near the village. Our mule had
made no sound for a minute or two.
“Tom is right,” said Sallie, cheerfully, wip-
Ing her eyes and trying to look bright; “ho
is going to behave now.”
But, oh, horrors! us we reached the main
part of the village, “Kali-ah!” came out
louderthun ever before. « '
Some men on the porch nudged each other,
and one little boy called out “Kentucky
Piano!” Then, more “Kuh-ahsl” in rapid
succession, and the men from the stores and
buckro'oms‘m‘shcd out, und,’wheu thc'yv‘s'iuw 3; ',
who it was withdrew suddenly. as if ashamed ‘
of themselves, or of in. '
Now, we had passed the pinco that Toth
prophesied would be a quietus to our untir- 3
lug “singing bird,” and I proposed going
back again.
“Oh, no!” Sallie said; “I can never go}
through the town again.” -
Helen suggested that we should exchange
buggies. She was sure we did not whip him
enough; but with Tom to “jerk him,” and
her to whip him, they would get along fu-
mously. ,
We gladly—oh! so gladly-accepted her
offer. The buggies we drawn up side by side
a we were talking, and I verily thought the
mule must have suspected something, for the
pony was near him, and he kept looking very _
knowing and did not bray once.
Just as we were making our arrangements
)0 exchange buggies._n negro mu emerrxd
, Journal.
from a turn of VII—0' madam Inquired with
interest if anything had happened. He
proved to be Tom’s acquaintance, and the
mun from whom he had hired the pony and
our much despised mule}
‘iWhat’s do matter; Shh I” he asked. ’
“Matter enough. Your long cured mule
has brrt'ycd every step of the way, and nearly
driven us crazy.” .
“Wasn’t do pony behin’, murstcr?”
“Yes.” I
“Dut’s do trouble. Kiln shorely didn’t try
to dribe wid-‘ole Jolly in'do foremost? ' Why,
Ito’s do mos’ misurbul critter you ever see if
do pony git out ch hlsiiight. ’Twas dis way
—-dc pony was fleetloufn’ young when we fusi:
got; him, and Jolly ho scorned to think it his
juty to puttc'ct him; und‘ he, always kep’ on
eye Dn'hlril‘eberslucu, 511' when do pony got
big enough to wreak herthad to be in front or
Jolly’dlkééppupu mighty racket. Well, well!
you shouldn’t 'ncbor tried to dribe wid do
puny behin', Why, whgn' we hauls do buy
‘ we‘hhs to hitch do pony to do cutter un’ Jolly
to dobinder." - ‘ .
And - tliisiwus tho s‘dlutiou, Jolly‘s bruy-
lugs WCI‘O tho lamentations of affection.
Tho humor and sympathy of the others
were both excited. They wore intensely in-
terested while listening to tho negro‘s story
of tho mule‘s attachment! ' Who could utter
a. syllable of reproach ul’t this? How much
interest they felt‘ in’ the kind, loving mule
capable of being so unhlppy when his pro-
tege was out of sight. '1 - I
- Sallie sighed with ‘rcgrc that she cherished '
such harsh feelings and h délaid the whip so
unmercifully- upon his 'ck. Even Helen
avowed that she would no ’c'rmorc see umule
without a sentiment of r '
stancy. - - ~ 3 _
My ownflcmlotions 5 i; d ' varied. I felt
keenly the’ nospo‘nsiibi" y f-JI' the day’s pleas-
u'rc‘on-tho giris‘ coconut. and it ‘had been
considerably marred nlrrsidy. Visions still
floated before my eyes of the faces seen from
the store galleries; Sullid’s speech, “Oh, I
am mortified to death!” still rang In my cars,
mingled with t'oe deuf'cnin sounds from our
mule. My sense of self r cct and vanity
, was too’décply wounded to recover soon. I
took smull share in the corpses given and
apologies expressed to our pohy’s “puttccter,”
for my pride, of such long stlmding, was not
to be suddenly uprooted by It. short and pa.-
thetic mule story. "
It was with difficulty that I :cpt back my
tears; I could think of no c mfort. Even
mother, who was always my I fuge in time,
of trouble, could not, I felt su, c, appreciate
the situation. I knew that the“ finale, as ex—
plaincd bytho old negro, would appeal to
her sympathies; so I did not allude to it, but
let; Tom give the particulars. ,
Endowed by nature with a disposition lilac
mine, it was hard to recover frotlrtho morti-
ficution; but the rest of the family, who
thought more lightly of it all than I did, had
discernment enough to understand my feel-
ings, and always forboro to make any allu-
sion to our picnic excursion—“C. M." in
New Orleans Times-Democrat.
MASTER AND SflglRVAN’lX
POINTS CO ‘FSERNING THE RELATIONS
OF EMPLOYER AND EMPLOYE.
A Contract for Services and Its Responsi-
bllitics—Bcdress for Injuries-Accidents
and Hazardous Occupations—Purchases
Made by Servants—Notice Required.
“Has a person who is hired by tho year any
claim on the employer for care or attention
during illness?” ’
“Legally, no. The illness of the servant
breaks the contract, and the employer may
engage other help. The employs cannot cu-
forcc any claim to the place again after re-
covery. The reason for this is that the
employer cannot jeopardize his business in-
terests by holding a place open for an indefi-
nite time. He is supposed to keep no more
help than he needs, and is not required to
turn away a good servant who has taken this
place of one who has been obliged to give up
the work on account of illness. This rule is
not, however, strictly adhered to, us employ-
crs are quite likely to make places for former
cmploycs, especially if they have proven
themselves capable and trustworthy.”
“Arc an employer’s heirs bound to con-
tin no a contract with servants?”
“They are not. The contract for service,
and all responsibilities attaching to, it. are
canceled by the death of either party. This
is an implied condition in all contracts for
service.”
“Has an emplo er any redress for injuries
to his property 1: rough willfulncss or negli—
gence on the part; of. the servants?”
“None; that is, none of any actual benefit
to him. There is a. provision of law that
provides for certain acts. misdemeanors or
malicious mischief; but unless the servant.
has property, it is only a waste of time to in-
stitute legal proceedings, unless the offense
is , one that demands punishment on the
ground of protection to public interests.”
- “If a servant hires for a given time, to do
' a certain kind. a work, und,vwhen tried, is
found incapable, can the employer be com-
pelledto pay wages, or keep the person in
said employment until the time contracted
for expires!”
“Certainly not. Inabilityto perform the
labor agreed upon cancels the contract. The
' servant may not receive any compensation
for labor not properly performed. If, how-
ever, nfter failing in the task agreed upon,
he is kept at work that he can do, he must be
paid for the time so consumed, and at a. rate
adjudged fair for such occupations. For
example: Should you hire a man atg given
sum, as a cook, and keep him employed for
some weeks as errand boy, you must pay him
the wages agreed upon; but should you then
put him into the cook’s place, and find him
unable to do his work properly, he cannot
demand cook’s wages if he returns volun~
tnrily to his position as errand boy. His
failure to cook as agreed has madeunew
contract necessary.”
“Arc employers {held responsible for ncci—
dents to servents from dangerous surround-
ings?” ,
“If u scrvent engages in an occupation
which is hazardous to life or limb, and does
not know of his danger, or is not; warned of
it, the employer is responsible. If the sci-
vunt is aware of danger, and continues in the
service, he does so at his own personal risk.
For example: Men who work in powder or
dynamite mills, and similar places, do so
with full knowledge of their danger, and
take the responsibility upon themselves.”
“So the servant, when he takes a position
with knowledge of its dangers, may be said
to contribute to his own injuries or mis-
fortunesi”
“Precisely so; and, in the same way, if-
he uses tools or appliances that he
knows to be unsafe, he exposes himself
to injury and cannot recover damages in
case 'of personal harm. He may leave the
service if he fears to work under such cir-
cumsttmccs; but should he remain, he alone
is responsible for resulting injury.”
“Is an employer held accountable for the
acts of his servant!”
“Toancxteut ho is, while the servant is
engaged in the direct line of his duty; but he
is not accountable for damage done while
the servant is pursuing his own pleasure or
convenience. For instance: A delivery
wagon run over a child. It was proven that
the driver had taken the wagon out without
orders, to carry some articles for members
of his own family. Therefore the owner was
not held'for damages, the vehicle not being
engaged in his business or under his orders,
us it was held that under such circumstances
the man was not his servant.”
“Is an employer responsible for debts con-
trncted by servants while in his employ and
acting as his agents 1”
“Under ordinary circumstances the court
would hold them accountable. If a servant
is in the habit of going to a. store to purchase
articles for the use of the family, and has done
so at the master's orders, ho is accountable for
such debts'untii the trudcsman' is notified to
thocontrary. Notice of this sort should always
bogiven; otherwise, servants might change
places and continue to buy articles, having
them charged to the Info employer until some
circumstance brought out tho fact that the
buyer was no longer so employed.”
“But the servant would be held account-
able, I suppOSe?”
“Certainly, for a misdemeanor, and might
be subject to fine or imprisonment, or both”
——“8. 8. N.” in Demorest’s Monthly.
Studying Occultlsm In England.
The increase of mystic orders which utopi-
which pretend to be engaged in tho studfof
occultlsm is one of the characteristics o the
time in England. The country is full“ of
“esoteric” circles, of which the ‘ latest form
rejoices in the name of tho “Esoteric Triad of
, tho Red Wafer“-Brcfrherhoodl’r-Thisi'order
claims an Egyptian origin, and Its members
'allege that it was foundedln tho rciguof
Thotmes II. The objects of the brotherhood
are “tho investigation,.of-occultmysterles,
the study of esoteric'truth andthc ultimate
fruternization of humanity." —'Cor. * Home
'l’ho greatest national debt among the nu-
tions of the globe is rue by France. It is
about $0,250,000,000. Russia comes next,
with $3,600,000,000; then England, with
3,560,000,000; Austro—Hungury, with $2,485.-
000,“)0; Italy, with $2,225,000,000; Spain,
33:11 81.201.500.000; Prussia, with $1,000,000,-
t for such con—'
FRANCE’S HEADSMAN.
A CHAT WITH THE MAN WHO
WORKS THE GUILLOTINE.
Retiring Disposition of the Public Execu-
tioner—How He Does Ills Work—The
Fatal Knife—A Method Superior to
Hanging or Electricity.
Few people have ever seen the public exe-
cutioner of France, and.” is no easy matter
to find him, for the police refuse to give his
address, and his name is carefully omitted
from the directory. The dreaded “Monsieur
de Paris," as ho is called by the lower classes,
is, however, M. Dcibler, and he rents o. flat
on the second floor in a. squalid little street,
half an hour’s walk away from the Roquettc
prison. This man, who conducts the cere-
monies in which the guillotine plays the
most important part. is a. very quiet person,
of retiring disposition, who dreads notoriety,
and avoids contact with his neighbors as
much as possible. There is nothing In the
lieudsmnn’s appearance nor in his home to
denote his ghastly ofllce.
After some difficulty your correspondent
secured the address of M. Dcibler, and found
that tho headsmun was not indisposed to tell
the details of his unenviuble profession. He
could not, however, be induced to exhibit,
even privately, the guillotine, which he re-
ferred to as “the machine.” He said:
run TERRIBLE “mourns.”
“The machine is ready mounted for use,
and I may be summoned off at any moment.
I usually get twenty-four hours’ notice in
Paris, and smore than double that time for
the departments, but I must hold myself con-
stantly in readiness to start off utamoment’s
notice. As a. rule. I have to spend at La.
toquette the whole night preceding an exe-
cution. A great deal has to be done in u very
short time. Soon as the two black vans ur-
rive—one containing the ‘woods of jiistice’
and the other destined to convey the body of
the culprit to Ivry cemetery—I have to su-
perintend the installation of the machine,
which takes upward of an hour. The fixing
of the knife and of the apparatus itself is an
intricate job. There must be no hitch at the
last moment. The instrument is invariably
placed on five stones just outside the central
door of the Roquette prison. I accepted the
post I now hold on the resignation of M.
Heindrich, whose vulct I had been forseveral
years. Until my appointment I was a. tailor
by trade, and runny a. worklngman in the
Roquetto quarter where I live has had his
clothes mended by me. But, you see, I have
risen in the world. From a mender .of old
clothes on my own hook I have got to be a.
first class cutter in the government establish-
ment,” and M. Dcibler smiled at his rather
ghastly joke.
“While I am fixing the machine,” con--
tinued the hcndsnmn, “tho Abbe Faure
arrives. The Abbe Fauro enters La. Ro-
quette and gives spiritual comfort to the
doomed man. After being left alone with
the chaplain for n. short time the culprit is
handed over to my assistant, who brings him
from his cell down the stone stairway which
leads to the depot—the prisoner’s lust station
on earth before reaching the machine—
where he is seated on a wooden stool, and his
toilet begins. This doesn’t take much time,
for his hair and heard were clipped on cuter-
ing the prison.
Tun FATAL KNIFE.
“The man is pinioned, his shirt stripped of
its collar, and he then goes forth to his death
by the central door, when he is strapped to
the fatal plank, which, toppling over, brings
his neck into the half circular portion of a.
ring that I secure bcforo springing the knife.
Soon as I touch a button in one of the up-
right; posts the knife falls and the head is re-
ceivcd in a tin vessel containing sawdust.
The body is unstrapped, put into a. coffin,
with the culprit’s head between his legs, and
the remains are their driven off to Ivry ceme-
tery, where they are buried.”
“Does life endure any time after the head
is severed?”
“No, I think not,” the executioner replied,
rcfiectivcly. “The great loss of blood pro-
duces syncope. Besides”—
Hcrc M. Dcibler went out of the room and
brought in a large black leather box, which
he placed on the table. 0n raisihg the lid
there appeared the bright steel knife of
oblique shape which is fixed to the cross
beam of the guillotine at each execution, and
which M. Dcibler carefully watches over and
cleans at home. He took it out of its soft
red lining the other afternoon, stroked it
with his hand as if to brush the dust off its
highly polished surface, and, turning it over,
said: /
“There; look at the back of this knife. It
is heavily weighted, you see, to make it full
swiftly and with tremendous force when I
touch the spring. Now, this is the reason
why I think that all consciousness departs
from the brain of a man after tho fall of the
head. At the same instant that the neck is
severed by the blade, the weighty portion
strikes so fearful a blow on the occiput that
the check is often bruised from the fall of the
head into the tin vessel containing the saw-
dust. Yet the head is only raised a. few inches
above the tin vessel which receives it. Such
a. blow is, in my opinion, sufilcient to drive
out any ray of memory, reflection or real
sensibility that may linger, after the decapi-
“tation, in the brain of the most obdurate,
bull headed criminal. ”
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT.
“Are you in favor of capital punishment?”
“Such a. question should not be put to me.
My business is to carry out the sentence of
the law, without inquiring whether the law
is right or wrong. Custom has not hard-
encd me to such an extent that I am unable
to distinguish, however, between one crimi-
nal and another. I feel the responsibility of
shedding the blood of a fellow creature as
acutely now as I did the first time, when the
Paris journalists said I had lost my head as
well as the man I had executed. I feel that
responsibility especially in cases with prison-
ers like Moreen, the herbalist of Saint Denis,
who protested, in quite a. different manner
from avowed criminals, even at the foot of
the guillotine, that ho died innocent.
“Nor do I wish to enter into the question
of the respective merits of hanging, gurrot-
ing or beheading. Whether some more sci-
entic method of giving death will replace
the guillotine I cannot say. I think not.
Electricity has been suggested, and poison-
ing by means of prussic acid. The guillotine
does its work thoroughly, for when the heed
is once severed there is no means of sticking
it on again, while recovery from poison or
electricity is not impossible with the aid of
the executioner, who might be induced to
moderate the dose for a consideration. The
guillotine permits no collusion between the
administrator of the law and the friends of
the guilty. As long as capital punishment
shall exist in France the present method will,
I think, he mam' mined as more sure in its
effects and as offering the least objectiox .”—-
Paris Cor. New York World.
Pen Picture of Mrs. Frank Leslie.
I looked out of one corner of my eyes at
the bright, handsome woman by my side—
who had just given my elbow u. schoolgirlish
push and jabbed the point of my pencil into
my copy paper—and thus sideways watched
her while she signed her name to u. lot of
checks that had been laid before her by her
wide uwakc business manager. And seeing
her thus I listened to her as‘sho went into
minute details about some picture for her
“Illustrated” that had been brought in by
one of her artists. Then I looked around at
her big establishment, where so trinity writers
are regularly employed, and where so many
authors and artists conic to sell their wares.
Looking about I thought of the work she has
done and of whats power she is in the land;
and then I‘ looked again at the handsome
woman by my side, with her warm, auburn
hair, her soft, blue eyes, and fair, fresh com-
plexion, and again wondered, woman like,
how she had been able to do it all and keep
all her good looks.
”How did you”
“How (lid I what?”
“How did you manage to keep your beauty
and freshness while doing so much brain
work?”
“Well, I have never had a. headache, a.
backache or a toothache in my life.. Isup-
pose that accounts for it, dour.”
“Ah! my poor licadaching, body aching
self, I suppose it does.” I answered with a
sigh; “but wait until you sleep with a young
baby on one arm and a 3-year-old on the
other.”
“I am very well satisfied to wait,” Mrs.
Leslie replied with a laugh, as she opened and
began to read a letter from a. man in Florida.
who wanted her to send him money enough
to move his wife and eleven children outside
the yellow fever belt. Mrs. Leslie does not
employ a secretary, and that letter topped a
pile of assorted epistles that would keep her
busy until 3 o’clock of the afternoon—Pearl
Rivers in New Orleans Picayune.
I began to say.
_____.___..
ucugtous Orders In Spain.
Spanish politics have been thrown inton
state of considerable excitement by the
publication of the statistics relating to
the religious u‘dcr‘s in Spain. There are
221 monasteries in the land, 2:,0 having
been built since 1876, with a total of 4,220
monks. There are also 1,100 convents, with
25,000 nuns. Thecauso of the alarm lies in
tho fact that the orders are almost entirely
Catfish—New York Sun.
GIRLS’ MILITARY COMPANY.
l‘ralnlng and Discipline for- Young Ladies
5f the ”ch11” Class.
What do you think of a soldierly “com-
pany” of girls? This, however, is what is
talked of, and it is probably by this time in
process of formation. Readers of St. Nich-
olas may remember an article by Licut. W.
R. Hamilton, U. S. A., which described his
experience in a western college where, after
witnessing the excellent effect upon the boys,
and the girls, 01' 11 number of them, with the
consent of their parents and the faculty, or-
ganized a “company” and received precisely
the same drill and training in the carriage of
their bodies, in obedience to orders, in the
practice of arms and general discipline as the
boys, and were found more apt and more
rapid in acquiring proficiency.
Lieut. Hamilton is now a resident of this
city. H0 is considered a master of tactics,
though comparatively a young man, his
“Art of “for” being the best authority on
the subject which has yet been publisher]. He
has been specially detailed to perfect a. sys-
tern of semi-military order among the police
organizations, which shall define both pow-
ers and duties. Herctofore there has been a
huppy-go—lucky condition of things which
made the treatment of individuals, the err-
trnnco into a private house and other circum-
stances incident to his career absolutely de-
pendent, for the observance of proprietics,
on his conscience and-intelligence. A regular
order has been found necessary in large and
mixed communities which will fill the place
when those are lacking.
A number of young- ludies of the “swell”
class—dwellers at Elberon in summer, in
Madison avenue in winter—have applied to
blunt. Hamilton to give to them the prioritize
military training and disdplir’fé'tvhiéh hé'
gave to his company of western girls, and
which tirade “women” of them—straight,
healthy, handsome and strong. His con.-
ditions arc the same in all cases—written con«
seat of parents or guardians. a suitable uni-
form drcss and implicit obedience to orders.
The dress is a. straight single skirt laid in kilt
plaits, a blouse waist with naval collar, a.
loose silk tie and wide soft leather belt.
The importance of the matter is not in the
formation here and there of a military com-
puny of girls, but: the possible and highly de-
sirable introduction of military tactics, train-
ing and discipline into the gymnastic exer-
cises of girls in our schools. This is a. great
and needed measure which is perfectly prac-
ticable, and would do more to straighten up
and strengthen weak bucks, weak nerves,
weak knees and weakness generally than any
other remedy that could be applied. and
would teach them the blessings of u comfor-
table, unrestricted dress—Jenny J une in New
Orleans Picayune. '
Marvelous Eyes of Mme. Hauling.
There is an odd little story anent: the bean-
tiful Mme. I-Iading drifting about: town,
which is very likely untrue, but is queer and
fantastic enough to deserve repetition
whether one accepts it or not. Her eyes are
very remarkable; not only of the clearest
and purest brown, like that of mountain
brooks, or the eyes of Gwendolen Harletti—
which George Eliot described as resembling
“wave washed onyx”—obut they are veiled
with a thick fringe of black and silky lashes
and are most unusually, extraordinarily
long. It is the most noticeable thing in her
face, and when she turns her eyes upon a man
he begins at once to recall all he has ever
read concerning the eyes of Odalisqucs and
long eyed Circassians whom the Oriental
poets are never- done with praising. The
story is that Mme. Hading owes this marvel-
ous length of eye to artificial means used by
her parents in her childhood. '
It [is said that it is a. common practice
among the Turks, who hold long eyes in such
exalted esteem, to lengthen, by cutting the
corners, the eyes of girls who are being
raised for the harem. This is done very
early, at thcngc of two or three years, and
the outer corner is deftly slit with a. lancet,
about the twelfth part of an inch. While
the wound is healing the lids are drawn out«
ward every day, and when it is quite cured
the eye is still submitted to the drawing
process every day for u long time, with the
eventual result that it becomes ideally long
and narrow and fulfills the ideal of the “un-
speakable Turk” when he is in search of a
new favorite. It is said that the Laura. Schir-
mer, who was recently reported to have been
poisoned in the palace of the sultan, firstpb—
tallied his favor through the unusual length
and beauty of her eyes. The story about
Mme. Ending goes on to say that her father
had been in Turkey and had seen this prac-
tice and determined to try it on his little girl,
who was their a pretty baby of three years,
with bright brown eyes and a, mop of yellow
curls, and already taking part in pieces re—
quiring babies. Whether the story is true or
not, one thing is certain, which is that the
actress from the Gymnnse has the most beau-
tiful and remarkable eyes of any woman on
the stage—New York IVorld.
A Story of IIIontc Carlo.
A gambler who was “broke” slipped up be-
hind a player and said:
“You are losing a. good deal of money, sir.”
Tho player,.who seemed to have plenty of
cash, looked up at the man in astonishment.
Then he said:
“Yes, I am losing a. good deal.”
“That’s because you don’t play right. I
can show you how to break the bank.” '
“Their why in heaven's name don’t you
break the bank for yourself?”
“Because they won’t let me play. They
know I know too much."
“What will you take for the secret?”
“Half the winnings.”
“Agreed.”
The old man led the stranger to a. quiet
corner and said to him: '
“This is the secret. \Vhenever tho head
croupicr takes snuff put all you have on the
red.”
The player went back to the table with
the old man behind him. They watched
the head croupicr, and at last out came the
snufi box.
“Now’s the time,” whispered the old man.
The plcvcr put a. largo sum on red and
won.
“My half,” whispered the old man. He
got his half. '
Next time the snufi’ box came out the old
man nudged the player and again tho rcd
won. The old man’s half was a. big sum
this time. ‘
0n tho third outing of the snuff box black
has the winner. The player turned in as-
tonishment to ask the old man how this hap-
pened, but he had bolted as he would have
done if black had turned up the first time.—
Dctroit Free Press.
A Chapter on Fame.
The Actor-4AM it‘s all very well for you
fellows to talk about my being the pet of the
public, the idol of the aristocracy, the spoiled
child of royalty itself! I admit all that; but
remember that my art dies with me—whereus
your pictures, your poems, your speeches re-
main to show the Twentieth century what—n
—whut— '
Tho Painter—What overrated old dufi'ers
we were in the Nineteenth, ch? Whereas
you'll never be found out, old man. So you
Icoro again! -
Tho Statesman and tho Poet-Henri hear:
-London Punch.
Tarn Srnrnos, TENN., July 4, 18-38.
The Swift $12,;itic Co., Atlanta, (3a.:
During the spring of 1871, while working
in the tick. at my home in Morgan county,
Ga- I pulled off my shoes to give my feet a
rest. Unfortunately, I walked into a clump
of poison on", and in a few days my feet
were in a terrible rondition, and I could not
put on a shoe because of thc soreness and
swelling. I was treated as poison oak cases
usually are, and everything was healed up.
About the same time the following spring,
1872, my feet became sore again, as at first,
and every succeeding Spring for five years
brought back the same condition of the dis-
case, only each time it became more dlS‘
trCSsing, because I began to think it was a
lifetime trouble. Finally, I was induced to
try Swift's specific. I took six bottles, and
to-day am entirely well. My improvement
was gradual from the III'SI, and no evidence
of the disease remains. I shall take pleas-
urc in testifying as to its curative proper-
ties. It is the greatest blood purifier in ex-
istence. Yours tmiy, J. L. MORGAN.
The foregoing certificate is taken at
random from thousands of letters in posses.
sion of the Swift Specific Co., and presented
simply as a, sample. It is a voluntary
statement, giving facts and results of the
case. Its accuracy and genuincncss are
beyond question.
'A valuable Treatise on Blood and Skin
Diseases mailed free. Address
'I‘IIE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO.,
I'lrr war '2 Atlanta. Ga.
Hay fever. Asthma. .Relicf guaranteed,
Foritainc‘s Cure. For sale by druggists.
C. Lapham, 11 Main street, Norwnlk.
The attempt to organize a gravestone
trust has failed.
If you are sull‘ering from chronic cough,
bronchitis, asthma, or loss of voice, Dr.
Kilrner’s Indian Cough Cure—(Consump-
tion ()il)— will relieve, quickly; remove
the cruise, and cure. Price 25"., 500. and
$81. For sale by C. Lripliarn, Mriiri street.
There is too much shot, gun to the
square Illi‘Il in the average idea of JIIEIICE.
4 Jessi in r ”ON.
BARBIE“: NIKKI,
Ila: removed to the building
Next to Granny's Stables. Kuiulrt street
Where he does first-class
Carriage Repairing and Painting
19" At Reasonable, Wicca;
A Full Stock of Furniture of all klndu‘
PIRLUR IND BEDRUUISE‘IN
a specialty.
DAVID snow,
at u 1 I l M ‘ Main Street opp. Depot
A reng I am W I0 850111811888. ore GCOBOIII I! |
sateen entrepreneurs"so:retainers; , SOUTH NORWALK. CON N
WEIgIII, alium 0‘ phosphate powders.
The largest Stock of Harness-
IIVIR DISPLIYED III fulfil.
All sinner-u, mm sauna, Onk I'd-lea
e-Inylvnnla. Leather
THIRD CLASI PRICES.
(Yall early as I intend to sell at SHALL hot-'11"
SEYENI Y-FI VE
Set Siuole out llonile Harness.
HAIDEIIIOOK “All,
Over Mitchell's Market, next door to P. H.131";
, er’n old stand. ml
POWDER
Absolutely Pure.
This l’owrler never varies. A marvel of pure
mu: PUBLIC INTERESTS
Treated In It clean mnnl y way.
A health y people make a prosperous nut-Ion.
I'r-opte made and kept healthy by
Baker’s Great American Specific.
Rheumatism with its Vise-like rip tortures its
vtctirn iiiitll he loses control of its temper, and
then comes grave mistakes. Another turn of the
ware and Neurnlgln torments all patience out of it
than. Relief from these terrible diseases makes a
heaven of happiness for the sufferer, and [Baker’-
Grenr American Specllle gives that relief.
There is no mistake about this, and at this season.
in this climate, you cannot afford making the ruin-
tnke of |\etng without a bottle of this wonderful
remedy. Damp, chill winter winds, sleet, snow,
stop and ice are as certain to bring on the tar-
ments of ltunmu'rlsu and tortures of Nxmuwu
as is BAKER-’8 GREAT AMERICAN SPECIFIC to cure
them. Price 50 cents a bottle.- Prepared only by
Maurice, Baker Jr 00., Portland, Me. Doolittle a;
Smith. 24 and ‘26 Tremont Street, Boston, Mass,
Selling Agents.
EEiiiESS
LADIESi ores
Do Your Own Dyeing, at Home.
They will dye everything. They are sold every.
where. Price 100.11 package. Theyhave unequal
for Strength, Brightness, Amount in Plunges
or for Fumes- of Color, or nouzfading Qualities.
They do not crack or smut; «colors. For sale by
J. G. Gregory Jr 00.; C. Lapham, 11 Main Street;
Geo. B. l’laisterl, Drngglsts. ly2'l
EQUITA BLE MORTGAGE 00..
0F KANSA.“ CITY. CAPITAL 82,000,000
6 and 7 er cent. Debenture Bonds and Mensa
Loans at or and Accrued Interest. 3°
R. B. CRAUFUBD, Agent,
Room 2 Masonic Bundlr g
HENRY TILLY
CARRIAGE MAKER,
SOUTH NOR WALK, -
.T‘ V~ '
.. . 4- ‘h 'u III'S I Ullnu‘I‘V‘I‘JLL;
‘.'!l'i’lt urns-r PATENT Ilrnovtntnvs
ARE MANUFACTURED (III-LY BY
Ti? , -: IE awn-ton Furnace 00
N. A Lemma, l'rest. 207 h 209 WATER SI... ILI
CONN.
Manufacturer of
Family Carriages, Victoria, Buttes, to.
All Kinds of Repairing.
.irii’i‘rifls'lririnsou,
Wholesale and Retail Dealer In
Harness, Blankets,
Trunks, Bags,
Sole Leather and Shoe Findings, and Boot
and Shoe Uppers.
Garner of Pair-field Ave. and Ilddlo Strut.
Bridgeport. Conn.
1 yes
:10}: SALE BY] w;
P. W. JAQUI,,’,Jr.
NORWALK. cons.
For Sale.
DOUBLE BARRELLED RIFLd madeby Joh
Blissert, London. Will be sold cheap to
cash Enquire at. the office.
sown , 2 l
139*“:
2mm;
Heals Without Leaving a Scar.
’ ' '
Page 5 Ohms 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 tho Internal Organs. Its properties go to the diseased part, and separate
all the poisonous and corrupt humors, through the perspiriug vessels to the surface, and
cradicatcs the disease from the system. \Ve warrant it to cure Old Sores. Ulcers,
Scroluia Sores, Salt Rheum. Sore Breasts or Nipples, Inflamed Eyes, Swollpn Glands,
Err-sipclas, Boils, Scaids. Burns. Cuts.’ Bruises, Fistula, Piles, Corns. Bunions, Chil-
bldiiis, Frosted. Feet. and all cutaneous diseases on man and beast.
PAGE'S CLIMAX SALVI acts like mar-in: on horse flesh in out-ing Scratches, Mange, ()i'l
Sores, Fresh Cuts, bunk: Bites, iriuses, Burns, Saddle and Harness Calls. Chafes, etc. It is put on m
1.0ch three times larger than any other Salve, and sold at the low price oftwenIy-five cents per Ivox.
it is warranted to cure in every case or money refunded. For Sale by Druggists and Dealers In medical.
cvurywhcrc.
MOFFAT’S LIFE PILLS.
THE GREAT STOMAGH AND LIVER REMEDY.
Established by one of our most eminent physici ins and recommended by the medical
profession and druggists who know their real merit, and are used wrth more pleasing
results than any other medicine. .
Moll'at’s Life Pills are purely vegetable. They act on the stomach. bowels. liver
and kidneys, purify and regulate the whole system, and are warranted a. certain cure
for all Malarious Diseases, T orpirl Liver. Impure Blood, Janndico, Britons Complaints,
Dyspepsia, Loss of Appetite, Indigestion. Costiveiiess, Nervous and bid: Headache,
Neuralgia and Nervous Diseases. Female obstructions and General weakness, Scurvy,
Inllmnrimtory Rheumatism, Piles of every kind, Gravel and Diseases of the Bladder and
Kidneys, Colds and Fever and A no. .
HOFFAT'S LIFE PILLS are c egantly Sugar coated and easy to take and are a perfect after
dinner Pill, one taken after dinner each dav wril aid digestion and cure all disorders of the Stu-Inch.
llcuduChc and Sick Headache cannot exist if these Pills are used. For costiveness take one Pill at bedtime.
MOFFAT’S PHOENIX BITTERS'
Are not: a. drink used for intoxication, but a. pure medicine and only used by people
who are sick. 'l'lrey correct the secretions of the stomach and are a sure cure for
Dyspepsia, Sleeplessness, Nervousne s. Debility. Weakness, Loss of Appetite, Fennel:
Complaints, etc. Thousands of certificates are in possession of the proprietor, givmg,
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 asked that the afflicted
will tr them once, their use will convince the most skeptical.
Acl's CLIMAX SALVE. 256-3 Box. MOPFAT’S LIP! PILLS. 25¢. a Box. QOIFAT"
PHOENIX BITTERS, $1.00 a Bottle. For Sale by Druggrsts and Dealers in medicir r everywhere,
or sent by mail or Express, prepaid, on receipt of pncc. .
J'. P. MILLS, Sole Proprietor.
85 LIBERTY STREET. NEW YORK.
. . car/er .
PM" ‘ control/Mn
'ii snows 6e Prunes «firmer. on
N THE ONLY
Brilliant 4;
Durable cones PROOFS-
- v 1 .- " Paine's Celery Com-
ound cured in nerv-
Economica Neuralgla ..
" I "' “'31 Mrs. I..A.Ilnnumn,
Are Diamond Dyes. They excel all others Nervous ‘ 5a: Jactnto, Cal.
in Strength, Purity and Fastness. None others P ostratlon "M," U§ins six- hm-
are just as good. Beware of imitations—they I' gzzggugé‘fl' :m‘vcflgx
are made of cheap and inferior materials and .. gawzuzifiianimw
. I C _ N
give poor, weak, crocky colors.- Rheumatism some. Cornish, no If.
36 colors; to cents each. "I: has done me mm
Send postal for Dye Book, Sample Card, direction! Kldney good for kidney disease
for coloring Photos, making the finest Ink or Bluing fhanuany ‘ OlheAf inedi-
(m cts. a quart). em- Sold bv Druxsists °' W unease, Ulles;tortx%i?r r3525“
WELLS, RICIMRDSMII & 60., Burlingfon, If. .. ' , , , . .
—— designers;
II“ I '
For Gliding or Bronzing Fancy Articles, USE A“ LIVE? ever" for [orpid in...
‘ indigestion, and Milan:-
DIAMOND PAINTS. Dlsorder. r631; (Sergei-Rut!)
Gold, Silver, Bronze, Copper. Only to Cents. " ' '
IF YOU WANT
A HEATER
THAT W ILL
Heat Your House
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