”A”. . _ ‘2 m“... ~- «new _ . \______...’ 'NOR‘WALK GAZETTE, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13 1889. TO A Ross. 0 rose, that lieth on my lady’s breast, And blushest redder vet for vei'y bliss That thou canst die in rapture such as this. Pity me. miserable. while thou art blest. And list. 0 rose, with all thy petaled ears To every beating of her gentle heart, That thou may’st to my questioning impart The knowledge that shall make all future years One blooming paradise of love‘s sweet flowers, One long unceasing draught of love’s keen wine, One endless strain of melody divine. Or one vast waste of bitter, barren hours. ——l\l. J. Messer in Somerville Journal. WITH LOAF AND CANDLE. [In parts of England there is a superstition that a loaf of bread and a candle floated on the water will seek the sunken body. In Yorkshire cake is white bread. bread is oatcakel With a loaf and a candlel We live in the oddest world, where men labor to do the simplest things In the most roundabout way, and to put whatever they come in contact with to purposes other than those intended. Full 8. score of in the main not unintelligent men were about to search for the body of their master with a loaf of cake anda candle. How a loaf and a candle should conduce toward the finding of the object they sought, it isnot easy to see. What there was in the nature of loaf or candle to make each appro- priate to the purpose, not one of these in the main not unintelligent men asked. , The upper reach of the canal had drained itself away, but at the locks the rush of water had furrowed the bed, pent in as it had been between the walls, and had left deep pools.~ Below the locks the face of the land was flat, the fall slight, and there the canal was brim- ming, and much of the water that had over- flowed still lay about in the fields. This por- tion of the Keld basin went by the name of the Fleet, which indicated a time when it had been a waste of ooze and water channels. sometimes overflowed and sometimes dry. The whole of the drained canal bed had been searched between the lock and the bridge that carried the road across the river and canal a distance of three—quarters of a mile, but without success. The men who in— tended prosecuting the search in their own fashion were clustered below the shattered locks. But the gathering did not consist of men only. Wit-h them were some mill girls from a factory on the slope that had not stopped, not having been affected by the flood. They wore scarlet or pink kerchiefs over their heads, pinned under the chin, and plain white pinafores to protect their dresses at their work from the oil, a costume as pie- turesque and becoming as convenient. These girls were there because it was an unsuitable place for them—no other reason will suffice to explain their presence. But women,water and wind will penetrate everywhere. Mrs. Sidebottom and Salome were also on the canal bank. They had no faith in the e iment about to be tried, but each for ' event reasons thought it expedient to be present. Salome would not be away, so in’ tense was her enxiety about the fate of Uncle Jeremiah, and Mrs. Sidebottom would be there 'so as not to seem indifferent. Janet, tired from her long journey, and not strong, did not come out; she remained with her mo- ther. Philip and Lanmrrt Pennycomequick were there as a duty, a disagreeable and onerous duty the captain considered it, be- cause it spoiled his dinner. A loaf and a candle. A good round loaf of baker’s bread had a hole scooped out of it, and into this hole a tallow candle was thrust. The candle was lighted and sent adrift on the canal. The night was dark, the moon did not rise for another hour or more. All the mills in the valley were dark. N ot only had they been brought to a standstill by the flood but the main of the gas was broken. This was the cause of the eclipse, likewise of the lamps on the road. The water had left the cottage of the lockkeeper, and the bodies of the dead man and his wife had been found and laid on the soddcn bed. A yellow glimmer shone out of the. window, for a candle burnt there, and a fire had been kindled. An old woman, a relation, driven from her home by the water, was sitting there, trying to coax a fire to keep in, in the wet and rusty grate, and supplying herself with gin to keep out the chill. The town on the hill flank twinkled with lights, and just beyond the ridge pulsated the auroral flicker from the distant foundries. The lamps on the railway shone green and red. Some of those engaged in the search bore lanterns. The cluster on the embankment, with the moving lights, the occasional flash over a red kerchief or a white pinafore, and the reflec- tions in the water, united to form a pictur esque and striking picture. “Si 'there," said one man. be headin’ agin t’ stream." “There’s no stream flowing," said another. “There owt ta be, and there is for sewer. T’ can’l be gan’in up t’ course." “Because t’wind be blawing frae t’ east. It was true; the loaf of bread which had been placed in the water, instead of taking a seaward direction with the natural fall of the current. was swimming slowly but per~ ceptibly upward. The yellow flame of the candle was turned towards the locks, show- ing in which direction the wind set, and ex- plaining naturally the phenomena. The cur- rent was so slight that the wind acting on the leaf had power to overcome it. "She’s travelin' upwards," said the first speaker. “Sbo‘s bound to seek him aht." Into the canal suddenly fell a mass of un- dermined bank, making a splash and sending the floating light gyrating and dancing as the wavelets formed. One of the mill girls, going too near the edge, had trodden on the loosed soil and nearly fell in herself, provok- ing a laugh and a reprimand. “Mind what tba’rt aboot, lass,” shouted one of the men, “If tha fails in I’m none boun to hug thee aht.” “I can crawl aht wi’out thy hugging, Bill." answered the girl promptly. , “Ell i” said another, "Eflie, for sewer thou’rt not Dawn to be drowned.” Some byplay went on—a half romp—in the rear, between a young woolcomber and a girl reeler. “Na, then,” shouted the night watch, “we’re none come aht for laikes” (games) “and if you’re to remain you must be quiet.” The incongruity of their behavior with the gravity of the occasion struck the young peo- ple, and they desisted. What had become of the refuge hut? Curiously enough, till this moment no one had noticed its disappearance, perhaps be- cause of the completeness with which it had been effaced. No sooner had the steam pene- tratal to its interior than it had collapsed, and every brick and slate and rafter had been swept away from the platform it had occupied. The policeman had joined the party, carry- ing in front an enormous bull’s eye lantern. One of the men had provided grappling irons, always kept near the bridge because accidents were not uncommon in the canal and the river; drunken men fell in, children in play got pushed over, girls in paroxysms of despair threw themselves in. The loaf [with the light had now got above “Tleet (light) the spot where the bank had fallen in, and x the ripple aided the Wind in carrying it with- , in the locks. . “She’s got an idee!” “'vVheer’! I’t crust or i’t crumb?” , Sho’s makin’ rcet ahead for t’ deepest hoyle ‘ (11019).” It- was so; the loaf had entered within the walls. Every now and then, on a ripple, the bread leaped and the flame wavered as a banner. The draught snuffed the glowing wick, and carried some of the red sparks away and ex- tinguished them in the black water. The searchers now congregated on the paved platform and looked timorously, yet inquisitively, into the gulf where lay the pool dark as ink. The candle flame faintly irra- diated the inclosing walls, and painted a streak of fire on the surface of the water. When thus inclosed the movements of the loaf were such as to give color to the super- stition, for it careered in circles, then struck across the canal, went back as if disappointed in its quest, ran up the course, and then turned and went down the inclosed space, and finally came forth from between the walls. There it halted a moment and danced and careened over, and righted itself again, as relaxing from its search, and tossing the flame in a defiant manner, as if it was dis- gusted with its work, and resolved no longer to prosecute the inquiry. Buta minute later it came apparently to a better mind; the flame became stoadier, it recommenced its gyrations, described a loop, and suddenly be- came stationary at a spot a little short of half way across the canal. The strange conduct of the loaf was, in re ality, caused by the currents and revolutions of the water, but as these were unperceived by those who looked on, they became im- pressed with the conviction that the loaf was really animated by a mysterious occult power that impelled it to fulfill the task allotted to it. All new stood hushed for fully five min- utes, almost breathless, none stirring, every eye directed to the light to see whether it would remain where it was or recommence its wanderings. Then the night watch exclaimed: “The moon!" All turned to the east and saw the orb rise red above a wooded hill. The darkness was at once relieved. “Naw, then!” shouted Bill; “in wi’t irons, just at’ place wheer t’ can’l stands. ” The grapplers were cast in, and caught im- mediately in some object near the surface. The men drew at the ropes, and the waters gurgled and were disturbed about the loaf, producing a broad commotion. The loaf leaped, turned over. and the light was ex- tinguished. It had accomplished its task. “Whatever can’t be?” asked one of the men. “Sho might be a coil (coal) barge sunk. Sho’s sae heavy. ” “Stay," said the night watch. “’1" water for sewer ain‘t deep here, nobbut up to t' armpits. Whativcr it be, 'tis this at ha’ caught and held t’ cake. Ah fancy t’ top o’t concearn is just belaw t’ surface. If some 0’ you chaps ’11 help, I’ll get in, and together we’ll hug it out.” Two or three volunteered, and. after much wading and splashing a cumbrous article was heaved out of the water, but not by three or four men; for several more, taunted by the mill lasses, went in to the assistance of the first few volunteers. “Why (ill general exclamation), sho’s 3 pi- anol” This discovery provoked a laugh, in which all shared. “How iver cOuld a piano he) got there?" was asked. “That beats a’,” shouted another, “that t’ loaf and can’l shud tell where a piano lay drowndec .” The moon had risen by this time sufficiently to transform the whole sheet of water into one of light. Suddenly the laughter, the jokes, the ex— clamations of wonder (lied away—for some- thing was seen that had risen from the depths disturbed by the commotion of the water and mud when the piano was extracted. And seei the loaf, with its extinguished candle, was swimming toward the object. It reached it; it capered about it; it ran round it, and then attached itself to it. What was it? Then there rushed by along the line a train, with the whistle shrieking continuously, to give warning to workers on the embankment that it was coming. And that shriek so wrought on the nerves of some of the girls present that they screamed also in sudden terror, for—though no one answered the question what that blot on the canal surface was—every one knew. All stood motionless again, waiting till the scream of the train was lost, and then, in si- lence. two men waded into the water, reached the object, drew it after them to the bank and laid it on the towpath. Then the group drew toward it, after a mo- mentary hesitation and recoil, and the police» man passed the ray of his bull's eye lantern up and down it. The question could no longer be, “What was it?" It must now be put, “Who is it?” Yes—'who? For the body just recovered was defaced almost past recognition. “Whoever he may be,” said the policeman, “we must find out by his cloas, for his face and head be that mashed and mutilated—’tis a pictur. For ceartain the piano must ha‘ fallen on him, that'is on his head, and left not a feature to recognize." “And the clothing is queer,” observed the night watch. It was so. The body recovered was partially naked, with bare feet, and wore nothing more than a torn shirt and a great coat. “Stand back,” ordered the policeman. “Let Miss Cusworth come for’ard.” And he stooped and spread his handkerchief over the disfigured face. Salome stepped forward. She was shnd~ dering but spoke with composure, and not till she had thoroughly studied the corpse at her feet. “This cannot be Mr. Pennycomequick,” she said; “he was in a black suit. He had been out to dinner.” “I beg your pardon," said Mrs. Sidebot- tom, who had pushed forward; “he was not dressed. I went into the bedroom as soon as I knew he was lost, and found that his dress clothes were there and the bed disturbed.” The policeman, kneeling, examined the pockets. From that in the breast of the over- coat he drew forth a card case, and held it close to the lantern. Salome looked at it and said immediately, “That is Mr. Pennycomequick’s card case.” “And his cards are in it,” added the police- man. ' Salome looked again attentively at the body. “That is Mr. Pennycomequick’s overcoat. [know it—but that cannot be Mr. Penny- comequick wearing it. " The policeman had now extracted a letter from the pocket; the address was blotted, but after a little examination could be made out: “J. Pennycomequick, Esq., Manf’r, Morga- troyd.” “It is strange that he should be without his boots,” said the liceman, reflectivel . “Not at all ” said lifts. Sidebottom. “ y one but a foo , as soon as he is in the water, kicks them off, as they fill and dr him down. I can swear to the identity—t t is m brother. Remove the bod to the house.” —- om The Penn com uic s; A story of the English floods. by S. aring Gould. l i FAMOUS BEDSTEADS. I —-— I SOME FACTS CULLED FROM HIS- TORY AND OBSERVATION. A Genealogy Superior to That of Any Other Piece of Fumture—Fourposters That Were Celebrated and Others That Were Greatly Feared. The first bed was of Nature’s making, and beautifully has Milton depicted its existence in Eden, where it was prepared for our first parents “in close recess, with flowers, gar- lands and sweet smelling herbs.” Hence,with such a world wide history, and possessed of a genealogy to which no other article of furni- ture Jan lay claim, it is not surprising that the bedstead is crowded with associations of the most eventful and historic character. But, confining ourselves to modern times, we find numerous instances in which these honored fabrics, apart from their domestic use, as affording repose to the weary, have been only too frequently associated with sad memories, and been the scene of many an un- raveled mystery. Thus, cases like the murder of the young princes in the Tower at once occur to us; and Shakespeare’s tragic scene, where Othello smothers Desdemona, is too well known to need comment. used the bed to good pm‘pose in some of their sensational stories, as in the case of the mys- ‘ terious bedstead which, after the manner of 3 Th , Achilles’ son, the Lesche or public hall, with en ‘ a clothes press, is made to screw up, so as to smother its unsuspecting occupant. there are beds whose surroundings have had the reputation of being haunted, and refus- ing sleep to any one sufficiently hold to com- mit his weary frame to such an uncanny quarter; while fairy lore abounds in tales and legends of those who, while seeking the ‘ sweetness of repose in some enchanted bed, ‘ have had visions revealed to them of Won- drous unearthly joys in the land of dreams. Some idea, again, of the importance for- merly attached to certain bedsteads may be gathered from old wills, where we find bed clothes and sheets as things specially prized. Thus an Anglo-Saxon lady gave to one of her children “her best bed curton linen, and all the clothes belonging to i ,” and to an- other child she leaves “two chests and all the bed clothes that to one belong.” When Cardinal Wolsey took a lease of Hampton Manor and manor house in the year 1514 he received twenty “bedsteddis” as part of the demise. Entries of this kind are very numerous, and show in what high es- teem the comfort and nicenesi of their beds were held by our forefathers. It may be noted, too, that in days gone by many allusions occur to a smaller bedstead, which, rolled under the larger one, was de- signed usually for a valet or servant. Thus every reader will remember the well known speech of mine host of the Garter in “The Merry Wives of Windsor” (iv, 5), who says of Falstaff’s room, “There’s his chamber, his house, his castle, his standing bed and truckle bed.” In the old manuscript of the romance of the “Conte d’Artois,” the count lies in the bed under the canopy, while the truckle bed 'is occupied by his valet. Of the many further bedsteads which have acquired an historic fame may be mentioned one in the bedroom of Mary, Queen of Scots, at Holyrood palace. It is covered with red damask, and is popularly stated to have been slept in by the unfortunate sovereign, al- though there is considerable doubtgon this point. At Burnley, it may be remembered, is pre- served the bedstead occupied by Queen Eliza- beth on her visits to the lord treasurer, Bur- leigh. It stands in a room in the western first floor of the mansion, known as Queen Elizabeth’s bedroom, and is distinguished by its green velvet hangings. Paul Hentzner, in his visit to Windsor in the year 1598, no- tices the beds belonging to former princes as measuring eleven feet square, and speaks of Queen Elizabeth’s bed, with its curious, rich embroidery, as not so large as the others. A famous bedstead of the Fifteenth cen- tury was long preserved at Leicester and is generally supposed to have been slept on by Richard III. The under part of it formed his military chest, and, as most readers are aware, the discovery of the treasure a cen— tury afterwards occasioned a barbarous mur- der. But none of the coins discovered were of a later mint than this reign. Further- more, it is said by Pennant that a stump bed- stead kept in Berkeley castle is the same on which the murder of Edward II was com— mitted. Then there are the royal beds of Hampton court, with their rich hangings, and the fa- mous bed of Ware, in Hertfordshire, has long ago become proverbial. Nothing is known of the original history of this enormous bed- stead—no less than twelve feet square—and which, in years past, formed one of the dis— tinguishing features of the inn known as the Saracen’s Head. According to one popular tradition, this gigantic piece of furniture was made by a certain Jonas Forbrooke, a jour- neyman carpenter, and presented to the royal family in the year 1463, Edward IV reward- ing the industry of the donor by granting him a pension for life. Anyhow, many strange stories have centered around this bed, and a popular legend says that one Harrison Saxby, of Lancashire—a master of the horse to King Henry VIII—having fallen deeply in love with the daughter of a miller residing near Ware, swore that he would do anything to secure the object of his affections. The piece of chivalry coming to the ears of the king, who happened to be passing through Ware on his way to his favorite retreat at Hertford, it was decided that the girl should bestow her hand on him who would consent to sleep all night in the bed of T’Vare, pro- vided that he was found there in the morn- ing. Harrison Saxby accepted the proposal, but on the following morning he was found on the floor, covered with bruises and utterly prostrate. Among further stories connected with this great bed We are told that when the town was full, in consequence of some large hunt- ing or wedding party, it was invariably made use of. But, adds Mr. Timbs in his “Abbeys, Castles and Ancient Halls of Eng- land,” whenever so employed its occupants were always unable to obtain their Wished for sleep, being in the night subject to all kinds of pinching, nipping and scratching, till at last the bed became deserted. The reason as- signed for these unpleasant experiences is that the spirit of Jonas Forbrooke always hovered about his favorite work, and being annoyed at the undignified use it was put to by the good people of Ware, prevented any- one from getting a. moment’s rest. At Knole have been long carefully preserved the cost- ly bed and furniture which are said to have been placed there for the reception of James II, and in the king’s bedchamber is the state bed, in which, tradition informs us, the pre- tender was born—London Standard. The Balm of the Pine. The pine trees in and around Thomasville have been and still are her most powerful ets. The medical profession are on record in this country and Europe as to the h ' qualities of soft southern breezes when lown through forests of pines. Catch- ing and bearing on their wings, as the do, the rich aroma of these pines they bring ack the flush of health to wasted cheeks and kin- dle the eye again with hope.—Thomasville (GIL) Times. The Treasares of Delphi. Let us trust that the American school at Athens may speedily obtain funds enough to do some good diggings at Delphi. It makes ; one’s heart leap to think of the treasures they I are sure to find there, notwithstanding the f thefts of Nero, Constantine the Great and other scoundrels. To get a picture of Delphi as it was in the best days of Greece, after the building of the great temple by the Alcaemondae, read the tenth book of Pausanias. temples in a row at the entrance to Delphi. He then describes what was to be found within the sacred precincts of Apollo: A statue of Phyallus of Croton, a bull in brass by Theopropus the Eginetan, votive offer- ing and marble statues from Tegea and La- cedzemonis, a brazen horse by Antiphanes of Argos, the chariot of Amphiaraus, the horses of the Tarent-ines in brass, the statues of the Epigoni, the treasury of the Sicyonians, stat- ues of Late, and Apollo, and Artemis shoot- ing at Tityus; treasuries of Athenians, The- bans and Syracusans, hung with the spoils of war and adorned with statues; aportico built by the Athenians with money which they got in war from the Peloponnesians; a brazen head of the Paeonian bison, a bronze dragon offered by the Greeks in common after the battle of Platma, statues of foot soldiers and cavalry by Onatas, the votive axes of Perl- i clytus, a bronze wolf, a gilt statue of Phryno I b Praxiteles offered b hersel , tat es of Novelists. again, like Wilkie Collins, have ' y ( y f) s u cavalry leaders seated on horseback, a brazen ox from Euboea, a statue of Sardus, a horse offered by Callias the Athenian, a bronze statue of Homer on a pillar, the tomb of an enormous number of painted figures of Polygnotus and statues innumerable of Athe- na and Apollo. The great temple of Apollo was adorned, as to its eastern architrave, with gilded shields from the battle of Mara- thon. 0n the pediments were statues of the gods and of the setting sun, of Hercules slaying the Lernaaan hydra, Bellerophon and the Chimmra, Dionysius and a giant, etc. These are only a small fraction of the riches of Delphi as described by Pausanias. A single one of these works of art, if recovered,would be worth the price asked by the Greeks for the right to the whole site—Boston Tran- script. Siam’s Sacred Bird. “Ha, ha, ha! Why don’t you get a chair to sit down on?” The voice was rather loud, but not dis- agreeable, and the tone somewhat muffled, as of a person half choking with laughter, says The San Diegan. The salutation came to the newsgatherer as he was on his daily perambulations about the city, and was traced to a handsome blue-black bird ina. cage hanging under the shade of afig tree ’ at the residence of Dr. Gildea, on Sixteenth street, near H. As the reporter approached nearer he was received with more laughter and inquiries as to whether he came to see the “mino,” if his health was good, etc. A few inquiries directed to a pleasant faced lady near by elicited the information that the bird was the sacred miuo of Siam, which as a nestling had been smuggled from the temple where it was bred by a roving sea captain, and sold to Dr. Gildea, at Honolulu, some eight years ago. Minnie, as she is called, is about half the size of a. crow and nearly as black. In the sunlight the feathers take a blue and green tinge, and there is a spot of white upon each wing and a necklace of bright yellow about the threat. The bill, which is large and strong, tapers to a point, and is orange hued near the head and lemon colored at the tip. The prominent eyes are dark and bright, the ~ feet and legs lemon colored. The bird is valued at $250, but specimens have been known to bring $1,000 in the United States, where but few of them have ever been brought. The species is carefully guarded in Siam, and as none are ever sold they can only be obtained surreptitiously. Exercising the Devil in India. A strange case of superstition was recently investigated before the coroner of Bombay. A Hindoo mill hand, named Ramji Daji, had for some time been suffering from swoll« en knee joints and pains in various parts of the body. He went to the mill to get some wages due to him, and on his return was taken ill on the road. He was brought home on the back of a friend in an almost uncon- scious state, and was placed in a sitting pos- ture, being held up by his father. A man named Deo, who was present, suggested that he was possessed of a devil, in order to expel which Deo swayed himself about in front of the sick man, seized hold of his hair, and de- manded of the devil who he was. Not re- ceiving a reply he struck the deceased vio- lently with a rattan, when the latter fell back in a dying condition; but before his death another friend took the rattan and beat the deceased, both men swaying their bodies to and fro and professing to be pos- sessed with the spirit of a god. ' The flogging was intended to drive out the devil. Daji died almost immediately without a com- plaint. The widow narrated all these facts to the coroner, and described both floggings as being very violent. The medical evidence showed that there were several bruises on the back and an abrasion on the right hip, but that the cause of death was hemorrhage from rupture of the spleen, which was prob- ably not due to the flogging. The jury found a verdict accordingly. adding that there was no evidence to show how the spleen became ruptured—London Times. The Forests of California. The evergreen redwood rises straight as an arrow to a height of from 200 to 300 feet. There are whole tribes of the coniferae, doz- ens of specimens of cypress and cedar, a vari- ety and relationship of the oaks that drives the botanist wild, ravines filled with the flowering dogwood, sweeps of glistening manzanita, spattered patches of the red- berried buckthorn, rifts of the pink petaled rhododendron, sanguinary patches where stand the Judas tree. In this favored coun- try also bloom and bear the pomegranate, fig, olive, almond, apricot, lemon, orange and the nectarine. The camelia is a tree, the heliotrope a stout shrub; geraniums are used for scarlet hedges; the calla lily is a weed. And to round out this riot of luxuri- ance—this saturnalia of foliage, fruit and flowar—naturo sows every spring, in and through it all, a crop of wild oats such as was never dreamed of by the original prodi- gal son.—Harper’s Magazine. Gulls and Their Young. Every bird watches over and cares for her own nest, though the numbers are so great ‘and the tumult so excessive that it is difficult to conceive how each gull can distinguish her own spotted eggs, placed in the midst of so many others, exactly similar in size, shape and color; and when at length the young are hatched and are swimming about on the loch or crowded together on some grassy point, the old birds, as they come home, from a dis- tance with food, fly rapidly amid thousands = of young ones exactly similar to their own, without even looking at them, until they find their own offspring, which recognizing their parents aniong all the other birds, receive the morsel without any of the hungry little crea— tures arOund attempting to dispute the prize, each waiting patiently for its own parent, in perfect confidence that .‘its turn will come in due season—New Orleans Picayune. 1 . He tells us of four ' DECORATIVE FURNITURE. Articles Which Would Do Much to Make a Room Attractive. The following sketches are from the pencil of Mr. W. Timms, the well known contrib- utor to The London Cabinet Maker. In Fig. 1the leading lines of the wall bracket and flap table are Anglo-Moresque. The little two fold screen is somewhat Jananesque in l ’ .‘ ‘EbN // I ,1“ I ‘ - i*'/ i/ I I " 53-93—319 — / —- -_\é‘ "u" \n. no. 1. The two first articles would per- haps look best finished in a cream colored eu- amel, with gold leather paper at the back of the bracket, and the screen might perhaps be produced in a bronze. The panels of this to be of painted Japanese silk with a deeper character. colored border. The transparent painted silk panels are dainty in coloring and very ef- fective, and while they are also remarkably cheap, they make a pleasant change from the recently much used French cretonnes. In Fig. 2 a species of decorative furniture is illustrated which might almost be de- scribed as a substitute for the cabinet. The low top with the overhanging shelf above, the side brackets and the curtains, are, all of them, attractive features which raise the thing above the commonplace class of goods. In point of detail it is refined, and if finished in cream, with gold leather paper at the back and pale blue curtains in the front, it FIG. 2. Would make a charming little item of draw- ing room furniture—not only artistic in ap- pearance, but also sufficiently low in price to be popular. In the next group (Fig. 3) is shown a. quaint little table of a decidedly novel form. Its apparent purpose is for the display of art pottery, but it might also come in useful as a “five o’clock” tea table. Here is adopted the Moresque style. The cheval screen shown in the sketch is decidedly novel, the completely circular shelf being a change from the some- what old fashioned drop shelf which has been so long successful. The introduction of this round shelf, though, involved piercing through the screen, but the pretty little cur- tains at the back could be made to fall right across the opening when the screen is to be used as a protection from the fire. This de- sign, though not altogether inelegant, is yet manifestly inconsistent throughout; still, the cusped archway and the certainly perilous FIG. 3. shelf with the portiere at the back, are pretty features and novel,‘and well calculated to captivate the feminine fancy. Cream en- amel and rose colored silk would make an appropriate combination for this screen. The hybrid article which figures in the next sketch (Fig. 4) is neither a small cabinet nor a table—perhaps it should be rightly called a whatnot. It is designed in the J ap- anese style, and the sides are intended to be pierced right through in the characteristic manner. At present there are comparative- ly few substitutes for the old fashioned low whatnot, and a variety of some such contriv- ance as this would be acceptable. The small flower vase stand at the side is decidedly Egyptian inmanner, and if produced in FIG. 4 black with red lines would be both stylish and efiective. The majority of such stands are at present made much taller than this one, though a small arrangement of this de- scription is certainly more useful for heavy vases. In the companion table to the right the star form is utilized for the top, and a small bracket has been brought out to sup- port. each alternate angle. THE NEW PRIZE “081’ is eagerly sought for, read with pleasure or die- appolntment‘is then tossed aside and for t- ten. But ladies who read of Dr. Pleroc's :- vorite Prescription. read it again, for they dis- cover in it something to prize—a messenger of joy to those suffering from functional derange- ments or from amt the painful disorders or weaknesses pee to their sex. Periodical pains, internal inflammation and ulceration eucorrhea and kindred ailments readily yield to its wonderful curative and healing powers. It is the only medicine for women, sold by drugglsts, under a positive ranteo from the manufacturers. that it w lve satis- faction ln every case. or money w 11 be re- funded. guarantee has been printed on the bottle-wrappershand faithfully carried out for many cars. .00 by drusgists. or six bottles for .00. Copyright. l888, by Wontn’s Dis. Man. Ass'x. DOCTOR PIEROE’S \evce’s 5.. gala. “‘5 PELLE‘I’S 00 v Purely Vegeta- ‘ 0‘ 9 B blecharmlus. Unequaled as a Livel- Pill. Smallest. cheapest. easiest to take. olle Pellet a nose. Does not gliipe. Cures Sick Head- ache, Billous eadache, Constl - tlon, Indigestlo Blllous Attac I, and all derangemen of the stomach and bowels. Put up in glass vials, hermetically sealed. Always fresh and reliable. Gently laxative, or an active cathartic, according of dose. 25 cents, by drugg'ists. .A. LIDHT CLEA EYE Indicates the name of a light clear cigar MI, known as Slflflllfll’s BYE. Proven by experttes imony to be the best ten cent cigar on the marker. Sold every- Where. Ask for Trade-Mark. S. S. SLEEPER 8: (10.. FOR SALE ! Dongle Wagons, Single Wagons, Road Carts, Horse Carts, Factory, Boston. Coal, Wood, Grain, Flour, Hay, Straw -—A.ND—- Building Material. Etc. Etc. Ila ill Br For Sale at a. Sacrifice. , Will be sold lfaplvllwl for Him), 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 $5,000 with only $1,500 down. to satisfac- tory party. 1m33 Enquire at GAZETTE OFFICE. PORTRAI’TS ——-—lN—— OIL. PASTEL OR CRAYON Elegant work, at lowest Prices, by E. T. WHITNEY, Formerly of Norwalk. Leave orders at Art be- partmeut of BOSTON STORE, 2d Floor. Nor- walk, Conn. 36 large office llnom to Rent. IN Gazu'r'rn Building, second floor front formerly editorial rooms of the Gszml Enquire of . CHAS. ;OLMSTEAD, Norwalk.
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