6 NORWALK GAZETTE WEDNEfiDAY SEPTEMBR 18 1889.
w: SEND MAIL
“GEMUUNDDANSFEEEDA
\x Two 19/80
SMAELPACKSSUQT-SDuSTPAm. .
Sheridarfis Condition Powder
is absolutely pure and highly concentrated. One ounce is worth a pound of any other kind. Strictly-a
medicine, to be given in the food, once daily, in small doses. Prevents and cures all diseases of hens.
Worth its weight in gold when hens are moulting, and to keep them healthy. Testimonials sent free
by mail. Ask your druggist, 'rrocer, general store or feed dealer for it. If F011 can’t get it. send at
once to us. Take no other (ind. We will send )ostpaid by mail as follows:——A new, enlarged,
elegantly illustrated copy of the “FARMERS’ POUL RY RAISING GUIDE” (price 25 cents; tells how
to make money with a i.‘ew hens), and two small packages of Powder for (IO cents; or, one large 2 l-l
pound can and Guide, $1.20. Sample package of Powder, 1‘5 cents, live for $1.00. Six large cans, express
prepaid, for $1.00 Send, stamps or cash. I. S. JOHNSON & 00.. 22 Custom-House Street. Boston. Mass.
UNACQUAINTED WITH THE GEOGRAPHY OF THE COUNTRY, WILL OBTAL‘.‘
MUCH VALUABLE INFORMATION FROM A STUDY OF THIS MAP OF
' Ge; . \ WAT .
thb 16.4%. WW 9
WEI-71'1- . c.a ,, .
O ‘ ’ l' N‘ o lu~ VIM a
D .1) K OVT A - ' .~ .
I ' ”1"”pr _ "x . I in ' ,
czwyv" .Jt. e 4' "'v
. “new. 3,0,,” . fl .
' . '"w-mm. TIT-WV \ fl, .
I’M\C . c,‘ . \
Vd t .y Marfzngtonooij‘ ,,
Q
astgcfsww
r ' .
., 1
| Q '
zfififi’g’fifii a. .
J.
Iblagf
.' ’49 '4 inf/0°0_ .
aflogzogbgwho . ..,_ «1"
ow
. \‘D
' , ~°.
'eel‘w'4 0': :‘0.
rerton ‘D' .‘WJF 5 ”W .9.
9. a. I '- ‘rinidaq era/z -
3. "Mu—“mac? '
. . .. _ 49.2,,
hams! Raf ‘R K.
gkcisco .MK
Copyflghllm,by2.8¢.hfi.w kWh.
'..___._‘-—.—-
!_:
THE GREAT ROCK ISLAND ROUTE.
(Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific and Chicago, Kansas & Nebraska Rys.)
_ Its main lines, branches and extensions west northwest and southwest
include Chicago, Johet, Ottawa, Peoria, La Salle, Moline, Rock Island in
ILLINOIS—Daven ort, Muscatine, Ottumwa, Oskaloosa, West Libert , Iowa
City, Des Moines, snoxvflle, Wmterset, Atlantic Audubon, Harlan, uthrie
Centre, and Counc11 Bluffs 1n IOWA—Minnea ofis and St. Paul in MINNE-
SOTA—Watertown and SlouxFalls 1n DAKOT —Gallatin, Trenton, Cameron,
St. Josefih, and Kansas City in MISSOURI—Beatrice Fairbury, and Nelson
in NEB ASKA—I-Iprton, Topeka, Hutchinson, Wich ta, Belleville Norton,
Abilene, Caldwell, 1n KANSAS—Colorado Springs, Denver, Pueblo, In COLO-
RADO. Traverses new and vast areas of rich farming and graziné'iands
affording the best faculties of intercommunication to o der States and to all
towns and cities 1n_ Southern Nebraska, Kansas, Colorado, Utah, New
Mexmo, Indian Territory, Texas, Arizona, Idaho, California, and Pacific
coast and trans-oceanic Seaports.
SOLID FAST VESTIBULE EXPRESS TRAINS
0f Palace Coaches—Aeading- all competitors in splendor of equipment and
luxury of_ accommodations—run throu h daily between Chica o and Colo-
rado Springs, Denver and Pueblo. S milar MAGNIFICENT ESTIBULE
TRAIN SERVICE daily between Chico o and Council Bluffs (Omaha), and
between Chicago and Kansas Cit . l'e ant Day Coaches Dining Cars,
Reclining Chair Cars (FREE), and alace leepin Cars. Ca ifornia Excur-
srons daily. Chorce of routes to and from Salt ake Cit , Portland, Los
Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, and intervening localit es. Quick time,
prompt connections and transfers in Union Depots.
THE FAMOUS ALBERT LEA ROUTE
Runs superbly e uipped Ex ress Trains daily each wa between Chica
Rock Island, Atc ison St. oseph, Leavenworth, Kansgs City and Mingg:
spoke and St. Paul. The Favonte Tourist Line to the scenic resorts, and
hunting and fishing grounds of the Northwest. Its Watertown Branch
courses through the most reductive lands of Northern Iowa, Southwestern
Minnesota, and East Sout ern Dakota. -
THE SHORT LINE VIA SENECA AND KANKAKEE offers facilities to
travel between Cincmnati, Indianapolis, Lafayette, and Council Bluffs, St.
Joseph, Atchison, Leavenworth, Kansas City, inneapolis, and St. Paul.
_ For Tickets Maps Folders or desired information a l to an Cou 0
Ticket Office in the United States or Canada, or addresgp y y p n
E. ST. JOHN, E. A. HOLBROOK,
General Manager. Gen’l Ticket 6: Pass. Agent.
M E {5(3ng
p.
«it:
CHICAGO, ILL.
IF YOU WANT
A HEATER
THAT WILL
Heat Your House
———GET——
A ll- . tooliwooll t Go’s.
‘ The “Record.”
SOL DIE [IS , A'l"I‘ENT ION
WM. H. HAYWARD,
Pension A ttorney,
708 East Capitol Street,
WASHINGTON D. (2.,
Located at the National Capital, adjacent to all the l
Executive Departments, gives me superior
advantage in the prosecution of Claims
The N orwalk Record
I Is an established fact. Alihoug On
I year old its circulation already averag
against the United States.
INCREASE YOUR PENSION.
Many pensioners borne on the rolls are entitled
to a much higher rate of pension than they now
receive. In a great majority of cases in which
pension was granted for disease, the pensioner is
entitled to an increase of rate, and in most cases
where it was granted for wounds or injuries the
disabilityincrcases each year. As time passes the
disability of all classes naturally increases. Many
were at first rated too low, and it often occurs
that nsioners are unjustly or erroneously re-
duced)8 by examining surgeons. A pensioner is
entitled to increase on a disability not set forth in
his original declaration. The pension laws are
more liberal than formerly, and better rating can
be had for many disabilities. I make a specialty
of Neglected and Rejected Claims, and if you Will
present me with a brief statement of your case,
stating by whom it was presented, I Will obtain a
rehearing of your case, and, if it has merit. .wlll
procure a. favorable settlement. Many claims
stand rejected before the department, when it
only requires a competent attorney to make them
good cases. Soldiers sufl‘cring with dmabtltttes
contracted in service, who have not applied for a
pension, should do so as it, is their RIGHT.
SOLDIERS OF THE MEXICAN WAR,
Who were in that service sixty days, [or their
widows if not re-married] are entitled to $8.00 per
month from January 29th. 1867. me
For Sale Cheap.
SEUuNDJl AND Cast Iron Fence, with gate
all in perfect order and as good as new,
adoutl2u feet In length. Will he sold at a sacri-
ficeif applied for soon. Enquire at
30ft. GAZETTE OFFICE
3,000 COPIES PER WEEK,
a fact which attestsrts rapid rise and iirm hold on
the public favor. It aims to be clean and whole-
some, aud presents all the legitimate news in
readable, spicy and terse shape. Its subscription
price is sufficiently low to enable anybody to have
twithout discarding any other of their favorite
journals, .and it prospers without encroaching
upon the prosperity of any of its excellent and
esteemed local contemporaries, as is shown by
the fact that it enjoys and appreciates the hearty
good will of all—the GAZETTE, Hour, Sentinel
Journal and Republican.
THE RECORD is sent to an
mall sum of
75 cenlsa Year; Single Collies, 2 cents
Now is the Time to Subscribe
dress for th
SPECIAL TO FARMERS.
The Record
PUBLISHES EVERY SATURDAY THE
The New York Market Report
CORRECTED UP TO DATE. “'3
PEARL’S
WHITE
GLYGEBINE
Beautifies the Complexion; Purlfies, Whit-
one and Softens the Skin, eradicating all im-
perfections such as Freckles, Moth Patches,
Blackheads, Pimplcs, etc, without in-
jury, Cures Sunbiu'n, Chopped and Chafed
Skin, instantly,
BOLD AT Dnuecisrs' PRICE, 50 CENTS.
FOR SALE. BY
Q-ALL-é.
6. one cat.
as». THEM
ROYAL STAR OH . coup
BEER _.
EEXTRWO’T
IS ESPECIALLY DESIGNED FOR
HOME USE.
There is no inconvenience attending1 it, and the
ex ense is a more trifle compared wi the luxury
of aving a cool, delightful
SUMMERQJBEVEbRAg-E k
iwa sin the house. - out or on mu 0
30 gallons. Price. 250.. 50:36:389135.
EERIESS
LADIESi was
Do Your Own Dyeing, at Home.
They will dye everything. They are sold every-
where. Price 100. a package. Theyhave no equal
for Strength, Brightness, Amount in Packages
or for Fastness of Color. or non-fading Qualities.
They do not crock or smut; 40 colors. For sale by
J. G. Gregory a Co. ; J. A. Riggs, No. 11 Main
Street, Geo. 15. l’laisied. Druggists. iy27
This grape origi-
, noted in the Green
Mountains of Ver-
1 . It is very
, '- ear y- co or, green-
ishwhite;pul ,reu-
der, sweet an deli-
: cious. The only
“ grape yet introduc-
ed that ranks first,
, both in earliness
ua ily. It
8 in every
F arden. Send for
circular, giving further informal on. We also offer
I full assortment of other nursery stgck. Address
STEPHEN HOYT S .
New Canaan, Conn.
GOLD MEDAL, PARIS, 187..-
W. BAKER & CO.’S
Is absolutely pure and
it is soluble.
No Chemicals
are used in its preparation. It has more
than three times the strength of Cocoa
mixed with Starch, Arrowroot or Sugar,
. and is therefore for more economical,
costing less than one cent a. cup. It is
' delicious, nourishing, strengthening, EA-
! III SILY DIGESTED, and admirably adapted
, I for invulids as well as persons in health.
Sold by Grocers everywhere.
‘7. BAKER & 00., Dorchester, Mass.
Instant relief. Final cure in 10
' days and never returns. No
Eur e, no salve, no suppository.
I erers will learn 0 a simple
remedy runs by addressing
Tun-u a 00., 78 Nassau street, New York City-
ALL DRUGGISTS. ly44
Choice
BUILDING LOTS
(ON INSTALLMENT rum.)
FOR SALE
On Wilton Avenue
—AND—
San Soncw', Plot.
APPLY TO
A. 11. BYINGTON,
GAZETTE 0FFICE.
For $9.16 Er Exchange.
HE Homestead of the late Abljah Betts, situ-
ated at South Wilton, one mile from depot,
Dwelling has eleven rooms. good well of water
barn and sheds, eighteen acres of land, abundance
of fruit. Will be sold , at a bargain. Enquire of
0. E. WILSON, 3 Gun-rm Building, Norwalk, or
I] 4'
um ‘soonv, Winnipauk, Conn.
A DOG THAT’S-A MIRACLE.
THE OWNER TELLS UNCLE BILLY
BOWERS ALL ABOUT HIM.
A Dog “'hose Name Is Tucker—He Is
Full of Human Nature, Is Very Polite
and in Every Respect a. Remarkable
Canine-Some of His Performances.
A few days ago, on the little branch nor-
now gauge from Bowersville to Hartwell, I
met the sheriff—an unabrid ed, irrepressible,
native Georgian. He’s a cEeerful Georgian.
To a good many people in Georgia, to
nearly everybody in northeast Georgia, the
sheriff’s name is at once an introduction and
description, for everybody in that country
knows Jim Roberts.
Crouched under Jim’s seat was a measly,
thin, black and white cur. The dog’s air of
mortification and bewilderment was some
thing ludicrous, and all the more noticeable
because it was Jim Roberts’ dog.
The brute’s looks were against him, deci-
dedly. His countenance would have con-
victed him of anything—sucking eggs, sheep
killing, chicken stealing or what not. He
was a miserable, mean looking dog.
Uncle Billy Bowers sat just behind Jim.
The two talked like old friends, and, in the
course of conversation, Uncle Billy recalled
an experience of his own in which a very in-
telligent dog had figured.
Jim could hardly wait for the old man to
' finish his story.
TUCKER A GOOD FISHERMAN.
“Talk about dogs,” in amattcr of fact tone,
as Uncle Billy concluded his dog story, “I’ve
got the smartest dog in this country, Uncle
Billy. He don’t look as fine as some dogs,”
reaching under the seat for the black and
white cur, “but that dog’s a miracle.”
The miracle was held up by the nape of the
neck for Uncle Billy’s inspection, as non-corn-
mittal as a dishing.
“Them eyes,” continued the owner, proud-
ly, as the miracle walled its eyes around in a
vagup effort to escape, “just look at them
eyes. ” ' "
Uncle Billy‘s face was a study. Evidently
he was not certain in his own mind that the
dog was a. miracle.
“Uncle Billy,” in the same matter of fact
tone, as the miracle was let go, “that dog has
as much human nature in him as me or you.
I tell you what that dog does. You know
that little branch in my bottom? Well, sir,
he goes fishiu’ every day at dinner time just
as regular as the boys do, and the other day
I watched him at it. He will run his paw up
under a root or rock to scare out the fish, and
then he’ll stand and watch ’em as they go
over the shallow places. He don’t pay any
attention to the little fish—not a bit in the
world. A whole drove of silver sides can
wiggle and squirm over the shallow place,
and Tucker won’t notice ’em. I call him
Tucker after Dr. Tucker, in Atlanta. But
just let a good sized fish start down—yon
oughtcr see that dog! He comes down on
that fish like a kingfisher. He gets ’cm ever’
time.”
“Don’t bother the little fish ?"
“Exactly—but he goes for the big ones.
That’s one reason I call him Dr. Tucker. He’s
got sense, that dog has.”
“About six weeks ago,” continued the own-
er of the miracle, “a. fellow brought me a
young pointer puppy. Old Tucker has a box
out in the back yard, but we sorter depended
on the puppy to look out for himself. First
night after he got there, that blamed puppy
got out on the back porch and howled and
whined until I just couldn’t stand it any
longer. Finally I got up and carried him out
and put him in Tucker’s box. I hadn’t more
than got back in bed before that puppy was
back on the porch. I carried him back to
Tucker’s box and went to bed again. I had
just made up my mind to go sleep when that
puppy set up a whine. He was back on the
porch. I hated to kill the puppy. I just
carried him back to Tucker’s box, and I tried
anew scheme on him. I bundled him up un-
der Tucker’s nose and put one of Tucker’s
forelegs around him, like a woman holds a
baby. ‘Now, Tucker,’ say I, ‘hold ‘iml’ I
went back to bed and to sleep. I never heard
anything more of the puppy that night.
“Every night now, after the puppy gets
his supper, old Tucker picks him up and puts
him to bed. \Vhen the puppy is frisky and
don’t want to go, Tucker just picks him up
by the back of the neck and then lies down
in the box and holds him till the puppy goes
to sleep. \
“He’s a mighty polite dog, Tucker is.”
The doubtful look on Uncle Billy’s face
had given place to one of vivid interest. The
owner of that miracle could convince a die
tiouary.
“Polite?” repeated Uncle Blily.
“Mighty polite dog—mighty polite. Georg»)
Parker come over a week or two ago, and
brought that old houndof his along. You’ve
seen that old hound many a. time. George
tied him to the fence, ’bout the kitchen
place, and just left him there. That night I
threw some scraps out to Tucker and the
pup, but never once thought of that old
hound.
“Tucker looked up like he was waitin’ for
me to do something else, and after waitin’
for a minute or so he picked out the biggest
piece of meat and started ’round the house
with it. I followed to see what he would do
with it, and the minute I turned the corner
of the house I understood it all. There was
that old hound hadn’t had a thing to eat for
dinner or supper. Tucker walked up and
laid down the meat. and the old hound went
for it." .
“That’s a fine dog,” said Uncle Billy.
"Heap 0' folks wouldn’t er done that.”
“Tucker jest set there like he enjoyed see-
in‘ the old heund eat, waggin’ his tail.
“But the smartest thing Tucker ever done,”
continued the sheriff, meditatively, “was
three or four days ago there at home. That
pupp got so he would kill the little chickens
and ally I tied him to the woodpile. That
was at dinner time, and in little or no time
that puppy bad crawled around and betwixt
the logs till he had just about hung himself.
“Tucker heard him hollerin’. ' '
“Isaw Tucker go back there and. examine
just like a judge would do The puppy/was
whining and choking, and I believe he would
have killed himself in five minutes longer.
Tucker made up his mind that it was adespero
ate case, and just pitched in and gnawed”-
Uncle Billy heaved a sigh of relief.
“Guawed that rope in two."
“Smart dog.” said Uncle Billy.
dog.”
“But I haven’t told you what he done. As
soon as the rope was gnawed in two, Tucker
took the rope in his mouth and there he
stood, holding the puppy until I went to him.
You see, Tucker knew that puppy was tied
“Smart
there for a purpose, and he knew it wouldn’t
do to let go. So he made a hitching post of
himself”—
“That"—
“Yes, sir, that same dog I showed you.
You wouldn’t think it, would you? That dog
is certainly a miracle.”
“He certainly is," agreed Uncle Bllly.—G.
W. in Atlanta Constitution.
Inns and taverns of by-gone days are fast
disappearing from London. Barely half a
down of the “old original” ones are extantr-
Inns and taverns which men and literature,
history and tradition, have made celebrated
In the Woods.
With the exception of the katydids and the
throbbing lyres of vosper tree crickets, or an
occasional tree toad, the woods, however,
are usually comparatively silent at night.
It is in the wet lowlands where we find the
chief nocturnal activity. The midnight sum-
mer swamp or marshy pond is literally pal-
pitating with a life unknown to sunlight; the
rippling moon dancing a filigree attendance
among the reeds, and speeding in wavy
chase across the deeps peopled now with
pouts and eels, which the daylight angler
would have sought in vain. The lizards’ tails
(Saururus) shake their drooping plumes with
a tremor all inconsistent with the listless
breeze. The pickerel weeds stir with sub-
merged life, and the quivering tips of the
reeds betray the rude progress of the turtles
toward the shore, as they seek the sandy
banks to pile their nests of eggs.
The placid sleep of the pond is vexed with
multitudinous tickle, marked by the Spang-
ling touch of the moonlight insect broods; of
fluttering caddis flies now making their first
essay with their new found satin Wings,
emerging by the legion fror’ their water
baskets orcrystal mosaic tubes, everywhere
among the bordering shallows; While myriad
ephemeris spread their pallid wings, and
dance their midnight revels, making,r merry
through their short, sunless day of life,
which, perchance, ends with the dawn. The
muskrat, or the mink, leads a. long, silent,
glittering trail across the glassy water, or
with a splash at the brink, sets the lily pads
and spatter docks in gliding dance on the
ripples, and starts upon their telltale chase
across the pond a hundred gleaming circles
at whose common center, though hid in ver-
durous gloom at the bank, a random rifle
ball would surely win its sleek and dripping
quarry, now crouched in muddy tracks, with
luckless prey of frog or tadpole.
What with the sprightly pipes of the hyla
treetoads now celebrating their nuptials in
their native element, and later the tremulous
dro'ol of the toads, and the tramp and splash
of the bullfrog, together with the rasping ac-
companiment of the cone head imps among
the sedges, the midnight swamp will sing in
our ears till morning—W. H. Gibson in
Scribner. _
In a Dutch Canal.
We moved very slowly round the sharp
curves of the canal out of Gouda, and at no
time went faster than a man’s quick walk.
Thus it was easy for the numerous peddler
boats to hitch alongside the craft and sell
their bread, cheese, butter, milk and vegeta-
bles, being towed a mile or two in the pro-
cess. We were fairly successful with our lim-
ited Du» 1: In asking them the names of
places. "I .' no ate ~ datl” sounds nigger'mh,
but is the pr- Ipel‘ way of pronouncing (not of
spelling) “What place is that?” If one man
only replied we understood and could spot
the place on the map, but generally three or
four would shout out the name together, and
then the result was confusing, being double
Dutch with a vengeance.
We glided dreamily along the broad canal
passing Boskoop; a collection of brightly col-
ored dolls’ houses on both sides of the canal,
with well kept gardens, smart summer houses,
with complacent mottoes, as “Ons Genoegen”
(“Our Delight”). The women’s washing tubs
amused us. They are sunk in the canal at
the foot of each garden, and have a ledge
around. In these the housewife may stand
dry foot, though up to her matronly waist
in water, and wash her clothes in the canal
without stooping. There was ever the mine
stream of passing craft, sailing, and towed
by steamers, horses, and by dogs.
Of course it is a. common sight to see small
carts drawn along the streets and roads by
dogs; but it looked outlandish to see dogs
marching gravely along the canal banks
towing the small boats laden with green
milk pails or red cheeses, or flowers rind veg-
etables This mode of towing was, however,
generally confined to the smaller side canals.
The dogs look well fed and happy, doing their
work willingly and cheerfully, and distinctly
proud of their equipage and jealous of other
dog carts—Blackwood's Magazine.
Snow as a Non-Conductor.
It has been practically sh own that in the
bad conducting property of snow there is a
remarkable protecting power in the economy
of nature. However cold the air and the sur-
face of the snow may be, if there is a consid-
erable thickness of snow the temperature of
the surface of the soil underneathldoes not
fall below the freezing point. Thus the snow
is actually a warm covering to the vegeta-
tion, for on its removal in alpine slopes by
the ethereal mildness of the spring, the sur-
face of the earth is seen to be gorgeously ver-
dant and studded with beautiful flower
bloom. But, though the snow is a beneficent
protection to the plant world in cold climates,
it is chilling to the atmosphere. The radiation
from the snow in a cloudless sky considerably
lowers the temperature of the superincum—
bent air, and in extensive snow clad lands,
when the winter is protracted the chilling ef-
fect is very manifest.
The surface of the snow receives so little
heat from the earth that it gets cooled down
to boar frost in a. brilliant layer, glistening
in the weaker sunlight. Thus the ground
may be of a temperature above freezing,
when the snow surface is bitterly cold. How-
ever, animals which live in the air have the
power of locomotion to keep up the body’s
temperature by active work. The plants in
a cold winter would die or become stunted
without the protection of the snow mantle,
whereas animals that can keep themselves
warm by exercise do not sufier by the neces-
sary loss of the heat of the earth, which is
prevented by the snow covering from posing
through to them. -—Good IVords. _
Appearances Arc Deceptive.
An afl'ectionate embrace between a mar-
ried couple who are at enmity may, under
most circumstances, be taken to signify that
areconciliation has superveued. But there
are exceptions to every rule, as a Marseilles
seafaringman has just learned. Three years
ago he married a widow thirty years his
senior, the lady being well on the road for
threesoore and ten. If her charms, however,
were faded, her fortune was fascinating, for
she had as many thousand francs as she reck-
oned years of life. It need hardly be said
that the marriage did not turn out a success,
for the foolish old lady, who, finding that
she had in her husband a cruel rutal mate,
spent her days and nights in tears and lam-
entations. and finally determined to seek a
divorce.
The divorce was granted, but the husband
appealed against the decision of the court, ar-
guing that be and his wife had become rec-
onciled since the decree was pronounced, and
inproof of this he called auumber of wit-
nemes who swore that they had seen the di-
vorced couple embracing each other. The
court before which the appeal came, however,
inquired further into the matter, ultimately
deciding that, seeing the old lady was para-
lyzed, she might have been embraced against
her will, that the reconciliation was therefore
not proveu and that the couple remained di-
vorced-London Standard.
It isostimated that in London the evening
papers print no fewer than 250,000 copies
every day, whereas thirty years ago they
did not issue 10,000 altogether. Of the morn-
Ing journals there are two that boost of print-
ing more than 500,000 copies between them
for the day's supply
OUT ON THE' DEEP.
Out on the deep, when the sun is low.
And the sea with splendor burns:
With his scaly spoil, from his evening toil,
The fisher homeward turns.
And his oars flash bright, In the ocean light,
And he knows that eyes on shore ,
Look out on the deep, for his bright oar sweep;
And he sings as he sweeps his oar:
“A long sweep, lads, and a strong sweep, boys,
And a song as along we go
For the hearts that yearn for our home return.
When the evening sun is low."
Out on the deep, when the sun is dead,
And the first sweet star doth gleam,
Of a day that is dead, and a love that is tied,
The fisher oft will dream
And he thinks, tho‘ afar, like the first bright star.
She is still beside as of yore,
And his cars gleam bright, in its sweet pale light.
And he sighs as he plies his car:
“A slow sweep, lads, and a low sweep. boys.
And a song as along we go
For the star of love, that is bright above.
And its gleam in the wave below."
~Samuel Cowau in New York Mail and Eppress.
An Interesting Group.
The flat stone stoop and numerous steps
which lead to the rear entrance of the city
hall, in‘the afternoon, when the long, red
fingers of the setting sun touch only that
portion of the big building in which the
mayor’s office is, are crowded with an assort-
ment of children, ranging from the infant,
whose sole duty it is to retain by suction the
flexible top of a flat bottle in its mouth, to
the girl of 9 or 10, whose duty it is to mind
the infant. This is the favorite lounging .
spot of these poor, city bound children, and‘
while they play they can readily believe
themselves in the country, for there are
plenty of shady trees and well kept lawns on
every hand. The children represent all na-
tionalities, from the little Italian with the
gaudy kerchief wrapped about her neck, to
the poor little native, dirty, limber and pug-
nacious.
The children frequently bring something to
eat with them, and fragments of bread and
cores and pits of fruit are always left behind.
Big politicians have to pick their way through
these little scrambling, yelling youngsters,
and they always do it tenderly. Sometimes
the mothers of the little ones come around
and sit on the steps and talkabout their cares
and responsibilities, diverting themselves now
and then by chastising some unusually noisy
or troublesome child. No matter what is go-
ing on within the great building, or what
day it is, so there is no rain, this little group
is on hand ready to be studied by some lover
of human nature, or to annoy some man
whose progress they impede—New York
Sun.
Historical.
The composition of glees, vocal music in at
least three parts, began early in the Eigh-
teenth century.
“Grace” was a. title assumed by Henry IV
of England in 1399. “Excellent Grace” was
assumed by Henry VI about 1425. This con-
tinued the title by which the king was ad-
dressed till 1603, the time of James I, when
it was succeeded by the title of “Majesty.”
The grout, the value of which was about
eight cents of our money, was the largest
silver coin in England until about 1351.
Hops were in use in England in 1425, ac-
cording to the Harleiun manuscript. Other
authorities claim their introduction from the
Netherlands in 1524, and their use in brew-
ing. This use was prohibited in 15%.
The Ionic order of architecture, an im-
provement on the Doric, was invented by the
Ionians about 1350 B. C.
The Koran, the sacred book of the Mahom-
etans, was written by Mahomet about the
year 610. It was translated into Latin in
1143.
London streets were first lighted with oil
lamps in 1081, and with gas lamps in 1814.
The origin of the Italian republic of San
Marine is ascribed to St. Marinus, a hermit,
who resided there in the Fifth century.—Bos-
ton Budget.
The Horse Swain Eight Miles.
A horse belonging to a ferryman was on
the boat at Irvine and was in the act of
drinking when he plunged forward from
some cause and fell into the water up to his
nose. With remarkable instinct he turned
round and swam to the boat, and made sev-
eral efforts to crawl back into it, but it only
served to push it further away. By this
time he had drifted below the ferry, and he
then made efforts to get out upon either
bank. In this he also failed, as the banks
were too steep.
He then turned aside and sworn down the
middle of the river. The ferryman, Mr.
White, made vain efforts to rescue his horse,
and, watching him until he was out of sight,
gave up all hopes of ever seeing him again.
Next morning the passengers on the Irvine
stage were amused at the manner in which
the ferryman was fondly carossinga horse
which had just arrived, and later learned
that the steamboat from Ford had picked up
the swimming animal eight miles below.
When dragged upon the boat he sank down,
too completely exhausted to stand. IVhen
this became known the sympathizing passen-
gers joined with Mr. White in his exuber-
ance over the recovery of his noble steed.—
Richmond Register.
Quaint 01d Marriage Notices.
In Bozrah, August, 1819, John Bate, of
Williamstown, Mass, to Miss Mary Ann
Bass, of the former place. after a courtship
of one hour. .
lsthis not angling well, I ask,
Such a. tender bait to take?
He caught in one short hour a Bass,
The Bass. though, caught the Bate.
Married, at Bridgewator, Dec. 16, 1788. -
Capt. Thomas Baxter, of Quincy, aged 66'
to Miss Whitman, of the former place, aged
57, after a long and tedious courtship of for-
ty-eight years, which they both sustained
with uncommon fortitude.
In Boston, April, 1821, by the Rev. Will-
iam Sabine, Joseph Willicut to Miss Susan
WhitmarSh, after a. tedious courtship of thir-
teen days, and but thirty-five days after the
death of his former wife.
The best way. it seems, a deep sorrow to mother,
Furthelossof awlfe is-tomarryanother.
-—Springficld Union.
Annabella in Surgery.
Dr. Benjamin W. Richardson, who a little
more than twenty years ago introduced ether
spray as a means of producing local unas-
theda, now makes a novel 'suggeniou, via,
to use a jet of highly compressed air as acou-
tery. He points out its advantages over the
cautery, heated wire or knife, in that it is
lea alarming, and for the moment painl‘ ass,
as cold is an anesthetic. He mentions
chlorine as a suitable gas for thepurpo’se, but
prefers carbonic anhydride as most manage-
able, cheap, almost inodorous, not unwhole-
some, and not inflammable, so that it can be
used ‘with artificial light-New Yer-k Tele-
gram.
That Horrid Boy.
Tommy'—Mr. Smithfin you swim!
(31am (impatiently)—Tommy, leave the
room! You are annoying Mr. Smith.
Mr. Smith (graciouslyl—Oh, that question
does not annoy me, Miss Hem-tosses. Yes,
Tommy, I can swim. . Why do you ask!
Tommy (edging toward the dean—’Cause I
heard Clara tell sister Kate she was going to
throw you overboard—Boston Budga.
Norwalk Chronicler