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A PIG IN} 151-1: FENCE,
must never observe When a ‘lnzthe fence :
Sends forth his most pi shout,
How all of his neighbors betake themselves thence
To punish him ere he gets out?
What a hubbub they raise, so that others afar
May know his condition, and hence
Come running to join themln adding a scar
To the pig that is fast in the fence?
Well. swine are. not all ot'the creatures that be,
Who will find themselves sticking between
The rails of the fence, and who strive to get free.
While the world is still shoving them in;
Who find that the favor they met With depends
Not on worth. but on dollars and cents;
And that ‘tis but few who will prove themselves
friends 11 i fastlnth 2
th ‘ t at s 9 once.
T° eplg -—Boston Globe.
HOW HE WON HIS WIFE.
'l‘hat truth is stranger than fiction is one of
the most threadbare of axioms, yet» it re-
oei'v‘eda new illustration in the strange sue»
cession of circumstances through which Maj.
Henry Estes won his handsome blue eyed
wife.
Among the recruits who were sent forward
to be mustered into a New England cavalry
regiment attached to the Army of the Poto-
mac, in the spring of 1864, was a young man
of fine appearance and excellent education;
who from the first showed signs of having at
some time been under military drill. No re-
cruit ever fell into his place with less trouble,
or so rapidly adjusted himself "to the rough-
ness and hardships of camp life. "Every
inch a soldier,” was Maj. Estes’ comment the
first time that his glance restedon Private
Herbert J auvrin, and neither in camp nor in
battle had he ever any eason to modify his
verdict.
The rank and file with whom Jauvrin asso-
ciated could never quite make him out. They
recognized instinctively that he belonged to
a higher social order than their own; they
found out that he had traveled in many
lauds; they said among themselves that he
was a foreigner and yet were puzzled to
know just where to place amen who spoke
half a dozen languages, and yet they were
never jealous or ill-natured towards him.
He performed his duties with unfailing con-
scientiousness; was in his place in every on-
gagement; proved himself a hero in the
skirmish at St. Mary’s Church and in the
longr and dangerous raid to Trevyllian sta-
tion, and endeared himself to every man in
his company by some little act of kindness or
cheery word of comradeship.
That there was a mystery about him was
evident. Not that he ever attempted to cre-
ate such an impresion—far from it. But
officers and men knew that there must have
been some strong cause that had moved a
man of his culture to enlist as a private in a
cavalryfiregiment in which he had not aslngle
acquaintance. There were hints enough given
him to break through his reserve and talk
about himself, but he always brushed them
aside with a laugh and the oft quoted byword
of the camps, “Who wouldn’t be a soldier?”
“By Jove!” said the colonel one day, as
Private J auvrin retired from his presence
with a courtly salute, “that follow has
broken more than one heart, and. in our set,
too, major, or I’m a Block Island codfish.
Put him in a swallowtail and he would be the
most distinguished looking man in the regi-
ment, and would saunter through the lan-
ccrs like 8. lord. I wish I could do something
for him, but he doesn’t ask for promotion
and doesn’t seem to want it, and I don’t
know who his friends are so as to push him.
I’d bet a whale to a mackerel that there’s a
woman in the case, and a mighty pretty one,
too. ”
It was in an insignificant little skirmish on
the edge of Chapin’s Farms that Private
Jauvrin receivcd a. desperate wound which
caused him to be sent to the Cavalry Corps
hospital on the Appomattox. At first he
bade fair to recover, and the whole regiment
prepared to welcome him back, and the
colonel had made interest at Washington to
procure his promotion to second lieutenant.
But one day a messenger came from the
Corps hospital with the news that J auvrin
was worse, and with an earnest request that
Maj. Estes would ride over to see him.
The major had always manifested a sincere
liking for the soldier and had tried more than
once to win his confidence, with a sincere de~
sire to befriend him. He had not been suc-
cessful, yet there had always been that sort
of friendship between ofiiccr and man that
had led Maj. Estes to sit down and talk with
him of other times and other scenes. It was a
shock to him to hear bad tidings of the soldier
whom in his own mind he had associated with
a story of romance and whom be honored as
an example of duty.
It was on a chilly autumn afternoon that
the major lifted the flap of the wall tent in
which Jauvrin lay on a rough cot set on the
bare ground. He was shocked at the change
in the wounded man’s appearance. The stal-
wart frame had becomo reduced to skin and
bone, and only the eyes had retained the old
fire of life. He fairly started when the ghost
of the well remembered and once ringing
voice welcomed him and tears started to his
eyes as he grasped the thin and wasted hand
and said: “Poor fellow, why (lid you not send
for me before?”
The major stayed at the hospital that night
and, little by little, as the strength of tho
speaker permitted, he learned the story of
Private J auvrin.
Born to an old and honorable name, and the
prospective inheritor of wealth, Herbert
Jauvrin, after awild and wayward boyhood,
had been commissioned a lieutenant in the
British army before he had reached his ma-
jority and had fought gallant-1y before So-
bastopol. Among his papers would bo found,
he said, his commission‘ and his Crimean
medal. On his return to England ho had
gone the way of all young men in his position
mid had exhausted his income and the round
of London pleasures“ At last his father and
his family had cast him off and he had wak-
ened from his dreams to find himself deprived
of all resources until he succeeded to the en-
tailed estates of his family.
There was one pure spot, he said, in the
darkness of his life. He had loved and his
love had, been returned. “I did not know
tMre was such loveliness on earth,” said the
dying soldier, “until I met Helen Conyng-
ham. I have her picture here and you shall
judge of her yourself.” Here, with a painful
effort, he (lrew_out a portfolio from under
his pillow and gave it to the major. “He:
letters are here, too-do what you will with
the picture and the letters, and only write to
her and tell her that I gave her my last
thoughts and all my love.”
At intervals he filled in the rest of the story.
The girl whom he loved had forgiven him
again and again for his wanderings and had
tried to help him build up his shattered life.
At last she had applied the heroic remedy and
sent him a letter to say that she would not
consent to see him again until he could come
to her “clothed and in his right mind.”
“She was right, major, and I say now and
I will say with my last breath, God bless her
for her sweet faithfulness to duty.”
In a desperate mood Herbert J nuvrin had
told his commission. taken steamer for Amer-
ica and for a while hml passed a life of gay
dissipation in New York and other American
cities. At last the inevitable crisis came.
His money had gone and so were the friends
of his butterfly summer. When his last dollar
had been: spent he enlisted in a regiment then
at the front, in the hope that a friendly bul-
let would soon eud his troubles. The bullet
had come all too soon, and had found him
. realizing in his life as a private soldier what
Helen Conyngham had tried to impress upon
him about faithfulness to duty. It was hard
for him, he said, but no doubt it was better
for her. Only she would be glad to hear that
he had died a soldicr’s death.
The major tried to speak encouraging
words when he bade the soldier good night,
but even then he feared that they might
never meet again in life. Indeed, when he
went to the hospital tent next morning the
death dew was on Private J auvrin’s forehead
and he could only speak in the faintest whis-
pcr and with catches of the breath as he
asked him to pray for him. Maj. Estes
knelt beside the dying man and in low tones
uttered the Lord‘s Prayer, holding the clam-
my hands clasped in his own.
“Thank you—am I dying now?” were the
next words. The major could not speak. He
only looked sadly into the eyes of the private
soldier who in a brief minute was to know
the secret of the cternities
,- They buried Herbert J auvrin in the little
cemetery of the cavalry corps on the banks
of the Appomattox. But his ashes do not
repose there. They rest under a costly mon-
ument in the parish church of his fathers in
England, and under his name is the legend,
.“Dead on the field of nor.”
When Maj. Estes, after his return tocamp,
. opened in the secrecy of his tent the little
portfolio which Herbert J auvrin had be-
. qucathed to him, he had no premonition that
literally he held his fate in his own hands.
There was a locket of Etruscan gold in one of
the pockets, and when he had opened it be
held it before him as if he had been turned
; to marble by the sight. The face was beauti-
ful bpyond anything he had ever seen—at
:1 least, so it seemed to him. Golden hair and
blue eyes and the mouth of Hebe; intellect
‘ and health and grace were there, and with
incomparable beauty a firmness as gentle as
velvet and as hard as iron. As be glued he
understood the whole story of the hapless love
,. .- which had ended so disustrously and yet not
' : hopelessly.
The letters of Helen Conyngham were a
fm'ther revelation of her sweet womaaliaesa
,They pleaded with a pathetic simplicity for
. the better life of ' the man she loved, but she
g never. fora moment concealed from him or
from herself the fact} that she could'never
Z: marry a man who voluntarily. debauched
: .- himself from the high standard she had set.
' . Even her last edict of banishmentwas only a
plea for her lost love’s redemption. .
It was a. painfulutask to write to the rela-
tives of Herbert Janna-most mfg} £028.11 .
to break the news Of bismuth-”10mm - I
he had loved. He inclosed her own’letters to
Miss Conynham—all except a little formal
note awepting an invitation to drive, though
why he had retained this he could not ex-
W
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,mBy-fiénds'flo magmas”
Somehow the locket ’ did not’="go, and it
would have puzzled his friends had he been
killed and this unknown face found among
the papers he always carried with him. He
came to regard it as his tutelary divinity
and had a faint, superstition that it had ren—
dered him impervious to bullets. At any
rate, he found it easyto make [menses for
its detention in the correspondence which
between the original and himself, and
which he found so pleasant that he continued
it long after the close of the war.
Finally Maj. Estes wrote that he had been
appointed consul to one of the cities of Eng-
gland and that he would take an early op-
portunity to restore the portrait in person.
When the portiere that covered the en-
trance to one of the handsomest houses in
Cheltenham, had been pushed aside and Helen
Conygham magnificent in her beauty, en-
tered, Maj. Estes' heart beat so hard that he
could scarcely speak, and, indeed, he never
knew what he did say. What his heart was
saying was, “My queen.” For it fell down
and worshiped her then and there and never
swerved afterwards from its allegiance.
They were soon well acquainted—these two
—and though the major fell in love at once, or
rather recognized at once the fact that he had
been in love ever since he opened the locket,
itIVvas long before he dared think that ho was
specially favored by her and longer still be-
fore'ho dared speak.
It was the dead soldier who gave the major
his wife. They often spoke of him. The
English maiden loved to hear him tell of his
battles and campaigning, and fancied that it
was not because the major was a hero in her
eyes, while be, modest man, never dreamed
of exciting his own deeds.
One evening they wanderedin the old Eng-
lish garden at the back of ' the mansion in
Cheltcnham‘, and there, as ’they stood for a.
few moments under the shade of a great oak,
Maj. Estes recounted the whole scene.
When he had finished both of her hands were
in his and she was weeping.
He drew her towards him, and to his
amazement she made no resistance. The next
moment she was in his arms, and before a
word had been spoken by either he had kissed
her as man kisses woman but once in a life-
time.
When people ask Maj. Estes what was the
most remarkable incident he met with in the
war he always says: “Tho good fortune that
gave me my wife.” And the golden haired
matron who is the crown and glory of his
household, and who is the most loyal of
American wives, is never weary of talking
and hearing of the days of the wan—Col.
John F. Mines in New York Mercury.
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A susTERnANEAu TRAGEDY.
A’ Drill Kills 13 Mule 300 Fat Below the
Earth‘s Surface.
A ghastly and for a time inexplicable mys-
tery, which kept the nerves of the good peo’
ple of Litchfield, an, strung at a high tension _
for a few hours, was graphically described
by Mr. L. C. Van Vleck, the promoter of the
natural gas enterprises of that section.
“About 10 o’clock one morning," Said he,
“while Sam Varner, the head driller for the
Litchflcld Natural Gas Company, was at work
at a well on the Potts farm, about a mile and
a half from the town, on the Mount Olive
road, the drill got stuck and refused to re-
spond to the efforts of the machinery to raise
it. The drill is composed of a large bar of
steel weighing about half a ton, and is drawn
up by a Windlass and then dropped, some-
times as much as fifty feet. This drill form
its way through thick stratus of rock, and Is
often sunk to the depth of 3,000 feet. The
well in question had been sunk about 300feet.
Mr. Varner worked for nearly an hour be-
fore he could get the drill free, and he then
brought it to the surface to make an exam-
ination. As it came to view he was aston-
ished to discover that it was covered with
blood, as was the rope for several feet above
the drill. He called his assistant, and both
decided that the crimson clots on the drill
and rope were unmistakably blood.
“To say that they were alarmed is ex-
pressing the state of their feelings mildly.
They were horrified. The ponder-one bar of
steel had punctured the life out of something
in some remote place far down in the bowels
of the earth. Varner placed his ear to the
mouth of the tubing and could plainly hear a
roaring sound. While he was in this posture
a voice came up. ‘You have killed some-
body down here,’ it said, and Varner was so
dazed that he and his asistant made for the
village at a rapid rate of speed.
“The two men hurried into town, and their
earnest manner inspired belief in their story.
People flocked to the Potts fem, and gather-
ing about the well examinéd the bloody evi-
dence of the subterranean tragedy and dis-
cussed its probable cause. A physician and
a chemist who were in the crowd both de-
clared that the red clots on the drill tip were
blood, but could not tell whether it was
human or animal. The mystery deepened
until an analytical student figured it out this
way:
“ ‘I have it! I have it! The drill has killed
somebody or something in the Litchficld Coal
company’s mine. An arm of their mine ex-
tends directly under this place, as near as I
can calculate, and the drill has tom the life
out of . some unfortunate workman down
there.’
“This sounded plausible enough, and the
whole crowd made a rush for town as fast' as
they could run. When they arrived and be—
gan to relate what they had seen and heard,
a big delegation started for the mine. On
"their way they met J. B. W. Amsden, secre-
retary of the coal company, and clustering
about his buggy plied him with excited ques-
tions.
“When his questioners stopped for breath,
he said, with pathos: ‘Yes, fellow citizens, a
lamentable tragedy has occurred in the mine.
One poor creature has been stricken to death,
and now lies lifeless far down in the dark and
dingy depths. This,’ he said, 'will explain
more fully,’ and the crowd almost fainted
when he drew a slip of paper from his pocket
and read:
ercnmnnn, Ills, Feb. 11.
Litchfield Natural Gas company. To one mule
killed by gas company‘s drill this day. 550.
“ ‘And, fellow citizens, there was never a
more faithful‘or useful mule in a coal mine
than old Tom, who has met so tragic a death.’
“The explanation robbed the affair of its
horrible charm, and was a fruitful theme for
mirth the rest of the day.
“But when you come to think of the whole
thing," said Mr. Van Vlcck, “it is not such a
laughing matter, after all. I think it will go
down to history as a most remarkable, I may
say unprecedented, occurrence in connection
with well digging."—St. Louis GlobeDemo-
crat. .
Getting Out of Himself.
First of all, let me tell you why men, as a
rule, go upon drunks "at all. I don’t think
you ever stopped to consider it.
It isn’t bwause the taste of liquor is so
overpowering. It isn’t because they can't
help it. I’m not talking about “burns” and
inebriates, who are the slaves of an appetite.
I’m talking about the ordinary, fairly intel—
ligent, slightly overworked fellow who, at
the end of six weeks, goes off, has a toot and
gets full of wine or whisky and has a debauch
either mild or wild as the case may be, and
then gets over it and goes, back to his routine
again and doesn’t taste a drop till histuru
comes round once more.
The simple truth is he is trying to get away
from himself.
He gets so tired of his own personality that .
he wants to take off his ego as he takes ofl'
his dress coat, and sit in semi-unconsciousness
for a while, making faces at fate.
Liquor has the mysterious power of put-
ting to sleep those three dreadful ghosts that
keep step with us and look over our shoul- ,
ders all the time—will, responsibility, con-
science.
You’ve no idea how they haunt and op- -'
press some people who haven’t got backbone 3
enough to carry the three incubi. The mo- ;
ment a man gets cxhilaratingly full aglad I
irresponsibility takes possession of him. The .1
power to be illogical and even incoherent
seizes him. He can cry or fight or fall down 2.
a coal hole with equal spontaneity and not é
get hurt. Something has struck off all the
shackles of conduct. That’s why he sings and
criesandmoans. Heisanangel Inhissensi-i
bilities and a brute in hisdesires. But hisi
dread monitors have disappeared, and he is
so light hearted he will offer to fight a giant :
or beat his wife or. walk on the coping of a
ten story house. .
Liquor furn'mhes the weak fellow with a
pass key out of himself.—Nym Crinkle inI
Dramatic Mirror.
A Live Question.
An aged couple in Providence had been .
without food in the house so long that finally, .
when their last penny had been spent for a-
candle, the hungry rats devoured it, and they
were too weak to resist. When finally the‘
old man crawled out for help the rats at
tacked the prostrate woman. Such and scenes
are constantly occurring in great cities At
the same time the Andover theological dis-9
patents are fighting month after month over.
the question whether a dead heathen in Bur-1
mah can be saved though he never heard of
Himwho had not where to lay His head—-
Boston Globe.
.x urotlier’s Son.
It was Bilkins’ Wedding day, and he was
teasing his kid brother-in-law.
”Well, Johnnie," he said, solemnly, “I’m
gomg to take your sister away off and have
her all to myself, where you won‘t see her
any more. " ' -
; “No! Really} are you?" said the kid, curi-
ously. .
“ch, I am. What do you think of it?"
“Nothm’. Iguess I can stand it if you
can.”—Washington Critic.
Served mm Right.
fllady eggigh fldingbzgg made her walk home
'01:: e coun ry use the displeased him,"
was fined $20 and sentenced to spend twenty
days in jail—Milwaukee Wisconsin
POPULAR CRAZES.
THEY COME UNANNOUNCED AND
DISAPPEAR AS SUDDENLY.
It Is Impossible to” Account for the Rapid
Spread of a New Idea or Fad—scum of
the Craze- W‘hich Have Hat] Recent
Runs In This Country.
A carewornphilosopher met a Tribune re-
porter and made himthe receptacle of his
secret woe. Thatwhichbnrdenedfhe philos-
opher’s mind who histhiafibilit'y’té-‘trace to its
first cause the impfimibnable nature of the
mind,-not as that quality is found in individ-
uals, but in mankind collectiv'ely. Superior
strength of will, or natural afilnity or any
one of a dozen "other forcesE'vlill fullycxplain
the influence of One individual Over another,
but will not account for the manner in which
certain ideas, confined perhaps to a few per-
sons at first, spread rapidly and finally
sway whole communities or nations. The
names given to these phenomena vary with
the character of the'impression, and the im-
presion itself maybe lasting or itymay dis-
appear as quickly and mysteriously as it
rose. A profound thinker gives some theory
to the world, and it is dubbed philosophy; a
theologian discovers, or thinks he does, some
new meaning to a scriptural pasage, and
points out a new way to salvation, which is
called religion; but when a general impres-
sion is made by something that has no con-
nection with either philomphy, science or
Eligion it is contemptuously called a “craze”
by thow who escape its influence, and made
a butt for the ridicule of the unbeliever.
m anon cuss cum: ALL. .
”In 'the last named class there isno more
. f .. steak: , ' "
bound in blueboial'dil -. ' i _ lication par-
«3 demo ' 't'rn e flint the blue or ac-
tinicray'df the spectrum was the Ieource of
life and" a panacea fol-“all the ills to which
the "human: flesh, an ‘d, too, for that
matter, was h’eir.:.,,'l‘he new idea “caught
on,” as it were, and's'wept the country like a
Manitoba’szh‘er renews windows, blue
glass conservatories, 'hlu'e glass spectacles,
and blue glass ln‘a dozenlothcr shapes ap-
pearédns.thofigh.ney Hind been summoned
by WI hcraffi. iEvféi-y one who had an; ache
or a pain became his own physician and
bathed theafléctcdfpart in cupious streams
of sunshine filtered through a piece of blue
glasa ' Regular pi‘adtitionéi‘é"i‘vam left to
mcpe in their offices. -.The medical profes-
sion appeared to be ‘On the point of annihilaa
tion.- The newspapers of that day contained
many accountsofgremarkable cures efiected
by this remarkable agency-4cm which a
few skeptics maliciouslytattributed more to
the absenc‘e"'bf mote-noun ’u-eatmcnt than
to the efficacy of. blue-glass. The reign of
the cerulean school, howevé‘r, was brief, and
the actinic ray was allowed to resume its
legitimate function of making photographs.
Another craze which seizcd upon the femi-
nine mind and raged with great virulence for
a season was the “crazy quilt” craze, which,
it must be conceded, was felicitously nanied.
Women are more prone to lose their heads
over anovel idea or new bonnet than men,
and hence the enthusiasm with which they
took up the erratic thing under consideration
called for no cXtraordinnry expression of
astonishment. When the craze struck it
struck hard, and womankind surrendered un-
conditionally. Something of this kindseems
to be annually necessary to the female con-
stitution. A natural and irrepressible, force
that otherwise might lead nobody knows
where finds vent in the bar-mics occupation
of making sickly sentimental mottoes, paint-
ing impossible flowers, or sewing the odd ends
of silken finery into a conglomerate mas and
calling the producta thing of utility. The
crazy quilt aifords an opportunity for working
up into ornamental and useful shape all the
silk, ' satin, plush, velvet and broadcloth
scraps that" have collected in the household
during many years, and as .no Woman was
ever known to despise tho Ornamental, no
matter how she looked upon the useful, the
crazy, quilt soon became popular. It has,
however, gone the way of allcmzes.
msn AND FALL or ran nonnan SKATE.
Thomast malignant type of this peculiar
mental disease that has appeared in recent
years was the roller skating mania, which
placed all the world on wheels and set the in-
habitants thereof to chasing one another
around in endless circles, with no other ap-
parent object than an imbecile ambition to
see who could keep up the monotonous round
the longest. Every village, town and city in
the land had its roller rink or rinks, and
many a shrewd speculator reapedagolden
harvest while the craze was at its height.
Many another speculator, not so shrewd, put-
all his capital into a rink just before the bot-
tom droppcd out of the fad and found him-
self the owner of a big burn like structure of
no earthly use whatever.
The world has no reason to mourn the fact
that roller skating is practically dead. Fol-
lowing hard upon its heels came the tobog-
gan, which from a. rural point of view can-
not be said to be a great improvement.
Thespectacle of a young woman seated on
ashingle and shooting down an icy incline
with her feet clutching the sides of a young
man in front of her is not an edifying one for
coldblooded observers, however pleasant the
situation may be for the young woman and
the young man. In the mad rush for the
bottom of the slide and as the velocity
of the toboggan increases, doubtless the
weaker vessel finds it ncccssary to cling
tighter and tighter to her bold cavalier, and
doubtless the bold cavalier fully appreciates
that featureof the performance. Added to
the above attractions Is the spice of danger
' which, gives to the sport a piquancy that Is
often a little more pronounced than desirable,
as recent events have shown, but the probabil-
itim of fractured limbs, dislocated joints and
broken necks will exercise no restraining in-
fluence so long as the slide is the fashion.
--Chicago Tribune.
A Jekyll-Hyde Character Possible.
A Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde character is
not inconsistent. A man may be revengcful,
and at times even murderous, having all the
bascr propensities in a great degree. To fit
the character he must have the intellectual fac-
ulties surpassingly powerful. He can have the
money making facility fully developed. But
he must have cmming, will power and vanity.
He must have the cunning to,cover up the
lava fires after secret eruptions. He must
have a supremo will power to accomplish his
designs. But vanity or love of praise or fear
of blame isthe supremest-feelingthrough his
' career. It can inflict more mentalzé'agony
than outraged cOnscience oriexcite: more self-
ish pleasure than any other faculty, senti-
ment or propensity. ' If. it , lio dormant be-
cause of a moment’s introspective thought,
conscience, if active, etealthily sends in the
wan specter Of remorse. Behaving the cun-
ning to cover up the results of hereditary
hrutish propensities, and vanity impelling,
him to guard the honorable position in so-A
ciétf'chféved‘ :Ii‘isintellcctuhlatthimiienm.
he: lives-fosseiitially h'snuai'zinsi ' Onl " or...
the will power lose; its gov “ " .‘ ‘
Shit man-Of Ihonor Momma. Dr.
Jekyll beam as the Mr. 'Hyde;-'—Bostan Globe.
Iran Slug' ro'r‘ rat-annexe? ,
Considerable attention has recently "been
paid to'the problem of utilizing iron slag for
commercial purposes. The immense quantity
of material now going to waste at all of the
iron furnaces in this country makes a large
field for operations if any procxss for con-
verting the slag into a useful product can be
devised. The invention of the ms of
making mineral wool by forcing a jet of
super heated steam through the molten slag
opened up one valuable use for a portion of
the waste. Although large quantities of
mineral wool are now used, the amount of
slag consumed in its manufacture is incon~
siderable.
Mr. A. D. Elbers, who started the mineral
wool business, and afterward sold out to the
New York Steam Heating company, has re-
cently invented a pr'ocam for converting iron
slag into paving blocks. His process removes
the sulphur from the slag, and makes it a
homogeneous mass of great toughness and
durability. It is cast into square blocks of
any desired size, and is claimed to be equal
in quality .to the best Belgian paving stones.
Its cost-is considerably lea than natural rock.
As tliegcutput "of slag from the production of
American pig'iron is now about five million
tonsannually, according‘to Mr.‘Elbcrs, there
Is roOm for a big industry—New York Mail
and Express.
uurbugc hind the Death Rate.
A company interested in the building of
garbage furnaces in Detroit claim that. since
their adoption by that handsome city the
death rate has dropped {remit} to 12 per
cent. This is'certainly a strong claim, one
that should be investigated by‘the au’thoril
ties in this city and Allegheny, where similar
furnaces have recently been constructed. A
measure that will result in so marked a de-
crease lathe death rate is worthy of eneral
adbption throughout the cities of the and.-
Pittsburg Bulletin ,
The World‘s Great Railroads.
The four greatest railrway's in the world in
respect to mileage are: The Atchison, Topeka
and Santa Fe system, 7,530 miles; the Penn-
sylvania railroad systcm, 7,530 miles; the
Missouri Pacific system, 7,115 miles; the Chi-
cago and Northwestern system, 7,082 miles.
The Canadian Pacific system comes only
eighth in the list with 4,960 miles—New York
Telegram. "
Regulated by, 10 "Grip of the Law.
Stranger in tho curt Roame—W'hat time
have you got, please? ,
Prisoner at Counsiel’slTable—‘I can tell you
better after the trial. —-Jeweler’s Weekly.
. At a Musical“: .
Miss Arlington—How beautifully Mi-
Bang plays the piano.
Mr. Witlingol’laysi Works, I should any.
.‘n .
NORWALK GA
ZETTE
Origin Of the Great lakes.
Mr. A. T. Drumnwnd, a Canadian geologist,
; hnsreeently published an interesting paper '
’ on the origin of the great lakes of North I
. America.
It has been the opinion of most I
' geologists that these lakes were formed by 3
. glacial action,aviow which scanned to find I
, corroboration in the fact thntavery large I
. .._ .._.-
-. Inflammation and Weakness.
amount of debris apparently worn from the
basins occupied by these sheets of water lies
on the country‘ to the south of their borders
in positions where it could only have been .
brought by ice action. Mr. Drummond holds ‘.
that glaciers had not much effect in eroding
the lake basins proper, or in shaping their
present outline. llo furthermore holds to
the conclusions that Lake Superior is the
most ancient basin of this chain, and that it
was formed in the Cambrian and Huronian
times, i. e., in the. earlier stages of the earth's
history. He regards it in part due to a down
folding of the rocks, :_1:. in the trough of a
mountain valley, but that much of the detail
of its shape was due to long continued vol-
canic action, which has clearly occurred about
its borders.
Michigan, Huron and Ontario he considers
to have been low areas on the path of an an-
cient river, which existed before the glacial
period, the basin like character of the coun-
try having bocn given by the relatively re-
cent warpiugs in the surface of the country.
Erie and St. Clair he regards as the last
formed of the lakes, thcso basins also being
due to warpiugs in the rocks about them,
which created barriers across the original out
lots of the valleys. ‘
There is no question that Mr. Drummond’s
explanation of the lakes shows that the cir-
cumstances of their formation were more
complicated than is commonly supposed by
geolbglsts.‘ ' It does not appear, however. that
he has given quite sufficient weight to glacial
action or to the processes of solution by which
the waters of such great lakes extend their
shorelines. A largo part of the rocks about
these basins other than Lake Superior are
ofalimy nature, and in parts more or less
charged with saline materials, all of which
readily pass into solution and go away to the
sea. This dissolving process is of more im-
portanco in fresh water basins than in the
seas. The sea water is already so far charged
with mineral matter held in solution that it
cannot readily dissolve the rocks with which
it comes in contact. Where, however, fresh
water basins have their shores in contact with
rocks containinga considerable quantity of
lime they readily and rapidly extend their
margins by this process of decay—Boston
Herald.
There are proposmons u: rrance to cm.-
struct canals from Bordeaux to the seaboard
of the Atlantic and from Narbonne to the
Mediterranean: total length, 830 miles: cost,
$120,0W,000.
Canadian insurance companies announce a
reduction in premiums upon all vessels which
carry a store of oil for the purpose of put-
ting it on the water.
A YOUNG WOMAN'S WOES.
The Care and Anxiety which Her Mother
Felt and How Ne‘nr It can. to a Sad
Ending.
The daughter of one of the leading lawyersof
Boston a young ladyof fourteen, began last sum-
mer,toeomp1a1n of weaknessand weariness. Her
parents did not think it necessary to consult a
physician, and so day after day passed, and she
grew paler and weaker.
“Like a worm in the
bud," something seemed
to be consuming her life.
Her mother sought the
cause. It was not heart
trouble; it seemed to be
some mysterious malady.
Weaker and weaker she
grew until a doctor was
called, but he either did
not understand her case
a: 315a"), 1.
v “ “a ,5 '
- - I or could not reach it.
One evening the mother in reading the pa r,
saw an account of a oung lady who . ad
suffered just as her own an hter was sufferm ,
and had been restored to hea th. Moroin deep: r
than hope, the mother tried the same means,
and saw her child gradually recover her health,
then her vigor. and then her happiness.
This is a true story, taken from life, the name
of the familv being withheld. owing to its pro-
minence. The way by which the young lady‘s
health was regained was by a free use of Hunt's
Remedy. This pure and yet wcrful com-
pound secms to ho accom 1 shing unusual
things for both young and old adicsin America.
Dr. Vandcrville, of N cw York, openly asserts
that he knows of “more than a score of middle-
Igcd women who suffered
so much periodically that
their health, com lemons
and lives seemc to he
wrecked, and yet, to-duy,
they are in perfect health
and look not a day over
twenty-five, wholly
through tho use of the
really remarkable Hunt‘s
Remedy."
The frank declaration
of this prominent doctor
only voices the sentiment .
that has been gaining li’
‘-
ground steadily. and which accounts for the
go ularity of this vulunblecompouud. Itlsnow
ei
eved by the best informed, that few
women need suffer from the afflictions of their
sex who use this remedy intelligently and re-
gularly. Ccrtainl it is verifying this in the
case of all those w o are so using it. .
OUR LITTLE SON.
Four veal-s old, nfillcted with a. painful skin
disease. six doctors tried to cure him;
all’failed. Got worse and worse. Coul-
pletely cured by one set of Cntlcurn.
Remedies. costing 81.75.
Our little son will be four years of age on the
25th inst. In May, 1885, he was attacked with a
very painful breaking out of the skin. We called
in a physician, who treated him for about four
weeks. The child received little or no good from
the treatment, as the breaking out, supposed by
the physician to be hives in an aggravated form,
became larger in blotches, and more and more
distressing. We were frequently obliged to get
up in the night and rub him with soda in water.
strbng iinlments, etc. Finally, we called other
physicians, until no less than six had attempted to
cure him, all alike failing, and the child steadily
getting worse and worse, until about the 20th of
last July, when we began to give him CUTICURA
Rasonvnm‘ internally, and the CUTICURA and CU-
TIOUaA SOAP externally, and by the last of August
he was so nearly well that We gave him only one
dose of the REsoLvanr about every second day
for about ten days longer, and he has never been
troubled since with the horrible malady. In all we
used less than one half of a bottle of CUTICURA
Rnsoavns'r a little less than one box of CUTICURA,
and onlv one cake of CU’I‘ICURA Soar.
H. E. RYA V, Cayuga. LiVlllBt’ill Co. 111.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this fourth
day of January, 1881’. C. N. COLE, J. 1’.
SCROFULOUS RUMORS.
Last spring 1 was very sick, being covered with
some kind of scrofula. The doctors could not
help me. I was advised to try the CUTICURA
Rvsonvssr. I did so, and in a day I grew better
and hetter,untilIam as well as ever I thank
you for 1!- very much, and would like to have it
told to the nhllc.
EDI . OFFMANN. North Aitleboro, Mass.
CUTICURA. the great skin care. and CUTICURA
Soar prepared from it externally, and CUTICUBA
Rnsonvuur. the new blood purifier internall . are
a positive cure for every form of skin and blood
disease from pimples to scrofu1a. .
Sold everywhere: Frlce, CUTICURA, 50c. ; Son,
950.; Resonvnu'r, $1. Prennred by Ike POTTER
DRUG AND Cnnmcu. 00., Boston, Mass.
WSend for “flow to Care Skin Diseases," 64
pages, 50111ustrations. and loo testimonials.
BABY'S
Choking Catarrh.
Have you awakened from a disturbed sleep
with all the horrible sensations of an assassin
clutching your throat and pressing the life-
breath from your tightened c est? lave you
noticed the languor and debilily that succeed
the effort to clear your throat and head of
this calarrhal matter? What a depressing
influence it exerts upon the mind, clouding
the memory and fillin the head with pains
and strange noises! ow difficult it is to rid
the usual passages, throat and lungs of this
pnisonous mucus all can testify who are
afilcted with catarrh. How difficult to pro-
tect the sivlstcm agalnst its further progress
towards t e Inn 3, liver and kidneys, all
physicians will a mit. It is aterriblc disease,
and cries out for relief and cure.
The remarkable curative powers, when all
other remedies utterly fai , of SANFORD'S
RADICAL CURE, are attested by thousands
who ratefuiiy recommend it to fellow-suffer
era. 0 statement is made regarding it that
cannot be substantiated by the most respecta-
ble and reliable references.
Each package contains one bottle of the
RADICAL CURE, ane box of CATAKRHAL SOL.
vain, and an IMrovnn I NHALER,Wlth treatise
and directions, and 1s sold by all druggists for
Skln and Scalp preserved and beauti-
iied by CUTICURA Mnmcxrsn Soar.
PO'rrnn Dana in Cannon. 00., Boston.
N0 RHEUMA'I'IZ ABIIUT ME.
IN ONE MINII'I'E
The Cuticura Anti-Pain Plaster
relieves Rheumatic, Sciatic Sud-
den, Sharp and Nervous Pains,
Strains and Weakness. The first
and only pain-killing plaster.
_ New, original, instantaneous 1n-
falhble, safe. A marvellous Antidote to l‘nin
Utterly [ill-nu:
and vastly superior to all other lasters. ,At
all drugglsts. 25 cents; five for 1.00; or, pos-
tage tree of Permit DRUG AND CHEMICAL 00.,
Boston, ass.
Dr. Seth Arnold’s
COUCH KILLER
is the Very Best Remedy
For a Cough
I ever used.
MRS. A. J. CHURCH.
Simmons, Mass.
Drugglsts. 85a, 50c. and $1.00.
For Sale or Exchange.
THE Homestead of the late Abijah Bette. situ-
ated at South Wilton, one mile from depot.
Dwelling 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. WILSON, 3 GAZETTE Building, Norwalk, or
1111.“ "scour, Winnlpank, Conn. tuf
To Rent.
'l‘HE SHOE FACTORY PROPERTY, lately
occupied by F. B.Rnscoe belonging to
the Estate 01 Wm. K. James, deceased, can
now be rented on reasonable terms, and is
available ioravariety of ur oseo. Possession
immediately. F. ST.J 1.1 LUCKWOUD,
tm Trustee
. claim adjusted and collected by addressing,
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THE GREAT ROCK ISLAND ROUTE
(Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific and
, Its main lines, branches and extensions west,
ria, La Salle,
Ottumwa, Oskaloosa, West Libe
ersct, Atlantic
—Minncapof
include Chicago, Joliet, Ottawa, Poo
ILLINOIS—Devon ort, Muscatine
City Des Molnes, noxville Wint
Cen re, and Council Bluffs n IOWA
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northwest and southwest
Moline, Rock Island in
, Iowa.
Audubgn, Harlan, uthrle
is and 1317. Paul in MINNE-
SOTA—Watertowr‘i and Sioux Falls in DAKOTA—Gallatin, Trenton, Cameron,
St. Jose 11, and Kansas City In
in NEB SKA—Horton, Topeka.
£2?)an Caldwell, in KANSAS—d
affording
MISSOU
Hutchinson, Wichita,
olorado Springs, .
O. Traverses new and vast areas of richiarmin
the best facilities of lntercommunication to o der States and to
Eli—Beatrice, Fairburyhand Nelson
Bellevflle Norton,
Denver, Pueblofin COLO-
and grazmg lands
towns and cities in Southern Nebraska, Kansas, Colorado, Utah, New
Mexico, Indian Territory Texas, Arizona, idaho, California, and Pacific
coast and trans-oceanic Seaports.
SOLID FAST VESTIBU
LE EXPRESS TRAINS
Of Palace Coaches—leading all competitor-sin splendor of‘ equipment and
luxury of accommodat.ons—run through daily between Chica o and Com.
rado Springs, Denver and Pueblo. .
TRAIN SE VICE daily between ,Chio
between Chicago and‘ Kansas 011. .
Reclining- Chair Cars (FREE), and
alone daily. Choice of routes to
Angeles,
and
niece
Similar MAGNIFICENT ESTIBULE
ago and Council Bluffs (Omaha), and
Bio ant Day Coaches Dining Cars,
leeping Cars. '08. ifornia. Excur-
from Salt Lake Cl Portland, Los
San Diego, San Francisco, and intervening localit es. Quick time,
prompt connections and transfers in Union Depots.
THE, FAMOUS ALBERT LEA ROUTE
Runs superbly e nipped Er. ress Trains daily each way between Chicago,
Rock Island Ate ison'L St. ecseph,
apolis and St. Paul. .L
hunting and fishing grounds of the
courses through the most ro ductive lands
. Leavenworth, Kansas City and Minne-
lie Favorite Tourist Line to the scenic resorts, and
Northwest. Its Watertown Branch
of Northern Iowa, Southwestern
Minnesota, and East Sout crn Dakota.
THE SHORT LINE VIA SENECA AND IgAl-IKAKEE offers facilities to
travel between Cincinnati, Indianapolis, Lafayette, and Councfl Bluffs, St.
Joseph, Atchison, Leavenworth, Kansas City, rIinneapohs, and St. Paul.
For Tickets, 152.13%, Folders, or desired information, apply to any Coupon
Ticket Office in the
E. ST. JOHN,
General Manager.
nited States or Canada, or ad
CHICAGO, ILL.
dress
E. A. HOLBROOK,
Gen’l Ticket d: Pass. Agent.
HOUSATONIC RAILROAD.
Dan/wry and Norwal/c Divisi07;.;
Corrected February 4111, 1559.
PASSENGER TRAINS
SOUTH.
Lv. Norwalk. Lv .80. Norm-31k, Ar.WIison Poln
60211.11]. 620mm.
7 32 a. m. 1 56 “ s 03 ‘-
h‘ 17 “ S 27 " S 35 “
1003 “ 1013 “ 10 20 “
1‘1 50 p. in. 1 110 p. m. 1 07 p. ill.
4 34 “ 6 " 4 53 “
61$ 1‘ Mixed 6 36 “ Mud. 6 46 ‘1 Mixed
8112 “ S 117 “ .S 15 ‘
9 47 ,‘ 10 24 " 10 31 “
NOR'I‘H.
Lv. Wtson Point Lv.So. Norwalk, Ar. Norwalk
a. m. a.m. a m.
6 25 “ Ii .‘15 “ 6 ~11 ‘-
8 45 “ 018 “ 9 23 “
12 :11 “ l2 3 “ 12.15 “
ii 511 p. m. 3 10 p. m. 316 p. ill.
4 25 “ 5 l2 “ 5 17 “
7 15 “ . . . .
5 51) “ 6 35 “ 6 4'1 “
1010 " 1111? “ 10 2-} “
W. 11. STEVENSON. Vice—Pres. and Geu’l Manager
F. C. PAYNE. Superintendent.
A. W. Pnumx, CeneraiPsssengcr Agent.
New York, New Haven &
Hartford Railroad.
DECEMBER 23d, 1888.]
NE“? vonii DIVISION.
Trains leave South Norwalk as follows:—
For New York—Accommodation trains at
6.56, 3.311, 9.86, a. m., 1.20 (local) 2.44, 5.06,
and 6.36 (to Stamford only) 8.11, 111.15, p. m. Ex-
press trains at 5.16 (except Mondays), 6.4s,6.12,
(local), 1.23 (local), 7.56 (locul)8.26 (local) 9.03
(Springfield local), 10.13, 11.45 a. m.,; 12.59(Spnug-
field lucai), 4.46, 5.20, p. m.
For New Haven mud the Erma—Accommo-
dation trains at 6.31, 7.35. .250, 111.42 a. m., 1.45,
4.2-2, 5.13, 6.:«5 and 1.27. to Brrdgepcri, 8.49, 9.49,
11.07 p.m. Express Trains at 9.11;, am. :12. 13,1.01
(local), 3.07, 4.11 (ilousatonic Express) 5.09
(\auguiuck Express) 7.18, (Springfield local),
12.43 a. m. (Boston express).
sllnduys.—Accommodailon 7.38, 9.11 s. m.,
and 6.51 p. m.
0. M. SHEPARD, Gen. Supt.
C. ’l‘. llEMl’S’l‘EAl), Gen. Pass. Agt.
THE OLD ANDVRELIABLE
Norwalkt New York Freight Line.
THE PROPELLERS,
City of Norwalk and Eagle,
Will make dai1y trips for freight between
New York and Norwalk, st )pping at South Nor-
walk. Leaving Pier 23,100: of Beekmau streets
New York every evening at 5 o’clock ; Saturdays at
2 p. in. Leaving Norwalk Bridge every evening.
Freight taken from and received for all point
on the Danhury and Normnlk and Shepung llnll-
roads It Greatly Reduced Rates.
Upon application to agents me ()1! y of Norwaik
and Eagle will be sent for special lots of freight
anywhere in New York or its vicinity.
WAY. persons are forbid trusting any of the
employee of the boats on this line on account 01'
he owners thereof. till
M. SOHWAB.
OPTICIAN and UCULIST,
WILL BE AT NORIVALK.
MAR. 1811181 19th, 1889.
At No'r'walk Hotel.
Bavlngquahned myself by years of hard stud
lathe best Institutions in Europe, and having had 5
practical experience of twenty-five years in the
country, I am enabled at first sight to adapt lenses
most appropriate to restore the vision to Its origins
vigor and cure all the various diseases of the eye
I have therefore combined my practice of an
Oculist with t h t of an Optician, and am now on
amen to furnishaed all kmds of lenses and styles 0
Spectacles and Eye.Glasses which are made t
order under my own supervision, to suit my one
oners’ vislonary ailments.
Con-ultutzlon Free.
References—Geo. G. Bishop, Charles Olmstes
'l‘o Widowed. Pensioners.
Y the act of June 7th, 1888, all widowed pen-
sioners, whose pensions commenced subse-
quent to June 30th, 1880. and the soldier husband
died prior to that date. are now allowed pensions
from date of sand death, instead of from date of
widow’s application as was heretofore ihe rule of
the Pension (mice. Any such widowed pensioner
so entitled to arrearages, as above, can have her
M. L. BYIh GTON.
30 241 “th St., N. E., Washington,D.C
[SS IEAD’S HOME SCHOOL F0“ (illlLS AND
11 YOUNG LADIES, HEOPENS OCTOBER 4111,
at l. c
Daricn Seminary, Darion, Conn.
College Pre aratory and special courses In Mu-
sic, Art and nguages. Pupils admitted to Wel-
lesley without furtherexamlnauons all certificate
To Let.
IN the GAZETTE BUILDING, Hall formerly 0 (:2
mod by Our Brothers' Lodge, 1. 0. of CF
meeselon given immediately. Apply at ”ll-All
m: Dulce.
WANTED—An agent In Norwalk to sail our
Western Guaranteed First Mortgages,bear-
ing 1 per cent. Pay liberal commisslms. r‘ull par-
FOR HUUSEIIIILI] Us:
BEST IN :TH'E'WORL’D‘
- FOR SALE BY ‘
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_ meme, enemas;
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NEW HAVEN CONN.
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ALL USE
PEARL’S
WHITE GchEnmE
FOR TIRE
COMPLEXIIIN AND SKIN.
Beautines. Whitens, I’m-mes. Acknowl-
edged by Chemists to be the only preparationkncwn
that will beautify the complexion and eradicate all
imperfections of the skin without injury.
Cures Chapped Hands and
Chafed Skin Instantly.
Price, 50 cents.
SUFFERING
WOMEN
Sold at Drugglsts'.
larities, Relieving Labor Pains,
Falling of the Womb,
and all weaknesses and diseases of the
Uterus and the various organs connected
with it, such as Ulceration, and
Vaginal troubles so prevalent among
women, “CARTER'S RELIEF," is not
only all the name suggests but a. sure
cure. guaranteed. Getabottle from your
drugg'lst and try It. It may save your
life. Price $1.00.
0. W. WHITTLESEY. Wholesale Agent,
New Haven, Conn.
A PAYING INVESTMENT
For Sale,
IN SOUTH NOl{\VALK, A LARGE
Double House,
Each containing Ten Rooms, Water, Sewer
Connections and (liosels.
Paying 12 per cent. on the money
’ to be raised.
remain on the place
so desired.
Mortgage can
For further information enquire of
H C. HYATT. NORWALK
0r, address 11., Box 229, Norwalk P
Ofllce. soft
T0 HORSE OWNERS !
We keep constantly whom] a good assortment of
Kentucky and Ohio Horses,
selected with great care in the western markets.
We have horses suitable for all purposes and no
one who wants a thoroughly reliable animal should
purchase bciore seeing what we have to offer.
We also keep constantly on hand at our Carriage
lleposuory a complete line of CARRIAG 1:5 1roui
the best makers, whicn are mnumnciured for us
to special order ; every carriage wm‘ruute ..
WAGUNS and CAll’l‘s of every (iercripilol.
HARNESSES, WHIPS, RUBES, BLANKET S
DAN N’S LIVERY STABLE,
OFFICE 48 WALL ST., NORWALK
OPP. D. «Q A. ll. 11. Dhl‘OT 85
Building Materials, 860.
BUILDING STON E, all qualities of sand, cel-
lars dug. gardens and grounds reuowted.
horses and carts for hire. 1 have somctlioroughly
rotted and very ilue manure for newer beds.
.1. \V. EDMUNDS,
No.6 South Union Avenue.
tremors from notion (is Ans-mow Mommas CO.
First Nations Bank Building, Kansas City, Kan.
P. O. Box 654, Norm altk
Orlenve orders ctr. w. Bulca'dlul‘biu in... (3,1
ARCH13 1889.
HIS FATHER’S HEIR.
It was not that he was a geniw
A genius, nowadays, is rare;
Nor was he surprisingly funny
In the way he parted his hair.
But the world stood up on its Liptoe,
Dceming Its privilege to store;
You see, his dad died and left money,
And this lad was his father s heir.
If a new church seemed to he needed,
The corner stone he had to lay;
When charity tables were furnished,
The nymphs always knew who would pay. .
01’ course they laughed in their sleeves, you know, j
If so there were any sleeves there; ,
But did low obelsancc before him,
That satisfied his father‘s heir. ;
When the papers spread fulsomc tally
Over their wide columns galore,
They printed his name in capitals
And mentioned what every one wore.
‘Twas “recherche," “came off with cclat."
“ "Twas a most brilliant affair.“
01' course they all know that was nonsense.
But was he not—his father‘s heir ‘2
This world is most queer in its dealings.
I‘m a citizen, I admit :
And perhaps a little bit tinctui'cd
With what I see funny in it.
But, sobcrly thinking and speaking,
Is it pretty false smiles to wear,
And play mandarin to a uinny
Just because he‘s his father‘s I ’r 1'
—\\‘illiam Lyle in New Tori:
.s. I...
An Upper Clan-is Complaint. _
Dr. Morcll McKenzie, in .‘l. ll'ct‘cllt 12- ’.'.'-i.:c
on hay fever, notm certain importau. IV: on
liarities in the distribution of this 51;. 7:111:11‘
complaint with reference to the races of
among those peoples.
facts he sets forth that the complaint is rare
on the continent of Europe, rather frequent I
in England, and very prevalent in North
America. Ho states, however, that about 1.31.)
per cent. of those who sufi'er from it belong
to what we may term the upper classes of so-
ciety, the agricultural and other laborers
being rarely affected by 12:: (liscnsv. Men
are more liable to it than women, in the
proportion of three to one. Dr. McKenzie,
like most of the other recent writers on the
subject, holds to the doctrine that the disease
is induced by particles 01’ pollen or other bits
of vegetable matter which irritate the air
passages. This makes 11:3 distribution of lhe
disease still more singular, as such irrizuuts
are, of course, as common in contincutzzl lin-
rope as in England and probably 21:; common
as in the United States. Those in immediate
contact with the fields should apparently ml-
for more from the malady than those who by
their habits of life are less exposed to tho in<
flucnco of the country.
The occurrence of this pcculin' malady L;
the upper closes seems to point to the con-
clusion that the conditions of life common to
such people are calculated to breed a peculiar
habit of body. More than any other fact
this appears to show that our civilization is
separating the diverse classcs of men from
each other not only in qualities of mental
culture but in physical characteristics as
well—Boston Herald.
Her Opinion of Him.
The course of true love does not run
smooth, it appears, even in the halcyon sea.-
son of St. Valentine. Here is a little inci-
dent in point—and it is it true story. A few
years ago a young business man residing in a
bustling little Mhinesota city within seventy-
five miles of St. Paul was courting a young
lady here in town. 011 Feb. 14 he purchased
a very pretty valentine, upon which were
lines of poetry of the most passionatelovc
and devotion. The young man, instead of ‘
mailing it from his home, gave it to a friend
who was coming down to St. Paul to mail
hereinthe City. Of course the lady, whet
she received it, supposed that some presump—
tuous St. Paul swain had taken it into his
head to seek the good oiliccs of St. Valentino
to make love to her. In thcncxt letter the
young business man up in the country re—
ceived from her he read the following words:
“Some soft fool hero in town scnt mo the sil-
liest valentine you ever saw. The poetry it
contained was enough to make one sick. It
will he an unfortunate thing for the young
man who sent it if the fool killer comes:
around next summer.” He has married the
lady since then, but she has never found out
that it was he who sent the valentine. She
will. therefore, be enlightened when she
reads this. ~St. Paul Pioneer Press.
Successful Bunarj Vendors.
You would scarcely credit the statement
that many cf’tho frugal men who follow the
humble calling of street vendors of bananas
eventually become woll-to-do, but such is the
fact, nevertheless. There are shiftless fellows
who scarcely eke out an existence, and many
of them, but they do not rcprcsent the ba-
nana vendors as a class. It is a slow way to »
accumulate wealth, but perseverance brings
the same reward as in other humble callings.
Thcrc are days when we do not dispose of a
dollar’s worth of fruit, and others when we
sell several truck loads. No matter how lit-
tle is earned, the frugal vendor, bout upon
bettering his condition, lays something aside,
and aft or :1 few years you will find him con-
ducting a modest fruit stand or car I" store,
and as the years roll around he gradually
accumulates until he acquires. if not a com-
petence, enough to keep the wolf the
door in old ago. Many of the loading retail
and a few of the wholesale fruit dealer of the
ceimtry were once humble bans. in vcn. ism——
One of Them in Globe-Democrat.
\
1‘s. y 1
110.11
Played Till He Died.
Perhaps Jean Baptist Pocquolin (1.;- lioliero
may fairly he considered one of the greatest
purely comic writers of modern times. The
son of a valet, he was born in 162 , and his
genius pressed through all the trammels and
difficulties of his situation to education and
the exercise of that dramatic art in which he
was to achieve fame. His last work was the
“Imaginary Malady,” which was put on the
boards when the poor author was dying of a
chat complaint, accompanied by spitting of
blood. On the third night of tlic repre-
sentation he was advised not 10 play: but be
resolved to make the effort. and it cost him
his life. He was carried home from the then-
tre to die, and there soon breathed his last,
choked with z: gush of blood, in the arms of
two strange priests who happened to lodge in
the same house. He died Feb. 17, 11121;. It
was only with the greatest difficulty that the
ecclesiastical authorities could be persuaded
to accord to one of the greatest of French
poets the rites of Christian burial—Philadel-
phia Times.
The Chinese Wistariu.
All of the hardy ornamental climbers are
justly hold in high esteem. The Virginia
creeper, producing a heavy shade, and with
its deep green color grateful to the sight, its
changing autumn hues, its healthfulness and
abundant vitality is adapted to the most ex-
tended use. The aristolochia is grand in its
massive foliage. The climbing bittersweet is
especially attractive by its orange colored
autumn fruits, the trumpet creeper by its
large scarlet flow rs. Tho honeysuckle and
the different varieties of clematis please by
their special forms of beauty. But in pictur-
csqncness and wealth of beauty the Chinese
wistaria when in bloom surpasses them all.
In fact, its individuality is so strong that it
cannot well be compared to any of the others.
The long, pendant clusters of pale blue huo
are composed of numerous pea shaped blos—
soms, which omit a delicate and pleasing
fragrance. -Vick’s Magazine.
Tram-ways in Damascus.
An imperial firman has, it is reported, been
granted for the construction of a line of
tramways in Damascus. Nor is this conces-
sion to western civilization the only sign that
the far famed city of Damascus is on the
high road to becoming modernized. Gas
also is to be introduced into the city, and the
inhabitants are eagerly awaiting the prom-
ised innovations, which will, they believe,
not only add to their own comfort, but will
materially increase the value of property
within the city boundaries. The latcst esti-
mate of the population of Damascus plus it
at 150,000.~Sciontific American.
Elementary Substances.
The fact that the elementary substances
new number, according to chemists, . full
seventy shows an increase within the last {if 1y
years of nearly one-fourth in the number
known. The size of an atom of oxygen or
nitrogen is said to have a diameter of one-
ten-millionth part of a centimetre; they are
supposed to be in a state of constant motion
at the rate of seventy miles a minute, and to
make them visible the pres‘cut highest known
magnifying power of the microscope vould
have to be increased nearly a thousand fold.—
Noiv York Telegram.
Progress in India.
The world slowly forges ahead. 1;) cast-
irou India twenty-two new rules of marriage
reform have been proclaimed. Three of
those are new departures of a radical kind,
viz.: The cost of marriage ceremonies has
been largely reduced; elaborate corciuonials
at tho timo of betrothnl are forbidden; and,
most important of all, hereafter no girl may
be married under 14, and no boy u‘“lcr I‘L—a
change which rhzgs the death 1 '. m” the in-
iquitous practice of child mnrr ,7 All this
indicates a resurrection of common sou =-~ in a
community (lead and buried for a thus-snarl
years.—Clergyman in St. Louis Republic. ‘
A Justice of the Peace says:—-Hou.
John Nealey, justice of the peace, and ex-
memher of the House of Representatives
from Meredith, N. H., was for twelve'
years a sufferer with rheumatism. He
says: I cannot obtain any medicine which
does me so much good as your Sulphur
Bitters, and I think it is the best medicine
made.
The tower of the MonITcnl :Ee palace
was 120 feet high.
I was a sufferer from cuiarrh for liliccn
years, with distressing pains over my
eyes. The disease worked down rip-u
lungs. I used Ely’s Crcnm Balm with
gratifying results. Am apparently cured.
~Z. C. Warren, Rutlaud, Vt. I
ropcuus,aswollas to the grades of evenly , ..
It appears from the . a
1,0 THE‘POUR'INDIAN "
AND omen IMPRESSIVE FIGURES on
THE THOROUGHFARES.
Facts About the Manufacture of Dummies.
The Wood Used for the Purpose—Cost
of the Noble Savage and His Associate
Graven Images.
In a recent interview with a citizen of
' Brooklyn who makes dummies, I acquired
' considerable information relating to this
branch of the art of wood carving which
I proved entertaining as well as instructive.
As I entered his place of business he was
busily engaged in putting the finishing touches
of color on a huge, grim looking Indian,
which vainly triccwo look me out of counten-
ance during my conversation with its owner.
“I always finish them up myself," said be,
“for no two painters tastes, are alike, and I
like to have them finished to my taste as
nearly ts mssible. The fine, big fellow goes
to New Orleans to—morrow, and will bring
me a neat sum, too." ' _
ORIGIN or FIGURE casvmc.
“I suppose hard wood is always used for
figures,” said I, “on account of having to
withstand all sorts of weather and tempera-
: lure?”
“You were never more mistaken ingyour
life. “'1: use soft pine for carving en-
tirely. I get my logs from a spar yard down
in [Ia-7:, basin, pay from 30 to (10 cents per
runni‘ ’5 I'm)! for them, and they are mostly
:icl‘. Imvc hem detached from logs in
-: in: specs and masts in the yard.
this; we find to contend with is the
nun-111.: M‘ L-m‘“ always found in pine logs,
but it):- :ho.' kind that’s ever been used,
so 1 t. 3 it for granted it’s the best.”
“What. was the origin of dummy carving,
or is it not a trade in itself, but a branch of
the common wood carving trade!”
“I don‘t know how dummies in the first
place bccmuo associated with the tobacco bus-
iness, but this I do know: Figure carving is
a complete trade in itself—a tradein which ar-
tistic: instinct is essential to success, and with-
out v. ieh no workman can become proficient.
It (l mds from the now obsolete art of fig-
urchcml carving for vesels in ancient times,
and requires equally skilled workmen to prop-
erly xccute the designs now used. At least
twelve or fourteen years‘ apprenticeship is
necessary to become proficient in this branch,
even though posseSed of the necessary talent,
and considering the wages paid it’s little
wonder no apprentices are to be found now
and that very few men follow it for aliveli-
hood.”
“How do you commence workon afigurei"
I asked.
“It is the simplest thing in the world. The
log is suspended horizontally between two
bloc '5, just high enough for the carver to
roach handily. He draws with pencil the
outline of front and back of the proposed
figure, and hows it out roughlyto within half
an inch of the line. Then the log is turned
over and a like proces is gone through re-
garding the sides, which completed the fine
work begins. The sharp tools are produced
the carver puts his thinking cap on, and in
the course of a. few days a perfectly formed
and expressive face will have made its ap-
pearance. The rest, of course, is easier, the
most difficult part of the remaining work
being the pose, for a poor attitude spoils the
effect of the most perfect facial expression.”
A mo son 8350.
“How long does it take to turn out an In-
diau, from first to last?”
“For an average five foot warrior about
five days is required for the carving and as
many more for painting and finishing up,
but for a monster like this fellow,” pointing
to the fierce visaged chieftain he had just
finished touching up, “nearly a month is re»
quired for its completion. It’s tedious work,
but a figure like that will bring me about
$150, and an average sized one from $25 to
3100, according to design.”
“What do you pay your carvers after their
spending so many years acquiring the neces-
sary 1;..owleclgcl”
“Four dollars per day is the highest rate
paid, and as steady work can never bcnssured
it is a very low price for the work done."
“Is your demand mostly home trade?”
“Not by any means. I have plenty of re-
pairing here, but sell very few new ones, as a
figure with moderate care lasts a lifetime.
My demand is mostly from inland cities and
mostly for Indians, which will always be the
substantial stand by in way of design. I get
occasional orders for clowns, or d'u-kiss, or
or a king, but rarely. The finest job I ever
turned out. was a likeness of King William I,
several yes-rs ago, for which I received $350.”
“What was the most novel design, in your
opinion, that you’ve yet undertaken?”
"I think the most ridiculous figure I ever
got up ivm one ordered by a St. Louis man a
couple of years ago—a likeness of Knox Dun-
lap, the dude, a character in Mestayer’s ‘We,
Us «S: Co.,’ which was very popular then in
the west. lt represented a very homely
young man, widx the tightest of- pants and
the largest of mouths, the latter extended to
its utmost capacity in a desperate attempt to
smile; a nose ornamented with numerous
buds which threatened soon to become blos-
501115, and a beard conspicuous for its irregu-
larit y of length, scarcity and vermilion
shad-:4."
“DU
r01: {rive busy seasons, asis thecase
businesses?"
1 the repairing line. In the spring
illlg time, you know—dealersin
and cigars generally treat their
figizl : .1 now coat of paint and ageneral
ovcr‘m‘ . but orders come inabout the
same the your around, and that," he added,
“is slow :iough, slow cnoug ."
Tho lzugo Indian here shed a tear of
sympathy with its master, and feeling as
though I had awakened unpleasant thoughts
I quietly withdrew to the st t, leaving both
in a brown study—Brooklyn le.
tolgacco
"DE GANG" COULD CARE FOR HIM.
Si rcci Arabs Maintain Their Dignity Under
Adverse Circumstances.
A small band of bootblacks, newsboys and
street arabs were playing in Chambers street,
just in front of our $15,000,000 court house.
They were Skylarking in their own peculiar
way, Twhen a heavy grocer’s wagon came
dashing down the street. The boys mattered,
but one of them was too slow. He stumbled
and fell, and before he could recover himself
the wheels of the wagon had passed over one
of his legs. The driver whipped up his horse
and escaped. There was no policeman near,
and but few passers by. But the boy had
with him was at his side in an instant. The
boy was badly hurt.
It was plain at a glance that his leg was
broken, and, rough and ignorant as his conr
panions were, they saw this. Then “Cor
key,” the newsboy, who isthe chief of the
arabs of the City Hall park, took command
and ordered him to be taken up. Two of the
strongest of the lads lifted the boy, and no
child was ever more tenderly lifted from its
bed by its mother than was this rough waif
of the street by his fellows. Then he was
placed on the back of the strongest of his
friends.
“Ter dcr Chambers street hospittle,” or-
dered Corkey. Then he bent over the in-
jured boy. “Does yer tink yer kin stan’ it?”
he asks solicitously.
“It‘s pretty tough, Cork,” is the reply, “but
I ain’t lost me nerve yit.”
At this juncturea gentleman who had come
up suggested that a policeman be hunted up
and that an ambulance be called. Then
Corkey asserted himself. '
“Dore ain’t no policeman wanted,” he said,
“an’ dere ain‘t no amberlance wanted. Me
friend,” continued the self possessed child of
the street, oracnlarly, “yer means well, an’
we tanks yer. Yer a genilcman. But lemme
tell yer this. Dis yer gang ain’t very high
toned, an’ dis yer gang don’t count fur much,
but \v’en one of dis yere gang gits hurt dis yer
gang don’t go back on him. "’
The gentleman did see, and left the scene,
slipping a dollar into Corkey’s hand. Then
the latter run after his' army, which had
nearly reached the hospital. After they had
delivered the boy over to the hospital physi-
cians the whole gang camped out on the
street until Corkey reported that their friend
had a broken leg, but that the doctors had
said there was nothing serious about it.
Delegations visited the hospital every day,
and “Corkey’s” dollar and other sums con-
tributed by “dis yere gang" have been ex-
pended in delicacies for “Chimmy,” as they
call their friend.
The New York street arab is not the worst
in the world—New York Mail and Express.
. About Car Cables.
The strain put upon a cable in operating a
cable road is very heavy, while the power re-
quired to move one is enormous. On most
lines a cable one and one-fourth inches in
thickness is used, which consists of a hemp or
jute heart wrapped with sixstrands composed
of nineteen wires of crucible steel. The
weight of the cable is three and oneohalf
pounds to the foot, so that amile of cable
figures upadead weight of ten tons. The
force necessary to draw this weight extended
over the entire line is very much greaterthan
Would be required to move the same weight
in a compact body. The breaking strain
guaranteed by cable manufacturers B forty-
iivo tons. but the maximum strain we use is
only tan tons. An average of 75 per cent. of
pmvc-i‘ 1.: spent in‘ pulling the empty cable,
and the balance is all that is used for profit.
A cable can be used only about seven months,
when it becomes so worn as to be of no fur-
ther use—Kansas City Journal.
“ The Papal tion of Norwalk.
Is about 20,000, and we would~say at
least one half are troubled with some
affection on the throat and lungs, as those
complaints are,according to statistics, more
numerous than others. We would udvi!
all our'readers not to neglect the opportu-
nity to call on their druggist and get a
bottle of Kemp’s Balsam for the throat
Large bot—'
and lungs. Trial size iree.
ties 500. and 81,. Sold by all druggists.
dudes, or some such specialty as a Pickwick ‘
friends. Every boy who had been playing ‘
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.. Can be Obtained
BY USING
tumors
WITCH HAZEL-
' It is the onl pnpnntion in the
' worldwsmnu tocurnndendicau
all Impurities from the shin,lnrJI u
. Eagle Slit 33mg ,
8| onus on
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whicheannotheohtslneclbynn «honey-en thvdugeransnuof
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shin-ad ltsnft, clear and white. Witch Haul oiletCrum
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New HAVEN, Cons.
The Fairlcon Tar Soap mm as a tine lather and
leaves the skin 303 and agreeable; its cleansl-g
qualities are first-class. I like 1!.
R. If. SHERMAN, Engraver, 792 Chapel St.
NEW HAVEN CONN.
Gentlemen:——~Ilavlng used your Fairicon Tar
Soap myself, and darling it a iiioroughly good
article for cleansing, refreshing and healing the
skin, I cheerfully recommend it professionally.
DR. JAMES E. STETSON.
For Complexion. Shavlng. Shampoolnt,
Chappod Hands. Rough Clan.
Main-mammalian.
Mnlebvmcrsentonrooeiptofprico.
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l.!.r.lul manhood-baldmflm
Bundfb Mmdmmm.
New HAVEN CONN.
Have tried your Fairicon Tut Soup and without
hesitation can say I like It. llavc already ordered
Its use In three cases of roughness of the skin,
where it has served a most excellent purpose.
Shall try it In eczema at mv first opportunlly.
L. M. CREEMEILM. 1).
P051" OFFICE Dnrxnrnrxr,
Washington, 1). C.
Gmtlenwn:——l think your h‘ull'lcun I "1' s up th.
finestl ever came acress. GEORGE F'. WHITE.
For Sale at George Plalsted’s, Drug Store.
. {or those deathly Ladies in delicate .
II Bilious Spells, (1 health, who are all
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“Competitionisthe.lifi'oftrmlc.”andlfynu
have no:seenourlntestimprovcd oous' , youczumot
imagine how lively trudcis, or how qul our compell-
lul‘s have to work to kccp within sight of us.
Ask your retailer il~r tho Juxm-s Menus" 8.“.
the James .\h-:i:is‘ Sl Shoc.uccm-di:m m y“
Positively unuc )za-uuiuc unless Isms: (>1.
and price slumped plainly on the soles. Your
will supply you with shoes so 51::uuwd 1‘
upon hi loing so: if you do not insist, sr
\\ ill coax you into buying inferior shoes 1110::
they make a larger profit.
JAMES iflEANS’
$5 SHOE
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FURNACES
Such has been the recent progress in our branch .
industry that we are now able to affirm that thr- .1:
Means‘ 54 Shoe is in every respect equal to '
which only a few years ago were reiuilcd n! \
ten dollars. If '01! will try on a pair you will I
winced that we 0 not exaggerate.
Ours are the original $3 mid $4 slincs, and thaw .-7~\
imitate oursystcm of business are unable to 0111.12 .-
with us in quality of facmry products.
In our lines we are the largest numuihrturl'z's l:
Unlted States.
Shoes from our celybrated faciary :m- ~.-
by wide-awake retailers in all part. as
country. We will place them easily wix
reach in any state or territory if you will
cent in a 05ml card and write to us.
I“. cane OZ Co..-Il Lincoln St“ 505101.. .‘, .~ .
A. H. HOYT 3‘ $0253.
ems 37 We" Si" NfliwaIII, CI. .
For Sale Cheap.
A SECOND-HAND Cast iron Fence, with gate:
all in perfect order and as good as new;
adout 120 feet In length. Wm he sold at a sacri,
iicelf applied for soon. Enquire at
son, GAZETTE OFFICE
Norwalk Chronicler