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is absolutely pure. and highly concentrated.
medicine, to be given in the food, once daily, in small doses.
Worth its weight. in gold when hens are inoultinu, and to keep them healthy.
Ask your druguist, grocer, general store, or feed dealer for it.
\"o will send postpaid by mail as follow--
elegantly illustrated copy of the “FARMERS POULTRY RAISING GUIDE” (pri
by mail.
once to us. Take no other kind.
One ounce is worth a. pound of any other kind. Strictlya
Prevents and cures all diseases of hens.
Testimonials sent free
If you can’t- gct it. send at
new, enlarged,
25 cents; tells how
to make money with a few hens), and two small packages of Powder for (if) Cents; or, one large 2 1-!
pound can and Guide, $1.20.
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Gen’l Ticket 65 Pass. Agent.
rirrii is. unions,
FLEET? NEESEEIEM,
L‘rioN AVENUE,
Norlh of Norwalk Cemetery,
NOR‘WALK, . court.
Dealer in Green llouse and llot. liens? and
Beddingzind Vegetable Plums, Fruit and Oinzi— ;
mental 'i‘rces Shrubbery, Vines. Cut Flowers
always on hand and all sorts of designs in Flowers '
4H2
I’lids
arranged to order.
Grading and lie-filling Cemetery
promptly attended to.
HEN 1' Y El. CORN 35.
House, Sign, OuISide and inside
Paiuicm/l Election,
Would announce to his friends and the public
that he has 2: lori-e of Superior ; ‘.'oi'l<ii.eii, and is
piepareil to ext-cine All orders of
Poland:
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rice. As lie \l‘ol‘lS willi his iiiei
sui‘ance IIllii’ none but the best of lioiiesl ziniicrizi
will ever be used by him.
He is ready 10 cent 'llct for any and all ivorl; in
his line and guarantee sziiisluciioii. or he
competiiion. .
Orders received by mail or at his l‘CSIlIOll(}C,0\'€l
Mrs. Faiwcetl’s Milliuci‘y Store. 34
The “Record...”
The Norwalk Record
Is an established fact. Although itis onlya
year old its circulation already averages
3,000 CUPIES PER WEEK,
a fact which attestsus rapid rise and llrm hold on
the public favor. It aimsto be clean and whole-
some, and presents all the legitimate news in
readable, spicy and terse shape. lts subsnriplion
price is sulllciemly low to enable anybody lo have
it- Witlioutdiscardliigliny other of their favorite
journal‘s, and it prospers Without encroaching,r
upon theprosperily of any of its excellent and
esteemed local (:uiilemporarics. as IS shown by
the fact that, ileujoysiind appreciates the. hearty
good will of all—the GAZETTE, Hour, Sentinel
Journal and Republicmz.
THE RECORD is sent to any address forthe
mall sum 01
75 BBIIISH Year; Single Copies, 2 cents
Now is the Time to Subscribe.
SPECIAL III-FARMERS. i
The Record
PU BLISHES EVERY SATURDAY
The New York Market Report
COYRECTED UP '10 DATE. U37
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work by the day or hour, and at prices that defy ,
I Geo. S. Gregory.
Livery. Boarding, Sale.
kg ('2 and Exchange
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(in run of Horse l;..r 3 1,
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Carriages furnished {Ii all hours. (Joiirtcousat—
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. million and gr-iiilenuiiiiy dz l\'('l s,
intlie besi style oflhe art, and :it the shortest no- 2
liiiiis‘cll‘ uiid IIHIL‘ -‘
personally overs-‘ccs :ill the dc oils of incir labor, ‘
he can pledge the very best execiiiioii. and :m :is- ;
.i'r'r iivrios
Wt... H. navwano,
Pension, ."'§§.ii09"tt6?i,
708 East Capitol Street,
‘I \VAI‘SIHNU’FON D. (3.,
Located at the National Capital, adjacent to all the
Executive Departments. gives me superior
advantage in Iim prosecution of Claims
against the United Slates.
INCREASE YOUR PENSION.
Many pensioners borne on the rolls :ne entitled
loamucli higher rate of pension than they now
receive. In a great majority of cases in which
pension vas granted for disease, the pensioner is
entitled to an increase of me, and in most cases
where it was granted for wounds or injuries the
disabilityincreases each year. As time passes the
disabilityof all classes naturally increases. Many
were at. llrst rated too low, and it. often occurs
that pensioners are unjustly or erroneousiyre-
duced by examining: surgeons. A, pensioner i4
entitled to increase on n. disubilily not set forth in
his original declaration. The pension laws are
morcliberul than fiii'iiici‘ly,uii(l I)c.ll(:l‘ mtingcai.
be had for many disabilities. 1 make a specialty
of Neglected and. [minimal C'I(l.1")ll$.ltllll if you WIII
present me with a brief statement of your case,
stating by whom it was prescnled. I will obtain a
rehearing,r of your :use,and,if it has merit. will
procure a favorable settlement; Many claims
stand rejected before the department, when it
only requires :1 competent attorney to make them
goodclises. Soldiers sit/[Wing with, disabilities
contracted in service, who I: {I M) not (I pulled for a
pemz’on, should. do so as it is their RIGHT.
- SOLDIERS OF THE MEXICAN WAR,
Who were in that service sixty days, [or their
widows if not re—married] are entitled «158.00 per
month from January 29th. 1887. tf20
For Sale cheap.
SECOND-HAND Cast Iron Fence, with gate
all in perfect order and as good as new,
about 120 feet in length. Will be sold at a sacri-
fice it applied for soon. Enquire at
GAZETTE OFFICE
30ft.
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ACTION.
Deluded age, which thinks or seems to think
That naught is action save what can be seen,
And sets a brand upon the brow serene
Of those who from the gaze iof. crowds would
shrink;
And they who rush not boldest to the brink
Of novelties seem coward souls and mean;
And they who pause and meditate between
Their deeds at wisdom‘s well ne'er learned to
drink.
Action is prayer upon the sick man‘s bed;
Action is silence where a. word might. wound;
Action is bold rebuke where crowds are led
To assault the walls which gird eld truth around.
Action necks shelter when the Wind's ahead,
While those who dare the stormy waves are
C; roweed.
»— . .-..edore D. Wooisey in Independent.
If you wish to enjoy good IleaIlIi, and
prevent the seeds of disease from ripen-
inQ'In your system, you should use the
bclél. mvdiclnc in llic world, Sulphur Bit-
ICI‘S, which will prevent your 5: 'stem from
beingnll rundown by making it strong
and vigorous—TEEN. W. R. SNOW.
“.lolin. what. would you do if I were to
die '3” “Bury you, my dc: r.”
The Arab who
invented alcohol died
930 years ago, but his spiiil still lives.
That. liri-(I. languid feeling and dull
headache is very lllSug‘l‘l‘l‘ilIHl‘. rFilkC two
of Carter’s Lillie Iiiver I’iIIs before retir—
ing, and you VIII find relief. 'I‘Iicy never
fail to do good.
A iiiullci‘ of some weighl—Pi'oposing in
u 900 pound widow.
IIIeIi-loiii'd inc i—~Tlic lcuoi' singers.
If a wide-awake man who
sells lamp-chimneys happens
to read, Will he write to Mac:-
eth & (30., Pittsburgh P
They make the “pearl-top”
@ chimneys that do not
break, except by accident.
“Pearl-top” is the trade mark.
Some dealers think they
can’t afford to stop the breaking
of chimneys. _ “It would spoil
the business,” they say.
OVuecr sort of business that
lives on the worthlessncss of
its merchandise I
Do Your Ovv'u Dye ing, at Home.
The‘; will dye everyl hing. They are sold every»-
where. Price £00. a package. ’I‘heyhave no equal
for Exiti-miqtli, 'lrightness, Amount. in Packages
or for Fustncss of Color. or non-fading Qualities.
They do not crock or smut; 40 colors, For sale by
.l. (: :rcgorv .‘t to: .l. A. lligirs, N0. ll Nliin
Street, ly27
(:co. .4. I’Inlsled. llriigglsts.
W. BAKER (it C 3%
build in
Is absolutely pure am”
it 11's soluble.
o 1
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No Chenmcots
are nscd in its preparation. It has more
than three times [he strmiglh of Cocoa
mixed with Siiircli, Azxowroot at Sugar,
and is therefore for more economical,
costing less than one cm: a cup. It is
‘ ‘ delicious,noni'ishinrr strengthening, EA-
3.-“
rv >
Mini IliGlCS'l‘l-ZI), and admirably anupled
I for invzilids as well as persons in health.
field by Grove ' everywhere.
0 —'I“"_ . r
c; (30., Baichestei, Mass.
Instant relief. lumil cure in l0
days and never returns. so
FF)?!
x":
3’3 urge, no salve, no suppository.
g k butlerers will learn of a simple
"El .. remedy FREE by addressing
km
'l‘UrTLE A: 00., 78 Nassau Street, New York Cityr
lyiJ
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”DEALER 1X—'
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i shall keep constantly on hand a
g. .
Elli. til-53; :"I" All. @9333
usually found in a
' .3. ("I o . . i a:
*ll‘SrEllis-o-Iil‘lfllllw-Ulli
which I will sell at prices
DEFYING HONEST COMPETITION
to heat. A. share of the public patronage is solicit.-
cd and every effort will be made to faithfully
serve our customers. (live us a call and
let us assure you of on ‘ abllityto
give satisfaction.
CHAS. II. VALDEIT,
Norwalk. Ct.
6213‘.
Choice '
BUILDING LUTS
(ON INSTALLMENT PLANS)
FOR SALE
0n lWlton Amen/we
Sam, Scum: Plot.
APPLY TO
H.BYINGT0N,
GAZETTE OFFICE.
A.
GOLD MEDAL, PARIS, 187—. ’
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CULTURE OF THE PEANUT.
PARTICULARS ABOUT AN EATABLE
BOYS AND GIRLS ARE FOND OF.
How the Little Nut Grows and Yields a
Large Crop—Its Culture in America—The
Gouber Is a. Great Favorite with the
Colored People—A Substitute for Coffee.
The peanut, sometimes called ground pea.
or ground nut, is known in the southern states
as the pindar and gouber: and the French
call it pistach de terre. It is generally be—
lieved to be anative of Africa, Where it is the
principal food of some of the Congo tribes;
but four or five species of the nut are found
growing Wild in Brazil. Its cultivation has
been successfully introduced into Spain.
In this country it is raised principally in
the states of Virginia, NSrth Carolina and
TenneSSee, and has been more recently culti-
vated in California.
The culture of the peanut is not difficult.
Land suit-ed to the raising of corn or melons
is generally selected, and care is taken that
there is nothing in the ground that W iild
stain the shells. Planting time begins when
the danger to plants from frost has passed.
The ground is plowed five or six inches deep
and then burrowed. The nuts are taken
from the pods without breaking the skins, are
planted two or three together in rows about
three feet apart and twenty inches from Iiill
to bill, and are covered with two inches of
earth. \Vhen in a short time the . 3‘. is eight
or ten inches long and begins to blos‘win it i:;
covered with an inch of soil, care being taken
to leave the tip end uncovered. ’I‘lr: VLAOS
blossom profusely with small yellow donors,
and as the flower fades awa ' a sharp p )IIith
stein grows out from its base, turns down-
ward and buries itself in the ground; on the
end of the stem 3. thick shelled pod forms and
enlarges rapidly. All the care that is neces—
sary after the stem returns to the ground is
to keep the land free from \z'eeds. Ill Octo-
3er, when the nuts are ripe, the farmer
loosens the earth and pills up the vines, to
which the nuts adhere. and turns them over
to dry. {e performs this work only in pleas-
ant weather, and when the ground is dry.
After the vines have lain in the sun for a
day, which is generally a sufficient time for
drying them, the grower stacks them around
a stake about five feet high.
HANDLING THE CROP.
The vines reznain in stack from three to
five vee-ks, after which the nuts are picked
off, placed in sacks and shipped to market. A
vine under favorable conditions often bears
more than a hundred nuts, and the yield per
acre averages forty bus win. Most of the
Virginia and North Carolina crop, which is
about two-thirds of the whole crop of the
country, is marketed in Norfolk lllllI. l’cters-
burg, Vin; the rest, with the Whole crop of
Tennessee, is carried to St. Louis or Cincin-
nati. In each of these cities are f actcrics
where the nuts as they are delivered by the
farmer are bought. The nuts as they appear
at this stage, with earth and their stems still
clinging; to them, are hardly to be recognized
as the bright nut we afterwards sec on the
corner stand. To polish then}, and to re—
move the earth and stems, the nuts are
scoured in large iron cylinders from which
they pass through blast fans, in which a
strong current of air Separates the fully de-
veloped nuts having; sound kernels from those
imperfectly filled, and from einply po-ls. The
sound nuts fall Hum 311 the fan upon picking
tables, where those which are discolored are
taken out, and the bright ones are passed on
into sucks which will each lie-id about one
hundred pounds of nuts. Each suck is mark-
ed with the brand which indicates the grade
of its contents. The dark and the partially
filled nuts are shelled, and the kernels are
used by. confection-31's in making, peanut
candy. The work of picking; over and sepa-
rating the nuts is performed by little girls,
about twenty of whom are eiziployed at
every table.
Three varieties of peanuts are grown in
this country, the white. the re:1 and the Spun-
iin. The white, which is the most important
. variety, has a. nut with two kernels with pink
skins; its vine spreads along; the ground, in
this respect unlike that. of the red variety,
which grows more upright find in a. bunch.
I The pod of the. red nut holds three and sonic-
- times l'our kernels, and has a deep red skin.
. the others possesses. The entire crop is
The Spanish iszi iziiicii smaller nut, with a
lighter skin and iiiildci' flavor than either of
she led,
"and used especiallyixi tlizit rich confection
, some idea of the importance of
,such a. treatment faded black
. ..
do
known iiougat. The history of the coin-
pelziiioii between the. home product and the
imported peanut is interesting and gives one
the peanut
trade.
izvc iEASIXG DEMAND.
In 18723, and for s;~vera1 yea previous,
there were annually imported into I‘Iezv
York ahulf million bushels of peanuts, the
greater part of which crrno from Africa and
the rest from Spain. The American farmers
gradually awakened to a perception of the
,profits to be made by 'aisiug the nuts.
Melon patches were turned into peanut
fields, and in 1373 the seed of the Spanish nut
was planted in Virginiz. The product was
found to equal that of the foi'ei'v‘ l nut, and
as it cost two or three cents a Ifl'lllil'l less to
market the crop, it was not long before the
imported nut vas driven from theinai'ket.
At present Virginia, North Carolina and
Tennessee count “goubcr 1‘aising”n.s one of
their chief industries.
In 1-351) the consumption of peanuts in the
United States was less than two million
bushels. In 1887 the amount IltllIIllC"cflSi3d
to four and a. third million bushels, all of
which was eaten in the United {States and
Canada. The demand for peanuts has
trebled in the past few years, and the crop
has never been siiflicient to supply the de-
mand. The price of peanuts varies accord—
ing to the supply. The average price 135
year vus five cents a pound. America’s
average crop, which is estimate at three
million bushels, represents a value of three
million three hundred thawisand dollars at
wholesale price. The peanut is a more use
ful product than people in general think it
to be. “'0 all know how eagerly it is sought
after in the roasted state to help boys enjoy
abosebull match or a circus; but its use in
the roasted form by no means measures the
extent of its value, or the variet y of uses to
which it is pii ,_ The nuts eontfrin from 43 to
50 per cent. of a nearly colorless, bland, fixed
oil, which resembles olive oil, and is used for
similar purposes. The oil is principally em-
played in the manufacture of the finer grades
of soap. In 1883 Virginia began to manu-
facture peanut flower, which makes a pecu-
liarly palatable biscuit, and North Carolina.
has long made pastry of pounded peanuts.
It is also eaten for dessert, and it isroasted
as a. substitute for coffee. . The peanut is very
nutritious. The negroes use it in very many
.places in making porridge custard, and pre—
pare from it a beverage. The vine forms a.
fodder as good as clover hay, and hogs fatten
on What they find on the fields after the crop
has. been gathered—George B. Spear in
Montreal Star.
If the material is washable. at all, black
dye can practicallybe rendered a fast color,
by the help of the salt water bath before the
general, washing is commenced upon. After
caused by
washing will never occur. 3
A DETECTIVE’S STORY.
HIS EXPERIENCES IN WATCHING A
GANG OF EXPERT CRACKSMEN.
The. Ocean Bank iobbein—An English-
man’s Way of Cracking a Safe—Thwarting
Attempt to Bob the Illinois State
Treasury—A Dangerous Resem hlance.
an
Some years ago, at the. time that Capt.
Jordan was chief of police of New York city,
there occurred one of the most daring and
' successful robberies ever known. .It was ac-
complished under the leadership of a notori-
ous burglar, who bore the eognouien 5‘0. K."
He had 1' recently committed several robberies
in various places, and had managed to get
into his possession a. considerable sum of
money. Arriving in New York, be deter-
mined to establish a brokerage business, and
for that purpose secured rooms in the same
block with the Ocean bank, the oflieers of
which allowed him to keep his money and
bonds in the bank safe; In this way be ob-
tained information which he detern'iiiieil to
take advantage of for his own benefit. He
decided to rob the bank.
He was acquainted with an expert burglar,
then in England, and, in order to divert sus-
picion from himself, he sent for him, and the
CXpert' cuiiio over, bringing with him two
youngr men, his nephew-i. As soon as they ur-
‘ived in New York, they set a stool pigeon at
vork to find out the best vuy for carrying
out the. scheme of robbing the bank. At the
same time a party of Illinois burglars incl a
stool pigeon at work for the plll'li'LiU.
The two met- and discovered eucli <)tl;ur‘s
plans. After some conversation it was dee::icd
best to report to bendipinrters, and this was
done; the parties met and decided to (la-rail
three. men from each pui'tyrt‘.) perform the
work of robbing the bank. In order to get
the janitor out of the way they paid him
5.4.300, and then had no trouble 'n ceininitiiii-g;
the robbery. The robbers secured 0 'Cl‘
(:00 in money, besides a. large iii: our):
United tributes bonds.
\Vhen the two gangs got together in ( oun-
cil. Andy Aiciiuy, of Springfield, one of the
most notorious burglars, and a great talker,
tram-ceded to explain 1.0 the 01d Englishman
the iinzmiei‘ in which he opened the Lillie
He said: “The center pin is loose. I
pull it o it about a half inch; then strike it
hard witlia sledge hummer; it breaks like
, then I take a prick-punch that will not).
get fest in the hole; one man holds the prick;
punch, and unotaer strikes it hard with the
luiiinne ' 2 1111 drive.“ it through the lock; on—
other hard l/Iow causes it to spring the strap
that holds the hick on; then I take the
crooked I.lllillr‘I,1flOill' in the pmvdcr, insert
the fuse, set it with a mar-sh and get out of
the way." The old Englishman replied in a
peculiar ' drawlii g way: “That would make
a noise, wouldn‘t itt" "Yes,”suid McKay,
“but nu throw a wet blanket over it, and
that prev :.1:: the noise.” The Englishman
l'e‘pl "I don’t make any noise; I don‘t
make any more noise than a mouse would
calling a. cracker.”
The way the old 13ii;;li.~.;hinzin robbed o. safe
was this: He used : diamond drill. with
T.‘iii~._ he Ilf‘l'l d ('11 one side. of the center pin,
:I i;: "(2:111 wire in tit“ 'I‘Iiczi all he
i to do ivns to l ll'll tw- ltiiol) once around.
‘ it weal", raise
Filllix.)
in
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Sui u‘.
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in 7.
AL‘L-
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l. .1.
limit).
truck lbw r. ii 0
in then the doorwus
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chry time if. 3,:
the lug; out of the slot, 2
opened.
The Illinois bur
illi" lui‘s to coins: to "1
lemon and one of his i eplieirs pu
ij'ncrizinn Mimic for 525:: week‘; so others:
took rooms :it till) Revere house. My stool
pigeon gave inc :1. "spot" 0:1 The l M burglar
IlUILOI
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gnu o pei su. he Lnghsn
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‘0 up ill] the
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a 5'
at. once, and Weill? with inc. to the as
:zt:'.‘~v 11511;}! r=i‘i1l'tcei11izrif?: It) :ret “Spot” on
but I never could suc-
Tliey got up a “site” on
' y safe at lflpi‘iiigliclzl, and
" . “if? Li'l’,‘i-‘.i€lll':)' mic ol' 1‘. l:.l'.c>‘f)tx'1,
and on n. 1:riv:21el>::nkut St. Paul.
I wrote :1. lciti-r to the lion. Crecu'ge II.
Harlow, b!,’(’l‘l,iill"'}' of s .c, at Sl:i'ii-;.;iicli1,
telling . “ the robbers of the Ocean I-zpiii: in
Z-Tcw Yi‘i .- mini pro-
‘Ci"s sail: at the
“a inn...
‘ r
trniisui
stutecn
County L ”"J‘l:-‘. had made their lllllillill re-
turns. i'icr LIHLIJ "look out for quail l racks."
About: time \i'k." later I received a letter ?
from Gen. .Zuti :«, rcasurer of Illimis. asking;
111cm L't me to Hpriiigfield by the firs;
. rted for 11:32 tlliei'ir'm house. and,
train.
Hurling
:.~‘.‘. lI:2l.‘IlgIlI} the IR.
'i-:1l.:l':;.~.t I called upon IQL‘.
i;::,rniiig.
7‘ii'loiv,
,i'oduc-
lion to (lczr Dates. The general told me his
suspicious, and I went out to look for my
man. \Tiilzizi half an hour I ‘:in across the
young; i;:-:;i:, and followed .Iiin all day.
He. would occasioiiallf,‘ step into n. confec—
tio1‘1e1":; and buy candy and 1)):lllllfs, and
then he would visit a saloon and ]llii'(‘li.’ls€ a
bottle of pop. Finally he went down by the
capitol, where the streets were not built up
much, and I was obliged to follow on a
parallel street, and get a look at liiiri cc :9.—
sionally through an opening among the seat-
tei'cd buildings and trees. At length I re-
trueed my steps to the new capitol building,
n ".‘Ll' which I hid n ysclf in (l thick cluster of
bushes, staying; there until after sundown,
when he came back, and I followed him to
the. Leland house. I remained the rest of the
ircek, but 511 v nothing further of him. Now,
see how I got beat. He had his brother,
whom I IICUI no or seen, following; 1310 all day.
They had a ten: and a wagon with a double
box. Their plan us to put the ii'ioziey the;
gotin thelmmr box and fill the upper one
with bags of oats. They then could travel
through the country without exciting sus-
picion.
After they were frustrated at Springfield
hey vent to St. Paul, Minn. After I got
back to Chicago I was one day walking on
the sidewalk, when I saw“ man coming to-
ward inc whom I took to be the one I had
shadowed all day at Springfield. As be mine
up I saw it was not the one I thought, but u
man by the name of Reed, 'whom I knew
very well. I had hired him at an early day
to teach the school in Blackberry Center. He
married Peter Johnson’s daughter, and re-
moved to St. Paul, Minn., where he engaged
in the banking business. As: he come up to
me I said to him: “Friend. Iieed, you fright
cued me. When I saw you coming I thought
you were one of the Ocean bank robbers.’7
I told him that. party had :i "site" on the
state trensurer’s office of Minnesozz , and also
a private bank at St. Paul. "Now you have
frightened me,” he replied. “On r folks told
me the morningIeanie away that. a man
came into the office whom they at first
thought was me. He was there twenty min-
utes before they saw their mistake.” Mr. Reed
then went to the telegraph office, and wired
the bank to look out for the man they mis-
took for him, for he- was one of the Ocean
bank robbers. I wrote the sheriff at St.
Paul that the robbers of the Ocean bank had
a “site” upon the safe of the state treasurer
of Minnesota, and to look out for them.
Shortly after that I bad business at St. Paul,
and while there called upon the sheriff. He
told me that the robbers ' bothered then;
nearly two weeks, during the old of the
moon. I kept track of those men. They
never robbed another safe While in the west.
They finally returned to Boston, and took
assage for England, taking alongr With them
Rdark Shinborn, one of thi toughest burglars
we had in this country. —B.- . Yates in
Chicago News.
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HOW MINNEHAHA. DIED.
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A Minnesota Hunter Takes Exception to
Longfellow’s Ronnantic Poem.
Then they buried Minnehaha;
In the snow a grave they made her,
In the forest deep and darksome,
Underneath the meaning hemlocks;
L‘lothed her in her richest garments;
Trapped her in her robes of ermine,
Covered her with snow like ermine,
'l‘l us they buried illinnehaha.
And there are those residing in Miunee
apelis today who assert that the grave of
Minncbaha, or “Laughing Winters,” was
made within a few feet, of the famous Minne-
halia falls. But a few days since, by the
courtesy of a newspaper man was given a
free ride from the city to th- falls, the dis-
tance bcii g five and one—tenth miles over the
motor line. If you cannot secure a. “pass”
your round trip will cost you twenty cents.
‘lie trip is a good one and takes you
through a beautiful portion of the city, eon-
sumingg; about half an hour. Arriving there,
a two minute-5’ walk brings you to the brink
of the fa ls. easily seen from the little cottage
depot. You descend a flight of stone steps
and stand facing the falls about midway
from top to bottom.
Here a grand view maybe obtained from
a wooden platform built out from the cliff
by an enterprising photographer, who, in the
summer season, “takes the pietcr” of many a
blushing; bride and red faced groom, using
the falls as a background. Going down still
lower, you are on a level with the creek be-
low, which rushes through a tortuous‘rocky
gully to the open country miles away.
You may cross the stream, if you chemise,
on a rustic bridge to the opposite shore, and
here for many rods you will see. the names of
people residing in about crei'y state in the
union carved in the. soft white and red lime-
stone wnlls, pieces of which may be crushed
bet men the fingers as easily as a lump of
flour. If you like you may walk behind the
water as it comes over the edge, as there is a
safe rocky path the entire distance, many
feet wide, mode by nature. The water falls
about sixty feet. T he falls are in the shape
of a horseshoe, with the ends as chunk of
the falls on either side of the stream below.
Years: ago it must have been a wild and
romantic spot, but today it is “cleared up”
so that but few trees line the bank. At
present one lookingr at the grain fields above
cannot help thinking that had Minnehalin
lived until now her lover, Hiai other, could
have supplied her with an abundance of food
and tlnissave her from death by starvation,
and nioreuespceially when by walking but a
few feet he would have encountered a first
clan-3 country grocery store with an awning
covered restaurant utuichei’l.
The day but I visited the plzue a. newly
wedded‘ couple were also there, and the
groom held in his hand Longfellow’s poems
containing;- the written story of Minnelialia,
Hiawatha and old No-komis. Seating them-
Selves on a stone he read the tale to her, oc-
casionally stopping to “express his senti-
mcnts” on the same, every we‘d of which
she drunk in with open month. In the 111i.,1.st
of “school's in,” an old settler with grizzled
beard (11‘ch shaggy hair, and dressed in a. suit
of coon skin, with hat and shoes to match,
came up and became an attentive listener.
43.2.: the reading,, contii‘ued the hi nip in. his
back (from age) became more "humpilied,”
and at the. conclusion (f the story he “spread.
his sentiments” by first -; sizing:
“l'i'lio writ that?i
“Longfellow, sir."
“ Well, he don’t know a do? ned thingr ’bout
it, and the gal did: ’t starve to deltli, nuthel‘.
I‘ve been ’i‘ound here nigh onto fifty year,
gramll‘ather shot bears in this county
bei'in'c me, and I allow to know all ’inu‘. it.
You see, this Hiawatha went a-Inintiu’ and
found the gal with the Dakota lnjuus. He
stayed there all. summer, and finally in the
fall the two on ’e:.n 7lopczl. Just as they
come to these ’ere falls her Injuu dad and.
1i1‘:;:l:lier euni up to 7em and was just going to
nab ’cni both when they run to the edge and
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jlll-lP-C’II over the falls, and both was kill;
dead. Now, I don’t know who this ’ei'o
Longfellow monglit be, but, by gosh! he
don’t know That he writ when lie said that.”
After delivering himself the bump on his
back gradually softcneddo'».\‘ii and the old
settler went 0:1 over to the grocery store to
see if “Cy John son 111121 found his fuller cow,
what '.i':i:sl.-~4;::l.);i.; a week ago,” and the
g;i'«,>oi:i, , after I Is ref ‘0; ting figure,
simply said ‘” Well, by tliiiiiderl”—-Iiis bride
remarking, “I Sill’)l,lIlI say as much.” It’s
just possible that the exact fate of )Iinneha-
ha, Hiawatha Nokomis will never be
fully known, but the falls are here just the-
s;iine.-(Jor. Albany Argus.
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Squirrels in :i House.
A big farm house near Ilelleville, II. 5.,
had long; stood tenaiitlcss and bore the repu-
tation of being haunted. it last a young
farmcrund l‘ swife moved. in at a merely
inmiinul rental. An unearthly chit/tiring on
th stairs frightened the couple half
of their wits the first night, and the v."ic
tried to persuade her consort to get up and
investigate. F‘i' nu hour he argued with
her on the advisability of lying still. She
declared, digspuiriiigly, that if he wouldn’t
investigate she must die or get up herself.
Finally tl‘ipy effected a compromise by creep-
in;r out of bed together. They lit the 121ml]
and looked cautiously out of the chamber
door. The first glance solved the myst
Big gray L.iiiii'i'UID literally swarmed upon all
the landings, and every one of them had a
big nut of some kind between his paws. The
main :Iipply of nuts was stored in a: nu:
gurret, some forgotten tenant lizifl,
placed them long,r ago. The quirrels an
ranged themselves in gang's on each landing,
and there at the top of the house carried tIlO‘
nuts, one by one, out of the garrct, and sent-
tl‘iein rolling down the stairs to the next Iillli’l'
ii (.3, where they were received by the WW '
where
but {5‘
waiting; for them, and pushed down another
flight. In this way they reaeiied an old?
color, which \53 evidently the squir'cls’
storeroozn, for it was well stt‘xclzez‘ with nuts.
They were tra: ':'ing the supply from attic
lo basement.—~l3:{cbange. .
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Is the Sea W’nrmcr After a Storm?
Is there any truth in the sailors’ tradition
that the ‘01]. i3 warmer after a storm? Plu-
tareh remarked that the sea became warmer"
by being: agitated in waves, and there is no
doubt that when water is sufficiently agiv
tated their action is converted into heat.
Professor Tyndall says the sailors’ tradition
is “theoretically correct,” as the mechanical
dash of the billows of the sea. is; ultimately
converted into heat. He uses the term.
“theoretically correct” because he says that
it would require for more care and instru—
mental delicacy than appear to have been in-
voked upto the present time to prove that
the observed differences of temperature were
due solely to mechanical action—Montreal
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A Freak in Handwriting.
5. freak in the way of handwriting has just
come under the notice of the English newspa-
pers. Aiittlo girl of 4 years writes with her
left hand and writes her words backwards, as
they are reflected in a. mirror from ordinary
writin". Her friends have'to read them by
means of a looking glass. The child was
taught waiting with her sister, butWould do
things in her ov‘m way,,with the result that
she mites fluentlyin this fantastic style.-
Montreal Star.
Norwalk Chronicler