AN ECHO SONG.
Echo, tell me while I wander
O‘er this flaky plain to prove him,
If my shepherd still grows fender,
Ought'I. in return, to love him?
' Echo-f-Love him, love him.
If he loves, as is the fashion,
Should I churlishly forsake him?
Or, in pity to his passion,
Fondly to my bosom take him?
‘ Echo—Take him, take him.
......_.. .-._..t
Thy advice, then, i’ll adhere to.
Since in Cupid‘s chains I‘ve led him,
And with Henry shall not fear to
Marry, if' you answer, “wed him."
Echo—Wed him, wed him.
NORWALK
l miles beyond the point where Mrs. Hosmer
had separated from the band. In other
‘ words, I had gained ten mile-on her back
trail. ' I had been told of a peopliarity about
her wagon‘which enabled me‘. to pick out its
trail at once. '-0n the tire of one of the hind
wheels the blacksmith had stamped *a ‘hand
thus: W. This pointed in the direction the
vehicle was going, and I found its imprint
in a dozen places headed back for the Elk-
horn.
As soon as the sun was fairly up I took a
careful survey of the country and found
nothing to alarm me. The great body of the
hostiles had gathered lower down on the
various forks of the Platte, and the small-
, bands roaming over the section could not
MYSTIC {Y OF THE PLAINSQ
The perils, sufferings, adventures and es-
capes of the pioneers of the great west can
scarcely be numbered. No pen will ever
write of the half of them. Some of these ad-
ventures appeal to our admiration and elicit
words of praise for the pluck and bravery
displayed, while others touch the heart of the
roughest man and bring a mist to his eyes
as he hears the particulars related around the
evening camp fire.
During the first rush to the Black Hills sec-
tion the government posted a small force of
cavalry on the Loup Fork of the Platte river, 3
: tion.
a stream having its rise in western Nebraska.
thoroughly cover its» l unsaddled, got a bite
to eat, let the horse rest and graze for a
couple of hours, and had the luck to find
water, such as it was, in a sink hole. About
9 o’clock, having an almost level country
ahead of me, I picked up the trail and rode
on. After an hour’s gallop I came to the
spot where Mrs. Hosmer had made her first
camp. She had made a distance of about
twenty-two miles the first day, and had gone
into camp in a dry ravine, deep enough to
hide the wagon from sight of any one riding
over the plains. She had found water, though
little better than a mud hole, and had built a
small fire and cooked supper. So far as I had
i followed the trail the horses had kept a regu-
Gold hunters and immigrants heading for the ,
Black Hills from eastern Nebraska, Iowa,
Missouri and eastern Kansas all followed the
Loup Fork as far as they could go. The cav—
airy numbered only about seventy men,
while the number of hostile Indians up in
arms to drive back the tide was fully 3,000.
The command was a menace to the Indians,
however, and our camp was a half way rally-
ing point at which the immigrants could
halt and refresh themselves and repair dam-
ages. I was the only government scout at-
tached to this command, and I had to carry
a. report to either Fort Laramie or Fort
Kearney once a fortnight.
One afternoon seven or eight horsemen
and four wagons came into our camp from
the west and told an exciting story. Two
weeks previous a train of fifteen wagons and
forty men had left Sioux City and struck
across to the Elkhorn river. Following that
up for three days, they had been attacked by
a large force of hostiles while strung out on
the march. They lost ten men and had five
of their wagons cut off and captured. They
went into camp, threw up breastworks, and
finally beat the Indians off. Next day over
twenty of the men, disheartened and afraid
to continue further, took six of the wagons
and started on their return to the east. There
were five wagons and eight men left. One
of the wagons belonged to an immigrant
named John Hosmer, who had his family and
all his belongings in the vehicle. He was one
of the ten men killed. His family consisted
of his wife, who was described as a little
woman weighing less than 100 pounds, a boy
of 10 and a girl of (3.
' Mrs. Hosmer was advised to return with
that section of the party which had decided
to retrace its steps, but she refused to do so.
She had traveled with the smaller party for
five days, driving her own team and bearing
up in a courageous way. Then, when within
thirty miles of our camp. 8. reaction came,
and she suddenly detox: .ined to return to
Iowa. It was an embarra mg situation for
the others. They did not wish to return,
and of course they could not think of seeing
her go back alone. They argued, coaxed
and pleaded with her, but she was obduratc.
When, in her own interest, they decided to
take possession of the team, she seized her
dead husband‘s Winchester rifle and threat-
ened to kill the first man who approached.
No one has over blamed the men for allowing
her to separate from them and head back over
the trail: They believed she was driving to
her death, but she would not listen to them.
She had come to the resolution that she
would return, and nothing could be said to
change it. They were rough fellows, and
she was the only woman and hers were the
only children in the party, but she could not
have been afraid of them. There wasn’t a
man among them who would not have laid
down his life for her. When they knew that
she had determined to separate, they con-
spired to disable her wagon, but she was on
the watch to prevent, and had any man at-
tempted to detain her by force he would
have perilcd his life. After breakfast on the
morning of the day before-the party reached
our camp Mrs Hosmer left them, with a
curt good-by, and headed back over the trail.
This was the story as told us, and no one
had reason to doubt that it was the true one.
The first thing the immigrants did was to ap-
peal to our major to send out a‘fOrce to over-
take the woman and bring her in. The idea
could not be entertained. It was thirty
miles to the point where she had separated,
and, if she had not been disturbed in her
journey, she had made thirty more by that
hour. To expect a squadron to overtake her,
even, with the country full of hostiles, was
almost absurd. Our great wonder was that
the party had come in without being attacked,
and it must have so happened that they
slipped between hostile hands. It was quick-
ly decided that we could do nothing as a
command. Not a soldier could be spared
from the post,.which might be invested any
hour. I offered, in case the major would con.
sent, to take five of the best mounted immi-
grants and make the attempt, but he would-
not consent, and none of the men cared to en-
counter ~the peril. Fate, however, had a
hand in the matter. Within two hours from
the arrival of the party a courier came in to
us from Fort Laramie, bearing orders which
I must attempt to transmit to Fort Ran-
dall. My ride would take me over a portion
of the trail, and it was probable that I would
make some discoveries.
“I can’t ask you to deviate from your
direct course or to incur any additional
peril,” said the major, as I was making ready
togo. “Indeed, if you 'get- through alive,
with all yourskill and cunning, it will.lift a
great load from my mind. I have no doubt
there are a' thousand hostiles between this
and Fort Randall... The woman and children
were no doubt attacked withinltwo hours
after leaving the party. It’s a sad case, but
I don’t see how we, Can help them."
“Are the dispatches very important?” I
asked. .
“Yes, but they will keep. You. need not
kill yourhorse to deliver them.”
“Then before I return I shall learn the
fate of the woman. "
He extended» his hand and turned his face
away; It was what-he wanted, but he would
not'comm'and. it. _He had a. wife and two
children of his own'back'in the States, and I
knew how-his sympathies went out for this
poor, obstinate mother, whom. grief had
probably worked to suchaa extent that her
mind was not quite right- . Soon after dark
thatnig’ht I rode sum the northeast. only
half auteur-before a-scoiiting party came in
with the new: that. large band of hostiles
were approaching from the north.- Had I
been delayed a few, minutes I could not have
got out for a week. It Was a July night.
cloudy and threatening rain, and I 'took' my
chances-and Pushedahead at agency),- hour
after hour, having a pretty level country.
knowing I could net go wrong. I did not in-
tend to look for the trail of the wagon until
daylight, and when dawn came I found it
with very little trouble. I hit it at least ten
' abandoned to their own guidance.
lar gait, proving that the woman was not
unnerved by her lonely and dangerous situa-
Her making camp where she did on-
couraged mea bit to hope that she might
pull through. I rode on for ten miles beyond
this dump, and then finding good water and
grass and a capital place to hide myself,l
halted and unsaddled again and slept until 3
o’clock in the afternoon.
\Vben I pushed ahead again I made twelve
miles without a halt. Then I reached her
second camp. She had been obliged to en-
camp on the level ground, and without water.
I saw that her horses had grazed during the
night, but she had built no fire. There was a
great blood stain on the grass near the wagon,
and a few feet away lay the skeleton of a
wolf which the buzzards had picked clean.
The animal had probably made an attack on
the wagon or the horses during the night, and
the woman had killed him. I huntd about
to find the empty shell which she would have
thrown out of her rifle after firing, but as I
could not find it, I had to conclude that she
had struck the beast with an ax or other
weapon. I had gone five miles further on her
back track, when I made a discovery that
filled me with alarm. Either because she had
sighted something to alarm her, or because
her nerve had given away, she had left the
trail, which ran straight to the northeast,
and turned square to the east. More than
that, she had put the horses to a gallop, and
I knew that it was the beginning of the end.
They had gone at a reckless pace for about
five miles, and had then been pulled down,
and as I could not find a single sign to Show
that Indians were in pursuit, I knew what
had overtaken her. She had been seized with
that species of insanity that often comes to
strong men when finding themselves alone on
the plains. There was a terror in the situa-
tion that unnerved her.
God pity the human being left helplesson
the lonely plains or the wide spreading prai-
ries. If there was no peril, the loneliness of
the situation would drive one mad. One is
out of the world—almost cut off from God’s
own protection. There is a monotony such
as no other situation knows. There is amen-
ace in the loneliness that chills the blood.
By and by I found where she had halted
to give the horses water. This was a better
sign, but as she drove on, her course was er-
ratic, bending from due south to due east.
This troubled me again. She had also made
frequent halts, and just before dark I found
a lot of the household goods which had been
thrown out of the wagon. She had lost so
much ground by her erratic course that I
counted on coming up with her before mid-
night. The night came down starlight, and I
had no difficulty in following the trail at a lope.
I rode cautiously, however, knowing that I
was approaching the Elkhorn, and realizing
hat I might run upon hostiles any moment.
At about 9 o’clock I came upon the wagon
and horses on the level ground. The tired
and exhausted beasts were nibbling at the
short grass as they walked along, and as they
became aware of my presence they uttered
shrill neighs of rejoicing and held their heads
high in air. I expected to find mother and
children in the wagon, but was bitterly dis
appointed. At the risk of making my pres.
ence known and bringing the Indians down
upon me, I shouted a score of times, and also
discharged my rifle several times. I got no
answer, and after waiting by the wagon for
a full hour I felt that the case was hopeless.
In her terror the woman had abandoned the
wagon and continued her flight on foot. The
horses were so fi’ering for water, and as I could
not be encumlx-zrcd with them I cast them
loose and let them gallop away. In the wagon
were rifle, revolver and knife, so that the
woman was defenseless. Taking the wagon
as a fixed center, I made circle after circle
around it, but I neither found nor heard of
the poor wretches.-
At midnight, feeling that I could do no
more, and yet determined not to leave them
to their fate, I went into camp near the
wagon and slept until daylight. When the
morning broke I took a long look around,
but saw neither signs of Indians nor traces
of the immigrants. I rode back over the
trail for seven or eight miles, and finally
found the place where the horses had been
I could
detect it because the eccentric trail from
thence on proved that they had been guided
by their own will. Then I made new circles
from this spot, spending the whole day in the
saddle, but it was in vain. Their light feet
had left no trace on the sterile plains, and
after the .day’s search I gave up and pushed
for Fort Randall.
Was the sad mystery ever solved? Never.
I can today guide you to the spot where the
Indians found the wagon .and robbed and
burned it, and one of the horses was found
on the Elkhorn. As to the poor mother and
children, only God knows where and how
they perished—New York Sun.
An Ingenious Trick.
One of the puzzling tricks performed by so
called public mind readers, orclairvoyants,
is an extremely simple deception. The per‘
former. standing, on the stage asks several.
persons in the audience to write each a sea
tence on a slip of paper and seal itin- an en-
velope. Ofcourso the stationery is furnished
and, afterward collected. one of the audi-
ence b a confederate and Writes a sentence
agreed upon beforehand. When the assistant
goes through the‘_'house' gathering up the en-
velopes the confederate’a centribution lscaro-
fully put where it will be the last one of . the,
lotto‘be taken up. ‘ ' ' i
The performer picks. out an envelope, and, I
5 after feeling of ‘it, with much ceremony pro-
nounces the sentence agreed upon, and the:
c'oiifederate in the audience; acknowledges
that he wrote it. To Confirm this. the perfor-
mer tears open the envelope and repeam the
sentence its-though he found it on the inclosed
paper, which is in reality another man’s Sen-
tencewwhich he reads, and- then,,picki‘ng up
another envelope and fumbling" it . over, he
calls out the sentence he has just read. The
' one. who, mete it says it is right, the perfor:
mer tears open the envelope, ‘r’eads‘whatis in.
it, and proceeds in that way through the lot.
-—New York Star. '
GAZETTE, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30 1889.
mm BLACK TAIL DEER.
sxmLAnATING spear IN THE MOUN-
TAINS or: WYOMING.
Beautiful Creatures Brought to Earth by
London Messengers—Tenants“ from the
East met with Remarkable Success in
the Hunt. 1
On our arrival at the Crystal Spring ranch
my friend F., of New York, and myself,
learned that deer were plentiful in the moun-
tains to the east of the ‘ranch, consequently
we determined to try our luck on the-follow-
ing day, the Messrs. T., the oprietors of the
ranch, agreeing to accom y us.
“The searching eye of heaven" was just fir-
ing “the proud tops pf the eastern pines” as
we set out, each mounted on a stout little
brmcho and armed with a good rifle and a
large hunting knife. We were also provided
with lunches, in order to enable us to be ab-
sent the whole day if necessary.
After fending the river several times, which
runs through the ranch in a winding course,
we crowed a comparatively level expanse of
grassy land wall irrigated by a system of
ditches, and before long commenced to ascend
the foothills of the mountains. The keen,
bracing mountain air, so different from that
of the "efl’ete” east, seemed to inspire us with
fresh energy and spirits, as in single file we
trotted briskly along the trail.
THE BEAUTIFUL ANTELOPE.
On reaching the summit of a rather steep
hill we saw a group of antelope quietly graz-
ing in the bottom of a broad valley about a
quarter of a mile from us. F. and myself
dismounted and attempted to get nearer to
them, but they soon spied us and made 011'
with such speed that “they seemed in run-
ning to devour the way.” We sent a couple
of flying shots after them, but to no effect.
These animals are very shy, and as they are
usually found in the open country, it is very
difficult .to get within range of them. Their
curiosity, however, is easily excited, as they
are as inquisitive as Mother Eve, and this fact
is often taken advantage of by hunters, who,
by lying flat on the ground and gently wav-
ing a handkerchief or some other conspicu-
ous object, can often entice them within
shooting range. They are beautifully formed
creatures, about the size of a sucking calf,
their coats being of a fawn color and their
tails White and bushy. Their heads are shape—
ly, and in the case of the bucks are surmount-
ed by a pair of slender pointed horns, hence
their name of the prong horned antelope.
Their eyes are of exquisite beauty, being
large, dark and languid looking, and hence
have often served as images to poets.
We again mounted and rode on for several
miles, when the nature of the country altered
as We approached the highest part of the
range, being composed of high hills covered
with pine trees and separated by deep “draws”
with precipitous banks. In some places they
looked almost perpendicular, and it seemed
almost an impossibility to descend them, but
the sure footed little bronchos, now cautious-
ly picking out the spots affording the best
footing, again putting their feet together and
allowing themselves to slide, would carry us
safely to the bottom. Occasionally, on reach-
ing a particularly bad place, we Would dis-
mount and lead-our animals, and, on one oc-
casion, we were surprised to see one of our
companions give his horse a shove and allow
him to partly roll and partly slide down the
bank, while he himself followed leisurely on
foot, the broncho recovering his feet and pa-
tiently waiting for his rider at the foot of the
hill.
We now determined to divide our party,
having first agreed upon a place of meeting,
B. and myself taking one “draw” and our
companions riding some distance further “to
work” another.
SPOiLING A PRETTY PICTURE.
After drawing lots for first shot, the choice ,
falling to R., we rode slowly along the sides
of the draw, Leaping our eyes wide open for
deer. We rode on for several miles when, to
our delight, a band of seven bucks appeared
on the divide opposite to us, who, on catch-
ing sight of us, suddenly stopped, threw up
their antlered heads and sniffed the air, form-
ing a picture that would cause any hunts-
man’s heart to beat more rapidly. We hasti-
ly dismounted and opened fire upon them,
but seemingly to no effect, as they disap-
peared into "‘0 next draw. The faflure of
my shot was probably due to "buck fever ;”
but this could not have been the case with
R., who had killed numbers of them before.
Leaving our horses, we followed them on
foot as fast as the nature of the ground would
permit, and on reaching the top of the divide
we noticed that the next draw was walled in
on the opposite side by a steep bluff, render-
ing escape in this direction impossible, and
the deer had halted in the bottom, uncertain
which way to run. We again fired and evi-
dently had both aimed at the same animal,
as the largest one of the group fell to the
ground. The echo of our shots from the op-
posite blufi wemed still further to confuse
the rest, and they hesitated long enough to
enable us to get several more shots at them,
and three more bowed their proud, antlered
heads and bit the dust. The other three then
started up the draw with lightning speed and
were soon beyond range. We were highly
elated, however, at killing four out of the
seven; the thrill of satisfaction and delight
which passes through a man’s breast as he
sees one of these noble creatures fall beneath
his well directed shot needs to be felt to be
fully appreciated.
We had each killed two, although we could
not determine with certaintywho. had shot
the large buck, as there were three shots in
him, any of which would have proved fatal.
He was indeed a beauty, as large as a :year-
ling steer, sleek and fat, with a magnificent
head, finely shaped and adorned with a pair
of. large, spreading antlers which we were
very careful to preserve with a view to hav-
ing it mounted on our return to civilization,
and hung'atshe head of the ancestral. hall .
amid the:- trophies of the chase. we now
whip out our knives and proceeded to re—
lieve Hofhishideandtocut oi! the most
edible portions, via: the hams, which we tied
behind our saddles. The rest we were
0W to have upon the ground. as we were
'9 maintains from the ranch and could not
"WWW!" - ' mg. loathe-W. Ic‘nn Wilson ,
a John-stow:- Dos.-
Amofmen-were-atwork near Johns-
towa .mwtiugg‘d‘zbaa Sigma (they came
upon. 0" ’e." 'koaconeat
w admfile‘et‘hlgh. Tg logs were in”
not. rlcalmhspe that'it' looked as
though-they wercput together by human:
. mwsbolbwmedmhemn.
proceeded with their Work [they detected 8.:
mama-amen that there was aide-d
Webs. atzhaad'. Lografter log waste-
mond. when. is their amusement. then.-
heldama’stiffdog. The national wagged- his
tailond whined ,
seemed gladdened at the prowect of being
liberatedfrom hisprison.‘ In another pogs,
61011 of the cone shaped cell was the carcass
of a cow. ‘By some freak of the
waters the dog and cow were caught in this,
pen, the cow being crushed ‘in the jam of
The canine was sleek and fat when
logs. ..
. liberated, and looked nonstflthe worse for his ,
-—E!change. J
two months’ imprisonme
' when he saw the men, and]
Diamonds in Walking Sticks.
Among the novel patterns in walking sticks
brought over from Paris there are some, and
byno means the most bulky ones, which hay? '
proved very profitable to their owners. fluv-
eral of them are to be seen at the present
time in the limbo where smugglers’ tools find
government safe keeping. “As a matter of
fact,” said a customs detective, “I don’t be-
lieve one-half the diamonds brought to this
country pay any duty to the government.
Look at this cane—a plain, straightforward
piece of native bamboo it appears to be,
doesn’t it? It doesn‘t weigh over eight
ounces, and the knotty head, where the ham—
boo’s roots grew, with its little silver plate
for the owner’s name, looks the very pink of
respectable property. That came over the
ship’s side a day or two ago carelessly held in
the owner’s hand. A cablegram had been
sent from Berlin to the secretary of the treas-
ury giving his name and address and the
name of the ship on which he sailed, and the
kind of article he was likely to smuggle.
That description was sent to the collector
here from Washington, and was given to me.
I met the steamer, and the first thing my
eye rested on was that cane. I went through
my man’s baggage; it was diamonds I had
been told to look for, and found, as I ex-
pectcd, nothing suspicious. He smiled when
I asked him to go into the search room, ex-
plaining that I regretted to have to-obey such
disagreeable orders, but that duty was duty,
etc. He took it in good part, and I stripped
him to the bufl and found nothing. I was
beginning to be puzzled. I looked in his
mouth and in his cars and between his toes,
and in every conceivable cache, but I found
no diamonds. He smiled all the time. I
thought perhaps he had swallowed the gems,
and thought seriously of asking him to “take
an emetic with me.” But I couldn’t go quite
that far legitimately. He kept on smiling.
At last an inspiration seized me. I picked
up the cane, pressed that little silver name
plate, found it yielded and opened inward,
discovered that the whole of the naturally
hollow bamboo was loaded, and bagged my
game. By this time the smuggler had ceased
smiling—New York World. -
W hims of the Society Actress.
“A young woman of wealth and social po-
sition was about to make her debut under my
management,” said a well known theatrical
manager. “The play was bought and the
company engaged. One day she ran into my
office in a great state of agitation.
“ ‘Oh, Mr. Blank,’ she cried, tugging at her
little valise, from which she drew cut a tiny
ribbon, ‘here’s the color of the dress I am to
wear.’
“I was dumfounded for a moment.
“ ‘Well, Miss H———-,’ I said, ‘I don’t quite
understand.’
“ ‘Oh, yes,’ she ran on, ‘I shall have a dress
made of that material and cut decollete.’
“ ‘But do you know what the other ladies
are going to wear?’ I asked her.
“ ‘No, I don’t.’
“ ‘Do you know what the colors of the
scenery are, and that it is customary toob-
tain information about these matters before
deciding on a dress? Now, I think a plush
gown would be just’
“She roused in an instant.
“ ‘I sha’n’t wear plush! No, I’ll never put
a bit of it on my body. There, now! I’ll
agree to nothing but silk, sir, and this color,
too.’
“I told her the color would never do (it was
a bright yellow), but she insisted that she
would wear it.
“ ‘Look here, miss,’ said I, for I was an-
noyed beyond measure, ‘do you imagine that
I am going to build a whole scene, with cos-
tumes and all the rest of it, around that bit
of ribbon?‘
‘.‘It was enough. She left. By-and-by she
became a little more docile, and she wore the
right dress after all. I only mention this to
. illustrate that there is something else in stage
' dressing than the mere selection of showy and
expensive drygoods.”—-—Philadelphia Times.
Dogs for Outpost Duty.
Shakespearean commentators used at one
time to dispute as to whether, when Shake-
speare spoke of “letting slip the dogs of war,”
he was using the words in a literal or in a
metaphorical sense. It is certain, however,
that in Shakespeare’s time, as also at a much
earlier period, dogs were sometimes used
for war purposes; and it is now said that
in the Austrian army a regular service of
dogs is being organized for outpost duty, the
carrying of dispatches, and other military ser-
vices. Outpost duty would, of course, involve
the watching and catching of spies, and it may
well be that dogs will be found useful for re«
connoitering and (as one would say in con-
nection with‘the game) beating any portion
of the country where it might be supposed
that hostile parties were lying hid. With
the employment of dogs, there will be an end
to the urbanity which used at one time to
mark the relations between the outposts of
contending armies at times when hostilities
were not actually in progress. The English
and French used in Spain, according to Na-
pier, to exchange little gifts of brandy and
tobacco when they Were not actually engaged
in trying to blow one another’s brains out.—
London Life.
. Farming in China.
A farmer in China may be hired by the
year for from $8 to $14, with food, clothing,
head shaving and tobacco. Those who work
by the day receive from S to 10 cents, with a
noonday meal. At the planting and harvest—
ing of rice wages are from 10 to '20 cents a
day, with five meals, or 30 cents a day with-
out food.‘ Few land owners hire hands, ex-
cept a few days during the planting and har-
vesting of rice. Those who have more land
than they and theirsons can till lease it to
their neighbors. Much land is held on leases
given "by ancient proprietors to clansmen
whose descendants now till it, paying from
$7 to $14 worth of rice annually for its use.
Foodavorages little more than $1, a month
foreach'member of a. farmer’s family. One
who buys, cocks and eats. his meals alone
spends from $1.50 to 89 a month upon—the
. raw material and fuel.- Two pounds of rice,
oostifisflX hem. with relishes of, paltsfish.
pickled cabbage, cheap vegetables and, fruits,
costing1}; .156an the ordinary allowance
» Abernathy:
toeach laborer for-each day. . , _
advice ted luxurious,patnqt,ééiuvo , on six-
pehce-n flair ’d m it"f'is’ followed by. near.-
iy every enema. One or two dependent
relatives frequently- share with him their,
pence, .-—San Pram ciseo latter.
' C"! and DP:
Some authors write'with ‘oorreotness._lmt
lack the art of makingth’elrework' readable,
while others, lihethe writer of the following :
-commsi_tion. violatethe rule! 01: summer.
but“ wt " "to be' an":
‘ -,“If éthuesnoftms justi‘jaround the dog,
ts‘the. catiuthe’ cornerof'fa” door" or two's
brick'wails. Then; thecat makes her body
twice am; ”what, anus and, bone by
Wigner hair's.'up six-amend she spits
.anduieeles Hanover th‘c dog,” 'lie'can’t see
' me he’s doing do: Then masses clearih’ he
6 swan :mter him-in “MM "“d‘
you k116i?) ‘éf mpg-ts of the dogls flesh, its
nose has . get the littlest skin over it. You
might say therc'isno‘skiu, only a bit of meet.
The do'gfeols just as if he was; caught with a 3
fishing and he runs right‘awa‘y a-think-
ing‘ to: h“ as he thought the cat ,wasla
‘ little one, when heseeit in the yard. —Youths’
Companion.
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A House. __.Foa $935.45.
gian- and pump.- ... the bending of a
Window Dwelling.
',Tbe-folloylng dcdgn and plans were fur-
nished to Carpentry and Building by John
M. Sherwood, 1: Syracuse, N. Y., architect.
He calls attention to the following points: A
glance atfloor plans will show that a room
or two can be easily added without any
change of present house; there is a large
cellar under the whole house, with stairs
leading to the kitchen; on the first floor is a ,
hall, with neat whitewood (stained cherry)
staircase and doors leading into parlor and
kitchen; the parlor, dining room and kitchen
are good sized rooms: on the second floor are
three chambers with closets 011 each, fitted
up with wardrobe hooks, etc., and a spare
closet for linens; there is a large closet over
all.
ESTIMATE—MASON WORK.
10 cords of ‘stone laid at $13.50 ............ $135 00
2 brick piers at $2.50 each ................. 5 00
Chimney built for $18 ...................... 18 00
585 yards of plastering at 20cents per yard 117 00
84 yards of excavating at 20cents per cubic
yard .................................. 16 80
Cistern, built at $21.20 .................... 21 20
Total mason work ...................... $313 00
CARPENTER “’ORK.
8,000 feet hemlock at $11 .......... $88 00
Carpenter work at ............... 34 00— $122 00
Shingles, 12,500 at $3 50 .......... 4
Kitchen.
H'-0" x w'— 9".
‘ Dining Room.
3 u’-9"x:i+'—,o"
Parlor.
'2§.6~ x '3u.6ll
FIRST FLOOR.
Laid for ........................... 23 25— 67 00
Coved siding, ..................... 80 00
Laid for .......................... 10 00-— 40 00
Flooring, 1,600 at $20 ............. 32 00
Laid for ........................... 6 00— 38 00
Cornice,corner boards, belt course
and water table, 585 feet at $25.. 22 13
Carpenter work .................. 12 87- 35 00
Base board, 325 feet at $5 ........ 8 12
Laid for ........................... 5 88— 14 00
10 windows, blinds, trimming, frames, cas-
ing and labor, at $6 per window ......... $60 00
3 cellar windows, at $2.50 .................. 7 50
2 attic windows, at $5 ................... . . 10 00
Circular window in hall, including leaded
glass (stained glass) ................... 5 00
Front door, trimming, glass and labor. . .. 15 00
14 inside doors, trimming, frames, casing
and labor, at $5.75 each ................ 80 50
-. Wainscoting kitchen, %0 feet, at $25 ...... 5 75
Front stairs, complete, 823; attic stains,
86, and cellar stairs, $6 .................. 37 00
Pantry, finished for ....................... 15 00
. Mather
Bed. Room.
u'-9'x 1o‘-9'3
Bed Room.
n'-9'x var-99.
804 Room
IZ'~ filly-P".
SECOND FLOOR.
Porches, complete .................. . ...... 38 00
Conductors and tinning ............. . ..... 11 50
Nails ..................................... 10 00
Building paper ......... . ............... 5 00
Painting ......... . .. ...... . ................ 55 00
Total ................................... $984 25
Wardrobe books, 4 (102., put up. at 30c. .. 1 so
Total ................................ 3986 45
Brick can be substituted in place of stone
for the foundation if necemry.
- An Artistic Group.
.. M’s? ' '
. mmmw numerator-me.
(fran'l’he' ‘ “smallish-skill?“
to hold a; staircase lamp, and oculd be pro?
‘ducedin any'of ’tho'popularart coloring.
Below this is, shown a siniplojorm. of. ‘ stool;
m- it: will be seen. isdiesei‘sned upon. the form
of the old Pompeian seats. whence it. would
not‘be inappropriate if produced’in a metal-
liefinish,‘ such as bronze oreven old gold.
The mode of bracing the back and front 1
means of the curved stretcher
a ‘tan 'stro' . _A wassailtablegsuchas
is _ own at the si e of this, would be a nov—
m just now, and, in the manner
acted, with two small shelves below,
Iwould be a useful as well as an attractive
little oddment of drawing room furniture.
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car" This marinas.
Most women naturally look forward to
matrimony as their proper sphere in life, but
they should constantly bear in mind that a
fair, rosy face, bright eyes, and a healthy,
wdhdeveloped form, are the best passports
to a happy marriage. All those wasting dis-
orders, weaknesses. and functional irregulari-
ties peculiar to their sex, destroy beauty
and attractiveness and make life miserable.
An unfailln specific for these maladies is to
found in r. Plerce's Favorite Prescri tion.
It is the only medicine for women, so d by
druggists, under a positive aunteo
from the manufacturers. that i
satisfaction in every case, or money will be re-
funded. This guarantee has been tinted on
the; fbottle-wrappers, 8alnodo faithfiutl can-led
ou orman ears. . r ote or i
Bottles for {5d} De ' s x
Copyright, 1888, by WOBLD’S DIS. MED. Ass’N.
'DR. PWLLETS
Purely Vegetable !
Perfectly Harmless !
UNEQUALED AS A LIVER PILL.
Smallest, Cheapes Easiest to take.
One tiny, Su -coated ellet a dose. Cures
Sick Headac e Bilious Headache, Constipa-
tion, Indigesti .... Bilious Attacks, and all tie.
rangements of the Stomach and Bowels.
25 cents a vial, by druggists.
WHaT’E: IN A NAME?
SLEEPER’S
EYE MGM!
Is in every way equal
to that formerly sold
Under another name
the popularity or
which created a sale
ofa million a year.
10 cents everywhere
Trade-Mark.
. SLEEPER 6; 00..
Dougie Wages-s,
Single Wagons,
Road Carts,
Horse Carts,
w
Factory, Boston .
Coat
Wood,
Grain.
Flour,
Hay,
Straw
Building Material.
Etc. Etc.
ill-ll ' .,
South Norwalk.
For Sale at a Sacrifice.
Will be sold if applied for soon,
TEN ROOM COTTAGE.
within five minutes walk of the
bridge,- with never failing- well of
excellent water, and a cistern
holding three hundred hogs-
heads, for laundry purposes
all 'modern improvements
conveniences etc. Cost
owner $8,000, and
will be sold for
85,000 with only
' 81,500 down,
to satisfac-
tory party.-
lm33 Enquireat GAZETTE Omen.
Po.n-r:aAI'-rs
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OIL. PASTEL on cmvor
Elegant work, at lowest Prices, by
E. 'r.’ WHITNEY,
\Formerly of Norwalk.‘ ,Leave orders at Art De-
partment of. BOSTON, STORE, rd Floor, Nor-
walk, Conn. 86
large Office" Room to Rent.
IN GAzmn Building, second floor front
formerly editorial rooms of the GAZETTE
Enquire of
CHAS... OLMSTEAD. Norwalk.
will give .-
Norwalk Chronicler