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HER VOICE.
A hidden choir of dear southern birds
Have made their home In her fair throat,
Voicing the tender puslon of unspoken words
In many a sweet heart stirring note.
Sometimes the arch and tricksy mocking bird
Laughs in her happy. jocund tone:
Again. the yearning of the dove is heard,
As when she mourns her mate alone;
And now the red bird with his vibrant trill
Showers a rain of music on the air,
Or the swamp robin makes the pulses thrill
Like some soul burdened choral prayer:
Our splrit‘s song. blest by her voice, will be
Attuncd to heaven‘s fullst harmony!
-—Mei R. Oolquitt.
TOPSY.
i detest babies. Gentle reader, you are
ready to declare me to be a cynical old bach-
elor; and if you are a woman, more espe-
cially a young woman, and an unmarried
one at that, you have already made up your
mind to detest me for the brutal remark
with which i have introduced myself, and
are forthwith ready to declare you will not
read anything that such a heartless wretch
would write. But I beg of you to withhold
your indignation till I qualify my remark by
further declaring that the antipathy which
exists in my breast for these necessary mem-
bers of society is for babies per se. and does
not at all apply to those useful but noisy
young persons into which they subsequently
develop. ,
We have had several babies come to our
home at various times with somewhat alarm-
ing frequency, and I have been a martyr to
their despotic sway many a cold and stormy
night, the which were I to relate an army of
heroic brothers would at once rise up and ex-
tend the sympathetic hand, with the cheerful
and consoling invitation to “put: it there.”
But this was not the cause of my peculiar
dislike for babies. I always submitted cheer-
fully to their demands with becoming grace,
being incited thereto by asense of paternal
interest in my offspring and the constant ad-
monitions of my respected wife.
It was a baby that nearly wrecked my hap-
piness for life; a baby that fell like a bomb,
as it were, into our peaceful home. spreading
fear and consternation among its unsuspect-
ing members and nearly destroying forever
our happy little household. and it was not our
baby, either.
It was before the advent in our family of
any of those little responsibilities, which Int-
terly have not been as dilatory in their arri-
vals as i would like, that the incident co
curred I am about to relate.
Louisa and I had been married about two
years and were living contentedly in a nice
little house in a. quiet and refined neighbor-
hood. I had an office down town where I
conducted a real estate agency, givingpar-
ticular attention to letting houses for my pa-
trons. who for the most part lived out of
town and paid me to look after their proper-
ty, from which I derived a comfortable in-
come. .
One afternoon I entered my office, after
having been to inspect some houses for which
I was endeavoring to obtain desirable ten-
ants. and discovered lying on my desk 8. little
note hastily written with pencil across a
tablet where I could scarcely fail to sec it. II:
read thus:
Dun Gsonon—I have come to town to shop to-
day. Louisa and I have gone too matinee. Please
take czte of Topsy Alfcctionutely,
AnannLu.
Arabella was my wife’s sister, who, being
a young widow, lived out of town with her
mother. She rarely visited us, and when
she did it: was only for a few hours at 0. time,
as she did not like to leave her mother, who
was in feeble health, for any length of time.
“Who in thunder is Topsy?” I mentally
ejaculated, taming around to see if I could
find anything to which that appellation might
properly be applied. Idid not have longto
look. As my eyes glanced toward the lounge
on which I was wont to lay my weary frame
after exhaustive arguments with unreasona-
ble tenants, I saw a. red faced, pudgy looking
baby, which had been carefully deposited in
the comfortable nook made by the back and
one end of the cushioned lounge. Afeeling of
distrust at once seized me, but I felt greatly
relieved when I discovered that the little in-
truder was asleep.
“I hope they’ll get back before it wakes,” 1
said, as I turned to my desk and buried my-
self in my work. The clock struck 5, re.
minding me that it was my usual time of
closing. I put away my books with a sigh
of relief, and prepared to leave the office,
when suddenly I remembered the baby. It
was still asleep, but I was annoyed that Low
isa and Arabella did not make their appear-
ance. The matinee was certainly over, and
they would be back directly. I sat down and
waited. Picking up a newspaper I read
awhile till I became aware that it was grow-
ing darker. I jumped up; it was nearly 0
and Louise. and Arabella not come yet. I
wondered if they intended me to carry the
baby home myself! Horrible thought! I
would wait a little while longer. .
The minutes seemed like hours as I still
thought of my having to carry that frightful
burden home with me. The thought had an
awful fascination about it, which I vainly
strove against. What would my acquaint—
ances think to see me lugging about suchvnn
uncouth burden!
I could not help it. Like one who is
strangely impelled to cast himself headlong
from some lofty precipice over whose brink
he gazes, I was irresistibly moved to seize
that innocent looking child and rush forth
into the street, never pausing till Icould drop
it safely in the confines of my own home. I
did not know which end to take it by, but I
took it, fortunately, by the proper one, for it
did not awake, closed the door and went out.
[slipped around a corner into a side street
and made my way homeward, making many
a strange turning, for I sought the most un-
frequented thoroughfares, hoping not tomeet
any one who might chance to recognize me.
In this I was fortunate, and was nearing
my own home with feelings of thankfulnem,
when, as I turned the last corner into my
own street, I heard a little scream, and al-
most ran into two ladies who were crossing
the street, just as I came up. I stopped at
once and looked up, much relieved when I
recognized my wife and her sister.
“0h, George!" exclaimed Louisa "how you
frightened us! What on earth have you
got?” she asked with open eyed wonder, dis-
covering thc baby.
It made me angry to see their astonish-
ment, which I thought was assumed.
“It looks liken baby,” I said. in tones I
meant to be severe.~
“Why. it is a baby, Bella, lookl” she said,
unmindful of my sarcasm. “Whose ever is
it? and where on earth did you get iti” she
went on, looking at it with much curiosity.
Arabella looked at the baby with evident in-
terest, though 1 saw from her manner that
she did not recognize it as hers.
Were they trying to play 03 a. joke on moi
They did not seem so. I was nonpluscd at
their manner. - '
"Why, it’s Bella‘s baby.” I said. somewhat
nettled.
“Bella's! Why, George! How could you?”
exclaimed my wife, repromhfully.
“But it is," I persisted. "What do you
mean? I wish you‘d take it. Thishss gone
far enough." .
“I should think 50," said Arabella, in a dis—
daint‘al voice. I saw her turn red. then white.
as she looked at me coldly. There was a de-
cided sneer on her face as she stepped back
and looked at Louisa.
“If it isn’t yours. then whose is it!" I spoke,
angrily
She simply lifted her head, turning it aside,
the sneer more decided.
“But, George dear, Bella has no baby!”
said Louisa with surprise.
Arabella would not look at me. but ob-
served my wife with a look of pity.
“Come, Ionian,” she said, “this farm insult!
not only to me. but to you! Incver could
have thought it of him. He can tell whose
it is if he will,” in a deep, significant tone.
“Being caught with it in his arms, and stand
here trying to brazen it out! I never saw
such shameless brutality in my life!"
“What do you mean, Bella?" cried my wife,
very much excited by Arabella’s manner.
There surely was some horrible mistake. I
ought to have remembered that Arabella had
no children, but I saw so little of her, and
one woman, I find, was as much as I could
keep up with; how could I be expected to
keep track of all her relations!
My wife looked from her sister to me with
tear filled eyes of inquiry.
“Mean!" Arabella almost shouted. “Isit
possible? Louisa, you are that stupid you
can’t understands thing! Your husband,"
ironically, “has submitted to you the basest
insult conceivable." She seized my wife by
the arm and began to hiss something in her
ear thatl did not catch. My wife hid her
crimson face in her hands and began to weep.
A horrible suspicion now seized me. Ara.
bellu’s significant looks and words, my
wife’s anguish—did they think—good gra-
cious! No; itcould not hot There must be
some explanation about this awful affair. A
cold tremor ran through my frame—my
clothes felt a mile too big—n prickly heat~
attacked mo—I broke out in a profuse pet‘-
spiration as I realized the view of the situa-
tion which they had taken.
“Arabella! Louisa!" I crim, desperately.
“ there's some confounded mistake about
this; I found the baby in my ofiice, and your
note-” but they swept past me, unheeding
my voice, Louisa with head bowed on her
sister’s shoulder, Arabella with chin aloft in
may disdain. .I thopghj of following ,
imam—Irritating them—"t6 uneven one.
but a little crowd of pussei‘s by had gathered,
some of whom were curiously making inquiry
of their neighbors as to the cause of the ex~
citement. who answered in whispered re-
marks, with leers and knowing looks cast at
me.
Wishing to avoid a repetition of the scene,
I rushed down the side street from which I
had como, bearing the baby, the innocent
cause of the tumult, with me. What'could i
do with it? As I rushed headlong down the
street. I racked my brains in vain to think of
the location of a foundling asylum. There
was no river near into which I could pitch
it. A sudden impulse seized me to knock its
head against a stone, and throw it over a,
wall. My innate pity checked myan
I would lay it on the low steep of one of- the
houses. and run off as fast as I could. No; a
big policeman just then loomed up in tho dis-
tance. He would see me, give chase, I would _
be captured, hauled up before the police
courts for dwertion, It would all get info the
papers, my reputation, my business would be
ruined. How the reporters, those soullem -
vultures. would gloat: over my unfortunate
predicament. With what fiendish avidity
they would run over all the town to
gather up every scrap of my past history.
how [came by the mysterious baby. Strange-
1y enough, the idea that somebody would find
out. where the baby belonged gave me -a
sense of relief during these. distracting
thoughts.
The policeman approached He seemed to
be a kind looking personage. ~ 1 determined
to} throw myself on' his mercy and implore
his protection. When I met“ him, I stopped
and told him my story with fear and trem-
bling. Hi listened with interest, and was
moved with compasion, but whether toward
me or toward the baby I could not determine.
He suggested taking it to the station house,
which we did and there we left the trouble-
some little intruder, mentally wishing it
might be committed for disorderly conduct
and disturbing the peace.
I rushed back home. only to find the door
locked in my face. I rangthe bell violently.
Arabella opened a window, looked out, and
seeing me, disdained to newer, drew her head
in and closed the blind with a. bang. I rang
again and called to them to let me in. A voice
inside—it was Natasha’s—informed me, in
no uncertain tone, that I “couldn‘t come in
till they got ready to leave."
“Louisa is going home with me to-night,
and leave the house to you and your friends
forever. "
She said this very tragically, with an idea
of stirring me to object contrition.
_ There was no help for it. I had to wait till
they were ready to depart, and it took them
an unreasonably long time to get themselves
ready to leave. Suddenly the door opened
and Arabella came out. accompanied by my
wife, deeply veiled. I soized Louisa by the
arm and said: "This foolishnem has got to
stop. You are not going to leave this house
to—night till this busiuem is cleared up.”
“Oh, no doubt you canexplain it all per-
fectly satisfactorily to yourself." said Ara-
bella snceringly.
lwould not notice her, but spoke to my
wife, who began to weep. At this moment
some one rushed up the steps to where we
were standing, and a decidedly Hibernian
voice frantically began to ask: “Where’s me
babbyl where’s me babbyl Faith and We
looked up in the sthore. ’c is, ’e is! An’ O’im
most kill; entoirely, Oi aml being that: scaret
' that Oi’ve run iv'ry stop 0’ ther way, an' Oi
isn't tuck er brith or wind .since I lift ther
sthore with the poor little Micky locked up
in it, an’ ’e’s kilt dead entoirely, may thei-
Vargin protect 'iml"
It was Mrs. Bridget Mulhaly, one of my
tenants, 0. very worthy Woman. It appeared
that she had called at the office soon after
Arabella and Louisa had gone, to settle for»
her month‘s. rent, which she always paid
promptly. i being out, she hadleft her young
baby in the office till she went out to do some
marketing. Being detained she did not re-
turn till after I had closed the ofiico. I told
her where she could find young “Micky,” and
site departed with many exclamations of joy.
Louisa threw herself in my arms and wept
immoderately, while Arabella maintained a
dignified silence. I experienced an immense
relief and was the first to speak:
“Arabella," I said, "who is Topsy?"
“Topsy? Why, Topsy is my dog!”
“Je—rusaleml I thought Topsy was the
baby l”—C. R. Hardy in Detroit Free Pram
THE wrnow’s CHARMS?
She Is Today the Queen of Society and
Knows Just: How to Fascinate.
Time was when the sweet 'debuntanto had
things her own way. Men had eyes for noth-
ing but the pink and white loveliness of girl-
hood, and all hearts went down before the
ingenuc, but times have changed, and today
the widow is pro-eminently the queen of so-
ciety.
One has only to look at New York for con-
firmation of this. Who receives there the
attention bestowed on Mrs. Hicks Lord or
Mrs. Frank Issue! And wasn’t it the widow
Hamorsley who won the duke with all his
titles away from the unmarried women who
were willing to barter away their millions
for n coronet? ’
It is undeniable that widows are the auto-
crats of society, and men flock about them
wherever they go. No one has ever denied
their fascinations, and Weller’s advice to his
son, if he wished to avoid matrimony, to “bo-
vare of vidders,” has been quoted thousands
of times. In many ways the widow has the
advantage of her younger sisters. She has
benefit of a larger knowledge and experience
of the world, her arts and coquetrios are per-
fected, not in the experimental and undevel-
oped state of the debutanfcs; and, above all,
she has the inestimable advantage of know-
ing men with the accurate and intimate
knowledge gained by association with one
who was probably a fair representative of
his sex.
She knows how to give delicious little din-
ners that make the most hardened bachelor
think indulgentlyof the marriagczstate.» She
knows that man likes his egs’e,__nnd{édoes not
insist on his dancing perpetual attendnnCe on
her. She does not insist on a. man’s talking
about balls and theatres and new gel-man fig-
ures. She follows rather his lead to his own
ground, and listens with subtle flattery in
eyes and face while he descauts on his favor-
ite hobby. A young girl is always self cen-
tered, absorbed in her own .._ affairs, her
drcmes, her parties—it is only grace and art
that teachesa woman to sinkrgha‘ on per-
sonality in the presence offtho Ip'crson with
whom she is talking. -f 1" .-,
Perhaps one of the chief mgewidows
is their understanding of thogfirquljt of sym-
pathy. The sympathy of a young; girl who
has known nothing but jOy is alcrude and un-
satisfying affair, the very husks onwhich no
love could feed, but the sympathy of awidow,
tenderly, daintily expremed' with a, gentle
melancholy that shows_.th§§.she..;b°q. has 5111'
feted—it is like the soft shadows'inaapicture.
or the minor chord, in a piece of music that
sets the pulses throbbing. Having mourned
for a man, she knows how most effectively to
mourn with one.
She is fascinating whether she is gay and
dashing, and, like one of Thackeray’s hero-
ineS. “is 40 years old, and liathcard every-
thing there is to be told,'i or whether she is of .
the demure, ntl‘ectionato'typo, whose clinging
helplessness is so muchlike thov‘i'n‘e torn from
its support that some man is irresistibly com-
pelled to offer himself, as a substitute for the
missing prop. . '
It may be site Is the religious widow who
visits the pastor for spiritual censolatiou. and
at whose mockly bowed head the rec-tor, on a
Sunday, aims all his best rhetoric, or the rich
“patron of art” widow who sees a mate. in-
glorious Milton in every penny bard, and n
Raphael in every sign painter. It makes lit.-
tle difference in which class it has pleased
Heaven to place her, she is-aiways and uni-
versally bewitchlng. ' .' . 1
It is a little strange, considering the im-
portant; part widows play in society, that the
novelists, who claim to be the photographers
of society, do not ofteuer choose her for the
heroine of their stories. Amelie Rives, whois
a wise woman in her day, makes the heroine
of her story a widow; the widow in “Indian
Summer” is not only one of' the best charac—
ters Howells ever drew, but makes the young
girl look pale and colorless beside herLand
Dickens pays his tribute to the widow’s
charms by making his men fly from the‘fasci—
nations they know they are powerless to resist.
This is, affair all, the crowning tribute to the
powers of tho widow—New Orleans Picayune
The “'ay We Don't' Do It.
Fond Sister—Why do you sit up solute,
Harry! You will ruin your health. ~-
Ambitious Youth—Can’t be helped, sister.
The opportunity of my life harmonic. I am
to have an editorial position ,0' '.o_ great Chi-
cago paper next week, and _ am studying
night and day to prepare}, __, ,‘brushing up,
you know. -‘ ‘ '
“Is that what you wanted of, my ‘Rhctoric
History of Athens?” " ’
“Yes; I left those books at college or lost
them somewhere. I havebeen going over
the entire classic course again,,besidcs study-
ing up all the noblest modelsjof English liter-
ature, both poetry and prose I’m bound to
make my mark on my veryfirst article, if
_ thorough preparation willdoiiti”
Chicago Editor (0. week listen—Ah! Good
morning. Glad to see you so prompt. Ready
for work, I suppose! ‘
Ambitious Youth—Yes, sir.
“Well, take that desk there and get us up
a stirring editorial on 'Freights on Hogs and:
H02 Products.’ ”—Philadelphla Record.
tyros killed by Mr. De
Iished‘ in several papers in . South ..C:irolina.
a chance to use it again for one « week, when
. the diseasehad beéome so'viOlcrit'thatiI cbuld
not get any one to help mo to operate on him,
. have has cured three cases 'of ' bites from rat-
THE WORK OF A‘MAUSTONE
INFORMATION ON THIS ‘ SUBJECT
FROM A RELIABLE SOURCE.
The Madstone Is Found Only III-n Deer's
Stomach—Tho Manner of Its Use—4|:
Draws the room Out or the Blood—Tho
Symptoms of Hydrophobia.
Seeing in your valued paper an account of
the Womack case of hydrophobic, and a de-
sire to hear from any person owning , a mud-
stone, I write to you in regard to the true
mndstone and its effects. The stone used in
the case alluded to is not a madstonc. The
madstone is only found‘in the stomach of the»
deer. They are of different sizes and shapes,
but each one has a ring around the side of a
brownish color. The color when first taken
from the stomach of the door is alight ash
dolor, which darkens with age. The first one
that I ever saw was in Lnrned, Kan. and I
will relate the circumstances of the case.
:rnnwonx’os pummel} I ,
In‘iBSB I was living there, middsiéef . his
mad dog made his appearan e an . ore e
, Mfrs m bitten
four dogs, a call, a cat and a young man.
The young man died in ten days inth
. ;-, - W 3. NW W .n.
SHODDJ‘E?“ .‘8‘3 -e _~.) elai'lédtfo : “1%!ng
to ha in ,
Wm? hidM‘nemsonm
Mr;_£~,W3iIlinui , Do» More, sheriff of Thomas
county. Kan, " to a. man going west, after
having told him the circumstances of its hav-
ing been bitten by the mad dog, and made
him promise tolet Mr. De Mors know if it also
went mad, which it did. I should have said
that the calf was a fine Jersey and Mr. Do
More sold it for $3. The Vcat’wcnt mad and
bit Mrs. Johnson, the wife of our barber,
who immediately sent to Great: ’Bend, Kan,
and procured the stone, which was applied
andnstuck-‘eighteen times. and. today
Johnson is as well'as any one. ' '“"“"""*“
In the west the skunks go mad and are con-
sidered more dangerous than tho,.mad dog.
Mr. Leland, ,opripto‘r of thera‘niad‘nouse,
Kansas or ,‘ Me, at» all
.. . his; bones ._
over the country go there to‘ be ’6 . y it.
Last spring I was up on White Water river,
in the mountainsof upper Bough Carolina,
when I heard of one which, after great trou-
ble and expense, I secured. Ashby; while be-
fore I secured it i lost a fine pointer bitch,
who had just raised two fine puppies (oneiof
which‘plugpridlcdifroin the same causalflili‘
hydrophobic. " The day before the. militants}
rived the other puppy was thken and I had
him.shut.i_ip-t;o.try the stone on.
Having at last obtained the stone, 1- deter-
mined toitry it. . Making my man mp bis-
handsweil with. cloth, so the puppy could. pot
bite him, I ordered him ho catCh him," 'whi’cli
with abandage. and laying h -02 beside—i
the'man ~holding him down—I took my 'b'i‘sl.
toury and made an incision in hisshoulder,
and .as soonhsithebloiod commencedio flow I
applied the stone. It immediately stubk, and
in oneminute,’ upon attempting to 'raisoiit, I— - -
found thatit. was'stugk as if gluedfion. ’: ' ’
" IN mrnnsunon or WITNESSES. .7 .
Calling several, witnesscs,.,I ghowed them
the stone, and theyalso fried to remove _it,':
but found the same results that I did. Aftgr.
sticking for about sevényminutcs it dropped
ofl, and, after several attempts to make“ it
take again, I placed it'in warm milk, which -
acquired a green color. The next morning,
in the presence .of Professors Smith (corre-
spondent of The Greenvllle News here) and
Ackerman, I again applied, the stone, but on
the insideof‘tho thigh and the leg placed In ‘
such a pOsitidn that' unless the stone" had
stuck it would have dropped off. - The result -
was the samcas the evening before, and Pm-
fcssor Smith wrote an account of the opera-
tion which he had witnessed, and it was pub- '
Being called away On business, Idid. riot get
so I had to let him die. The stone that I
tiesnakes, as will be sworn to by Milton
Nicholson and other residents of Jocassc val-,-
Icy. It will also take the , poison from,‘ the
sting of a. wasp, bee or any kind of poisonous .
insect. I do not charge any one for the use,
of it, so‘any one can see that I have nothing
to make out of telling it: Virtues.
I will give you the symptoms of hydropho-
bia and then close. First, the subjecthrnan,
dog or any other creature, becomes sullen and
refuses to eat, and each day grows morosnap-
pish. Then comes the contraction of ' the
throat, which will not‘ allow' anything to
pass. The fear of water, as some'say, is non-
sense. The muscles of the throat are so cou—
tracted that neither solids ino’r liquids 'cnn
pass. I have watched the-..disoaso and all
symptomsx A dog will take". food in its
mouth, but cannot swallow. As soon as they
hear water running or see it they will try to
lap it, but cannot; 2-'I'l1isi-‘:_la§ts {tier}. about a:
week, more or less, when the animal is so
weakened that it dies. During this period
(before too weak). it will bite anything.
Some physicians claim that therois no hy-
drophobic, but I saw ten cases caused by one
dog, and any citizen of this town will certify
to the same. If any one of them in Atlanta
wish to test the truth of hydrophobic. I expect
that I will be able to send him a genuine ease
beme the summer passes this year, as we
have had a number of cases, both in 1887 and
1888.—R. C. Miot in Atlanta Constitution.
Juries and Judges.
“I am not a firm believer in jm'ies," said a
young lawyer, who doesn’t want his name
mentioned because he is afraid the intelligent
Jury might try to get back at him. “I don't
believe we would miss thém very much. If
a. criminal is guilty he would prefer to be
tried by a jury, as there is a greater chance .
of escape if he has a shrewd lawyer than if a
judge alone were to act upon his case. On
the other hand, if a man is innocent he would ‘
rather have a judge investigate his case, as
he knows that he will be moro likely to escape
when a clear head, with lots of experience, is
to decide as to his innocence or guilt. Every
'one knows that a jury is apt to be influenced
by prejudice or sympathy, while a judge
looks at the evidence alone. How many of '
the damage suits against corporations and
breach of promise actions would be successful
were it not for the intelligent juryi”-St.
Paul Pioneer Press.
Virtue in Onions and Beef.
' What'is the most strengthening food for a
convalescent? Well, you know the beef tea
theory has been exploded. The most life
giving and digestible food that can be given
to one just recovering from on illncm Is
chopped beef. Just take a pound of the
finest round of raw beef, cut 03 all the fat,
slice two onions and pepper and salt. Then
chop the onions and meat together, turning
them over and over until both are reduced
almost to npulp. Then spread on slices of
rye bread and eat as sandwiches. People
talk about celery being a. nervine, but let me
tell you that therois nothing which quiets
the nerves without bad results like onions.
The use of them induces sleep, and much
strength Is obtained from them. That is the
Ideal food for convalescing or for any one
who is in a Weak state of health—Grocers
and Conners' Gazette. ;
Docking on a Wheel.
,A Yankee sportsman with a very level
head stocked with original ideas, is one Chad-
wick, who has been giving the surviving
ducks of Long Island something to quack
about with saddened surpriso. Mr. Chad-
wick’s head is of the kind that saves its pos-
sessor‘s heels. Ho fitted up abicyclo for trav-
eling upon the ice, by lacing barbs upon the
periphery of tho whee , and devising out rig-
gers in the form of small steel runners that
steadied the machine, while its rider was
using his breech loader with precision and ef-
fect. When occasion demanded Mr. Chad-
wick would deck his ice bicycle with branches
of evergreen, and therewith pedal silently
and swiftly toward the ducks. .
This Birnam wood spectacle being new in
the experience of the birds, they gazed at the
sight with surprise unmixed with fear, inso-
much that Mr. Chadwick, without tiring his»
muscles, could work his will with the fowls
before him. While other duck hunters were
toiling over rough ice and falling down on
smooth ice, Chadwick and his one wheeled ar-
senal was speeding among the open ponds, or
spinning before a stiff breeze, in search of
distant shooting grounds. Duck language
must needs be rich in adjectives in order to
supply the needs of the surviving ducks of
the coast of Long Island, when they reach a
safe feeding ground and essay to tell of the
awful creature that pursued them among the
inlets near Montauk Point.——Pittsburg Bulle-
tin.
Bees and Pigeons.
Au amusing experiment was recently made
in Westphalia todetermino the relative speed
of flight of bees and pigeons. The race course
through the air was three and a half miles in
length. The bees were marked by covering
them with flour, which doubtless in a certain ,
measure retarded their flight, yet the first
bee arrived at the winning post twenty-five
seconds before the first pigeon, and three
other bees came in before the second bird ar-
rived. The speed of flight is not stated, but
as it is known that pigeons fly at the rate of
fifty miles or more an hour, this seems to es-
tablish the fact that bees havo a flight as
THE MADDING'ICROWD.
HOW or, “Hunnrss ALONG, WITH
sonsow AND sons."
Velvet. and Bags, Vindo and Vice, COIII‘
liens and Pity Commingiegi In tho Kaleid-
oscope of the City’s Sada—“Wandering
Like Children in the Dar-u."
Have; you ever watched a gerowded street
in a great city and seen the so; 0 of human-
ity drift to and fro? , .
It is a. pleasant sight to mark the figures
come and go in one c est: current, each
with separate aims and . forests but con-
nected by an . inseparable d of sympathy
and dependence. Like a strand of many coi-
' cred heads, the brilliant and gold are Wedged
close against} the somber and black, and all
held together by the 1“;th silken thread of
humanity. Or similar to an immense piece
of human tapes ',‘tvh‘erc the shuttle of fate
has difle” ytints Deep
y . ado ,, infirm bold relief,
fifth here d. , . . .1! flash 91 crimson and
purple, 11:2 gin AII' igllimgled the jet
bldck thread 3thnthmfiny.l9ve§ to weave in
every phase of iifb.’ 1EKis'ly’o'u watch this sea
of i movi'lngks'w‘armingtboings. there you will
-ecog'nize hidolcncc and labor, piety and sin,
'nvaricoiand charity, all' drifting with the
:vul'rent. » ~ ,. ‘ .. . es” ' ,
.‘ , ..f.:>§.‘s;a~nn‘m.vnmcnrrnnnans. .
Sec-tho gorgeous oquipage of the million-
aire, it rolls amid the throng and casts clouds
‘of dust in the face of the stalwart man of la-
bor, who, with iron muscle and horny hand,
hurries on to toil. These two men, so far re-
moved by social bars,-are yet dependent one
on the other. It is the strength and muscle
of that brawny worldngman that holds, At-
las like, on his shoulders, the girders and pil-
lars of the social structure. Should he with-
draw his power soon would the carvings and
r ceilings and capitals of the structure better
and fall. Truly it. has been said: “No man
livcth‘ unto himself, or dieth unto himself.”
And there see amongst this modding crowd
the priest. He moves his lips in silent prayer,
while beneath his saintly cow! is premd tho
rosary and the crucifix. He is heemingly
oblivious of the multitude about him, until
aroused from his devotions by the‘ man of
vice who recklessly jostles past him: He who
stakes wealth, honor and even his own soul
on the chance that lies in the upturning of
the cards that lie ns_close to his heart asdoes
the crucifix to the breast of the priest.
Spades, diamondsdmarts and clubs form tho
four links that Wedge the fetters of bondago
and bind his soul irrevocably with Laocoon
serpents, whose folds uncoil to plunge him
:into eternal ruin; yet the man of God and
: the sinner drift downthisiifo channel side
began .:I then tiedthe poppy; Inquiry-fys‘da
In this kaleidoscopic scene a negative tint
.. appears. Ah! there it is: the man of social
.‘bondago. He who is the willing sacrifice
Z offered on the fashion py're; he who so gener—
ously offers himself to all demands that fash-
ion rcquircs. Ho_sways wenrily; he smiles
simperingly; helisps amiably. He makes a
softening tint in the rugged things about him,
'fioatingbmunlessly on his way like a whiff of
.‘ thistle down. .
With bending form and haggard face, a
beggar plies'his way. A bony. arm, with
outstretched palm, asks for aims. He ofi’ers
a blessing for the woman of wealth who
tosses him a coin, as sho gather her skirts
aside less they touch the poor wretch who
crawls through the same life current with
her.
It is this unuttcrably dreary existence that
weaves the jet black threads through this
piece of human tapestry.
cnosrmn VIOLETS AND Rosns.
There is the man of traffic. 'Watch his
steady, keen eye. and compressed lips. His
minrl is centered on tho problotn of finance.
On he goes to build higher tho “golden calf"
of his idolatry, at which he worships night
and day. Too absorbed is he to see beside
him a weary little face, or to heed the plaint-
ivc cry, “Please, sir buy my flowers.” In
his heedless rush he does not know that he has
dashed to the pavement the wealth of the
child, and his heavy trend has crushed to
atoms the violets and the roses, wet with tho
orphan’s tears. Ah, not poor ignorant man,
he goes on, like so many in life’s thorough-
fare, with hardened and corroded hem'ts;
manunon loving and mammon serving, with
the holiest emotions shattered, just as were
the flowers of the child. But soon life’s fitful
fever ends, and ho rests. A few spades of
clay, a. wreath of immcrtclles are given him,
while his “golden call” is anatomically dis-
sected and divided between clamor and dis-
sension.
How well it is that there is woven in the
web and woof of life a bit of mirth and joy.
Amid this hurrying tramp of tho ebbing
crowd the starry‘e’ycd Italian, with his scar-
let clad monkey, arrests the stern and the
grave, who smile at tho monkey’s suplo gyro.-
tions and tho dissonunt grinding of the organ.
leo’ a gull on the waves. :33 that puro
oung” girl, spotless and unconscious as the
fly that blooms on the death brink of a. mi-
asmic swamp, she moves and knows not that
beside her flaunts. in gaudy attire, tho wognan
' ofvice and silt.
Amid the throng a. self contented idiot
plays ’all day on a broken flute, with a. tin
cup, for his earnings. Just as happy is he,
in his imaginary vision, as the politician is
who passes him. His brain is cool and his
bearing polished. His mind is directed to
theiusages of men, and in his mental grasp
that map tho political machinery in motion.
But he is never too absorbed in thought to
bestow his stereotyped smile and marionetto
bow upon his “dear people.”
And on moves the throng. Energy and in-
doleneo, ggicf and hope, opulence and pcnury
all in the same Consoles current.
All struggling, fearing to 110 down and
rest, lest they form a. pavement over which
will pass other men’s cars of triumph.
Watch this modding, hurrying scene and
you will think with Heine, “that lifois like
children lost in the dark, wandering on they
know not where." '
But over goes the ceaseless tramp—like a
dull tattoo beating on, on !--Gciuo Orchard
in Atlanta American. '
Pure American.
Every age. sex and nationality has its own
weakness, which is observed and played upon
by the crafty. A certain salesman says that
when be particularly wishes to dispose of
some article of dress. he states it to be of
French origin.
”These French shoulders are very becom-
ing to you, madam,” he exclaims, admiring-
ly, as some portly dame dons a peculiarly cut
garment. “I don’t believe a lady could be
found, out of Paris, who could wear them to
an h advantage."
econsequenco of suchaspeech often is
that the purchaser feels herself to be a worthy
type of Parisian domes, and snaps up the
bargain. ' - '
However, humbug of any sort is likely at
some time to meet with n. check. Ono day,
this clever salesman saw a modestly dressed
woman examining some wraps in his depart-
ment, and stepping briskly up to her ro—
marked:
“Thirty-fivc dollars, madam. A new
French design. That plaiting at the back is
the newest invention of a great French
house.”
“Indeed,” said the lady. quietly. “That
seems odd. Are the garments imported?"
“No, they are made in New York, but as I
said, the plotting which gives them such a
jaunty look, is copied from a. French model."
"More and more surprising.” said tho lady.
“It happens that I work in the establishment
where they nro made, and I designed that
plaiting myself.”-—Youth’s Companion.
Nurse Maids a in. Russo.
'i‘lieru isa “fad" in nursemaids, and liter-
nllymn‘ll it be a “cold day” for tho'sharp oycd,
keen wittcd “bonuc,” If the Rumiun maid, a
new departure in service, meets with the
favor she anticipates. The Russian nurse—
sho is all that is delightfully picturesque. She
wears a long, loose garment of deep blue
cloth, bordered witch's band'of crimson, and
on her head is'the veritable Russian head-
gear, a creations of much puffed white tulle,
from which depend, all the way to the bot-
tom of the skirt, two wide lengths of crimson
moiro ribbon. So looks the Russian maid;
how acts the Russian maid remains to be fur-
ther tested. So far, though, she has been
found trustworthy and capable. Another
fashion, “a la Russo.” is that of dressing chil-
dren for outdoor exercise entirely in white
wool and white far. The little ones, so ar-
rayed, look - like tiny wraiths as they speed
along over the frozen ground through the
crisp atmosphere—Table Talk. .
A Benevolent J our-nulls!-
George William Childs, the famous Philo-
dolphin journalist, has probably received at
his beautiful home more distinguished guests
than have been entertained by any other
Alberican in the world, and has a list of pen-
sioners on his bounty which would equal that
of a king. He is a man of placid manner and
rapid movements, with quiet eyes which see
d. 'grcat‘deal, and no beard to disguise an un-
usually pleasant mouth and a ready smile, in
which there is a gleam of the man’s charac-
teristic benevolence. Among Mr. Childs’ fads
is a passion for rare china in general—dainty
tea cups in particular—and his collection of
“egg shells” is the finest in the world—Cur-
gpeetly as that of our swifter birds-Boston
CI. war '
rent Literature.
. i'
he plays upon a. thousand springs and wires -
maid isclready an imposing feature in more
than one aristocratic household. To look at, .
A HAUNTED COURT HOUSE.
RESTLESS SPOOKS IN A TENNES-
SEE COUNTY BUILDING.
Workmcn Refuse to Tour the Old House
Doom to Make Room for a New One.
The Stories That Are Told In Explana-
tion of the Popular Boiler.
Workman refuse to tear down the old court
house building at Washington. Tenn, on ac-
count of a mystery which has surrounded the
structure for nearly thirty years, and which
is vouched for by the representative citizens
of the county. The county seat of Rhea
county was recently removed from Washing-
ton to Dayton, and the court house, which
has stood for over fifty years, has become so
out of ropairthnt it is deemed advisable to
tear it down, and especially so as the county
has no further use for it. The ground which
it occupies is wanted for the purpose of erect-
ing a. poor house, but it now appears impos-
sible to obtain workmen who are willing' I0
tear down the old building, as it has been
laiown for years as the “haunted court
house."
“JIMMY LONESOIIIE."
It has been nearly thirty years since the
supp ased spirits took possession of it, and they
have remained there ever since. The court
room and county offices occupy the first floor,
~Whfli the second story has always been van-
cant, except one end, which was once occu-
pied as a lodgeLroom, and a small room in the
cormr of the building which was formerly
used as a. doctor’s office. In this room a skele-
ton was kept which was universally known
as “Jimmy Lonesome,” some of whose bones
are still there. This skeleton was there when
the strange phenomena which have since
given the building widespread. notoriety first
began. ,
About the same time a. man named Peter-
son was shot and killed in this room by an
unknown hand. Soon after this tragedy oc-
ourrul J udgo Frank Locke, who was the
clerk and master and circuit court clerk of
the county. heard strange noises in the upper
room every night. His office was directly
underneath the small room in which J immy
Lonesome kept guard, and he would hear
footsteps start from tho skeleton’s corner and
walk across the floor. Sometimes the object
wpuld fall heavily. Judge Locke was noted
for his bravery, and he determined to find
the intruder and eject him. Nightafter night
he would go up stairs immediately after hear-
ing the object fall, but nothing could be seen.
He himself stated that he had gone up there
at lenstuhundred times between the years
1865 and 1385, but Iio never saw any form
whatever.
Nearly twenty years ago Col. T. II. Burk-
ett, now of Atkins, and one of the leading
members of the East Tennessee bar, was start:
ing in the practice of law at Washington. He
was poor at the time, and in order to save
money obtained permission to sleep in the
haunted room, which he did. The first night
he heard the walking plainly, but could see.
nothing. The Object would walk up and
down the room and then seem to stand by his
cot. He is a man of unusual nerve and
bravery and returned the next night deter-
mined to solve the mystery. Soon after he
retired he again heard the walking, when sud-
denly a hand seized him and jerked him out
of the bed. He could seeno one, and, trembling
with fear, he hastily left the building and
nothing could ever induce him to return.
wuv THEY nou’r srar.
‘ About ten years ago Mr. W. S Shirley, an
attorney, living at Spring City, had been in
the upper room of the court house during the
day and had left a book there. After supper
he went after the book, coming back on a
run and never stopping until he had left the
court house far behind him. When ques-
tioned, he said that as he stooped for the book
the form of a man leaned over him with
lighted blue candles about its head. He didn't
remain to cultivate an acquaintance with the
gentleman. One night, a few years ago, T. J.
Howard, now chief of police at Chattanooga,
was sitting in the court room with a. friend.
They had built a fire in the stove which
ignited a piece of cloth that had in some
way come in contact with the stovcpipe on
the second floor. Howard went upstairs,
taking some matches to light his way, and
succeeded in putting out the fire. Not know-
ing where the stovepipo wont, he climbed
into the cupola' to satisfy himself that the
fire Was ,out. As he descended the, ladder
leading from the cupoln his matches became
exhausted and he had to gropo his way in the
dark. IVhen he reached the bottom of the
ladder a voice said: “Is the fire all out?"
Howard supposed it was his friend whom he
had left down stairs, and answered without
fear or surprise: “I think it is." Ho felt a
sudden chill pass over him, because he could
neither see any one nor hear footsteps,
although the voice was directly in front of
im.
When he reached the lower room he said
to his friend, who was sitting by the fire
where he had left him:
“How did you get down here?”
“Why,”.said the friend, “I liaveu’t'iuoved
from this chair since you left."
Chief Howard says he wouldn’t have gone
up stairs again for any price, although he is
far from superstitious.
The man, or apparition, whichever it is,
has been seen through the window a. few
times, but ho is not often visible, although
he can be heard walking thcfioor almost
every night. The character and standing of
the witnesses give the court house widespread
notoriety as being haunted. There are three
theories extant. One that it is the spirit of
the murdered man, Peterson, haunting the
place; another that Jimmy Lonesome is re-
sponsible for the disturbances; and a third
that the room has been occupied all these
years by a man who for some reason has ex-
iled himself from the world and has con-
structed a hole or place of some kind where
he can disappear when the rOorn is searched
The mystery would probably be solved by
the tearing down of the building, but the peo-
ple have become so superstitious concerning
It that it will probably be impossible to util-
izo it as a poorhousc, as is now intended.—
Chattanoogn Telegram.
THE wrsoom or: "rm-z mute.
Evidence of tho Sagacity of the Cotton
. Plantation Animal.
Working animals, such as horses and males,
are generally kept on a cotton plantation in
a large open pen. In the center there is a.
feed shed, containing a trough for corn and a
rafter for fodder overhead. Stock is fed
only twice a day, noon and night. By sun
up on work days the plow hands appear, each
to catch his “critter," and the forty or ii. ty
mules at their sight move in utter confusion
around the shed, hiding behind one another.
But how is iton Sundays? There reigns then
an Arcadian e in the pen. Each male is
OH with his “chum” (a. selective ailin-
ity, no doubt) in an angle of the rail fence,
head and tail together. The object is a prac-
tical exemplification of the golden rule. To
enjoy an untroubled siesta, each head secures
immunity from the fly pest by a close prox-
Imity to his friend’s ‘ipei‘petual mobile."
Farm hands may go in and out without pro-
ducing the least sign of alarm. But, should
bridles appear, that disturbs only master’s
paddle or carriage horses.
As to the mules, no extra twitch in fail or
car shows the least suspicion that their owner
could possibly be the victim ’of a mistake;
with eyes drooping and 'head on a level with
that of his neighbor’s tail, his somnolent tor?
por is a picture of trust and safety. He
knows it is Sunday.’ I remember wall the
amused look of my foreman, Essex, when ask-
ing him for his opinion on the subject:
“Why, in course.” said he. “dey knows it’s
Sunday. ”
Pertinent to the above query is the other:
Do animals know uoontimei For the sake of
a'lively scene let us some forenoon go into a
large field. Presently we are startled from
can reverie by an unearthly “Be-hung, ee-
hung, ee-hung, hung. lining.” .It is the Nos,-
for of tho four-footers that cells thus: “Time
for refreshmon' ts”~—a signal'similnrly seconded
and approved in succession by forty others. _
We ‘iook at‘ our timepiece and, sure enough,
the large hand is about covering the smaller. "
It is noon. The male, however, is some min-
utes ahead of time, and there ensues a. fearful
contest for the mastery between him and the
driver, which the distant din’ner' hem only
ends; '
Now, how is it that the mule knows noon-
time? Does he rely on the infallibility of his
timepiece, that warns himthat it needs re-
windingi Or has he noticed his equally hun-
gry partner, Sambo, who, on reaching the
end of the row, halts a moment, and, turn-
ing face northward, anxiously scans the
shadow at his feet? Or is the sensitivcness of
his back so delicate that he can discriminate
between oblique and vertical rays?
We are prone to mystify, and because we
are unwilling to grant brute creation the
power of reasoning, we call their actions that
rise us “instinct." In the barnyard,
stable and field we never observe this qual-
ity of instinct in the young. It is only the
old that become wise by experience—Scien-
tific American.
_ Treatment of Warts.
Children often suffer from unsightly wnts
on the bands which cannot be removed by
caustic. G. B. Pullin, of Sidmouth (Bristol
Medical Journal), recommends in such cases
the administration of two or three minims of
liq. nrsenicalis twice a day. In a week or
ten days. he says. the wart-s will disappear.
a‘uvtne ON MONTHLY PAYMENTS.
Purchasers Pay Well for the Privilege of
Securing, Goods on Time.
In a general way the monthly payment
stores afford a good index of the prosperity
of the middle and lower classes. Hard times
and lack of . employment invariably make
themselves felt in delay or stoppage of pay-
ments, and the donation of stringent circum~
stances can readily be measured by the way.
the payments are resumed. A furniture
dealer was interviewed by a reporter:
“What course do you take in case of delin-
quency in payment?”
“There is only one advisable course, and
that is to tide over those who can’t take up
their monthly notes. The public, Ithink, has
distorted views about the monthly payment
stores. There are, doubtlem, some sharks
among us, but most of us aim to do a. fair,
legitimate busincr charging but 10 per cent.
more for our goods that the men who sell for
cash do. Taking back of goods is always
avoided, for there is no money in a sale if the
stock has to be taken back and turned over to
the auction stores. It is only the monthly
payment stores which keep second hand fur-
nitur' that can profit by the utter failure of
their patrons. We have families that we
have carried alonga year, and I doubt not
that other monthly payment'stores have like-
wise. To harass patrons Would be to work
against our own interest. So far as rates of
profit are concerned, the only element of in-
justice inwthem is one“ of which thorpuboiiom
rarely thinks. If the’acco'un't' runs it“s-ear the
10 per cent. extra we charge is fair, for the
risk, the cost of collection, and the 10s of in-
terest from having money outstanding is fully
equal to the additional rate of profit we
charge. Our margin of profit is computed so
as to include a year's interest on the regular
prices of the goods, but many, possibly the
greatest number, of our accounts are closed
in a. shorter time—six‘months, my. . Thus on
a purchase of $60 or $75 worth of goods, ur-
mnged so as to be settled in six months, the
buyer pays 20 per cent. interest on the
amount of the bill for the whole period, while
he actually makes a payment of a sixth of the
bill when he gets the goods and a similar pay-
ment every succeeding month. When the ac-
count runs for a year the burden is not so
heavy. If people can pay cash they should,
and every honest dealer in our line of busi-
ness will tell them so. ' .
“It is unquestionably true that the form of.
payment is a temptation to purchase beyond
the means to pay. We have no trouble in
selling. Our greatest difficulty is to keep the
bill down to what we consider a safe limit.
People do not stop to think that they pay for
their privilege of making installments at n
tolerably high rate.- One reason of this lack
of judgment is probably because women do
so much of the buying at the monthly pay-
ment stores. They often fail to estimate
carefully what they can do, and the result is
that they become a sourco of trouble to
themselves and us. Often, too, men who
were drawing good salaries at the time of the
purchase, get out. of work soon after, and
any miscalculation on their part makes pay-
ment an uphill work. The spread of the
payment stores has been suprising. Almost
every large city now has a number of such
concerns, which seem to do more than
their ordinary share of business. In Chi-
cago I doubt , if there are as many
as there were two ’ o.r three years
ago. The reason of this is not that the scheme
does not work successfully. or that there have
sprung up too many for the population. The
capital required for such nebusiness is much
greater than that which isrcquisitc forocash
trade. It was a common practice for dealers
to rwlizo on their monthly notes at 2 or 3 per
cent. a month. They were imnblo to carry
their own paper, or borrow at legal rates. and
the result was that a number of concerns have
failed during the last year or two. I think it
is all nousenso to talk of the monthly pay-
ment stores cutting into the regular trade
disastrously. We catch a class of patrons
who would not deal at acash store, sinco they
would not be likely to save up the necesary
money. I believe that monthly payment
stores arc an incentive to thrift and economy,
second only to the building missions.”—
Chicago News.
Our Postal System.
If there isnny point on which our postal
system does not stand in need of improve-
ment it is in the cheapness of postage. Our
newspapers are carried within the county of
their publication for nothing, and ovary-
whero else for next to nothing, and a letter
of an ounce weight is transported from any
point to any other of our enormous area. of
3,600,000 square miles for the smallest unit of
letter postage known in Christendom. But a
for more important matter, and one wholly
neglected, is that of postal delivery. In other
civilized countries the .postoillcc, receiving a
letter from the writer, undertakes to deliver
it to the person addressed.
In our own happy land the postofficc re-
ceives the letter, and (except in the case of a
privileged 20 per cent. of the people) under-
takes to carry it to within five or ten miles of
the person addressed, and keep it there till
called for. This is the more barbarism of
postal service, worthy of the dark ages before
Rowland Hill. The enormous cost and loss
which it involves become obvious to any one,
on a few minutes’ reflection. For example:
A manliving three miles from the postofiico
is anxiously cxpcctingn letter of great im-
portance, which may arrive any time within
a. fortnight. He goes daily to look for it, and
on tho sixth day he gets it. That letter cost
him twelve hours of walking, or six hours of.
travel for himself and horse. In other words,
the postage on that letter has been virtually
$2.02. or more. The government does not get
the money. but the citizen loses it. —Dr. Bacon
in Forum.
Hot Water.
“Thosoothing effects of hot water are not
fully appreciated," said a physician the other
day. “I recommend it to many of mypa-
tints who suffer from insomnia, produced by
nervous irritation of the stomach, and also
for certain forms of indigestion. Many of
them object to it, at first, but soon come to
like it and are generally much benefited by
it. A glam of hot water now and then will
work no appreciable good, of course, buta
steady habit of hot water drinking once
formed, and sustained regularly for a. few
months, works wonders with certain constitu-
tions. I generally recommend its use just
before going tobed. It is a great soother.
The captain of an immigrant steamship I
sailed on assurgeon for one season demon-
strated its quieting influence once, when he
turned a hot stream from the boiler hose on
a. crowd of fighting immigrants who had
fairly taken possession of the hold and defied
the ship‘s crow. It. healed those inflamed
spirits, I tell you. though the application
was only c:tc—rual.”—Ncw York Tribune.
Knew Herself.
Stranger (at. the door: —I am ‘ to find
a lady whose married name be. Austen.
but I know she lives in this neighborhood.
She is a woman easily described, and perhaps
you know her—n. singularly beautiful creat-
ure, with pink and‘ white complexion, son
shell cars, lovely eyes. and hair such as a
goddess might envy.
Servant— Really, sir. I don’t know—-
Voice (from head of stairsi—Janc, tell the
gentleman I‘ll be down in n. minute—New
York Weekly.
Ono on tho Drummer.
“I never was blufi’ed in so pleasant 9. wry
as on my last trip," said Joblots. tho dre...i-
mer, lately. “I was just about to enter an
office when I saw u stairway with origin,
‘This way for commercial solesroom.‘ I sup~
posed the stairs led to the counting room. so
I went up, and found myself in a long ball
with walls where pointing boards directed
the way. I passed through the hall and came
to a stairway leading down as another board
pointtxl. ldcsceuded, and opening the door
at the lowest step found I was—in the street
againl”— -Ti-ue Flag.
Electric Fishing Lights. »
The superintendent of tho Madras museum
has been requested by the board of revenue
to visit various electrical establishments in
Europe in order to select an electrical globe
light to shine in twenty fathoms of water.
Such alight is wanted at the pearl fisheries,
for, up to the present, the work of the fish-
eries has been confined to comparatively
shallow banks—New Orleans Picayune.
Every woman who suffers from sick
headache, and who dislikes to take bitter
dosefi, should try Carter's Little Liver
Pills; They are the easiest of all medi-
cines to take. A positive'cure for the
above distressing complaint ; give prompt
relief in dyspepsia rand indigestion; pre—
vent and cure constipation and piles. As
easy to take as sugar. Only one pilla
dose. 40inavial. Price 25 cents. If
you try them you will not be wothout
them.
The Erie railroad took five dead tramps
from its cars last winter.
Took first prizc.-—The State board of
pharmacy recently analyzed twelve of the
most. popular medicines, in order to see
whether they were what they were recom.
mended to be. After two weeks of care-
ful work, they awarded the first prize, a
gold medal, to Messrs. A P. 0rdway &.
00.. proprietors of Sulphur Bitters, it
being in their opinion the best and only
strictly pure blood purifying medicine in
the market.—[Weckly Chemist,
Absolutely Pure.
This Powder never varies. A marvel of pure
strength and wholesomeness. More economic
than the ordinary kinds. and cannot be soldincom-
petition with the multitude of low test. short
weight. allum or phosphate powders.
Sold only-in Cans.
Rotor. Bursa Pownnn 00.,106 Wall St.. N. Y.
Thecnly RELIABLE REMEDY {ten
iti"§flRIIlIP it"siislflllilll
Indorsed by Physicians. Used by thousands
IT WILL CU RE YOU.
80 OPIUMZ IN IT. Mothers, you can mane!
that dreadful foe. GROUP, with it. Have it on M
and Save the Child. Sold by Drngglsts. “In
CATARRH ELY’S
» CREAM BilM
I‘leanses the
\a a! Passag-
cs,alla_yspnm
and inflamma
liouhealsliic
sores, I’CSIIDI'
es the senses
of' taste and
sure”.
AY-FEVER rear ran corn
arricleis app‘ietl into each nosti‘. and is
ag' fie. Price 50 ceu's a: Druggi :‘ny maii,
I‘Egenlel CII,60 (21:. ELY BROTHERS. 56 \i'arren
Street, \ew York. ‘1in.
“ WAY UPI”
in the estimation of all
smokers are
SLE EPE R’s X
NOQ&; so , ‘5‘: - ~ _ --._. _
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Trade Mark, Registeredncc. .. , Emigr-
S. S. SLEEPER «$200., Factory, Boston.
EQUI'I‘ABL i'} MORTGAGE C04
OF KANSAS CITY. CAPITAL $2,000,000
6 and 7 per cent. Debeniure Bonds and Mortgage
Loans at For and Accrued IIIIEI'Csi.
It. B. CltAL'l‘L'RIJ, Agent,
lioorn 2 Masonic Buiidfrg
nearer n on
P. H. DWYER.
The largest Stools of Harness
EVER DISPLAYED IM. TOWN.
All First-Class, mum Stitched, oak Tnun'ea ,
Pennsylvania Leather ' ' '
THIRD CLASS PRICES.
Call early as I Intent! to sell at SMALL I’Rorir,
SE YEN1 Y- F1 VE
Set Stools and Bonnie Harness.
HABDENBROOK HAIL. '
Over Mitchell's Market. next door to P. II. Dwy-
er’s old stand. “If
rerun L. GUIGUE,
g. IIIIN,
UNION AVENUE,
North of Norwalk Cemetery,
NORWAEE, - - CONN.
Dealer in In Green House and Hot House and
Bedding and Vegetable Plants, Fruit and Ornamen
tal Trees Shrubbery, Vines. Cut Flowers always
on hand and all sorts of designsin Flowers arrangEd
to order. 41y2
Grading and lie—filling Cemetery Plots
, promptly attended to. ,...__,_... ,
n. o. WHITNEY’S
—: ART STORE :—
57 1-2 Main St, 80. Norwalk.
Entire stock moved from Danbnry to So. Norwalk
EtrhingsJ-Ingruvingu. Artotypes, Pastels,
“'nter Colors, Etc.
PICTURE FRAMING A SPECIALTY.~
Hill 810“ of ARTISTS’ MATERIAIS.
Albums, Easels, CabinetFramcs
Landsat“; M" 33‘s 3 some a... or
0 er an ‘ox a s.
Standard Linen, gym, per Whiting
3mm W. P. WHITNEY. Manager"
T0 HORSE OWNERS !
We keep constantly on hand a good assortment of
Kentucky and Ohio Horses,
selected with great care In the western markets.
We nave horses suitable for all purposes and no
one who wants a thoroughly reliable animal should
purchase before seeing what we have to offer.
\! e also keep constantly on hand at our Carriage
Repository a com, due of CARRIAGES from
the oesrbmakers, which are manufactured for us
to special order; every carriage warranted.
\\ AGQSS and tiAlt’l’S of every de-cription.
IIAI’..\ ESSES, \Vllll’s, RUBES, BLANKE’IS
DANN’S LIVEIIY STABLE,
OFFICE 48 WALL $1, NORWALK
err. 1).: 5. it. it. error
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sensational eoneonno
COUGH MIXTURE,
Hair Tonic,
—FINE STATIONERY~~
In the Latest Society Styles.
Easter Cards,
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J. G. GREGORY’S,
38 Wall Street.
GOOLD EOYT,
REAL ESTATE AGENT.
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disease to the Internal Organs. Its properties go to the diseased
all the poisonous and corrupt humor-s, through the perspiring vessels ".- -..
the system. We warrant it to care (J . i Sores. u icers,
eradicatcs the disease from
Page’s Climax Salve, ,
A FAMILY BLESSING too 25 cross. 1
Its action upon the system Is unlike any other external remedy, as it never drives the
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no 'IWIIIAII. an notions Aroma on
part, and separate
rihe surface, and
Scrolula Sores, Salt Rheum, Sore Breasts or Nipples. Inflamed Eyes, Swollen Glands,
Erysipclas. Boils, SCIICIS, Burns. Cuts. Bruises, Fistula,
Piles, Corns, Bunions, Chil.
blains, Frosted Feet. and all cutaneous diseases on man and beast.
PAGE‘S CLIMAX SALVE acs like magic on horse _
Saddle and Harness Gulls. Chafcs. etc. It is put up on
Sores, Fresh Cuts, Snake Iiitss, Bruises, Burns,
boxes three times larger than any other Salve, and
cvuywhcrc.
flesh In curing Scratches, l\Inn:c, Uiti
EOIKI a: the. low price of twenty-five cents pcrlipx.
l: is warranted to cure in every case or money refunded. For Sale by Druggists and Dealers In nicdiczne
_____-._——————‘
MUFFAT’S LIFE PILIS.
THE GREAT STOMACH AND LIVER REMEDY.
Established by one of our most eminent physiciins and recommended by the medical
profession and. druggists who know their real merit, and
results than any other medicine.
Moffat's Life Pills are purely vegetable.
are used with more pleasing
They act on the stomach, bowels, liver ,
and kidneys, purify and regulate the whole system, and are warranted a certain cure
for all Malarious Diseases,
Dyspepsia, Loss of Appetite,
Neuralgia and Nervous Diseases.
Torpid Liver. Impure Blood, Jaundice, Bilious Complaints,
Indigestion. Costiveness, Nervous and Sick Headache,
Female obstructions and General weakness. Scurvy.
Inflammatory Rheumatism, Piles of every kind, Gravel and. Diseases of the Bladder and
Kidneys. Colds and Fever and Ague.
HOFFAT'S LIFE PILLS are elegantly Sugar coated and easy to take and are a perfect aftrr
dinner Pill, one taken after dinner each dav wril aid digestion and
Headache 2'- 1 Sick Hcadache cannot exist if these Pills are used.
cure all disorders of the Stomach.
For costivcuess take oncPlll at bedtime.
MOFFAT’S PHOENIX BITTERS
Are not a drink used for intoxication. but a pure medicine and only used by people
who are sick. They correct the secretions of the stomach and are asure cure for
Dyspepsia, Siecplessness, Nervousnes. Debility, Weakness, Loss of Appeti'c. Femal:
Complaints. etc. Thousands of certificates are in possession of the preps-ietor, giving,
perfect cures effected by these invaluable medicines and we warrant that they will (in
just what we have said or money will be refunded.
It is simply asked that the afflicted
will tr them once. their use will convince the most skeptical.
AOE'S OLIHAX SALVE. 25c.a Box. MOFFAT'S LIFE PILLS, 23c. :\ I’lox. MOFFAT'S
PHOENIX BITTERS. $1.60 a Bottle. IFor Sale by Drnggrsts and Dealers in IT-ctllcll : everywhere,
or sent by mail or Express, prepaid, or. .‘cceipt of price.
3'. P. MILLS, Sole Proprietor.
85 LIBERTY STREET: NEW YORK.
It Makes You Hungry
“ I have used Patne‘s Celery Compound and it
has had a salutary
effect. Itinvlgorat-
cdthe system andI
feel like a. new
man. It improves
the appetite and
facilitates diges-
tion.” J. T. Cors-
unu. Primus, 8.0.
Paine’s
Celery Compound
is a unique tonic and appetizer. Pleasant to
the taste. quick in its action, and without any
injurious effect, it gives that rugged health
which makes everything taste good. it cures
dyspepsia and kindred disorders. Physicians
prescribe it. $1.00. Six forssm. Drugglsts.
Wrens. RIcInnnsox a 00.. Burlington. Vt.
DIAHWID DYES
Color anything any color.
Never Fall I Always cure."
I
Spring medicine means more now-a-days than It.
did ten years ago. The winter of 1883—89 hasieft.
the nerves all fayged out. The nerves must be
strengthened, the blood purified, liver and
bowels regulated. Paine’s Celery Compound—
flw Spring medicine ofto-day—does all this.
as nothing else can. Prescribed by Physicians,
Recommended by Druggists, Endorsed by Ministers,
Guaran feed by the Manufacturers to be
The Best
Spring Medicine.
“In the spring of 158': I was all run down. I
would get up in the morning with so tired a
feeling, and was so weak tho I could hardly get.
around. I bouglita bottle of Paine’s Celery Com-
pound, and before I had taken it a week I felt
very much better. I can chcefully recommend
it to all who need a building up and strengthen-
Ing medicine." Mrs. B. A. 170w, Burlington, Vt.
A‘orriishes babies pcry‘eclty.
LAO Tl TED F00” The Physician’sfarorite.
IF IOU WANT
[A HEATER
THAT WILL
Host Your House
~——GE’!‘——
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Norwalk Chronicler