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medicine, to be given in the food, once daily. in small doses.
Worth its weight in-gold when hens are moulting, and to keep them healthy.
rocer, general store. or feed (lealer for it.
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by mail. Ask your druggist,
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free from dust. Throua‘h Coaches,
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and between Chicago and Colorado Springs, Denver,
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Angeles, and San F_-., ncisco.
The DIRECT
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Solid EX ress Trains daily
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Kansas City; Through Chair Car
and Sioux alls, via. Rock Island.
between Chicago and Minneapolis and St. Paul,
Chair Cars (FREE) to and from those points and
and Sleeper. between Pe oria,
The Favorite Line to Pipestone,
Spirit Lake,
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town, Sioux Falls, and the Summer Resorts and Hunting and Fishing
Grounds of the Northwest.
THE SHORT LINE VIA. SENECA AND KANKAKEE ofl'ers faculties to
travel between Cincinnati, Indianapolis, _
Joseph, Atchison, Leavenworth, Kansas City,
Lafa. ette, and Council Bl 3, St.
inneapolis, and St. Paul.
For Tickets, Ma s, Folderséor desired information, apply to any Ticket
Office in the Unite States or
E. ST. JOHN.
General Manager.
The “Record.”
The N orwalk Record
In an established fact. Although ll is onlya
year old its circulation already averages
. 3,000 COPIES PER WEEK,
a. fact which attests its rapid rise and firm hold on
the public favor. It aims to be clean and whole-
some, and presents all the legitimate news in
readable, spicy and terse shape. Its subscription
price is sufficiently low to enable anybody to have
iiiwithout discarding any other of their favorite
lburnals, and it prospe‘rs 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 any address for the
small sum of
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Now is the Time to Subscribe’.
SPECIAL TO FARMERS. ’
Tine Record.
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Choice
BUILDING LOTS
(on msrumnn'r ruin.)
FOR SALE
On Wilton
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Avenue
San Sauce? Plot.
APPLY TO
A. H. BYINGTON,
GAZETTE 0FFICE.
I his original declaration.
anada, or address
JOHN SEBASTIAN,
Gen’l Tlckott Pass. Agent.
PETER L. GUIGUE,
FLOBIST 85 NU S *YMAN,
UNION AVENUE,
North of Norwalk Cemetery,
NGRWAEE, CORN.
Dealer in Green House and Hot House and
--Bedding and Vegetable Plants, Fruit and Oma—
mental Trees Shrubbery, Vines. Cut Flowers
always on hand and all sort-s of designs in Flowers
arranged to order. an
Grading and Rc-fllliug Cemetery Plots
promptly attended to.
SOLDIERS, ATTENTION
.wm. H. HAYWARD,
Pension A ttorney,
703 East Capitol Sti‘ecliil
\VASIIINGTON I). 0.,
Located at the National Capital, adjacent to all the
Executive Departments, gives me superior
advantage in, the prosecution of Claims
, ‘ against the United States.
INCREASE YOUR PENSION.
Many pensioners borne on the rolls are entitled
loamucli higher rate of pension than they now
receive. Inagrcat 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
disabilityiucreases each year. As time passes the
disability of all classes naturally increases. Many
were at first. rated too low, and it often occurs
mat pensioners are unjustly or erroneously re-
duced by examining surgeons. A pensioner is
entitled to luerease on a disability not set forth In
The pension laws are
more liberal than formerly, and better rating can
be bad for many disabilities. I make a specialty
of Neglected and Rejectedaaims, 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. will
procure a. favorable settlement Many claims
stand rejected before the department, when it
only requires a competent attorney to make them
good cases. Soldiers summing with disabilities
contracted to 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
wldows if not re-married] are entitled to $8.00 per
month from January 29m. 18m. tf20
TYPE-WRITING.
‘ OPYING done with Type-writer. Good work
guaranteed and all orders executed prompt-
ly. Apply at once of the Nonwurx Gun“.
For Sale Cheap.
SECONDJIAND Cast Iron Fence, with gate
allm perfect order and as 00d as new,
about 120 feet in length. Will be so d at a sacri-
fice if applied for soon. Enquire at
on. GAZETTE OFFICE
For Sale or Exchange.
In: Homestead, of the lute Ahijn Benn. litu-
ated at South Wllton, one mile from depot.
Dwelling has eleven rooms. good well of water,
, barn and shedsbelgbteen acres of land, undunce
of fruit. Will eaold at a bargain. ' nquire of
o. E. WILSON. 8 Gun" Bulldlng, Roi-walk . or
to 4 cm ammonv. Winnipanr. Conn. uh
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Religious Instruction in tho East. _,
Religion enters deeply into the daily life 01'
the Mohammedans, and in eastern countries
it is the custom to early instruct the young
boys in the principles of their belief and in
the Koran—the sacred book of Mohammed.
The people are extremcly superstitious, and
parents hang about their children’s necks the
figure of an open hand, which is supposed to
guard against- the “evil eye.” As they grow
older, passages from the Koran are carried
about with them as a precaution against
witchcraft or misfortune. The boys must.
also be versed in their rosary of ninety-nine
beads, which is called the Tusbah, and as the
beads slip through their fingers they repeat
the different attributes of God.
It is claimed by the followers of the
Prophet that when Mohammad made his
journey to heaven, Allah gave to him a cer-
tain number of prayers, which the faithful
daily repeat at the call of the muezzin from
the minaret of the mosque. The Koran was
written by Mohammed about the year (310,
who said that it had been revealed to him by
the Angel Gabriel in twenty-three years.
The principal article of faith is that “there
is but one God, and Mohammed is his Proph—
et.” Unfortunately in the east girls are not
regarded in the same light as the boys, and
therefore, while the coming man is instructed 3
in all the necessary details of his religion, i.
the poor little girl is neglected and forgotten. 5
The religion of the lilobammedaus is an inter— ;
esting study, full of miracles and wonderful j
accounts of the angels and genii, but the .
reader turns from it with a sense of joy to
lack about the heme circle, and feel that in
our life we can show that love and reverence
to the dear ones that is denied to the follow-
ers of the Prophet.—I~Iui‘pei“s Dzizar.
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The}, will dye everything. They are sold everys
where. Price 100. a package.» Tlieyhuve no equal.
for Strength, Brightness, Amount in Package:
or for Fastuess of Color. or non-fading Qualities.
They do not crock or smut 3 40001011. For sale by
J. G. lregory &. (10.; J. A. Riggs, No. ll Maln
Street, Geo. i5. Plaislcd. Druggists. 1y27.
GOLD MEDAL, PARIS. 187.
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than three times thc‘afrenpth of Cocoa
mixed with Starch, Azcowroot or Sugar,
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coating “0.,an one can: I cup. It is
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for iuvulida III well as persons in health.
Sold byCrocers everywhere.
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which I will sell at prices
name new hummer
to beat. A share of the ublic patron: of: solicit-
ed and every effort w ll be made to althfnlly
serve our customers. Give us u call and
let u: assure you of our ability to
give utilisation.
CHAS. H.~VALDEN,
5 after.
; would do no \vot'l; whatever, and as I always
. run these trial-3 on Saturdays, I do nothing
2 by constant practice.
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aims FOR A FOOT RACE.
How a ProfouionaL-Spri-ntor Diets and Ex- .
crcises While Preparing for a Run.
' In aiming at the removal of superfluous
flesh—the training ofl‘ of' which virtually re-
duces the weight whic one has to carry—I
begin by adopting such a diet as will add.
strength, but not weight, to the body. With
this object in view, I carefully avoid all fat
meats, soups, butter, starchy foods, potatoes,
sweets, etc. I eat a great deal of rare lean
meat, and only the most easily digested at ,
that, such as beef and mutton. Eggs—es-
. pccially p- arched—poultry, fish and game,
may he eaten plentifully, but such meats as
veal and pork are to be avoided. Stewed
vegetables are to be partaken of freely, as
are also greens, such as lettuce. cresses, etc.
Fruit i‘sa necessity, and is to'be taken at
breakfast. -
Whatever bread is used should be either
toasted or used when about forty—eight hours
old. For desserts, jellies‘are probably better
than anything else; but all pastries, such as
pie, cake, and the like, together with all i'ieb
puddings and sauces, must be abstained from.
For beverages I use weak tea and coffee in
small quan. ities, and but little water. Stimu-
lants of all kinds, and alcoholic drinks espe-
cially, are to be shunned, as between the use of
these and that of tobacco in any form what-
ever it is hard to decide which is the most in-
jurious. '
By adhering to such a system of diet. and
by inducing perspiration by. exercise, the
weight may be gradually reduced to the l'U-
quii'cd point. As to the form of exercise. it
is, of course, to be ol‘ such a. nature as vii
best secure endurance and muscle. The lie-it
exercise for this purpose is running. B".._i'in-
hing gradually, I do just. so nines. r s. will
make me feel that some «lciiiaiuls have been
made on the muscles. Great care must be
taken not to do too much at first, else, unac-
customed to the exm'ticzi, you may become
. siii'l' and sore, and more barizi will be done
: than good.
’ is increased, either by running further or do-
; iiig the same. distances faster.
:‘is training: progresses the work
At the end of two weeks the entire distance
' at u bicli you intend to compete may be run
over at racing; spool, and this maybe i'e-
pcated as often as once every week there-
On the day previous to this effort 1
on the day following either. All this work
will be found to have improved the “Wind”
also. \Vitli each day’swork you will find
that you breathe more and more freely as
you run, and in a very short time you may
run a hard race with little or no discomfort
: to the breathing. '
“Judgment" in pace can be acquired only
Many races are lost
‘ by selecting at the start a pace which is
either too fast or two slow. If the former be
the case, the runner finds himself when near
the finish too exhausted to continue running,
and is therefore beaten by anion who has,
perhaps, not nearly his ability. Ii", on the
other hand, the pace on the start he too slow.
there isdanger of the other competitors ac-
quiriugr a greater lead than be can over—
come.
A device to which .1 resort to study my
pace accurately is to take one-half or three-
quarters of the distance at which I am to
compete and run it at my regular racing
gait. At regularintervals along the course
I have tiniékeepers stationed, who inform me
as I go by of the time which I am making.
Suppose, for instance, I am able to run a half
mil 2 in two minutes. Instead of running the
full 830 yards, which would be very exhaust-
ing, I run three furlongs, and at the end of
each furlong, or 220 yards, the timer there
stationed calls out the time. If this be less
than thirty seconds at the end of the first fur- l
long, I know that I am running too fast, and
can decrease my pace until I get to the next
timekeeper, where, being again informed of
how I am running, I can regulate my pace
accordingly. Besides the excellent practice
which this gives in “judging” pace, there is
no better way of developing these qualities
which are needed for success in racing.—
Walter C. Dohm in Harper’s Young People.
Change of Heart.
Sweet Girl—I hope you will call again, Mr.
Coolhead. "
Mr. Coolliead (new admiren—Thank you,1
should be delighted to call very soon again, if
I were sure of finding you at home.
“Oh, I’m nearly always at home; but—let
me see—it won’t do for you to call Tuesday
evening, for that is the night of the Home
mission meeting; and Wednesday night the
Emperor’s Daughters meet; and Thursday
the BlueRibbons have a. most important ses-
sion; and Friday is the monthly meeting of
the Dorcas club, and Saturday the Browning
club—really I hardly know what day to set;
but”—
“Um—do you expect to belong to all those
societies always?”
“Oh, yes, indeed; I’m a life member of them
all.”
' “Er—I should like to call again soon, but
this is our busy season, and I shall be con-
fined very closely to the ofiice for several
months. Good evening.” — New York
Weekly. 5
The Changes of Time.
‘Washington Irving wrote “Astoria” as
the guest of John Jacob Astor in that gen-
tleman’s country house, opposite Hellgate on
the East river. Tenement houses and fac-
tories new cover the site of the estate, which
then, though only about half way up Man-
hattan island, was yet far out of town. Ir-
ving wrote in delight about its “pure air,
agreeable scenery, a. spacious house, profound
quiet and perfect command of my time and
self. The consequence is that I have written
more since I have been. here than I have ever
done in the same space of time.” He would
not be as well pleased with a visit to the dis—
trict now. Charles Astor Bristed, who was
a. grandson of old John Jacob, inherited this
estate. The future author of “The Upper
Ten Thousand,” then a. boy of 14, was, with
his grandfather, the only resident of the As
tor manor when Diedrick Knickerbocker
wrote there his immortal puff of the old fur
trader and his enterprises—Pittsburg Bul-
letin.
He Didn’t Publish It.
I remember over twenty years ago a medi-
cal friend told me he had written and would
publish within a. mouth a. work entitled,
"How to Live 21 Hundred Years.” I said to
him:".‘Dou’tbefool enough to do it.” But
he said: “I have been to Europe to collect
material, have contracted with a publisher
to put it on the market, and already the
stereotype plates are made, and its sale will
be immense. Why not publish it?” “Be-
causo,” I said, “you can never live a century
yourself, and if you die at 60 or 70 years, you
will be the laughing stock of future genera-
tions.” The book never appeared and never
will. Its author died comparatively young.
—M. L. Hol'orook in Herald of Health.
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Tbat Kind of Wuon.
7 Many years ago Rufus Anderson, of Hon-
nibnl, was engaged in a case before Judge
Redd, of Marion county, and in presenting a.
paper to the judge Mr. Anderson spelled tho
word “wagon” with two g’s. Judge Rodd,
who was a very accurate speller, rebuked him
for the mistake, whereupon the witty lawyer
insisted that it wué a “two hone wagon.”—
St. Louis Republic. .
—..-
5 Wall St, W Norwalk, Ct.
Roving a Hobby.
A hobby is a. companion in loneliness, u re:
source in dullness, a. meeting ground fora
congenial spirit who also has a hobby—per-
haps your own—over which to ‘fraternize;
and really, when I begin to sing the praises of
this valuable possession, it is hard to know
where to stop. It is a. good thing to become
posséssed of a. hobby when you are young.
You can acquire an immense. amount of
knowledge which will be of valuable service
to you in later life if you have some pet pur-
suit. You may be devoid of all taste for
music, and not be able to draw a straight
. stroke; but if these two great talents are de~
nied you, there are many others equally in-
tei'estiug.
Take any science—botany, for example. If
you study it steadily, how much greater will
be your interest in all your walks and wher-
ever you go. Get any cheap primer or book,
on the subject, and learn about the formation
of flowers, and when you are out in the coun-
try gather some specimens and try and find
out their class, division, family and genus.
If you wish to form a collection, you will find
doing so most interesting and valuable for
future reference. Until you study botany,
you can form no idea. of the great varieties
there are among the wild flowers, and the
wonders and beauties of these seem endless.
In int-crest, too, how much will you find in
geology, coucliology, entomology, physiolo-
gy. Or, if sciences do not attract 3'04, is
there no charm in needlework if you ill“:
a woman, earpentering if you are a. 1120.11,
01‘ gardening, and many other things? Ania;
tcur photography is taken up equally by both
sexes, and is often carried to great perfec-
tion. The selection of your special atti'alj ion
must depend upon yourself, and if no one
science or pursuit in particular seems to pes-
sess a charm for you, I should make acquaint
auce practically with one or two, and you
may find the charm is there after :zll.~
Quiver.
Interviewing.
Interviewing is an application of, and is
justified by, the am’om that the shortest dis—
tance between two given points is in a
straight line. Newspapers are published to
furnish information. Information doesn’t
seek them; they have to seek it. Interview-
ing is just as necessary to get “news” as it is
to get “views.” Interviewing began with
the publication of the first newspaper. But
it took newspaper publishers some time. tc
find out that the public is about as much iii-
terested in What people of note think about
what is going on as in what is going on
They are only just finding this out in Eng-
land. '
There isa good deal of nonsense written
about persecution by the interviewer. If a
. man doesn’t want to be interviewed, all he
has to do is to say “no” and stick to it, and
that settles it. There are many people who
like to see their opinions in print, but they
don’t wish to have it appear that they seek
publicity for them. Even the most cozzceitecl
and egotistical of men desire a reputation for
modesty. I once traveled [if 2y miles to inter-
view an (ix-governor who had requested that
a reporter be sent to interview him. But the
interview was not prefaced by the statement
that “ex-Governor —-— sent for a reporter to
interview him.” On the contrary, it was-pre-
ceded by tbe observation that the reporter
bud sought ex-Goveriior —and that he “re-
luctaiitl y consenter ” to give his views, etc.
There is a good deal of bumbug in this world,
and a reporter sees rather more of it than
most people. But, of course, the sort of no-
toriety seekers above referred to constitute
but a small minority of those who get inter-
viewed—Cor. Epoch.
Better Than a Cat.
The barn owl, when she has young, brings
to her nest a mouse about every twelve min-
utes, and, as she is actively employed both at
evening and at dawn, and as male and fe-
male hunt, forty mice a. day is the lowest
computation we can make. How soft is the
plumage of the owl, and how noiseless her
flight? \Vatch her as she floats past the ivy
tod, down by the ricks, and silently over the
old wood; then away over the meadows,
through the open door and out of the loop-
hole of the barn, round the lichened tower
and along the course of the brook. Presently
she returns to her four downy young, with a
mouse in one claw and a vole in the other,
soon to be ripped up, torn and eaten by the
greedy, snapping imps. The young and eggs
are found in the same nest. If you would
see the midday siesta of these birds, climb
up into some baymow. There in an angle of
the beam you will see their owlships snoring
and blinking wide their great round eyes;
their duet is the most unearthly, ridiculous,
grave noise conceivable, like nothing else
you ever heard. Here they will stay all day,
digesting the mice with which they have
gorged themselves, until twilight, when they
again issue forth upon their madcap revels.
This clever mouser, then, has a strong claim
to our protection; so let not idle superstition
further its destruction.—Macmillmi’s Maga-
zme.
Underground Water in Australia.
The future of Australia for the next thirty
years will rest with the engineers. The re
cent discoveries of underground rivers in the
most arid portions of the continent have given
these words a. greater significance. The diffi-
culty of Australia. has always been the fear
that the land will not support a. large popu-
lation. These discoveries of water dispel that
fear. It now appears that the volumes of
rain which fall about once in five years over
the greater part of the Australian continent,
covering with flood the plains which for four
years previously have not known more moist,
ure than might be given in England by a good
full of dew, find their way through the por-
ous soil into channels and chambers beneath
the surface, where, at a. depth of 1,000 or
2,000 feet, they provide an inexhaustible store
of the most precious commodity known tothe
Australian squatter. ‘ * f It is only to be
expected that as more water is brought to
the surface the clouds will take up more
moisture by evaporation, and the rainfall
will increase. Then, with regular rainfall
and inexhaustible tanks and creeks, oven the
Australian squatter might begin to be our
tcnu-Mocmillon’s Magazine.
Light on a Mother.
Shelford Bidwell has published a prelimi-
nary notice of certain experiments made by
him, which apparently show that a piece of
iron can be slightly magnetized by allowing
a ray of light to full upon it. Mr. Bidwcll
does not consider the results entirely free
from suspicion, but, if further experiments
confirm the experiment, it is of the highest
importance, undwill go for to prove that
light is an electromagnetic disturbance—n
theory which many other facts apparently
tend to confirm—New York Telegram.
Because It Ruined.
Professor 0—— bad gone to spend the oven
ing at a. friend’s house. When he was about
to leave it was raining cats and dogs, where
fore the hostess kindly offered him accommo;
dubious for the night, which be readily ac-
cepted. Suddenly the guest disappeared, no-
body kuowing what had become of him, and
the family were about to retire for the night
when Profesor C-—— walked in as wet as o
drowned rat. He had been home to fetch
is right shirt l—Sau Francisco Argonaut.
FOR WANT OF BREATH.
, A poor city babe lay dying one day
On a ragged and dirty cot,
Lay quietly, gasping its life away
‘ In a. basement squalid and hot;
0 God! for a sniff of cool, sweet air—
Just one for the child and its mother;
For the heart that bleeds so helplessly there,
And the babe that must lie there and mother.
The ffirm'er‘s boy is a. cheerful sight
As he sits on the door in the sun;
How he doubles his fist in mimic might.
How lusty his grief and fun!
Oh! full of life all day is the breeze
From the fields of the farmer coming,
For it dalliecl awhile ’mid leafy trees,
And awhile where bees were humming.
The fisherinan’s boy is at play on the sand-
How sturdy and plump he grows! \
There is strength in the grip of his chubby hand,
And his lips are as red as a rose.
Oh! sweet are the. breezes born at sea
And cradled in white foam flowers—
Sweetly cool. when waves are like grass on a, lea,
Cool and keen when a tempest lowers.
The babe in the tenement house is dead.
With none but its mother to weep:
Then lay it to rest in that narrow bed
Where the sleepers breathe not in their sleep.
Oh! breezes that wander at will alway,
If ashore or where sea send is flying,
There are thousands of poor city babes today
That are smothering, fainting, dying.
~Cliicago Herald.
Gloves in Early Times.
Gloves date back to a very remote period,
the ancients not being strangers to their use,
and by the eleventh century they were uni—
versally worn.
In a tomb in Egypt :1 pair of striped linen
mittens were found that had been worn by a
lady. Xenophon alludes to the Persians
wearing gloves, and gives it as a proof of
their efieiin'iiacy; and Heiiier describes‘
Laertes at work in his garden wearng gloves,
to secure him from the thorns. The Romans
were severely upbraided by the philosophers
for wearing gloves; but these reproaches had
no effect in diminishing their use—they were
too convenient and comfortable to be lashed
out of being,r by the income of philosophy.
They do not appear to have been worn in
England until the beginning of the eleventh
century, and were of German manufacture.
In the course of time, a great deal of orna—
mentation was used on the gloves in England.
The effigies of Henry II and Richard I had
gloves adorned with precious stones, and
real gloves ornamented with jewels were
found upon the hands of King John and Ed—
:vard I, when their tombs were opened during
the last century. Gloves were even orna-
mented with crests and armorial bearings.
The ecclesiastical were always rich] y adorned.
They were made of silk or linen, embroidered
and jeweled. A pair preserved at New col-
lege, Oxford, are of red silk, with the sacred
monogram surrounded by a glory, and em-
broidercd in gold on the backs. Pope Boni-
face VIII bad gloves of white silk embroid-
ered very beautifully and studded with
pearls.
About the year 1.600 leather gloves ap-
peared. They were embroidered, adorned
with pearls and gems and trimmed with lace.
Pei-fuiiied gloves, too, made their appearance
and were very popular with the ladies. We
are told that Queen Mary Tudor had a pair
of “swete gloves” sent to her by a Mrs. Whel-
lens. The college tenants of Oxford had per-
fumed gloves presented to them, as well as
distinguished guests. The custom went out
soon after the reign of Charles I.—Montreal
Star.
The Shah of Persia.
At the visit of the shah of Persia to Wad-
desden manor, the country seat of Baron
Ferdinand von Rothschild, be inspected all
the treasures and antiquities of the baron,
but was pleased most with a jewel set mantle
clock, which is a veritable work of art. The
central figure of this clock is that of an ele-
phant, which, when the clock is wound, bo-
gius to wag his golden tail, move his jeweled
trunk, shake his large ears and turn his small
diamond eyes; thereupon the lotos flowers,
formed of jewels, at his feet, begin to open, a.
procession passes by, and from under the en-
ameled leaves of the bushes snakes and other
reptiles crawl on t. The shah was exceedingly
charmed with this costly toy, which had con-
stautly to be wound again for his delectation.
and his behavior demonstrated that the illus-
trious shahemsbah preferred it to all the
treasures owned by Rothschild. Artifices
had finally to be resorted to to attract his at-
tention to other things, for fear he might ex-
press a. desire to possess it.—Jewelers’ Cir-
cular.
How Labor Day Originated.
In the spring of 1882, General Secretary P.
J. McGuire, of the United Brotherhood of
Carpenters, first originated the observance of
a. distinct and new holiday—with parade and
picnic—to be known as “Labor Day.” He
broached the idea to several labor men and
then to the Central Labor union of ' New
York, and got'them to adopt it. The first
Monday in September, 1882. was agreed upon
us the day for the first public observance of
“Labor Day.” The first attempt was deemed
to be so successful - by the Central Labor
union that it decided to celebrate the first
Monday in September every year as labor’s
holiday. The plan was then indorsed by the
annual convention of the AmeriCan Federa-
ion at Labor, and by the general assembly
of the Knights-of Labor. The idea. met with
favor in other cities and states, and the labor
organizations in them observed the day in
various ways—by parades. festivals, excur-
sions, or meetings, and have continued to do
Io.-—-Carpenter._
A Long Felt Wat. 5
Able Editor—“Tam a. position, eh? Do you!
understand the tariff question? ’
Applicant—Um—to tell the truth, I don’t
know anything about the tariff.
“Are you familiar with international law?”
“No; can’t say that I am.” .
“Have you followed up the various Africa.
and polar explorations, and have you all the
localities at your finger ends, so that you
could write column after column on the sub-
ject without exhausting yourself!”
“I—I never took any interest
things. ”
“Are you thoroughly familiar with Eug-
lish, French, German and Russian politics?"
“Don’t know anything about European
squabblos and don’t want to."
“Young man, take that desk there. I
shouldn’t wonder if you could make a paper
that sensible people would like to road.”—
New York Weekly. ’
in such
About Bruin Wont.
It is very desirable to have what quietness -
is pomiblo during brain work, and the mecca
sity for preper ventilation as u moons of
maintaining mental energy is. well known.
It might lessen brain Wear in many offices if
‘electric ii liting were substituted for gas il-
lumlnuti n. Good digestion in essential to
continued .work with good lasting power.
1m rising andaburried breakfast, a still
more hurried luncheon and rush back to
work, followed at the conclusion of the day
by a heavy meal when the mun is wooded,
often tend to exhaustion, as much as the un-
avoidable pressure of business. A more ru-
tionul refreshment after heavy brain work is
to punks of light refreshment and than rest
for half an hour before dinner; thus the
power of mm ion and social enjoyment are
fingered to the mane-British Medical Jour-
Norwalk Chronicler