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LIFE.
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Joy comes and goes, hope ebbs and flows
Like the wave,
Change doth unknit the tranquil strength of men.
Love lends life a little grace,
A few sad smiles. and then
Both are laid in one cold place.
In the grave.
Dreams dawn and fly, friends smile and die
Like spring flowers;
Our vaunted life is one long funeral.
Men dig graves with bitter tears
For their dead hopes; and all,
Mazed with doubts and sick with form,
Count the hours.
We count the hours! These dreams of ours,
False and hollow,
Do we go hence and find they are not dead?
Joys we dimly apprehend
Faces that smiled and fled,
Hopes born here, and born to end,
Shall we follow?
—-l‘.lntthew Arnold.
WHERE GLENNIE WAS. ,
“ ’Twns down in Louisiana, not many years
ago,” to quote from on old song, that several
companies of us wicked Yankees were posted
in a. small town just far enough from New
Orleans and other importqnt points to be of
no strategic consequence for its own sake;
yet, being on a. direct route from the enemy’s
lines to the Mississippi river, was important
as an outpost. The war-was almost over,
and the enemy knew it, and we knew they
know it, so we were not as vigilant as we
might have been had we been stationed in
front of Lee’s army. The natives were loy-
ally southern, every man of them—perhaps I
should say every woman, for the only men
left in town were the few who had passed
their three score years and ten, one physi-
cian and one preacher. But the natives did
not allow us to feel uncomfortable. The
doctor disagreed radically with us on princi—
ple and cursed Grant fluently, but he took
professional and even friendly interest in
such of us as had more malaria than our
regimental surgeon could manage; the
preacher gave us a sermon that reminded us
of Sundays at home, and the old men would
smoke and chat with us all day long, so long
as we did not say what we believed about the
future of military events.
As for the women—bless them! they were
exactly like the majority of women every-
where else—very tenacious of their opinions
so far as the war was concerned, but other—
wise hospitable, gracious and charming. They
didn’t mean to give us the entree of local so-
ciety, but somehow we got there all the same.
We did it so quietly that none of them knew
how it began or who began it, and I don’t
believe that; after the first twenty-four hours
any of them took the pains to inquire. We
purchased enough supplies to set business
booming, allowed no marnuding, wore clean
clothing, and were on our good behavior
every way, President Lincoln having spe-
cially ordered, through Gen. Banks, that
Louisiana. must be “concilinted” (whatever
that might mean).
The consequence was that We officers soon
knew everybody worth knowing, and were
entertained with as much courtesy and self
possession as if the native coffee had not been
burned rye or some other substitute, and the
tablecloths had not long before been turned
into lint or bandages for southern hospitals.
We found inoffensive ways of introducing
real Java, white sugar, Ooloug ten, and other
dining room specialities dear to the feminine
heart, and we unloaded countless novels and
newspapers into eager hands. More import-
ant than all else, I believe we could talk. So
could they, but for some reason women‘s
talk with women did not seem to have been
entirely satisfying. We talked so industri-
ously and to such good effect, that any chance
visitor who might have dropped into town in
the middle of our first week would have
thought from appearance that we were life-
long acquaintances. The women never let
us forget that they were southerners to the
heart’s core, and that we were merely Lin-
coln hirelings; still, they were women; they
did not like to see any one appear careless of
dress, so soon there was not a uniform coat:
with a. loose hanging button. To have a.
southern woman, whether maid, wife, widow,
or gray haired grandmother, bring a needle
and thread and tighteuabutton while the
wearer stood awkwardly in front of her, was
to realize that Louisiana was not the only
party to the war who was being “concili-
:abed.”
Every regiment had some officer, gener—
ally .0. young lieutenant, whose ability, ap—
pearance and spirits compelled his comrades
to pronounce him the flower of the flock.
Ours was Will Glennie. The natives ap-
proved our choice of their own accord, and
we accepted then-dictum without a. bit of
jealousy, fearing only that the youngster
might cause some fruitless hmrtaches. But
he didn’t. He was officer of the first picket
line we threw out, and so impressed was he
with the defensive posibilities of the place,
that we were glad to have him relieve us of
some responsibility by taking charge of the
slight earthworks it; seemed advisable .to
erect. He spent a. full half of every day out‘ .
side the lines, looking for additional points
of vantage, and as no enemy had been in the
vicinity for weeks. he never cared for a
guard.
Time passed so delightfully for a fortnight,
that there was little but roll calls and picket
duty to remind us that we were soldiers.
Everything was too pleasant to last, so one
day a. rattle of musketry warned us that
there was trouble on the picket line. By the
time our bugles had recalled us from our
hospitable lounging places, and hurried us
toward the front, a. soldier with a broken
arm came in and reported that some cavalry
had tried to force their way into town by the
western road, and, being repulsed, had dis-
mounted, and were disagreeing, in the usual
military manner, with the pickets, who had
fallen back to Glennie’s breastworks.
“Bless Glennie for the breastworksl” ex-
claimed our major in command, after he had
shouted “Double quick-marchl”
The resistance made by our entire force
seemed to disgust the enemy, for in a. couple of
hours they ceased firing. A special roll call
showed that none of our men had been killed,
and only two or three wounded. but a. captain
approached the major and said that Lieut.
Glennie was missing. He had gone nearly a
mile to the front, to a. little elevation, where
he had thought a. howitzer might advan-
tageously be posted—gone two or three hours
before the enemy appeared.
“Captured, then, of course,” groaned the
major. “Confound it, gentlemen, for the
good of the service I’d rather have been cap
turcd myself.” .
Most of us felt the same way, and we were
too dismal for the remainder of the day even.
to rejoice at having repulsed the enemy.
The entire force went out as skirmishers for
a. mile or two, asking questions at every plun-
tation house and cabin, but no one could tell
whether or no the enemy, as they galloped
away, had a Union officer with them.
We felt so ugly at our loss that we feared
to face the natives when we returned to
town. What would they think of us, as sol-
diers, when they learned that the ofiicer
whom we all cheerfully acknowledged was
the ublest soldier among us, had fallen into
the enemy’s hands? The major was so
nrnamd that he actually bit oi the mouth-
piece of his pipe stem in a. fit; of anger; but
this severe action did not return to us the
flower of the regiment.
Just before sunset n sentry on the road
startled all of us, as we lay behind the works,
by shouting:
“Officer of the gunrdl
ing I”
We all sprung upon the parapet, and saw
Flag of truce com-
emcrging from the forest, nearly half a. mile,
away, a horse, a rider and a. tiny white rag.
The major raised his glasses, peered through
them a. moment, dropped them and ex‘
claimed:
“Well! I’ve heard that the Confederacy
had robbed the cradle and the grave, but; I
didn’t. imagine they’d been recruiting Ama-
zons. 'l‘hnt flag is carried by a. woman!”
Then all of us wished we had glasses. The
rider advanced slowly, until we could see
that she was not armed; then that she had a.
good sent and a. fine figure. and finally that
she was young and pretty.
“l‘l'ants protection for her property, I sup-
pgse,‘ growled the major. "Those raiders
are probably cleaning out the family's burn
and smokohouse, there being nobody at; home
but women and children. What do they
suppose a few infantry can do against no—
body knows how many cavalry 7"
Nevertheless he went slowly out. alone, to
meet her, at which Glennie’s captain ex-
claimed:
“This isn’t according to custom. Who
knows but she’s a young man, disguised, and
will drop the major with n pistzolii Come on.
boys.”
Several of us followed him. As we saw
him twirling the ends of his mustache and
tipping his but; slightly to one side, we fol-
lowed his exnmple in these respects also. We
overtook the major just as the rider halted,
looked very pale, and said:
“It wasn‘t his fault, sir—reall y it wasn’t.”
"\Vhoso fault, madam?” said the major,
raising his but;
“Mr. Glouuie‘s,” said the girl.
“Oh! Confound it! I mean—so they got
him, did they?"
“Oh, no, sir, but; he wishes they bad. And
they would have done, only—only”————
“Well, madam?”
“Only they were prevented.”
“Indeed? how \vastjiati”
“Why, you see, 53?, he stopped at our
house, just for a. drink of water, and while
he was standing by the well, the Rau-
gets”—
“Rangers?” .
“Yes, sir; the Texas cavalry—they came
across the hill just then. He started to run
this way, but—but”—
“Well!” .
The girl looked down a moment, colored,
raised her head; and said rapidly:
“I told him he never would get there alive.
I said they were a hundred to one, and he’d
surely be killed. I’m a true southern woman,
sir; my father is Capt. Gruyson, of the artil-
lery battalion, but I don’t believe murder is
war. So I made him come into the house. He
declared he wouldn’t; death was nothing to
duty. But I made him come in."
“Indeed? What arguments did you use,
may I ask!" '
Again the girl looked down mid colored
deep] y. Some of the younger officers began
to exchange winks.
“He declared he wouldn’t,” the girl re-
sumcd, “but I made him. He struggled with
all his might, but”-——
“I beg your pardon for interrupting,” said
the major, biting his lip, “but—ho escaped,
than?"
“Yes, sir; but not a. second too soon. I
hadn’t; more than got him into the hogs-
head”—
“Hogshcmi?”
"Yes, sir; a big sugar hogshead, in the cel-
lar, that we had meant to keep sweet pota-
toes iii—when two of the rangers came in the
front door. They said they’d seen a Yankee
at the well and wanted him. I told them he
had seen them, and made a dash for his own
lines. He really did, on know, for a step or
or two, when—when”—
“When you warned him of his danger?"
“Yes, sir. Well, they took my word,
when I told them who my father was, and
they went away.
“All! W'herc are the Rangers now?”
“They went; back—I don’t know where-—
hours ago.”
"And caught him as they went?”
“Oh, no, sir; they cguldu’t. But he was
in a dreadful excitement. He said he had
no right, to be outside the lines; he could be
court umrtialcd for it and disgraced, and
maybe shot, if things went wrong in the
fight. He went on so that I wouldn’t listen
to him, and I was afraid some of the
Rangers might come back and hear him, so
I wouldn‘t. stay and listen to him.”
“But why didn’t he return after they re-
tired!”
"Because he couldn’t, sir. I wouldn’t let
him. I didn‘t; want him to bo court mur-
tiuled and shot, and all of those dreadful
things, so I thought it would be only right to
come and tell 3 on it wasn’t his fault.”
“The enemy has been gone several hours,”
said the Izmjor, turning with a suspicious
look to us. “ELI afraid there‘s some ruse in
this.” Then he lll‘llcd again to the girl and
steruly said: "Young woman, if your story
is true he should have returned by this time.
Ho knows he has nothing to fear, and there
is nothing to prevent him coming back, if he
knows the enemy have disappeared.”
“Oh, yes, there is, sir; there’s a cover to
the liogshead and a padlock beside.”
“Oh—h—hl” said the major with many in-
flections. “He’s your prisoner, is be? But,
heavens, madam, if he has been locked in n.
hogshcnd all this time he’s probably suffo—
cated. Confound”—
“Oh, no,” said the girl, with an assuring
smile. “There’s a big bungholo to tho hogs-
hend, and I know he has sense enough to
breathe through it, because when I went
down and whispered through it; that the
Rangers had gone home again, he”—
“Whnt did he say I”
“Nothing—~hc—but I know he was aliv
and just like his old self.” Then the girl
suddenly dropped her eyes again and colored
deeply, while to. very young lieutenant mur-
mured:
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“I see,” druwled the major, very slowly.
“A tten—tionl First company, deploy as skir-
mishcrs. Forward!”
The girl turned her horse’s head quickly,
looked backward, set her lips firmly and ex-
claimed: _
“You’re not going to court martial and
shoot him?”
“Suppose I were,” said the major, as the
men began to file from behind the “curtain”
that commanded the road.
“Then,” said the girl, “I’ll gallop ahead at
the risk of my life, and let him escape on my
pony.”
“Madam,” said the major, lifting his hat,
“I give you the word of a soldier and a. gen-
tleman that you shall be his solo judge.”
The skirmish lino advanced, and the of-
ficers of the other companies followed the
girl and the major. The letter should have
ordered us to remain with our own men, but
he didn’t. ‘Wc reached the house, more than
a. mile outside the lines, without annoyance,
and when the girl bud lighted a. candle,
we followed her and the major to the cellar.
Thr major’s suggestion that the girl should
first whisper at the Lung hole and see if the
captive was still alive, was not acted upon.
Instead, she said checi‘ily, as she turned
the key and raised the cover:
“You’ve nothing to fear, “fill.”
“ ‘Willl’ ” murmured the very young lieu-
tenant.
Just then Glennie’s face appeared above
the edge of tho stoves, and seemed somewhat
disconcertcd at the grinning faces before him.
Several pairs of hands helped himout, and
as he stood before us with crystals of light
brown sugar glistening all over his uniform
coat, the major remarked:
“You’re a. sweet looking object!"
Miss Grayson smiled as if she thought so,
too.
“You see, major"—- began Glennie.
“Yes,” said the major, "I certainly do. I
see, also, that one of two things must be
done, for the good of the service. Either our
lines must be extended 9. mile or two fart-her
into the country, or you must persuade this
lady’s family to move to town.”
The family moved, Miss Gi‘uyson finally
moving all the way to New York. The wed-
ding preseut from the bridegroom’s brother
officers was a. miniature sugar hogshend, in
old, with a. rosebud for n padlock—John
ubbuton in Once-:1 Wet-k.
Example of Australian Journalism.
“I was out there five and nhalf years,” said
a. newspaper man, speaking of Australia.
“Melbourne is one of the finest cities of the
world. one in which there is great wealth.
There are a number of fine newspapers in the
different cities of Australia. The work on
them is rather peculiar. There is, of course,
the local news and all that, but the most
important work is that; of editing the
cablegrams. European news is of the
greatest possible importance, yet the tolls
are so heavy—$2 n, word—-thnt skeletom'z-
ing in the highest degree is necessary. The
London cablegrams come as one tele-
gram, run all together, you know, and first
it must be cut up, the matter relating to
one subject being separated from the rest.
There will not be more than three or four
words upon any one subject, so you will see
that great pudding is necessary. There is
no danger of being caught up with. as the
English newspapers are forty-two days in
getting there. The day of the great Ilnnlan-
Lnyeock race on the Thames we had in type
two accounts of the race, wholly imaginary,
of course, one of which made Hanlan win,
while the other made Lnycock the winner.
ho telegram came, ‘IInnlun won six
lengths,’ so we fixed up tho IInnlnn story
and put it in. The result was that a. column
account of the race, in which cvcrydetail
was given with great; minutcncss, appeared
next morning. You will readily see that to
do this work successfully a man must; be
thoroughly posted on the affairs of the
world.”—Ncw York lVorld.
Old Coins as Jewelry.
Old coins, according to one of our foreign
correspondents, are now freely used in Eng-
la.nd in the manufacture of rich jewelry. Afri-
can gordiaus, Uranium antinnio, Charles VIII
crowns and St. John the Baptist florius make
odd pendants to the highly finished brooches,
chains and bracelets of the Nineteenth cen-
tury; yet, on reflection, this combination of
the very old and tho very new is not us in-
congruous as at first sight; it: may seem to be.
Whatever state their jewelry or other
branches of art industry may have been in.
the ancients, like tho modems, have applied
their highest skill at all times in the making
of coins and medals. Thcso little disks of
gold and silver generally contain the por-
traits of rulers or deities and naturally culled
forth the best workmanship which the times
afforded. ISO accurately, in fact, were theso
coins generally made that historians have in
many instances found on them missing links
in their narratives which could nowhere else
be supplied. “'0 have, therefore, historic as
Well as artistic grounds for commending the
ancient coin jcwelry.——Jewelers’ Weekly.
150w Few Arc Rich.
It is probable, to say the least, that fully
90 per cent. of the whole body of the people
spend nearly all that they earn; of this 90
per cent. a portion may, by setting aside a
moderate part of their small earnings, be
come the owners of :1 house, or become de-
posi tors in a. savings bank, or insure their
lives in a. moderate way; of the remaining 10
per cent a part save enough to protect them-
selves against want in their later years, and
u. very small part may becomo rich, and
then need not work unless they choose—Ed-
ward Atkinsou in The Forum.
INTERVIEW WITH MRS. GRANT.
Hex- Lifo During the War—A Picture-Tho
Finn] Surrender.
“Now tell me something of your life while
Gen. Grant was winning his honors as a
soldier during the rebellion.”
“I was like one in n delirium all through
the war,” she said with enthusiasm. “I love
the army and I was the first to urge Ulysses
to go to the war, and after that I don’t think
I was very patriotic. I was a southcruer,
born in Missouri, and when I was married
my father gave me six slaves for my own
property. All my relatives, and my brother,
J 11ng Dent, were on the rebel side, but I did
not care for them or for the Union men. All
I thought of was my husband—that he should
win and gain new victories.
“I had everything prepared for a long win-
ter—fruit canned, beef smoked, and enough
wood cut to last the whole winter at our
homo'in Galena—When Ulysses Sent for me
to come to him at Cairo. I turned the lock
in the door, leaving everything as it stood,
and I never went back.
“I want to show you a picture that I value
very highly," and she brought up a little
watercolor in a gold frame. She stood it on
her knee, and pointing with her finger she
said: “You see all these tents? This way to
the end is the general’s headquarters. This
is City Point, where we were encamped, and
this,” pointing to u‘bluo stream at the edge
of the painting, “is the James river. There
was n—niceflight of steps led down to it,’but
it had been cut off by the frame. N ow, one
Sunday, a. lovely, clear day, we all got; on a
boat—I think it was the Mary Powell—and
Went down the James river. We landed, and
climbing 0. bill took our field glasses to view
the rebels, when we found they were doing
the same with us. “’0 all laughed, and some
were afraid of their firing on us, but the gen-
eral said the ladies’ bouncts would keep 011’
the shot. It did, too. On our return trip,
when just about here,” pointing to a place
distant from the camp, “we found a string
of boats had been fastened together to make
a bridge for our soldiers to cross over the
J nmcs. I will never forget Gen. Sheridan
that day. When we saw him be was lost in
what looked like a. letter. He would read a
few lines and the red would creep up in his
cheeks like in a girl‘s. He was so blushiugly
happy that I said, ‘I ll wager you have re-
ceived a. love letter.’ He blushed the more
and smiled. A few moments afterward I
learned that it was not a love letter, but an
order to go to battle.
“The second Sunday following one could
not tell that lovely City Point was the same
place we had been in on the day of our ex-
cursion. The women had been put on the
Mary Powell for safety, and it was lying at
anchor right in front of the steps of City
Point, which I told you led down the bank to
the shore. A number of other vessels were
also anchored here. The men had gone to
take Richmond or to die. The general said to
me in parting: ‘If Lee surrenders I will return
and we will go to Washington together. If
he takes to tho mountains make your way
back home—you will be alone.’ ‘I will wait
for you,’ I replied. That Sunday was one of
suspense. We had no news and were all sit-
ting in a group waiting—waiting. At last a
messenger boy came running out and said, all
breathless and gasping, ‘Mrs. Grant, may I
speak to you? ‘Certaiuly, my dear,’ I said,
and patted his check, which was as dainty as
a. girl’s. We went into the cabin, and he
whispered: ‘You musn‘t: tell; it’s as much
as my head is worth to tell you, but I caught:
it as it was going over the wires. Gen. Lee
is just surrendering to Grant.’ I went: on
deck and everybody wanted to know what
the boy said, but; I would not tell. I just
laughed, and while they were urging me, we
heard the dull roar of voices shouting away
down the river. Closer and closer it came,
and swelled in volume until it was on City
Point opposite us. Then the cannons were
fired and the steamers blew their whistles in
chorus, and every tongue was crying, ‘Lee
has surrenderedi’ ”
“What did the general say when first you
met afterwards?”
“He did not say one word. We just kissed
each other in silence, but there was a great
deal in that kiss."»—Nelly Bly's Interview in
New York World.
Aims Prayers for the Sick.
When very sick, Mun man (the women
may not pray at all) will call upon the fire
goddess, who is reckoned a. great purifier.
thus, “Abe kamui. Yekoingnra wn. eu-kore”
(“0 fire goddess, condesccud to look upon
me”) Upon the approach of death, the mas-
ter will lie close to the fire on his own side of
the hearth, partly for the sake of the
warmth, but probably in a. measure for any
possible benefit to be gained from propiti-
quity to the realm of the fire goddess. Then
tho village chief and elders and the sick
man’s friends, all come to see him; tho men
to pray and “drink to the gods,” while the
women weep and wail in rather a noisy
fashion, since they are denied the comforts
of religion. There are times when the
patience of tho praying men becomes ex-
hausted if no favorable answer is given to
their petitions.
M. Batchelor tells of one death scene which
he witnessed when two men were praying to
the goddess of fire and another toward the
sun rising through the eastern window;
while a fourth was looking toward the north-
east corner of the but (which corresponds in
a. measure to the latriue of Japanese houses)
and swearing most vehemently at all the
gods, something after this fashion: “You
fools! why don’t you pay some attention to
us? Can’t you see that this man is in great
danger? Here we’ve been praying and pray-
ing for him, and yet he doesn’t get well.
What’s the matter? Are you deaf? Can’t
you hear us?”—J. K. Goodrich in Popular
Science Monthly.
The Literature of Today.
More and more, in the quicker action of
mind upon mind, the magazine and the news-
paper are coming to absorb the utterances of
those who have something to say. Nobody
can wait to put his thought into a. book be-
fore he speaks it to the world, and the result
is that many books in the first instance are
given to the public under the spur of imper-
sonal journalism or through the medium of
the great reviews. The 'hardship of this
tendency is felt in the production of the best
literature. Nobody can today follow the
Horntian maxim and keep his manuscript
long enough for its leaves to grow yellow in
his drawer. Every one must strike while the
iron is hot, and the use of the file early and
late, which gave the Greek literature its ex-
_quisite finish, is sadly lacking in the rough
and ready literature of the day.
The tendency of all writing in our own
time is to the haste and waste that are the
curse of good style. Even so excellent a
writer as Mr. Arnold, whose earlier work was
as fine as that of “Amiel’s Journal,” in the
hurry of his efforts to catch the next number
of the magazine, neglected to put the finish-
ing touches to his essays, and was caught in
the same toils that have marred the work of
most of his contemporaries. And yet the
same rm’es hold good today that held with
Thucydides and Horace, the rules that dis-
tinguish good work from poor, good thought
from thought imperfectly set in words. The
danger of modern letters is that literature
shall be like food that is half cooked—New
York Times.
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A Great Saving In Fuel.
“Boy,” said a clerk in o. lVoodwaqd avenue
grocery to a. lad who was hanging around,
“do you want to save the price of an over-
coat this winter and feel warm all over?”
.“Yes, sir.”
“Then out; one of those.”
They were red peppers, and the boy
promptly took o. large bite. Ho turned red
in the face, the tears came, and he had to
hustle around tho corner to prevent breaking
down. It was an hour before ho returned.
Then the clerk said:
“Well, how did it work?”
“Splendid l” replied the boy. “It; not only
saved me an overcoat, but I don’t believe my
brother Bill will have to have any shoes this
winter! I'll take the rest up home. It may
save our house rent and coal.”-Detroit Free
Press.
Whiting About Rick Girls.
The manner in which the society papers
discuss the chances of an heiress’s marriage
in America. nowadays is rather startling to
the old school journalists of the town. Every
suitor who presents himself to it rich girl is
duly written about in print, his chances dis-
cussed aud his eligibility weighed. He pur-
sues his loverliko way under the vigilant eye
of the vast horde of society gossips who con-
tribute to the weekly papers, and every move
is duly chronicled and set forth. The posi~
tivo or prospective fortune of the girl is con-
stantly printed and commented upon, and n1.
together the courtship assumes a. phase of
publicity which is decidedly a. new feature in
journalism in New York city.-—New York
Sun. .
A Tale of Two Cities.
Philadelphia. Girl—No. I have not been
west. I have just come from Londom
Westerner—Quito a. place, I s’pose.
they got hoss curs there?
“Oh, yes.”
“ ’Lectric lights?”
“Yes, indeed.”
“Well, well! Dugout City ain’t got ’lec-
trio lights yet, but we’ve got a. promise of
boss cars.”—Philndelphia. Record.
Ilev
THE DEFEATED EMPEROR
Innis Napoleon After the Battle of Sedan.
Blunmk's Salutation. '
Having left our carriage at Chcvenges,
Forsyth and I stopped there to get it, but a
long search proving fruitless, we took lodg-
ing in the village at the house of the cure,
resolved to continue the hunt in the morning.
But; then we had 'no better success, so con-
cluding that our {vehicle had been pressed
into the hospital service, we at an early hour
on the 2d of September resumed the search,
continuing on down the road in the direction
of Sedan. Near the gate of the city we came
on the German picket line, and one of the
officers, recognizing our uniforms—he having
served in the war of the rebellion—stepped
. forward and nddrmsed'me in good English.
We naturally fell into conversation, and in
the midst of it there came out through the
gate on open carriage, or lundau, containing
two men, one of whom, in the uniform of a
general and smokigig a. cigarette, we recog-
nized when the souveyanco drew near as tho
Emperor Louis apoleon.
The landnu w ut on toward Donchcry at u.
leisurely pace, Id We, inferring that there
was something ore important at hand just
than than the r overy of our trap, followed
at a respectful istance. Not quite a. mile
fromDoncherry is d_ cluster of. three or four
cottages, and at he first of these the luudau
stopped to novelties we afterward ascertained,
Count Bismarck with whom the diplomatic
negotiations we ,Jto .bcwscttled. §ome min—
utes elapsed befbro he came, Napoleon rc-
maiuing seated in his carriage meantime,
still smokingr and accepting with nonchnlauco
the staring of a. group of German soldiers
near by, who were gazing on their fallen foe
with curious and eager interest.
Presently o. cluttering of hoofs was heard,
and looking toward the sound I perceived
the chancellor centering down the road.
lVlicn abreast of the carriage ho dismounted,
and walking up to it, saluted the emperor in
a. quick, brusquc way that seemed to startle
him. After a. word or two the party moved
perhaps a. hundred yards further on, where
they stopped opposite the wenver’s cottage so
famous from that day. This little house is
on the east side of tho Donehcry road, near
its junction with that to Frcuois, and stands
about twenty paces back from the highway.
In front is a. stone wall covered with creep-
ing vines, and from a. gate in this wall runs
to the front door a path, at that time bor-
dered on both sides with potato vines.
Tho emperor having alighted at: the gate,
he and Bismarck walked together along the
narrow path and entered the cottage. Reap-
peariug in about a. quarter of an hour, they
came out and seated themselves in the open
air, the weaver having brought; a. couple of
chairs. Here they engaged in an animated
conversation, if much gesticulatiou is any in-
dication. The talk lasted fully an hour, Bis-
marck seeming to do most of it, but at last
he arose, saluted the Emperor and strode
down the path toward his horse. Seeing me
standing near the gate, he joined me for a
moment, and asked me if I had noticed how
the emperor started when they first met, and
I telling him that I had, ho added, “ch11, it
must have been due to my manner, not my
. words, for these were: ‘I salute your majesty
just us I would my king.’ ” Then the chan-
cellor continued to chat a few minutes longer,
assuring mo that nothing further was to be
done there, and that we had better go to tho
Chateaux Bellevue, where, he said, the formal
surrender was to take place. With this he
rode off toward Vendressc to communicate
with his sovereign, and Forsyth and I made
ready to go to the Chateau Bellvuc.—.Geu.
Sheridan in Scribner-’8 Magazine.
New York’s High Priced Land.
The possibilities of usefulness to society in-
herent in land are dependent for develop-
mcni; on tho labors of individuals or of cor
porntious. The greater tho expenditure of
labor the higher is the estimate of value.
This is the rule of civilization. Laud has
reached its highest price on this side the At-
lantic in the lower wards of New York.
When the Drexel building, at the southeast
corner of Wall and Broad streets, was
erected, the price per square foot of the
ground whereon it stands was the highest
paid up to that time. When, in 1882, \Vil-
linm H. Vanderbilt gave $40 per square foot
for the lots on Fifth avenue, Fifty—second
and Fifty-third streets, on which the family
mansions stand, that; was the highest price
ever paid for residential purposes. For store
sites on Fifth avenue $65 per square foot was
paid in March, 1886. D. 0. Mills paid $85
per square foot for the area. occupied by his
magnificent building on Broad street, the
Astors $100 per square foot for Nos. 8 and 10
Broadway, and the Williamsburg Fire In—
surance company 8115 per square foot for the
site of their equally impressive structure on
the northeast corner of Liberty street and
Broadway.
In the neighborhood of the old J umel estate
prices rose from ’75 to 100 per cent. between
1882 and March, 1886. The ceaseless and
costly industry of the commonwealth will
undoubtedly raise prices to higher figures
and entail heavier taxes upon owners. These
will continue to profit by the unearned incre-
ment of value; to sell, mortgage, donate and
bequeath as usual; and how this can or
ought to be otherwise, under the ordinary
operation of demand and supply. and of the
natural desire of possessors to make the best
possible use of their own property, is a. ques-
tion that the vast- mnjority will not pause to
consider.——Ricbard Whectley in Harper’s
Magazine.
”Why Organs Arc Discordunt.
A well known organist in Brooklyn says
that ho is sometimes blamed for using bad
combinations when the fault lies wholly in
the atmosphere. Organ pipes are affected by
cold and heat, and this organist says that; he
has known the pitch of a. certain stop to alter
three-fourths of a tone in a few hours.
“Often,” he says, “on Saturday night or
early on Sunday morning when 1 rehearse I
find the instrument in perfect tune, but as
soon .05 the furnaces are stoked up and a big
audience assembles the thermometer rises
and the pitch of some of my pipes rises with
it. Commonly, the organ builder allows for
this, and as the reeds seldom change he
pitches them a. trifle high in order to allow
for atmospheric shin-ping of tho other st‘bps;
but how if the temperature is low and the
other stops don’t change? Then, you see,
you’ve got a. discord and you have to shut of]!
the reeds altogether.
“Dampuess and other changes affect; organs,
too, and it is distressing when you are playi-
ing smoothly to have one of the notes ‘cipher.’
It; brings you up with n. round turn and you
have to stop and disengage the obstinate key.
rgnn playing is not all play. I’ve seen
Dudley Buck, while directing a performance
in Steinway hall, writhe when the organ
struck in and signal to the organist to stop
playing, for the heat created by the audience
and the gaslight had thrown some of the pipes
entirely oil’, and tho result was It horrible
discord.”—Brooklyn Eagle.
Widowliood Among the Hindoos.
Take the case of the widow from infancy,
shoru of all that women value anywhere in
the world, dressed in course clothing, de-
prived of her ornaments, compelled to fast
till health breaks down, made to subsist on
the coarsest of food, kept out of what amuse—
merits come in the way of the rest of the
household, forced into being the unpaid
drudge of the family, held to be the legitimate
butt of the ill nature of all, considered fit only
to amuse the children, openly called and
taught to think herself a. creature of ill omen
~this being the cause of all the rest of her
sorrows—superstition has indeed nowhere else
shown more clearly its power to pervert; the
reason of man.
How much the women dread widowhood is
exhibited to the full in the fact that to call a
women a. widow is to offer her a dire insult,
and from her earliest childhood a, girl is
taught to pray that she may die while yet
the red spot of coverturo remains on her fore-
head. III any case the fear of widowhqod
overshadows the Hindoo lady’s life, even.
though she hate her lord—Capt. R. C. Tern:
pic in J oumal of the Society of Arts.
Pccularity of Macaroni.
Macaroni isznow largely manufactured in
this country, only one pound in ten of that
consumed being imported. The industry,
however, is solely in Italian hands and under
Italian control. Ono peculiarity of this
staple article imthat ibis almost proof against
climatic changes and influences. In one of
tho caches constructed by Sir John Frank-
lin’s party a box was found intact and un-
tninted forty years after, and at the time of
tho Greely rescue the first food served the
survivors was macaroni soup. Dr. Living;
ston always endeavored to keep a. supply
while engaged in his African explorations, '
and but a. few weeks since the statement was '1
published that Henry M. Stanley’s supplies
had been reduced to a quantity of vermicelli.
—Detroit Free Press.
Settling with n. Check.
A man living in on outlying district near
Concord, N. 11., recently opened :1. bank oc-
couut in that city, depositing 3300. He was
given a. liberal quantity of checks, which he
used so ignorant-1y that he was soon brought
up and told that ho had overdrawn. When
asked to settle, with great indignation he
made this characteristic reply: “Didn’t you
give me all these checks, which are not half
uscdi If I owe you anything I will draw a.
check and pay you.”—Springfleld Repub-
lican. ~
RELICS 0F PRIMITI'v/E MAN.‘
Traces of Towns That nourished on the
Pacific Coast Ages Agar.
III glancing over the thriving city of Pasa-
leua, with its thousands of Caucasian resi-
Icnts, its evidences of culture and high
:Ivilizntion, it is difficult to realize theta
few hundred years ago it was peopled by
many more thousands, who constituted a
race far in advance of many of the western
tribes of today. They lived in flourishing
towns, had their laws, built temples, manu-
facturcd beautiful stone implements, and the
smoke of their campfires arose from every
hilltop in the length and breadth of this
summer laud. Who were they, and where
did they come from? My own opinion is that
the native population of this section can be
traced to many branches of the Mongoloid
stock. This country, if we judge by the
works of art, language, etc, was the meeting
ground for many widely differing races. In
looking for the ancestors I should go to the
Chinese, the Japanese, the people of the
Malay country, to a limited extent, and
possibly the islands of the South Pacific,
while other tribes may have reached here
from the interior of the continent and the
south.
Some years ago a. map was made showing
the location on the Pacific of junks and ves-
sels that had been blown from the coasts of
China and J npau. They were shown to have
been picked up all the way across, many
«hnv-ingbéeu curried below Son Dlégto by the.
Japanese current before the crews were 1-05-
cued; so it was an easy matter for the Jap-
anese to reach these shores. Others un-
doubtedly found their way here by way of
tho Kurile and Aleutian islands, and we
have as a result a people combining in their
lives and customs many remarkably distinct
characteristics. Even 150 years ago or less
there was so great: a. variety in language that
the Spaniards found a. different dialect every
few miles, and even Boscana. says that in his
time the natives at San Diego could not un-
derstand those at San J nan.
There is little or no evidence to show that
there was any advancement or improvement
in these people, and we know little about
them up to the time of the discovery of the
coast by Juan Rodriguez Cnbrillo, in Julie,
1642—ncarly 250 years ago. In sailing up
the coast they sighted three islands—Cle-
mentt' and Catalina—the two divisions of
Catalina appearing like two distinct islands.
The vessels of Cabrillo stopped at; various
points from San Diego to Santa. Bar-
bara. and beyond, and from the meager
descriptions we can form something of
an idea. of the inhabitants. They were In-
dians, curiously marked with slashes upon
the thighs and body with some white pig»
merit. They dressed in skins, and were
armed with bows and flint tipped arrows.
At Wilmington or San Pedro the natives
fired at; them, and wounded several of the
Spaniards.
They were undoubtedly a peaceful people,
living in large villages in the open spaces in
the canyons of Catalina and San Clementi',
and near the springs. That they were idola-
tors there is little doubt. Cabrillo refers to
a temple which he saw upon one of the
islands, the walls of which were painted and
which contained idols. This temple was
built of wood, and has been the object of re-
pentcd search by archaeologists, so far with-
out success. As to whether it was built upon
Catalina or Clementi opinion is divided.
Mr. Schumncher, who has taken many valu-
ablecollections from the islands, believes
Catalina to have been the spot, while others
favor Clementi.——Chicago Herald.
The Charities of New York.
The charities of New York city are almost
boundless. They run far up into the millions
every year, and, while it is an unquestioned
fact that the vast, too vast, army of the poor
are growing poorer and sinking deeper into
the mire of despondency and despair, a mo
jority of our people are standing on substan-
tial ground, and all, who combine with ac-
tivity and industry a. reasonable degree of
prudence and Sagacity in the present for tho
comings of the future, improve, as the years
roll on, mentally, morally, physically and
pecnuinriiy. That this people is making
marked progress along the upper realms
of literature, art, science can readily be
shown. Look at our magnificent bazars,
where are books, the very publishing of
which, tho very physical attractiveness of
which, is a suggestion. Look at our picture
galleries Read the reports, semi-monthly
at the very least, of sales of notable pictures,
running all the way from humble hundreds
to ambitious thousands, by the score. Good
taste is evident; in selection, wisdom in up-
pareut extravagance.
We have salons in New York where lines
and rows of the best works by the best
masters can be seen. Our public galleries as
yet amount to but little, but our private col-
lections are phenomenal. .Standard works
sell well. Cyclopuedias, histories, attractive
volumes of poetic genius find no stintcd mar-
ket. Lectures on scientific subjects, particu-
larly such as take hold of the stars above
and the earth beneath, are liberally patron-
ized. Experts whose investigations, long
and patient and enduring, bring down to the
understanding of the common mind those
wonderful worlds beyond the ken of the or-
dinary, are listened to with rapt attention.
Instructivo and entertaining lectures apropos
of discoveries, not alone in foreign countries,
at in our own unknown land, intelligently
put, in popular phrase and in understand-
able language, are heard with unfeigned in-
terest. The time has come when man seeks
to know something of his part. The story of
preglacial man, prehistorical man,the story of
the stars, not only interest book worms, ex-
plorers and expeditioners, but are found in
tho boudoir of beauty and on the table of
the litterateur.—Joo Howard in Boston Globe.
Relics of Early Burbarism.
Few who bedeck themselves with gold and
silver ornaments pause to reflect upon the
original signification of such things, or im-
agine that they are the relics of the barbar-
ism of our early history. Yet undoubtedly
such is like case. The glittering necklet
'whi'ch the Nineteenth century lady Clasps
around her neck is only a. survival of the old
practico of placing a. metal collnr upon a
slave as a mark of ownership, and the brace-
let of the maiden and the mnnacle of tho
felon have a common origin. In the same
way rings were once worn as a. badge of
serfdom, but possibly because of the case
with which they could be detached from the
finger and destroyed their use for this pur-
pose was soon abandoned.
Among the early Jews they were used as a.
symbol of authority. Pharaoh placed his
ring upon the finger of J oseph when he mm‘. s
him ruler over Egypt, as a sign that he had
invested him with supreme power; and King
Ahasuerus sealed his grant to Mordecai and
the J ows with his Signet ring, saying, “That
which is sealed with the king’s seal no man
may reverse.” In medieval times the Signet
ring of a sovereign or powerful noble was
considered sufficient warrant of authority,
and to the wearer was an open smamo in all
places where its owner bad influence. Some
of this signification has been handed down to
our own day, and bishops still wear a ring
upon the third finger of the right hand as a
mark of their episcopal authority—London
Standard.
Picturesque Scenery in Spain.
The little towns We pass look like houses
made of building blocks, with elfln castles on
tho summits of miniature mountains. They are
very picturesque—almost too much so—and
add much to the unreality and beauty of the
landscape. They seem so quiet in appearance,
that it is hard to believe that the time worn
walls contain the group of beggars, the tink-
ling bells of the donkeys, and the noise of the
brightly dressed throng.
There can be no country in the world
which offers such a. panorama of natural in-
terest as Spain. It is as shifting in color as
o. kaleidoscope. Here are flocks of goats
coming down the mountain paths to water at
the clear valley streams. The steep roads
are covered with burros and gnyly dressed
drivers, and along the roads stand the crosses
raised to show that some one was slain there
by the wayside. The mortality must have
been great, judging by the number one sees
everywhere—IV. Parker Bodfish in Demo-
rest’s Monthly.
A Barren Matting museums.
APhilndclphia man has invented a ma-
chine that, with the help of six bands, will
turn out as many barrels in a. day as sixty
men can make. The machine has been suc-
cessfully operated, and coopers are taking a
good deal of interest in it. If it proves
financially successful it will probably revo-
lutionize the coopcr's trade—Chicago Herald.
Tho Debating Society.
The fizhwcnksville Debating society re-
cently wrestled several hours at the question,
“Why do handbooks have so many footnotes
in them 3”—Shoe and Leather porter.
Before and After.
When a. man is going out to the races he
calls them “pointers.” "When he comes back
he calls them “disappointers.”
Cauliflower seed are eight times as valua-
ble by weight as silver. They sell at {‘8 an
ounce.
Gold was first coined in Christendom in
1320.
TEA GATHERING iN INDIA.
Coolie Women Flocking the Mat—In the
Withering House-Fermentation.
The five grades of Indian teas—broken
Orange Pekoe, broken Pekoe, Pekoe, Pekoe
Souchong and Souchong—are all procured
from the same plant. When a. shoot is
plucked fromn. tea plant it bears three or
four lean/m and a bud. The smallest bud
and leaf on the stalk make the finest teas,
and the lower leaves on the stalk, when
sifted, malts the coarser kinds of tea. The
coolic wom on. who are constantly employed
from April to December plucking the leaf,
are mustered between 5 and 6 o’clock in the
morning, and then go out to the portion of
the garden where the leaf is quite randy to
boplueked, which is, as a rule, once every
eight days. At 11 o’clock the women are
brought; in to weigh their forenoou’s leaf.
and get leave to have food and a. rest till 1 p.
m., when they go out again and come’in for
the day at 0 p. in. On an average day women
will pluck thirty to forty pounds, which they
carry in baskets on their backs, with a. strap
on the head, which leaves them both hands
free to pluck the leaf from the plants, which
after three or four years grow to- be large
bushes.
The leaf, when brought in and weighed, is
carried up info the lofts by the women. to the
factory men, who are told of! to spread it on
withering traps or “chulnies,” whi_ are
‘piamir‘tré‘rs our 'at‘esgttue‘ten‘gtni‘o “the
withering house, which allows of the leaf
getting the quantity of air required to wither
it: properly for manufacture next morning.
As a rule, when the weather is favorable for
withering, ten manufacture begins at 5 a. in.
The leaf is put into rolling machines, which
are made with such perfection that the mo-
tion of the hand rolling—used in all tea gur-
dens before machinery was adopted—is now
obtained by the use of cranks and cog wheels.
The leaf is given a. light or a. heavy pressure,
according to the state it is in during the time
it is in the rolling machine. It is then taken
out and spread on fermenting tables to get
the necessary fermentation, which gives the
tea the red coppery color Infused tea. leaves
have.
After getting the proper fermentation, the
leaf gets a second roll of short duration to fix
the color of the fermentation. The second
roll being finished, the rolled leaf is taken to
the drying machines to be dried. The most
skilled factory hands work these machines,
and they give the leaf the proper amount
of drying, which gives the tea. the black color
as you see it. The tea. is now ready to bo
sifted into the different grades. After the
whole tea has been put through a ten
breaker, it is then passed through a sifting
machine—a long revolving cylindrical frame,
with the varied sizes of wire meshes attached
to it, worked at u. slight angle, so that the
tea as it revolves falls through the different
meshes, under each of which are sheets which
convey the tea. into boxes, each grade of ten
being kept separate. The tea. is now ready
for a final drying before packing—Cor.
North British Advertiser.
Gen. Sheridan After vaelottc.
The headquarters now became the scene of
much bustle, dispatches announcing the vic-
tory being sent in all directions. The first;
one transmitted was to the queen, the king
directing Count Bismarck to prepare it for
his signature; then followed others of a. more
official character, and while these matters
were being aptended to I thought I would
ride into the village to find, if possible, some
water for my horse. Just as I entered the
chief street, however, I was suddenly halted
by a squad of soldiers, who, taking me for a.
French ofiicer (my coat and forage cup rc-
sembh'ug those of the French), leveled their
pieces at me. They were greatly excited, so
much so indeed that I thought my hour had
come, for they could not understand Eug-
lish, and I could not speak German, and
dared not utter explanations in French. For-
tunntely a few disconnected German words
came to me in the emergency. With these I
managed to delay my execution, and one of
the party ventured to come up to examine
the “suspect” more closely. The firstthing
he did was to take off my cup, and looking it
over carefully his eyes rested on the three
stars above the visor, and pointing to them
he emphatically pronounced Inc French.
Then, of course, they all became excited
again, more so than before even, for they
thought I was trying to practice a. ruse,
and I question whether I should have lived to
recount the adventure had not an ofilccr be-
longing to the king's headquarters been pass
ing by just then, when, hear'mg the threats
enings and imprecntions, he rode up to learn
the cause of the hubbub and immediately
recognized and released me. When he told
my wrathy captors who I was, they were
much mortified, of course, and made the
most profuse apologies, promising that no
such mistake should occur again, and so on;
but: not feeling wholly reassured, for my uni-
form was still liable to mislead, I was careful
to {return to headquarters in company with
my deliverer. There I related what had oc-
curred, und after a. good laugh all round, the
king provided me with a. pass which he said
would preclude any such mishap in the fu-
ture and would also permit me to go wher—
ever I pleased—a. favor rarely bestowed.—
Gen. Sheridan in Scribner’s Magazine.
Diet of Old Farmers.
In regard to food, the evidence is fso uni-
formly one way that those who advise a sim-
ple diet, and those who cry out against meat,
must either hold their theories to be above
facts or give them up. There is certainly
nothing “simple” about the diet of a. New
England farmer. It consists of salt and fresh
pork and beef and all sorts of common fish
and vegetables, almost always poorly cooked,
and pies and cakes of the most indigestible
sorts. The food is “plain,” truly, and gives
the digestivo'orgnns {an abundance of work
to do, but it is not such food as a. theorist
would recommend to one who desired to live
near up to the century mark. Ten. and coffee
have certainly proved that they do nottend
to shorten life, even if they do not prove that
they help to prolong it. The generally ac-
cepted theory in relation to stimulants, that
in excess tiny are not life sustaining, receives
strong support. Tobacco appears to prove
itself harmless, at least on the temperament;
of these people. Whether it be a help to live
long requires other evidence.
While the farmers of New England and
their wives are n cleanly people, they are not
much given to bathing. This neglect may
not have prolonged their existence or made
them more healthy, but it is to be presumed
that it has not cut off many years or caused
much disease. Neither are the members of
these households well informed in relation to
sanitary matters. They know little of the
unseen dampness to which the human system
is so constantly exposed, and, knowing little,
can little, May not this be an influence in
favor of a prolonged existence, paradoxical
as the supposition may seemt—Clement M.
Hammond in Popular Science Monthly.
Au Atrocious Falsehood.
“Speaking of liars, Annnias was an ama-
teur as compared to Mosely.”
“Has Mosely distinguished himself?”
“I should say so. He was telling me just
now theta. tramp went into his yard this
morning and sawed half a. cord of wood be
fore asking for anything to cat."——Lincoln
State Journal.
Montusrowu, TENN., July 4, 1388-
Thc Swift Specific Co., Atlanta, (33.:
Gentlemen—Five years ago I was so un-
fortunate as to contractmn extremely bad
case of blood poison. My bones 'ached and
my muscles began to swell and contract. I
was under treatment of the physician from
the inception of the disease until I found
that he could do me no good. Then,
through the advice of a friend I began tak-
ing 5. S. S. Your medicine seemed to have
an immediate effect. I took six bottles, and
to-day am sound and well. That was two or
three. years ago, but I have seen no evidence
of the return 02 the disease, and I take this
opportunitv to thank you for what it has done
for me. It savsl my life. You can refer
any one to m.‘. R. M. WALL.
FAT‘lISRSVILLI-T, True, June 22, 1888.
The Swift Specific Co., Atlanta, (3a.:
Gentlemen—The mother of a member
of our firm was afflicted with a cancerous
sore on her face for about twenty years.
During the past f :w years it troubled her
very much by continued pain and itching.
She used your 3;. S. 5., and the sore has
disappeared and is apparently well. Should
it bienk out again, will advise you.
Very truly,
ExDLE’I‘ON, YEARLY & RILEY,
Druggists.
Three book; mailed free on application.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC co.,
Drawer 3. Atlanta, Ga.
I lnwe been troubled with catnrrh for
the past ten years and have tried a num—
ber of remedies, but found no relief until
I purchased fl bottle of Ely’s Cream Balm.
1 consider it the most reliable preparation
for cutarrh and cold in the head—Geo. E.
Crundull, P. Iii., Quonochuwntaug, R. I.
In Peru there is a station on the Andes
14,300 feet above the sen.
[lay fever, Asthma. Relief guaranteed,
Fontaine’s Cure. For sale by druggists.
C. anhnm,11Mnin street,NorwnIk.
,‘t'han inseam
15.5ng horses,
IlAB‘RirAIIEm Ii,
Next to Gregory’s" Stablesiioiglt sil'oet
Where he does first-class
Carriage Repairing and Painting
1-9 H At Rodoonablol’ric’os.
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A Full Stock.OIZFurnitureof'aIl’kindH'
Pililtilléllil] olouoollsoos
a specialty.
DAVID . STOW.
, Main Street fo‘pp. Depot
SOUTH N0RW£LK;GONN
P. H.‘ DWYER.
lite largest Stock of iiamess
EVER DISPLAYED IN TM.
All First-Class, Hand Stitched, Oak 'l'nnnen
Pennsylvania Leather
THIRD CLASS PRICES.
Cull early as I intend to sell at SMALL PROFIT,
SEYENI Y-FIVE
Set Stools out Double Harness.
HARDEIIBRDOK "All.
Over Mitchell's Market, next. door to PJI. Dwy-
or: old stand. let!
EQUITABLE MORTGAGE CO»
OF KANSAS CITY. CAPITAL 82,000,000
Absolutely Pure.
This Powder never varies. A marvel of pure
strength ,and wholesomeuess. More economic
_ . kinds,andcunnotbeaoldincom-
petition with the multitude of low test, short
weight, aiium or phosphate powders.
ROYAL BAKING I’ownsn 00.,106 Wall St., N. Y.
EElilESS '
LADIESi was
Do Your: Own Dyeing, at Home.
They will dye everything. They are sold every,
where. Price 10¢. a package. They have noequal
for Strength, Brightness. Amount in Packages
or for Fastness of Color, or non-fading Qualities.
They do not crock or smut; 400010“. For sale by
J. G. Gregory .h 00.; C. Laphnm, it Main Street;
Geo B. Plulsted. Draggists. iy27
CATARR H ELY’S
CREAM BIIM
Cleanses the
\a al Passag-
es, allays pain
andinflamma
lion healslhe
sores. restor-
es the senses
of taste and
smell.
HAY-FEVER our rss cuss
Aparticlc is applied into each nostril and is
agreeuhie. Price 50 cents at Druggisis ; by mail,
registered, 60 ets. ELY BROTHERSJsG Warren
Street, New York. iy44
3 O“! elTON'S FURNACES
i.‘-‘lT'.-I LATEST PATENT IMPROVEHEN‘I’S
ARE MANUI’ACTURED ONLY BY
The Boyn’ton Furnace Go
N. A.B-:1‘2:::-z:, Brest. 207 d 1‘09 WATER ST., N.‘
I
6 and 7 er cent. Debeutnre Bonds and Mort
Loans at 'ar and Accrued Interest. gage
R. B. CRAUFURD, Agent,
Room 2 Masonic Buiidlr g
HENRY TILLY
CARRIAGE MAKER,
SOUTH NOR WALK, - CONN
Manufacturer of
Family Carriages, Victories, Buggies, to.
All Kinds of Repairing.
JOHN s ATKINSON, '
Wholesale and Retail Dealer in
Harness, Blankets,
Trunks, Bags,
Sole Leather and Shoe Findings, and Boot
and Shoe Uppers.
Corner of Pairfleld Ave. and liddle Street
Bridgeport. Conn.
leg-mks. «an..-» -
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For Sale.
ADOUBLE BARRELLED RIFLE madeby J oh
Blissett, London. Will be sold cheap to
F. w. JAQUI, Jr.
NORWALK, CONN.
2mm: cash. Enquireatthsomce.
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r:-:- Page’s Climax Salve, g .
II" A FAMILY BLESSING FOR 25 CENTS. :2
Its action upon the system is unlike any other external remedy, as it never drives the
disease to tho Internal Organs. lts properties go to the diseased part, and separate
all the misonous and corrupt humor-s, through the perspiring vessels to the surface, and
eradicatcs the disease from the system. “it: warrant it to cure Old Sores. Ulcers.
Scrofula. Sores, Salt Rheum. Sore Breasts or Nipples, Inflamed Eyes, Swollen Glands,
Erysipelas, Boils, Scaltls, Burns, Cuts, Bruises, Fistula, Piles. Corns, Bunions, ClnI.
blsius, Frosted Feet. and all cutaneous diseases on man and beast.
PAGE’S CLIMAX SALVE acts like magic on horse flesh in curing Scratches, Mange, UH
Sores, Fresh Cuts, Snake Bites, Bruises, Burns, Saddle and Harness Gulls, Chafes. etc. It is put up in
Lox-:5 three times larger than any other Salve, and srld at the low price oftwenty-fivc cents 1 er box.
1: is \vzirmntcd to cure in every case or money refunded. For Sale by Druggists and Dealers in medicine
everywhere.
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horrors LIFE Pius.
THE GREAT S'I'OMACH AND LIVER REME .
Established by one of our most: eminent physicims and recommended by the medical
profession and drucgists who know their real merit, and are used woth more pleasmg
results than any other medicine. .
Moffztt's Life Pills are purely vegetable. They act on the stomach, bowels, l;vcr
and kidneys, purify! and regulate the whole system, and are warranted a. certain cure
for all Malarious Diseases, Totpid Liver, Impure Blood, Jnundice, Britons Complaints,
Dyspepsia, Loss of Appetite, Indigestion, Costiveness, Nervous and Mel: Headache.
Neuralgia and Nervous Diseases, Female obstructions and General weakness. Scurvy.
luflannnntory Rheumatism, Piles of every kind, Gravel and Diseases of the Bladder and
Kidneys, Colds and Fever and Ague.
MOFFAT’S LIFE PILLS arc elegantly Sugar coated and easy to take and are :1 perfect oftrr
dinner Pill, one taken after dinner each dnv \voll nod digestion and cure nil disorders of the Stan-och.
Headache and Sick Headache cannot exist if these Pills are used. For costivencss take onePilI at bedtime.
. MOFF’AT’S PHOENIX BITTERS
Are not a drink used for intoxication, but a. pure medicine and only used by people
who are sick. They correct the secretions of the stomach and are a. sure cure for
Dyspepsia, Sleeplessness, Nervousnc s, chility, Weakness, Loss of Appeti'e, Femul r
Complaints, etc. Thousands of certificates are in possession of the proprietor, giving
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 try them once. their use will convince the most skeptical.
PAGE'S CLIMAX SALVE, 25c.a Box. MOFFAT’S LIFE PILLS, 25¢. a Box. ~MOFFAT’S
PHOENIX BITTERS, $1.00 a Bottle. For Sale by Druggists and Dealers in median, .- everywhere,
or sent by mail. or Express, prepaid, on receipt of price. .
J'. P. MILLS, Sole Proprietor.
85 LIBERTY STREET. NEW YORK.
P . ‘, CELERI’
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Brilllant J’ COMPOUND
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d d nt-
, Economics. "eura'g‘a shortness»
_ " Mrs. LA. BRENTNEI,
Are Diamond Dyes. They excel all others Nervous San Jacinxo,(:ai.
in Strength, Purity and Fastness. None others “Mm “sin m b°,_
- ~ - . Prostratlon u r p . i -
are Just as good. Beware of Imitations—they {55 ° 3:121:12?ch
are made of cheap and inferior materials and gt rhgumaltlism."
give poor, weak, crocky colors. Rheumatism Etgch°$§::fi°Il
36 colors; :0 cents each. “n has done ”pm
Send postal for Dye Book, Sample Card, directions Kidney good for kidney disease
for coloring Photos., making the finest Ink or Bluing thannzny . other medi-
(io cts. a quart), etc. Sold by Drugg'ists or by Diseases mneéiouxejnify. 91:31;
WELLS, RICHARDSON & 60., Burlington, Vt. "hing, Celery Com
. #——- _ , AND ound has been of at
For Golding or Bronzing Fancy Articles, USE ‘ A“ LIVOI' Egnefix {or (0.13% tum.
i d‘ c.‘tion.an ileum
DIAMOND PAINTS. DISOI‘dOI’S €53: ELIerllT‘l} C.
Gold, Silver. Bronze. Copper. Only to Cents. "M'L’Quec u" r.
IF YOU WANT
A HEATER
THAT WILL . _
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