ESTABLISHED 1800
Volume LXXXVIII.
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An Enterprising Republican Journal, especially devoted to Local News and Interests.
NORWALK, CONN, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1888.
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TWO DOLLARS A YEAR
. Number 50.
GEO-WARD BELLECK,
snaosusaoox's BLOCK. WALL smear,
FAMILY GROCERIES.
ATENTS I
G. n. small-01v,
Washington. D. C.
‘0 me ... U- S- tulle in Internists Ilallei iIee.
PATENT OFFICE.
a. II. llItAUFUIII),
Investments, Real Estate and insurance,
I00.“ 2, MASONIC BUILDING.
Wm. Lockwood,
Real Estate, Insurance and Investment
Securities.
MONEY 'I‘O LOAN.
Insurance Placed In First-Class campanlen
villus—Cor. MAIN a WALL s'rs.. sonwuu
Iy 13 —
.l. BELDEN ll.Ult‘l.BU'l"l‘.
lltnrnen and Cnnmelnr at Law,
Room No. 4. Up Stairs.
I: \ZE'l‘TE BUILDING, NORWALK, CONN.
”ALEX. s. GIBSON,
Organist of let. Congregational Church. Waterbury,
Teacher of
Pianofor 6, Organ and Musical
Composition,
Lock Box 39 P O..NOIIWALK,CONN.
ll. Ii. Byingtou.
Pension ant Patent Attorney,
No. 241 EIGHTH STREET, N. E,
the
WASHINGTON, D. (I.
‘1‘ A leUItA MI: 0., of HARTFORD.
1' 7 Incorporated 1812. Charter Perpetual.
CA I‘I'I‘A I. A 5 ll ASSETS, $8,902,2 72.04.
insures against loss and damage by Fire. on
erms adopted to the hazard and consistent with
he laws of compensation. COWLES a M ItRRI LL,
Sole Agents for Norwalk and motility.
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Norwalk Fire Insurance ()0.
line now completed its
i8th SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS YEAR
and has not outstandingadollar of unpaid losses
)r claims for losses. No amend contpmm insures
for less. .
it. C. STREET, Pres, GEO. B. ST. JOHN. l‘reas.,
GEO. R. Cowms Secretary.
Express.-
i’atronlze the old reliable
ADAMS EXPRESS COMPANY.
Low RATES AND Pnoni-T DELIiniv.
Brunch Otilce, Norwalk. at- S. K. Slantleyz’s
. . ("the at. be or South Norwnlk. fl'
“m ( p ' L. IIUNT. Agent.
u.a.rnssxn,
THE HAIRGUTTER,
No. I Gazette Building.
HOT AND COLD BATHS.
PENSIONS”
And GOVERNMENT CLAIMS mv solebusi-
mess. Rejected and increase claims a speciality.
limn’t delay. Address or visit
GEN. WM. NOBLE,
No. 91 STRATEORI) AVE , Bums i-OET, CT
H E II II I- II U s 8,
Restaurant, Cafe antlSmeling Ream,
Grand Central Station,
4 STREET AND 41‘“ AVENUE, New YORK
Entrance from waiting room, New York,l ggw
Haven and Hartford railroad.
‘0. EWILSON,
at annual Insurance In Ileal Estate Agent
Money to Loan.
.tocks, Bonds, &c., Bought and Sold
and Loans Negotiated at Lowest
Rates of Interest. .
‘ROOII NO. 3 GAZETTE BUILDING
Nouwux. Conn.
F. K O C O U II,
Merchant Tailor,
llas received a Full Line of Fine Woolens ior
SPRING AND SUMMER TRAN,
Which he will make up in
Best Style at line Vern Lowest Prmes.
Satisfaction Guaranteed!
3 and 15 Main Street, Norwalk, Conn.
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W. H. MEEKER.
Plumbing, Steam and Gas Filling,
SOUTII NORWALK, CONN.
unitary Plumbing, and Ventilation, and
3w Pressure Steam Heating, 8 Specialty.
PLUMBERS‘ SUPPLIES.
Pipe and Fitting for Steam and Gas.
Agent forthc Florida Low Pressure Boiler.
Facilities for Cutting and Threading all Sizes of
me. not!
Gen. II. [tag/mount,
Furniture Dealer.
AT THE OLD STAND,
36. MAIN STREET.
A Large Stock of all kinds of Furniture Cheap
for Cash. Also
FURNISHING UHDERTAKfB.
I am prepared to take charge day or night and
urnlsh everything necessary for the internent. of
ne dead. 'I‘elepuune Connection with resideilipg
No. 3 Bernie y I‘lace.
F. W. JAQUI, JR,
DEALER IN
Slatesl’nrll : In“ ti ages
Furnaces and Steam Heaters,
’I‘in, Sheet Iron, Copper, Wooden, Glass
and Crockery Ware.
Refrigerators and House Furnishing Goods.
Generally. A Full line of
CHILDREN’S CARRIAGES.
Piumblng, Gas and Steam Fitting, and Hot Air
Engineering. Agent for the Richardson
dz Boynton Co’s.
Furnaces and Ranges,
Also agent for the Economy
LAM & WARM Am COMBINATION HEATER
kinds of Ornamental and Plain Slatelng, 'l‘in
Shingle Rooting.
mpairitu Done by Experienced Workmen
Short. Notice.
6’3 WALL STREET,
“013“ ALK, CONN
A NARROW VALE.
Life is a narrow vale between the cold
And barren peaks of two eternities.
We strive in vain to look beyond the heights.
We cry aloud: the only answer
Is the echo of our wailing cry.
From the voiceless lips of the nnreplying dead
There comes no word; but in the night of death
Hopefisees a star, and listening love can hear
The rustle of a wing.
These myths were born of hopes and fears, and
tears
And smiles; and they were touched and COIOI‘CCI
By all there is of joy and grief between
The rosy dawn of birth and death’s sad night.
They clothed even the'stnrs with passion.
And gave to gods the faults and frailties
Of the sons of men. In them the winds
And waves were music, and all the lakes and
Streams, springs, mountains, woods and perfume-J
dells I
Were haunted by a thousand fairy forms.
—Rohcrt Ci. Ingcrsoll.
WANTED.
Mnrtie Woodbridge—her name was Martha,
hut no one called her so—Iived on the out;-
skirts of a small village. Her father was a
tamer, but not a prosperous one. Nature
with her frosts and droughts was always get-
ting the upper hand of him, and the crops
which he raised were sure to be those which
bronchi t lowest price in the market. The
duller o rin’ stripped his apple trees, and a
late frost blighted the corn and oats. He
had the misfortune to buy‘ a. cow which ip-
troduced the cattle disease intoJiis farm yard,‘
and Creamer, Spottie and Whitefuce—ther
three cows that always filled their pails the
fullest and made the most golden ,buttcr—
sickened and died.
This was the question which Martic puzzled
over from day to day, coming at last to the
conclusion that she must try her luck in the
big world which she had seen so little of out-
side of her own small village. She would go
to London, and, if possible, find there a Sit-
uatiou as governess, in which she could at
least provide for her own support.
Her mother let fall a. few quiet tears over
the plan, and, smiling patient-1y through
them, said:
“Ask your father.”
Mr. Woodbridge said “NO” at first; but
having lain awake all night over his difil-
culties, he called Martie to him, kissed her
solemnly, gave a weary sigh, and with it his
consent.
So it came to pass on a cool, crisp October
morning, when the woods were at their
brightest autumn flush, and the frost had
stiffened the grass into little silvery blades
and spears, and made the few pale flowers
that lingered by the roadside hang their heads,
that Mai-tic put on her bravest smile, iniade
hopeful, comforting little speeches, kissed
them all good-by at home—the dear old home,
so full of joys and troubles—and started for
the city, to put into that great, hurrying,
driving, jostling market the wares she had to
offer.
Martin was eager and full of hope; but,
alas! how much eagerness and hopefulness go
down to death every day in the frantic rush
and scramble for the good things going.
Martie in the great city looking for work to
do seemed like a quiet little men trying to
pick up a worm ora crumb where hawks and
vultures were snatching and clawing for
plunder. - .
Mai'tie was met the moment she stepped
from the train by an old friend of the family,
who had kindly promised to receive her at
her house and do what she could to assist
her. The next day, early in the morning, a
modest, unpretending little advertisement
was sent to one of the daily newspapers.
What a stupendous afi’air itseemed to Marble,
and how her unsophisticated little heart beat
at the thought of it! Nothing could come of
it that day, i never; and while she goes out
witgi Mrs. :.. ~ : to doalittle shopping, and
stare at a few of the city lions, let us take a
look at the quarteis she has fallen into.
Mrs. Allen kept a small, private lodging
house, very select and very genteel. Its in-
mates were learned Professor Bigwig and
family, from whose presence at certain liter-
ury aroma was supposed to pervade the at-
inosphcre; the brilliant Col. Boreas, hero—
acccrding to his own account—bf numberless
battles; a. rising young lawyer, with his
pretty, blushing girl wife, all fresh and lovely
in her new bridal toilet; a rich widow and her
still richer daughter, who, it was said, was
soon to become the helpmate of the clerical
member of the household, the Rev. Paul
Appolcs; and last, though not least, the
representative of the fine arts, Mr. Raymond,
an artist whose pictures had won golden
praises from critics and connoisseurs, and
golden dollars from purchasers.
Mr. Raymond was Martie’s left hand neigh-
bor at the table. \Vith the first glance at his
dark face, iron gray hair and mustache, and
deep set gray eyes, she felt rather inclined to
be afraid of him. When he smiled she liked
him better and thought the gray eyes looked
kind, and she felt very shy and lonesome
among all those strange faces. She was glad
to have him talk a little to her, and take care
that she was provided with all she wanted.
0n the second morning after her arrival in
the city Martie‘s advertisement appeared.
Mrs. Allen sent a paper up to her room be-
fore she was out of bed, so that almost as
soon as her eyes were open she had begun to
hope, and to be afraid and to wonder if, out
of so many people whom she supposed would
come to see her, any one of them would think
welfenough of her to want her services.
Martie was very painstaking with her
toilet that morning. She wanted to look her
best. She spent twice the usual time over
her wavy, golden brown hair; and when she
had put on her pretty gray dress—tho gray
dress was for morning and the black silk for
afternoon—and fastened the dainty, spotless
collar and cuffs, she dallied fully five min-
utes over her little stock of ribbons, trying
this one and that, and went down at last to
breakfast, looking to Mr.‘ Raymond’s artist’s
eyes, which: took ,. her. in at a glance, like a
wild rose just out , of ,9. thicket, with the
dewy mornin" glitu brimming in her
brown eyes, ,t spinners rose petals in her
cheeks, and _' soft,.‘warx'n, shimmering sun-
beams woven into the ripple of her brown
hair. How his artist fingers longed for can-
vas and colors' togive his beloved St. Agnes
that beautiful airt ,
But the wild ; shjmightasyvell have been
blooming in, her .nativo thicket. In vain
Mattie peeped ifrom - her front windows, and
held her breath when the door bell rang.
No one cametosee the gray dress that morn-
Ing. , - -*
The black dress fared better. It was called
upon, and Martie went down to the parlor
with her heart» in her mouth, to meet the
grand lady whose carriage and dashing
horses she had watched as they drew up in
splendid style before the house. But, alas!
Max-tie was not experienced, and Martic was
too young, and, though madam did not say
so, Martin was too pretty, and to set youth
and beauty before him in the shape of a
young governess would be tempting Provi-
dence. Madam was very sorry, hoped this
and that, and swept gracefully out to her
carriage, while Mattie mounted with rather
a. slow step to her little fourth story room, to
watch and wait, and wonder if everybody
would find her too young. She was not to
blame for it, anyhow, she said to herself, try-
ing to coax a. laugh.
No one else came that day, but the next
morning there’was an early call for “the lady
who advertised.” Mattie was glad she had
on the gray dress; perhaps she looked older in
it. But gray or black was all the same; she
was again weighed in the balance and found
wanting—not in years this time, but in Ger-
man—and as one weary hour after another
went by, and no other applicants appeared,
Mar-tie grew heavy hearted. Her advertise-
ment was to appear for three days. Two had
already passed, resulting in disappointment.
Mrs. Allen tried to encourage her, but when
night came, and the 0 O’clock dinner, Martha
felt sad and homesick.
“I hope no one has made arrangements to
carry you off just yet,” Mr. Raymond said,
asho took a. seat beside hen-at their end of
the long table.
“No," said Martie. “No one wants me.
I’m too young and I don’ know German.”
And 11' big round tear rolled over into her
teacup.
“There’s no cause for discouragement in
that, lassure yea,” said Mr. Raymond. ".I.
know people who would not find fault with
you on either score."
Then he went on talking to her in such a
pleasant way that she soon became inter-
ested, forgot all her troubles and the tear in
her teacup, and was as merry as though ‘she
had been older and had known German.
Mr. Raymond stayed down stairs until 10
o'clock, read aloud an old time fireside story,
and kept the; ball of conversation rolling in
such pleasant channels that the evening was
gone before Mattie knew it. and in spite of
all her disappointment-it had somehow been
the pleasantest one she had spent there.
The next morning a. lad y came to see Mar-
tio in behalf of her mother—in-law, and Mar-
tha-engaged to go on the following day to see
the place and people.
There was no poetry about Mrs. Myrick.
She was pure, unadulterated; wanted her
girls to have a. good, strong education—no
gimcracks, no furrin language to jabber in.
She was willin to pay good wages—would
give her governess twenty pound a year and
her board; but she mustn’t expect much
waiting on. They didn’t keep any servants
-—-didn’t need any; a. pity ’twould be it two
hearty girls like hers couldn’t do their own
work.
POOI‘IAIIIJ‘IIe! She would not say no at .
once; because this was. thus 'Ear,'iicr only
chance, so she promised to give an answer
soon, and went back to her room, praying
heaven to send her something better.
She thought her prayer was answered
When a gentleman called that evening, talked
with her about his three little girls, and
i seemed well satisfied with the modest ac-
count she gave of herself. III: was very par-
ticular about music, however, and would be
glad to hear llliss Woodbridge play. Their
interview had taken place in the kindly shel—
ter of the quiet little reception room; but the
piano was in the big parlor, and in there the
professor and the Rev. Paul Appolos were
discussing earth and heaven. The colonel
was~ stalking about, showing off his martial
figure, and the young bride, by the side 'of
her new lord, was holding,r court in the midst
of a lively circle of callers.
Shy, bashful Martiel how could she play
before all those 3 people? Poor, timid little
\vren, that had just crept from under the
mother's wing and flown out; of her nest!
Could she Show what sweet music she know
how to make with a crowd of listeners?
There was none of tho airs and graces of
the music pounding young woman about
Marnie. as She dropped down upon the piano
stool and took a moment’s grace before cu-
icring upon the dreadful ordeal. "Twas no
use waiting, but oh, if the gentleman would
only sit down! Why will he stand before
her and watch her poor, frightened fingers
as they trip and stumble, give a wild jump
for a distant a note and miss ~ it, make a. dive
for One octave 'und light on another, and at
KISIJJOSQ ghejr, way» nitdfi'eflihr and go on
chasing each other up and down' the key
board. Martie knows the piece she is trying
to play as well as she knows her own name,
but it all files out of her head and slips away
from her fingers, and she ends at last with a.
finale of her own improvising, feeling her
hair stand straight on head as she does it.
The gentleman was “lunch obliged,” left
almost immediately, and Martie, in a. state
of grief and mortification, was rushing
through the hall, cxclaiming, with a sob. as
she covered her face with her hands: “What
shall I do?” when she was suddenly stopped
at; the foot of the stairs by Mr. Raymond.
“My dear child,” said he, “don’t take it so
to heart. I’ve heard you play that piece be‘
fore, and thought how well you did it; but,
of course, you couldn’t play with all those
. people staring and listening. The man wasa
brute to ask you to do it.”
"0 in), itis I who am such a simpleton,”
said Marcie, "but you are very good to me;”
and she hurried on up stairs, longing to get
where nobody could see her, but feeling
comforts: Ii. little even then by the tender
sympathy which had done its best to console
Ill‘l'.
Once in her own room, the flood gates were
opened, and Mun-tie cried over what she
culled her disgraceful failure, until she had
succeeded i.i getting up a. raging headache.
Then she \‘v‘t‘lll. to bed With the determination
of writing {.1 the morning to Mrs. Myrick,
informing that lady that She was ready to
accept her offer and enter upon the “educa-
tion” of her children. But before she had
time to carry her resolution into effect Mrs.
Myrick herself appeared, having made up her
mind that Mnrtio would not do for them.
She hadn’t been brought up in their ways,
and was likely to be too particular.
'l‘hus vanished all hopes of success from ad-
vertising. Mrs. Allen ncxt advised that
Martie should try one of the educational
agencies in the city, and an application was
accordingly made. Then followed more days
of anxious waiting :1 id of hope deferred, re-
sulting at last in a. visit and a generous offer
from a lady who won Martie’s heart at the
outset with her pleasant face and winning
ways, and her gentle, motherly talk about
the little boy and two little girls at home
for whom she wsmted a. teacher and compan-
ion. But, alas, that home lay hundreds of
‘ miles away.
It seemed to Martic like going to the ends of
the earth. She had twenty-four hours in
which to decide; spent half the time in wan-
dering between yes and no—bctween the
courage to go and tho homesickness that
crept over her at the very thought of it.
Then, scolding herself for a genuine coward,
shoemade up her mind that go she must and
go she would.
“What!” exclaimed Mr. Raymond, in a
tone of surprise, “have you really made up
your mind to go so far from home and all
your friends?"
“Yes, I must go,” said Martie, with a little
quiver in her voice. ' "Please don’t say any-
thing to discourage me.”
"I wouldn’t for the world,” returned Mr.
Raymond, “only that I know of a situation
nearer home which you can have if you.will
accept it. Come into the reception room, and
I will tell you about it.”
Martie was all eagerness now. How de-
lightful if, after all, she should not be
obliged to make an exile of herself.
“It is a companion, not a teacher, that is
wanted,” Mr. Raymond continued. “Would
you be willing to take a situation as com-
panion?”
Murtic‘s face fell a little, but she answered:
“I should be very glad to take such a situ-
ation, if I could fill it. Do you think I
could?”
“I’m sure you could.”
“Do you know the person who wants a com-
panion?" -
LES-res.”
“Who is it?”
“Myself.” .,
“Yourselfl How —- what”——— The exact
questions which Mattie intended to as]: just
here must be left to the imagination, since
she did not seem to be quite clear about it
herself. '
Mr. Raymond continued: “Yes, it is I,
Mai'tic. 1 want you for my companion, my
wife.” The gi‘ay‘eycs twinkled as he asked,
“Will you take the situation?”
An lnur later Mrs. Allen entered the room,
exclainiiug, “Bless my soull" us she stumbled
upon 33.71 unmistakable pair of lovers.
“My dear Mrs. Allen,” said Mr. Raymond,
taking his blushing “companion” by the hand
and leading bet-,to the astonished old lady, “I
know that you will be glad to hear that Mar-
tie will not be able to make an engagement
with that lady; she has already made one
with me.”—Boston True Flag.
I
. ledge Dogs of Kamscimtka.
Kamschatknn dogs are probably the most
sagacious of all feral types, and are employed
and trained in the most; careful manner for
the multitudinous services required of them.
Soon after birth they are placed with their
dam inn. deep pit, that they may see neither
man nor beast, and, after having been
weaned, are condemned to solitary confino‘
merit for six months, at the end of which
time they are put to a. sledge with other dogs.
and being extremely shy and frightened
withal, they run as fast as they can until
they become blown and cowed.
After this trial trip they are remanded to
their pit, where they remain off and on until
they are thoroughly trained and sledge
broken. This severe education soul's their
temper amazingly, and makes them anything
but companionable. Drivers are frequently
obliged to stun them by a. blow on the nose
before unharnessing them on account of their
savage nature. Besides drawing sledgcs they
tow boots up rivers in summer and keep their
masters warm in winter nights. They are
remarkable weather prophets, and discount
the signal service bureau, for if, when rest;
ing on a. journey, they dig holes in the snow,
there is certain to ho a storm. They are of
the husky typo, shaggy, with erect curling
bushy tails, and not very sharp noses and
cars. They live exclusively on fish, which
they catch for themselves. In winter their
ration comprises forty frozen herriugs per
day.——Forest andLStre: In.
Grape Juice.
A writer in Pacific Rural Press tells his
method, as follows:
In the first place I stem the grapes and
press out the juice into a. tank, letting it
stand over night to settle. In the morning
I rack it off and then filter, thus rendering it
free from all vegetable matter. I also take a
quantity of black grapes and put them in a
boiler, letting them come to a boil, in order
to produce a int-k juice. This juice I filter.
Now, by blending thcsc juices, any shade of
wine I desire is produced, from a. light pink
to a. deep claret color. I then put the wine
in a boiler—which should be copper, with a.
faucet: at the bottom [or convenience in
bottling--—nnd let it come to n. brisk boil,
skimming what rises to the surface. It is
now ready to draw oflf into bottles, which
should be standing in hot water to prevent
breaking on the introduction of the hot
j uicc. When the bottles are filled they should
be corked. immediately, and then dipped into
melted rt sin, which sonic them air tight.
A Zlilu's SIIIISI‘ Box.
The ice of cet'emony being thus broken, the
sociable barbarians Ilt‘r'ItInO quit-s friendly,
and displayed for our admiration their
weapons and oriizuncnruii’ which they are
evidently very proud I notice if :r. every
man wears at his neck u Inrp'o roan l pebble,
very neatly hollowed out, wit: no bettrr im-
plement than the pull" of I». swear. and this, I
am told, is used to In: . I. 'i', which i: quite
a passion with the Zulus, who often 1:11; to
taken pinch, oven in the heat of a cattle.
But the bone spoon with which the snuff is
taken is stuck through their woollv hair,
these simple children of nature having no
pocket in which to carryit.——D;zvid Ker in
The Cosmopolitan.
Swamp of potatoes in Michigan this ye...
is estimated at 15,212,928 bushels. There
will be plenty of “thin” for the Thanks-
giving turkey.
PROBABILITIES OF NIAGARA.
Changes That Are Liable'to Take Place.
' Estimated on the Past.
If the rate of rctrocession remains during
the next 500 years as it has been for the last
forty—five years, the inner edge of the Horse
shoe Fall will have passed to the east of
Goat Island, and as the line of deepest water
is near the Canadian shore all the waters of
the "river will pass over the Horseshoe Fall,
obliterating the American Fall entirely and
transforming Goat Island intoa peninsula,
on which the smaller islands of today, Bath,
Luna, Chopin, etc, will appear as little hills
Ilope!-
Tiio fall will then, perhaps, be higher than
today because the present descent of fifty
feet over the rapids will be added to the
height of the cataract, minus the number of
feet needed to give the necmary current to
the river below, which at present is fifteen
feet to the mile. Considering that even, now
the Hoxseslioe Full no longer recedes south
but more east thantsouth, which recession
will be more easterly yet in the Course of
time, it; will have to travel about five
miles in that direction before the
Niagara shale, which now occupies the lower
half of the face of the fall, is under water;
and the retrocession by means of undermin-
ing is stopped. For at present‘the changes
that take place‘nre due to the fact that the
upper eighty feet‘of the face is formed of a
hard limestone, while the lower eighty feet
is composed of soft, easily crumbling shale,
. which the spray can wash away with ease to
such an extent that the overlying limestones -
lose their support, break off and tumble
down with a corresponding change in the ap-
pearance of the edge of the falls. Then the
changes will be accomplished simply by the
eroding power of the water and the falls will
remain near the northern end of Grand Island
for a practically unlimited time. We thus
see that after the falls of today have receded,
perhaps threequarters of a mile, there will
he only one full; when that one fall has trav-
eled east and south four miles more and
reaches Grand Island, it will again be divided
into an American and a Canadian cataract,
this time separated by Grand Island, and,
like the falls'of today, the western branch
will carry the largest amount of water, will
rccede faster and be the lower of the two in
height. The hope of finally having the falls
at Buffalo must be abandoned, for from that
point of Grand Island to the city of Buffalo
only rapids can exist on account of the nature
of the underlying rock, which is soft.
As the retrocession of the Falls of Niagara
began in what may be called, geologically,
the most recent period, the time necessary
for it to arrive at its present site has had a
very important bearing upon the question of
the age of man on the American continent.
As long as it was considered necessary to
claim several hundred thousand years for the *
age of Niagara alone, the age of the human
race had to be computed at perhaps half a
million of years; no matter how little such
high figures agreed with other discoveries,
the rocky gorge of the Niagara always pre—
sented an insurmountable obstacle against
any reduction of time. But since we have
discovered that after all the work of excava-
tion could have been accomplished in per-
haps 3,000 years, our computation of the age
of the human race has settled down to rea-
sonable figures, which give to the beds of
sand and gravel in which the oldest human
implements have been found an age of per-
haps 40,000 to 00,000 years, and anthropolo-
gists claim that all the facts so far collected
agree well with the latter figure—Professor
Julius Pohlman.
A Region Without a. Grave.
That vast region of country lying between
China and Siberia, known as Mongolia, pre
sents this striking contrast to the Middle
Kingdom, that while the latter appears like
a. boundless cemetery, the land of the Tartars
has not a. grave or a memorial stone. The
Mongols are living in constant expectation
of returning to their old home far Off to the
southwest, and they want nothing to keep
them from undertaking the great emigration.
The intensity of desire to be led back to the
land of their fathers is most suggestive of the
prayers and wailings of the Jews because of
the desolation of Palestine and their agony
of longing for its restorations. When they
are punished enough and reduced to a rem-
nant, they say, then will their Messiah re-
turn from heaven and bring back their dis-
persion. IVhat becomes Of the bodies of the
dead in this graveless land?
‘You can read an exact description of the
condition of things in Mongolia today as
foretold in the prophecy of Jeremiah over
2,000 years ago: “They shall die of grievous
deaths; they shall not be lamented, neither
shall they be buried, but they shall be as
dung upon the face of the earth. And they
shall be consumed by the sword and by fam-
ine, and their carcasses shall be meat for
the fowls of heaven and for the beasts of the
earth.” Although this describes astute of
things begun in Palestine, it does not end
there. The Mongol puts the corpse of his
friend on a. cart or other conveyance to be
dragged with great speed by horses on to the
plains, and whenever it is thrown there the
dogs and wolves may make a. repnst.
Both Chinese and Mongols explain the dif-
ference between their customs in this way:
Earth returns to earth, flesh to flesh; that is,
the Chinese, whose bodies are fed by the
grains of the earth, return to it as a natural
recompense; while the Mongol, who lives on
the animal kingdom, must, as a natural re-
sult, feed it in turn. Read Jeremiah, xvii
chapter, to see how the geographical posi-
tion, religious condition and the like make a
people like the Mongols just suited to the
prophecies regarding scattered Israel.—
Shanghai Mercury.
The Cost of Living in a Flat.
15 living in a. flat expensive? Well, that
depends on the kind of a flat one lives in.
On Third and Sixth avenues, which are thor-
oughfares, and on'the more modest streets, in
flats that are not luxurious, that are without
passenger elevators and other costly con-
veniences, you can get a suite of half a. dozen
rooms for $600 a year. Of course $50 per
month is a good deal for ordinary persons,
in view of the fact that the growth of the
elevated railroad system enables men of or-
dinary means to live in the suburbs of the
great city, where rent is cheap, and yet get
to and from their places of business in a very
short time. It is this that has caused the flat
system to fall into disrepute.
But these 5000 flats are cheapness itself
when compared with in the neighborhood of
Fifth and Madison avenues. For a suite of
rooms you will pay anywhere from $2,000 to
$7,000 a year, but those who are able to pay
it do not seem to think it too much. But
these suites are magnificent in every respect.
The $7,000 a year tenants are of course very
few and very select. Those who pay from
$1,200 to $2,000 are most numerous, and for
either of these amounts apartments can he
seemed that are luxurious for any person.
But the flat for family use must go. Real
estate men say that the large and more fash-
ionable flats yield but 2 per cent. on capital
invested in them, and real estate Speculators
are in the habit of getting more than this out
of investments. The smaller flats, furnished
and unfurnished, where the rent is moderate,
still pay as an investment. The big ones do
not, and the question what is to be done with
them is agitating their owners more than a
little—New York Mail and. Exprem.
no Modified His Petition.
I have lately heard of an old minister who
had retired from active service, but who
still retained his seat in his former pulpit
while candidates were preaching there. He
always offered the closing prayer, and after
asking the Lord to bless his servant who had
broken the bread of life to his people that
day, was accustomed to add, “and may he
shine as a star of the first magnitude forever
and ever.” But it happened one Sunday that
a. very dull and ordinary preacher occupied
the pulpit, and the good‘ old minister was
unutternbly bored. When it was time for
the prayer he offered the usual petition that
the Lord would bless his servant who had ad-
dressed the people that day, and—here he
paused. His faith was not strong enough to
allow him to conclude the sentence in the
customary way; so the conscientious old man
added firmly, “And may he shine as a star of
considerable magnitude forever and overt”—
Boston Transcript.
A Valuable Talking: Bird.
“There is but one bird,” says a dealer,
“dealt in by the regular trader which brings
a higher price than the talking parrot, and
that is the mino bird. This bird belongs to
the starling family, and when at home lives
in Java, Sumatra, and other East Indian
places. It is very hard to capture, as it
haunts the jungles and keeps in the tops of
the trees. The mino bird is a. plump little
fellow, about ten inches long, and has a. black
iridescent plumage. It is easily domesti-
cated, and can be taught to imitate the hu-
man voice more nearly than can even the
parrot. I have received as high as $400 for
one of these birds, and they have sold for
even more.”-Nciv York Press.
An Important Invention.
“You women don’t know when you are
well off,” sucered old Brown. “Here you are
complaining just because you have to do the
housework. Why, in ancient times wives
used to be slaves.”
“Yes, my dear,” returned his better half,
“but that was before the invention of
brooms.”-—New York Evening Sun.
MAKING WAX FIGURES.
Through the Bolling Pot, the Mold and
the Eye and Hair Artists.
A smiling young lady seated at a piano in
a large show window on State street at-
tracted crowds last week. She was pretty
enough to catch the masculine eye and sums
ciently well dressed to hold the feminine
critics. But, despite the constant scrutiny
of the ever changing crowd, the young lady
never changed her position. The smile that
parted her lips did not change; her fingers,
raised an inch above the piano, never struck
them once—all for the best of reasons. She
wasn’t a real young lady-though she looked
it, especially in the gaslight—but only a wax
one. A young man curious to know some-
thing of the method of her construction
climbed up to the top story of the Eden Museo
in company withjthe superintendent, emerg-
ing into a small room in the rear of the
building. Two Or 471! rec men were at work,
one stirring at shaming mixture in mi iron
pot over an oil stove. another daubing plaster
overa. mold. Headless corpses were every-
where. Thcy stood on platforms, under-
neath tables and in corners. In a. small ante-
room a whole collection was piled up. The
limbs of some were contorted and bent as
though in awful agony. The active young
superintendent opened boxes and cupboards
and drew out heads of men and women, old
and young, beautiful and ugly, some without
eyes or hair, others looking startlingly real.
From another set of drawers he pulled dozens
of hands and laid them beside the heads.
‘ “Thére,” said h3,’“‘arof llgthe parts of an
image which are made on of wax.‘ There is
no such thing as a wax figure. The figures
—the torsos-nre made out of pnpier mache.
A wax torso, even when it is lined with an
iron framework, does not give a satisfactory
effect. The process of making the papier
macho bodies is precisely that of the heads
and hands.”
“And what is that?”
“A work that requires seven persons to
complete. The first step is to make a minia-
ture model in clay of the figure or group that
ie‘to be represented. From it we get some
idea of the effect. When all details are de-
cided upon the sculptor models the figure
life size in clay, the same as would be done
if it were to be chiseled in marble or cast in
bronze. The hands are omitted. They are
modeled from life always. Next the molder
prepares a plaster paris cast; in sections from
the model, and into this the wax is poured by
the waxworker. If the result does not sat-
isfy the sculptor the head is remelted. No
attempt is ever made to change a head. The
mold is simply broken 'up and a new model
made. The head goes next to a woman, who
inserts the hair, eyebrows, eyelashes, and
beard. A little instrument with two or three
sharp needle points is used for this. She
works rapidly, more so than any of the oth-
ers. The sculptor, after the glass eyes are
put into the socket, then takes the head and
finishes it. Its color is pale pink, and he
gives it the hue of the human face, and by
various means makes its surface look like
skin. Meanwhile the costumer has been at
work dressing the torso and tho carpenter
fixing it upon a pedestal. The head and
hands are joined to it and it is ready for ex-
hibition.”
“How long does all this take?”
“It depends upon the sculptor entirely.
Figures nowadays are mostly portraits, and
in modeling one, especially of a contemporary
individual, the sculptor is likely to make half
a. dozen models before the correct one is hit.
The figure of Thurman, for instance, rc-
quircd a great deal of preliminary study.
The sculptor had to see him several times, to
observe most closely various details, such as
the expression of his face in varying moods,
the size of his head, color of his eyes—can any
man tell the color of his nearest friend’s eyes?
-—the way his hair was arranged, his weight,
carriage, etc. Little details, such as the ear,
occupy the artist a day sometimes. He can-
not be hurried. Sometimes two weeks is re-
quired to model asinglo figure. No, sculp—
tors rarely model direct from life, except in
the case of the hands, although instances are
known of their having done so. They prefer
a. photograph and rely upon their memories
for details in making ahead. But they al-
ways mold hands from life. No artist in the
world can exactly represent that wonderful
human member, with all its thousand lines,
creases and its expressions—for the hands
have expressions. Figures cost as high as
$300. The hair onthe head of the figure of
Mrs. Langtry cost $75. Hair is always an '
important and expensive item. So is the
costume.”—Chicago Tribune.
“Give Away” Paper-sin Germany.
You Americans have not all the enterprise
in the world, and I think we could show
some of your most energetic advertising
solicitors a. few points that you know nothing
about yet. In Belgium and Germany we
have a great many class papers that are alto-
gether different from anything you have
here, and which are never seen off the con-
tinent. Each of the great hotels, for in-
stance, has its own paper, issued by the hotel
management, and it is the organ of the hotel.
It is nothing like your Hotel Reporter, but it
is a. journal intended strictly for the use of
the guests. It contains statements of the
amusements going on, of the sights to be
seen, railroad time tables, cab fares, and, in a
word, all of those things which a stranger
waking up in Berlin or Munich or Antwerp
would want to know. There is usually a.
story and a. brief resume of the morning tele-
grams in these papers, but no attempt at
editorial or the treatment of news. The
copies are given away and the revenue comes
altogether from the advertisements. The
papers are prepared for the different hotels in
each city by one firm, but each copy is differ-
ent from the others. Then, too, each of the
great dry goods stores and tailor shops has
its own newspaper constructed on the same
plan, but devoted chiefly to fashions and the
description of fabrics. So have the groceries.
None of these are trade papers in the Ameri-
can sense of the term, for they are addressed to
the customers, not the retailers, and they are
dailies, not weeklies or monthlies. and they
all have a. news feature—Cor. Chicago News.
Profitable Business for “’uiucn.
“One of the most profitable forms of busi-
ness in New York,” remarked an uptown
real estate dealer the other day, “is that of
running furnished flats. Nearly all of the
principals in the business are women. ' Some
have started in a small way, and some have
deliberately started in the enterprise backed
by capital. The women nearly always have
some connection, either through relationship
or marriage, with furniture manufacturers,
and that is where they reap the greater por—
tion of their profits. I can tell you any one
of a. dozen women who will hire a completely
furnished flat for you within three days.
Their profits are large. A flat which will
rent unfurnished for $70 a. month, .will easily
rent for $100 a mouth when furnished. That
is abonus of $360 a year. That will be 10 per
cent. on $3,600, and as the furniture costs
very much less than half of that, as a. rule,
they usually average more than 25 per cent.
The wear and tour is to be considered, of
course, but good furniture is usually bought
at the outset, and it wears much more dura-
bly than the agentspro willing to admit.
There are many ways of making money in
this big town, and this is one of the best of
them.”-—New York Sun.
Pianos Difficult to Tune.
In tuning pianos I find most of thcni easy
to put in good shape, but there are some very
difficult to tune. The reason of this is the
improper ratio in the length of the strings,
which, to give perfect harmon y, must haven
regularity of length and thickness. This is
especially required in the sharps. I remember
a peculiarly striking instance, which will
show why some pianos always sound like tin
pans. The firm I was with had brought into
the house an old piano. One afternoon, not
having anything to do, I tuned it. After I
had put every note into the proper pitch, I
found that the harmony had gone to pot, and
I could not get a decent tune out of the keys.
Then I had to-tuue it allover for harmony,
and let individual notes take care of them-
selves. The next afternoon the other tuner
for the house, without thinking about the
harmony, struck a few notes on the piano
and found the strings out of tune, just as I
had done. He started in to put the instru-
ment into shape. He then found the harmony
lacking, and had to tune the old thing over
again. The ratio of length of the strings
had not been preserved in the manufacture.
Many of the cheap pianos of the present day
are defective in this respect, and will never
remain long in tune. —H. A. N ichaus in Globe-
Democrat.
A New Wrinkle In Fishing.
G. II. Mock, who resides near Cameron:
says be planted thirty-four stalks of sugar“
cano twenty-one inches long and has raised
over three hundred fine stalks from the
planting this year. He says also that J ur«
rell's lake, near Cameron, is the best place to
catch fish of which he has ever heard. That
when the broom are in a biting notion any
one can take a worm and rub it on his finger
and hold his hand In the water, and that the
fish will come up and take hold of the finger.
Then, by closing the thumb down on its
head, it can be taken in without any effort.
This'can be repeated until you catch as many
as you need, or until you become weary of
the sport. Nothing could induce him to
leave that section now. The only trouble is
in getting the right sort of worm to rub your
finger with.-—Sylvnnia (Gm) Telephone.
THAT FAMOUS CHARGE.
THE LIGHT BRIGADE’S AWFUL COUR-
AGE AT BALAKLAVA.
A Graphic Description of the Charge by
a Russian Officer of the Battery Tlutt
Sustained Ic—Gunnm Silenced in Ad-
mlmtion.
Col. Nicholas Wampler. a Russian gentle-
man, formerly in the czar‘s army and diplo-
matic service, but nowa resident of Balti-
more, was interviewed by a. Chicago Times
he said was the following description of the
famous “charge of the Light Brigade:”
It was a sublime autumn morning, with
the sun breaking through low .mists, when
our army began to move to the attack. I was
in the artillery service, commanding then, as
younker or sub-lieutenant, two guns of a six
piece battery. We were moving before day-
light, and, penetrating a defile in a. line of
hills,'we debouched into the plain of Balak-
lava under a glorious sunburst. We could
see the enemy’s pickets and here and there
a mounted vidette retreating before us, and
as the fog lifted. we beheld. the smoke of
the bivouacs that marked the hostile posi~
tion along the heights. Then speedily came
the other smoke as their ordnance opened the
majestic prelude of the battle. Our artillery,
clearing the pass, parted right and left to
form with its 200 pieces a huge crescent with
extremities in advance. My battery found
position upon the extreme tip of the left
spur. Between us the army poured—horse
and foot—with a solidity and brilliancy that
seemed the attributes of invincibility. Every-
thing movcd with speed and precision. We
opened in concert along the line a storm of
shell under which our huge troops of cavalry
quickly formed and rode forward. The as-
sault was well begun, and it was a gorgeous
sight to see that great projectile of horse and
human flesh, with arms and equipment that
flashed with "the terror of death, bearing on-
ward. The Turks in the outer trenches fled
almost without fire and the horsemen rode
over their abandoned works as though on
grand review. I
THE GREEN AND THE GREY.
The advance had been pushed with blood-
less success and was about to enter a thin
strip of timber at the very foot of the ridge
when there appeared, breaking from this
cover, two scattered troops of horse. I was
attracted to the green jackets of the one and
the white horses of the other, and have since
learned that I then saw for the first time the
redoubtable Enniskilleners and Scots Greys.
How quickly they concentered and how well
they struck our victory seizing columns his-
tory tells. I saw them, as glass in hand I
stood OII a battery wagon, vanish with a puff
of smoke and a flash'of circling steel within
our ranks. I beheld a. tremendous surge in
our formations and saw the whole mass rolled
back and driven ofl by the cheering Gaels
like cattle before the border. Great was our
rage and dismay. An hour of artillery prac-
tice succeeded, during which our command-
ers were casting about for other plans, when
> we were attracted to a. movement of cavalry
among the enemy. An advance was being
made by ared uniformed brigade number-
ing, I judged, between five and six hundred
men. We concluded that this was a division
to cover some serious enterprise and di-
rected a close lookout to other quarters.
The cavalry had disappeared in a depres-
sion in the ground.
THAT AWFUL SLAUGHTER.
I was studying the heights when I was sur-
prised to see the troops presently reappear
over a swell and still directly advancing.
Our emotions were of pure amazement.
Were the English, intoxicated by their suc«
cess of the morning, going to capture the
Russian army with a. forage party? Evi-
dently so, for on they came, once more cov-
ered by a. dip in the plain. The oaunonading
ceased on both sides and there was that hush
of a bated audience upon some moving scene.
They were still out of sight, but: we could
hear the dull strokes of their hoofs upon the
turf. Up they came at last, and as they
hove in view, now within {:cannister
range, their bugles sounded the charge
and they broke from a. brisk trot into
a galop. They were "'a gallant com-
pany, truly, and it was {visible evenlto me
that there was ood blood in the set faces
and hearts of on (under those scarlet jackets.
The order to fire ran along the lines and I
personally jerked the lock string of one of
my pieces without sighting. Our whole ar-
tillery flamed and roared like a volcano. As
my guns were run back to a taut breeching
and more grape was rammed down their
smoking throats I leaped to a caisson to see
the havoc. It was awful. A third of the
brigade had fallen, some like stones, others
plunging and;writhing with horrible wounds.
The remainder bore on with gatherhig speed.
I found them too close in upon my elevated
position to depress my guns. A second volley
struck them with the same frightful effect.
MELTING HORSES AND man.
The course of the shot through them was
marked by a. melting of horses and men and
a spray of shredded flesh and clothing, while
amid the hissing of the iron gale there was
a low, harsh sound that I can ascribe only to
the naming of bones and tissue. They
passed us like coursers at the finish, the
horses reaching with lightning strides
and the men high in their stirrups
cheering and brandishing their sabers.
They passed within snow ball range of
me and some of my men discharged their
pistols and small arms upon the red ranks.
Into the billow of smoke that rolled from'the
heart of our position they flew and there
came a sudden check to the firing as though
the cannon had been throttled. The shock of
direct conflict ensued, but in a few minutes
the broken remnant of the troops reappeared,
forced back by the hopelessness of the at-
tack. Therc was some firing upon the bravo
fellows as they retraced their corpse strewn
path of glory, but my battery took no part
in it. We felt great admiration for the troops,
but never understood, as no one else, I be-
lieve, the purpose of tho maneuver.
Cruel Children.
In the gradual development there is al-
waysa sense of pleasure in the exercise of
power, but this pleasure has to be subordi-
nated to the good of society; and this is one
of the first necessary steps to successful social
growth. So the young boy who is, even
among us, more frequently cruel than sym-
pathetic, may‘ go through a period of buy-
in g, etc. , to become a refined and sympathetic
mnn, full of generous impulses. I say this is
the ordinary method, but, as might be - x~
pected, some boys never become kindly, ...:vl
some, instead, grow from cruel to brutal, and
end as social posts. It supposed that the
lower animal, especially the carnivora, are
pleased with the torture they cause. but I
doubt if this is the only interpretation of the
treatment of the mouse by the cat and of his
victim by the lion.
There are children who inflict torture on
every kind of living thing. Thus I have
known a child of tender years begin by pull-
ing of! the wings of flies, then proceed to
bake frogs, and next to take birds and bore
out their eyes, and later still try to injure
any child who might fall into his power. I
have known such children kick cats and dogs
to death, or set light to them, or pour boiling
water over them, the fiendish pleasure being
increased if the young of the animals were
thus reduced to starvation. The morally un-
developed child has been pointed out to me
by several devout friends as a proof of tho
existence of the devil as well as of the truth
of the doctrine of original sin, and I own
their actions go far to satisfy those who seek
such support. I do not know of any age at
which this brutality may not develop, as I
have seen brutcs of this nature as young as 4.
In one such the vice and cunning were ex-
treme, that though many evil and cruel
deeds were done the culprit was long undis-
covered. Another most serious trait is that
these morally insane children will make false
accusations, and will even destroy their
clothes and produce the appearance of injury
to support tales of assault and robbery—The
Fortnightly Review.
’l‘he Efi‘cct of Grants Diet.
when first turned to grass, but after it has
become used to the new diet it may be worked
carefully. It should be driven slowly, for it
will heat up rapidly, and as it cannot get
rid of the water in its system by evaporation
fast enough it will sweat profusely. If it. did
not it would die. The horse fed grain, and
full of fever and congestion, has no water in
its body, comparatively, and of course it can
stand hard usage. The truth is, cows and all
animals would freeze in winter if they were
in the samaphysical condition they are in
summer—when fed on grass. While this is
true it is nevertheless a. necessity that all
animals should have this renewal, which the
succulent foods of the summer bring about
so welL The city man who cannot spare his
team wisely buys bunches of clover or green
rye for his horses, which actflns an antidote to
remove fever and helps a little.—-Now York
Graphic. ________
A Libelous Term.
A Philadelphia. court has decided in a. case
of some rival candy makeis that “daisy,"
applied to a woman with intent to belittle her,
is a. libelous term, and one for whose use the
defendant in that case must pay roundly.
“1-..--.“ ’ “6 ~-.
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reporter, and among the interesting things’
Any horse should have a rest of a few days
THE LONDON “BOBBY.”
GOOD UNDER ORDERS. BUT A DUM-~
MY UNDER RESPONSIBILITY.
Tho London Policeman Wonderfully Civil
and Naturally Chiming—Anecdotes of
the Force—Something In a Name—Timid-
Ity and Indecision.
The London policeman is by no means a.
bad sort of fellow. On the contrary, he is
wonderfully civil and obliging, and his
natural desire to please is stimulated by a
small “tip." Every stranger who visits Lon-
don will carry away with him grateful recolv
lections of the kindness and courtesy of Lon-
don policemen in showing him how to find
his way through the intricate thoroughfares
of that great human hive.
The system employed by those who control
the London police makes of them machines.
Implicit obedience to their superiors lathe
ideal of excellence. It is their business to
obey, not to think. Give a London police-
man orders and he will obey them to the
letter. But put him in a. position where he
has to suggest orders for himself, where he
has to not on his own judgment, and the
weight of responsibility overwhelms him.
He becomes a dummy. He shotvs up worst
just where the New York policeman would be
at his best. . _
WAITING FOR “HORDERS.”
I remember once attending 'a political
meeting whepc- Igonnrd, Courtney was to
make an address; 'MI'. Courtney was a‘
Liberal who had not gone over with Gladstone
on the Irish question. Consequently he was
not loved by those who had followed Glad-
stone’s lead. When Mr. Courtney rose to
speak three men, who obviously had no other
object in view than to prevent him from
speaking, mounted a form and at the top of
their lungs shouted, “Turncoatl Turncoatl
Turncoatl” Mr. Courtney could not contend
against their combined capacity for noise.
Uproar and confusion ensued. But the three
obstructionists continued their shouting.
Standing near were a couple of policemen.
“Why don’t you put those men out?” I
asked one of them.
.“We hain’t got no borders to do it, sir,” he
replied.
“Why, It New York policeman would have
them out in a jiffy.”
“May be, sir, but this is a free country,
sir, and hat a political meeting heverybody
’as a. right to hexpress ‘is hopinion, sir.”
And he looked at me after a fashion which
indicated that in his judgment he had shown
the superiority of English institutions.
The upshot of the business was that after
awhile the majority of those present came to
the conclusion that patience had ceased to be
a virtue, so they rushed the obstructionists
out of the hall and hustled them down stairs
at the risk of breaking their necks or limbs.
And when they were out in the street the
policemen arrested them for ‘disorderly con-
duct.
SOMETHING IN A NAME .
The London policeman is nicknamed by
the street urchins “bobby.” “Cheese it, the
cop!” exclnim New York gamins when inter-
rupted by the approach of some minion of
the law. “Look out, ’ere comes the bobby,
boys,” is the language usually employed by
mischief making London street arabs when
a policeman looms up in 'their vicinity.
There is a difference in these greetings, and
the difference is in favor of the New York
“cOp.” The “cop” is a much spryer individ-
ual than the “hobby,” as the name would
imply.
When the dynamite scare raged in London
all the policemen were instructed to look out
for dynamite, but they were also directed
how to look out for it. I shall never forget
the ludicrous spectacle presented at the en-
trance to Westminster abbey one Saturday
afternoon in consequence of those orders.
Saturday is a great day for country folk to
visit the abbey, and every man, woman and
child among them who carried a bundle that
afternoon was made to submit its contents to
the scrutiny of a. policeman before being
allowed to pass into the abbey. The spec-
tacle of an officer of the law exhuming greasy
packages of sandwiches, cake and pastry
from the recesses of the capacious basket of
some thrifty farmer’s wife in order to dis-
cover if there was any dynamite there, was
very funny.
“You don’t really expect to find any dyna-
mite that way, do you?” I asked one of them.
“No, sir,” was the abashed reply, “1 don’t;
but hit’s borders, sir, and we ’as to hobey
them.”
TIMIDITY AND INDECISION.
Late one night I was approaching Black-
friar’s bridge from the Surrey side. A small
knot of people attracted my attention. A
drunken Irish soldier and a woman were en-
gaged in an altercation. He accused the
woman of stealing his money, and when she
denied it he kicked her.
“Come, now, move on, move on,” said a
policeman in tones of gentle exhortation.
“Why in thunder don't you arrest the
brute?” I asked the polimman.
“Well, I don’t like to do that. He might
have some of his pals about and I might get
hurt,” the policeman replied.
After some further exhortation the brute
was induced to move on, protesting, how-
ever, that he could lick all creation, and
especially that portion of it that wore police-
men’s uniforms. He had not gone for when
he fell foul of 'n companion, who was merely
trying to get him home, and kicked him and
belabored him unmercifully. Still the po
licemnn merely exhorted him mildly to
“move on I”
The feelings of a. costermonger at length
got the better of him and he exclaimed,
“Blast my bleeding heyes, hi.‘ I don’t have a.
go at you myself. Put hup your dukes now.”
The Irishman ran oi? at a. great rate, but it
was the costermonger, and not the police-
man, who had put him to routs—New York
Herald. '
In the Streets of Toklo.
The streets of Tokio are not narrow like
those of China. or of the older parts of Euro‘
pean cities. Oneisnot jostled as he moves
along them, and the crowd of slant eyed
men and women clad in dressing gowns of
all colors of the rainbow is a good natured
one, and they laugh and how low to each
other-as they meet, The Japanese back is
elastic. Tho india rubber man at the circus
would wear himself out in Japau,-and the
Japanese bowers seem to never get through.
They salaam and salanm and the lower
classes knock their heads against the earth
as they go down on their knees in paying
their respects to their superiors. It bothers
one to be the recipient of so much attention,
and the American feels his awkwardness
when he nttemptstho Japanese bow. It is,
however, not unpleasant, and with it all
there is little servility and fawning. Iain
struck with the open, kindly expression of
the Japanese face. They seem to treat trav-
elers nsbrothers. They welcome them and
are willing to concede that there are other
good things outside of Japan. They are
manly about it, and the only unpleasant
thing is the curiosity which one excites
among them. Whenever Iwalk-along the
streets of Tokio a. crowd of men and boys
follow me, and if I stop to buy I find that;
the street is soon blocked.-Frank G. Carpen-
ter's Letter.
Moxnisrown, TENN” July 4, 188!!-
Thc Swift Specific Co., Atlanta, Ga.:
Gentlemen—Five years ago I was so un-
fortunate as to contract an extremely bad
case of blood poison. My bones aclzed 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 S. S. S. Your medicine seemed to have
an immediate effect. I took six bottles, and
to-dny am sound and well. That was two or
three years ago, but I have seen no evidence
of the return of the disease, and I take this
Opportunitv to thank you for what it has done
f )r me. It saved my life. You can refer
any one to ma. R. M. WALL.
FAI‘..\iERSVlLI_._E, TEX., June 22, 1883.
The Swift Specific Co., Atlanta, GIL:
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 few years it troubled her
very much by continued pain and itching.
She used your S. S. S., and the sore has
disappeared and is apparently well. Should
it break out again, will advise you.
Very truly,
PEEDLETON, YEARLY & RILEY,
Druggists.
Three book: mailed free on application.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC Co.,
Drawer 3. Atlanta, Ga.
I have had catarrh for twenty years, and
used all kinds of remedies without relief.
lllr. Smith, druggist of Little Falls, rec
ominended Ely’s Cream Balm. The effect
of the first application was magical ; it
allayed the inflammation, and the next
morning my head was as clear as a bell.
One bottle did me so much good that I am
convinced its use will effect a permanent
cure. It. is soothing, pleasant and easy to
apply, and I strongly use its use by all
sufferers—Geo. Terry, Little Falls, N. Y.
A coal fever rages at Astoiia, Oregon;
as "I tip "
so u e y are.
This Powder never varies. A marvel or pure
strength and wholesomeness. More economic
than the ordinary kinds, and cannot be sold in com-
petition with the multitude of low test, short
weight, allum or phosphate powders.
ROYAL BAKING POWDER 00.,106 Wall St., N. Y.
LADIEST EEIILESS
Do Your Own Dyeing, at Home.
They will dye everything. They are sold ev .
where. Price 100. a package. Theyhave noeqefizl
for Strength, Brightness, Amount in Packages
or for Fastness of Color. or non-fading Qualifies.
They do not crock or smut; «colors. For sale by
J. G. Gregory E 00.; C. Lapham, ii Main Street;
Geo ti. l’laisted, Drugglsts. 1y27
CATARRH ELY’S
tlltilll BItM
Cleanses the
\a al Passag-
es, alloys pain
andinflamma
tion liealsuie
Sores. restor~
vs III". senses
of taste and
smell.
HAY-FEVER TRY run cuss
Apartic cis applied into each nostril and is
agreeable. Price 50 cents at Drugg‘ists ; by mail,
registered, 60 cts. ELY BRO’I‘HE S,|56 Warren
Street, New York. ly44
ra‘rssr PATENT IMPROVEMENTS
. MANUFACTURED ONLY BY
1""! Ti
'11-. 3 Eogm’ton Furnace Co
I. A zscvrvros, Prest. 207 d '. 99 WATER 8L. NJ
FOR SALE BY
r. w. JAQUIfiJr.
NORWALK. CONN.
2m36
Warren's FURNACES I
Jussn‘norsouf .
GARBIAGE MAKER,
Has remover] to the building
Next to Gregory’s Stables. Knight street
Where he does first-class
Carriage Repairing andl’ainting
m, At Reasonable Prices.
FURNITURE
A Full Stock of Furnitureof all kinds-
PAIILUR AND BEDRUUNSETS
a specialty.
DAVID ‘ STOW.
Main Street opp. Depot
SOUTH NORWALK, CON-h
,P. H. DWYER.
:The largest Stock of Harness
EVER DISPLA‘YBD IM TOWN.
All First-Class, "and Stitched, Oak 'I‘rumcu
Pennsylvania Leather
THIRD CLASS PRICES.
(.‘all early as I intend to sell at SMALL PROFIT,
SEYENI Y-FIVE
Set Single ant Denile Harness.-
HARDENBROOK "All,
Over Mitchell's Market, next door to 1’. ll. Dwy-
er’s old stand. 14ti
EQUI’I‘ABLE MORTGAGE CO.
OF KANSAS CITY. CAPITAL $2,000,000
6 and 7 percent. Debenture Bonds and ‘lloi‘i a 0
Loans at l’ar and Accrued Interest. ‘ g g
II. B. CIIIIUI‘URD, Agent,
Room 2 Masonic Ihiildt‘i {1
IIENRY TILLv
CARRIAGE MAKER,
SOUTH NORWALK, - CON-N
Manufacturer of
Family Carriages, Vietarias, Buggies, an.
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 Pairfield Ave. and Middle Street
Bridgeport, Conn.
iytS
For Sale.
DOUBLE BARRELLED RIFLE madeby JOII
x Blissett, London. Will be sold cheap to
cash Enuuire at ths omce.
Heals Without Leaving a Scar.
eraclicates the disease from the system.
everywhere.
results than any other medicine.
Dyspepsia, Loss of Appetite, Indigestion,
Kidneys, Colds and Fever and Ague.
Complaints, etc.
N THE ONLY
Brilliant ,,
Durable {'9
Economical
Are Diamond Dyes. They excel all others
in Strength, Purity and Fastncss. None others
are just as good. Beware of imitations—they
are made of cheap and inferior materials and
give poor, weak, crocky colors.
‘ , 36 colors; 10 cents each.
Send postal for Dye Book, Sample Card, directions
for coloring Photos., making the finest Ink or Bluing
(Io cts. a quart), ctc. Sold by Druggists or by
WELLS, RICHARDSON & 00., Burlington, Vt.
For Gliding or Bronzing Fancy Articles, USE
DIAMOND PAINTS.
Gold, Silver. Bronze, Copper.
Only to Cents.
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Page’s Climax Salve,
A FAMILY BLESSING FOR 25 CENTS.
Its action upon the system is unlike any other external remedy, as It never drives the
disease to the Internal Organs. lts properties go to the diseased part, and separate
all the poisonous and corrupt humors, through the perspiriug vessels to the surface. an.
“’6 warrant it to cure Old Sores. I Icers,
Scrofi'i'la Sores, Salt. Rheum. Sore Breasts Cr Nipples, Infiamed Lycs, Swollen Glands.
Erysipelas, Boils, Scalds. Burns. Cuts, Bruises, Fistula, Piles, Corns, Lunions, Cliil-
blaius, Frosted Feet. and all cutaneous diseases on man and beast.
PAGE'S CLIMAX SALVE acts like magic on horse flesh in curing Scratches, Mame, '. “.rI
Sores, Fresh Cuts, Snake Bites, Bruises, Burns, Saddle and Harness Gulls, Chafes, etc. lI I : pzzt un III
boxes three times larger than any other Salve, and 5: Id :1: the low pri-‘e oftwenty-five cents I erI-cx‘.
It is warrantul to can: in every case or money refunded. For Sale by DruggIsts and Dealers m medic n:
Neuralgia and Nervous Diseases, Female obstructions and General weakness.
lnfiamntntorv Rheumatism, Piles of every kind, Gravel and Diseases of the Bladder and
Thousands of certificates are i 1 possession of the proprietor, ,
perfect cures effected by these invaluable medicines and we warrant that they p .
just what we have said or money will be refunded. It is simply asked that LIL) atlliciul
will try them once, their use will convince the most skeptical.
PAGE'S CLIMAX SALVE. 256-3 Iinx- "OFFAT'S LIFE PILLS,23c. n linx. MOFFAT'S
PHOENIX BITTERS, SLOO a. Bottle. For Sale by Druggists and Der-hrs In mudICll ' €\’u!‘:."rllcrc,
or sent by mail or Express, prepaid, on receipt of price.
3'. P. MILLS, Sole Proprietor.
85 LIBERTY STREET, NEW YORK.
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MOEFAT’S LIFE PIIIS.
THE GREAT STOMACH AND LIVER REMEDY.
Established by one of our most eminent physici Ins and recommended by the medical
profession and druzgists who know their real merit, and are used With more pleasing:
Moffat's Life Pills are purely vegetable. They act on the stomach, bowels, III-(r
and kidneys, purity and regulate the whole system, and are warranted a. CCI‘II‘UJ pm.-
for all Malarious Diseases, Torpid Liver, Impure Blood, Jaundice, Bxlious Compniiizs,
Costiveness, Nervous and kick Headache,
Stun '\’.
MOFFAT’S LIFE PILLS are clegnnt'y Suzan- coated and easy to take and are a perfect : it; I
dinner Pill, one taken after dinner each dnv WM and digestion and cure all disorders of the Stem at n.
Headache and Sick Headache cannotexistifthesc l’ills are used. For costiveness take onePill at bedtime.
MOFFAT’S PHOENIX BETTERS
Are not a. drink used for intoxication , but a pure medicine and only used by people
who are sick. They correct the secretions of t'ie stomach and are asurc cure tor
Dyspepsia, Sleeplessness, Nervousne s. Debility, Weakness, Loss of Appeti 0, Yemen -
QIVIZ‘H‘:
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“’"e s COMPol/ND
_ “Paine's Celery Com-
Neuralgla pound cured my nerv-
ous sick headaches."
Mrs. l.. A liltENTNER,
“enous San Jacinto, CAI.
. “After usin six bob
Prostl’atlon ties of Pairings Celery
Compound, I am cured
__ of rheumfiism."
' SAMUEL UTCIIINSON,
Rhgumat'sm South Cornish, N. H.
' “It has done me more
Kidney good for kidney disease
than any other medi-
Diseases cine." GEO. Anno'rr,
Sioux City, Iowa
AND “ I’aine's Celery Com-
‘ pound has been 3! 1great
benefit for torpi iver,
A“ Liver indigostiop, and biiious-
' ness " "Liznuzrii C
Disorders L'uALL, Quechee, \‘r.
IF YOU WANT
A HEATER
THAT WILL
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