WE SEND BY MAIL' ‘36" TWO ,SMAuPACKs SO‘ET-SDusrPAln'. Q l :H. hPUUNDD/pigglnq NORWALK GAZETTE WED Nu smYMAR CH 19 i890 Sheridan’s Condition Powder is absolutely pgre and highly concentrated. One ounce is worth a pound of any othcr'kind. Strictly a edicine, to orth its weight in , by mail. Ask your rug st, rocer, once to us. Take no 0t er 'lnd. We will send elegantly illustrated copy of the “FARMERS’ POUL given in the 1 old when hens are moulting, and to keep them healthy. general store or feed dealer for it. +iostpaid ood, once daily, in small doses; Prevents and cures all diseases of hens. Testimonials sent free b" all f Ifi' you, caiAi’t get it, slend (nit In as .o ows:— new on SITI ! “£9 9 BY RAJ G GUIDE” (price 25 cents; tells ow to make money with a few hens), and two small packs es of Powder for 60 cents; or,,one large 2 1-4 g. pound can and Guide, $1.20. Sample package of Powder. 3 cents, five’ for $1.00. Six large cans, ex ress maid. for $5.00. Send stamps or cash. I. S. JOHNSON 8: 00.;23 Custom-House Street. Boston. ass. E 'o.‘ WACQUAIN TED WITH THE GEOGRAPHY OF THE COUNTRY, WILL ‘os'ram Missouri River. oosa, Dttumwa Bluffs in and Sioux Falls, in DAK MISSOURI—Omaha, glutchinson, ‘Wichita, Belleville, Abilene, Cal clwell , eek, Kingfisher, Fort Reno, 1n the INDIAN 'l Springs, Denver, Pueblo, in COLORADO. and from Chicago, Caldwell, Hutcninso ing Cars between Chicago, Wichita, and MUCH VALUABLB INFORIVIATION FROM A STUDY 01’ THIS MAP or a...” Main, 3% 1 6 *5“ ’. .' “ . IOWA—Minneapolis and St. OTA—Cameron, St. Joseiph Fairbury, and Nelson, in NF! ASKA—Horton, n <7 v. V including main lines, branches and extensions East and West of the The Direct Route to and from Chicago, J ohet, Ottawa, - Moline, Rock Island, in ILLINOIS—Daven ort, Muscatine Des MOines,Winterset, Audubon Har an, and CounciI MiNNESOTA—Watertown and Kansas City, in To eka in KANSAS— onci ‘JRRITORY—and Colorado FREE Reclining Chair Cars to and Palace Sleep- raverses new and Paul, in annDodge Cit Hutchinson. vast areas of rich farming and grazing lands, affording the best facilities of intercommunication to all towns and cities east and West. northwest and southwest of Chicago, and Pacific and transoceamc Seaports. MAGNIFICENT VESTIBULE EXPRES: Leading all competitors in splendor of equipment, coo.’ .‘We. Pullman Slee e rs, free from dust. Throu h Coaches, Chair Cars, and (east of 1|")es Moines, Council Bluffs, and :‘iorth‘Platte, Neb., and between Chica and Pueblo, via. St. Jose 11, or Kansas C ty and Topeka. mea s at seasonable hoursllgi set of Hotels (furnishing California Excursrons daily, with CHOICE OF gden, Portland, Los Angeles, and San . lildanitou, Garden oi the Gods, the Sanitari- o orado. Lake 0 mm! to andgfrom Pike’s Peak runs, and Scenic Grandeurs of C issouri River) Dining Cars , ‘ Omaha, with Free R: Cl ning Chair Car to TRAINS, 'Ventilated , and E Reclining ai. LefweenChicago, and Colorado S rings, Denver, filendid. Dining issouri River. ,TTES to and from Salt -_~.,ucisco. The DIRECT VIA THE ALBERT LEA ROUTE, Solid Ex ress Trains daily between Chicago and Minneapolis and St. Pauli with TH OUGH Reclining Chair Cars (FR Through Chair Car and Sleeper between Peoria, Spirit Lake, Kansas Ci E) to and from those points an and SiouxtT‘alls, via Rock Island. The Favorite Line to Pipestone, Water- town, Sioux Falls, and the Summer Resorts and Hunting and Fishing Grounds of the Northwest. THE SHORT LINE VIA SENECA AND KANKAKEE oflers faculties to travel between Cincinnati, Indianapolis, mm ette, and Council Bl Joseph, Atchison, Leavenworth, Kansas City, ufi‘s, St. inneapolis, and St. Paul. For Tickets, Ma 5, Foldersé or desired information, apply to any Ticket Office in the Unite States or anada, or address E. ST. JOHN, General Hunger. CHICAGO, ILL. JOHN SEBASTIAN, Gsn'l Met a Pen. Agent. PETER L. GUIGUE, l FLORISIM§NIIQ§UL Ylllll. North of Norwsik Cemetery, NORWAEE, - CONN. Dealer in Green House and Hot House and Bedding and Vegetable Plants, Fruit and Orna- mental Trees"Shrubbery, Vines. Cut Flowers always on hand and all sorts of designs in Flowers arranged to order. I 4112 Grading and Re-filling Cemetery Plots promptly attended to._ , This “Rewri” h lilorW‘tle Record an established fact. Allhough it is onlya year old icts’circulatiop already, averages . 3,000 COPIES PER WEEK, a fact which attestsrts rapid rise and iirm hold on the public favor. It aims to be clean and whole-. some, and presents all the legitimate news in readable, spicy and terse shape. Its subscription ce is sumciently low to enable anybody to have without discarding any other of their favorite male, and it"‘prospers Without encroaching nthe 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, Seminal Journal and Republican. THE RECORD is sent to any address forihe small sum of '15 tantra Year; Single Copies, 2 cells Now is the Time to Subscribe. , SPECIAL TO FARMERS. The Record PUBLISHES EVERY SATURDAY The New York Market Report (Xi'fflECTED UP ’10 DATE. ”37 BUILDING » LOTS ION INSTALLMENT PLAN.) FOR SALE On Wilton Amen/we “ '— ' APPLY TO con' CHAS. omis'i‘EAv, OR- -‘r ' .' \ GAZETTE OFFICE. I I Geo. S. Gregory. Livery. Boarding, Sale, , Feed and Exchange 8 t a. b 1 e s . “Min!!!" . 1 age No. 14. Knight sit. (In rear of Horse Car Depot), NORWALK. CONN. Carriages furnished at all hours. Courteous at- , tention and genilemauly drivers, 'SOL DI ERS, A 'l"l'EN'l‘l 0N WM, l~l. HAYWARD, Pension Atforuey, _ 708 East (,‘upitol Sirccl, WASHINGTON II. (2.; 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 to a much higher rate of pension than they now receive. Inagreat majority of cases in which pension was granted for disease, the pensioner is entitled to an increase of rule, and in most cases where it was granted for wounds or injuries the disability increases each year. As time passes the disability of all classes naturally increases. Many were at first rated too low, and it often occurs that pensioners are unjustly or erroneously re- duced by examining surgeons. A pensioner is entitled to increase on a disability not. set forth in l his original declaration. The pension laws are more liberal than formerly, and heifer rating can be had for many disabilities. I make a specialty of Neglected and ReiectI-d Claims, and if you Will present me wiihabrief 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 sujfm‘ihg with. disabilities contracted in service, who 71am» not appliedfln' a pension, should do so as it is their RIGHT. SOLDIERS OF THE MEXICAN WAR, Who were In that service slxr'y days, [or their widows if not re—married] are entitled to $8.00 per month from January 29th. leT. ' two V‘For Sale Cheap. SECOND-HAND Cast Iron Fence, with gate all In perfect order and as good as new, -' 7'shoutl20 feet in length“ Will be Sold at 'a sacri- fice if applied for soon. l-anuire at son. -. All“) r'ru curler: We Caution All Against Them. The unprecedent success and merit of Ely’s Cream Balm—a real cure for catarrh, hay foyer-and cold in the head—has in- duced many adventurers to place .catarrh medicines, hearing some resemblance in appearance, style or name upon the mar- ket‘iu order to trade upon the reputation of Ely’s Cream Balm. Don’t be deceived. Buy only Ely’s Cream Balm. Many in your nnmediatc locality will testify in highest commendation of it. A particle is applied into. each nostril; no pain agreeable to use. Price 50 cents. Miss Dickinson as a spas-ssh Anna Dickinson was essentially a magnetic speaker; there has been no one like her before or since. It was a distinct lossto the platform when she left it. There has been a great deal of wonder as to why she left her work when she was at the flood tide of her popularity. The reason is simply this: She felt that she had no message to give, and she was too truly a Quaker to speak unless she felt the mov- ing of the spirit. “I had amessage to bring,” she said, “and I gave it from my heart, but my work is done for the present; what may come up by and by I cannot tell. When it comes, and if it comes, it will find me ready.” There is no one who ever heard her who does not wish that a message would be again given her. —Boston Herald. “I am Sir Oracle, and when I open my lips let no dog hark.” I am a benefactor to the human race, greater than he who has taken cities, built the railroads and made the lightning to speak. I have done more than these, I have killed pain, and my name is Salvation Oil. Joseph Sutherland: Who Was the powuer- boy on the vessel which first brought to Eng- land the news of Nelson’s victory at Trafal- gar, attained his one hundredth year at Mil- ton, Sittingbourne, recently. He has good health and has all his faculties intact. In different parts of the world. under the auspices of sixteen difi'ereut societies, there are twain y-sevezl vessels engaged in mission- ary work. 5.5:. of lllcsc are czizployed in the Pacific ocean. m- d .~i2:‘...en of them along the (toast or on i} v lll'i’l'x v." Africa. Dyspepsia in its worst forms will yield to the use of Carter’s Little Nerve Pills, aided by Carter’s Liillc Liver Pills. They not only relieve present distress, but strengthen the stomach and ' digestive apparatus. The most profitable trade, some dealers think, is in things that cost nothing,’ sell for a trifle, wear out or break, and make room for more. For instance, lamp-chim- neys; but there is a sort that almost never breaks, except by violence. It takes some pluck for a grocer or crock- cry-merchant to sell it. One chimney may last for years; he may starve before he can sell another. ~ , Macbeth 8: Co., Pittsburgh, make that chimney and call it “pcarl-top;” there’s a string of pearl- like beads on the top ofit. LADIES-i 555.1533 Do Your Own Dyeing, at Home. They will dye everything. They are soldeverys where. Price l00.a package. Theyhave noequal for Strength, Brightness, Amount in Packages or for Fastness of Color. or non~fading Qualities. They do not crock or smut; 40 colors. For sale by J. G .regory rt (70.; J. A. Riggs, No. ll Main Street, Gen. .3. i’laisled, Druggists. ly‘z? GOLD MEDAL, PARIS, 1827.. w. BAKER & (3038 Blillllll 80000 Is absolutely re and u is so le. No Chemicals are used in its preparation. It has more than mus h‘nu the may); of Cocoa mixed with Starch, Amwmot or finger, and is therefore for "Mrs economical, sorting less than one cents cup. It is delicious, nourishing, strengthening, EA- sux Dress-rm), and admirably sci-pied for invalids as well as persons in health. Sold by Grocers everywhere. 'V. BAKER a 00., Dorchester, Mass. CHAS. H. VALDEN —DEA [ER PN— GROCERIES, FRESH AND NEW. i shall keep constantly on hand a Hill lINE OF All GOODS usually found in a Fll‘Sl- UllSS—I-Gl‘flllll‘l'i'SIfll'fl which I will sell at prices DEFYING HONEST COMPETITION to heat. A share of the public patronage is solicit. ed and every effort will be made to faithfully serve. our customers. Give us a call and let us assure you of our ability to give satisfaction. culls. H. VALDEN, 5Wuil St, ' Norwalk, Ct. 385: SALESMEN to sell Nur. sei‘y STOCK All Goods Warranted flrst~class. Permanent, Pleasant proiitableposiilons for the right men. Good s..-:l?‘"S and. expenses paid weekly. Liberal inducemtr' “o beginners. No previous experience necessary. '11' his free. Write for terms, giving age. ' CHAS. H. CHASE, Nurserymen. Rochester, N.Y. 6m? Mention this paper. . _ WASHINGTON PALACES. Private Divelllngs Adaptable for Lam . ' Social. Entertainments. “Of all Washington houses,” said a society woman of English birth the other day, “prob- ably the best adapted for purposes of enter- taining- is the British legation. The rooms are so altogether suitable for dancing, and, as of course you know, the dining room is one of the finest in this country. There is some- thing at once homelike and superb about the legation inside. I consider the establishment an illustration of the fact that the English are the most civilized people in the world. We may laugh at and revile their aristocracy —I speak as one now considering herself an American—but they are way ahead of us in most of the refinements of life. The art of entertaining they understand to a perfection not at all attained on this side of the‘ water. If you don’t believe it visit the British lega- tion.” “Do you not find anyother houses in \Vash— ington well equipped for entertaining?” “Oh, yes, indeed. For instance, Mr. Mor- ton’s house is most delightfully arranged for entertaining. The most important thing for such purposes is to have an extended sweep of rooms. Now, since the new addition has been put on, there is in the vice president’s house a stretch of 110 feet of drawing rooms and dining room in a straight line. This af- fords most desirable facilities for dancing. Besides, as you doubtless are aware, the new addition gives room for a’separate entrance and exit for guests at parties and other enter— tainments, with a second porte cochere out- side and large dressing rooms and cloak rooms within. It is quite a new idea to me, and, on the whole, I have no hesitation in saying that the Morton establishment is as well equipped as any I have visited in my native country. In‘ fact, there are very few of the great houses in England so well provided with entertain- ing facilities as is the vice president’s. Espe- cially below stairs it is a marvel. To begin with, there are two chefs, one a general mau- ager and the other a pastry cock, while all the appointments are marvelously complete.” “What do you think of the Ieiters’ house?” “You mean, of course, the Blaine house, occupied by them on Dupont street. It is a handsome residence, but not at all well adapted for entertaining. There are onlytwo parlors available for dancing, and in waltzing from one room to the other you must jump over the brass rod on which the folding doors run lest you trip up. Perhaps the most avail- able house for parties in Washington, with the exception of the British legation, is Dr. Hammond’s. I have never been able to im- agine why so magnificent a mansion should be placed in such a locality. The hall itself is as big as a large ball room, in the shape of a rotunda, and you may go through a dozen apartments before you arrive at the living room of the household. Among other houses in Washington which I consider superb enough to via with any private residences abroad are those of Gen. .Nicholas Anderson, Justice Gray, Col. John Hay, Henry Adams and the Tuckermans’.”—\Vashiugton Star. Every woman who suffers from sick headache and who dislikes to lake hitter doses should try Cm ter’s Little Liver Pills. They are the easiest of all medicines to take. A posliiVe cure for the above distressing complaint; rive prompt relief in dyspepsia and indigestion; prevent and curelconsilpation and piles. As easy to hire as sugar. Only one pill a dose. Forty in a vial. Price 25 cents. If you try them you will not be without themfi‘r; Practiced on the Quiet. A well to do gentleman, who lives in New York city, became greatly interested in the game of billiards some time ago and had a fine table put in his house. One evening, the gentleman’s wife proposed that he teach her to play billiards. He did not receive the proposition very gleefully, fearing that bil- liards with a novice would be very tedious. But the lady insisted, until finally he led the way to the billiard room and opened the game with a small run. Then, after full in- structions, the pupil played and astonished her teacher by making a very difiicult ‘shot. Again she played and counted. The instruc- tions suddenly ceased as the man grew sus- picious. He said nothing, but thought a good deal. The gamewasa close one and was won by the lady. The teacher proposed another game, which the pupil won by such an overwhelming lead that the teacher threw down his cue in disgust and demanded: “Where in thunder did you learn to play billiards, anyhow?” “Oh,” quietly replied his wife, as she knocked the balls around in fancy shots, “I’ve been practicing every day since the table was put inl”—San Francisco Argonaut. Some Foolish People Allow ”a cough to run until it gets beyond the reach of medicine. They often say, ‘.‘Oh it will wear away," but in most causes it wears them away Could they be in- duced to try the successful medicine called Kemp’s Balsam, which is sold on a positive guarantee to cure, they would immediately see the excellent effect after taking the first dose. Price 50c. and $1. Trial size free At all druggists. ma MARCHED wr'rn SHERMAN T0 THE SEA; Trud ed all the way on foot, over mountain and t rough morass, carrying; knapsack and gun, slept on brush heaps to eep out. of the mud, caught cold, from the effects of which his friends thought he would never recover. Lingering wrth slow consum tion for many years. he saw Dr. Pierce’s Go] on Medical Dis- covery advertised in a country newspaper, and he determined to try it. A few bottles worked a change: six months' continued use cured him. A ways too independent to ask his country for a pension, he now says he needs none. He helped save his country, he saved himself I Consumption is Lung-scrof. min. For scrofula, in all its myriad forms, the “Discovery” is an unequaled remedy. It cleanses the system of a! blood-taints from whatever cause arising, and cures all Skin and Scalp Diseases. Salt-rheum, Totter. Ecze- ma. and kindred ailments. It is guaranteed to benefit or cure in all disc-uses for which it is recommended, or mom-y paid for, it will be refunded. Sold by druggists. ‘ Copyright, 1888, by WORLD‘S Dis. MED. ASS’N. um DR. SAC-E’s CATARRH REMEDY cures the. worst cases..no matter of how long standing. 50 cents. bv druggists. l cm and. Starvation in India. The collector of Ganjam, the, famine stricken disklct in India, in a recent 'report, mmmarized by The London Times, states that the caste dificulty has been constantly recurring in regard to the relief kitchens. At Surada Panes children were found starving, the parents refusing to take them to the kitchen, while Bout-is, who were formerly brought there, deserted when they got the op- portunity, He thinks the legislature must step in and make it a punishable offense for parents to allow their children to starve when food is to be had with every regr- rd to caste prejudices at the government kitchens. As ' it is, force had to be used to bring them into the kitchens, and this is. not always success- ful: Threats and persuasicns alilfo failed, and it, was only by compulsion that the bourls were brought into the kitchen. The same tactics hall to be pursued at every kitchen visited by the collector. and the con- sequence was that Ill :2 .‘Lll - instances, notably at Suradu, the vi: m to deserted on hearing of his up 1:. "I cannot but re- peat what I luv. eddy sluiczl, that the ., has people would have die 1 rut Iu‘r than have vol- untarily come to tho Lite-liens. Not until it is made if pituill 'AQI‘L! i1 -r a man to threaten loss of caste l'm' I‘c- l.:-_: at a govermnent kitchen, or for a parent. to allow his children to starve when within u. reasonable distance of such lzitx. en, will fire difficulty be got over. Ville l sun .- I 111;: 21:; 1 parent has suf- fered the extreme pcllilt)‘ of the law for killing his chill by sturvutl m, in lieu of tak- ing him to til-c kitchen, we shall bear no more of the so termed caste objections on the part of the Bouris, Palms. Dziudasls, and so on.”— New York Times. Pocket Lamps for Traveling. Vv’hile riding in a railroad car trying to read a newspaper by the uncertain light of the lamp which was suspended at a tantaliz- ing distance from my eyes, says Taverner in The Boston Post, a friend who sat next to me said: “Taverner, old fellow, don’t ”spoil the: critical optics of yours by Easing that wretched apology for a lamp, but suit your- self With this.” He whipped a little tube out of his pocket which be fastened to my button- hole, and before I could see what he was driving at, a ,bright light illuminated the newspaper which had been blurred by the devious rays from the railroad lamp. “That’s electricity,” added my friend, with seeming- ly superfluous frankness, and he then went on to show how the apparatus worked. It had a storage battery for the motive power and a reflector to concentrate the light, and the entire weight of the lamp was only one and a half pounds. I found the electric light somewhat glaring at first, the reflection from the newspaper dazzling my eyes, and the shadows cast giving a sort of dark lantern gloom to outlying objects. But this effect soon wore off, and by adjusting the paper to the light it was easy for me to read without experiencing any inconvenience. Use of Chloroform. A commission of experts of the highest stand- ing, employed by the nizam of Hyderabad to investigate the use of chloroform as an anaes- thetic, has just made a report, in which it de- clares that the danger from the chloroform is not to the heart, as is generally supposed, but to the lungs. It says: "However concen- trated the chloroform may be, it never causes sudden death from stoppage of the heart. Chloroform has no power of increasing the tendency to either shock or syncope during operations. The truth about the fatty heart seems to be that chloroform per se in no way endangers such a heart, but, on the contrary, by lowering the blood pressure, lessens the work that the heart has to perform, which is a positive advantage.” The practical conclu- sions of the commission are that the safe ad- ministration of chloroform depends on care- ful attention to the respiration. Care must be taken that it is not interfered with, and if by any accident it stops artificial respiration must be instantly begun. Rules on this sub- ject are given, by constant attention to which the commission asserts that chloroform can be given with perfect ease and absolute safety. —New York Sun. Color for Preserved Peas. At the Liverpool police court lately, Mr. Kirkland Mole, fruiterer, 21 Tithebran street. was summoned for selling a bottle of green peas in which there were three grains of sul- phate of copper. Dr. Hope, medical ofiicer' of health, stated that this was a very-largo amount of copper, and might prove injurious tothe persons eating the peas. The defend- ant said he had received a guarantee from the wholesale dealer that the peas were good. There wasa law in France some time agc which prevented a manufacturer of pre- served peas putting more than a certain amount of sulphate of copper in, just sufii- cient for coloring purposes. That law, how- ever, had been rescinded, and during the last five or six months the manufacturers had been allowed to. put in any amount they thought proper. A fine of forty shillings and costs Was imposed.- Edward Shaw, 'Berry street, was fined a like amount for selling a” bottle of peas containing two and one-half . grains of sulphate of copper, and Henry At- kinson, 56 Old Hall street, twenty shillings and costs for selling a bottle containing two grains of similar deleterious matter.-—Pall Mall Gazette. A Head in a Case. In the Holy Trinity church, in the Mino- ries, is preserved in a glass case beneath the pulpita human head. The vicar, the Rev. Samuel Kinns, has recently issued a book containing details about this cuput mortuum. It is supposed to he that of the Duke of Suf- folk, father of Lady Jane Grey, who was beheaded in 1554, shortly after the execution of his daughter. There isa tradition that the executioner did not, as was usual in such cases, hold up the head of the duke tothe people, but simply let it drop into the basket, the supposition being that he was bribed to bring it secretly to the church and place it in the vault where it was found by the Earl of Dartmouth. This story is doubted byu fornier vicar, who writes to say that itis more probable that “the head belongs to some unknown person of later times.”—New York Sun. Complexion Spoilers. . Did you ever realize what four four-fifths of Americans put into their months in shape of butter, and how much it has ,to do with spoiling the complexion? I never did till I went to England and sat at the best country house tables. I tell you there must be a. dif- ference between the complexion of one who is sent to school and fed on the pastry and biscuits and boiled rice and cheese, which are the staples or boarding school fare from Fifth avenue to the Hudson river seminaries, and an English nursery table, where every morsel is choice, the rolls and mutton and fruit of the best, and the butter sweet, creamy and delicate—New York Letter. The captain of the good ship Storm King says: “For the, past five years I have used Sulphur Bitters on my vessel, and have not lost a man. ' They are a sure preventive of all contagious fevers so in- cident .to warm climates. Please send me at once two duen bottles, and oblige J. SlEWART. fi‘ "BON VOYAGE, generics." “non voyage; confide? though we drift amt ; Nor time. For spwécoln dhn the 10m I bear, . W911,” and warm, within my aching heart, Throbs enter you, and all your‘gricfs would ' .‘share. . . » God bless and guide you through the heavy waves That rise and beat agaimt your vessel‘s prow' Life‘s sea heeds not our cries while fiéree‘itravfi— We can but trust to God’s calm guidance now. “Bon voyage, comrade!” God be with you, dear! ‘Tis all my heart‘can say, axon the tide Our boats drift from each other; cold and drear Seems all the sunny world as from my side You drift apart. For you I kneel and pray In love undying. While I know your heart Is mine I shall not fear, though dark the day And wide the distahce as we drift apart. - —Bosto'n Transcript. The “Old Dominion.” Ever since you can remember you have heard the state of Virginia called the “Old Dominion ;” do you know why it is so called? During the protectorate of Cromwell the col- ony of Virginia refused to acknowledge his authority and declared itself independent. Shortly after, when Cromwell threatened to send a fleet and army to reduce them to sub- jection, the Virginians sent a messenger. to Charles II, who was 0then an exile in Flan- ders, inviting him to return in the ship with the messenger and be king of Virginia. Charles accepted the invitationand was on the eve of embarking for the New World when he was called to the throne of England. As soon as he was safely seated on the throne, out of gratitude for the loyalty of Virginia be caused her coat-of-arms to be quartered with those of England, Ireland and Scotland, as an independent member of the empire—a distinct portion of the “Old Dominion.” Coins of Virginia were issued as late as the reign of George III, which bore on one side the coat-of-arms of England, Ireland, Scot- land and Virginia—St. Louis Republic. Power of the Divinlng Roll. With girlish curiosity we tried our powers with the rod; In my hands it remained simply the peach tree switch it was, but when my youngest sister grasped it, it seemed to be- come a thing of life and she immediately re- traced the vein of water. . Years afterward, when I was in a home of my own, and wanted a well near the kitchen, if water could be' found there, she traced a. water vein for me, and right where the stake was driven there is now a well sixty-six feet deep. In another lot, still higher up, a well was dug down to the same vein seventy-live feet below thesurfaco. The rod used in find- ing my well was cut from an oak sapling. A gentleman who was a skeptic on the sub- ject watched her closely while she was find- ing my well. Finally he caught hold of the ends of the rod and tried to‘xold it still, but found he could not do it without making it take the skin of! her hands, so strong was the invisible power that impelled its revolutions. ——Cor. Philadelphia Times ' An Alligators Queer Nest. Alligators, as a rule, have a regular place of retreat in the bank of a stream or turn. This is excavated with their fore paws and, according to some crackers, the dirt is carried away in the mouth, of the engineer, who backs into deep water and disgorges its load, then returns to renew the operation, until it has made itself a capacious home under water. This will readily account for the size of the mouth, for it must not only procure food, but also act as a mud soow. The female adopts the same method for building her nest, and not onlyfills her mouth, but also takes a load between her forelegs when she is in a hurry. She can by this means accom- plish much work in a day, for she never seems to tire. It is quite amusing to watch a young moth- er build her iirst nursery, she being not only fussy and vigilant, but so suspicions that a few fluttering leaves startle her out of her wits—Outing. A Clever Swindle. “Boss, you got a match?” an innocent look— ing darky inquired of a young man who was hurrying home late. The' young man stopped and handed over a lucifer. “Wait a minute, boss, till I see what kind of a ring dis is which I jest picket 'up hea .” Striking a match, the darky held up what appeared to he a gold ring'witha diamond set. “Boss, dis ’pears to be a dimund' ring, and if any- body ketch me with him I’ll git in trouble. How much you gib me for him?” After some chattering the young man bought the "pur- est gem serene” for $2.75, and the innocent dorky disappeared in the gIOaming, as it were. The next morning the young man ex- amined his diamond ring and found it was a thinly washed gold thing, with a beautiful glass setting in pure lead, worth at auction about tWenty-five cents a dozen—Savannah News. ' 0n the ElevatodBaili-oad.’ The maximum . .. loathe-elevated road is twenty-five milesgper haul”, and on a level line it requires from 1,000 1761330 feet to get up speed. The average horse power to do the work required is 145. .' Theaverage consump- tion of coal per mild,is~45_.f?;‘pbunds. The av- erage number of. miles run per ton of coal is 49.4. The . engine work: on an aver- age of about 20 hours per day with two crews, each "crew averaging '70 miles and making 208 stops during that time—Rail- road Gazette. The Black Head Bug. The black head bug has appeared by the millions in the turpentine forests of south- east Georgia. and is doing alarming damage. Great tracts of pine woods already show blight Aid are dying. - The bug starts in a pine where it is boxed and works under the bark, then around the trunk. Its boring pre- vents the sap from going up in the tree and eventually the tree dies—Chicago Times. ' A Candidate for a Statue. Citizen (at gas omce window)—I wish you would send a man down to my house to look at the meter. Clerk (scornfully)—What’s the matter with it? Citizen (mildly)—I don’t know what is the matter, but it doesn’t register at all. ‘ Clerk (panic stricken)—Take him away! Seize him! He’s crazy l—Lippincott’s. It is the greatest delusion in the world for a boy to get the idea that his life is of no con- sequence and that the character of it will not be noticed. A manly, truthful boy will shine like a star in any community. A boy may possess as much of the noble character as a man. He may so live and speak the truth that there shall be no discount on his word. The birth of a popular expression is thus ascribed to John Jacob Astor: “Being a Ger— man by birth, Mr. Astor supposed that ‘0. K.’ was an abbreviation of ‘all correct,’ which, in his own mind, be spelled ‘oll korrect.’ The joke upon Mr. Astor found its wayinto print, and was so much appreciated that his ‘0. K.’ soon passed into common use.” Let no one be discouraged. because his time is fully occupied. ‘An industrious man‘s odd minutes. are Worth more than :: 1:: .v man’s all day.
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