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FRINTING.
'i zew Haven (in Hartford ailroad.
. , .G. A. FBANKE.
THE HAIR CUTTER
No. 1 Gazette Building, Norwalk.
HOT AND com) BATES.
HENRY HUSS.
Restaurant, cafe and Smoking Room,
GRAND CENTRAL DEPOT,
'42d Street and 4th Avenue, New York
Entrance from waitin room of New :Itegk.
Alex. S. Gibson,
‘ Organist of the First Con regationgl Church
Waterbury, and . eacher of
Pianoforte, Organ and
Musical Composition.
P. Oi‘Lock Box. NORWALK. CONN.
TNA INSRUANCE 00., of Hartford
E Incorporated 1812. Charter Perpetual
Capital and Assets, $8,902,272.64.
Insures against loss and damage by man on
terms adapted to the hazard and consrstent
w'th th 1 w of com ensation. .
1 e a 5 00 ES a MEBRILL,_
Sole agents for Norwalk and vicinity.
The Nnunll Fire Insurance (In.
Has now Completed its
32d SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS YEAR,
And has not .outstanding a dollar of unpaic’
losses or claims for losses. No sound can»
any insures for less. _
BEAYAN. Pres.‘ G. 13.! ST. JOHN. Treas.;
. GEO. B. COWLES. Sec’y.
‘,.,.UBN_,_I_IURE.
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Geo. ' H. Raymond,
Furniture Dealer,
Has removed to the new and commodious
store four doors above his old stand and
stocked it with NEW GOODS of the LATES
STYLE and FINEST FINISH.
- GEO. H. RAYMOND. Agent.
Furnishing Undertaker and Embalmer.
I give my personal attention to laying out
and furnishing everything necessary for the
interment of the dead.
Residence.No. 3 Berkeley Place, Norwalk.
Telephone communication with residence
__HENRY TILLY.‘
CARRIAGE MAKER,
'50 UTH A 012 W'ALK, CONN.
—Manufacturer of—
Pamilv Carriages, Vietnuasfinnniesfie
ALL KINDS OF BEPAIRIN G.
UNITED STAES HOTEL
EUROPEAN and Anenlenn mu
‘Pnllnn, Water and Peanut, N. Y.
GEO. P. HEIPLIN G. Prop.
Befurnished. new elevator and all modern
improvements. —
American plan 82 per day and upwards. ac-
cording to location pf rooms.
European plan, Single rooms, 75c and $1.56.
Double rooms $1.50 to $3.00 er day. ,
S ecial terms by the wee '. ‘
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& Bridgeport, Clyde Id: Mallory;
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Are ofi‘ering inducements
to secure business, which
they must have to keep
their large number of teams-
and men employed.
Why don’t you see them ‘3,
Get prices ! '
Examine goods!
and make purchases!
RAYMOND
. BROTHERS.
ADAMS EXPRESS COMPANY,
Low Rates. Prompt Delivery
Branch Office, Norwalk, at Morris Benedict
ain Office is D epot, South Norwalk.
L. HUNT. Agent
Broken Lots
BOYS’ SUITS !
SIZES 4 to 14.
Reduced to almOSt Half Price.
750 to as I .95.
TAFT BROTHERS
.' 2'3 WALL STREET,
NOB WALK, - . CONN.
ew YO rk elevated railroad depot in, hot
Boys Pants 25c.’
nnnnnn REUNIONS. ,
The 17th Oonn. Vols. at NSWtown,
and the 28th at Bridgeport.
Living Over_0ld Times.
The annual reunion of the survivors
of the gallant old Fairfield County
Regiment was held Monday at high and
romantic Newtown. Some ninety old
vets, with nearly as many more of their
wives, childrenaiand grand-children,
formed in line at the depot, on the ar-
rival of the 10 o’clock train from Bridge-
port. and marched‘up to the Town Hall,
headed by the American Band of
Bridgeport and a reception and caval-V
cade of some fortyihorsemen. Among
the mounts was r. Charles. Johnson
on a saddled Alderney bull, its horns,
head and tail gaily decorated w1th flags
and red, white and blue ribbons, The
animal seemed to enjoy the mum and
parade equal to the rest. It is broken
to harness. and one of .Mr. Johnson’s
eccentricities is to drive his bovme
about the streets of Newtown before a
carriage. A line some half mile long
of carriages, filled w1th patriotic na-
tives, and country people from far
around, followed the line of march.
The hotels. houses, stores, etc., were
gaily decorated with flags and bunting,
and was a reminder- of the familiar
scenes in the days whbn the old 17th
left the State for the front. .
As soon as seated made the Town
Hall, comrade Merritt, President of
the Association, called on Rev. Beverly
Warner to open the session w1th prayer.
Then secretary Porter read the minutes
of last year’s session at Stamford.
Then treasurer Pat. Wade rendered his
report, and all being accepted, the an-
nual election of officers was proceeded
with, and resulted as follows : .
Comrade Seeley G. Blakeman, Pres1-
dent, John H. Porter was re-elected
Secretary, as was Pat. Wede, Treasurer.
Following is the list of Vice-Presidents:
Co. A.-—-Isaac Hyatt, Meriden'. .
“ B.—Alfred Morehouse, Darien.
C.—Henry Quinn, Danbury.
D.-—A. W. Peck, Newtown.
E.———George Hall, Westport.
F.—W. F. Keyser,.Newark, N J
G.—Chas. Smith, SO. Norwalk.
.-—I. N. Crissey, Norwalk.
I.—-John Purdy, GreenWIch.
“ K.—-T. 0. Spencer, Middlebury.
The Executive Committee are: 001.
Henry Huss, Pat. Wade, Isaac Mead,
F. M. Bliss. _
Col. Blakeman, the new President,
was a member of ex-Gov. Lounsbury’s
staff. _
The address of welcome was deliver-
ed by Rev. George M. Lindsley, of
Sandy Hook, Rev. Beverly Warner
responding for the Regt. Rev. Mr.
Hunt, Gen. Noble. and :others, also ad-
dressed the packed audience. A short
address to the comrades by the newly
elected President, closed the proceed-
m s.
'gllhe collation provided and served by
the patriotic ladies of. Newtown, was
abundant, and superb in all its details.
Hot cofl'ee,‘ cold meats of all kinds,
army baked beans, poems In pies, cakes
and puddings, beautiful arrays offifruit,
etc, delighted the eyes and stomachs
of the old-time devourers of army B.
C. hard-tack and salt junk.
A vote of thanks to the citizens, and
three cheers for the ladies who had pro.
vided so sumptuous a feast, and the
vets re-formed at 4 p. m., and marched
back to the depot, and soon were off to
their respective homes, enlivened by
the assurance that this had been, one_of
the most enjoyable of the wlil‘ll’e‘~ series
of re-unions; in partkperh’aps, because
it was the last as wells-as bes . A cake,
with two crossed and bayonetted mus-
kets dle'itly wrought on the frosting by
the local barber’s wife, was presented
Elayout:postmaster Peck to Gen. Noble.
-O'n the platform with comrades and
clergy, sat ex-sherifi' Sanford, support-
ed by tho ubiquitous editor of the New-
town Bee.
A pretty feature of the reception pro-
cession, was two little misses. 'one from
Bridgeport and the other from Oak-
land, Cal., in a diminutive cart, drawn
by a Shetland pony, the hats and dres-
ses of the girls decorated With white
and blue ribbons, and the pony and
cart embellished with small flags. Miss
Florence Sterling, of Bridgeport,own_ed
the pony, and her companion was Miss
Julia Duncombe, of California. Sev-
eral residences were uniquely and gor-
geously decorated. All in all, it was an
occasion long to be remembered.
THE 28TH AT BRIDGEPOBT.
The 28th regiment, Connecticut vol-
unteers, held its annual re-union at Sea
side park Monday, about 50 veterans
being present. A jolly time was had by
all. In the afternoon there was a ban-
quet which was much enjoyed. .
These officers were elected: Prem-
dent, S. L. Scofleld, Stamford; vice
presidents, W. S. Taylor, COmpany A.
Stamford; Charles H. Conley,Company
B,Stamford ; J . S. Sherwood,Company
C, Westport; Moraitt Hunt, Company
D,New Milford ; L. D. J ones,Company
E,Salisbury ; B.Frank March,Company
F, West Winsted; Horace G. Bnrr,
Company G, Norwalk; Nicholas Fox,
Compan H, Portchester; treasurer,
George ‘. Scofield of Stamford. Presi-
dent Scofield then appointed Robert
Bunten as his secretary.
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“ Those Little Bllls.”
Many men think that newspaper men
are persistent dunners. By way of com-
parison let us suppose that a farmer
raises 1,000 bushels of wheat a year,and
sells this to 1,000 persons in all parts of
the country, a rest portion of them
saying, “I will and you a dollar in a
short time.” The farmer does not want
to be small and says: “ All right.”
Soon the 1,000 bushels are gone, but he
has nothing to show for it, and he then
realizes that he has fooled away his
whole crop, and its value to him is due
him In 1,000 driblets, consequently he
is seriously embarrassed in his business,
because his debtors,each owing him 31,
treat it as a small matter and think it
would not help much. Continue. this
kind of busincs year in and year out as
the publisher does, how long would he
stand it ? A moment’s thou ht would
convmce any one that a pub isher has
cause for persistent dunning,—National
Tribune. 4 A ¥
Marvin Raymond Dead.
Mr. _Marvin Raymond died at his
home in Silver Mine, Sunda morning.
aged 84 years. Four chil ren, Mrs.
ClaudeGuthrie, Mrs.Joana Lewis, Mrs.
Charles Prescott and Edson M. Ray-
mond surv1ve him. The deceased was
a brother of the late Josiah, Merwin
and Stephen Raymond.
snvnn EMILE enIn.
SHERMAN GIVES HIS VIEWS.
He Is In Favor of Bimetallism, but 01)-
posed to Free Coinage of Silver, Which
He Says Is the Stepping Stone to
a Single Silver Standard.
WHSHINGTON, Aug. 31.—-It is said by
some that the silver debate in the senate
is to be made a test of physical endurance.
This at least is the pro amme which the
senators from the silveriates announce.
Mr. Teller Of Colorado says he has
brought his winter clothes with him and
will wear them before unconditional re ea]
shall pass. The senators from the silver
states stand alone in this determination.
They will not be aided to any great ex.
tent by the free coinage Democrats unless
Mr. Morgan of Alabama. should take a
hand and (according to the standing sens
ate joke) set his mouth going and walk
away and leave it. In that event Mr. Men
gan would prove a powerful ally, for his
resistless flow of talk could be relied upon
to last for many days. But most of the
free coinage Democrats, it is believed, agree
with Mr. Hill that to filibuster on this
question would be to lower the character of
the senate and diminish public respect for
its deliberations.
Threats analogous to those ascribed to
the silver men have been heard before in
the senate on other burning public ques-
tions, but somehow, after two or three
weeks of talk and at most two continuous
all night sessions, a compromise has been
reached and an agreement entered into for
a vote to be taken at a fixed time. Little
doubt is entertained that this will be the
result in this instance. The supply of am-
munition of the silver senators is not inex-
haustible. They have been prodigal of its
use in the debates heretofore had.
May Change the Rules.
Even granting that they send to the
clerk’s desk andhave read all the speeches
which Democratic senators have made in
‘pasttimes in favor of silver coinage, as it
is said they propose to do, this resource
will come to an end in a day or two. Tables
of statistics, though they help to pad out
The Record, cannot well be read aloud on
the floor. And more wordy eloquence has
its limits, as have also the capacities of the
vocal organs.
Should the debate be unreasonably pro-
longed the contest may be temporarily
transferred from the silver question to the
amendment of the senate rules so as to per- .
mit of cloture.
W'ith the rétirement of Mr. Edmunds
from the senate the most influential oppOo
nent of a change of the rules was with-
drawn. Mr. Sherman and other promi«-
nent senators who once agreed with the
Vermont senator on this point have since
changed their views, and it would not re-
quire much provocation to induce the sen-
ate to take up in dead earnest a proposition
to impose some other limitation besides
senatorial courtesy on endless and profit-
less debate.
After the routine business in the senate
today the bill for the repeal of the Sher-
man act was taken up, and Mr. Sherman
(Rep, 0.) proceeded to address the senate.
Sherman's Speech. . ;.,'
He said that if the repeal Of the purchas-
ing clauses of the act of July, 1890, were
the . only: reason for the extraordinary ses-
sion it would seem to him insuflicient. It
was, however, justified by the existing
financial stringency. '
On one thing he said congress and the
people agreed, and that was that both gold
and silver should be continued in use as
money. Monometallism pure and simple
had never gained a foothold in the United
States. If senators wanted cheap money
and an advance in prices, free coinage of
silver was the way to do it, but they should
not call it bimetallism.
Mr. Sherman then proceeded to discuss
the history of the act that bears his name.
He was not in favor of the free coinage-of
silver and regarded it as but another name
for the monlz-metallism of silver and was
only in favor of the purchase of silver for
purposes of coining. The conferees of the
two houses agreed upon their differences,
and in that agreement secured the repeal
of the Bland-Allison act. Mr. Sherman re-
minded senatom that when they criticised
the law that was misnamed after him, they
should remember that this law now on the
statute books was far better than either
the house bill or that passed by the senate.
The president had, Mr. Sherman said, set
forth the decline in the value of silver, but
had failed to give the causes of that decline.
If he had taken abroader view of the causes
of that decline, he could have explainedit
all. It was due, Mr. Sherman said, to the
fact that we were called upon to pay our
debts, debts payable in gold. England Was
the great creditor country, and we should
neither be ashamed of nor hate her. We
are her children and partake much of the
characteristics of the parent stock.
England’s losses in the Argentine Repub«
lic had to be made good, and she returned
our securities and demanded the gold
needed to save her own institutions from
going down. For the first time, also, in a
number of years the balance of trade was
against us, and we had to make the differ-
ence good.
Def. ends His Law.
After discussing other matters contrib-
uting to the present condition, Mr. Sher-
man declared that an erroneous impression
had been created when it was claimed that
the Sherman law was the cause of all the
troublé, and this he said with all due def-
erence to Mr. Cleveland. Still the fact was
that congress must deal with a situation
and not a. measure.
He believed in “giving the devil his due”
and was ready to stand by the law, not as
a measure in which he took any special
pride, for hiwas compelled to yield in or-
der to prove t disastrous legislation. But
without this law what would the country
have done in 1891 and 1892 had it been called
upon then to meet the difficulties now stag-
gering us?
' He was not a new convert to the repeal.
of the law, and a year ago he had intro-
duced a bill to suspend the operations of
the law. .It was worded almost exactly
like that of Mr. Voorhees’. Why did not
the Democratic senators then see the den-
gers they now see and come to the help of
the Republicans when they sought to s'us-
pend the law? ’Not a Democratic vote was
hahd then, and Democrats must answer
W Y.-
This was awcurrency famine, not the fear
that the money of the. country was not
good, and the people should nbt be de-
ceived as to the reasonsfor the repeal. Mr. .
Sherman did not believe the repeal of the
Read the Guam.
law would in any considerable degree ro-
llers the country from the existing stagna-
tion. Its repeal would cm the money
what from the dreaded fear of the free
coinage of silver. The law was denounced
by the Democratic party as a miserable
makeshift. It was a makeshift, and a good
one, intended to prevent the ills growing
of tIh)e free coinage of silver. .
e emocratic party was now c
with a great responsibility, and Mfg}??-
man warned them that if they attempted
to alter the existing tariff laws they would
plunge the country into deeper distress
than now exists.
Taking it for granted that the Sherman
law would be repealed, what of the future?
Mr. Sherman, while not the adviser of the
Democratic party, said he was entitled to
give his opinion as an American citizen.
First of all. we must preserve intact the
purity of all our money. It might be nec-
essary to issue our securities to secure gold
to maintain this purity, the only way by
which we can summarily secure gold.
The Surplus Should Be Coined.
The balance of trade may be against us
again next year, and if such a condition
should arise the secretary of the treasury
ought to have the authority to make do-
ficit good. All parties have heretofo ven
the secretaries this authority. The exporta-
tion of American products ought to be en-
couraged by legislation. The surplus in
the treabury, if there was one—mid. Mr.
Sherman supposed there was, for Demo-
cratic senators said sic—should be coined
and used for all legal purposes
,Mr. Shaman said he did not believe in
buying silver from our own people and
making a profit out of the proceeding.
it was a profit, it was an intrigue. If not
a profit, it was a fraud. He believed its
fraud.
Mr. Shaman then began a d' ussion o!
the various coins e laws of t United
States, with speci reference to the act of
1873, which had, he said, been the subject
of so much misrepresentation and falsehood
in this debate. He denied Mr. Voorhees’
statement that that act (the act of 1873) was
a stealthy demonetization.
Mr. Voorhees replied that he never ire
tended to refer to the senator from Ohio,
for four years ago he had effectually cleared
himself from any participationin that mat-
ter.
“Hereafter,” said Mr. Shaman, “when
any man makes such a statement about
this legislation, I shall simply say that it
is a falsehood and brand it so.
“It is strange,” said Mr. Sherman, “that
on the vote on this bill that the distin-
guished senator from Nevada (Mr. Stew-
art) voted for it, and I, ‘the devilfish,’ voted
against it.”
The last remark was in reference to an
epithet applied to Mr. Sherman during the
debate in the house last week.
In the House.
In the house Mr.- Talbot (Dem. Mo.)
asked unanimous consent to introduce a
bill repealing the statutes authorizing the
appointment of marshals and supervisbrs
of clgction. Mr.;Dingley (Rep, Me.) ob-
JT‘C’T’“ . .
Mr. Breckinridge (Dem.. Ky.), from the
committee on appropriations, reported the
urgent deficiency appropriation bill, which
appropriates 8300,00), and it was passed.
The items are $25,000 for bank note paper,
$200,000 for coinage of subsidiary coins and
$75,000 for clerks to representatives.
Mr. Bowers (Rep, Cal.) asked consent
for the immediate consideration of a reso-
lution calling on the attorney general for
information as to whether any action has
been taken in the cases now pending in
which the Southern Pacific Railroad com-
pany has begun action to dispossess settlers
on the public 1 nds.
Mr. Bynum em" Ind.) objected.
The house then resumed-the constrictor.
tion Of the new code of rules.
Fourth Class Postmaster-s.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 31,—The total num-
ber of fourth class postmasters appointed
toda was 98, of which 36 were to fill va-
canc es on used by resignations and deaths.
Among the appointments were the follow-
ing: ' '
New J ersey—William Ford. Clarksboro.
New York—E. B. Ross, Campbell; William
Brinkman, Franklin; M. J. Barker, Floyd; J.
S. Hester. Kanona; ‘Henry Snyder, Kinder-
hook; James Flaherty, Prattsburg: Adalbert
Frantz, Spring Glen: , Julius Haynes, West
Branch: Martin Armstrong, West Coxsackie.
Pennsylvania—C. Z. Pete. Baker’s Summit;
0. H. Klepper, Brysonia; W. H. Joyner. Cole
Grove: H. M.'Donehoe, Cross Creek Village;
E. J. Darragh, Dingsman’s Ferry: J. J. Reitz.
Donny; Mrs. Ella M. Painter, Ella: Emanuel
Weizer, Emerickville: P. J. Birmingham,
Girardville: Sharp Neel, Jr., Hamilton; R. D.
Divdlbiss. Horatio; Thomas Miller, Houser Mill
H. C. Cramer. Kingwood; J. A. Boyer, Lebo:
Elias Blouse, Long Level: J. H. Lafierty. New
Florence; A. E. Perkins, Raymond: G. A. Car-
roll, Sigel; James Guthrie. Summerville: J. H.
Ake, Sykesville: D. L, Amer. Weissport: D. II.
Riesar. West Leesport; S. M. Geist. Worthville.
Tariff Hear-in gs.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 31.—Hearings will be
given by the committee on ways and means
to persons interested in the preparation of
a. tariff bill beginning next Monday, Sept.
4. and closing on the 20th of that month.
The committee held a. brief special session
this morning to determine this matter.
There was not a full attendance, but the
matter having been fully discussed yester-
day it was decided to formally enter the
order today. The Republican members of
the committee made strenuous efforts to
have this period extended, but on a yea and
may vote their efforts were defeated, the
vote being taken along party lines.
Cleveland Thanks Wilson.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 81.—'I‘he following
telegram from President Cleveland at Buz-
zard’s Bay respecting the vote in the house
Monday on ~the silver question was re-
ceived this morning by Chairman Wil’son, q
who introduced the repeal bill:
To Hon. William L. Wilson. Washington:
Please accept for yourself and yourassociateg
in today’s achievement my hearty congratula-
tions and sincere thanks.
. . Gnovnn CLEVELAND.
Olney Back In Washington.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 31.—Attorne Gen-
eral Olney, who has been absent in assa-
chusetts for a week pint, has returned to
the city.
Internal Revenue Receipts.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 31.-The receipts from
internal revenue today were $439,766; from
customs, $363,471, and miscellaneous. $76,-
583. ‘
Ber Cpl-go on Fire.
- SALEM, Mass, Aug. 31.—-The lime schoon-
er William Rice, from Rockland, Me, for
New York, is in a bad condition in this
harbor. Her cargo is on fire, and thestorm
of yesterday increased the damage. ‘
Yellow Jack In Tulips.
TAMPA, Fla... Aug. 31.—There_ is one case
of yellow fever here in the person of a clerk
employed on the docks, it being (level 1
10 days after possible exposure to the
ease.
. Manufacturer- to Resume. '
Dom, N. 3., Aug. 31.—'1‘ha Cocheco
Manufacturing company will start up ‘3“
8 after a three weeks’ shut-down.
HASHEESH SMOKERS.
A NARCCTIC IN INDIA THAT HAS PE-I
CULIAR EFFECTS.
The Use a! II. Vegetable Among 5 Savage
Alrican People Transformed Their Na-
tures—Hasheesh Makes Some People
Peaceful and Others Drunk. .
Alcohol, opium and cocaine are the
cause of endless woe to humanity.
What if something Could be found
which could be substituted for thesé
poisons and at the same time have a
pleasing and beneficial influence on
"man, and instead of making him wild
would quiet him as did the lyre of Dr-
pheus? The African traveler, Wies-
mann, describes in detail the cultiva—
tioncand use of the “riambo” "amongthe
former cannibal inhabitants of Lubuku,
by-which their customs and manners
Were made so mild that it was even for- ,
hidden by them to shed the blood of an-
imals. This people, who before had
been aggressive leaders in wars, are now
living in peace. Villages which harem
fore had been engaged in bitter feuds
became friendly. Laws and customgbf
the most peaceful kind were introduced,
with the result that the country into
which strangers had never before veh-
tured~was open- to all.
Thispeaceful disposition, as also , '
antagonism to the shedding of the bib d
of animals, points to a characteristic ea-
ture of an old oriental people. ~ the
arethe Indians. The same herb w f h
made the cannibals of Lubuku the
friends of men, and which they call
“bashilange,” has been known to the'In-
dians for centuries as an intoxicant. It
is the Indian. hemp. In the east the in-
toxicant» extract is made out of the bios-
soms and out of the whole plant. Gen-
erally it is called “hasheesh,” which sig-
nifies merely hemp. It is chewed like
tobacco, or smoked as such, or the juice,
called “damamesk,” is used with sugar
and almonds or whisky. '
In moderate amounts the Indian hemp ,
and its preparations have a mild effect
on the nervous system and produce a
pleasant state of feeling. at any rate
among the orientals. Larger quantities
produce intoxication. In the east the
number of those who use the hasheesh is
computed at between 200,000,000 and
300,000,000. Physicians are notallagreed
as to the efiect of the drug, some claim-
ing that it produces nausea, heart beat-
ing, dryness in the throat. When full
eflilcientjt produces the feeling of pleased
intoxication and the most agreeable and
pleasurable thoughts. Thereupon 201-.
lows sleep, deep and dreamless, and On
the following morning the pleasantvis-
ions are still real and present. That
opium or alcohol eventually destroys
those who useit to excess goes without
saying. On the other hand, the efiect of
the hemp chewing on the negro is wdn-
derfully quieting.
Wissmann mentions several African
people among whom hemp smoking has
been firmly introduced as a habit, espe—
cially the Waniamesi. He says he, is
convinced that the effect of this hempon
the negro is to make him milder and
more gentle and to make him more ac-
. cessible to the influences of civilization,
altho ‘ h it‘ does have to acemain extent
an end influence on the'body, which in--
fluence, however, is generally exagger-
ated. Most remarkable is the- manner
in which a “judgment of God” is secured
by the hemp‘ smokers. Those that are
accused continue the smoking of hemp
until the guilty one is compelled to make
a confession. On the other hand, the
thieves of India use this hemp for the
purpose of pursuing their work. They
secretly make a hole in the house and
fill it with fumes of hemp smoke. This
has its effect on the people Of the house.
and when the thieves enter they find
them in the most agreeable humor, in-
capable Of understanding what is going
on and even welcoming the marauders
with the most pleasant words and ges-
‘ tures. These statements are from the
travels of Von Bibra.
.. Then theihasheesh smokers frequently
get into a. state much resembling hyp-
notism, in which it is possible to place
the members of the body in any posi-
tion and to treat the body as though it
were all made of joints. The similarity
between hypnotism and the effects of
hasheesh smokingis so great that Dr. von
Schrenk-Notzig'of Munich made special
investigation of‘this subject. It is well
known that whena. person is hypnotized
a single word or threatening action suf-
fices to throw the subject into spasms of
rage. The authority just mentioned has
discovered that in a similar way a. per-
son under the influence of haeneesh c
be affected. He even discovered that
persons who do not submit to ordinary
hypnotism can be put into this state
through the chewing or smoking of hash-
eesh. The faculty most influenced by this
narcotic is the imagination. The imme-
diate present is idealized into the most
beautiful and fantastic forms. Hearing
is made finer, and the finest strains of
music afiect as they never did before.—
Leipsic im.
Surprised at Clerical Uneasiness.
Dr. Berrian,a former rector of Trinity
parish in New York city, was an indif‘
ferent preacher, but a. fine executive afi-
cer and a man of great personal kindli-
ness. Withal he was very simple heart-
ed. A country clergyman, half starved
on asalary of $5003 year, came to Dr.
Berriau asking his influence to get him a
better charge. “Dear me!” answered ,
the good old man. “I don't see why you -
young clergymen want to change so
often. Why, I have been home in Trinity
church for 40 years and never have
thought of’ieaving.”—San Francisco Ar-'
gonaut.
"The Wind mew 'rhmugh ma Whiskers."
A correspondent of the Pittsburg Dis-
patch says that the very objectionable
bit of slang, “The wind blew thro h
his whiskers,” is not American all.
fact, he says, Itwasfirst byan
Englishman, oncDen Chaucemvho wrote
the “Canterbury Tales.” In the tale of
“The Shipman" occurs this workable
line. “Withmany a tempest had his ‘
beardbeenshaken.” - -
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