W“... . . “2 ' .finding out. NW. 2 I _ . “Truth aboveall things." _ FRIDAY. MARCH 10. 1393. 1i ntered in the Post-Office as a Newspaper Mr. Harrison's Retirement. In retiring from the Presidency Mr. Harrison bears with him the respect of his fellow citizens and their kindliest wishes for his future welfare. He leaves an oflicial record honorable and reput- able throughout. _ j ‘ He has discharged with zeal and fid- elity the} trdsts’ reposed in him, not alonggi‘iri’ upholding the principles of _-,,which he was elected as the chief ex- ponent. but in consulting at every point what he conceived to be the true-inter- ests of the people at large. 'Whether always right or occasionally wrong, as judged from different standpoints, he has pursued the even and dispaSsionate tenor of his way without catering to consideration of expediency in his own behalf or losing balance in the pres- ence of difficult responsibilities. It was not a vote of want of confid- ence in Benjamin Harrison, as a man or President, by which he failed of re- election; it was his re-nomination against the wishes of the delegates and party leaders of those states that could give him their electoral;vote, together with the placing on the ticket of a run- ning mate who was distasteful to every labor union in the country, that rever- sed the verdict of 1888. Whatever results may be disclosed by an analysis of the causes that brought about the Democratic restora- tion, the fact remains that President Harrison, amidst all the burdens that weighed upon him and through all the factions conflicts that raged aliout him, maintained the dignity and exercised the functions of his high office with equanimity and courage, facing the course of events as became a statesman and patriot. In the management of our foreign affairs and the numerous delicate ques- tions arising in connection therewith he displayed the firmness, sagacity and tact that were essential to the honor and prestige of the flag, and approved himself to the country as a Chief Mag- istrate equal to every exigency. His appointments, as a .rule, have been judicious and fortunate. If in the distribution of patronage he did not at all times fill the measure of expecta- tion, it cannot be said that in any case he distributed it to the public detri- ment. ' His messages have uniformly been characterized by clearness, intelligence and force, showing a thorough appre- ciation of wants to‘ be met, of dangers to be avoided, of pollicies to be pur- sued in sustaining the credit and en- hancing the prosperity of the Govern- ment. His has been a peculiarly steady hand at the helm of state, no matter what variance of opinion there may have been touching the wisdom of its course. Under all circumstances has Mr. Harrison been true to his party. Even those who undertoox to prevent his renomination,who took but an indiffer- part in the canvass for his re-election, can find no flaw in his loyalty to the declarations of the Republican plat- form or in his steadfast adherence to every legitimate party obligation. More nearly than any of his prede- cessors has Mr. Harrison been brought to the hearts of the people by reason of the many domestic aflfliccions that have befallen his own and his official honsehould. One touch of nature makes the whole world kin, and the .apothegm is peculiarly applicable in the present instance. The political differences that existed between the part? in power and the party out of pow’ér were thus in a measure bridged over and partisan asperities ameliora- ted; and at no time in the annals of the Republic has one administration been exchanged for another with a more general spirit of patriotic good-fellow- ship, than that which marked the re- tirement of Benjamin Harrison to pri- vate life and the accession of Grover Cleveland to the position that both have honored. A Clerk’s Peculations. Since the departure of young Foster for the West, James E. Wixon, in whose employ Foster was engaged, be- came suspicions that perhaps Foster’s dealings with him were not altogether honest, and investigations since have proved that his suspicions were well founded. Mr. Wlxon had, previous to Foster’s departure, received a letter notifying him that young Foster would leave the peddling wagon standing for an hour or two in the cold while he spent his time in an unlicensed saloon near Franklin avenue, and that on coming out he would drive off at a furious rate to make up for lost time. He showed the letter to Foster but he~ denied the truth of the same. Mr. Wixon had great confidence in the young man, but his suspicions had been exc1ted and he kept a closer watch over him. ' . After r‘oster left town he went over his route and found where his clerk had made several cash sales, for which he made no return to the store, Also that he had several customers whose names did not appear . on Mr. Wixon’s books. He found that Foster a week or two before his departure had made several collections from customers of which he (Wixon) had no knowledge. . The peculations are believed to have reached quite a'large amount, but over how great a length of time they have continued Mr. Wixon has no Way of A minimum.— Loveiy Woman’s Best and Greatest ‘ - Charm. ____——— What a Bright and Attractive Woman Has to Say to“ Her Sisters. . . .- How a Happy and Joyous Nature 4 e Can be Acqhired. Women make the sunshine of life. Did you ever watch the flowers tn rn with irresistible persistence toward the sunlight ? So does the bright, joyous, sunny nature of a woman irremstibly attract all to her tlight-hearted, merry, and bou ant s iri 5. Such gnatuife makes glad the heart; it makes happy the time. _ . For a man, all the anxrety of busi- ness, the weight of care, the gloom and depression of spirits are dispersed as clouds by the sun before the bright smile of a joyous, happy w1fe. And it follows no less surely that a cross woman, one never pleased, al- ways fault-finding. discontented and unhappy, will repel all who approach her, and make those who should love her shrink from her society. . Now, the first requisite of good na- ture is good health. No one out of health can have bounding spirits and feel particularly good-natured. . If a woman feels nervous, weak, tired. languid, lifeless and miserable, experi- ences a faintness, sense of fullness af- ter eating, has irregular appetite, con- stipated bowels, frequent headaches, wakeful or disturbed and nnrefreshing sleep, weak back, backache, dragging down pains, irregularities, female weak- ness, any or all of these, it is impossn ble for her to be light-hearted and happy._ . . And in the spring these feelings are very prevalent because of the torpid condition of the system after the Win- ter. She must be cured first. and, with returning health, her old-time spirits will come back. If- women will follow closely the ad- vice and example of our bright and at- tractive correspondent, Mrs. Elmer Craig. of Le Roy, 111., they can easily attain both health and good spirits. .' _MRS. ELMER CRAIG. “I was stricken with nervous dis- ease,” writes Mrs. Craig, “which affec- ted my heart, head and stomach. I doctored with physicians of our town, but got no relief from the terrible sick headaches. pains in the heart and stom- ach until I used Dr. Greene’s .Nervura blood and nerve remedy. Before I used this wonderful medicine the nerves in my eyes were so affected that I feared that I would lose my sight. I would get so nervous and weak I could not walk across the room without ter- rible palpitation of the heart. ' I had not taken one bottle of .Dr. Greene’s Nervnra blood and nerve remedy, be- fore my head and eyes were cleared of their dull aching, and I am growing stronger every day. I cannot do half justice in the praise of this medicine.” This wonderful remedy is the great- est boon to women ever discovered, and by its use you can be restored to sound, vigorous and healthy woman- hood. By all means use it now, in the spring, for everybody needs a spring medicine at this season of the year. This is the best of all spring medicines and is recommended as such by the doctors, to invigorate the blood, strengthen. the nerves and start up the natural action of all the organs. You can procure it at the druggists, for $1, and it is purely vegetable and harm- less. Indeed, it is the prescription of the great specialist in chronic diseases, Dr. Greene, of 35 W. 14th Street, New York, who gives consultation free, per- sonally or by letter. Use it and it will bring back strength to your nerves, freshness to your complexion, bright- ness to your eyes, the bloom of health to your cheeks, elasticity and spring to your step, and that happiness and enjoyment of life which you have missed so long. New York, March 5th, 1893. An occasional nip from Jack Frost warns us not'to be in too much of a hurry to put on spring clothes. We have a full line of winter clothing, hats, shoes, and fur- nishings ; don’t let our stock run down ; else we couldn’t say that we have all things that’ men and boys wear,and plenty of them. Those winter overcoats, for instance ; most everybody wants the smooth meltons and kerscys, and we have enough. Sometimes its handier ‘ to buy by mail; it’s always safe. Samples free. . ROGERS, PEET & CO. Free deliveries toall points within one hun. dred miles of NewYork city, THREE Prince, BROADWAY i Warren, STORES- 32d St. VPLE'Aos GUILTgY'TO CHARGES or nation in high circles. Theapproaches to ,rcom were thronged yesterday. A The , Exllllllster suiting. . r. us one. Extortions. ’ BAIHUT MAMHNFESSIM”TEE LEADING nav GOODS areas. TRISTRAM & uvm, * CORRUPTION. Still Blackeris the Record of France’s Shame. PARIS, March 10.—In terest in the Pana- ma trial is increasing. It is reported that the frankness with which Charles ' do Lesseps told his story has caused conster- thc Palais de Justice as well as the court- The prisoners were brought in under the usual escort of gensdarme. Presiding Judge Desjardins proceeded to interrogate M. Marius Fontane. The latter stated that he wasa member of the board of management of the Panama Canal Com- pany when the transactions with M. Bai- hut occurred. He described the visit of M. Blondin, who assured the board that M. Baihut would introduce a bill authorizing the lottery bonds if the Panama Canal. Com- pany would make a substantial pecuni-, arysacriflce and that the money would be used to procure publicity, to the scheme. ,x 7 M. Baihut was called , upon" to answer interrogatories, the presiding judge, Des- jardins, addressing questions to the ac— cused. M. Baihut showed a disposition at first to throw the blame upon M. Blendin, who had acted as the go-be- tween in the negotiations, Baihut said: “I am guilty and my confession shall be public and complete. I find no words sufficient to express my suffering and re- pentance for the last two months, since I have been face to face‘ with my con- science. I cannot explain how I came to fall, for 15 years I served the Republic with honor and then, ‘in a moment of unaccountable madness, failed in my duty. “I reflected upon my honorable past and upon the future that now awaits inc and those dear to me. I ask pardon from my country for having compromised its honor, if indeed its honor can be com- promised by the fault of an individual, and I am full of respect for the justice of my country and bow beforehand to the - , decision which may be given. I was wrong to deny my guilt at first, but when afterwards Iconlessed I did so of my own accord, for I was ignorant that traces had been found of the money I had paid to the Comptoir d’Escompte.” When questioned by the president as to the circumstances connected with the re- ceiving of the money, Balhut gave an ac- count of the events: connected with the bill for the issue of lottery bonds, the visit of the engineer Rosseau to Panama and the report that followed. This re- port, he said, was laid before a meeting of the Cabinet on the 1st of May,-1888, and on the 7th De Lesseps come over to talk with him about it. A day or two later Blondin came to see him and said that the Panama Company had a vitalin- terest in the. passing of the bill author- izing the issue of the lottery bonds, that he was master of the situation and that it would be folly not to profit by it and do what every Minister had done before him in all important affairs of the kind. Baihut continued that it was his first impulse to refuse to listen to this language and he did not know why he did not obey it. What he was ashamed of was that he had yielded to the sugges— tion of the temptcr. He saw Blondin again and promised him a share in the transaction, and he had also an interview with Fontane and affirmed that neither Blondin nor the Panama directors were ignorant that he was receiving the money on his own account. Fontano had remarked that he had been disgusted and he did not under- stand why he used this expression since it was said that the money was being paid for silence. 0n the 18th of June Blondin brought to his house 250,000 francs, out 'of which he handed him 50,000; on the 24th Blondin paid him, all: the Senate, 125,000 francs, and on the ~ morrow he rem tted Blondin 25,000 francs. ; His own inexiibri- ence was such that he hastened to invest the money in the name of Baihut, engi- neer. . Blondin, who was next examined, de‘ nied having played the part attributed to him by Baihut and said that ‘he had not been the inatigator of the steps taken, nor had he received the 750,000 francs com- mission spoken of by Baihut. This de- fendant claimed that he had acted,_.ln good faith and believed that the 1,000,000 asked for by Baihut was destined for a campaign in the press against the fall and - rise of Panama shares. The president then re-examined Baihut, who persisted in his statement. The president ultimately proceeded to examine Sans Leroy, the ex-Deputy, who is accused of receiving 500,000 francs from the Panama Company through the hands of Artongon condition of voting for the Lottery Bonds bill, which had been re- ferred to a committee of which he was a member. Sans Leroy replied with a goocl deal of cynicism and effrontery to the question of the president, pretending that he had received no money at all, and that if he had voted for the bill, to which he'was at first opposed, it was because a more careful examination had caused him to change his mind. Next came Senator Beral, accused of having recaived 40,000 francs on condition ofivoting for the Lottery Bonds bill. Beral said he had received this. Dugue de La Fauconnerie, the Deputy accused of hav- ing received 25,000 .francs for a similar vote, explained that the sum was paid by Reinach as hisshare of the profit of the guarantee syndicate. Like Beral, how- ever, he was not able to bring forward any proofs in support of his statement. Antonin Proust, the Deputy who had receiveda check for 20,000 francs under similar circumstances, gave the same ex. planation, also with no proofs. Ex-Deputy Gobron explained that he had received 20,000 francs as a business payment from de Reinach. He was also proofless. ' The trial was then adjourned. Consul General Guenther Resigns. ~. QCrrrqou Mnxrco, March 10.—R. W. uénther, United States, Consul General o‘Mcxlco. hasforwarded his resignation President Cleveland with the request . i: it be accepted and that he be relieved '6, his ofllcial duties at the earliest 13054 b a date. ' . Ki. . w E E K L Y .- N OR. WAL K. G AZ E 'r T. E. 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The foreign artists,- as well as those of our own country,» surpassed all former efforts in beauty of design and color arrangement. Prices are Guaranteed the Lowest. 1 THE Bosva' STORE! Cor. Main and ,Wall Streets, - - Norwalk, Conn '
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