AN OLD LOVE LETTER.
Forgotten long, and thrust away
In an old trunk, I found, today.
A yellow letter.
The ink was faded dim with time,
Simple the words, yet poet’s rhyme
Ne’er spoke love better.
How quaint the old world phrases sound!
And yet, I fancy some one found
Them sweet and tender;
And blushing as she read them o’er—
For maidens sometimes blushed of yore~
Thought of the sender.
Oh, maiden fair, and lover true,
Long since the grass grew over you,
But this fond greeting
Has lasted through the lapse of years,
With all their varying hopes and fears
And passions fleeting.
Again I gently lay it by,
And ponder with a passing sigh.
Though time may sever
True hearts, sweet memories and love,
All other memories above
Will live forever. —Drakc‘s Magazin ~
Southern Negro Superstitions.
lVomen in the north have trouble enough
over the servant girl question, but their way:
are paths of , pleasantness compared with
those of southern women—except that the
southern woman is less disturbed over the
more serious situation. When a Virginia wo-
man wants to change girls she is compelled to
go at least three days without any help at all.
The kitchen help is black, of course, and su-
perstitious. No colored girl will go into a
house until three days after the retiring help
has vanished, for fear of being “tricked”-—in
other words, hoodooed, placed under a. spell—
by the dismissed help. Whatever the colored
person doesn’t understand he fears. He is
full of superstitions, believes in good luck
from the rabbit foot when in his own posses-
sion and in bad luck when it is “put on him.”
Not long ago a large number of negroes were
on a. Virginia railroad platform waiting for
a train to take them to a picnic ground. A
Boston drummer, with a face as serious as a
person’s, took a piece of chalk and a rabbit
foot and in the most business like way began
to make crosses on the backs of- the negroes
and touch them with the rabbit foot. The
crowd broke for the woods in a panic and
there was no picnic that day—Milwaukee
Sentinel.
The Man with the Escaping Tresses.
“Sir,” said a man in Washington square,
with a lock of his hair protruding through a
hole in his hat, “can’t you do something for
me this mornin’?”
“Guess not,” answered the gentleman ap-
proached.
“Just a little,” pleaded the man with the
escaping tresses. “I wasn’t always as low as
this-I was at the top of the ladder right here
in this town once.”
“Is that so?”
“Yessir. right on the top round, but look
at me now.”
“Well, there’s a quarter to get some break-
fast. So you were at the top of the ladder at
one time ?”
“Yes, sir, went up an’ stole this here coat
I’ve got on while the bricklayer was away to
his'dinner. VVouldn’t do it again fer two
coats—it’s too blamed hard work climbin’
these ’ere ladders. Good-by—hope we may
meet again.”———New York Tribune.
Figures About Red Lien.
The Indian agencies are sixty-one in num—
ber.
The number of houses occupied by Indians
is 21,232.
The estimated number of Indians in Alaska
is 30,000.
The number of Indians living on and culti-
vating lands is 9,612.
The total Indian population of the United
States is 247,761.
The number of Indian church members in
the United States is 28,6,63. '
There are ten Indian training schools in
different parts of the Union.
The number of Indians in the United States
who wear citizens’ dress is 81,621. .
The number of Indiansin the United States
who can read English is but 23,495.
The number of Indians in the United States
who can read Indian languages is 10,027.—
St. Paul Globe.
Blind Fish.
Professor Ray Lankester, in a recent lec-
ture at the Royal institution, thus attempted
to account for the absence of eyes in the
fishes in the famous underground Kentucky
caves in the following way: A great flood
carries to the bottom of the Kentucky caves,
some thirty miles below the surface, a num-
ber of fish among whose very numerous off-
spring will be some defective in sight, as
some babies are born blind, or without any
eym at all. The fish who can see some faint
glimmerings of light will swim away to—
ward that light, while those will remain that
cannot perceive the gleams.
succeeding generation would occur, the
stronger in sight swimming away and the
weaker remaining, and as the breeding Would
therefore occur between those of the worst
sight fish would be born with weaker eyes
and weaker until born blind.
Reform on the :I‘urf.
Stories of the turf and articles on the speed
of horses are growing particularly cominon
in both continental and English as well as
American papers and magazines These are
accompanied by efforts at “turf reform,”
which find culmination in The Fortnightly.
The fact is, the honest racing of horses is not
that contemptible or disgraceful affair that
it has been held to be by those who abhor
gambling. It has been, however, mainly in
the hands of fast men and that curious breed
commonly called horsemen. One of the most
beautiful sights in the world is a fleet racer,
a thoroughbred at his mettle; and there is no
reason why honest, moral people shall not
have the pleasure of seeing and enjoying such
sights. Let the reform go on as it has gone
on'in other pleasures once tabooed by decen—
cy.—St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Fancy and Fact.
An Irishman, waxing eloquent upon the
glories of the old country, declared that a
certain nobleman’s palace, not far from where
he used to live, had “three hundred and
twinty—five, winders, one winder for ivery
day in the year.” '
Another man, W was always complain—
ing of the hard we he had to do, broke out
one day: “Well, now, I wish I was home
' in me father’s foine old castle.”
“Your father’s foine old castle, is it!” said
one of his companions. “Sure and it was a
foine old castle and no mistake. Ye could
stand on the roof of yer father’s castle, put
yer 'hand down the chimney and open the
front door. ”—Philadelphia Press. ‘
Discomging.
It was Satan, a liar from the begnning,
who said: “All that a man hath will he give
for his life.”
Smith—Hallo, Johnson, you’re not looking
well.
J ohnson—No, I’m under the weather. I’ve
had to leave off smoking, .too.
Smith—That’s bad—very bad.
J ohnson—Yes but that isn’t ' thaworst of
it. I’m afraid that leaving of! smoking is go:
' to do me good !- 'l and Surgical
rter.
This with every.
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NORWAEK GAZETTE, WEDNESDAY JULY 31, 1889.
STRANGE AND GHASTLY.
GREWSOME TALK OF AN OLD SAN
FRANCISCO UNDERTAKER.
Why He Found Pleasure in the Pursuit.
Telltale Countenances—A Young Lady
Assistant “"110 Fell in Love with a Dead
Man and \Vent Insane.
One of the oldest undertakers in San Fran-
cisco recently told an Examiner reporter that
he would not exchange occupations with any
man in the state. Said he:
“I tell you there is a singular fascination
in ministering to the wants of the dead, in
placing over them garlands of flowers, nicely '
arranging their white faces, and laying their
pale bodies in the last casket.”
The old veteran went on portraying the
pleasures of his pursuit, and as he gave the
details of his weird vocation he grew into an
ecstasy not unlike the reveries of an opium
eater. Continuing, the undertaker said:
“Experience has taught me that familiarity
with the dead takes the sting from the grave.
My business puts death in a less terrifying
light than the pictures which the imagina-
tion draws where the actual is seldom wit-
nessed. I have put so many in their last
homes that I no longer look upon death with
the old fear. I agree with the man who
said: ‘Tired of the heat and glamour of the
day, we bear with joy the rustling garments
of the night.’ I look upon every new face
that comes into my quiet sleeping apartments
over there as one more lucky traveler who
has reached at last his journey‘s end.”
SOME STRANGE IDEAS.
“Do you ever have favorites among those
whom you did not know during life?”
“Very often, indeed. I have had people
come here and I felt from the first glance that
I would love them for their winning ways.”
“Look here! What do you mean by speak-
ing of the winning ways of the dead ’9”
“lVell, sir, I like modest people with frank
countenances, whether in life or death. Some
corpses have mean countenances. I would
have declined an introduction in life, and so I
do not cultivate their society in death. Some
seem to stare at me, while others look like
sneaks. A dead man’s face is a good photo~
graph of what he was in life, and it has the
advantage that no trick of an assumed ex.
pression can deceive the eye of the observer.
“There are lovely men and women who
come here, and when they leave us we miss
them and we feel lonely. It gives me great
, pleasure to pin a little bouquet upon their gar-
ments, or to adjust their heads upon their
pillows. They often need these little atten-
tions, and they seem pleased when we are
kind to them. Of course, they never speak,
but there is golden eloquence in their silence.
Different positions of their quiet faces give a
language to them, and a slight change in at-
titude makes the contour and whole effect dif-
ferent.
“Let me tell you about a young Woman
who used to assist me where I formerly lived.
She made handsome bouquets and garlands
during her leisure, and she also kept the en—
try books.
“Well, sir, that girl had much good phil-
osophy on the subject of death. She liked to
read about the old Greeks who dressed their
dead in white, sang odes to immortality, and
placed floral decorations on their tombs.
“I often noticed that she spent many idle
hours among the coffins after the bodies were
prepared and properly clothed. I of course
thought that she was simply studying the
business and trying to learn how to make
what we call artistic settings, for she was al-
ways in love with the businem.
“One day her afiianced—for she was en-
gaged to a young lawyer—came in to chat
with her a few moments. He was a. bright
young fellow, and they were to be married in
the fall. He had been coaxing her to leave
the business, but she would not do it. Well,
this was-a delightful June day, and as he left
she pinned a neat little bouquet upon the la—
pel of his coat. Not noticing my presence he
lightly kissed her on the brow, and departed.
This did not seem to trouble her, although I
noticed that she bliished as her sweetheart de-
parted. I do not know whether that kiss of-
fended her, but I do know that she seemed
troubled for several days, and after Lawyer
Ralfe left her next Friday I noticed that her
eyes were moist. I believed they _ had gone
through a little lovers’ quarrel, and I thought
no more about it. At least I did not have the
slightest suspicion of the wonderful alienation
of her affections that was taking place in her
mind.
“The next day the body of one of the hand-
somest young men I ever saw was brought
into our parlors. He was unknown, but from
papers found among his effects it was ascer‘
tained that his family lived in London, Eng-
land. He had been out hunting, and, getting
separated from his companions, the gun was
discharged, the charge entering his thigh.
He soon bled to death. Of course you know
that he would be very pale.
“Two efficient aids in the establishment
helped me to prepare the corpse for the cof-
fin. “7e dressed him nicely, combed his beau-
tiful hair, arranged his very handsome mus
tacbe, gave his cheeks a few touches of color
with the blender, and left instructions for
our young lady assistant to have a floral
tribute made for the Elks, who were to man-
age the funeral. I then went home to din—
ner, and I was gone several hours. When I
returned the girl was working over the face.
She made a handsome wreath and placed it
over his brow. Then she fairly raved about
his beauty. \Vben I came back in fifteen
minutes she was still there, and she seemed to
be talking to him. I heard her ask him if he
still loved her. It was with delay that she
heeded my request to come away and attend
to some other work. The next day it was
the same, and when I stopped by the corpse
a moment she said she could marry a fellow
that handsome. She seemed to blush and
laugh a little, but I thought nothing of it.
Toward evening the Elks and their band
came after the corpse. Will you believe me
when I tell you my pretty girl kissed that
cold face and burst into hysterics so that we
could not calm her when it was removed?
That was twenty-five years ago, and she was
then about 18 years 01 ”
“And where is she now?”
porter.
“I saw her when I was home two years
ago. . She looked well and hearty, and she
was really handsome. although her hair was
a. little gray. She told me she had been mar-
ried many years, and then she talked and
laughed with her husband, but he made no
reply, for he had been buried by the Elks
many years before. You don‘t understand!
Listen!
“When I left her gentle attendants led her
away from the gasllt parlor into that part of
the great insane asylum where for a quarter
of a century she has lived and loved that
young Englishman, whose body has rested
beneath the mossy marble since we buried
him them away back in the sixties. As I
strolled away I could hear her voice echoing
through the great corridors, for she was
laughing and talking with her husband, the
bodiless creation of ecstasy. Her eyewas bent
on vacancy, yet she was happy."’—San Fran-
cisco Examiner.
asked the re-
Queen Victoria is the richest woman in
the British kingdom. She has accumulated
a fortune of $20,000,000.
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Literary Brokerage.
In these days every one is bitten with a.
desire to see himself in print. Everybody
also writes, why not we? Our stories are
every bit as good as Smith’s, our ideas per-
haps better, but our early education has been
neglected, our punctuation is uncertain and
our spelling shaky. To send MS. in such a.
condition to a publisher is to waste our
stamps. The copy will be returned by the
next mail and fame and fortune with which
we would so gladly have shaken hands pass
us by without so much as a nod.
One puts the MS. in the fire and buries his
golden dreams in its ashes, while another
writes to a literary bureau, as it is called, for
terms, circulars, etc. These being satisfac-
tory, the unlucky article is sent to the
bureau to be revised. corrected, partly re-
written and copied out on the typewriter. It
comes back as the young girl returns from
boarding school, the same and yet different,
with a polish, a finish which can be seen and
admired, though it is hard to say exactly
Where the difference lies. The “copy” is now
as good as anybody’s, and very often the trust
of the author is justified by the acceptance
of the article.
These bureaus also advise one as to the
best market for literary goods, what pub-
lishers to address and what avoid, and for
another fee will “place” the article. Of
course by the time one has paid all this his
own profit is very small, but next time the
writer will walk alone and deal with the
publisher unaided—the bureau has furnished
the foothold, the introduction needed.
The managers of these bureaus are Writers
themselves or the “readers” of the publish—
ers, who increase their salaries by working
after hours. Each publishing house has at
least one of these “readers” and some two or
three, whose business it is to read and decide
on the articles sent to the house, so that they
have a good knowledge of the public taste,
and their opinion is of practical value.
As women write more than men it is only
fair that the best known and most successful
bureau in New York should be that managed
by a woman. Indeed, so successful has it be-
come that a new branch has been opened—
plays are read, criticised, altered, adapted
and recommended to theatrical managers.
These occupations are fair samples of the
many departments which have been lately
opened up in New York. There are many
others which would, perhaps, seem' more out
of way, for those given are remarkable
c ' y as being the newest, that is in the
United States, for, strange as it may seem,
the old world is far ahead of the new in this
respect—New York Letter.
Bicycles.
The supreme court of Indiana was called
upon to review a non-suit in an action brought
to recover damages for being struck down on
sidewalk by a bicycle rider. The trial court
had held that bicycling was a form of pedes-
trianating, and that the bicyclers had as
much right on the sidewalk as any pedestrian.
The appeal from the non-suit was argued in
the forenoon. \Vhen the court adjourned for
dinner, Judges Coffey and Berkshire started
to walk to their hotel, and as they Were pas-
ing out of the capitol grounds a clumsy bi-
cycle rider ran into them, knocking both
down and badly bruising the former. This
practical argument had such a convincing
effect on the minds of the learned judges that
they immediately overruled their unrendered
decision and filed an opinion setting forth
that a person who “rudely and recklessly”
rides a bicycle against a man standing on a.
sidewalk is responsible for damages for as-
sault and battery.
After quoting an Indiana law forbidding
persons from riding or driving on the side-
walks, the court says: “If sidewalks are ex-
clusively for the asset footmen, then bicycles,
if they are vehicles, must not be ridden along
them, since to aflirm that s’dewalks are ex-
clusively for the use of footmen necessarily
implies that they cannot he traveled by bicy-
cles It would be a palpable contradiction to
afiirm that footmen have the exclusive right
to use the sidewalks and yet concede that
persons not traveling as pedestrians may also
rightfully use them. We think, however,
that a bicycle must be regarded as a vehicle
within the meaning of the law. ”—New York
Law Journal.
I’mta’s Servant.
People who have seen so much of the world,
and especially those who have participated a
great deal in its fashion and frivolity, often
carry their simplicity of life, if they retire
from the active world, to the point of affec-
tation.
The famous singer, Mme. Pasta, in her later
years lived very obscurely in a villa on Lake
Come, in Italy. One day Mme. Alboni, an-
other singer, who had just made her appear-
ance, paid a visit of respect to Pasta in her
Lake Como villa. She was met at the door
by a wretched serving woman, old, unkempt,
frowsy and badly dressed.
“Can I see Signora Pasta?” the visitor in-
quired.
“In a few minutes, if you will wait,” said
the servant, conducting her to the parlor.
In a short time Signora Pasta made her ap-
pearance, and the visitor recognized in her,
with no little astonishment, the same un-
kempt servant woman who had just admitted
her, though somewhat “spruced up” in ap-
pearance. In fact, 'Alboni’s astonishment
was so great that she could not help showing
it in her face.
“I understand,” said Madame Pasta, smil-
ing. “You are wondering whether this can
be La Pasta! Well, what else can I do? I
have a horror of those mercenaries that are
made servants of hereabouts, and so I do my
own work. I have, at least, the satisfaction
of knowing that I need not be any worse
served than I am now !”———Youth’s Companion.
The Mischievous Boy.
One of a squad of three telegraph line—
men was observed on a North end street,
throwing a long rope overastring of a dozen
wires attached to high poles. His repeated
attempts to lasso a particular wire attracted
the attention of a number of passer: by.
Having accomplished his object, be adjusted
the rope so that a short end dangled. Then
with a dextrous twitch, be caused the rope
to be fastened to the wire as securely as if it
had bden skillfully knotted. At the same
time he formed a. large slip noose around the
wire. Next be dragged the rope to a near
telegraph pole and collected in a bunch mis-
cellaneous articles, comisting of remnants of
kites, kite tails, rags, small stones hanging
by strings, and other unsightly objects with
which mischievous boys delight to encumber
telegraph wires. Another man then climbed
the pole, detached the rubbish and threw it
into the street. The rope was unloosed, and
operations continued on other wires that
needed attention—Boston Herald.
Starvation in London.
According to a parliamentary paper, there
were in the year 1888 throughout the London
metropolitan area twenty-nine inquests at
which the jury found that the death arose
from starvation or was accelerated by star-
vation. Of these twenty-three were in the.
various divisions of Middlesex, one in Green-.
wich, two in Southwark and three in the
Liberty of the Duchy of Lancaster.
plate list of the twenty-nine cases is given
with various details. In no case had admis-
sion to the workhouse 'men refused—Once
a Week. ' '
A com- ,
. SLEEP LENGTHENS LIFE.
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BUT IT MUST BE OF THE KIND THAT
GIVES PERFECT REST.
Valuable Hints on the Subject from a Phy-
sician—Don’t Eat Too Much. but Don’t
Go to Bed Hungry—The Difficulties of
Indigestion. '
To get absolute rest for mind and body at
night is the necessary thing for the preserva—
tion of health. The bright eye and clear
skin that characterize youth can only be re-
tained in that way, remarked a physician to
a reporter. .
It‘isa fact, he continued, that few people
know what it is to rest well. Many believe
that they do rest well, and frequently I hear
people remark that nothing in the world dis-
turbs them after they have gotten into their
beds. '
Yet these same people get up drowsy in the
morning. Many of them are noticeably lan-
guid all the time. Some of them are irritable
and nervous, and all of them now and then
complain of being so “lazy” or tired that
they are incapable of displaying any energy
whatever. Now the direct cause of these
things is a want of rest, and of this they are
robbed by a host of readily cured ailments
and petty disturbances.
ENEMIES OF REST.
No one can get refreshing sleep in a room
that is not properly ventilated. The window
should in the summer time be lowered from
the top and raised from the bottom. In the
winter, if not altogether too cold for comfort,
the same practice should be observed, and in
any event the room should be properly aired
before retiring, and some means for ventila—
tion after that adopted.
No one can sleep as well next to a. boiler
room as he could in a place where no jar or
noise exists. Every vibration or violent sound
is a clash with the nerves of the sleeper and a
destroyer of his needed rest, whether he be
conscious of it or not. The bustle and rear
of every great city is more or less a tax on the
life of each of its inhabitants.
Another great enemy of rest is mental la-
bor, when it is called into use before retiring.
Any one that concentrates his thoughts in
any way likely to cause worriment or anxiety
before going to bed will pay the penalty by a
sacrifice of his rest, and by carrying hollow
eyes and unstrung nerves all the next day.
This is very easily explained. The use of
the brain functions causes an abnormal
amount of blood to flow and settle there for
the time being. Only by diversion of the
mind in a recreative way and an ordinary
amount of physical exercise can the brain be
relieved of its lead. Sleep will not do it, and
when sleep does come on a person in this con-
dition, after a good deal of tossing about, the
brain will continue toact and the nerves to
contract perhaps continuously throughout the
night. .
Then the poor victim will arise in the
morning wondering why he does not feel re-
freshed. The fact is that, with the excep-
tion of his eyes, which have been rested by
being shielded from the light, he is not
much better off than he would be had he
not gone to bed at all.
CONCERNING EATING.
Indigestion and constipation bear about an
equal share in the theft of sleep. Of the lat-
ter not much can be said with delicacy. It
is a common complaint that gives rise to
more serious ailments than any other single
disorder. It is so easily avoided by regular-
ity of habit or some simple remedy that there
is no excuse for allowing such an affliction to
become chronic.
About indigestion, it is something we must
all submit to occasionally, for our regard for
our palate readily overcomes our discretion
and puts temperance in the shade. The ef-
fect of indigestion on the human system is
worse when the body is meant to be in a
state of repose. There is no way then of
throwing it off, and it must be allowed to do
its worst in debilitating the one attacked.
When there is a tendency to indigestion,
or also a torpid liver, 8. simple temporary
relief may be afforded by taking a little bi-
carbonate of soda. This has the effect of
quieting the stomach by creating carbonic
acid gas, which is readily thrown off. This
is the ingredient the stomach lacks when in
a state of indigestion.
Now, regarding the question of eating
before retiring at night, I should say it is
equally as bad to eat indigestible food or a
large quantity of any sort of viands as it is
to go to bed hungry. An empty stomach
will cause a rush of blood to the head, and
one that is heavily laden is likely to be filled
with obnoxious gases, in which the element
of carbonic acid is not so prevalent as to
prevent some consequences that load to
broken rest.
If one is troubled with insomnia, a band-
age soaked in cold water and laid across the
eyes and temples will afford almost imme-
diate relief and guarantee rest to the weary
person if he suffers with no other ailment.
This same appliance also proves very ben-
eficial in directing an excessive flow of blood
from the brains into its proper channel.
These simple rules, if observed, will allow
every one to get that rest which prolongs
life and preserves youth and beauty—New
York News.
Long Life with a Broken Neck.
The unfortunate Mr. Hill in this city isnot
the first man who has lived with a broken
neck. In a certain North Carolina district
before the war it was the practice to send to
congress the man who could lift the heaviest
weight. When the champion got the seat he
held it until he was literally lifted out of it
by a more muscular man. The gentleman
won it by lifting two barrels of turpentine,
but after holding it several terms he was
challenged to contest it with an opponent, who
undertook to lift three barrels of turpentine
at once. He did it, lifting one barrel with
each hand and a third on his hwd, but the ef-
fect broke his neck, or rather crushed the
cervical vertebrae. The accident did not kill
him, and he was elected to congress and
served many terms, using an artificial sup-
port for his head. Of course the spinal cord
was not injured, or he would have been par-
alyzed—San Francisco Alta. '
Corrected.
Promptncss in acknowledging an error is a.
commendable trait, as it is also one that is none
too common. But a correspondent of The
Boston Transcript cites an example which is
likely to strike every one as rather queer.
In a. grave yard in Norfolk, Va, there is .a
handsome marble monument “Sacred to the
memory of Mrs. Margaret, etc., wife of, etc.,
who died, etc.,” and below the inscription is
this addendum:
“Erratum—For Margaret, read Martha.”
Whooping Cough.
Jenner called attention to the fact that
children vaccinated but for a short time ap-
peared to resist the taking of whOOping
cough, and that a; prihxary vaccination in a
perstm suffering from that disease not only
diminished the inttnsity,but also shortened
its course materially. A physician acting
upon this idea recently applied vacc' 'on
in two cases of whooping cough, and b 1;
treatment the disease in Woes was
cured in a very shoi't “993,-: p ‘n Herald.
THE SERMON WAS LONG.
The sermon was long and the preacher was proxy.
The cushion was soft and the corner was cozy;
And, musing, I knew
By my side in the pew
Was a dear little face that was dimpled and rosy.
A stray bit of lace and the curl of a feather
Lay close to my cheek, and I didn‘t care whether
.The service was long
Of flirting was wrong
In a lonely back pew, as we knelt down together.
In reading the prayers we had one book between
us; ,
So sweat Was that: mulle, nau nobody seen US,
While bent on our knees
(Oh, how Cupid did tease!)
I had stolen a kiss with the prayer book to screen
us.
In the oriel window the sunlight was gleaming,
In my drowsy old brain I felt love fancies teeming;
Then my heart gave a thump——
But my head got a bump
On the back of the pew—I had only been dream-
ing. ‘
—Tropica! Times.
Another Cause of Delay.
Few peofile who utter complaints of the
inefficiency of the postal department when a
letter chances to go astray realize that in the
majority of cases the fault is not so much
with the employcs of the government as with
the people themselves.
A letter carrier, who has been in the serv-
ice for years, told The Man About Town that
' hundreds of letters are lost through the de-
positing of circulars iu the ordinary street
boxes.
“You can readily see,” said be, “how easy
it is for a letter falling into a letter box to
slip inside the envelope inclosing a circular.
In running over the circulars at the office we
find hundreds of letters thus hid away that
might, but for the closest vigilance, go astray
and never reach their destinations. I remem-
ber that when I was collecting mail on one of
the heavy down town districts one of the
large firms deposited several hundred circu-
lars in one of the street boxes, and a. few
minutes later another firm mailed in the same
box a letter inclosing a heavy draft to meet
one of their eastern bills. A few days later
complaint was made that the letter contain-
ing the draft was lost, and a special agent
was detailed to trace it up. The result was
that I came very near losing my position.
After six weeks’ delay the letter was returned
from Texas, having gotten there by being
concealed in the envelope inclosing one of the
circulars.”——St. Louis Republic.
South American Ostricbes.
The South American ostriches, or rheas,
go about the open grass lands in groups of
from twenty to thirty females, led and care-
fully guarded by one male bird. About the
end of August the male bird makes the nest,
and the hens go down one by one to lay their
eggs, and the laying season being over, the
male bird proceeds to carry out the incuba-
tion. The process of incubation lasts over a
month; and the butcher, knowing that his
progeny will soon surround him. turns out
three or four eggs from the nest, where in
the hot sun they soon become decomposed.
When the young birds begin to make their
appearance, the father breaks these eggs, the
flies get on them, and in twentyfour hours
they are a mas of maggots, thus supplying
to the young brood tender food until they
are able to pick up insects and grasshoppers.
—New York Telegram.
He Is Up a Tree.
There is an old man on the Upper Savan-
nah, living on the Georgia side of the river,
who has not lived in a house since the earth-
quake of 1886. An old oak, with inviting
limbs, has been his place of abode since the
shake up referred to. During the earthquake
his house was stirred violently, the chimney
tumbling in, and he ran from it in fright,
and has never returned to it. A negro was
employed to bring him from the building
such articles as be needed, and he has built
himself a sleeping place in the limbs of 1116
tree, with a stout canvas as his only shelter
from the rain. His cooking is done on the
ground, and his reception room is the grassy
spot under the shade of the oak. The least
rumbling will cause his precipitate rush to
term firma, and he will instantly jump to the
ground at the sound of thunder or on seeing
a flash of lightning—Macon (Ga.) Telegraph.
Give Him a Monument.
A Pennsylvania baker committed suicide
because his bread was bad three times in
succession! If this were a rule with bakers—
that is, if they would commit hari-kari when
they could not digest their own oven pro-
ducts—it would save the rest of mankind
from often wishing for death. But, really,
what is the world coming to? A too speedy
advent of honest in all departments of busi-
ness would be ‘ trons. No bakers! no
bankers! no shoemakersl no grocers! no
Clothiers! no one left but plumbers! Let us
evolutionize slowly; but by all means raise a
monument to the Pennsylvania baker——a
Vienna. twist in granite—St. Louis Globe-
Democrat.
Scme English Advertisements.
Here are some advertisements which have
recently appeared in the London papers: “A
yormg lady most earnestly wishes to become
acquainted with thorough believers in spirit-
ualism. No trifler need answer.” “A smart
young novelist wanted at once. Salary
about £4, increase to £6. Hours good. Good
connection.” “Agents wanted ti) sell a beauti-
ful portrait of the Right Hon. W. E. Glad-
stone, printed upon wood cut down by him-
self.” “Young man wants secretarial en-
gagement with literary man. Qualifications: '
Considerable ignorance, fair capacity for
labor, some literary enthusiasm and the
ability to write shorthand.”—Detroi-t Free
Press. ‘ _,
True Realism.
“\Vcll. sir, you heard me sing ‘Masaniello’
yesterday. Are you ready to engage me?”
“I don’t know. Your voice was very heavy.
You were almost hoarse.” “In heaven’s
name, don’t you understand that I am a real—
istic player? Don’t you see that ‘Masaniello’
was a fisherman and almost all day in the
water? He must have had a continual cold.
—Flieg‘ende Blaetter.
Hay Fever.
I have been an annual sufferer from hay
fever for forty years. It recurring about
August 20th each year. For several sum-
mers I have used Ely’s Cream Balm with
excellent results. I am free from any
asthmatic symptoms. I hope many suf-
ferers will be induced to try the remedy.
—George Earp, Baltimore, Md.
Sunday school teacher—Why did Job’s
faith in God never waver? Bad boy—
’Cause he never had to wind 21 Waterbury
watch. He’d one if he had to wind mine.
The simplest and best regulator of the
disordered liver in the world. are Carter’s
Little Liver Pills. They give prompt re-
lief in sick headache, dizziness, nausea,
&c.; prevent and cure constipation and
piles; remove sallowness and pimples
from the complexion, and are mild and
gentle in their operation on the bowles.
Carter’s Little Liver Pills are small and as
easy to take as sugar. One pill a dose.
Price 25 cents.
“Before I became a lecturer on the bad
effects of whiskey I was filled with my
subject,” said a reformed drunkard; “but
now I am only spiritually full of it.”
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GENERAL MARKET
Meat, Fish, Vegetables. &c.
LOGKWOOI) & LOCKWOOD.
MAIN STREET.
All kinds of the best qualities of Meats, Fish,
Clams, Vegetables, etc., are kept constantly on
hand. and will be sold by us as low as can be pro-
cured at any market in Norwalk. We intend to
prove to our customers that we deserve their
patronage by fair and generous dealing.
1v40 LOCKWOOD & LOCKWOOD.
P ETER L. GUIGUE,
FLORIST ll!!! SH YMIN.
UNION AVENUE,
North of Nhrwalk Cemetery,
NORWALE. - - comm.
. Dealer in In Green House and Hot-House an
Bedding and Vegetable Plants, Fruit and Graeme
tal Trees Shrubbery, Vines. Cut Flowers alway-
on hand and all sorts of designsln Flowers arrange
to order. : 41y2
Grading and Re-filling Cemetery Plots
promptly attended to.
Norwalk Chronicler