r '.wnEKLY»- NORWALK roazn'r'rnf j _— Nonwmmm. 'Truth above all thin. as. ’ / FRIDAY, JUNE 7, 1895. ____—.————4 Entered in the lost-t nice as aNewspaper. r.’ Terse Tales of the Times. Charles EdWard Miller sailed for Europe, Yesterday. Mrs. George A. Shelhoos was in re- ceipt of a new bicycle this morning. Town clerk Smith reports something over 700 dogs registered up to date. ~Bluefish 8c. per pound at E. J. Wadhams’, 21 Wall street. . The Hermanssoehne Liederkranz will hold an important meeting tonight. Miss Lizzie Little of Orchard street has purchased a new Columbia bicycle. The pupils of the Winnipauk school will hold an entertainment this evening. —’\lapthaline at Hale’s. all if The annual meeting of the Center school district will take place to-nigbt. Mrs. Nellie Burnett of Newark, N. J.., is a guest of Mr. C. T. Cornwall on France street. »——Philadelphia Cream cheese at Betts & Farringtcn’s. m18tf Mrs. David M. Plait leaves next week for an extended visit at her brother’s home in Minnesota. A bargain store is soon to be opened in the Wilson building on \Vall street with F. J. Dugan as manager. ~Pictures framed by Hayes, Main St. A man with a. pumpkin pie a mackerel and a jag attracted his share of atten- tion on Wall street, last night. The Glover grocery :‘store on Wall street has been receiled and papered and looks as fresh as a new clerk. The Misses Mamie. Florence and“ Eva Scofield attended the Ricker- 'Martinofi' wedding in Brooklyn yester- day. -Moth Marbles at Hale’s. alltf The Naromake Gchlub will meet at Gregory’s Point to-morrow afternoon and blaze away at- an army of clay pigeons. - Fred W. Richt, winner of the Irving- ,ton-‘llilburn race, Decoration Day, has entered for the ten mile road race of the Alpha’s. I—Neufchatel cheese at Bett & Far- rington’s. m181f Rev. Charles M. Selleck went to Lewisboro, N. Y.. yesterday where be united in wedlock for weal or woe a happy couple. The elm trees belonging to the city are being Sprayed with what is alleged to be death to the elm tree bugs and their progeny. Alfred Harris wishes the GAZETTE to say that he is ready and willing to run anyone in the state a half mile race for from $100 to $1,000 a side. —Very best butter, 23c. lb, at N. Y. Store. Adams Express agents report an in- creased amount of business, necessita- ting two trips in the morning to this city in order to deliver the goods. Dwyer’s City of Norwalk band will probably give a free concert in the new pagoda next week on which occasion the members will don their new uni- forms. ——Fr.esh vegetables in everv variety, at Betts & Farrington’s. mlStr‘ Danbury butchers are holding meat cutting contests. The rivalry is con- fined t) the meat and not the prices, hence the general public is not speci ally interested. The Central Labor Union will hold a picnic on Labor Day, Monday, Septem- ber 2d, and have set a good example by deciding to buy the prizes they offer rather than soliciting them from our merchants. ' —Low prices at Hale’s. alltf Letter carrier John Haley is taking a two days vacation, and substitute f]. M. Perry is “covering” the route. It is understood that Mr. Haley will devote a portion of his time in building an ob- servatory on his hennery. Mr. O. E. Wilson has gone to Syra cuse, N. Y., where he expects to meet his wife who is en route home from an extended visit at Denver, Col. Mr. Wilson has a brother in Syracuse and will prolong his visit in that city for seVeral day s.‘ —Shoulders 91m 1b.; Hams, '125; c. N. Y. Store.- ‘ . 'Samuel Clark, a Stamford newsdeal- er, left the Bridgeport hospital yester- day afternoon after two weeks’ treat- ment and fell in a fainting lit at the Sdepot.‘ He was renoved to the Emer- gency hospital where resioratives were applied after which he took an evening ' ning from West Point, N. Y. ' ten inches yesterday. ' train for Stamford. - d .I‘ I‘.\' Mrs. Elizabeth R. Hinman and her daughter Frances, of Academy street, have gone to Pound Ridge for a season of rest and recreation. —Fresh asparagus at Betts & Far- rington’s. It is reported t:at Daniel Coniy will re-open the saloon on the Wall street bridge formerlv conducted by Thomas Hefl'ernan, having for a partner, a New Canaan man named Nobles. The Norwalk Mills company had sev- e:al cases of goods in the recent rail- road wreck at Rye, and Messrs. Flint and Pollard were in New York yester- d iy in the company’s interest. That’s what fills our E. J. Wadhums’, -—Prices tell. store With patrons. 21 Wall street. __ A few members from Union Lodge. F. and A. M., of Stamford, visxted St. John’s Lodge of this city, last night, and saw David Wheelman Raymond ride the goat. And they were glad to have been present. Several Norwalk residents are in re- ceipt of invitations to attend the Iwede ding of Irene Camille, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel D. Merrill, formerly of this city. Miss Merrill is to wed Ed- ward A. Stokes, and the happy eventua- tion will tike place at No. 330 Quincy street, Brooklyn, on Wednesday even- ing, June 19th, at 8 o’clock. —India Ceylon tea, at Betts 8; Far- rington’s. m18tf In looking over his records this morn- ing, t..wn clerk Herbert R. Smith found that he was short fourteen wed- ding certificates and that a. Hungarian minister was responsible for the delici- ency be having failed to comply with the law in reference to returns. Mr. Smith will advise the dominie of the omission and also call his altintion to the fact that he is liable to a line of ten dollars on each count. ' —Rocquefort cheese, at Belts (b Far- rington’s. m18tf The trio, Stiles Curtis, John F. Ben- nett and Henry “Doc” Curtis who went down the harbor fishing yesterday, re- port greatluck. The catch of flitfish and blackfish is said to have nearly swamped the boat. A year ago the party planted half a bushel of horse- chestnuts on Hay Island which island they visited yesterday and were sur. prised to find a growth of young chest- nut trees. Someday in the near fut- ure they propose giving Goose Island a dose of the same medicine. —Swiss cheese, at Belts & Farting- ton’s m181f I I I I’s are examined free by Dr. C. F. Hughes, the optical expert, who rep- resents the Silex Spectacle Lens com— pany and who is now located in the Wall street store of the Elizabeth Had- den building. An adv. in another col- umn of today’s issue of the Gamma will be of interest to those with affected eyesight, and if you are unable to read it call on Dr. Hughes and get a pair of glasses that will make each particular letter look to be as large as a hotel landlord and as prominent as a candi- date for public office. SOUTH heawnx Arion Singing society held its regular monthly meeting last night. A delightful musicals was given at the residence of David E. Disbrow on West avenue last evening. Funeral Director David W. Ray- mond took his first degree inlMusonrv at St. John’s Lodge last evening. The police have not made an arrest in several days and in consequence the court at this end of the town has been enjoying a vacation. ~ The old Saugatuck road at a point near the Rufus Raymond place is to be widened and straightened and the im- provement will be a marked and need- ed one. The members of the Ladies Friday Afternoon club report having had a most enjoyable time at Mrs. Theron G. Hoyt’s in Ridgefield yesterday. As soon as the yacht Carrie is placed in commission Mr. E. Hill Will take her to anchorage off the Norwalk Yacht Club house at Hickory Blufi‘. George N. McKibben 'of the Trum- way, arrived at the City Hotel last eve- Mrs. Mc- Kibben will join him next week. The bridge leading from the N orwalk Yacht club house to the float was raised Hitching posts for horses will be placed in position to-morrow. . The Committee on health met at the Council room last evening, but no busi- ness of importance was transacted. The Cimelttee will meet again to- morrow evening. An employee of Contractors Foley & Coughlin had'his foot badly mashed by an iron rod yesterdav, He Was taken to Dr. Burke’s office where medical assistance was rendered. Superintendent Paine of the Danbury Division has issued an order requiring all freight our doors t) be closed and fastened before they are moved from the stations on his division. ' Louis Bardos, the Hungarian ai- rested in this city and taken t) Bridge- port by .Sheriff Doolen, yesterday ‘ agreed to pay the woman he wronged L l $50031and also to pay the expenses she had§been put to inlha-ving him arrested. ' Commencing on Wednesday next the new passenger steamer Favorite Will be placed on the route between this city and New York. She will leave New York on Wednesday afternoon at 2:15 o’clock and this city Thursday morn- ing at 7 :15. A public meeting is announced by the Citizens’ League, to be held in Hoyt’s Opera House, to-morrow even- ing. Judging from the candidates that the League placed on the last town tickets, they should confine their work for better government to their own candidates. Commodore Gilbert Bogart, George R. Van Alstyne and “Alonzo W. Smith, were standing on the tracks of the Con- solidated road at the Washington street crossing, last evening, convers- ing on yachting affairs, when two trains approached in opposite directions and they had a. narrow escape from being run over. John H. Rogers, the polite burglar, who was accused of having bound and gagged Miss Tibbie Wight of Green- wich and then robbing the house, was taken to Bridgeport last night, and lodged in the county jail. He was bound over, under $2,000 bonds for trial at the September term of the Sn- perior court, criminal side. The Dunn cottage has been rented at Roton and it is stated that after“Horry” had expended a hundred dollars in fit- ting up the Carr place at Dorlon Point fora summer residence, his paternal this morning, closed a deal with‘fllike” 'Ratchl’ord who will occupy this latest purchase and thus the Dunn’s are side- tracked for any seaside residence this summer. coo- The Trouble In Formosa. Hoxcxono. June 7.—-Advices received here from Taiphfu, island of Formosa. an- nounce that town to be still in a chaotic state. The native quarter of Taiphfu has been burned and during the conflagration a magazine exploded and killed 90 Chinese. The German gunboat Itlis fired on the Chinese forts at Hobs, presumably because a. merchant steamer with Tang. the former president of the so called repulzlic of For- mosa, on board, with a number of refugee Chinese soldiers,was not allowed to leave. The forts were silenced I " the fire of the gunboat and the native gunners fled. Sub- sequently the merchant steamer proceeded. A Cloudburst In Germany. STUTTGART. June 7. —There was a. cloud- burst over the Wurttemberg portion of the Black Forest district, causing great de- struction of property. The downfall of water caused the River Eyach to rise, and many houses at Bingen, Fromern, Dirr- wangen and .Lanfen were swept away. Many persons are missing. Later reports from the district visited by a flood show that ten persons were drowned at Balin- gen. seven persons Were killed at Fromern, and that nine persons more are missing from the last named place. At Lanfen 15 persons were killed. Rich En’dugh to Stand It. CINCINNATI, June 7.—At the hearing of the case of the insolvent Commercial bank, Edgar Stark testified that he found the liabilities $850,000, instead of $600,000, as first reported. J. S. Talbot. assistant cashier, testified that the liabilities would exceed $1,000,000. This means an assess- ment of between 80 and 90 per cent on the hundred rich stockholders. ‘ Diei‘. From a. Dog‘s Bite._ ern PLAINS, N. Y., June 7.——John ll. Cooper died today. About two months ago he was bitten by a pet dog, and im- mediately before his death some of the symptoms of hydropholga were present. Dickinson College Commencement. CARLISLE, Pa., June 7.-—Tlie one hun- dred and twelfth commencement of Dick- inson college was held here. Ellzabctliéxewark Trolley Road Opened. ELIZABETH, N. .1, June 7.—'l‘he trolley road to Newark was formally opened to- day. The first car for the public was start- ed shortly after 11 o'clock. It will be a. week yet before the line at the Newark end will be completed so as to permit the cars running from Newark to this city. The cars, besides carrying lenders, will not run at a speed of over eight miles an hour. Cattle and Sheep Men Assemble. EDDY, Colo, June 7.—Horsemeu passed through today bound for the cattle men’s rendezvous. Provision wagons followed. No blood has yet been spilled and will not be until the opposing forces most. The battle, it the cowboys meet resistance, will occur near the head of Elk Head. Bridge Across Esplanade des Invalldes. PARIS, June 7.-—Plcns have been com- pleted for the construction of a. bridge across the Esplanade des ln‘valides which will be one of the features of the exhibi- tion in 1900. Tenders for the work of construction will shortly be ii: vitcd. The Money For Linn-Tong. LONDON, June 7.-—-The Times, in its financial columns, says that It is rumored that Russia is negotiating with Paris bankers for the loan of $16,000,000 to China upon Russia’s absolute and uncon- ditional guarantee. _..__.__.._.._.. Captain General Primo-R’Lvern. Improving. MADRID, June 7.—The condition of General Prime-Rivera, the captain general of Madrid. who was seriously wounded by Captain Clavijo last Monday, shows con- ' siderable improvement today. Killed by a Live “'ire. ALBANY, Jupe 7. -——John Paulson of Albany, while at work at the Edison elec- tric plantat Schenectady, came in contact with a live wire and was instantly killed. - More \Veste-rn Convicts at Albany. ALBANY, June 7. -*— Twenty United States prisoners from L"’ttle Back, in charge of Deputy Marshal .hite, were re- ceived at the Albany penitentiary. Three M‘en Killed In a Freight “heck. Snatroxm, Pa, June 7.—Elwood Moy- er, engineer: Elias Butts, conductor, and William Klaase. fireman, art of the crew of freight train 86 of the Philadelphia and Reading railroad, were instantly killed today by n gvreck near Lbc'ust Dale. COST OF THE CUP DEFENDER. . Estimated that the Iselln Syndicate Will Have to Pay From $150,000 to $200,000. The use of aluminum bronze for the sides above the water line and for the floor beams will render Defender from four to seven tons lighter than would any other suitable material employed for the same purposes. In just this point of, weight alone, therefore, Defender will have an advantage which is of almost incalculable value and which it is diffi- cult for any one but an expert yacht designer and builder adequately to ap- preciate. That “money is no object” is the motto of Defender syndicate is also very eifec-‘ tively demonstrated by the lavish use to be made of this extremely costly metal, and the selection ‘of this material for such extensive use also confirms the previous statements that it has been the determination both of the members of the syndicate and of the designers and builders to neglect or slight not one sin- gle point, however insignificant, in which, regardless of expenditure, any possible advantage could be secured and anything Whatever be added to the possi- bilities or capabilities of the boat. This policy, it is said, determined the fact that Defender should be a keel boat and not a centerboard, like the Vigilant, according to what should be excellent authority. The original intention of the syndicate, according to this authority, was to build another centerboard yacht, but when the matter was t. ilked over with Nat Herreshoff he put his foot on it at the very outset. His argument, it is said, was that not only must the new- cup defender be absolutely the very best that skill and money could produce, but that no chances at all must be taken in constructing the boat. As on this basis, he is positive that, to say the least, he could build as fast a. keel boat as a. cen- terboard, it was unwise to take the pos- sible chances, however slight they might be, of any trouble with a. centerboard or of any mishap of any nature to that sometimes cranky appendage. There- fore, the keel type was decided upon, according to the story as told privately by one who should know whereof lie affirms. As to the actual cost of Defender, of course, not even Mr. Iselin or Nat Herre- shoif can yet tell what it will be, but those here who are competent to figure on such matters are making some very extravagant sounding estimates. All admit that, although they know pretty well that the aluminum costs in the neighborhood of 80 cents per pound, yet the actual number of pounds of it which will go into the boat is very hard to estimate, since no one is sufficiently fam- iliar with it to judge accurately of its weight ,by its size, and therefore they are greatly hampered at the very outset in attempting to estimate the cost. It is a. matter of interest, however, to know that these men, who are all, probably, as competent to form an opinion as any boat builder to-day outside of the Herre- shoifs, place the probable cost of De- fender at the starting line at all the way from $150,000 to $200,000. IDLE AMERICAN YOUNG MEN. Grand Juror Loth Thinks State Industrial Schools llIight Lesson the Evil. J ust before the New York Grand Jury was discharged in the General Sessions, Joseph Loth, a silk manufacturer, who was a member, stepped up to the railing and addressed the Judge: “While I have been acting as a Grand Juror I have noticed that the majority of the offenders indicted were young men of American birth. I think this is a. matter to which the attention of the community should be called. “There are to many young men unem- ployed who are on the streets, and I would think it a good idea. for the State to build industrial schools so that these young men might be taught trades, in- stead of enlarging its prisons. It appears to me that there are altogether too many young men with no means of employ- ment who idle away tltieii' time.” Incentive to Merit Among Animals. The existence of a. out show in New York moves the Tribune to remark: It seems such a. pity that the animals that take prizes in shows never know that they take them. VVhenahorse is racing he knows that he is trying to get ahead of some other horse. When he has get ahead of the other horse he knows that he has got ahead of him, and when he has won the race who shall say that he does not know that hehas won it, or that he does not feel the some pride and satis- faction in it as his owner and his jockey? But when a horse or a. dog or a cat is put in a row with ahundred other horses or dogs or cats at the Madison Square Garden, what does he care whether there is a red ticket or a. blue ticket nailed to the back of his box? There may be one compensation—if the animals that take prizes feel no satisfaction, those that fail to take them feel no disappoint- merit. lehn a Chance to Fatten. Thomas P. Wall, who wanted to be a. sweeper in the New York Street Clean- ing Department, but was rejected by the examining physician because he didn’t weigh enough, appealed to erratic Col. Waring. “I used to weigh. 145 pounds,” he said, "but for several months I have been out of work and I haven't had enough to eat. NOW I weigh only 119.” “Well,” said Waring, “‘I’ll appoint you, and let you earn enough money to fatten yourself up. But if you don’t reach the proper condition within a ,reasonable time I’ll have to lay you off, and you cannot complain if I do.” Wall promised to do his best, A‘ITVorthy Monument. The decision of the Rumford Historical Society . of \Voburn, Mass, to erect a monument on the farm where the Bald- , win apple was discovered, nearly a‘ hun- dred ,years ago, is in every way com- mendable. The estate which, through the medium of a, sturdy native stock and cross fertilization by a. benefice‘nt bum- blebee, gave birth to a new and superior apple is worthy of a. monument. J THEY WANT MUCH. . A BACHELOR’S COMPLAINT ABOUT AMERICAN WOMEN. no Finds Something Essentially Faulty in the Social Relationship of Amer- ican Husbands and \Vives, the Horrld Thing. Now. I want to say just this: Being a bachelor and the kind of a bachelor I am. I see more wives than do most mar- ried men: If this were not so, I might not have an objection to them as a class. I might think, as some of my married male friends do, that even if my own wife (suppose I had one, I mean, now) were disappointing to me as a. compan- ion and distressing to me because of her unwarranted exactions, my married neighbors may be more lucky, Their wives may be their c'..ums and compan- ions; their wives may not demand a slave’s attention, a father’s indulgence, a lover’s unquestioning devotion, and a. rich and doting uncle’s unstinted allow- ance and expect nothing in return. I visit many homes where I know the husband’s business affairs and see the wife’s ' attitude and I feel myself equipped to discuss the question of American wives better, being a bache- lor of a somewhat extended and varied acquaintance, than I could if I were married, There is something essentially faulty in the social relationship of American husbands and wives, which relationship is brought about wholly by theassump- tion on the part of the vives of rights, privileges and exemptions? These as- sumptions are of so long standing in America. and have been so meekly and uncomplainingly acquiesced in by the husband that they are looked upon, I suspect, by the wives, as vested rights to question which hints at anarchy. Now, I do not know about that. The husband is bound by every obligation, legal and moral, to give his wife a. home and such material comforts as he is able to sup- ply to himself also. Please, observe that “also.” Is it not a fact that the American wife of any man above the grade of common, unskilled labor de- mands—even expects without demand- ing—comforts and luxuries to which the husband could not also indulge Without incurring debts he could not pay if he is less than a. merchant or capitalist, and perhaps inviting . bankruptcy through extravagance and neglect of business? Beside sharing in such comforts as the husband’s home and board affords, the American wife at once assumes the right to the luxury of idleness. That is a very great deal. It means an additional cost for one or more servants, which cost is imposed upon the husband’s earn- ings, be they large or small. If they are large, I have no complaint. If those earnings are small. then surely the bus- band has a complaint—but he seldom makes it. But this is only the beginning. In matters of luxury the American wife not only indulges athis expense in many more than does the husband, but fre- quently she indulges in many when, and again, therefore, he can indulge in. none. What right has she to this? Take the luxury of fine dressing, for example. I know a man—I shall make a homely ex- ample—who before his marriage was a noticeably well dressed man. He cared fer well made, fresh, nice clothes in a. perfectly rational way, and artistically. Now he wears trousers which bag at the knee pitifully, and his coat shines at the elbows and shoulders. He holds a re- sponsible place, and has for years, in a. big commercial firm, and I know his sal- ary is not less than $4,000 a. year, and I should not be surprised to hear that it was more. I dined with him the other night at his house, and inviting me he said, as he always does, “Don't take the trouble to dress, old man; we’ll just dine informally.” . Now, he knows perfectly well that it is no trouble for me to dress in the even- ing, and that I did so nearly every day, and. to tell the truth, this letter was first suggested to me by my conviction that his evening dress suit is in a pretty bad way and he doesn’t feel that he 'can afford the expense of another. That is one side of the picture; here is the other: Madam appeared in a pret- ty dainty dinner gown, which she told me was new before I’d been in the house five minutes. I’ve known her since she was a child. I’m to. king 'now about the typical American wife of a. man who can be said to be in comfortable circumstances by the standards of the best class of salaried men. She is no more extravagant, thoughtless, exacting or unreasonable than the average of her class, was well brought up, helped her mother keep her father's nose to the grindstone always, is bright. good enough natured, if you please, and of course brought her hus- band not a dollar, for she and her sister and her mother had not left her father a dollar to settle on her. I do 1 ct know, thank God, just what the dress “referred to cost, but I know'its price would cover my friends expenditure for clothes for a. year. The dinner was good, as she judged it, no doubt, but she did not know what a single dish was to be until it was served. Now, there is 'that mhn earning four or five thousand dollars a. year, working from nine in the morning until six in the afternoon fifty weeks a. year, dress- ing like a $40-a-monbh clerk, not saving a. penny. ,‘supporting his wife in idle lux- ury at the cost of probably two-thirds, if not probably three-fourths . of his earnings, and she would look in big eyed amazement at any one who should sug- gest that she was unwanrantably, heart- lessly, unreasonably exacting. and en- joying privileges to which she had no manner of right whatever. Further- more she Would call the man a. brute who told her so. Is she unique as an American‘s wife? Well, I rather think not! At any rate I will confidently leave itvfor married men readers to say. Le a man overcome anger by love, let im overcome the greedy by liberalfi ty, the liar by truth. , . ‘ _ p ' r I THE PRESIDENT AS A WRITER. Preparing to Issue a Work on the Science of Economics. Mr. Cleveland is to appear before his countrymen in a. new role. He has be- ‘ come a. literary man. It might be more correct to say that he has long been a literary man. He has spent four years, more or less, in writing a. book, still in-‘ complete, which seems likely to give him an it together unique poSition in our long line of Presidents. It is a volume on economic science. f Everybody knows that Mr. Cleveland has theories of 'his own in the domain of politics. His views, however, in that academic field of the science cultivated by Adam Smith, Ricardo and Mill are very little understood. Now, if there is one study to which Mr. Cleveland has devoted his leisure, it is political econ- omy and sociology. He is an omnivorous reader in these departments of know- ledge. His library is stocked with the standard works on the various subjects. It is not so much as a means of acquir- ing information that Mr. Cleveland reads with this persistence, but in order to keep pace with the progress of thought. Those who have had oppor- tunities of observing him in his private life are aware of Mr. Cleveland’s fond— ness for reading, a fondness which has grown upon him of late. Another fact which has been noticed is that now he writes, writes, writes for hours. He is always making notes as he proceeds. In the matter of classifying his knowledge Mr. Cleveland shows decided expertness. He receives nearly all the current works of importance that issue from the press -those, that is, which are in his line. They are duly and, promptly read, and notes made of them for future reference. It may be interesting to detail in this connection the volumes lately ordered by Mr. Cleveland for his private use—or- dered personally. Mr. Cleveland does not have his books charged, at least not those with which the New York trade supplies him. His, orders are accom- panied by the cash and go to him at Woodley. The trade reports him a. very good customer, purchasing regularly He gets all the lists of the publishers, for his tastes are quite well known by this time in New York. _ Here are ten books he has purchased recently, with the dates of orders. These orders come in typewritten memoranda, or mere slips out from a. catalogue. The dates accompany each: December 10, 1894, “Social Evolution” —Benjamin Kidd. - January 5, 1895, “A, Traveler from Altruria"—Howells. January 5, 1895, “Claims of Chris- tianity”—Lilly. January 19, 1895, “Cznsai"’—Froude. February 0,1895, “Dee-line- and Fall of Roman Empire”—’Gibbon. March 6, 1895, ~“Republic” of Plato. March 19, 1895, “Essays on Questions of" the Day”—Goldwin Smith. March 27,- 1895, “Degeneration”—Max Nordau. March 30, 1895, “Wealth vs. Common- wealth”——Henry A. Lloyd. April: 2, 1895, “History of the United States,” Vol. IV.--J. B. McMaster. It will be noted that Mr. Cleveland is rather severe in his tastes, and that he goes in for both old and new works. These books are merely those which have been ordered by him and sent from New ,York. He constantly receives books from all over the world. His library grows apace.—N. Y. Herald. ' A Remedy Against Flies. “I never use window screens,” said a Wise housekeeper the other day, “be- cause I have a fancy that they shut out all the air in hot weather, and, besides, they serve to keep the flies in the house equally as well as out.” “But I never see a. fly in your house,” said her friend. “How do you manage it? For my part, I must confessthat, screens or no screens, my summer means to_ me one long battle with the little pests.” “My remedy is a very simple one,” said the good housekeeper, “and I learned it years ago from my grandmother, when I used to watch her putting bunches of lavender flowers around to keep the flies away. My method is simpler. I buy five cents worth of oil of lavender at the drug store and mix it with the same quantity of water. Then I put it in a. common glass atomizer and spray it around the rooms Wherever flies are apt to congregate, especially in the dining room, Where I sprinkle it plentifully over the table linen. The odor is es- pecially disagreeable to flies, and they will never venture in its neighborhood, though to most people it has a. peculiarly fresh and grateful smell.” Messages by Barbed Wire. Webster City, 1a., is becoming honey- combed with telephones, and every town within a. radius of fifty miles will soon be connected with Webster City. The scheme is something new and surprising even to old telephone men, but it works like a charm. An inventive genius there struck upon the idea of making direct connections with the barbed Wire on the fences that rim along the prairie. He tried a line first to Duncombe. It was a. ‘ success, and now he has an incorporated company which has just sprung into ex- istence and is getting rich. A line was hitched- on to the barbed wire fence to Williams, twenty miles away, in one day, by two men who used only eight or ten rods of inaulated wire under the road crossings that pass over the railroad. _ He is laying a. line to Boone, forty miles away, and if the barbed wire fences hold out he will push on to Des Moines or Missouri. . The fault. of others is easlly perceived, but that of oneself is dificult to perceive. A man winnows his neighbor’s faults like chaff, but his ov’vn faults he hides, as a cheat hides the false die frOm the gambler. - ‘ ‘ ’An evil deed is better left undone, for a man will.'repent of it afterward; a good deed is better done, for having done.it one will notlrepen't. ‘ -' , '7' .
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