Norwalk weekly gazette, Wednesday, February 20, 1889 · page 4

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Jonathan aullil Continent, . -

By Max O'Rell, Author of “John Bull and
His Island,” "John Bull, lip,“
Btu," mi Jack Allyn.
[Translated by Mme Paul Biouet. Copyrighted
by Cubseil & 00.. New York, and published by

specialurrangement through the American Press
Association Paul Blouet (Max O‘Rell) is a re-

markably clever Frenchman. who has devoted , é

histalentb mostly in morning the Anglo—Saxon
race The book from. which the following =ex-
m are made is his latest production. and ma-
terial for it was gathered during his recent visit
to America.)

 

CHAPTER XV.

.11 America gentleman’s dress is plain. oven
severe. a high but. black coat. dark trousers.
Fancy cloth is little used. even in traveling.

I remember well the sensation I created
with a pair of light gray trousers in a small
Pennsylvania town. Every one seemed to
look at me as if i had been a strange animal.
in the hotel the waitresses nudged one an-
other. and scarcely repressed a giggle. and
the street urchins followed mcasif 1 had been
a member of the Sioux tribe in national cos
tume. The day after my arrival. one of the
local papers announced that a Frenchman
had landed in the town the day before “in
white trousers," and that his popularity had
been as prompt as decisive. '

American ladies dro- very well as a rule.
but there a great number who cover them-
selves with furbclows and jewels, and so long
as each item is costly. trouble themselves lit-
tle about the general effect. ‘

American women have plenty of style of
their own. and also a great deal of distinc-
tion and grace. but they always look dressed
for conquest. [t is well to be it. but not well
to show it. They are apt to laugh at the toi-
let of English Women. and model their own
dremon French lines For my part. 1 think
that nothing can surpass a fresh. young En-
glish girl in a cotton dress and simple straw
hat.

The fashionable headgear, during my so-
journin the states. wnsu high. narrow con-
struction. perched on the top of the head. and
surmounted with feathers. At a certain dis
tance. it gave its wearer the look of an irate
cockatoo.

There are French milliners in New York, I
believe. Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes pre-

tends that they deteriorate on American soil.
I remember we got upon this subject. during
a pleasant chat about his early days in Paris,
and he said: “By the time a French milliner
has been six months in New York. she will
make a bonnet to frighten a Choctaw in
diam" '

At the theatre, women wear silk. which .

prevents one from hearing. and hats a foot
high, which prevent one from seeing.

American ball toilets are ravishing. Here
the diamonds are in place. i do not know
any gayer. more intoxicating sight than an
American ball room. The display of luxury
is on a gigantic scale. The walls are covered
with flowers. the rooms artistically lighted,
the dancing animated. and the true spirit oi
gayety everywhere visible. The young
women are ideal in beauty and brilliancy.
and if it were not for the atmosphere. which
is hot enough to hatch silk worms; you would
pass the evening in an ecstasy of enjoyment

The wives of men with middle class incomes
imitate the luxury of the millionaire's wife.
I expected to find it so; in a democratic coun-
try frogs try to swell into oxen. They pufi'
themselves out until they burst, or rather
until their husbands burst. 0

In France always. and in England when he
will let her, a wife keeps an eye on her hus-
band’s interests in America, she often lays
hands on his capital.

CHAPTER. XVI.

There is no country where you hear so
many good anecdotes. and no country when
they are so well told.

The Americans are delightful raconteurs;
they are past masters in the art of making
those light. graceful. witty little speeches,
wt: ' ive to their dinners sucb‘a unique
chr: I. Then the humor is delicate. the wit
of the brightest irony and elegance com~
blue to make these discourses veritable little
literary gems

Here is a specimen of Gen. Horace Porter’s
drollery—a portrait of an old typical Puri-
tan. given at a "New England" dinner:

“The old Puritan was not the 'most rollicki
ing, the jolliest. the most playful of men. He
at times amused himself sadly. He was given .
to a mild disregard of the conventionaiitieu.
He had suppressed bear baiting. not. it is be-
lieved. because it gave pain to the bear. but
because it gave pleasure to the audience. He
found the indians were the proprietors of the
land. and he felt constrained to move
against them with his gun. with a view to
increasing the number of absentee landlords.
He found the indiaus on one side and the
witches on the other. He was surrounded
with troubles He had to keep the indians
under fire and the Witches over it. These
Were some of the things that reconciled that
good man to sudden death He never let the
sun go down upon his wrath. but he. no
doubt. often wished that he was in that re-
gion near the pole where the sun does not go
down for six months at a time and gives
wrath a fair chance to materialize. He was
a thoughtful man He spent his days invent
ing snow plows and his evenings in sipping
hot rum and ruminating upon the probable
strength of the future prohibition vote.
Those were times when the wives rcmon~
struted with their husbands regarding the
unfortunate and disappointing results of too
much drink. particularly when it led the
men to go out and shoot at lndians—nnd miss
them.- Theae men generally began drinking
on account of the bite. of a snake. and usually
had to quit on account of attacks from the
same reptiles"

Gen. Porter was kind enough to introduce
me to a New York audience on one Occasion.

“Ladies and gentlemen." began the general
without relaxing a muscle of his face, ”,I
claim your indulgence on behalf of V the
speaker who is going to address you. He has
to speak in a language not his own, and. be-
sides, he has not the resource of some of our
countrymen. who. when their throats are
tired. can speak through their noses.”

American women run their husbands and
fathers very close in the matter of wit.
Their wit is apt to be a little more sarcastic.
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CHAPTER XVII.

Humor only springs in simple. unafl-‘ected ‘
characters. You find it in the Scotch. it
overflows in the well bred American, who is
the prince of good fellows. '

The Americans are so good at takings. joke.
so good tempered that. even in public. they
enjoy to banter each other and serve as butts
for each other’s sarcasms. it is on these occa-
sions that American humor is allowed free
play, There are even “Gridiron" clubs, clubs
where guests are invited only to be put on
the grill. The most famous of these is the
Clover club at Philadelphia Outside Para-
dise there is no place where men are treated
with so little regard to their rank.

"Gentlemen." says the president. “I have
the honor to propose the. first toast of the
evening. Let us fill our glasses and drink to
the honorable member of congress on my
right. i doubt not you will push your amia
bility and patience so far as to listen to his
speech in respectful silence. He will be all
the more proud to have an audience to
night, because, as we all know, when the

. honorable member gets up to make a speech
at Washington the benches begin to empty by
magic. Gentlemen. give him a chance."

The congressman takes the joke merrily.
and thus commences his speech:

“Gentlemen—l mean members of the Clover
Club." .

The members pocket the satire with a
hearty laugh.

Presently comes the turn of the second
speaker.

This one speaks in a scarcely audible voice

”Raise your voicel" cry the members.

“I‘m sorry you cannot hear," quietly on:
aware the speaker. “come nearer.”

The cries of “louder 1" continue.

"if 1 speak low." says the interrupted man.
“it is in order to get down to your level. "'

This convulsed the assembly with laughter

I was aghast.

Can it be posible. I thought. that they will
stand that? The joke may be new and funny.
but surely it is being can-led beyond the
bounds. If such things went on in France.
one wouldsee duels going on fuel] the re
tired spots of the neighborhood next morn-
ing.

The president rises once more.

My turn has come.

my have lheard the word “Gentle
men.” queue volley of shouts and 'whistlingll‘
groom me. . ', .q ’ .

I‘seathat hanlnotgoing to bespared. '

“Excuse me,"l continue. “perhaps [had
better explain to you why 1 accepted your
invitation. Since I am in America 1 mean to
study the customsund manneran the people
With this object in view. it would s... dofof '
me toconfinomyself to‘g'ood society.alidl
have determined to make a study this even-

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with music, recitationsggznés; and anecdotes.

ate, declaring that they have had a "rénl
good time."
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CHAPTER XVIII. .

I think the following anecdote illustrates
the delicacy of eustei'n wit:

Philadelphia, whether justly or not. has the
reputation of being very dead and alive. and
.many are the jokes on its dullnes. A Boo-
tonian was doing the honors of his native city
to 'a friend from Philadelphia Having ‘
shown him all the points of interest in the
pluco,_he asked if he did not think Boston a
fine city.

“Yes. it is very nice.” said the Pennsylv
vania man. “but 1 do not think it is so well
_ laid out as Philadelpliia." .

“No," rejoined the Bostonian. "but it will
be when it‘is' as dead as Philadelphia. "

~ charms XIX.

By hisdisoovery of America, Christopher
Columbus has furnished the old world with
an inexhaustible sqglrce of amusing novelties.
YBu pass from the curious to the marvelous,
from the marvelous to the incredible, from
the incredible to the impomlble realized.

But it, is to American journalism that the
palm mustbeawarded. - '

The first thing that attracts your attention
is the titles of the articles. The smallest bits
of news cannot=oscape your notice, thanks to
these wonderful headlines. , It requires a
special genius» for the work to be able to hit
upon such eye ticklers. .,.'

The death of Mrs. Garfield, roofing of the

lug. DEATH or .GBANDMA GARFIELD.

The marriagoiof M. Maurice Bernhardt:
SARAH’S BOY mans ms BRIDE worm: stun.

The execution of a criminal was announced
by a Chicago paper tinder the heading:

JERKED To JESUS.
The reports of two divorce cases 'at Chi-
cago were entitled respectively:
mum on WILLIAM. . , .
nus. cam-en shuns mum w‘i'l'fl nun nus
BAND’S mssmo.

An article on Prince Bismarck was headed ..
in large letters” Bismucx WITHDRAWS.
Just underneath in very small print was:
“His resignation as chancellor of the German
empire”: , ,, -

The marriage of ’young Earl Cairns, who
had been betrothed several. times, was un-
nonnccd to the American ladies thus:

Gamtqm CAUGHT AT LAST.

While I was in the United States the
papers were constantly speaking of a certain
financier named Jacob Sharp. Accused of
fraudulent dealings, this gentleman had been-
arrested, but subsequently released untried. '
The press indulged in much comment on the
matter, and such remarks as: “All mortals
have their-trials except financiers.”

One morning the newspapers were obliged
to desist fronj their utta'cksifpoor Jacob had
posted away from earth. .

The same day I met the editor
the large daily papers. , > , ‘

“Well," I said, “here isa fine occasion for‘
a grand head line tomorrow; you are not
going to let it sliphlsupposei‘? , ,4

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of one of

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“What do you meafm" a.

“How can you ask? Why, Jacob gone up
the ladder, of com‘se.”

“Splendid!” he exclaimed.

“Shame on thee, my dear editor, thou
didst not find that one." L -

"“1 must have it.’ How much will you take ..
for it?" .

“I’ll make you a present of it,” I said.

Next morning the death of the financier
was told in two columns, headed:

“JACOB GONE UP THE LADDER”

If ever I wanted to apply ,for a journal--
istic post in America this would be my most
weighty‘recommendution in the eyes of my
future chief. 3
., This is how one American reporter made a
reputation at a bound. The Chicago people
are still proud. “ ll th§§1fiy
y. The young ow wail? m g a walk onew
eveningin a retired part of the town, onlthe
lookout for what adventure history does not
say. All at once‘a-h ' ‘ i’,_‘-}ffor1uflying mo-
tionless oil the, ground'attrgctcd th’é sight of
our hero. He drew near to it, stooped down,
and found it to be a. corpse. His first inl-
pulse was to immediately seek’ a policeman
and tell him of the discovery. But a sodond
idea came; it was more practical, and he
adopted it. This was it: i

His paper comes out at 2 in the after-neon,
so that by running straight to the Eglice sta-
tibn he would be lugging the matter. public,
and furnishing: ‘ ,brother reported; with a
column or two rftheir mo: ' papers. It
is a catch, this Qrpse, and not to be lightly
given away. What todo? Simplyfiis. Our
journalist drags the body into an empty
building near at band, and carefully hides it.
At 11 next morniughe disg'vers it by chance,
goes as fast as possible to make his declara-
tion to the police, and then hastens away to
the office of his news .aper with two columns
of description, while over night. At 2
o’clock the pdper anfi‘ounces: “Mysterious
murder in Chicago; discovery of the vidtim
bynone of our reportersi” '

The morning papers were outdone,
eyening ones nowhere.

An American newspaper is a conglomprar
tion of . news, political, literary,.,;mti§tic,

. ‘borlirofetriait
kilids, in-

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taste, but which often interests, and always
amuscs. "’

A literary ' ebrity 95an said to me
one/day: “I ashamed .of our American
press. ' We have only two papers inthe cellu-
try that I do not blush for, and tmsenre The
Bostc'm Post and TheEveuing Post, of New
York.” ‘1 ‘

I must say that, if you wgpt to hear
America and everything American severely
criticised, you have only to go to Boston.
There you will hear Boston and England
praised and America picked to pieces. t.

“Are you an American 2” I oncg asked bf 1:.
gentleman I met- in New York. A

“Well,” he said,after some hesitation. ‘QI’m
from Boston.” ' . 5

You must, visit the offices of th‘é great ow
Yorkpapers in the evening if you woul _ get
an idea of the colossal enterprises. There? on
see about fifty reporters with their ncwg all
ready for print in their hands. Each one in
turn passes before the heads of the various
departments, political, liferary, dramatic; etc.

“What have you i” asks an editor to the
first reporter who presents himself. '

“An interview with Sarah Bernhardt."

“Very good. Half a column. And what
have you?" he says, turning to the second.

' “A. report of John Smith the banker’s
Case.” ,.

“Right. One column. -And you?” ,

“I have moment of the president's forth-
coming journey to the south."

“What have you for us this eveningt”; says
the editor to his correspondent in Berlin;

“Bistnarck‘threatenll to send in his resigna-
.ion." . ~ ' ,

“One column.” ‘ ,T, '

“Boulanger has just received an ovutibn at
Lille. A riot is feared in Paris," wires the
Paris correspondent. '

“Capital! Send two columns." .,

"A scandal in Rome. The Marchionéss of

N. has run away with her husband's betro-
tary.” . ,
“Good. Where are they gone?” , D

“No one knows.” '
“No matter. Send a good stirring column
all the same." .2 '

“What’slhlsname, the finanbier, has 1made
off,” ticks the wire from Chicago. _,-

“A column. Send report and start on
scent of the fugitive." , .

When the telegraph has ceased licking and
the crowd of reporters have departed, the
chief editor, like a ship’s captain, the lust to

everything, Sifts, corrects, cum downl, odds“
to, puts all in order, and towards 2 o’clock in
the morning gives the order to print, and
goes home. '. , ’

But, once more, all thisis nothing. It is in
the_Sunday’s issue that you have the crowd- ,
ihg feat of journalistic enterprise-thirty or
thirty-two pages of telegrams, articles,.$says ,
on politics, the drama, literature, pictures,
the fashions; anecdotes, bans mots, inter-
, views. singles for: children, poetry, biogra~
phies,.cilat'§ on " once—the" whole illustrated
with poll?!”- its, sketches of interesting places
mentioned the text, cagiceturos, etc., etc.
All thisfor'the dunrof three tells. .

Every little tOWIl‘iof a thousand .to fifteen
hundred inhabitants has its two newspapers,
one Democratic, the other Republican. ', r;
lively ”934151.113: take up these papersd .‘
the electoral, ' "1e that terminates with
the ‘initallutibt‘of- a new president at the .
White House. The names of some of them i

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For hours thb‘sp’eechii‘yingl goes on, mlixedg

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late president, was announcedwith the head? -.

leave the desk, works on. He reads overkill

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as ”animals; ‘vuycgvoms‘mmana
We, “gustler, Th9 . . ,. m
V ' g . {e Bum, The Lucifer, The
, _ , TheThuudelbr, The Earth-
'_, , wand readacopy of the sheet
‘ ch rejoiced in the numb of Bundle of
Sticks. The first article containedudvico to,
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workiggflhud n,up_;treet preaching and
house pg; " '_._., prayer: “We, give Joseph
Mull l gfni'ghtvto find some honorable

employiufé‘ut. ‘ If'at the end of that time he
ii still leading an idle life, we will find an ex—
”cultedpoditiob for him." The joko makes one
tslitltlder- when" one thinks that, if 'Josepb
_ ‘3' Wear tolitho warning, he is
quite petting 'byLLhii-townsmcn to the
highest‘brufiéh‘ii? oomo'trfi' in the town.

“The characteristicof new societies is freedom
of speech as well as of action. I read in some
‘A-Tllunderer the following lines about the edi-
tor ct Thgiuightning, the other newspaper of
the to “Wewish. to use moderation and
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dig. unicycle time 1 i’vus in America

Mr. Puiwsr, proprietor of The New York
~Worid, and Mr. Charles A. Dunn, editor of
The Sun, one of the most accomplished jour-

. unlists, were day after day calling each other
i such names as "‘robber." “liar,“ “mort-
. My” “dirty JBW;" ~ .
Do not,‘howovcr, draw hasty conclusions
from this. [do not know Mr. Pulitzer por-
sonally, but I havqths plasma of knowing
i601, Coclsbrill, chief. editor of The World,
timid Mi'. Dunn, of The Sun. In private life
they are perfect gentlemen and men of great
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the combatants
. , wbntvof. fresh epithets of
the requisite mutter supporters sug-
estsd someto hem: 4-7Herc are some congrat-
ulations, addressedto ,Mr. Dana; which I
readinThe‘St. LouisGlobe: I ,_ >_ ‘

“.It was from beginning to end The Sun‘s
stiletto against The World's moat ax, and, or
is always the case, the meat ax came out sec-
ond best.‘ The literature of invective con-
tains nothing finer than somo of The Sun‘s
attacks on The World, and the literature of
the gutter contains nothing more feeble than
The ,World’s defense. The Sun dealt out
prussic acid by the drop, and The World re-
plied with rough on rats by the pound. The
fiatulent anger of Pulitzer was compleme
overwhelmed by the concentrated venom of
Dunn.” ‘

If I were asked to name the most amusing
papers published in the United States, I
should not hesitate to award the palm to The
Detroit Free Press and The Omaha World;
in these two, American humor reveals itself

‘in all its spontaneous ,gayety, and their drol-
lcrics are reproduced from New York toSun
Wyn, froidliioutrcalgto New Orleans.

 

, j? A? ‘ CHAPTEI’. Xx’f'

2} oufnalism use killed watering-:5, and re
g is killing journalism? ‘Itfis the last
fisgasp‘ of the dying literature of an epoch: it is
K the man of letters replaced by the concierge."

So cxclaims hi. Albert Millaud, in one of his
witty articles in The Figaro.

In America, reporting has simply overrun,

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fiofithe wall, of private life, the sulflimtion of

gossip. forzghroniclc, of chattbr'for criticism.

For 'vtIi'ov intervie‘wer nothing is sacred.
Audacity is his stoék in trade; the most pri-
vate details of your daily life are at his
mercy, and unless you blow his brains out——
which is not lawful in New York state—you
have no means of getting rid of him.

There is no question too indiscre'et for these
enterprising inquisitors; they would have
interviewed St. Anthony in his but.

-Do not shout victory either because you
have succeeded in getting rid of the inter-

. viewer without replying to his questions. It
is in such cases that the American journalist
reveals himself in all his glory. To your
stupefactiou the newspapers next day will
have an account of the conversation which
you might have had with their reporters.

If my advice be worth giving, the best
thing you can do, when the interviewer pre-
sents himself and says, “i am a reporter, sir,
and I have come to ask you for a few mo-
lucnts’ chat,” is to, say to him:

“Mall to see you, sir; pray be swtcd."

On'the 11th of November, 18,57, at 0a. m.,
the Germanic, after a terribly rough passage
of nine days, entered "the magnificent harbor
of New York. The sun had risen resplend-
ent in ,a cloudless blue sky. We had just
passed Bartholdi’s statue of “Liberty En-
lightening the World," and it seemed as if
France were not far off. It was a sweet sen-
sation, and instinctively I had raised my
hat. All at once the Germanic stopped. A
little steam tug drew up alongside, and there

. stepped on board a. few custom house ofilcers,
followed by several other persons.

‘tIpok out!” cried one of my fellow passen-
gers, seeing that I appeared to bennconscious
of danger.

“What is the matter?" I

“Thewinteryiowersi” .

“Nonsense. not here surely,“ I exclaimed.

No sooner were the words out of my mouth
than two young men handed me their cards,
with the announcement that they were jour—
nalists. . -

“life have come to present our respects to
you,” they said. “and to wish you a pleasant
lime in our country."

While they uttered these words they
scanned me from head to foot, jotting a few
strokes on their note books. They were ink~
ing my portrait, which appeal-ed next morn-
ing at the head of the articles that the press
of New York thought fit to devote to me.

Obi that first afternoon in New York,
{spent in the company of the interviewersl I
shall never forget it!

The’ofiice of my lecture manager, Maj.‘
Pond, was situated on the ground floor of the
Everett house, where I had put up. Thither
I repaired after lunch to undergo the opera-
tion of tapping by eight interviewers at once.

“Ahl” said one of them, after the usual
sulutations, “we are going to bore you, so let
us begin at the beginning.”

This made me smile.

“I know your first question," I said; “you
are going to ask me whether this is my first

visit to America."
“You are right; that is generally our first

question; but I have another to ask you be
fore. You have just eaten your first meal in
America; what did you have?"

“Gentlemen," I replied as seriously as I
possibly could, “I have just been in for a
piece of turbot, a beefwstoak and potato chips.
is celery salad, and a vanila ice. "

“And now;" remarked another reporter,
“I have an important question to put to'you.
I hope it Will not astonisll you."

“01:1”1 replied, “i am in America, and
quite ready not to be astonished at any-
thing."

“life“, then," said he, "i want to ask you
what ire your impressions of America."

“Excuse mo." I exclaimod.~-“l have only
been in it thrcdllours, and those three hours
have .‘becn spent in this hotel. You must
really allow me toobstain for the moment
from telling you what I think of America;

asked.

have passed a whole day at least in America.
in order to judge it with any accuracy.”
Here; I rolled a cigarette and rang for a
flemon'bquasfl

'1' Thé'reporters immediately made an entry
in fl'l‘éir'no'ic books.

“What is that you have put down? I
asked.

A young fellow, with a face beaming with
_1u'c§iv_ity and intelligence,.repiied: “I wrote
,"tllit‘ut this point » of our conversation you
‘ rolled p cigarette] and rang for a lemon
squash.” .. p .' f '

The questions they asked really appeared to
me so commonplace, so trivial, that I was
nlmostnshamed, to think I was the hero of
this little farce.

With the idea of giving them something.
better worth writing, I launched into anec-
, dam, and told a few to those interviewers.

This brought about a little scene which was
quite comic. If I‘looked at one reporter a
little oftene‘r thab- the rest, while I told an
anecdote, he would turn to his brethren and
my: . ,., .-

“Thir story‘ is for my paper, you have no
. right to take it down; it was told especially

tomel’: I". ., , i ;

“Not at all,” would cry the others, “it was
told to all-of- us‘..”.- , .. - .

Next day I' procured all' the New York
morning papers, morevfrom curiosity, I must
say in ‘justioé to myself, than from vanity,
for I was not at all proud of my utterances

: ’13? Judge'ofm‘ Won opeiling thefirst

paper to find nearly two columns full of
amusing details, picturesque descriptions,
well told anecdotes, witty marks, the whole

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We will billy go so far as to say that person- .
. oily he is a sneak, and that as a journalist he
is a. liar and a scoundrcl." The Lightning
replies in the same strain, and tho public gets

for you will admit,l hope, that one must -

'phers. _

Everything was faithfuny reported and'
artistically set down. The smallest incidents
were rendered interesting by the manner of.
telling. The major, for instance, who, ac-
customed to this kind of interview for many
years, had peacefully dropped asleep, com-
fortably installed, with ‘his head on the sofa
pillows and his feet on the back of a chair;
my own gestures; the description of the
pretty and elegantly furnished Omar—all was
very crisp and vivid. They had turned
everything to account; even the arrival of
the lemon squash was made to furnish a little
paragraph that was droll and attractive.
You might have imagined that the whole
thing was the first chapter of a novel, com-
mencing with the majestic entry of a steamer
into New York harbor.

Well, [said to myself, the American jour-
nalist knows, at any rate,how to make a
savory hash out of very little.

 

CHAPTER XXI.

America has not yet produced a. transcend-
ent literary genius, but she has the right to
be proud of a national literature which in.
eludes poets, historians, novelists, essayists
and critics of a superior order.

In the domain of romance, we find 'writbrs

Europe as in America. Who has not read in
his youth the novels .of Fenimore Cooper?
Who has not thrilled over the weird tales of
Pool ‘ Among the most famous names in fic-
tion am also Washington Irving, N. Parker
Willis, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Oliver Wendell
Holmes Marion Crawford. Frank Stockton,
George W. Cable, Frances Hodgson Burnett,
Henry James, W. D. Howells, Julian 'Huw-
thorne, Thomas Bailey Aldrich, ChurlesDud-

Edward Eggleston, J. Broader Matthews;
Ailtheso names are household words wher-
, ever the English tongue is spoken. The great-
est success of the'century has been attained
by an American novel directed against slav-
ery and instrumental in its destruction.

In the philosophical essay, Ralph Waldo
Emerson and Robert Ingersoll are unap-
proachable in their different styles The first
shines by his originality and a subtle power
of reasoning, which puts you in mind of Car-
lyle; the second by the grandeur of his lan-
guage, his keen, clear reasoning power", and
his humor and pathos

History is, perhaps, of all the branches of
American literatulc, that which has found
its highest expression. Washington lrv ing
with his History of Columbus. Prescott with

 

'My manager, as the reader will aserve, was
one of the rare Americans who are not oolonels.

History of the Conquest of Mexico and Peru,
and the History of Philip II, Bancroft with a
History of the United States, Hildreth,
Sparks and others have produced a national
history from the ”discovery of their country
down to our own days.

It seems curious that the vast and grandiose
regions they inhabit should not have inspired
the Americans with taste and talent for do
scriptions of natu're. Fenlmore Cooper is
the only great scene painter produced by the
.immensities of the great western continent.

Humorism swarm in the United States.
Artemus Ward and Mark Twain are two
pseudonyms justly famous at home and
abroad. There is a third on the road that
loads to similar celebrity. Bill Nye has the
same droll way as Mark Twain of droning
out irresistible comicalities. with that solemn
mug froid which is not met with outside the
frontiers of Yankeeland. When he mounts
the platform the audience prepares to be dis-
lo'cated with laughter.

Although the names of CharlesA. Dana,
Whitelaw Reid, Park Godwin and many
others are well known to the reading public
of America, itis in the large reviews. and

articles are to be found.

America—are not forgotten by literature. It
issufe to affirm that there is no country

authors who have the secret. of instructing
them while they charm and amuse them.

CHAPTER XXII.

The American stage boasts some excellent
JJtors. but it owes its prestige rather to the
talent of a few brilliant individuals than to
distinction of ensemble.

The plays are written for certain actors,
and the secondary parts are madeto‘sorve
the purpom of throwing up the “star.” This
is why the French plays that are trans-
planted to the stage of America generally

American theaters are not subventioned by
the state, and private enterprise can scarcely
afi'ord to give the public the luxury of a
whole company of talent. The “star" is
usually his or her own manager, draws the
public and realizes the profits. The reper-
toire consists of two or three plays, which
are performed before a New York audience
for a month or two and then taken round to
the chief cities of the States.

This is why one sees trash companies nearly
every week in half the theaters. Today a

week after. Sometimes the change is still
more brusque. Mr. Henry Irving and Miss
Helen Torry gave a series of performances at
the Star theatre, New York, (lining the
month of March last. On ‘their departure
they were succeeded by a. troupe of perform-
ing monkeys. The theatre was just as likely
to have been hired by traveling revivalists.

The Americans have an unbearable trick
, of arriving late at the theatre. For twenty
minutes after the curtain rises there is a con
stant bustling and rustling of newcomers,
which deburs you from the pleasure of fol-
lowing the actors‘ speeches. If the play he-
' gins at 8, they come at a. quarter past; if it
begins at a quarter past, they come at half-
past, and so on. At the time appointed for
the curtain to rise, the stalls are empty. This
bad habit annoys the actors and disturbs the
spectators; but the evil is incurable, and
managers try vainly to stop it. I know one
who followed the advertisements of his play
by this paragraph: .

“The public are solemnly warned that, un-
lem the whole of the first scene be witnessed,
the subsequent action of the play cannot be
understood." ‘

His efforts were crowned with failure. Not
to understand the play is a pity, but not to
create a sensation when one comes in. dressed
in one’s most killing attire, is out of question.

It is the same at concerts and lectures.
Those who have booked their seats in ad-
vance come in a quarter of an hour or twenty
minutes effort-he time fixed for commencing.
When every one is placed, the concert or

to wait until the late ones have arrived, utter
not a murmur. The patience of the Ameri-
can public is angelic.

To be Continued.

a Submarine Ibo-v.

Experiments with a submarine bout “Le
Gymnoto,” made at Toulon. have been very
moccasin]. The boat moves horizontally as
well as vertically, and is wily kept at any
depth that isdesired. It can be run at a
speed of from nine to ten knots. The light is
good. and respiration easy. It: crew is ordi-
narily three, but during the experiments five
persons were on board. The Revue Scien-
tifique says that the new boat, an invention
of Mr. Krebs. is a complete success, and will
become of the greatest linportnnco in marine
watery—Science. .

 

 

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The above scene la b fearful and faithful
picture of what latching place inull pal-too!
the land constantly. The mother goes about
from day to day feeling tired. week, with a
bearing down sensation. and yet‘hoplnc that it
II only some passing trouble. After a time her
tired feelings increase. her appetite becomes
poor, her sleep broken. and her complexion
grows sallow. Too often she hopes against
hope. and neglects to take the means in time
which would bring her certain relief.

One day she becomes faint. her muscles grow
weak, her head whirls. and the doctor is hastily

' summoned. He examines her. shakes his head,

leaves medicine and awe . Then .
begin to not in. and life but wua’burden Delia:
now becomes an agony. She gradually declines.
her pain bewmes aimo t unbearable. and at last
she dies. mourned b or children and friends.
Thil is the course a thousands of once healthy
and happy women. The innumerable female
troubles which all-ail them ure’horflblaand
indicate u'weakonin of organs which mutt be
strengthened. or hen th is sure to depart.

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and which came on in layres. accompanied with
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their lives to rld themselves of it. Deceptive
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WAOQ‘UAINTED WITH THE GEOGRAPHY OF THE COUNTRY.

WILL OBTALJ
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ILLINOIS—Devon ort, Muscatine
City, Des Moines, noxvllle Wint
Centre, and Council Bluffs in IOWA
SOTA—Watertown and Sioux Falls in
St. Jose h, and Kansas City in MISS
in NEB S

figilene, Caldwell, in KANSAS—

Mexico, Indian Territory
coast and trans-oceanic Seaports.

redo Springs. Denver and Pueblo.
TRAIN SE VI
between Chicago and Kansas Ci .
Reclining Chair Cars (FREE), and
alone daily.

prompt connections and transfers in

upolis and t. Paul.

courses through the most

Ticket omco in the United States or

E. ST. JOHN,
Generallfunuger.

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Continuum. by r. m. John. ma asylum-worn» -

THE GREAT ROCK ISLAND ROUTE.

(Chicago, Rock Island & Daciflc and Chicago, Kansas & Nebraska Rye.)

Its main lines, branches and. extensions west. northwest and southwest
include Chicago, Joliet, Ottawa, Peoria, LaS
Ottumwa, Oskuloosa, West-Libertv, Iowa
erect, Atlantic Audubon, Harlan,

KA—Horton, Topeka. Hutchinson, Wichita, Bellleyville Norton
dolor-ado Springs Denver, Pueblo, nCOLO

O. Traverses new and vast areas of rich
affording the best faculties of intercommunicution to 0 tier States and to
towns and Cities in Southern Nebraska, Kansas, Colorado, Utah,
Texas, Arizona, Idaho, California, and Pacific

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uthrie
Minneapolis and St. Paul in MINNE-
DAKOTA—Gallutin, Trenton, Cameron.
OURI—Beutrice, Fair-bu , and Nelson

min and grazing lands?

New

SOLID FAST VESTIBULE EXPRESS TRAINS

0f Palace Coaches—1e..:fing all com etitors in splendor of e ui' ment
luxury of- acoommodet.ons—run thrgue'h daily between Chiefs1 opund 0311(1)?

Similar MAGNIFICENT ESTIBULE

PARTING.

' if thou dost bid thy friend farewell. -

' But for one night though that farewell may be.

, Press thou his hand in_ thine. .

I How callst thou tell how' far from thee :

i Fate or caprlce may lead his steps ere incl lo- .

: morrow come? ,

5 Men have been known to lightly turn the corner
of u street.

And days have grown to months. and months to
lagging years. . .

Ere they have looked in loving eyes again

Parting. at best. is underlaid

With tears and pain; . '

Therefore. lest sudden death should come bet ween.

Or time, or distance. clasp with [31128311115 firm

The hand of him who goetb forth. ‘

Unseen. Fate goetll too.

Yes. and thou always time to say some Parties!-
word _

Between the idle talk,

Lest with thee henceforth,

Night and day. regret should walk.

' —Coventry Patmom.

 

 

A Strange Diet. ,

“There, gentlemen, there‘s no silk lining

to that waste basket.“ remarked Press Agent
Fielding of the Ninth and Arch street mu-
seum as McKenua, the physician puzzler,
ripped ofl’ the rim of a lamp globe, sWallowcd
l it, similarly disposed of a handful of tacks,
small screws and cigar box nails and then on-
f tombed a large live frog beneath his belt.
' It was without a doubt a most remarkable
performance. -Not elevatbig, to h: sum, 1:12:
fromn medical standpoint it wasuneol’ the
most wonderful exhibitions that has ever
taken place in this city. The men who wit-
nemed “the turn," as McKenna called it, were
newspaper repel-tam, and they .were all ready
to make affidavit that there was no (Inception-
practiced.

McKennais a small man, and when born;
the public lvealfs a drum suit. His perverted
taste first dawned upon him wllilo ho was yet
at school. At 9 years of age McKenna'out-
did all his companions in gastronoulicul feats.
Tho stones be swallowed were always the
largest and roughest. and the dirt be stored
away was always the dirtiest and greatest in
quantity. He has now reached that perfection
where he offers for the sake of science to
tackle a tenpenny nail He wanted to do
, that this looming, but his callers were more
i solicitous of his welfare than he was. Me-
4 Kenna clappcdhis strange lunch by lighting
a cigarette. which to the onlookers detracted
somewhat from the enjoyment of tho exhibi-
tion. —Philndclpbia Call.

 

 

 

The Battle of the Future.

‘ 3 Lord Wolscley‘s picture of the battle of the

future in his review of Col. Maurico‘s article
on war is remarkable chiefly because of the
3, confidence with which he relies upon the
l elimination of hoisc: “One remarkable change
i will bo the absence of nearly all terrific noise
3 which the discharge of 500 pr 600 field guns
i. and the roar of lzlnslzetry caused in all great
: battles. We shall have practically no smoke
‘f to mark the position of the enemy’s batteries
{and troops in action. The sound of cannon
; will boslight and will no longer indicate to
j; distant troops where their comrades are on-
gaged or the point upon which they should
i consequently march. "
l powder and noiseless artillery all our.old
' ideas of battle will be revolutionized. But is
i it not mssiblo that now and then. at the
l proper psychological moment, a commander
3 who suddenly served out some of the genuine

What with smokeless _

CE daily between Chicago and

niece
Choice of routes‘to and from Salt
Angeles, San Diego, San Franmsco, and intervening localit es. Quick time. i

THE samous' ALBERT LEA ROUTE

Runs-superbly e nipped Ex rcss Trains dail 'each,Wa between Chic
Rock Island Atcnison,_.‘3t. . oseph, Leavenwgrth, Kansgs City and Miggg:
. _ the Favorite Tourist Line to the scenic.resorts, and.
hunting and fishing grounds:l offthe1 Ngrthtyvrqstxzh I S
re no we on so or em owe. outhwe
Minnesota, and East Soul; om Dakota. ' stem
THE SHORT LINE VIA_ SENECA AND KANKAKEE offers facilities
travel between Cincinnati, Indianapolis, Lai'lfiette, and Council Bluffs, St.
Joseph, Atchlson, Leavenworth, Kansas City, '

For Tickets, Maps, Folders, or desired information, apply to any Coupon

CHICAGO. ILL.

Council Bluffs (Omaha), and
Ella ant .Duy Coaches Dining Cars,
leepmg Cars. Ca. ifornia Excur-

Lake , Portland, L05

Union Depots.

Its Watertown Branch

to
inneapolis, and St. Paul.

Canada, or address

E. ,A. HOLBROOK,
Gen’l Ticket a Pass. Agent.

 

. HOUSATONIC RAILROAD.

Dan/mm; and Norwalk Division.

Corrected February 4th, 1589.
PASSENGER TRAINS

SOUTH.
Lv. Norwalk. Lv .30. Norwalk, Ar.Wllson Poln
602mm. 610a.m.
l 32 3,. nl. ‘i 56 “ . 03 -"
817 “ 827 “ s35 “
1003 “ 10 13 " 10 20 “
12 50 p. m. 1 00 p. m. 1 07 p. m.
434 ll 6 u 3_ u
618 “ Mixed 6 36 “ Lisa. 6 46 “ Mixed
802 “ SOT ” 815 "
947 .' 10 24 “ 1031 “
NORTH! .
Lv. WLson Point Lv.So..Norwalk. Ar. Norwalk-
a. m. a. m. u. m.
625 u 635 “ 641 h
845 -- 918 “ 923 “
12 «ll “ 1213 “ 1218 “
'A 51 p. in. 3 10 p. m. 3 16 p. m.
425 u 612 u 517 H
l’ 15 “
550 “ 635 l‘ '640 “
1010 “ 1017 “ 10 24 “

W. H. S'rltvuxsox, Vice-Pres. and Cen’i Manager
F‘. C. PAYNE. Superintendent.
A. W. PERRIN. General Passenger Agent.

 

New York, New Haven &

Hartford Railroad.

DECEMBER 23d, 1888.)
NEW YORK DIVISION.
Trains leave South Norwalk all follows :-

For New York—Accommodation trains at
6.56, 8.30, 9.36, a. m., 1.20 (local) 2.44, 5.06,
and 6.36 (to Stamford only) 8.11, 10.15, p. in. Ex-
press trains at 5.16 (except Mondays), 5.48.6.12,
(local), 7.23 (local), 1.56 (locul)8.26 (local) 9.03
(Springfield local), 10.13, 11.45 a. m.,; 12.59(Spring~
field local). 446. 5.20. p. m.

For New Haven run] the Ease—Accommo-

. dation trains at 6.31. 7.35. 5.50, 10.42 a. m., 1.45,
_ 4.22

1113,6545 and 1.27. to Bridgeport, 8.49. 9.49,
lull p.111. Express lralns at 9.1:;, am. :12. 13.1.01
(local), 3.07, 4.11 (llousatonic Express) 5.09
(Nungatuck Express) 7.18, (Springfield local),
12.43 a. in. (Boston express).

and 6.51 p. 111.
0. M. SHEPARD, Gen. Supt.
u. '1‘. IIEMI’STEAD. Gen. Pass. Agt.

 

THE OLD AND RELIABLE

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City of hon unit and Eagle,
Will make daily trips for freight between:
New York and Norwalk, st lpping at Soutli Nor-
walk. Leaving Pier 23, foot of Beekmnn streets
New York every evening at 5 o’clock; Saturdays at'
2 p. m. Leaving N orwalk Bridge every evening.

Freight taken from and received for all point
on the Danbury and Norwulk and Shepllul: llalL
roads It Greatly liedllrell listen.

Upon application to agents the City of Norwullr.
and Eagle will be sent for special lots of freight
anywhere in New York or its vicinity.

WAlchrsons are forbid trusting any of the
employee of the boats on this line on account 011
he owners thereof. if“

The “Record.”
The N orwalk Record.

In an cslabllslled fact. Although only om
year old its circulation already averages '

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CORRECTED UP TO DATE.

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“n l'olnm LADIES. Ill-:orlzlls coronal: ml,
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Daricn Seminary, Dario», Conn. .

College Preparatory and special courses In Mu» '
sic. art and Languages. Pupils admitted to Wei-
lesley wlihout funnel-examinations on. certificate.

 

Sundays.—Accomlnodntlon 7.38, 9.11 a. m.,-

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1 OFFICE 48 WALL 813.,

; the Estuteof Wm. R. James.
' now be rented on. reasonable terms. and Is

. horses and curls for hire.

A PlYlNG INVESTMENT

For Sale,

IN SOUTH NORWALK, A muon-

Dou'ble House,

Each containing Ten Rooms, Water, Sewer
Connections and Closets.

Paying 12 per cent. on the money
to be raised.
Mortgage can remain on the place

so desired.

For further information enquire of '

H G. HYATT. NORWALK

Or. address 11., Box 229, Norwaik 1’
Office. 45ft

 

SOLDIERS. ATTENTION
M. L. BYINGTON. ‘
Pension Attorney,

241Eiglltll Street, N. E..
\VASIIINGTON I). (3.9

Located at the National Capital, adjacent to all me
Executive Departments, giVes me superior
advantage in the proseaution of Claims
against the United States.

INCREASE YOUR PENSION.

Many pensioners borne on the rolls ale entitled
to a much higher rate of pension than they now
receive. luagreat mujorny of cases in which
pension was granted for disease, the pensioner is
entitled to an increase of rule. and in most cases
where it was granted for wounds or injuries the
disability increases each year. As lune passes the
disability of all classes naturally increases. Many
were a: lirsl ruled too low, llllil it often occurs
that pensioners are unjustly or erroneously re-
duced by examining surgeons. A pensioner is
entitled to increase on a. disability not set forth in
his original declaration. The pension laws are
more linerul than formerly, and better rating on.
be had for many disabilities. 1 make a specially
oi Neglected and Rejected Claims. and if you Will
present me with a brief statement of your case,
slutill‘g;by whom it was presented, I will obtain a
reheurlug of your case, and, li it has merit. will
procure a favorable setllemcut Many claims
stand rejected before the department, when it
only lequires fl competent attorney to make them
good cases. Soldiers suj‘eriug with disabilities
contracted in service. who have not appliedjor a
pension, should do so (is it is their main.

SOLDIERS OF THE MEXICAN WAR,
Who were in that senior: sixty days, [or their
widows if not re—murried] are entitled to $8.00 per
month lrom January 29m. 1857. use

To HORSE OWNERS!

We keep constantly on hand a good assortment of

Kentucky and» Ohio Horses,

selected wltrl great care in the western markets.
We have horses suitable for all purposes and no
one who wants athol'oughly I enable unimal should
purchase belore seeing what we have to offer.
We also keep constantly on hand at our Carriage
Repository a complete line of UARRIAGES from
llle best makers, which are manufactured for us
to special order; every carriage warranted.
WAGUNS and CARTS of ever de cription.
HARNESSES, WulPS, IIUBES, B ANiiE’i‘s

DANN’S LIVERY STABLE,

NORWALK
OPP. D. & N. B. If. DEPOT 35

 

 

l To Widowed. Pensioners.

BY the act of June 7th, 1888, all widowed pen-

sioners, whose pensions commenced subse-
quent to June 30th. 1350. and the soulier husband
die 1 prior to that date. are now allowed pensions
from dale of said death, instead 01 from date or
widow’s appllcution as was heretofore the rule of
the Pension (mice. Any such widowed pensioner
so entitled to urrearages, as above, can have her

claim adjusted and collected by addressing,
M. L. BYI \G’l‘ON.

30 241 *th St.. N. E., Washington.D.C

 

 

. M. SCHWAB.
OPTICIAN and UCULIST,
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WILL)!!! AT NORWALK.

FEB. 27tl:_& 28th, 1889.
A t-Norwrillc Hotel.

Havingqualliled myself by N9" of hard stud
lathe best institutions in Europe, SM ““108 had I
practice! experience of twenty-five years "I the.
country, i am enabled at first sight. to slam 19115“
mostappropriate to restore the vision to his 0118“"!
v1 rand cure all the various diseases of the eye
1 ave therefore combined my practice of an
Ocullut with t h t of an Optician, and am now on
abled to formalised all hum; of lenses and film 0
spectacles and Eyc.Giauses which are made t
ordernuder my own supervi lion, to suit In, 004’-
omers’ visionary ailments.

(poncultuticbn I‘re‘e.
References—Geo. G. Bishop. Charles Olmsten

 

' To Rent.

'l‘HE SHOE FACTORY PROPERTY, lately
occupied by F. H Roscoe belonging to
encased. can
available for n. variety of urposes. Possession
immediately. F. ST. J 81131 LUCKWOUD.
tin Trustee

 

Building- Materials, to.
BUILDING STUN 14:, all qualities of sand, cel-

lars dug, gardens and grounds renovated.
1 havesome thm‘ouullly

 

roe sum. ;

> Combination Blll.aN and Boo. 'i‘atle, inn am ,
class order. Forsule at aburaum. it =
Apply. at Mum‘s-Ounce [

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rotted and very fine manure for flower beds.
J. W. EDM “NBS.-
NoxlSoulh Union Avenue.
1’. 0. Box 654l.Norwall;
Orieave orders MP. W. But es’lliarble warts d1;

' echoes

old roaring kind of powder might do more by
tho sudden outbreak of the battle thunder to
dcmoralizo the enemy than by the unmasking
of a. whole park of artillery :—-Pall Mall Ga-

zcttc.
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, Prison Babor Contracts.

A very excellent suggestion has been nude,
which, if carried out, would tend to do away.
with much of the opposition to prison labor
that is expressed by workmen. It is that the
prisoners should be kept at work upon divers
titled industries. Thus the shoe lilanufacturer
would experience no tangible competition,
and the" foundyyuian would not have the
somewhat just grounds for complaint- which
have been afforded him in the past. The
proposed system would be beneficial in all
save one respect. It would prevent the
prison labor from being as profitable as it is
now. But as prisons sllould be conducted for
the protection of, the community and refer
maticn of the criminal, such a consideration
is of very little weight. The various lines of
industry would be adapted to the different
intelligences of the convict, and when he left
the prison the trade learned there would not
be branded as a “state prison trade.”—
Scicntific American

 

A Veteran‘s Heavy Blow.

At Atlanta, Ga... recently, an old veteran
of the Mexican and Confederate wars was in-
sulted. With these men insult is always fol~
lowed with a blow. Buenu Vista and bias
nassas do not permit them to swallow insult.
This particular veteran had hired a mall to
repair the sidewall: in front of his home. In
some altercation the man applied to the veto
ran an epithet which no man hours without
feeling the temperature of his blood rise, and
the veteran struck him. Although he is
more than 80 years of age, he has the vigor
of 40, and when the man who was struck
picked himself he felt as if ho had been struck
by lightning. A policeman was nt'ha'nd and
arrested the insultcr, and marched him off.
The arm which did tho striking has eighteen
leaden bullets in it.~Pittsburg Dispatch.

The Secret of Easy Labor.

That man is in a sad condition who is ever
making prodigious effort to do more than he
can do. ‘ it isjust as easy for a. star to swing
in its orbit as for a mote to float in a sun-
beam Nature never sweats. The great law
of gravitation holds the universe on its back
as easily as a miller swings over his shoulder
a bag of wheat. Tho winds never run them-
selves out of breath. The-rivers do not weary
in their course. The liisisslppi is no more
tired- than the meadow brook—Christian
Nation.

‘ l‘lie Wealthlefl Town.

A writer in The Manchester i—lirror says
that the wealthiest town of its size in America
is Brooklinc, lines. of which tho a>z~"‘°~:1‘lent
valuation is $1107.45-l.023. The die
claimed for Brookline has been gull)" ‘ ,
posed to belong to Callujoliaric, in New York.
That village is small in comparison with the
Massachusetts town, and the number of rosi-
dcnts there who are many fillies millionaires
is considerably greater than can lle‘connted
on the fingers of both hands.

 

 

 
 

 

St. Paul Gum Cllclz‘cls'.

A gentleman while at one of the .St. Paul
theatres the other evening counted ninety-
seven people in an audience of about three
hundred chewing gum. in view of the fact
that chewing gum was not given away lit-the
entrance that evening the figurcs may be
taken as a fair index to the proportion of the
adult population that enjoys its coda In
other words, about one—third the people are
gum chewels-«St. Paul Pioneer Press.

 

A sea captain on trial in Sartrrnnvism for
cruelty said it was highly net-usury to good
discipline to knock a sailor down with a be-
layiug pin now and then. There is a differ-
ence in captians.

Shakespeare’s Romeo was Romeo Monte-
ocheo. and Juliet was Juliet Capella, Ban-
dello gives the story as true, and, till lately,
their tomb was shown at Verona.

 

Some Foolish People;

Allow a cold to run until' it gets bcvond
the reach of medicine. They often say,
“Oh, it will wear away," but in most cases
it. wears them away. Could they be in-
duced to try the successful medicine called
Kemp's Balsam, which is sold on a posi-
tive guarantee to cure, they would imme-
diately see the excellent effect after talking
the first dose Price 50c. and $1.00. Trial
size free. At all druggists.

George 1., King} of England, died from
drunkenness, which his physician called
an apoplcclic fit.

 

M yrifc said to me last night : How
mucido you suppose we have paid out
for doctors and medicine in the last year?
I told her I did not know. To doctors I
have paid nothing, and five dollars worth
of Sulphur Bitters has kept health in our
fumily.—L. Andrews, 12 Bowdoin street,
Boston.

 

There is in Sidney, New . South 'Wales,
an ancient spinner of :105.‘ She has
smoked for fifty years. . ‘ ‘

 

Boils, Curbunclog. end-all. eruptille di-
{yield readily‘vto',.tlio healing influ-
ence o Page? Clilnux Solve..- It is a po-
tefit remedy. For sale: yDrug'gistscvcry-
w are. - . _

 

The Baxter family of Norwich, Coun.,
found a valuable ring stored away in the
interior of a turkey.

At Hong Kong, China, thieves steal the
telephone wires.

I'suferod from acute indentation in my
nose and head—for a. week at' a time I
«hid not see. I used Ely’S‘Cnm.- Balm
bird in a few'daysl was cured. ‘It-is won.
derful’imw ' nick it helped mus—Mrs.
Georgie 8. Jo scu,‘flartford, Conn.

- ~0ncllcreof land in “’ull street, New
Yorkie worth.$14,3QlI,COll. . .

A’babjncln ball would reach the moon in
eighteen days if it kept right on humping.

A cold of unusualneverity whichl took
last autumn developed into a difilculty' do.
.cidedly cuturrlllll in all its characteristics,
thrcutvning a return of'my old chronic
malady, cutarrh. One bottle of Ely's
Cream Balm completely erudictcd every
symptom of that painful and prevailing
dlsordcr.—-E. W. Warner. 1615 Hudson
street, Rochester. N . Y.

John Conllerlon, (ll ..ousvillc, Ky., has
a mule which chews tobacco.

 

 

 

 

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\Th, Fle- or- llld 8--
Burn. t given the complains u fr-uhuul and maul
which cannotbo obtained byun other.mb “Odflmlfllflz
arsenic. It is unequaled u ubcuutlfier of t a Inn ‘ refining“.
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Emcucious' in Results,

PEERLESS-iron COMPLEXION.
Assuring a Smooth, Soft, Clear Skin free from
Blackheads, Pimples and other eruptions. ' -

Fen sl-lAvl N-G—ANT) s‘HA'ulPo'OI no
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Salt Rheum, Barber's Itch, PM, W M

FORCHAPPED nun ROUGH KIN
and all irritations. whether Summer or later it
is unsurpassed, it being a deodorant and 99‘
taut. cleansing. purifyinv andinvigorbtinztho

Physicians recommen _ it for rushing Cicero.
old or new sores. in cases of Feverrdtc.

manicure only sold in connection with
Fulton-’- Funm Fulrlcou the wonderful halt
grower. fax your druggist for it and can no
other.‘ I they do not keepit, send us floats. in
stamps, silver or postal note and we will mull you
EEO, a dozen in a handsome toilet box.
mu REMEDY 00.; NEW HAVEN, 0's. :

F. .l‘. P. In. grown Hair on heed: bill! for 20
For Sale ill licorg 4 : lulsled's, Drug Store.

, PHUR
LER

EVER MADE. .

Itwill drive the Humorfrom your . .
system. and make your skin 3.‘
clean and smooth. Those 31
le Ice and Biotcheo v'

wh ch mar your beauty

are caused h impure

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you will be satisfied.
Get it of your Drugglst.

DON’TWAI’I'. Get 11‘ AT once

If on are suffering from Kid.

ne isease and Will
01 age, usé 5 LleR
They never fail to cure.

lm‘:

Send 3 Zoom stamps to A. P. 0rdwa'
Boston,Mass.. for best medicalwork pu

 

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The Best Medicines Ever Invented For

Parletl and immediate llaliel ill [lasts oi

PAIN AND INFLAMMATION.

both Externally and Internally. It iconic and
certain in its action. For burns, Poisoning. Ery-
lfipelas. Inflammation of the Eyes or Bowen,
Eur ache, Deafness, Rheumatism. Pain: in Side,
Book or Shoulders, Piles, Sore Throat. Group,
or Bronchitis. Pric925 cis. and $1. at druggists.
x. locum 3: sons, Proprietors, muse-go, n. l.

Dr. J. Miller's Vegetable Expcctornnt is in- '
valuable for Coughsd'. Colds, mo. 8; $1. at Drugglsts.

PILES -

TC'fl'LE a: 00., 78 Nessa
ALL Uli UGGIS‘l'S.

 

Instant relief. Final euro in 19
days and never returns. No
.l o, no salve, no suppository;3
u erers will learn 0 usimp '
remedy runs: by uddremiug
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Roma:
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FOR BREAKFAST.

SOLD BY ALL GROCERB. .
Quaker Mill 00., Ravenna,'0hlo

eon) MEDAL. tumult.
- ’BAKER’S

Bl'flfllllflil 00000.

Wanamed 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 dzlicious,
nourishing, strengthening. easily din
gested. and admirably adapted for in.
, valids as well as for persons in health.

it BIKER & an, inhaler, Hail

HIE lllllillll 0F PROGRESS!

OUR LATEST IM PROVEM ENTS
“Competition is thelifeoftrndp,”andlfyrm
have notsecn our latcstlmprovcd goons, you cannot
imagine how lively trade is, or how Inn-ll our compou-
tors have to work to keep within siullt'ot‘ us.

Ask your retailer fur the James Mculis' 53 Shoe, or
the James Menus" SI Shoo, according to your lit-HIS.

Positively none genuine nlllcss havingr our mum
and price stamped plainly on the soles. Your retailer
will Simply you will: shoes so stumped it you insist.
upon his doing so: if you do not insist, sonic rclullcrs
will coax you into buying inferior shot-s upon which

key make a larger prutlt. ’
'~JAMES MEANS

(5h $5 SHOE

«it UNEXCELLED m

a STYLE UNEDUALLED.‘
DURABILITY

 
 

 

 

 

 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

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$4 suor
CANN OT FAIL

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Suchhus been the recent mgrestln our brunch at
industry that we are now ub c to affirm that the James
Mcans‘ 84 Shoe is in every respect equal to-‘tlze sllm'n
which only a fewyears ago were minded at Olulll n:-
te’n dollars. 'If-Iou will try one pair you will be cm.-
vlnced that we 0 not exaggerate. ,
Ours arethe original :3 mid “shoesmudihw v a
imitate our system «business nrc'unable to coin, no
with us lll quality of fi’lctory products. — :0 ‘
Inn lines We are the largest manufacturers in :.:s
United tales. - ' .
Shoollrom‘ ourcelebrated faclory ll roger-1 -
.b wide-awake retailers in all parts on 4 ' .
“gantry. We will place them easily wllhr _ ...»_-
much in any statedor tSrriu‘n-yt if you will 1:: cs: 0....
n! n n oslal car all write 0 us.
genuiol {leans & 00.,“ Lincoln St, Boston, liar.

A; u. now a; son.

For Sale or Exchange.
THE Homestead of the late Abijali Brita. altar

ated at South Wilton, one mile from depot.
Dwellinlz has eleven rooms. good well: of water,

 

‘ burn an '1 sheds. eighteen acres of land, abundance

of fruit. Will be sold at a bargain. Enquire of
0 E. W1LSON,3 Gszn'rru Building, Norwalk. or
1ntlAG.-‘ “toonv.Winnlpank. Conn. 114!

To Let.

N the GAZETTE Buttmxo, Hall formerly occu-

pied by» Our Brothers! Lodge, 1. 0. of 0. P.

Possession given immediately. Apply at the GA-
mu Office. .