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Jonathan anllijl Continent.
By Max O’Rell, Author of “John Bull and
His Island." "John Bull. Jr.,
Etc.” and Jack Allyn.
[Translated by Mme. Paul Blouet. Copyrighted
by Camell a 00.. New York, and published by
special arrangement through the American Press
Association Paul Blouet (Max O‘Reil) is a re-
markably clever Frenchman. who has devoted
his talents mostly to satirlzing the Anglo-Saxon
race. The book from which the following ex-
tremal-emcee hislatest pmductloaandmar'
tsrlslfbritwas gathered during his recentvisit
toAmerlcaJ ‘ " .
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The population of America is sixty millions
-—mostly colonels.
Iftheearthis srnalhAmerlcaislar'gemnd
the Americans are immense!
Yes, sixty millionsi-all alive and kicking!
From east to west, America stretches over
a breadth of more than 3,000 miles Here
it is well to put some reMers on their guard,
incasean American should one day put to
themoneof his favorite questions: “Where
is the center of Americai” I myself imagined
that, starting from New York and pushing
westward, one would reach the extremity of
America on arriving at San Francisco. Not
so, and here Jonathan hasyou. He knows
you are going to answer wrongly, and if you
want to plow him, you must let yourself be
mught in this little trap, because it will give
him such satisfaction to put you right. At
San Francbco, it appears you are not quite
half way. and the center of America is really
in the Pacific ocean. Jonathan more than
doubled the width of his continent in 1867,
when for the sum of $7,000.01!) he purchased
Alaska of the Rusians.
In America. everything is on an immense
scale: the just pride of the, citizens of "the
Young Republic is fed by the grandeur of its
rivers. mountains, deserts, cataracts, its sus-
pension bridges. its huge cities, etc.
Jonathan passes his life in admiration of
all that is American. He cannot get over it.
I have been through part of the country,
and I cannot get over it either. I am out of
breath. turned topsy—turvy. It is pure con-
juring, it is Robert Houdin over again—-
—occasioually perhaps Robert Macaire too—
but let us not anticipate. Give me time to
recover my breath, and set my ideas in order.
Than Americans are reeking with unheard-
of-ness, I can tell you that to begin with.
My ideas are all jostling in my poor old
European brain. There is no longer any-
thing‘ impossible, and the fairy tales are
child‘s play compared to what one may see
every day. Everything is prodigious, done
by steam, by electricity: it is dazzling, and
I no longer wonder that the Americans only
use their adjectives in the superlative.
As an illustration of what I advance, here
is a letter that I received from an American,
in the month of May, 1887, and which finally
. decided me to go and see America. It is
dated from Boston:
“DEAR Sin—I was on the point of taking
the boat at 12 today, to go and have a talk
with you about an idea which occurred to me
yesterday; but as I have already been across
three times, and in a month or six weeks
shall have to set out for St. Petersburg and
Japan, lam desirous, if posible, of arrang
ing the matter I have at heart by corre-
spondence." ' * ‘
“Good heaven!" I exclaimed, "this is a
man I must make the acquaintance of; I
must go and see Jonathan at home one of
these days."
And as soon as circumstances allowed, I
packed my trunks, took a cabin on board one
of the brave “White Star" liners, and set out
to see Jonathan and his continent.
CHAPTER II.
When a man of average intelligence re-
turns home after having made a voyage to a
foreign land, he cannot help having formed
a certain number of impressions, and he has
a right t9 communicate them to his friends
They are but impremions, notes taken by the
wayside, and. if there is an error committed
by any one, it is by the critic or the reader,
when either of these looks for a perfect pict-
ure of the manners and institutions of the
people the author has visited, instead of
simple impressions de voyage. Certainly, if
there is a country in the world that it would
be imposible to judge in six months, that
country is America, and the author who, in
such a little space of time, allowed himself to
fall into the error of sitting in judgment
upon her would write himself down an ass.
To form a really exact idea of America one
would need to live twenty years in the coun-
try, nay, to be an American, for I may add
that, in my opinion, the best books that exist
upon the different countries of the world
have been written by natives of those coun-
trim. Never has an author written of the
English like Thackeray; never have the
Scotch been painted with such fidelity as by
Ramsey; and to describe Tartarin it needed
not only a Frenchman but a Provencal, al-
most a Tarasconnais.
It must be allowed that Jonathan has good
reason to mistrust his critics. Most books on
America have been written by Englishmen.
Now the English are, of all people, those
who can the least easily get rid of their preju-
dices in speaking of America. They are
obliged to admit that the Americans have
made their way pretty well since they have.
been their own masters; but John Bull has
always a rankling remembrance, when he
looks at America, of the day that the Ameri-
cans sent him about his businem, and his look
seems to say to Jonathan: “Yes, yes, you
have not done at all badly—for you, but just
think what the country would have been by
this time if it had remained in my hands.”
The Englishman, on his side, has no antip-
athy whatever to the Americans For that
matter the Englishman has no antipathy for
any one. He despises, but he does not hate,
a fact which is irritating to the last degree
to the objects of his attention. When a man
feels that he has some worth, he likes to be
loved or hated; to be treated with indiffer-
ence is gelling. John Bull looks on the Ameri-
can asa menu, and smiles with incredulity
when you say that American society is not
only brilliant and witty, but quite as polished
u the best European society.
It is this haughty disdain which exasperates
Americans.
Jonathan has forgotten that the English
were once his oppressors; he forgives them
for the war of 1812; without forgetting it,
he forgives them for having, during the civil
'war. rlded with the slave owners: but he can-
not forgive an Englishman for coming to his
dinner table in a tweed suit.
CHAPTER III.
A nation, scarcely more than a hundred
years old, and composed of many widely dif-
ferent elements, cannot, in the nature of
things, possess very marked characteristic
traits.
There are Americans in plenty, but the
American does not yet exist.
The inhabitant of the northeast states, the
Yankee, differs as much from the western
man and the southerner as the Englishman
differs from the German or the Spaniard.
For example, call a Yankee “a cad," and
he will get out of the room, remarking:
“You say so, sir. but that proves nothing."
Call a Pennsylvania man “a cad" and he will
get out of temper and knock you down. Call
a real westerner “a end" and he will get out
his revolver and shoot you dead on the spot.
Should aminister indulge in unorthodox
theories in the pulpit, the eastern man will
content himself with shaking his head, and
going to another church to perform his de-
votions the Sunday after. The Pennsylvanian
will open a violent polemic in the newspapers
of the locality. The Kansas man will wait
for the minister at the church door and give
him a sound thrashing.
On board the steamer we had five Amerh
cans who passed the eight days Of the voyage
inplaying poker. The smoking room rang
morning to night with the oaths that
they uttered every time they laid a card on
the table. They were so fluent with them
that they hardly used the same twice in an
hour. Their stock seemed inexhaustible. On
Sunday after breakfast a young lady sat
down to the piano, and began playing hymns.
What happened then? Our five poker play-
ers gathered round the lady and, for two
hours, sang psalms and holy hymns to the
edification of the other occupants of the
saloon.
I was dumfouuded.
In France we have men who swear, and
men who sing hymns. The Anglo-Saxon race
alone can furnish men who do both with
equal gusto.
In what other country than America could
such an anecdote as the following be told! It
isthe most typically American anecdote I
baud in the United States It came from
Mr. Chauncey 'Depew, it is said. But, for
that matter, when a good story goes the
round of the states, it is always put- down to
Mr. Depew. Mark Twain. or the late Artemus
Ward.
Anew minim. .. ._i‘. has beau EMMA! a
INKS-Kentucky town. No sooner had be
taken pomession of his cure than he set about
ornamenting the church with stained glass
windows of gorgeous hues. This p '
aroused the suspicious of several parishi 91'3- ‘
who imagined that their new poster in-
clined. to lead them to Rome. A melting
wascalled, and it was decided tosend a depu-
tationtothemininer toask him toe lain
his conduct, and beg him to have the 0 end-
ing windows rcuioved. -’,
The head of the deputation was an old inan
of Presbyterian proclivities, whose austerity
was well known in lhe town. _ Reopened fire
by addresing the reverend goutlernanlthhs: I
“We have waitedgppon you, :liegthat
.1‘ from
ourchurches. web .7 Sin-
.plefolks. Godf- Mduhrj'. good on for
us, and we don’t want to
all those images”—*-...
The worthy man
have it shut on? by
. had‘prepal‘ed a fine 5 -
angue, and was going to give the m' _ r
the benefit of it all; but the latter, losing
patience, thus interrupted him: 5,
“Excuse me, you seem to be taking hlgh
ground; who areyou, may I aski" 1
“Who am I?” repeated the good old spokes-
man. “I‘m a meek and humble follower; of
Jesus, that‘s what I am. and, -— d—n you.
who are you!" ‘
Without traveling very far, without even
quitting the eastern coast of America, you
will see a complete difference in the spirit .of
towns that are almost neighbors.
In New York, for instancel-I am not speak-
ing now of the literary society, of which I
shall speak later-in New York, it is- your
money thatwill open all doors to you; In
Boston, itis your learning; in Pbiladelphla
and Virginia, it is your genealogy. -Ther,b-,
‘ fore, if you wish to ban success. parade your
dollars in New York, your talents in Bostoh,
and your ancestors in Philadelphia adeich-
mend. "‘ ' .
Scarcely has a foreigner set 'foot in the
United States before they ask him what he
thinks of the country. Nine persons out (if
every ten you speak to put these three ques}
tions to you: -.- - -.
(1) “Is this your first visit to America?" .
(2) “How long have you been over?” 3
(3) “How do you like our country?” ;_
There are even some who push curiosity
further. and do not wait until you have or:-
rived to ask for your opinion on America.
I had only just embarked on board the
Germanic, at Liverpool, when the purser
handed me a letter from New York. 1
opened it and read: ‘
“DEAR Sin-Could you, during your voy:
age. write me an article on the United States!
Ishould be happy to have your preconceived
notions of America and the Americans, so as
to publish them in my journal as soon as you"
arrive.” ‘
An Englishman or a Frenchman will never
ask you what you think of England or France. {
The Frenchman does not doubt that his coun-
try is beyond competition. If he enter into "
the subject at all, it is to congratulate the
stranger upon coming to visit it.
The Englishman is perfectly persuaded
that his England is the first country in the
world and that everybody admits it, and the
idea of asking an outsider for his opinion of
it would never enter his head. He would
think it so ridiculous, so amusing, so gro-
tesque. that any one should tell him England
was not at the head of all nations, that he
would not take the trouble to resent it. He
would pity the person, and the matter would
go no further.
CHAPTER IV.
The American men are generally thin.
Their faces glow with intelligence and
energy, and in this mainly consists their
handsomencss. The features are bony, the
forehead straight. the nose sharp and often
pinched looking in its thinness At times one
seems to recognize in the faces something or
the Indian type, the temples indented, the
check bones prominent. the eyes small. keen
and deep set.
As for the women, I do not hesitate to say
that in the east. in New York especially,
they might perfectlv well be taken for
French women. It is the same type. the same
gait, the same vivacity, the same petulance,
the same amplitude of proportions.
The beauty of the American women, like
that of the men, is due much more to the uni-
mation of the face than to form or coloring.
The average of good looks is very high, in.
deed. Ido not remember to have seen one
hopelemly plain woman during my six
.months’ ramble through the states.
American women generally enjoy that
second youth which nature bestows also on
numbers of French women. At 40 they
bloom out into a more majestic beauty. The
eyes retain their fire and luster. the skin does
not wrinkle, the hands, neck and arms re-
main firm and white. it is true that in
America hair turns gray early, but, so far
from detracting from the woman’s charms, it
gives her an air of distinction. and is often
positively an attraction.
The New Yorkers and Bostonians will have
it to be that Chicago women have enormous
feet and hands. I was willing to believe this
up to the day 1 went toChicngn I found
the Chicago women, and lhuso of the west
generally, pretty. with more color than their
eastern sisters. only. as a rule. quite slight. not
to say thin. .
That which is lacking in the pretty Ameri-
can faces of the east is color and freshness.
The complexion is pale, and it is only their
plumpness which comes to their rescue after
30 and prevents them from looking faded.
Those who remain thin generally fade quickly;
the complexion becomes the color of whity
Drown paper, and wrinkles freely
If American women went in for more out
door exercise; if they let the outer air penc-
trate constantly into their rooms; if they
gave up living in hothouses. they would have
some color, and their beauty need perhaps
fear no competition in Europe.
CHAPTER V.
Jonathan admires all that glitters, even
that which is not gold. in his eyes the suc-
cesof a thing answers for its quality, and
the charlntanism that succeeds is superior to
the merit that vegetates. The dollar is not
only the lmit of the monetary system: it is
also the unit of the metrical system.
I was chatting one day with an American
about the famous Col. Robert [ngcrsoll '
“He is your greatest orator. 1 am told."1
said. , ,
“Yes," he replied, “Ingersoll can fill the
Metropolitan opera house any day, and have
five thOusand dollars in the boom.”
Certainly that is a curious way to speak
of a great orator, a great writer and a great
thinker.
I need not say that I am now speaking of
the average American, not the litterateur or
the man of good society.
It would be quite possible for an actress to
attract large audiences all through a tour
from New York to San Francisco, not be-
cause of incontestable talent, but because she
traveled in a magnificent palace car of her
own.
I saw, in an American paper, the appear
ance of Miss Minnie Palmer spoken of in the
following terms:
“Minnie Palmer will wear all her diamonds
in the third act.”
The booking Office was besieged all day,
and, in the evening, money was refused. An
amusing detail was the arrival of a good
fourth of the audience at 10 o‘clock. to see
the diamonds in the third act.
CHAPTER VI.
Man has been perpetuated to expiate the
transgression of his first parent by harflabor.
Jonathan is a proof of it. He labors, he toils,
and the sweat of his brow crystallizes upon the
arms and neck of his beloved womankind in
the form of diamonds.
To the American woman the diamond is
not an object of luxury, it is an object of
prime necessity. An English old maid would
do without her tea before an American
woman would go without diamonds.
If good style consists in not doing what the
vulgar do, good style in America ought to
consist for one thing in wearing no diamonds
-—unlem democracy should demand this sign
of equality.
When you see diamonds in the ears of shop
girls and factory girls, they are sham gems
bought with well earned money, or real ones
bought with badly earned money.
Love of woman, innate in the American, is
not enough in itself to explain the luxury
that man lavishes on her in the United
States. America is not the only country
where man is devoted to woman and ready to
satisfy all her caprices. The Frenchman is
as keenly alive to her influence as the Ameri-
can, if not more. ‘
The luxury of the American women must
be explained in another way.
Money is easily earned in the United States,
and is freely spent. Businem savers more of
gambling than of commerce in the proper
sense of the word. . ~
Jonathmuthen, is in a position much like,
that of a man whom I saw give a hundred
francnototoabeggar onedayinthe streets'
of Monte Carlo. “If I win at trente-et-qua-
rante,” said he to some one who asked him
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aFeéa hundred Francs to me? [can afi’or‘d~ to
be generous to a poor fellow creature out of
it; if I lose, it isso much that the croupiers
will not get." When Jonathan covers his
wife with diamonds. he says .to hlnnself, “If I
win. Icau indulge my wife without incon-
veniencing myself; if I lose. it is so much
saved from the fray.“
This is not all.
for the love of that which money can buy.
known in America. Jonathan does not
auras gold for the pleasure of adding pile to
_ pile and counting it. Be pursues wealth to
improve his [waition in life and to surround
those dependent upon him with adVantages
and luxuries. Responds his money as gayly
as he pockets it, especially when it is a ques-
tion of gratitying his wife'or daughters, who
are th'oot‘rjectscf his most assiduous atten-
tion. He is the first to admit that their love
for diamonds is as absurd as it is costly, but
he Is‘gvood..humored, and says: "Since they
like them. why should they not have them ?"
CHAPTER VI].
The large cities do not constitute the real
America. To gain a correct idea of the coun-
try one must go and see thtxre hundreds—I
had almost said those thousands—0f llourislr
ing little towns which spring up day by day
on that immense continent.
It is no use looking in New York for mon-
unenfiin the sense which we attach to the
word in Europe There are massive build-
ings. a few handsome churches, but nothing
which arrests your guns. The houses in the
best part of the city. are built of brown stone
in the English style. 'In the populous quar-
ters many are of red brick, withgreen shut
' ters on the outside. . , .
The streets are horribly ill paved. Fro
my windows, which looked on Madison square.
the carriages appear to rise and fall as if on a
troubled sen. Drunkards have had to drop
fillets-habits}; théxcould not reach, home from
thebfier‘saloons.
Three fine squares alone break the monot-
ony-of all these parallelograms of streets:
Washington square. Union square and Madi:
son square.
That which strikes the visitor to New York
is not the city itself, but the feverish activity
which reigns there.
Overhead is a network of telegraph and
telephone wires. on the ground a network of
tram car rails. It is estimated that there
are more than 12,000 miles of telegraphic
wires suspended over'the heads of the passers
by; about enough to go half round the world.
The whistles of the boats that ply between
New York and Brooklyn on the East river,
and between New York and Jersey City on
the Hudson, keep up, day and night (until 1
in; the morning). a noise which is like the roar
of wild beasts. It is the cry of Matter under
the yoke of Man. You fancy you are living
in a menagerie.
In almost every street tram cars pam every
few minutes. It is an Inmat promon.
In Broadway alone there are more than three
hundred. The cars, as they are always called
in America, are magical, like everything
American Built to carry twenty-four per-
sons inside (there are no seats on the top),
they are made to hold sixty and more. In
fact, no matter how full they are, there is
always room for one more. The conductor
. never refuses to let you go on board. You
hang on the rail beside the driver or con-
ductor, if it is not posible to, squeeze your-
self inside and hold on to the leather straps
» provided for the purpose; you gasp for
breath; it is all you can do to get at your
pocket to extract the five cents which you
owe to the car company; but the conductor
crics,in his imperfurbable nasal drawl: “Move
forward, make room. "
In Third avenue and Sixth avenue, you find
the overhead railway called the “Elevated."
It is supported on iron pillars. and the trains
run along on the level with the upper win—
dows of the houses This company carries
every day the fabulous numberof 500.000 pas-
sengers.
All the existing means of transit are ac-
knowledged to be insufilcient, and an under-
ground railway is talked of. There will soon
be travelers underground, on the ground, and
in the air. Poor Hercules, where are you
with your “Ne plus ultra?” You had reckoned
without your Yankee.
The streets, ill paved and dirty. are danger:
ous inwlntcr. ' Coachmen do not check their
horses for foot passengers. but neither
do they try to run over them. They strike
the middle course between the London coach-
mau, who avoids them. and the Parisian one.
who aims at them.
The populous quarters. such as the Chinese
quarter. the Italian quarter. the Jewish
quarter. with their tenement houses. those
barracks of the poor which I visited one day
in company with a sanitary engineer, remind
one of some of Dante‘s descriptions: it is a
descent, or rather an ascent, into hell. I spare
the reader the impressions which that day
left upon me. Horrible! A populace com-
posed of the offscouriugs of all nations. the
dirtiest, roughest one can imagine.
Hard by this frightful squalor, Fifth avenue.
with its palaces full of the riches of the earth.
It is the eternal story of large cities.
As in London, hundreds of churches and
taverns (called beer animus), it is the same
ignoble Anglo-Saxon mixture of Bible and
beer, of spiritual and spirituous.
New York is probably the most cosmopolie
tan city inthe world. To give an idea of it,
I may tell you that there are newspapers
published there in English. French, German,
Russian, Italian, Spanish, Swedish. Dutch.
Hungarian, Chinese and Hebrew.
I received one day a circular of a meeting
of the “Knights of Labor.” It was printed
in six different languages.
Nothing is more diverting than to hear the
dwellers of eachgreat American town criti-
cise the dwellers in the others. All these
» societies, each almost in its infancy usyet,
arc jealous one of another. At Boston, for
instance, you will be told that the Chicago
people are all pig stickers and pork packers.
In Chicago, you will hear that Boston is com-
posed of nothing but prigs and “preciouses
ridicules." - .
The English spoken in Boston is purer than
any to be heard elsewhere in the north. The
voices are less harsh and nasal, the language
ceases to be “vurry, vurry Amurracan." If
you think yourself in England as you walk
along the sheets, .the illusion (Memes com-
plete when you hear the well bred people
All the anecdotes told in America on the
subject of Boston are satires upon the pre-
sumptuous character of the Bostonian, who
considers Boston the center of the universe.
Here is one out of the many hundreds I
have heard.
A Boston man has lost hiswife. Assoon
as telephonic communication is established
between that city and Paradise, he rings and
cries:
“Hello!"
“Hello!” from the other end.
“Is that you. Artemisial"
“Yes, dear."
“Well, my love, and how do you like it up
therei"
“Oh, it is very nice. of course—but it isn’t
Boston.”
Washington is the sole American city which
has monuments that «In strike the European
. with admiration for their beauty. The Cap-
itol, the government buildings, the museums,
built in the midst of handsome gardens. all
arrest the eye of the visitor. .
The Capitol, 751 feet long. built of whi
marble, with a superb dome and majestic
flights of steps. is one of the grandest. most
imposing looking edifices in the world. The
souvenirs attached to it and the treasures
which it contains render it dear- to the Ameri-
minds the glories of {thepash and keeps alight
the flame of patriotism. "
A general, ,who. sleryed through the great
civil war, eon me he had seen strong men,
soldiers brought up in remote states. sit down
and weep with strong emotion at seeing the
Capitol for the first time. _ r ,
Washingtonis wholly given over
when congl'efl’ hittingnit is delirious.
Little or no commerce is done.
Philadelphia, formerly the capital of the
United States, is a city of eight or nine hun-
dred thousand inhabitants. and is built, like
New York. in parallelogram Its town hall
is, next to the Capitol at washington. the
fineetedificeinAmericm ldonot know
anything to compare to its" splendid perk.
unless it be the BoisdeBoulogne in Park
The alleys of this park,“ put together. would
cover about sixty mile in length. Seen after
New York or the busywutm'n' anthem»
delphia strikes one esslow. outflow . ,
-.-except on the Clover club ' antlual banquet
evening. . -. ., .. , _/
This Quaker city of‘quiet streets and wber
atoiyn,builtof~wood.-andpeopledubysome
lrrmdred thoumnd inhabitants." Thiswas’
calledChicago. - . -.
On the eveningof Oct. 8,*'1871,u cow that
amid wonrnwasaflflasbs he: '93!!!
gifpthe Amcicsn thirsts after money, itis-
? .r’iot-Tffor theilove of money.as a rule, but
In other words. avarice is a vice almost 1111- .
,cans; it is a monument which recalls to their
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tics. When congreu is not sitting, itis dead:
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. .Oétheshoresofmkeiflichigantherestood'
overs lamp and '53th thlfe structure. ‘ The
flames spread, and or: the marrow of that ter-
rible night the whole city was level with the
ground The Chicago people of today show,
as a curiosity to the visitor, the only wooden
house which escaped the flames.
At the present time this city. the living and
gigantic emblem of the phoenix. stands re-
builtin hewn stone, and holding 800.000 1n-
habitants.
Such is America.
In lam than twenty years Omaha, Denver,
Kansas City, Minneapolis will be so many
Chicagos. Cincinnati. St Louis. louisvillo
will rival her in five
Chicago is, in my eyes. the very type of the
American city, the most striking example of
what Jonathan calls “go-aheadism."
The streets are twice as wide as the Parisian
boulevards; the houses of business are eight.
ten and twelve stories high. Michigan ave
nueis seven miles long; the numbers of the
houses run up to 3,000 and something. The
city has parks. lovely drives by the lake shore,
statues. including a splendid one of Abraham
Lincoln, public buildings imposing in their
massivenem. fine theatres and churches, luxu~
rious clubs, hotels inside which four good
sized Parisian ones could dance a quadrillc.
etc'., etc.
Michigan avenue and Prairie avenue ill'O
extremely handsome. Picture to yourself the
avenue of the Bois de Boulogne, prolonged
for seven miles in ostrnight line, and imagine
the effect, the beautiful vista, when this is lit
up at night, or when the trees, with which
both these grand roads are planted. are in all
their fresh spring beauty
In these avenues. American eccentricity
has been allowed free play. The houses are
built in all imaginable styles of architecture:
some of them are Florentine, some English.
others Moorish, others u. mixture of all three;
others again look like Greek temples, whilst
here and there you come across what looks
liken little Gothic church. and close along-
side medimval castles in miniature, or imita-
tion mosques; me have the look of villas in
the Paris suburbs. some have been modeled
upon Swim chalets. others upon the residence
of some pnsha on the borders of the Bus:
phorus. There are styles for all tastes.
The American may be eccentric, or what
you will, but he is never monotonous.
Enter one of these houses, and you will see
handsome furniture. not only rich, but in
good taste.
I was not astonished to find Chicago society
genial, polished and well read. Riches beget
the taste for literature and arts; perhaps one
day it will beget the taste for simplicity.
You find here still more warmth and much
less constraint than in the east. You feel
that you have quit the realms of New Eng-
land Puritanism. No frigidity here; people
give free play to their sentiments. If 1 had
to name the most sympathetic of my Ameri-
can audiences, the warmest and promptest to
seize the significance of a look or gesture, I
should name the one which I had the honor
of addressing in Chicago.
At 7 in the morning every man is astir and
at work, whether he be millionaire or poor
clerk. Only the idle are outside the pale of re-
spectability in Chicago.
I do not think it is possible for a European
to imagine the activity which reigns in
Chicago without seeing it.
“You will soon be inventing," 1 said to a.
resident, “a machine that will take a live
rabbit at one end and turn out a chimney pot
hot at the other."
“IVs have done something very like it
already." be repiial.
And next morning he took me to see the
famous pig killing and pork aching premises
of Philip Armour 43; Co.
Picture to yourself a series of rooms con-
necting. In the first. 5,000 pigs 8. day are
killed; in the second, they are scraped as
they come out of a caldron of boiling water;
in the third, the heads are cut oil'; and so on,
and so on. The process is somewhat sickening,
and I will not. enter into any more details. At
the end of the cstalfiislnncnt the poor pigs are
presented to you under the forms of bacon,
sausage, gelatinc, etc. The various processes
take place withnll the rapidity of conjuring.
CHAPTER \‘Iil.
American houses are furnished very luxuri-
ously. and for the most part with exquisite
taste. Here you see the influence of woman
in the smallest details of life; indeed, at
every step you take. you see that woman has
passed that way
The luxury displayed at receptions, dinners
and dances surpasses European imagination.
Ata ball given in New York in the month
of February. 1351.3. the walls were covered
with roses, which fllfl not cost less than
810,000. When one considers that the supper,
and everything else, was on the same scale, it
becomes doubtful whether such luxury is to
beadmired. l was present one evening ate
dinner given in' the large dining hall at
Delmonico’s restaurant. in New York. We
were eighty-seven guests at an immense
round table The center of the board was
covered with u gigantic star of flowers;
roses, arum lilies. and heliotropc. At that
season, lilies were worth 1: dollar each, and
all through the winter the price of roses was
from a quarter to two dollars apiece, accord-
ing to kind. The Americans hi. this feast
estimated thastnr of flowers :11; six or seven
thousand dollars
At a dinner purrvgiven recently at Del-
monico‘s, I heard that each menu had a chain
attached, consisting of pearls and diamonds.
and valued at $1,000.
In houses, in clubs. in ofiices one cannot
help admu'lng the ingenious forethought, the
the wonderful care with which the smallest
wants and the slightest conveniences of life
have been studied . it seems as if there were
nothing left to desire.
It is impossible. however. in speaking of
American interiors. to pass over in silence a
certain eyesore. Which meets your sight at
every turn
The most indispensable, it. appears, the
most conspicuous at any rate. piece of furui»
tum in America is the spittoou. All rooms
are provided with this object of prime ueces
sity: you find one beside your seat in the
trains, under your table. in the restaurants.
impomible to escape the sight of the ugly
utensil. In the hotel corridors there is a spit
toon standing sentinel outside every door III
public buildings the floors are‘ dotted with
them. and they form the line all up the
stairs,
The Americans. used to these targets from
the tenderest age. are marvelously adroit at
the use of them; they never miss their aim.
I saw some really striking feats of marksman-
ship, but perhaps the best of all at the Cap-
itol, in Washington.
The supreme court of judicature was sit-
ting. As [entered an advocate was launch-
ing thunders of eloquence. All at once he
"stopped, looked at a spittoon which stood two
yards off, aimed at it, and Kerrron—cranahk
—-ptu1 right in the bull‘s eye; then on he
went with his harangue. I looked to see the
seven judges and the public applaud and cry
bravol , Not a murmur. the incident passed
completely unnoticed. Probably there was
not a man in the hall who could not say to
himself: “There’s nothing in that, I could do
as much.” . .
utmued.
AMERICAN WOMEN. ‘
Them Are None of Them Stupid Looking.
Attention They Receive.
That which struck me most in America,
from first to last, is the total absence of
stupid looking faces. All are not hand-
some, but all are intelligent and beaming
with activity. In my opinion, it is in this
that American beauty mainly consists. In
the large cities of the east, the first thing
which caught my attention was the thixmess
ofltbermen and the plumpness of the women.
This seemed to hint that the former lived in
a furnace of activity and the latter in cotton
wool. Q This impression soon deepened into a.
conviction. It seemed to me that her lot was
as near to being perfection as an earthly lot
could be. A respect amounting to reverence
is shown for her, and it appears to bathe chief
‘ dlniof her protectors to surround her with
luxury and make her path through luo a
sunny .one. So far‘ as adding to her mental
and physical grace goes. this plan of making
every . woman an uncrowned queen has
answered completely. Seeing her high po-
sition. ;she has set herself to work to fill it be-
comingly, and it is the cultivation of Ameri-
ca's daughters, it is their charming inde-
pendence and a consciousness of their power
that make them so attractive and render
American society sodeligbtful to the stranger.
In their treatment of women, the Americans
might give more than one lesson to the men
of the , old world, even to the Frenchman,
who. in the matter of politeness, lives a good
deal, I-am afraid, on the reputation of his
ancestors. The respect for women, in Ameri-
ca, seemed tome to be perfectly disinterested,
purely: platonic. In France. this respect
almost: always borders on gallantry. A
Frenchman will always stand back to let a
woman pass, but-he will generally profit by
the occasion to take a good look at her.
"fan outsider be competent to form an
opinion, I venture to say that the American
woman does not render to man a tithe of the
.devotioh he receives from him. The French
wife-repays a husband’s devotion by protect—
ing his interests—an American one too often
“Eye it by breaking into his capital. -Max
0' 11 in Forum
EVERY NIGHT I SGHATCHEU.
i
I
. I
Unsll the Skin was raw- Body covered willr :
srnlcs like spots of 'Inortar. Cured by
the Cutlenm Remedies.
I am going to tell you of the extraordinary change
your Concerts ltsmsms performed on me.
About the 131. or April last I noticed some red plm-
pics like coming out. all Over my body,but thought
nothing of it until sometime later on, when it be-
gun to look like spots of mortar spotted on, and
and which came off in layres, accompanied with
itching. I would scratch every night not“ I wad
raw, then the next night the scales. being formed
meanwhile, were scratched 1911' again. III vuin dis
I consult an the doctors in the country, but with-
out aid. Afler giving up all hopes of recovery 1
happened to see an advertisement in the newspa-
pers about CUTICURA REMEDIFS. and purchased
them from my druggisl. and obtained almost 1m—
mediate relief. I began to notice that the scaly
eruptions gradually dropped off and dlsaprtai‘ed
one by one. and have been fully cured. I had the
disease thIrtceu months hcforcl began taking the
CUTICURA liuuumss, and in four or five weeks
was entIrcly cured. M y disease was eczema and
psoriasis. I recommended the Concerts Rama
DIES, to all in my vicinity, and 1 know of a great
many who have taken them, and than: me for
the knowledge cf them, especially mothers who
huvclmhes with scaly eruptions on their heads _
and bodies. I cannot. express in words the thanks
t0 l'ou for what the CUTICUIIA limlanres have
been tome. My body was covered w1!h,sculcs, 3
Now my :.
and I was an awful spectacle to behold.
skin is as nice and clear as n baby-a:
GEO. CO'I‘EY, Merrill, Wis.
Sept. 21. 1837.
Feb. T. 1883 ~—Xot a trace whatsoever of the dis- ‘
case from which 1 suffered has shown itself since
my cure
We cannot do justice to the esteem in which
Curlcmu, the great Skin I‘ure, and Curlcuru
SOAP, an exquislt Skin Beautliier. prepared from
it, and CUTICURA RESOLVEN’I‘, the new Blood 1‘u-
ruler, are held by Ina thousands upon thousands
whose lives have been made happy by the cure of
agonizing, humiliating, itching, scaly and plmply
llisienscs of the skin, scalp, and blood, with loss or
m r. '
Sold everywh'erc: Price, CUTICITIIA, 50c. ; SOAP.
25in. ; lissomuur, :1. Prepared by the l’or'rmn.
1mm AND CIIEMlCAL Co., lloston, Mass.
BW'Scud for “flow to Cure Skin Diseases,” 64
pages. 51) illllstrmious, and 100 lcslllnoniais.
P1
l'LES.l)lack-lIcadsI, chapped and oily skin
pl'eVCIlinl lly CUTICURA AIIZDICATED SOAP.
Catanh ill Consumption.
Umurrh in its destructive force stands next to
111111 undoubtedly leads on to consumption. It is
therefore singular that those afflicted with this
fearful amount: should not make it the object of
then lives to r111 themselves of it. .DeccptIvc
remedies concocted by Ignorant pretenders 10
medical knowledge have weakened the confidence
of the great majorlty of sufferers in all advertised
remedIcs. They become resigned to :1 life of
misery rather than torture themselves with doubl-
ful pallialivcs.
But this will nevcr do. Catarrh must he met at
every stage and combated with all our might.
In may cases the disease has assumed dannerous
symptoms. The bones and cartilage of the nose.
the organs of hearing. of seeing and of tasting so
ull’cctcd as to be useless. Ihe uvula so elongaled,
the throat so inflamed and lrrituled as to produce
a constant and dislresslng cough
SANI-‘onn’s RADICAL Cour: meets every phase
of Catarrh. from a simple head cold to the most
loathsom and destructive stages. It is loss. and
coustIlutlonaL Instant in relieving. permanent
1n cur-mg, sate, economrcai and never-failing.
Each package contains one bottle of the RADI-
CAL CURE, one box of UATA BREAK. SOLVENT, and
one lurnovuu INIIALER; price, $1. -‘
POTTER DRUG dc CHEMICAL C0,, BOSIOD.
PAINS Mill WEAKNESSES
OF FEMALES
Instantly ’relleved by the Cuticura
Anti-Pain Plaster, a new. most
greeable, instantaneous and infalible
pain-killmg plaster, especially adapted
to relieve Femaie Pains and Weak-
nesses. Warranlrd vastly superior to
a: UIIAGI' plasters, and the most perfect Antlodot
to pain. inflnmutlon asd Weakness yet compuuell-
ed At all druggisls, 25 cents; live for
$1.00: 01', postage free of POTTER DRUG AND
CHEMICAL Co., Boston. Mass.
I I have no hesitation in
recommending
01-. Seth Arnold's
COUGII KILLER.
A few doses cured me of
a cold and tickling In
the throat.
G. L. WALKER.
Psw'rucss-r, R. I.
SETH ARNOLDI
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DREVFNTS d
bUNSUMDTIUN.
Druggists, 25c. 500., and $1.00.
R
res BREAKFAST.
sou) BY ALL onocnns.
Quaker Mill Co., Ravenna. Ohm
corn HEDAL,PABIS.1878.
BAKER’
Breakfast ulna.
Warranted absolutely pure
Cocoa, from which the excess of
Oil has been removed. It has more
than. three times the strength
of Cocoa mixed with Starch, Arrow-
root or Sugar. and is therefore far
more economical, costing less than
one cent a. cup. It is delicious,
nourishing. strengthening. easily di-
. gested. and admirably adapted for in-
- valid: as well as for persons in health.
Sold by Grocers everywhere.
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(Trade Mark)
IO Tears in Advance.
ARE MADE BY:
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232 and 234 “’ntcr St., New York.
; Healthful. Powerful. Durable.
No Gas. no Dust. Wonderfully Successful
Heaters. Estabhshed1837.
.-—-SOLD BY— 21n36
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more FURNACES
WITH Li'ss‘r PATENT 1?.1PnOVEIJiENTS
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. NORWALK, CONN.
WANTED.
PPLES. POTATOES ONIONS, BUTTER EGGS.
CHEESE 200 'r NS OF POULTRY AND
WILD GAME P01! HOLIDAYS. Will pay cash or
sell on CommissIon. Our daily Market Reports
forwarded every day.
E. M. BALLARD 8:. 00..
General Produce Commission
Merchants,
743 Myrtle inn. Brnnklnn, N. Y.
I Dressmeking. m ‘
lil‘JSSlviAth'G done in all of the latest style
Button holes made by hand. Old gurmens
rc-cut and refitted. '
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No. 6 south Union Arches
Post ofiico box 654. Norwalk.
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Sheridan’s Condition Powder
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medicine. to be given In the food, once daily. in small doses.
Worth its weight in field when horns are moultlmt.
by mail. Ask your rugglst. racer, general store
once to us ’l‘nke no other “70 will
elegantly
:11Itl. soul
to make money with n i'cw lil‘llSl, unll two small puckn es of Powder for 60 Cents; or,
Sample pnckngr: 01 Powder. ‘.'1 cents, five for $1.11).
I. S. JOHNSON d“. (50.. 2: Custom-llouso Street, Boston. Mass.
.pound can and Guide, $1.21).
.prepnid, for $5.00. Send stamp; 01' cash.
Prevents and cures all diseases of hens.
and to keep them healthy. Tcstimoniuls sent free
or food Ilcnlcr for it. if you can't not it, send at
mstpnlll 1w mall us follmvm—A new, enforced,
illustrated copv of the “FARMEHS' l'OLII.’ ‘RY RAISING GUIDE" (price 25 cents; tells how
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ourist Line to the scenic resorts, and
Its Vfatertown Branch
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Minnesota, and East Southern Dakota. _
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HOUSATONIC RAILROAD.
Boundary and Murwalk Division.
Corrected April 25111, 1557.
PASSENGER TRAINS
SOUTH.
Lv. Norwalk. Lv .30. Norwalk, Ar.Wiison Poin
602mm. 61011 In
I 82 11.1u. 7 513 ‘1 s 03 ‘-,'
546 “ S26 “ 83-2 “
11103 H 101:: 1. 11) so "1
12 50 p. m. 101) p.111. 1 01 p. m.
4 34 “ i =16 " 4 53 it
6 39 “ Mixed G 50 “ de. '1' 00 “ Mixep
8112 “ S (IT “ $15 ‘
943' .‘ 1024 “ 1031 “
NORTH.
Lv.Wl.son Point LL80. Norwalk. Ar. Norwalk
110 a. m 140 11.111. 210 a. m.
6 25 H 1135 u o 40 ..
845 “ 918 “ 923 “
121:1 “ 12 3 “ 121$ “
2 55 p. 111 3 05 p.111. 311 p. m.
425 ‘- 510 “ 515 ‘-
735 u
5 50 .. 1525 “ I; 39 I-
11111 “ 10 24 “
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1“. C. PAYNE, Superinlcmlent.
J. '1'. Fuss. General Ticket Agent.
New York, New Haven &
Hartford Railroad. '
DECEMBER 23:1, 1888.)
YORK DIVISION.
N E \i‘
'l'raius leave SOIIIII Noru’uik as fol.ows:——
For New York—Accommodatiou trains at
6.56. sear, 9.36, a. 1:1,, 1.;0 (lucul) 2.44, 5.06,
and 6.31; (to Stamford only) 8.11. 111.15, p. m. Ex-
press trains in 5.16 (c.\‘cept Mondays), 5.45. 6.12,
(100111), 1.2:} (local), 1.56 (10cul)S.26 (local) 9.03
(SprIuglield local), 10.13, 11.45 :1. 111.; 12.59(Spr1ug-
uald local), 446. 5.20.1).111.
For New Haven and the East—Accommo-
dation trains at 6.31. 7.38. 5.50. 10.42 a. m., 1.45,
4.22, 5.13,6.3511nd 7.27. lo llrndgepori, 8.49. 9.49,
11.01 p.1u. Express trains at. 9.11;, II.m.;12. 13,1.07
(local), 3.07, 4.11 (llousumuic Express) 5.09
(Nauguluck Express) 7.18, (Springfield local),
12.43 a. in. (Boston express).
Sundays.—.»\ccommodatlon 7.33, 9.11 n. m..
and 6.51 p. In. "
O. M. SHEPARD, Gen. Supt.
It. ’1‘. liliMl’S'l‘iiAl). Gen. Pass. Agt.
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a
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Will make daily trips for freight between
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anywhere in New York or its vicinity.
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employee of the boats on this line on mount of
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duce by examining surgeons. A pensioner is
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procure a. favorable settlement Many claims
stand rejected before .the department, when it
only requrres acompeieu: attorney to make them
good cases. Soldierssumg'mg with disabilities
contracted in cervicasqhojwne not applied for a
pemton, should do so asitjsflwir RIGHT.
SOLDIERS OF THE “EXIQAN WAR.
Who were in that service sixty ,days, [or their
widows if not rte-married] are entitled to $8.00 per
month lrom January 29th. 1851. tf20
M. SCHWA‘E.
lOPTICIAN and OCULIST,
WILL 13E AT NORWALK.
FEB. 27th &- 28th,
1889.
A t Nor/walk H'otel.
Havingqualai‘rsd myself by years of hard stud
in the bestrnstitmions in Europe. and having had y
practical experience of twenty-live years in the
country. I am cash“ at first ought. to adapt lenses
most appropriate to restore the vision to its origIna
vi rand.cure all the venous diseases of the eye
I nve therefore combined my practice of an
Oculist with our «fan Optician. and am now on
abled to furnishaed athkmds of let-es and styles 0
Spectacles and EyelGlasses which are made t
order under my own supervision. to suit my one
omers' visionary 3.
Communication Free.
References—Geo. 6. Bishop. Charles Olmstea
To Widowed Pensioners.
BY the not of J une 1th. 1888, all widowed pen-
sioners, whose pensions commenced subse-
quent to June 3011:. 1880. and the soldier husband
(lie 1 prior to that date. are now allowed pensions
from date of said death, instead or from date of
widow’s application as was heretofore the rule of
the Pension ()filcc. Any such widowed pensioner
.so entlued to urrearages. as above, can have her
claim adjusted and collected by addressing,
M. L. BYI \GTON.
241 \‘th St, N. E., Washington.D.C
,30
Building Materials, 860.
BUILDING STON 1-}, all qualities of sand, cel-
lars dug. gardens and grounds renovated.
horses and carts for hire. 1 have some thoroughly
rotted and very fine manure for flower beds.
. . . EDMUNDS.
No.680uth Union Avenue.
. P. 0. Box 654. Norwalk
Or leave orders atP. W. Bates’hiarble Yarft dl;t.
To Rent.
'l‘HE SHOE FACTORY PROPERTY, lately
occupied by F. H Roscoe belonging to
the Estate of Wm. K. James. eceased, can
now be rented on reasonable terms. and is
available for a variety of put ses. Possession
class order. For sale at abargsln:
4m App1y at Gamma Orrrcs.
Combination Billard and Poo; Tune, in first l
immediately. F. ST. Jon LUUKWOUD.
till Trustee
,4“
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M Y CHOICE.
Pass from my view the splendor of the world that. 1,
now 1 meet—-
The breath that blasts its fellow man with rcnrch- "
ing sunnnd heat,
The crushed despair and anguish of the city‘s
crowded street—
.\nd let me has boy again. with daisies at my
feet.
1 would rather sit beneath the tree that bent above
the brook
Where in the happy long ago 1 thing the baited
hook,
Than bear the proudest. name that man has placed
in printed book,
If with that name were writ a shame God could
not overlook. . —Jnlnes Riley.
Sitting the Sands for Valuables.
A midsummer tide of humanity flowed
against the hotel bulwarks at Atlantic City.
The villa strewed beach wasi‘ull of sightscers.
There wean curious coincidence connected
with the trip of one of the yachts. The party-
was carried by Capt. Will Gale in his yacht
Alert. 'l‘hcy spoken trim looking schooner
oii‘ shore, and the captain inquired after the
people in Atlantic City. In the conversation
that followed it. was found that the schooner
was no other than the Robert Morgan, which
was blown high and dry on shore during the
terrific storm of 135}, and upon which balls
and parties were hold all of the following rea-
son.
A small army of sand Sifters were at work
on the beach. Their outfit consisted of a
sieve, a shovel and a tin box. They (lug the
snuzl from around the posts on which the
born-d walk had been laid. -Aftcr reaching a
depth u." about two feet the Sifters ran the
send through their sieve. Frequently their
efforts were rewarded by finds of precious
stones and jewelry.
To a curious visitor on: of the siftors ex-
hibited his treasure. It comprised diamond
pins, :1 plain gold ring, a dollar, gold piece
and 1: number of sznuller coins. He had
made a lucky hit in the morning, and was
about $150 better off. He said there were
cos-cs where $500 had been recovered from
the sand in u day, but that many days were
often spent without recovering a dollar‘s
worth. The action of the sea washes all par-
ticles around the posts along the beach, and
the hundreds of dollars’ worth of jewelry and
money lost by the summer crowds are gath-
ered in by these patient toilers during the
cold months—Philadelphia Record.
Lumps.
Oil has been burned in lamps for many cen-
turics. but no rec-.1 improvement in oil lamps
was made till about 100 years ago, or about
i 178‘}, when M. Argand, a Swiss who lived at
:usu—n—.~.~..«.-1.-.-.._-...‘.u..._-._._.. ., .
'i complexion.
London, invented the cylindrical wick and
humor, which has since borne his name.
Soon after the glass chimney was introduced
and lighting by oil was fully revolutionized.
These two improvements multiplied the light
to be obtained from a. lamp and by producing
a. perfect combustion of the oil, obviated the
smoke and bad odors previously inseparable
from the use of oil lamps. Other improve—
ments followed, one of the most notable be-
ing the placing of the reservoir of oil below
the burner instead of above, making the
lump much more convenient. This was a
discovery of Philippe Girard, a Frenchman,
about 1807. Another Frenchman, Carccl,
contrived a mcc‘uaniszn to regulate the sup-
ply of oil. but his contrivance was superseded
by the moderator lamp, intrcduccd about
sixty years ago. Some further modifications
of lamps followed the discovery 01’ pctl‘cicum,
but those are the principal features included
in the lamps of the present day, the Argnnd
principle being substantially unchanged.—
Good Housekeeping.
Boxing as :I Bunniificr.
"Do you see that girl l"~said a lady to her
" escort at the Metropolitan Opera house the
other evening. “She is rather plain and or-
dinarily might attract no attention on the
street, but as she is usually seen promenading
Broadway half the men admire her beautiful
And it is natural, too. Every
": afternoon before taking a. well: she and a
‘ friend put on the boxing gloves for an hour.
.._.._...._......_....~....._.__.«....
They whack each other over the checks and
necks till their faces are crimson, then dross
hurriedly, as dressing in haste goes with
women, and walk up and down the street
while the color is 011. Before the complexion
has become normal in its tin. they return to
their home. Gradually they have made a
reputation for having the rosicst checks of
any women in New York. As they sit there
in the front row now you can sec how pale
their checks are naturally and how white
1 their necks. On the street they are the
i
- healthiest looking girls in New York.”—Bal—
timore American
Gun. Sherman's One Request.
A west side political club wanted to ser-
enade Gen. Sherman. A committee saw him
about it beforehand to learn whether the
demonstralion would be agreeable.
“It isnll I‘ig!1t.boys,” Sherman said. “I
shall bolronoretl by the serenade. I won’t
make much of nspeech, but if you care to
haven few off hand remarks I will make
' them. But I insist upon one condition. Your
hand must not play ‘Marching Through
Georgia.’ It is a good air, and all that, but
for just about a quarter of a century no band
_ of music has ever knowingly played to me
without using it. That has become monoto-
nous, don‘t you see, and I feel as thoughl
couldn’t possibly stand another note of it."—
Ncw York 1.12111 and Express.
05' in Spelling.
Waiter (handing :‘ncnu card to countryman
in fashionable up town restaurant, briskly)--
Now ihcn, sir, what will it be!
Countrymau—Wcll, the (net thing I want
to say is that you‘ve got your sign spelled
wrong outside. ‘13.": 0’ don’t spell coffee by a
10:13 sight. Ilf you should mart a shop down
to tho Corners you‘ll git the grand laugh.—
Thc {31:1 ch'.
Dr. 31ch1: is cf the opinion that
Matthew Arnold “1123 been rather-an over-
stimntcd man 1:1 England. It does not ap-
pear to me that he has written nnygrcat
work in history or in criticism that will live
above an age or two. Helms taken up no
great theme, and he will go down to posterity
as the author of some lino poems of the sec—
ond rank and of certain phrases which he has
sought to make classical.”
r...
LJu.
Jews in Europe claim that Coralie Cohen
is a second Florence N ightingalo. Her work
was don-3 among, the wounded on both sides
in the Franco-German war. She is now a
knight of the Legion of Honor and president
of the Association dcs Dames Francoise.
For the space of 111 years we are to have
the figure 9 in our years, and the occultists,
who put much stress upon numbers, predict
that the condition of mankind will be greatly
im roved or"? all past times during thispc
rio . It is 3.10 33.2 of Kai Yugo.
The fame of any Fern" and of Alice
and Phoebe (Jury was established thirty years
ago, yet neither of them was able to make a.
comfortable income until toward the close of
their careers.
it is that the United States goverrv
uncut has paid more money in the investiga-
tion of the diseases of hogs than it has for all
the (macro: affecting the human race.
at" ted
-o...
From the Pastor of the Olivet Baptist
Church, Philadelphia. Pa.: 1 was so much
troubled with caturrh it seriously affected
my voice. One bottle of Ely's Cream
Balm did the work. My voice is fully to
stored—B. F. Licpsncr.
The Cincinnati police arrcsted 15,997
persons in 1888.
Honcst.-—Iu these days of adullcratiou
and fraud, in all branches of bu loose and
pursuits, it is pleasing to know that there
is one medicine prepared which is strictly
pure. Such a medicine is Sulphur Bitters
in curing scrofula; you can depend on
them every time—W. B. Events, A. M.,
Charleston. S. C.
Last. year pneumonia killed 450 people
in Cincinnati.
Remember this: There are many dis-
cases, that taken at the start, may be
easily checked; let them run, and they
often prove fatal. For such diseases,
generally rising from stomach dilllculties,
no medicine is so valuable in the house as
Moffnl‘s Life Pills, Moifut’s Phoenix Bil-
tcrs promote good health. Try them.
For sale by druggisis everywhere.
The Nile is lower than ever before re-
corded.
Just Nomads—How loving they are;
this is always a sure sign. After the first
year sometimes it don’t hold good. When
Charles comes home to you grouty and
cross, snapping and snarling, unable to
relish the nice dinner you have cooked,
and feels as if there was a ton of pIg iron
in his stomach, he is troubled with dys-
pepsin, and Sulphur Bitters is the only
medicine that will cure him.
There is a boom in silk culture in Cal-
ifornin.
The Handsomest Lady in Norwaik.
Remarki-d to a friend the other day that
she knew Kemp’s Balsam for the throat
and lungs was a superior remedy, as it
stopped bcr cough instantly when other
remcrhes had no effect. whatever. So to
prove this and convince you of its merit
any druggist will give you a sample bot
11c frcc. Large size 50c. and $1.
_______—_—-
How liars Arc “'nm.
The vain and amorous wear theirssidewise.
The reflective wear theirs tilted back. but
with the chin lower.
Solid business men usually wear the but
squarely over the brows.
The careless and praise loving was r theirs
tilted back, keeping the chin high.
The secretive. sly and unsocial wear their
hats tipped forward squarely over the brows.
An ancient but, well brushed and always
worn. indicates a man of means. shrewdnem,
little sensitiveness, method and miserlinesa—
Philadelphia Call. '
BY USING
GLIHTOH’S
WITCH HAZEL
,9: It is the onl preparation in the
‘ worldwsrrsnte incurs sudsredlcste
all Impurities from the summons.
. l’l-sfile‘q‘v Salt Blues-n,
Flee onus and Sun
Burn. 1. gives the complexion a (realities! and translncsncy
which cannot be obtained by an other, even h thedsagsroususeof
arsenic. It is unequaled as a milder of t s hen-in. rsfinlagths
skin sndrnskingl tsoft, clear and white. Witch Halal Toilet Cream
Is not a paint or powder and to cover up the 1m rifles of the skin
but a remedy that basis perfectly and converts a same to end-nu;
beauty. Price of 2131 box 95c. For Sale BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
WITCH liAlEl "Ail GO. GllllTllVllIE “ll.
IP
'fi‘p, 9%}: ‘
gig} b“.
o .
e \‘y I ‘g/
l , .
Is a perfectly harm-
Famous loss herb remedy.
Fechte r’s
Does not contain on p
poisonous ingredi-
.E.A_LR_L9.9_ ..............
It will surely bring about anewgrowthofhair unless
the roots are entirer dried up. which occurs in not
more than five cases out of a hundred. Cases of 20
years’ standing have been cured.
Ifthlsis
$1,000 REWARD mum
FAIRICON Nos. 1 and 2. prison. bottloisfox
heads entirely or partially bald. NO. m 75 oath
per bottle is invaluable as a mm It
will
renew the growth ofhair the“! fill it
mouth and. glossy and semen Ill .22?“
course of treatment 810.
I". F. F. is for sale byall umuww
us on, receipt ofprice. Band for «them
and genuine testimonials months-u whollfl. “flu
Cut this out and send to some bald-w m- '
FECHTEB REMEDY 00., mum, 01'.
he Falrleen Tar Soap for Toilet, Beth and Nursery.
It Is Peerless for the Complexion, chopped "and: or Iisngh Illa.
For Sale at George Pleisted’s. Drug Store.
B If. BITTERS for $1.00,less than
one cent a dose. It will. cure the
worst cases of skin disease, from
a common pimple on the face
to that awful disease Scrofula.
SULPHUR BITTERS is the
best medicine to use in all
cases of such stubborn and
deep seated diseases.
not ever take
BLUE PILLS
ormcrcury, they are dead
1y. Place your trust in
SULPHUR BITTERS,
the purest and best
medicine ever made.
IsyourTongneOosta-
.withnycllowstlcky
you are slck,n
matter what ails
x I on’t wait until you X
substance? lsyour are unableto walk, or
breath foul and are flat on your back.
oil‘ensive? Your ut get some at once. it
stomach is out will cure you. Sulphur
of order. Use 'itters is
x SUfifiTHUERRS The Invalid’s Friend.
. , U
X
iimmclliately Theyoung,the aged and tot- ,,
I tering are soon made well by 1
, its use. Remember what you
1'0113’: 010- read here. it ma save your '
01‘ life, it has save hundreds.
I on’t wait until to-morrow,
Try a Bottle Today! I
Are you low-spirited and weak.
or suffering from the excesses of
youth? If so, SULPHUR BI ‘
Semi 3 Q-cent stamps to A. P. Onlway it 00-.
. Boston.hlzlss., for best medicalwork published?
4355'- ”DB-HAYNES’ visage
ARAEMESAALSAM
The Best Medicines Ever Invented For
Periecl and immediate Belief in [lasts of
PAIN AND INFLAMMA'I'ION,
both Externally and Internally. It issafe and.
certs-ink: its action. For burns, Poisoning.Ery-
sipelas, Inflammation of the Eyes or Bowels.
Ear ache, Deafness. Rheumatism, Pains in Side,
Back or Shoulders, Piles, Sore Throat. Group,
or Bronchitis. Price 25 cts. and $1. at druggists.
E. honour A: 5055, Proprietors, Providence, If. I.
Dr. J. Miller’s Vegetable Expcctorant is in- '
valuable for Coughs d: Colds, 35c. «Sc 31. at Druggists.
The Great Alvine. Cures external. blind or
-
PIles '
I bleeding. chronic, recent or beredi . In.
stunt relief: final cure certain and never returns. .‘o in«
dehmcv. Neither knife, purge, salve or suppository.
For Sale by
ELECTROBOLE
ALL DRUGGISTS. ly-l-i
I!!! lilillilii OF PROGRESS!
0U R LATEST 1M PROVEM LNTS
“Competition is '- lIc life oftrrulp.” and ”you
have notseen our latest improved goons, you cannot
imagine how lively trade is. or how I; l I or Lom;u‘.i~
tors have to work to ken-p within '
Ask your retailer f»r the Jami-s .’I
the James )lu-uus‘ $1 Shogun-unis
Positively none " i" ' - '
and price stumped I“.
will supply you n .
upon hisdnillg so: 11 m: (1-: lltl insist. RI 1111' l‘-1 :
“-111 coax you into 1: ing inferior Slims 1.....1 v... .
they make a larger profit. .
MAKES MEANS"
05%: $3 sues
;UNEXCELLED In
STYLE UNEDUALLES
._ m DURABILITY
gbbgm AND -<-
, PERFECTIC-T'
4- .
= L. 1
Each has been the recent gin-gross in our brauc? .
industry that “'1' um um: uinlc lo ntiirm {but the .121: . :
.licans‘ $4 Shoo is in every respect equal in 1' c ~1 x
which only a few years ago were remit-d m 1:5,:11: .«-
ten dollars. if you will try on a pair you In ill be l'UL’
\‘I'uced that we do not 0 c
Ours are the original
imitate our system of 1 . .in
with us in quality or illi'il‘l') ,
III our liucs wears the lung»: 1:-
Unltcd States.
Shoes from our celebrated factor-r r
by wide—awake rctai ~s in all puz-
country. We will plu 11cm walk in
reach in any state or :c; or)- if F.1d u 111
cent in a postal card and write to 11:.
James Means d: Co..~11 Lincoln St., Busln‘ ~
A. H. EDIT & SON.
m... 31 Wall 81., Harwell, 151.
[In nh. Bniln 0.00
MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IN
LUMBER, TIMBER,
Shingles, Latin,
Doors, Sash
Blinds, Mould-ing”,
Window Frames
Picket-s, 95m.
Venetian Hand Wood nnmn.
Haul Wood Ceiling and Homing
South Norwalk, Conn.
Norwalk Chronicler