W.EEKLY_- NORWALK -4 GAZETTE.
THE MYSTERY
-—OF THE—-
MASKED MINE.
BY FRANK H. NORTON.
“How do you know it dropped from
his pocket?" ‘
“ I saw it, and he was searching for it
as long as it was light." .
“What is to be done? ”
“ Take a copy of it, and I will place it
where I will arrange for him to find it
to-morrow; and I would say nothing
about it, if I were you.”
“ I must say this deception is very dis-
agreeable to me,” said Lorimer.
“No doubt; but with this class of
antagonist you can't stop to pick your
weapons. More particularly when good
ones are placed ready to your hand.
Forewarned is forearmed, my dear sir,
and your duty to the company requires
you to protect its interests.”
“ Yes, you are right.” And Lorimer
seated himself and made a copy of the
writing, to which Hardy signed his
name as a witness of its‘ accuracy. Then
the latter took the original and replaced
it in the wallet.
Before leaving the room, however. he
turned to Lorimer and said, “ Have you
any idea who the writer is? ”
Lorimer hesitated a moment before he
replied; then he said: “ No; there is
only one man whom I could possibly
inspect, and I have no reason to suspect
1m.”
Hardy left the cabin a few moments
after, and Lorimer went to bed in one of
the bunks, the superintendent having
taken up his quarters in another part of
the camp.
CHAPTER III.
On the following morning Hardy had
his gang of men ready at the mouth of
the shaft at an early hour, where they
were presently joined by Lorimer and
the superintendent. The descent was
made, and the men were at once set to
excavating the bottom of the shaft,
which Lorimer found in the condition
“ liich mid been represented to him. A
' ' * of debris closely adhering together
mliqk. , .
.—so mug“ so, in fact, as to present the
appearance of cement—~was first worked
through, loosens‘d- and sent up to the
mouth oithe shaft "1 buckets- Then
the men attacked the solid :PCk beneath.
he won't be able to give his employer
any satisfaction to speak of."
“ But will he not learn all about the
mine when the men come up?" .
“ It won‘t satisfy him. He's an old
miner himself. and nothing will do but
he must see it with his own eyes.”
“And will he not be suspicious when
he finds he is being kept out of the
shaft?”
“Not at first. I shall have a plausible
reason. Shall give him work to do which
will occupy him, to test his quality, as
it were—which is only what he would
expect—and by the time he really is sus-
picious I will have spoiled his game."
“What do you suppose that is?” in-
quired Lorimer,
Hardy hesitated for a moment. Pres-
ently he looked sharply in his compan-
ion’s face, saying, “ if I knew more
about your relations with the man who
wrote that letter I could tell better.
But never mind; I don’t ask you. Let
me do a little divining.”
He paused, and stood thoughtfully
looking down upon the ground, and then
suddenly changed his mind,
“After all, Mr. Lorimer, the motive of
his employer is not in question, and
what the man is expected to do is writ-
ten plain enough in that letter. He is to
report to the man who sent him the re-
sult of the investigation you are known
to have been sent out here to make.
That is one thing sure.”
“Do you suppose there is anything
else? and what good would it do—the
man who sent him?”
. “ Oh, well, he could buy up a big block
of the stock if he knew in advance it was
a purchase."
“ Yes, that is so. You seem to have
the1 slang of ‘the street' at your tongue’s
en
Hardy laughed and colored again.
“ To let you into a secret, I was once ‘in
the street,’ In fact, I don’t mind telling
you it was being cleaned out there that
made me come in this direction—that
and the fact that the chance offered.”
The pair had reached the superinten-
dent’s quarters by this time, and as it
was nearing noon, they entered the
house,‘ where preparations for their din-
ner was apparently near completion.
The superintendent was as good as his
word, and that same afternoon Ben Day
was placed in charge of a small gang of
men, and being carefully guided by
Hardy to a particular point on a side-hill
back of the shaft, was ordered to make
the effort there to tunnel through and
connect with the 300-foot level.
“ Will. they be able to reach it, do you
believe?” inquired Lorimer, as the two
It was, in truth, solid, though .it Was
found that it was composed of separate
Vlouslv hewn out elsewhere, and iOWered
to the place. Where they had been closely
{lite-CL forming a flooring about two feet
.in-av‘éi'a’cve thickness. Relays of men
5‘90". succeedeai'in disturbing this ar-
Tangement, and the solid blocks were
izaiiq‘u out, one after another, and raised
to "the surface. This exposed exactly
the situation which Hardy had expected.
Beneath was an additional flooring of
timbers, and this being removed, the
shaft was found to continue to an un-
knovv ~ depth.
The «'0 chiefs, however at once in-
formed themselves .is to this depth,
soundings being taken, which discov-
ered boitom at one hundred feet below.
Additional rope being put on the wind-'
lass and attached to the bucket, the
latter was slowly lowered, with Lorimer
and Hardy in it, careful observations of
the rock being taken by the light of their
lamps as they descended. The rock ex-
posed was richly argentiferous, and the
most ununiformed inspection wculd
have told that here was untold wealth.
0n reaching the bottom the two explor-
crs found that a gallery had been opened
at this, which was the SOC-foot level, but
had only been pushed about twenty feet
when the work had been stopped. Here
tools were found totally different from
those which had been in use among the
early Spanish miners, and which Hardy
recognized to be similar to those which
he had seen in the Museum in Lima—in
fact, those of the ancient Peruvians.
The investigation having demonstrated
the accuracy of the superintendent’s im-
pressions, and disclosed such a condi-
tion as fully warranted the development
of the. mine, the signal to haul up was
given, and the two men were lifted to
the next level. Here Hardy gave orders
to the men who were in waiting to leave
the shaft, and in a few moments all were
again at the surface. Arrived there,
Hardy called all the men about him, and
announced that work would be resumed
at once, and at the foot of the shaft. He
made no disclosure regarding what con-
dition had been found existing there,
but the quickwitted miners needed
none. They were all old hands, and the
glance of intelligence which flew. from
one to the other expressed as clearly as
if they had said it that they knew there
had been a. “ find,” and had a reasonable
belief that it was a rich one.
At once the different gangs were told
off, andpresentiy the first one was sent
down the shaft, and the labor of open-
ing the new workings was begun. Hardy
himself selected the men for the first
gang, and Lorimer obs -rved that Ben
Day was not among them. He made no
comment on this, however, as the two
chiefs of the enterprise strolled back to
quarters, and Hardy, who had waited
for him to refer to it, at length opened
the subject.
“You don’t mind my handling your
protege in my own way for a few days,
do you, Mr. Lorimer?’ he said, with a.
smile.
“Certainly not; I have turned him
over to you to do what you like with
him. I wash my hands of him.”
“ I am afraid not. I suspect you have
not got through with Mr. Ben Day yet
by along shot."
“ Why not expose him at once?” asked
Lorimer, suddenly stopping short and
facing his companion. Hardy stopped‘
also.
“ I don't like this meddling with your
affairs, Mr. Lorimer,” he said, flushing
slightly. ” I don’t like it any more than
you do; and I would drop it at once, out
of respect for your very proper feelings
on the subject, but that the company is
interested—gravely interested—«in keep-
ing this d1500very quiet until such time
as they may see fit to disclose it.
“ Yes; don’t mistake me," he contin-
ued, hurriedly, seeing that Lorimer was
about to. speak. “ I understand per-
fectly that that also is your interest and
duty, if possible more than it is my own.
. But you are new to this country and to
the ways of this class of men, and it is
not with any improper motive that I
venture to ask you to let me take charge
of the matter."
Lorimer’s rather clouded countenance
cleared. ‘f Do just what you think is
right Mr. Hardy, and I will not inter-
fere. I have perfect confidence in you,
while, to tell the truth, my faith in that
follow is considerably shaken."
“Spoken heartily,-.and 1 honor you for
it- N0." latcmo tell you myplan so for.
'The man‘bas- go'tahis letter back. I fixed
\that, 3710 begin, with. Thotwlll make him
comfortable, andho will be in no apar-
iticular hurry; -:N,elthcr am I. And
if I
.can keep him out, :01 that shaft for a. few
climbed the hill after seeing the men
mu‘jy at work on the superficial earth.
Hardy laughed. “They might,” he
said, “ifI sfiouia fathom out with a.
steam drill, but they‘ll hai‘dlymake their
way through a thousand feet or so of
granite, gneiss, and quartz with pick
and shovel. However, the mere attempt
has its attractions, and that will keep
your man quiet for some days.”
And Hardy was right. Every day the
gang went to their work and stuck to it
industriously until dusk, and every
night Ben Day reported that he was
making good progress, having found
next to the surface earth some friable
rock, which he was having removed,
timbering as he went on. Meanwhile
the labors of the main force continued
daily, and with all the success that the'
venture had promised. The rock they
were now removing was rich, and im-
proved in quality as the gallery was ex-
tended. Both Lorimer and the superin-
tendent spent a. great deal of time in
the workings, overseeing the men, and
taking care that the labor was conducted
upon the most approved system. But
if Hardy had chanced to be in the im-
mediate neighborhood of the mouth of
his rudimentary tunnel on a certain
night, about a week after work had been
begun at that spot, he might have seen
the importance of observing the pro-
gress of that particular work more
closely than he did.
At an hour long after everyone had ap-
parently retired an observer would have
seen a man, who was certainly wide-
awake, who was evidently engaged in
some quest which demanded extreme
quiet and care with regard to his move-
ments, and who would have proved to
be—if he had been discovered—no other
then Ben Day. He kept quiet away
from the. mouth of the tunnel, however,
bending his steps in a direction which
led to a sharp natural wall of rock some
distance beyond it, which seemed to
shut off all communication with the
other side of the hill. It did _not stop the
adventurous miner, however, for on
reaching the extreme limit of the wall—
he suddenly disappeared. He reap-
peared in a few moments on the further
side, and picking his steps carefully, he
presently stopped beside a clump of
undergrowth and began to search for
something. This, when found proved to
bea dark lantern, and having lighted
the lamp within it, he pushed aside the
bushes and disclosed a considerable
opening in the solid rock. Into this
opening the miner pursued his way,
seemingly with a knowledge of the route
and was now in a long passage way—a
tunnel, in fact, extending deep into the
mountain. Proceeding with great care
for perhaps a distance of two hundred
yards, a faint light could be seen shin-
ing throug some crevice at the extremity
of the tunnel, which was not evidently
not more than fifty yards away. Guid-
ing himself by his lantern, .Ben Day
moved carefully along until he reached a
point where a little climbing enabled
him to take an observation through the
chink by which the light passed from
the foot of the shaft. For it was
cisely the foot of the shaft at which he
had arrived, the light being left burning
there all night.
It was not alone by accident that Ben
Day has made this discovery. Having
speedily gained a knowledge of the ex-
istence of the old workings, the shrewd
fellow had suspected the ossibility of
such a tunnel existing, rig tly divining
that the ancient miners would recognize
the importance of faciliating the re-
moval of the accumulations of ore within.
Having conceived the idea, his knowl-
edge of engineering had told him that
the chance for tunnelling under
the least disadvantage would be
greatest on the side which, he could see,
formed an angle with the one where he
was workingand which seemed inacces-
sibie on account of the wallof rock which
ended in a sheer precipice. Taking his
opportunities when he could stroll away
without being observed by the men, he
had carefully examined along the line of
the foot of this wall until his scrutiny had
been rewarded by discovering an en-
trance from below—a passage quickly
crowded with underbrush, but through
which he had managed tohew a path,
leading him beyond the seemingly im-
passable wall. This passage had evi-
dently been wrought by human hands;
and still further strengthened in his
original theory,he had pursued his inves-
tra‘nceiof the ancient tunnel." . ,_
It will be: observed that Ben Day had
kept his secret-tohimself. In fact the
occasion just decoribe‘d 'w-i-s the first
days I'll puta-s‘pokeiinj his wheel. and
time bound made in complete tour
pre- , y
tlgationsuntil a. great heap Of broken
quartz had led him directly to theen.
through the tunnel. But be had kept his
worst for several reasons. One was that
he knew asecret was being kept from
him, though he comprehended exactly
what it was; another was the improsp
sion that the superintendent had done
him an ill-turn with Lorimer, and then
he had other reasons, which he would
not let one hand tell the other, if that
mode of communication were practica-
ble. Now he had proved his own
sagacity, and as he sat on a. projecting
piece of rock and peered through the
aperture above, into , the shaft, he
chuckled to himself. “ Keep me out of
the shaft, Mr. Hardy, will you? I guess
not." Ben did not say this aloud, but he
thought it, and then he jumped down
from his seat and began to inspect care-
fully the mass of rock that still excluded
him from the immediate object of his
ambition. And a very little examination
brought to light what appeared to be a
weak spot. Returning on his steps a
short distance, Ben found a pick which
he had left there conveniently, and
bringing it to the extremity of the
tunnel, he used it with such skill and in-
dustry that in a. few moments he had
excavated around one mass of stone and
was able to stir it. and soon to remove it
entirely, leaving a sufficiently large
aperture for him to crawl through.
Arrived at. the foot of the shaft, he en-
terid the gallery and examined the
exp-:s‘ (1 rock with the greatest possible
car-e. Aft. or trying it at different points,
occasionally breaking a piece and study-
ing it thoughtfully, he returned to the
entranca he had made, crawled through
it, and then carefully replaced the stone
which he had removed. The “mask ”to
the approach by the tunnel had been
carefully constructed by the ancient
miners, the side within the shaft having
the appearance of the original rock, and
the fact that the gallery at that level
had been partially opened, preveifting
the new workers from making any
attempt in that direction. Ben Day had
now apparently accomplished his pur-
pose, and he soon found his way along
the tunnel to the entrance, where he hid
his lantern and pick in the bushes.
Then he hastened along the side of the
hill to the hole under the natural wall,
crept through this, and made his way in
the direction of the men’s quarters.
While Ben Day had been employedvas
we have described, Lorimer and the
superintendent had been preparing a
repoxt, and a telegraphic dispatch in
cipher, which were to be transmitted on
the following morning to Lima by a
special messenger, and thence through
the bank with which the mine did busi-
ness to Panama, where the report was
to be mallel and the despatch tele-
graphed to the company in f\ew York.
Hardy, as he told Lorimer, had just the
proper messenger to whom they could
‘intrust these important documents, who
was familiar with every step of the way
to Lima, and for whose. intelligence and
loyalty the superintendent would vouch.
At Lorimer-1r "aqua-st t‘. e man was called
in and submit 3d t ) inspection. He was
a native Linnnese, who spoke English,
however, perfectly; a fin e-iooking young
fellow of twenty-five or thereabout,
erect, vigorous, and intelligent. He was
ordered to take the best mule he could
find, and arm himself, and to be ready at
sunrise, when tie superintendent would
deliver to him the papers he was to
carry, and give him his instructions.
On leaving the sup irintendent‘s quar-'
ters the young man went directly to the
stable, and waking up one of the boys,
went about with him among the animals,
until he had selected the one he wished,
when he gave him the superintendent’s
order to have it ready at sunrise, and
then betook himself to the general quar-
ters to get all the sleep he could before
starting on his journey. Now it chanced
that as he was leaving the enclosure
where the mules were picketed, Ben
Day, on his way home from his expedi-
tion, passed the place. and hearing
voices, paused for a moment, not desir-
ing that his own absence should he
opted. While waiting he heard the in-
structions given to the boy, and as soon
as the Limanese had gone, he quietly
stroiled near the gate, when a careless
question or two gave him all the infor-
mation which the boy himself possessed.
Five minutes later Ben was calmly rc-
posing in his own bunk, his absence from
tae Camp not having been observed by
any one.
Sunrise on the following morning
found the messenger at headquarters,
where the boy was already awaiting him
with the mule, and who surrendered the
animal without saying anything of
his chance communication to Ben Day
on the previous night. In a few minutes
Hardy came out, and saying, “I will
walk along with you a short distance,
Pedro,” the two passed on together,
Pedro leading the mule by the bridle,
while the superintendent talked earn-
estly to him, and he listened occasion-
ally nodding his head in response. When
they were quite out of sight of the little
building where Lorimer lay sleeping
Hardy stopped, and as the young man
also paused, he drew from his pocket 3.
package of papers and a small bag of
gold. Giving all to the messenger, he
said, “ You fully understand, Pedro?”
" I understand perfectly.”
“ By-the-way, ask- if they sent the de-
spatch you took down three weeks ago,
and if they did not, tell them to let the
one you have take its place. , A pleasant
journey to you, and remember to wait
until you hear from me, no matter how
long it may be. And, Pedro, keep a still
tongue; if all comes out right, your for-
tune is made.”
“You can trust me; I will not fail
ou.”
And with a wave of his hand the
Limanese cantered along the well-worn
pathway toward the main road, the
superintendent watching him until he.
was out of sight, when, turning on his
heel, he walked slowly back to quar-
tei's.
About an hour later, when Pedro had
got several miles from camp, on the
high-road through the pass to Lima, be
halted, dismounted, and after tying his
mule to a tree, began to search about in
the road for a stone. Having found one
to his mind, he drew the package of
papers from his pockFt, and carefully
selected certain ones irom among them.
These he rolled up together,an‘l produc-
ing a string, tied the stone—a long fiat
one—to the papers he had chosen, hav-
ing restored the others to his pocket,
and poising the weighted package in his
right hand, was evidently about to fling
it over the precipice. Suddenly a. sharp
crack rang out upon the still mountain
air, the package fell from his grasp, the
young man threw his arms up wildly,
and then, as the affrighted mule broke
loose and started on a run. he pitched
headlong to the earth, turned over once,
andlay prone upon. his face, while the
blood poured from a deep wound in his
side". Tho-mule Continued his course
along its mountain road at a pace which
threatened to-oast ghim overtho precl-
pice at the first‘ph’arpturns-which was. ’
.m-‘tact‘fwhathnppbnod. .. , f _ -‘
.LThe-dustfjaround the body was dye-o
:rodms amen csmorunnlng‘ down the
mod with-ta revolverin his right hand.
The man .wos: BomDa .‘ Approaching;
, A
heart,‘ and satisfied himself that the
young man was quite dead. Then he
took off his old Panama. hat and wiped
the perspiration from his forehead with
the back of his hand, as he gazed on the
soiled and bleeding remains of him who
had been only a few moments before in
the full vigor of youth and vitality. ,
“ Sorry, to do it-—awful sorry; but I
had to.” -
With these words Ben Day picked up
the papers from the ground, and slipped
them from the weight. Then he opened
the young man’s coat, and took from an
inner pocket the remaing papers he had
received from the Superintendent.
and a letter sealed.
One was a brief message in cipher, on
a single sheet, in Lorimer's handwriting.
The next was also in the same writing,
both being addressed to the company’s,
office in New York, and covered many
sheets; this was the report, and Ben
merely glanced over it and returned it
to the envelope. He looked at the super-
scription of the letter, which was ad-
dressed to " Miss Grace Cameron, care
of Samuel Cameron, Esq., No.-——Park
Avenue, New York,” and placed it
beside the report. Then he looked at
the third paper. This was in the hand-
writing of the Superintendent, and com-
prised several sheets. It was addressed
to Carl Brandegee, Esq., No.—Wall
Street, New York. Ben read it through
carefully, finding, partially torn off the
bottom of the last page, another short
cipher despatch to the same address.
Then he refolded all the sheets, replaced
them with the others in the envelope,
and bestowed the package in his own
pocket.
Regarding the corpse for a moment,
he suddenly spurned it with his foot.
“You’re , well dead, curse you i"
he cried, spitefully. And seizing the
body by the legs, he dragged it to the
precipice, and tossed it over as though
it had been a chance bowlder. Then
with a bit of brush which he stripped
from the mass on the upper hill-side he
stirred the dust about that fearful spot
in such a manner as to speedily obliter-
ate all the bloody traces of his deed.
When the men were called for break-
fast, Ben Day slouched up to the rude
table with the rest, flung his ragged
Panama hat on the floor, and ate as
hearty a meal as any one there.
CHAPTER IV.
In narrating a. story of events there is
nothing-so deceiving as the passage of
time. Either it drags, through the in-
troduction of many incidents, or, the
contrary being the case, the actual lapse
is not appreciated by the reader. In the
present instance it is Well to remember
that the happenings which have been re-
counted from the time of Ralph Lori-
mer’s arrival at the “ Ben Trovato” mine
actually occupied not more than a
fortnight in their passage.
And this knowledge is essential also to
the reader’s proper understanding of
Lorimer’s character. For the young
engineer was not in the least a. man to
submit himself into the hands of asub-
ordinate with regard to any affairs,
either his own or those of the authority
he represented. He was, on the con-
trary, masterful in its most compre-
hensive sense; but being both judicious
and modest, he never assumed the ,lead
until he fully understood with what kind
of material he was dealing.
In his present situation in an untried
country,among strangers, he had simply
left the reins in the hands in which he
found them, until he should become suf-
ficiently acquainted with his ground
and the nature of the forces he was to
handle, to take them himself. After he
had given the superintendent his con-
fidence with regard to Ben Day, by
allowing him to pursue his own plans
concerning him, he did not interfere,
even to the extent of showing Ben that
he had any doubt as to his loyalty, or
evincing any coolness in his manner. It
was not from anything in Lorimer’s
treatment of him that Ben had deduced
the notion that :the superintendent had
tried to do him an ill-turn with the man
who had befriended him. But if Lorimer
had thus concealed the effect upon him-
self of Hardy’s exposure of the letter
episode, he did not in the least under-
estimate the importance of communica-
ting to the company, at the earliest pos-
sible moment, the valuable intelligence
he had obtained concerning their prop-
erty. No matter what had happened,
or was to happen, it was clear that this
should be done, and it gratified him to
find that Hardy was apparently quite as
anxious as he was to facilitate it. As
there was also offered a means for com-
municating with Grace, of course Lori-
mer took advantage of it. His letter to
her, however, while hinting that his
prospects were quite as promising as he
had anticipated, certainly gave no clew
to the real facts. Unsuspiclous as Hardy
had divined him to be, Lorimer was not
the man to trust a. secret which was not
his own even to the woman beloved—at
least until he was morally sure that she
loved him equally. And Lorimer had
not by any means that certainty.
Ben Day went about his work on the
tunnel as usual; the superintendent
directed the operations at the 300-foot
level, as he had every day; there was
nothing that the most cautious observer
could have noted in the conduct of any-
body connected with the " Ben Trovato ”
mine on the day of the murder of the
mine’s messenger to Lima that would
have suggested either suspicion of the
past or tear of the future. The usual
quantity of ore was got out of the mine,
and it seemed to be growing richer and
richer. Ben Day, from his tunneling
work, reported excellent progress and a
fair advance through soft rock. Lorimer
busied himself with some assaying
nearly all day, and to his entire satisfac-
tion; the percentage of yield was some!
thing quite beyond his experience, and
the quality of the metal remarkable.
And so the day wore on to sunset,
when the men left the shaft, washed up,
and got ready for supper. Nothing oc-
curred at the camp worthy of remark,
save that as Lorimer and Hardy were
eating their evening meal the superin-
tendent observed “that he would like
Lorimer to go down the shaft with him
that evening.
“ What for?” inquired Lorimer. It
was true that he had not been down for
two or three days. but the request
seemed to him a curious one—to ask .him
to go at night.
"-Well," said Hardy, “I don't- exactly
like the look of things there, and yet I
don’t want to awaken the curiosity of
the men; I am afraid we are going to
have a. flood inthere; you will be able to
judge better than I; and, on the whole,
Ithought it better for us to go down
alone, when the men were not work-
ingfl’ ,- .
This seemed plausible enough, - and
lntendent appeared in. no hurry, how-
ever. but. out smoking and chatting after
supper, andwell into. the evening. ,In
.faot. he recommended. waltlnountil the
may .hadsoee .. to .quertars...and._,asein;
Lorimermsde n9.°b199.t193-t Jam not;
until. 993; efficients” “entire-ness:
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.thobbflqnl hp'turusdrit'jn. or; m}; for: “‘9". _
“they! . id furnace for the “‘9‘?”
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Altogether there were three of these, ‘
Lorimer made no objection. The super- -
A stalwart teamster in the employ of the
Glens Falls, N. Y., Lumber Company, says
that both he and his wife highly recommend
Hood’s Sarsaparilla. She
. I h at failed to gain strength after
_ . a severe illness, fell mis-
erable, could not sleep, and had no appe-
tite. When she took Hood’s Sarsupurilla
she began to pick up and was soon allright.
His own experience was that in the spring
he was all run down, had weakness and dis-
Irons in the stomach. Hood’s Sarsaparilla,
brought him I to un d all
right, and lie I d is nowbet-ter
and heavier I re than t o r
years past. Thousands, yes almost Million-
of People, testify to the wonderful value of
Hood’s Sarsaparilla for that tired feeling
or weakness of mind, nerves or body. It is
the helping hand which restores full'health
and strength. Mr. John J. Scully, President
of the Scamen's F In -
L‘ 9’
as me
Union. 256 Cather-
ine Street, Detroit,
Michigan, voluntarily writes as follows:
“C. 1. Hood 8: Co., Lowell, Mass:
“Gentlemen: I feel in duty bound to tell
of the benefit I de-
Makes
rived from Hood’s
Sarsaparilla. I have
been troubled with nervous dyspepsia, was
tired and languid, with no- ambition to
work; my sleep was irregular. So I began
W ak king Hood’s Sarsapa-
rilla. From the very first
it seemed to be just the
thing for me. The nervous dyspepsia. has
now entirely gone, my appetite is excellent,
I can eat heartily without .distress after-
St r0" g wards; I sleep well,
and can now go about
my work without that
tired feeling so frequent before I took
. I .
Hood’s Sarsaparilia
I have taken six bottles and recommendit as
the King of Medicines.” J. J. SCULLY.
HOOD'S PILLS cure liver ills, constipation, '
biiimxsness, jaundice, sick headache, indigestion.
A New Drop-a-Nickel Scheme,
There is a. gentleman in Hartford,
Conn., who has a novel scheme in re-
lation to the liquor traffic, says the
Hartford Post. ,
He would place the liquor traffic
wholly in the hands of the Govern-
ment and abolish the saloon, and in-
stead have a suitable number of
places in the cities and towns where
drink could be obtained on the
“nickel-in-the-slot ” plan.
The places should be public in every
sense of the word, opening from and
1 in plain view of passers on the street. .
I would have it so arranged that a
customer would have to pass through
a turnstile to get to the fountain, and
another to leave it. The space inside
the turnstile should be large enough. .
The plan of .
for one persOn at a time.
operation would be as follows:
To obtain a drink one would pass
through the turnstile which would
look after making a quarter turn,
with the kind of beverage he wished,
and receive a bottle containing a
drink which he could mix with water -
to suit his taste, and afterxhe had
drank it, deposit the bottle in another .
slot which would operate suitable ~
mechanicism to‘unlock the turnstile ~
for egress, and, in leaving, the mov- ~
:GLASSWARE.
ing of the turnstile would unlock the
one for entrance ready for the next
customer.
There should be in attendance a
cashier to change money to the coin
for use and a. policeman to prevent
minors and intoxicated persons from
obtaining a drink.
A Simple Tale.
He wore one night a. flannel robe,
Which brought on perspiration,
Which caused the robe toshrlnk so much
He died from strangulation.
-—Clothier and Furnisher.
The Mary Ann Jenkins’ Cargo.
Here’s one of the latest told in con-
nection with Joseph Jefferson when
he was a barn-stormer under the
management of Sol Smith: The
“show” stranded in a Mississippi
town. Luckily it was in the summer
time, and the river was full of flat-
boats plying to and fro with produce
and live stock.
It was the case of going the whole
hog or none, so Sol Smith, who was
an eloquent old actor, finally pre-
vailed on the skipper, who was going
down the river with a load of hogs, to
give the actors’free transportation, It
may be imagined that the trip was
not enjoyably spent in such unsavory
company, but actors were not as par-
ticular in those days as they are now.
One evening the flatboat passed a.
palatial steamer, her deck filled with
elegantly dressed Southern ladies and
gentlemen. The captain hailed the
skipper of the ilatboat:
“ Whatboat is that?”
“The Mary Ann Jenkins, of Bum-
mersport.” '
"And what kind of a cargo
you got on board?”
“0h, not much of a one—only hogs
and actors.”—St. Louis Republic.
have
Contempt of Court;
A stranger once walked into a
Massachusetts court and spent some
time watching the proceedings. By
and bya man was brought up'for
contempt of cOurt and find; where-
upon the stranger rose and said:
“ How much was the fine?”
“ Five dollars," replied the clerk.
. “Well,”fisa.id- the stranger, laying
down-tho. money, “if that’s all, ,I’d
like to jine in. - vae had a-few hour’s
"experience of this court,'an'd no ofio
can: feel a". greater— contempt, for it than,
*Grge‘onBav,
' r
EI'do, iandl’m’wllllng topoy-for it";
,‘,t '. , - uj/
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ETER 14- GUIGUE.I«‘lurist and Nursery-
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Cemetery. Norwalk. Conn. Dealer in Green
House and Hot.Ho_use and Bedding. and Vege-
table Plants, Eruit and Ornamental Trees.
Shrubbery, , Vines. Cut Flowers, always on
hand, and all sorts of designs in flowers ar-
rangegtodorder. d fill'
ra mg an re ing cemeter'
attended to. 3 plots
a... Walk .,
fmh an Eu er
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a:
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With Cold, Dry Air C iroulationl
The Monitor Oil Stoves:
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The Best Oil Stove Made-i
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MIDDLESEX BANKING Cl].
OF MIDDLETOWN. CONN.
Chartered in 1372. Under the‘ Banki 'ig Law
Connecticut.
Cash Cfipi tal, $600,000.
Six per cent. Investment Bonds at at ~
accrued interest. At the last sessionp of tilt;
legislature these bonds were made a'. egal in-
vestment for funds held by executors. admin.
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t; 8 W aln Street. Soznl- Nor-walk
Simmering June Iii, 1892.
THE STEAMBOAT
“City of Albany”
Will make daily trips to New York,
leavmgSouth Norwalk at 7:15 am.
Returning, leave New York, Beek-
man St, at 2:30 p. m.; East 318i
St, at 2:50 p. m. Saturdays. half
an hour earlier. ‘
FARE—Single Tickets, com;
Biennial: Ticks“. 6008:.
The propeller “CITY OF NOR
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