A Weekly Journal of LOCAL and GENERAL NEWS, Vol 1 No 23. SIMSBURY, CONN. Saturday, June Z. 1888. Price THREE CENTS.

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—TERMS.— tion takes place* in the Town Hall TarrifTville to attend tlie Trout din­ on Tuesday evening next. First in the $ 1.00, per year, in advance. ner party at the Tunxis House. order of exorcises will be the business Lawn Mowers! meeting, which will be cdled to or­ Messrs. Frank Heins and Fred CONTINENTAL, ADVERTISING RATES. d e r a t 7 o’clock. The secretary has Andrews of Hartford came to TarifT- received several roi»Iies to a circular DIAMOND, One aqnaix), of one inch, one insertion 40 ctH, ville on W ednesday last, and took a each Hubscqncnt iii«crtion, 25 ctn. sent to members residing at a dis­ fine string of 37 trout, Avhich weigh- PHILADELPHLA, Prol'csHioual and BuHiness cards, one inser­ tance, to ascertain if they could be e d 9 lbs. tion, 25 ct.^. each Hul;sequent iufiortion, 15 cts. present, and expects a good attend­ AND LEADER. ance For Sale, WiintH, etc. one insertion, not to ex On Sunday last there was a sad Mowing Machine ccfcd one square, 40 cts. each subHcquonl inser- — M em o ria l D a y ^yas obsorx'^f'd in alTray in this place, a young man from tion, 20 cts. a b o u t th e u su a l m an n e r. Kiff-^.'.ises Simsbury by the name of Mahar and were held in the Congregational Addrcs.s all commuuications to Charles McKinney of this place, had church. The combined choirs of both —In small etas.— THE ECHO, a fpiarrel both being intoxicated Mc- churches rendered “F»rave Boy’s I^RUBBER HOSEl SIMSBURY, c o m . Were They”, the ‘‘Battle Hynn. of Kinnoty struck Mahar on the head ...... — ------i------the Republic” and, to close the H«r- with a stone injuring him to such an 8 cents per foot. vices, the hymn “America” in which —In consequence of Wednesday extent thatgi'ave fears for his recov­ the audience joined. A new feature Tracy, Tarbox & Robinson, ery are expressed. It is said that Mc­ being Memorial day and tho abaolute of the music was an accompaniment, rafusal of the printers devil” to work with the organ, of cornets and Drums, Kinney has left for parts unkno^vn. 18 & 80 ASYLUM ST. on a legal holiday, the Echo makes the effect of which was very fine. Tho Lawn party given by Und- HABTFORD. CONN. ■ ■ i- ' j its appeai-ance a day later than usual. The Rev. C. W . Lyon was chaplain lord Howe, of the Central Hotel iSal- of the day, and Pi-of, J. B. McLean But as Memorial day comes but once mon Brook, on Tuesday evening^ last orator, and a few remarks w'ere also McLEAN SEMINARY. a year, we trust that the d — 1 w ill b e male to h e a r from persons to the number of 7 in th b die^m p^sof McLcan Seminary. At “C. E. J.^’ this week, have missed his (land* of nod.) ‘ our time of going to press we are un­ corespondenco very much for a few Tyegel wishes us to say that he^ IOWA MORTGAGE CO able to give particulars, but from the past weeks. Dont know whether he is has given up writing for the E cho, CAPITAL $100,000. programme, it bids fair to be a high­ so busy building hen-coops or, is waiting for his egg’s to hatch that ly enjoyable affair. so if C. E. J. wants to keep those ad- Connecticut Charter Granted 1886. I he buried in the ground. nurable fish stories, tlie humble wri­ Tliis Company offers for sulo some ohoioa —The Massachusetts legislature has Loans, Hoci)rcd by mortgage upon faroM in Thursday the 2 iinst, Mr. Frank ter will do his best to assist in keep­ Iowa and other WeHtem fltates, bearing good refused to grant permission to the Alford ami Miss Flora Holcomb, ing up the interest in this lino. ratoM of intereRt; Principal and interett gHor~ Hartford and Connecticut Western were married at the residence of tho At the ball game at Simsbury, anteed, and payable at the oiBoe of the Oom« railroad company to build the propos­ brides father. It was a quiet affair ))any, in Hartford, or at tho United States ed Springtield branch from the state none but the families being preKoiit. last Saturday, l)etween the W arriors iiuiik, of Hartford. ’ ''' line to that city. It is believed by The happy couple took a short trlj) and the second nine of Avon, tho for­ Oflice, 51 'Afljlum 8t. Hartford. and returned Saturday night. I ’liey mer won by a score of 18 to 17. M any J. O. Phelps, Pres. ' ' I many that thift action was brought will immediately go to keeping house. about by vigorous action on the part poor plays were made on acount of J. O. Phelps Jr. See. of the “third house.” If you want a suit made to order the weather. A return game will be you ean have it done at Caddens at played at Avon, Saturday June 2nd, —Simsbury people were treated to J. T. Weed. a reasonabio price. At the Gun Club Tournament abase ball game, Saturday, for th e on Friday last, marksmen were pres­ Manufacturer of and dealer in first time this season. The conteKtants ent from New Haven, Hartford, Mer wer« tho W arriors and the Avoiis. The remains of i»IrM. John FINE CARRIAGES idcn, Nesv B rita in , U n io n v iile, C(*ll- The weather was unfavora 1)le fo r McSw( ^'t?ar, wen; >>roiiglit hfi-i* for —And— iiisville, tSprin^lleld and Northamp­ scientific playing. The home nine burial on "i'ucsday of ihiH week. Slxj was forjiierly a re.sideiil of thi place, ton, 'I'lio best individual score was won by a score of 18 to 17. A g a m e WAGONS. made hy Mr. II, C. Woodford of Also wts expected to take place here on liirtlis hero, on IMonday a son to Mr. and Mrs. V, H, (Jl(!Ott,‘ on Tues­ Avon, who broke 71 o u t o f 75 bird s. W ednesday, between the Simsbury’s Repairing, day, a son to Mr. and Mrs. II. K. The Club contest was postponed to a :and a Hartford nine, but the latter P re sto n . future date, on account of tho absen­ failed to put in an a])pearance. Painting, On Tuo.sday of this Wi ok tliens ce of a member of the Noav Haven —The third annual reunion of the Horse Shoeing, Etc. I was a special (-ar on llte C. W . It. K. team . tsuusbury Academy Alumni Associa -1 conveying parties fiojn Hartford to low, and IVIiss me completely by surprise, and see Behind your Bhiverimj trew bedrawn; and pitied you, poor child?” And tho Anil when th^ wind f om piano to place (^imltrongli’s Razo seemed to be fasci­ how he has hurt n»y arm!” Doth the unmoored cloud gall con a chase gray eyes grew darkor still, wi^h an )in- nated by this ordinary spectacle. It I AVitli tl)e.^e incoherences. Miss Qual­ Tour garden b oom nnd ffl«am again speakable tenderness, an tlioy rested was impossible that that still remote i trough found the opportunity to re­ With leaping aun, with siancing rain; Here ahall the wizard moon aaeeud on the gh'l’s half-averted face.' person should be able to discern lease herself from that detaining clasp. The heayiuia. In the eriinaon end “ ’Tin very kind of you,” she mur­ more than a confused mass of scarlet M'liich was the more embarrassing to Of day’* declining np'oniior; here. mured in reply, with an impatient and white. Nevertheless the young The »miy of the atar* appear, lier because it had been a situation of The neixhbor bollowH, dry or wet, frown that drew into a straight line the lady was overcome with a sudden sense her own making. And then she hold Spring ahall with tender flowera b«seft. dainty curves of her eyebrows. “But of shyness as she realized the subject .forth for inspection—perhaps the And oft the morning mnaer aee Larka ris'ng from the bn>omr lea* even you cannot know the emptiness of of her thoughts. further to paliate her want of bravery— And every fairy wheel and thread my life—the intolerable sense of holp- It was now two weeks since IMiss a white arm, with several red blotches Of cobweb, dew-hedlamonded. lessness that comes over me when I Qualtrongh’s last interview with David When daiaiea go, aball winter time marring its smooth surface. Hilrer the almple graaa with rime; try to see my way out of it. ‘If only I (iuest, and that interval of time had “Ferocious monster!” exclaimed the Autnmnal froata onchunt the pool could find some escape,' I think to mj- determined Lilian’s fu'ure. Hers had young farmer, as his eyes dwelt on And make the cart ruta beautiful; And whea anow bright the moor expands, self; and then comes the miserable | not been a happy girlhooil, although an these ravages, and then upon the How ahall your children clap their baadir after-thought that this mini is my own eventful one tlius far. Her aunt had ollending fowl, which was spreading To make thla earth, our hermitage, father, and his children my own broth- ' generously provided the means for a A ehoerful and a etaahgeful pa^e, each particular feather with great dig­ Ood’a intricate and bright devio* era. I cannot escape what is my duty, i thorough education to her niece, and nity at a safe distance. "Lilian,” he Of teya and aeasona doth auffloe. and plainly my duty is before me. And | had likewise given her the advantage ' remarked with an air of profound seri- I form resolutions to be cheerful and of a visit to her elegant establishment | ousness, “I am in two minds; whether patient, and to practice self-denial and | every winter—a dangerous and doubt- j to kill and stuti' him as a trophy, or to A MERCENARY MAIDEN renunciation— but at the first test o f , ful benefit, perhaps, for the luxurious, 1 keep your sanguinary foe a prisoner, my virtue it is all, all forgotten. I be-, well-appointed city mansion was a ' securely tied and muzzled. As to that “Itell yon I will never, never marrj have only like an angrv, passionate i striking contrast to the old farm-house, I blessed’ shawl,” raising it to his lips a farmer! And I mean what I say, child, and I am so unhappy!” The | where no feminine motherly hand had ! with the words, “I rather think it will doubt though you will." rapid words had been poured forth as been present for years to hold in check ' end its days under a glass case.” “And I repeat: though their utterance was both a ne- the unruly boys, and the gloomy, mo- “And the reason ?” asked Miss Qual- “ ‘The man that hath a toiigue is no man, cessity and a relief, and at those words, rose man who spant his time in silent trough, looking deliciously pretty, with If with hia tongue ho cannot win u woman.’ ” “I am 80 unhappy I” the blue eyes were smoking and drinking. her eyebrows arched into interrogation, “Preposterous! A farmer that can suddenly drowned in tears. Lilian had come home from school and lier blonde hair, that the fresh quote ‘Two Gentlemen of Verona!”' “If you would only let mo under filled with a youthful courage and re­ ; breeze had tossed into careless, be- “Stupendous! A young lady who take your happiness,” urged David solve to take in hand her younger : witching little curls, about her flushed can place a Shakspearian quotation!” Guest with gentle insistence. “Can brothers’ neglected education and face. Upon which the combatants sus­ you not believe that I should rank your moral training, and to refine and im­ “The reason ?” echoed David, in an­ pended hostilities for the nonce, and well-being as the chief business of my prove the desolate, cold, home atmos­ swering interrogation. “1 fancied, a turned with some amusement to look life ?” And the man’s voice deepened phere, as she remembered it since her moment ago, I heard a voice that cried intp each other’s eyea David Guest, into a cadence of persuasive sweetness. mother’s sad death. But she met only out to me, ‘David, dear, dear- the masculine element in the encounter, But Miss Qualtrough was uncon­ with failure and insubordination. The But Miss Qualtrough interrupted him stood with folded arms, and shoulders vinced. father declined to u])hold her author with outstretched hands of depreca­ negligently braced, against a wide- “Jjust at first you might imagine it ity, and sneered at all her attempts to tion and a deepening blush. spreading tree. so,” \ she answered, with a small, dis beautify their home or win his com­ “David,” she said meekly, “I capitu­ There was something statuesque in daiuful smile. “Just at first, too, we mendations. All the same he was not late.” the farmer’s pose, and not a trace of should be very happy; then in a little slow to perceive that there was more And so they walked arm-in-arm down embarrassed rusticity in the penetra­ time you would go back to yoar plow­ comfort and onler in his household ar­ the garden path; and Lilian patted the tive directness of the gray eyes that ing and your harvesting, and I should rangements under his daughter’s ad­ horses’ heads as they stood with their were calmly fixed on the young lady be leit to fall back into the old life— ministration ; and it was perhaps for this noses over the fence, where their mas­ facing him. only tjhe last state would worse reason that he peremptorily declined ter had left them with so little cere­ Certainly it was a pleasant object to than the first—for there would be no Mrs. Grant’s proposal that she should mony a few moments before. contemplate—this slender, erect figure escapl fg that bondage. You, perhaps, give her favorite niece a permanent They had been chatting gaily along and small, blonde head set so proudly wondf at___ my____j experience,______, ” ___ she _____ addedhome with her. The only concession tho way, for these two always found above smooth column of white bittei the scornful eyes raised with | that Mr. Qualtrough would make was plenty to talk about to one another; a proJ 'erence to meet { that his daughter should spend the but ju»t now the farmer had put a stop j **’ defiaQfl^vjjist^poW. were ilu e -- tlie st4 I have 1 three jointer months with her Aunt Lu- to Lilian’s fluency by the announce- ;y iVTiiitf Cz: men^.k^iat li ^ i ^ u l d ^ k e a / load of . the abundant plaits of hair you i|i‘opose in my po^' sister’s^fatXy ^^^^)S^h3rtt^!ft'er tne return frOTHT hay itiW to wunli^t dayj^and (>urohaBqa there we^e numerous gleams of and n. nave resolv^^not to repeat her this la^t visit that Lilian had for the their wedding-ring. gold, brought into distinct­ mistajkid in man'ying a man who has first time met David Guest, who had “I shall not feel sure of you, Lilian,” ness by the warm June sun. The made^her a household drudge, old and i come over from hia recently acquired he said, with a subdued intensity of hands clasped idly together, as she faded,j before her time.” And Miss farm to consult upon the much-vexed tone that he endeavored to conceal by leaned upon the low fence which Qualbtough flashed a glance of defiant qaestion of boundary linos with the the gaiety of his words, “until I have bordered the road, were not small, but decimon at the young man facing her. father. Tho advent of this young you safely in that state of bondage of they were white and capable-looking, “At leastyou are determined to be ex­ farmer had been the on® oasis in the which you once gave me so forcible a and there was in Lilian Qualtrough’s plicit,” said tlie farmer, with a smile desert of Lilian Qualtrough’s life. As picture." whole bearing an air of r e so li^ and halphumorous, half-tender, as he still their land adjoined it became an ordi­ Miss Qualtrough dauntless self-reliance. res^olutely barred the only way by nary event for her to see him daily, breathed a sigh of very chl^Rul renun­ At length, when it appeared that the wh|ich the young lady could pursue her and the farmer availed himself of an ciation. farmer had sufficiently studied this wajjr. opportunity that offered for conversa­ “Farewell, then, to all ijayihopes of picture, he returned again to the ‘■And surely I have been sufflciently tion with the beautiful, proud girl who future grandeur! Do you kiipw.David,* charge. selfish to disgust you, ” replied the girl, seemed so strangely out of jdace in her she added with a pretty con­ “Then I am to under.^tand,” he said, wVth a ditllcult eff’ort of composure. surroundings. As the lovely spring fusion, “my dream of hapinjg^fiB was as if summing up the evidence in a “At all events, we have had enough of days merged imperceptibly into sum­ always the possession of furd''and dia­ case, “that you decline to marry me, polemics for to-day, and doubtless my mer, so they had drifted, with the mond earrings ? And now—a miser­ because I am unfortunate enough to father has been waiting impatiently, for same unconsciousness, into a certain able turkey haslchangod the whole cur­ earn my livelihood in a manner that his letters----- ” intimacy—that was not the less be­ rent of my future.” And Miss Qual­ is distasteful to you?” Then after a “But you must be told, before we cause the congeniality was implied, not trough assumed an air of tragic de­ meditative pause he added, “That cause part, that I am neither discouraged nor spoken. And so from gay badinage spair, which soon gave ]dace again to might be removed, Miss Qualtrough, defeated,” said David, taking the girl’s and quick retort all the embarrassment smiles of utter contentment. if already having been a farmer is not hand into a firm captivity. “Lilian, I of their present situation had arisen— “Dearest,” said David Guest, after a an insuperable barrier to your favor.” say it without egotism—I shall win so Miss Qualtrough considered: and it pause of mutual contemplation, “I “At least 1 can pay you the qualified you for my wife. ” was now necessary that all this pleas­ think, on the whole, I will allow you compliment that you do not talk like Another moment and Miss Qual­ ant intercourse should be renounced; tho revenue on tho butter and eggs for one,” responded the girl, a trifle im­ trough was gazing in some bewilder­ for had she not vowed, with all the your pocket-money.” patiently, a half-»mile curving the ment upon the receding figure of the earnestness of youth, that never would And with this highly practical re­ sweet, firm lips. “I have not a large farmer, as he strode lightly and easily she marry a poor man or a farmer? mark they parted. * * * * experience, Mr. Guest,” she said de­ over the loose, plowed earth. Involun­ And David Guest was both of these. Lilian Qualtrough was engaged in murely, “but surely it is not the custom, tarily she sighed. There was some­ And so Miss Qualtrough made her her usual Saturday’s occupation of hereabouts, to broach matrimony after thing masterful in the proud bearing way slowly down the stops and across churning. Very charming sho looked such a limited acquaintance as ours has and dogmatic speech of this audacious the lawn to the farm-yard, without an­ in her cool summer dress, with up- been, always provided that you meant young man. And what a tine head, other glance at tho tall figure that was rolled sleeves, and white hands that one the honor-----” that not even the coarse straw hat could every moment drawing nearer, al­ wielded the butter so dexterously. As “I can assure you I am incapable of disfigure! though she was distinctly conscious sho worked she sang, and tho energy jesting upon such a theme,” the other Miss Qualtrough sighed a second that a pair of intent gray eyes were with which sho manipulated the woodea interrupted gravely; “but I admit that time as sho walked absently homeward. fixed upon her movements. With an paddle sent tho water-drops flying I was rather premature—the result I But now she broke the seal of a letter air of complete occupation Lilian about like rain, But the song came to suppoHe, of finding you here in tears. ” she had been carrying in her hand, and passed out of view, but in another in­ a sudden pause when her youngest “Then, if you are really in earnest, I read; stant scream after scream rang out, brother entered with u box and a let­ had better disillusion you without de­ “Ueau Liij-ian—I had a viait to-d ty from Mr. with bell-like clearne.ss on the still, ter, which he deposited on the table, Legaro AUnoBtatom;e he explainecftheobjoct afternoon air. David (Juest lelt his lay,” said the young lady, while the of his call—asked my opinion und advice, aud and departed Avithout any interchange hot blush of confusion upon her cheeks tho most direct route by wliich to roach you. I horses to their fute, vaulted tho fence of words. contradicted the deliberateness of the Dosil not appeal to your Koud ('ommon nense to without i>ause or hesitation, and Miss Qualtrough inspected both of words somewhat. “Mr. Guest, I hate accept liira—a man who is worth at lauBt ilKKi,- rusiied to the rescue. Their was his those objects with perplexed curiosity. OOU. 1 bavt hoard you express j’our opinion love, shrinking against the white wall Who could have sent them ? Certainly poverty as much as I do farmers—and on tho Hubjcct to ) often in lia-^ts, I shall never become a poor man’s wife. ‘•Vonr iUlectioiiatc aunt, of the fowl-house, while tho turkey- not her aunt, for she was mortally But to get away from this place, and a ‘•LucilKPIA (lUANT. cock, a huge, quarrelsome follow, was offended because Mr. Legare’s oll’er of life that I detest, I would marry a ricii “P. s.—He stvH lio ia only fi*'ty-tour; ten making alternate jurn})s and ))ecks at marrisigo had been declined. The di­ ypaifs youDRor than wo thouglit liini, you re­ her red shawl which had served to en­ one to-morrow, for the asking?” member. It is a great pit^co oi gnuk luck Tor rection on both box and letter was a And still the young man’s composure ou, and 1 eliull ho in a elate of Buspenaa until rage him. stiff, lawyer-like hand, entirely unfa­ was unshaken by the unmistakable hear from you that he liai-t really mad*) you an At tho sight of a deliverer tho girl miliar, and it was perhaps natural that candor of this plain-spoken girl. foffer. “ii. G.” outstretched two imploring arm». Miss Qualtrough, being a woman, “I thank you for your confidence, ” “David!” she cried. “Dear, dear should examine tho inside of the parcel he answered serenely, after a short Five o’clock on a showery July after- David, save me!” And the next in- i first THE LAND Ob KXILE. Krntmn'n Trip to Wlhnrlii—HI* 'bR.:KltlV1ER’S to Appritr In 'lilt) O iiliiry. HE Centitry Maoazinf. liRs inspired a tunnbor of S^A M ^O T import.int pntorprises—the (Ireut Sovith papers; tho ar- KIDflE magazine'; the W ar I’np'rs, wliicii in- BEAD STXP'TOUS and O0171>ZTZ0N8 fiOHsed Its (irculHtiou bj This Bomedy will Bslieyo and Onrs, KKI.lMM); thp Life of l.ini'oln, nre thi-ontcnpd with, or itlreadjr hars. for the sfM iftl publitatiun of If YouIlrlght's (liMousc, or u rinary troublo, which Moisra. Nicolay and hnvo spdimrnt in urino Ilk© brick dual^ _ Hay, formerly private sec­ . _ „ I'roquent calls nr Hotontloo, witk retaries to the President, are now reroiving distress or pressui-e In tho purta, foO,(lO:>; these, and many othets. But of all have T.nme Dnok, Rheumatism, its enterprises and Renals non* will surpass If You inv, Auhiug Pains iu aiilo or hips, in interest and in far-reaching results the havo Diabctoa or Dropsy, or acantr or papers on "Siberia and the Exile System,” If Youhiifh colored urlue, the puVilication of which has just be;iin. lAr. Kennan, who writes the articles, had If You » e n t a nunnber of years in SiWrla before or Th» Cf-nturu people started him oiT to ex­ If You Catan^f”tlie^la^OT,^^ Stricture plore the country in their intere.st, and what ne expected to do was to prove that the exile If •ystum was not as terrible as it had been If Ynil havo stone in Kidney,or OravelinBIad- described. Knowing that he held views II 1UU dor, Stoppage of uruie or DribbUng, favorable to them, the Russian Uovernmont bare poor Appetite Bad Taate, Foul- gave him every facility for a thoroui^h ex- If Youbroath, or nrrxKMAL Slime ferer, aininatiou of all the prisons and mines of Rllilrie uP Quid* to HeaiUi’' fra*. Advlo* frM- travel with exile parties and to make the Gonuino hare Dr. Kilmer*a lUniMaa om acquaintance of hundrMs of ''liberals.’' All outside and Inside wrappers. As Mr. Kennan relates in his preface in ' hr all DaooQisTt, and Da. K i u n A Co.* the May Century, the result of all this in« Binghamton, N. Y. * spectioa was to make him change his views Sold completely, and he has returned to America ♦1.00--SU Bottles 00.00 fully convinced that Stepniak and Prince Krapotkin and other nihilist writers hare not drawn with too strons colors their pict­ ures of the horrors of the life of a Russian exile. In these papers, boginninx with the May Ci-ntury, Mr. Kennan will describe hii Now laughs the sun; the south-wind blows; journey. In the May number he crosses the Kussian frontier. In June ho visits the very Three merry maids hang out the clothes; interesting forwarding prison at Tiumen, Miranda, Maud, and Madaline; They hear the village clock ring nine* Quoth Maud: “ Why are we done so soon?^ The washing used to last till noon?’* Two rosy mouths in chorus ope, “ Oh! now we use the I vory S oap. ’*'

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As stylish and' durable as those oosdng f.l or $0, and having n» ICO C akes (S'Ji) “ Sw eet H om e” Fam ily Soap **«ks or nails to wear the stooking or hurt tiiefeolL (Knoufch to last the avemgre Family One Year.) akes them as oqmfortabiecomfortable and well-flttlng as »makes » ------k(flne«t,beat Hpiuioued 6c most econonitcnl Soap innde)96.00 hand sewed shoe. Buy the best. None geniuna oa* THK PRISON YARD AT TIUMKN. I | 2 T | m I Y A rllatlu'loilct tsoaV'• • w a rra ^ f oa bottom "W. U Douglas #S BI>o« From an Exile's Sketch in the June Century, “ “ “ Orcme “ built to accommodate 800, where, at the time •• “ lilval Hoqiiet “ ill W. UOU»I.A 8 «4 HIIOB, the original aa« « “ “ pIatcd TeaRpoann. .T5 One Ocntlcmen’s Jlandkerohlef (largo). . . . Boys, and Is the best school shoe In the world. ation seemed to pollute my rery soul, and I One “ “ “ Child’*_____ 8n«i »noon...... SO " I.adleii> JVapkInpkin ItlnK...... IItlnK...... 95 Child’s I^ettered Handkerchief...... All the above goods are made la Congress, Buttok became faint from nausea and lack of oxy­ “ •• •• •• HiittorItor KiiltVKiilfV...... 80 Two-----Celluloid Celluloid Collar Collar ButtouK Button*...... 1< Md Lace, and If n ^ soi l by your dealer, wrlto gen. It was like trying to breathe in an “ « V “ Indlvld’l Iluttvr Plate .»0 One~ne lIUouHnUeuH C u tter...... SO...... W . L, O O liU liA S t B ro clttoa, AIaBa.( underground hospital-drain.” “ Extra One lone Button Hook ...... ,96 Cake Cutter...... 80 ** Oellulold Ladloa’ Pen llolder (very best). .UO “ Bonxhnut C utter...... SO Mr. Kennan’s articles are torn out of the llandaome Scrap Book or Portfolio . . . .50 copies of The Centum which enter Russia; One ArabcMQue H a t ...... 85 ‘‘ P ackaf e Aimorted Scrap Picture*...... 10 TurkUli Towel (genuine). . . . .80 ** Taok iTummer...... 10 they, as well as Mr. .Kennan himself, being “ W«»h VIoth...... 10 Two KncraTlns*...... 40 now on the Russiitu black-list. But other “ Olove B uttoncr...... 15 *A larce package of picture* vultablc fVir art countries are reading what Mr. Kennan » Puvkajio Ilalr P in s ...... 10 •tudles, *crap album*, franilac, etc., etc. . . .50 Hpuol White Linen Thread. . . . .10 writes. The articles are being translated into Jupuneiio Bilk llundkerchler. . .«5 Actual Value...... 4il4.IO Polish, and they are appearing also in the • This ooUectlou Includes pietiii^ of notod people, Boeaery, animal heads, ehUdren. prlw babies, types of organ of tho Russian liberals at Geneva. beauty, etc., etc. Each, aU and every article naiaed herein Is packed In every ease of tno " Sweet Home’M^p. Even a Dutch newspaper published on the OUR PRICE for the BOX COMPLETE IS $6.00 (Freight Prepaid) Island of Java ia reprinting them in four- WHY tVK MitHK THIS TKMPTirVM OFFlSlI. page supplements. First—It 1b to introduce Swekt Homk Hoap In every neighborhood whore this advertlBement is read. It is the verv best Soap made,and any perhon once using it always uses It, unri thUH l>e a steady customer Second—w e propose a n ew d ep artH re in the Soap Trade, and shall sell d ire c t from tlie (aotorr An anctionoor can not expect to have his own to ciMiHumer, tipeudiug the money allowed for expenses of traveling men, wholesale and retail way. lie must follow tho bidding of another. grocers profits iu bandiiome presents tu those vrho will start with us now and order, at onoe • OoM Whoro tho Woodblno Twinotli. case of Sweet Home Soap. Bats are souut, but “Bough on Bata” beat* Thihd- Hweot Home______8 o api p is made for______the select______family trade______only. It______will not be sold to^ooert. them. Ciears out Bats, Mice, Boaobos, Water If yon have catarrh, use the surest remedy— It is perfectly piire^, thoroughly___ Heesoned______and beyond ______a doubt„ gives _ . t>erfect______satisfaction.______It w Dr. Sage’s. stroy articles that are washed with'th it, neither will It become soft aud melt or waste away: it Is a solid, ------" ...... “ ‘------__. J take a - pridenride In introducing to tthe 12,000,(XJ0families of tnis coimtry, 01 freight charges paid, and to Induce peoplelie to try It we accompany each case with the 89 useful______ft beautl* mimlui. Holes, Husk Bats, Jack Babbitiu The man who tips his Boup plate aeldom tips f ul presents (named above)wt anty. Adilress.C. S. Paok. Hyde ParkrVer- Milton lloi.MiEe, Lawyer and J. 1'., Asbury Park, N.J. lady." VutuiL C. Uiuian, ^a«sau, N. Y. mors, nroplee, Flesh Worms, BingWorm, Tet­ mont, U. S. , , piikkknts ro ll kvf.hy onk. We oponud tho (!*ao last night in the kitchen, and DON’T WANT «0 DAYS TltlAL. ter, Halt Rheum, Frosted Feet, Chilblains, I t ^ The Shoe it Leather L'ef>orter, N. Y., and madanie, the t^hildrun and Hervant were delighted “ Sweet Home ’ received In good order. You have Irr Poison, Barber's I to^ Scald Head, Eoaema. Shoe (t: Leathvr Hi'i iew, Chicutro, the learliiie with till' fxtrnu. W« found presents for everybody^ given so much more than promised that 1 will not 60o. Drug, or moll. E. 8. Wbias, Jeroey City. How you t;an afford to give so much for so little wait thirty days, but send money order herewith." trade papers of the U.S.in the Hide line,have mouuy we do not know." Fkko.H.Waldkon, Uoom 17, City Hall, New lluvun.Ct. sent their representatives to investigate Mr. J. 13. Van Burobn, Carbondale, Fa. SAYS B'R 1>1» AS YVE AQUKEI>. Page’s business, and after a thorough exanii- I.IKKR o r n IIONR8T WAV. “ I enclose check for the cose of Soap, and will say ination and comparison tho Jieporter givei We. ------like the,, Soup . (both------...... toilet an idd laundry), I and you have done all you agreed and more too. The ‘ ez> further, we like your frank•unit honorubl(honorable way of doing tras’ exceeded our exueclatlonft." him this endorsement: busiuoBfle » ...... - ROU&HslPILES J. K. I'iNK, Winstisad, Conn. W. H. Cob, Coshocton, O. " Wf hejievf that in .•xtent o f light weiaht raw ma­ Cures Piles or Hemorrhoids, Itching, Protrud­ terial cotli-clfd and carried. Ar. F'aue huhla the :eail W rite your Name and Addre** plainly on n Postal Card (mentlonlnK thi* paper), mall same to ing, UleodinR. Internal and external remedy of anu comyetitor and that hi* present utovk is the u*. awd u (•«•« or tfaeHc Koods will be delivered ut y«ur hou*« on UO duyn’ trial. in each package. Sure cure, 60c. DrugglsHI l,atf best po.ssible proof of his ability to pay highest Improvement. tI E R B I tA NII CO.. FremMt, f> S5 Rein Holder Oa, Holly, IMoiv Great English Gout aai prices;' If he did not do so,would he naturally RHT ft home and make more money w«rkla|t for ■« Ihi* ;et more Skiius than any ot his competitors Blair’s Pills, Rheun>?itic Ramody. HVNVI >i ••/tbint tiM 111 tli« world liltber ux. (^tly oulflt fu the Ntunn line? Uvml UoX) J4 I Iraund, l-t Pilla. rasa. Teriui ruK*. Adiirm, 'I'aua fc Co., Au«iMia, PISOS CURE FORCONSUMPTION A Orent Ofler. I n TnouBTiE.—An Indiana m*n, fear­ EARLY TOMBS AND CHAPELS. OVER THE Tl^lAClI’S. In anoth<’r part of this paptT will bo found ing grave robbers, put a lot of dynnniite the advfrtiseiJient of a prominent SoapMiinu- into the coffin contniiiing the body of ' o How ClirlstiaiiH W«re Oncn Force«l to Hury Ccmfnrt for Those Who lltivp lliul Thnlf fuctnrind Kirju (»f HufTali'). The offer is a pecu­ Their Dend, Good ThtiigM Snid by OUuts l<«>ror<-'I'liey liar one in.iii the faoi tliat this lirm will send liis daughter, and the fact was well [Century Magazine.} fint H ChlilK'K. to any subscriber of tills paper who will send known. The other day his wife died, their ariilrcss on a postal cnrd, a case of as­ The Roman Catacamba aro long and [O. W. ItolnioB, in the Atlantic.J sorted Fiunilv and Toilet Soap on :W days’ and tho gravediggers had a dangerous narrow passages or cross gallorios, ex­ When it suddenly flashes into the triHl. The Soa > Is prob.ibly as line as can bo job digging a grave beside that of the made: but yet in addition,there will be packed daughter, and many persons would not cavated in the bowels of the earth, in consciousn?>s8 of a writer who has been In ouch case, for a limited time, a great arrav long before tiio public, “ Why, I have of presents, premiums, extras, etc., for which go to the cemetery, fearing an explo- the hillB outside and around the city, no charge is made. You cannot well afford to for the burial of the dead. They are said all that once or oftener in my miss this barsain, so send your address a t dark and gloomy, with only an oo- books or essays, and here it is ngain, onoo to J. D. Larkin & Co., Buffalo, N. Y. oasional ray of light from above. The the same old thought, the same old im­ lleries have two or more stories, all age, the same old story 1” it irritates SamueIj Stevens, a milk dealer of 5 1 JA C O B S O H lied with tombs, and form an intri* him, and is likely to stir up the mono­ Monroe, Conn., on going to his barn oate network of snbterranean laby* syllables of his unsanctified vocabulary. the other morning, found the entire FOR POULTRY. rinth. Small compartments (loculi) He sees in imagination a thousand flooring of his cow stables had ^ven way for the reception of tne dead were cut readers, smiling or yawning as they say during the night and precipitated his . CURES to themselves, ‘‘We have liiid all that ten cowB into the opening. Nothing re­ like shelves in the perpendicular walls Chicken Cholera and all And rectangular chambers (cubicula) before,” and turn to another writer’s mained but the stanchions to which his for families or distinguished martyra performance for somethinp: not quite po stock were fastened,and from these hung D iseases of Poultry. They were closed with a slab of mar* stale and superfluous. This is what ten dead cows. ble or tile. The more wealthy were the writer says to himself about the tO'QESERXL DIRECTIONS,-Mi* apiagf laid in sarcophagi The ceiling is flat, reader. Itlnr to Bell. bread or dough icUuraUd wilh St. Jaeobs Oil. IJ Dfxir Bflh ril write you a short letter the/owl cannot fwaUlote force it down the throaty ■6metimes slightly arched. Space was The idiot 1 Does the simpleton really To say I’m w mderfully better; economized so as to leave room usually think everybody has read all he has How much I hat means >ou ought to know, Uix iome eorn meal dough viilh the Oil. Oi'we written ? Does he really believe that ho saw me just one month ago— nothing the. They vnU finally eat and be cured. o n lj for a single person, the average Thin, nervous, fretful, white as chalk, iridth of the passages being two and everybody remembers all of his, the Almost too weak to breathe or talk; Sold by Druggist* and Denleri Kvery^uhrre. writer’s words, he may happen to have Head throbbing, as if lit for breaking, »\» nowFREf] told for |S5; St that price It it the boul barfrMin in AmrHca’. until lately death. The little oratories with altars from which nothing ever leaks out IsgramM Why. I’lt have died without it! It fotiWl not be purchateH for Iris than |UX). >Vo hare both !»• about what is said and done, Edward Mathinks there's iiomisiii.l't^ about it. dirt’find ceiitt* Mt.et wilh worki tnd ca»et of equal raluo. and Episcopal choirs out in the tufa It’s driven Jill my ills awr«y: OXK Ineftrhloctiifycan tectiraoneof thets sre probably of later construction, and Everett, in his after-dinner speech, at tlerant watt he* tbtoiuteljr JBK« Thet# watche* may b# Just come and see. Yours ever, M . depended on, not only an toUd rold,but a« AttndinK among; tbS eould accommodate only a few persons quoted these lines from the ‘Mineid,” Mott perftct. correct and relinblo liniekeepert iit thf world. Yo« uk liow ii thl« womltrful olTer po>iibl«? Wr »n« giving a very liberal English version of Money is an enigma that everybody must •IM penon in eiich locftUty lu lieep In their honiiia, «nd ihow t9 give up. thcMC whu call. <^oin]iIcte line ufour Ttluablo *ikI very neral servioes and private devotions, them,, which he applied to the oration HOVSCBOLD 8AInt not for public worship. your home for 2 montha, and «liowntliem to tho«a who nay The furniture of the catacombs is in* Tran imbria torti r&diqs, treB nablg aquoitie W bnt R Dance! hara called, they becomo eatlrely your own property; Addiderant, rutili trea ignts, ot alitis Austri. I Buffered with fever.hot head and foul breath, alltl* to inak* Ihit ^reat oVcr, aecdinc the Nolid OeM jltructiye and interesting, but most of With a Btoma.ch disordered—was aick unto W » trh and larr* Hn« of raluablo aamiiles Fltxc, fortli* His nephew, the ingenious inventive, that tlie allowing of the aampla* In any locality, always it has been removed to churches and deoth. In alarita trade for 11.; after our aamplea haT» bjien^ a and inexhaustible Dr. Edward Everett I bore it a week—surely ■ was a dunce— localityty for a month or two,tw we uaually get from tl,UOO t* museums and must be studied outside. Then I took a few “Pellets”—they cured me at I^.UOUui______trad*_ from____ the___ aurr<_ .'ndlnircountryTxhoae— wliewrit* wh»i Articles of ornament, rings, seals, Hale, tells the story of this qtiotation, once...... uaatoncawlll...... receive. a ^preat_ benellt for acarcely any work and the various uses to which it might W hat a dunce, indeed,to neglect such a rem> and trouble. TUia, the moat remarkable and liberal offer avtr Inracelets, necklaces, mirrors, tooth­ known, la made In order that our valuable llouaehold Samples be applied in after-dinner speeches. ody and suffer a week,when quick relief could may be placed at onro where they can be aeen, all over Ainerl> picks, ear-picks, buckles, brooches, have been found in Dr. Pierce’* Pleasant Pur­ ca; reader, It will be hardly any trouble for you to show them to How often he ventured to repeat it at gative Pellets. thoae who may call at your home, and your reward will be moal (are coins, innumerable lamps of clay ■atlafactoiy. A poatal card, on which to wrile ua, eoata but 1. i(terra cotta) or bronze (even of silver the Phi Beta Kappa dinners 1 am not •ent, and if, after you know alt, y»a do not care to fo flirthar. sure; but as he reproduced it with his A real estate boom is very likely to develop why no harm U dona. But If you df» a«d your addreaa and amber) all sorts of tools and in once.yon can aecnre.rilKK, AHKLRaAHT 9 etl», Solid GOLD, lively embellishments and fresh ver­ into a boomerang. 23 WI’KTIKO-Casi; Watch and onr largo, complete llnaof valib, case of children a variety of playthings •bla Houhichoi.d Samplks. W* P«.v expreaa £ceichl,«t* were inclosed with the dead. Many of sion and artful circumlocutions, not Addnaa, SI'UISUK 4 Co., Dos i«7 >urtland, Ualaa. one person in ten remembered that he New* About Town. ihese article^ are carved with the mon­ It is the cnrrent report about town that /3.01iD U worth 9900 pw IP. P*Wt’s Ky* SalW !■ ogram of Obrist or with other Christian had listened to those same words in worth $1,000, but la sold at aso. a boxby dealaw. those same accents only a twelvemonth Kemp’s Balsam for the Throat and Lungs is symbols. (The lamps in Jewish cem­ making some remarkable cures with people By retnrn mall. Fall Deaerlvtl** ago. The poor deluded creatures who C D I i l i M m O’s New Tailor Hystoat of tfrwa eteries generally bear a picture of the who are troubled with Coughs, Asthma, Bron­ m C E p OatU^. KOOST 4 CO.. Ciaoiaaati. 0. golden candlestick.) A great number take it for granted that all the world remem1>ers what they have said, and chitis and Consumption. Any druggist will UC*’ ELECTRO-M A WN ETIC OHi. of flasks and cups, ^idth or without or­ give you a trial bottle fret nf eott. It is guar­ The greatesc remedial ugeiit ttie world namentation, are also found, mostly laugh at them when they say it again, anteed to relieve and cute. Large bottles, 50 ever knew. Nature’s true Imlm. S«fe, certain ana may p^fit by this recollection. What efficient. Reaches all abnormiil conditions. Eaaef outside of the graves and fastened to cents and $1. pain by removing cause. Send • 2c. Btainp for pana- . .ffie grave lid ^ These ^ere formerly if one Idoes say the same things, of phlato. H ‘. B. JO N EH, Burton, Wa*.i. Co.. Texas. supposed to have been receptacles for coursejin a little different formeach How to Gain Flenh and StrenvTH. time,^ver and over? If he has any­ Use attir each m al Scott’8 EmuesiON with The Duplex 7-Yea^ Calendar. tears, or, from the red, dried sediment Hypopliusphites. It is as palatable as milk, May be Instantly set to hIiow the Correct Calendar fot in them,for the blood of martyrs. But thing'worth saying, that is just what he and easily dig< sted. The rapidity with which any month from Dw(., 'w>, to Jan., 'M. 51-2 inches Id later archeoologists consider them ought d a 'Whether he ought to or delicate people improve with its use la won­ diamettr and the best thiutf of the kind ever invent­ derful. Use it and try yotir weight. As a ed. A simple, durable and uiont useful refcre; ce 'cal­ drinking vessels used in the agapse and not, it is very certain that this is what endar for every busiucUH man. It Is embellishc d w th all who write much or speak much remedy for Consumption, Throat affections a b(^autiful design in seven colors, and is a ci riOB ty oblations. As superstitious habit pre­ and Bronchitis, it is unequale.i. Please read: and a useful oraaiaent for the housi\ Price 1 y mail vailed in the Fourth Century, although necessarily must and will do. Think of ”I used Scott's Emulsion in a child eight 26 cents. WIVI. < JR lF F iT H , PirtHton, P a . the clergyman who preaches 50 or fOO months old with go d results. Hegaine four eondemned by the Council of Carthage pounds m a very short time.”—Tuo. Pjuh, M. <397) to give to the dead the eucha- or more sermons every year for fifty D.. Alabanafc______MARVELOUS years! Think of the stump speaker ristic win^, or to put a cup with the con­ Fok Spbciai. Hates for advertising in this paper secrated wine into the grave. The in­ who shouts before 100 audiences dur­ apply to the publisher of the paper. ___V 2 2 struments of torture which the fertile ing the same political campaign, always imagination of the credulous people using the same arguments, illustrations, had discovered and which were made and catch-word! Think of the editor, If You Feel Tired to prove that almost every Christian as Carlyle has pictured him, threshing Weak and weary, worn out, or run down from hard buried in the catacombs was a martyr, the same straw every morning, until Ave know what is coming when we see work, by Impoverished conUitlaii of the blnofl or low DISCOVERY. are simply implements of handi­ •tate of tlie system, you should take Hood's Sarou- Wholly unlike nrtillclnl ■jraiem4. craft. The instinct of nature the first line, as we do when we read parlUa. The pocuUur toning, purifying, and vltulls- C |ire oT mind w niidrrinK . the large capitals at the head of a Ing quallt es of thH Ruccessful nioclicino iire toon Any lio4tl« learned In one readins. prompts the bereaved to deposit in the Clasiesof 1US7 at Haltimore, 100."> at Detroit. graves of their kindred and friends thrilling story, which ends in an adver­ felt throughout the ent re Rystoni, o pelting diseoso, 1.500 at Philadelphia, I I I It at WushinKton, 1‘il B tisement of an all-cleansing soap or an and giving quick, healthy action to every organ. It at liccton, larifecla^^'eHolToInnibls Law atuUent^.at those things which were constantly tones the stomach, creates an appetite, sn- ORGANS. glory, but falls into dust at the touch. UT, Canastota, N. Y. repeated or anticipated in the writings Hiphest Honors at all Great World’s Exhibitiooa piiK-e IH67. UKiKlyleH, $32 to if'JtiO. I'orCavh. Easy Pay- Tiio Old-Fashioned Way. or the conversation of others. This M akes the W eak Strong inenis, or Rented. CataluKue, 4U pp., 4to, tree. “John,” she said, as she toyed with feeling gives one a freedom in telling PIAKOS. his own personal history he could not Teellng languid and dizzy, having no appetite one of his coat-buttona, “this is leap- and no ambition to work, I took Hood’s Sarsaparilla, Ma!>on A: Haniltn do not iiesitule tn make tiinez- year, isn’t it?” “Yes, Mamie,” he an­ have enjoyed without it My story be­ with the beat results. As a health invigorator and traovdinary I’laini that their I’ianon urn mijKirior to longs to you as much as to mo. De ie all otlieix. This ihcy attrihuti- nolcly to tho r(»marlt swered, as he looked fondly down on medicine for general debility I think It superior to able iniproveincnt introduml by them in Iw^ now fabula nai'ratur. Change the per­ anything else.”—A. A. Riker, Utlua, N. Y. known aHthe “ MAKUN HAMLIN PIANUSXmNQ. the golden head that was pillowed on KH." Full particulars by mail. bis manly bosom. “This is the year sonal pronoun—that is all. It gives when the poposing is done by the many readers a singular pleasure to H ood’s Sarsaparilla joung ladies.” “Yes.” “I hope you find a writer telling them something SoldbyaU druRKists. *1; six for ll. Prepared only don’t expect me to propose to you ?” they have long known or felt, but byC. I. HOOD it CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Mass. which they have never before found UUS'rON, iM Trf montSt. iPROVEO LOU b e a m A N U ttK T old-fashioned way. The old-fashioned factor who has strengthened him. This WORKS. W rite for circular*. is the advantage of the humble reader ApiMy balm into etch noatril. way is good enough for me.” And the EI-Y lUtOS., 66 Warren St.. N. I SALEM IRON WORKS. Sai«m. N. C. gentle maiden gave her lover a beam­ over the ambitious and self-worshiping ing smile, and the youth rejoiced that writer. It is not with him pereani illi, Is Tlio Best he found such a treasure of modesty. but Ueali su n t illi qui pi'o n ubis nos­ tra dixerunt—Blessed are those who WaterprootCoat L i t t l e Laura Jones, at Eatonton, have said our good things for us. Ga., is the latest baby wonder to bo Ever Kale. I Roa* (raalD* nlaii Don’t waste your raonor on a (mm or mbbor coat, Th* n s u BKAND SLICKER beard from. Although only 11 years In a recently discoveretl letter ^ laapail «>tlt »h« •tofaji, and trViiri rsbor, and wilwill ,k«cp you the hardest atorm Cbaxles Lamb naively asserts that he M lA«kfortha<»PlSH BRAND'* su cn aan d itaUeno other. If yoaritor«keep«rdo*d old she has invented a plow and a grain TotfEB. ao Bimmoni St. Bontoa. Maw elevator that are said to show remark­ never got drunk twice in the same able ingenuity. bouse. THE BANK <^F EN(JLAXI>. liittle niivssos which have Whcrc! (’ohinibiH LnndtMi. | is the original matrix of the diamond is passed tlirongli the digestive apparatus RoincthliiK'tli«r “ ji«l- The subject of the landing of Colum- ' a mistake, and that diamonds really oc­ ihm' iIN' - T I i«‘ I’rid o iill of dogH and ch'drcn, half-burned j)iei-os bus is one that has remained beclouded cur in basic eruptive rocks. T h e ’sim­ T ik; paper of wliioli tho notes aro that have unwittingly done duty as in the histoiico-oratorical mistiness with ilarity, both in structure and composi­ in’intod is inado by a privafo liiclorv in cigar-lightt'i s, roniiiants of every kind which writers upon the subject havo tion, of tho diamond-bearing rock of Yorkshiro umlur st.iictly giiurdi'd con­ of which enough is left to indicate in surrounded it; but it now appoars that South Africa to ninteorites was dwelt the faintest doyree the original worth—- ditions, m u l with the waler mark which modern research has taken hold of it, u])on, and he had, in view of this fact, if) KO eonRpicuons a IVaturt'. It is of all receive full consideration, and the and that the exact spot at which Co­ some time ngo suggested the search for eilvery white ami so atronjjf that it will owners lose nothing. Kven total do- lumbus and his crew landed from his diamimds in meteorites. Dr. Foote al­ fiURtain tifty ])onn(lH weight whnn sus­ slru(i(ion, when fully )>roved, is no l)ur wretched caravels can finally be pointed luded to the diamond in supposed ita- pended at till! c!orn(>rs. to indemnification when good security out with a gratifying degree of historic ! eolumite in the British Museum, which Each individual note as soon as issued against possible mistake is given. certainty. . was considered genuine, although the has number, lettor, date, and denomi­ The Cause of an (Kd Enmity. Gov. Blake, of Newfoundland, re- ! greater number of such specimens were nation pla<‘ed to its debit in a ledger ccntly gave a lecture before tho undoubtedly fraudulent — PltUadel- account, tho per contra beini; tilled on Among tiie guests was an elderly wo­ Athena um of S t John’s upon the sub­ phia Ledger. the return of tho note, ))erhapH the man well-known liere. to whom the ject of the landing place of Columbus, next day, perhaps in fifty years’ time. hostess, after exch.ingin;{ the usual to which he had given a great deal of The Lime*Kiln Club. greeting, turned to introduce Mrs. Some years a"o a lot of £1 notes issued attention while Governor of the Baha­ “Man is an onreasonable animal when in the middle of last century were Michael Sheridan, who stood near, and mas. from which section he was trans­ with whom she had j)reviously been you cum to figger him down,” said handed in for payment. A reference ferred to Newfoundland. Brother Gardner as tho meeting quietly to tii0 ledger of tliat date showed tho I J^rawiug herself up in tho His excellency made several voyages most disdainful manner, the newcomer, opened and Trustee Pullback finally credit side of the note account, with with this ol)ject in view, and, with tho got seated. “When I go to trade corresponding numbers, to be open, so in a loud, cmphatic voice, said: “I do diary of Columbus in his hand, sailed not wish to meet Mr.s. Sheridan. She horses wid a man I expect he will pint the drafts were duly honored. over his courses, noting what he noted, out all do ringbones an’ spavins on his The lowest denomination now issued is not a person whom I care to know." and comparing his description with the As may be imagined, this announce­ beast an’ let me conceal all de ailments is of .£4, tho highest £10,000. A nota­ lakes and woods and beautiful capes in my own. ble feature of the IJanlc of England ment created a decided sensation among and everlasting verdure of these tho guests standing near, no less than “If my naybur hain’t got sugar to note w'hen compared with tliat of other islands. lend de faekt riles my hull fa^’ly. If issues and countries, is its cris])DeHS to the hostess and Mrs. Slieridan, who Columbus, according to the results of is a general favorite, with quiet, pleas­ I haven’t a hoe to lend him 1 calmly ad­ and clearness. The simplicity of de­ G overnor Blake’s in vestigations, started vise him to buy one of his own, sign and clearness of lettering and fig ant manners. Upon being requested for the unknown new world in three l y tho hostess to explain her strange “We git together an’ agree d_at de uring are also conspicuous. "The rea- I vessels—the Santa Maria, the Pinta kentry ar’ gwine to the dogs on account son why we never find tattered and foul , co]ul;iot, llic , newc'. , m':r -ta'e.l Ihat .‘•hj and the Nina—three cravoy caravels, Bank of England bills or bank notes, i h a d ‘supi'osed sue was being introduced of dishonest office-holders, an’ on ’leek- 5nly one of which had a deck His shun day we turn out an’ work hard fur as the Englishman prefers to call them, to iho wife of Gen. Slieridan, and while crew consisted of 120 men. nearly all she knew nothing in any slightest de- a rascally candydate bekase ho has arises from the custom of the bank of whom had been forced into the en­ promised us a fat ’pintment. never to issuejHue one of oi itsiis uoiesnotes a second , that lady, slie cher- terprise and hated it, and wore ever is rule is so scrupulously ob-1 i®“®d an undying enmity to the Gen- “We see de need of a stringent law time. This ready to mutiny. and we ’'leckt our best lawyers to de served thatit should a thousand notes of i hmiself because of areal or fancied Tlie difficulty of determining the ex­ ■ ' ■ • connection with a political incident dur­ Legislacher to make it De law cotches £5 each, issued in the morning in ex act location has arisen, to a large ex­ us whar’ de h’ar ar’ short, an’ we go to change for gold at the issue depart­ ing the war. ------Several of— the — old resi­ tent, from the fact that the Lucayans, dent Washingtonians who were present dose same lawyers an’ offer ’em a bribe ment, oome into the hands of the bank­ the aboriginal inhabitants of these to find a loop-hole. ing department as a customer’s deposit at tho tea, moved in curiosity as to islands, were carried off by the Span­ the motive of such singular conduct “Waydown Bebee buys a hoss. He in tho afternoon, possibly without iards to work the gold mines of His- scrimps on de hay in order to buy mo' having been untied, they would be im­ after the lapse of so long a period of panola, and through cruelty and hard years, put on their thinking caps to plug tobaoker fur himself, an’ bekase mediately canceled. This cancellation toil, all perished miserably. de hoss begins to show his ribs Brudder is perfofmed by tearing off the signa- some purpose. It appe ars that the old For a hundred years afterward the lady, then in the heyday of her youth, Bebee howls about de dishonesty of de tnre corner of each note, the number islands were left uninhabited, so that farmers. and date first being recorded by the re­ lived in one of the large houses not a no vestige of a tradition remained to stone’s throw from the residence of “We sot on de fence and enjoy de ceiving clerk in his counter cash book. guide to the spot on which Columbus sunshine an’ count up how many bush* The mutilated bills at the banking de­ Secretary Whitney, and though out­ landed. The islands have been vari­ wardly neutral in her sentiments at ela of turnips orter grow while we are partment are collected at short inter- ously identified by writers who have off fishin’. If we ar’ short on turnips Tals by a clerk from the accountant’s the outbreak of the war, it was more never visited the spot or made a per­ than suspected that her sympathies we excuse ourselves and blame tne department, where they are sorted into sonal examination of them. His excel­ Lawd. were heart and soul with the Southern their respective denominations and lency has gone carefully over the) whole “We kin see whar’ de man nex’ doi^ placed in their individual ledger cause. Her surprise may be imagined of these islands and compared tuair ap­ when the morning of the first battle of can’t afford to keep two hired gals an’ credits. They are then stored, and pearance with the account of Colu oabus, buy his wife a sealskin cloak, but it*s - then after ten years’ interval consigned Bull Run, when Washington was ring­ so that his conclusions oarty„ witl___ them ing with the news of the disastrous de- all right fur us to buy a piaper an’ to the flames. , 1 ♦ ------.KToafc weight (He was led by a i irre- up a ^ h tn in ’ r^d on a gofld deaL The dotecti»)n of a forged bt^ik note feat of the Federal Jvoops^she ^ont kKlstiW.^ weight U the evidence tfl rTuO-“ wftgesT—' * ^ 1 ' r *' “ ^ ^ is almost inevitable undiar this system. -the front windows for some trival rea- Cumulated to t'% conclusion thrft the son,son. and diacovArAd discovered that thethA ho^sehnAoA waswaa _j ____ i ^ “De man who gits up in ^Jinuary an’ Simply to imitate the bill is difficult, island upon whieh he landed was? Wat- howls fur spring kin alius be found the difference in the best imitation completely garrisoned She was not, ling’s Island. ( however, left long in any doubt as to cussin’ de hot weather ’bout de middle being readily perceptible to a practiced He showed, by a process of exhaus of July. touch. To counterfeit the ])rinting is tlie meaning of the seemingly strange tion, comparing each island in turn state of affairs, for. she was informed “If Samuel Shin lends Pickles Smith almost impossible, owing to the absence with his description, that Waiting’s a couple of dollars be can’t sleep nights of complexity to confuse the eye, and a that she would be kept a close prisoner Island alone corresponded with the ac upon the charges from headquarters of fur fear he won’t get it back. If de third reliance for tho paying teller as count contained in his diary, and that contrary ar’ de case, Samuel kin sleep he rapidly scans the notes before having aided and abetted in the re­ the correspondence, in its case, was bellion by furnishing maps and draw­ till 9 o’clock in de mawnin’ an’ loaf all shoveling out the gold in exchange is a perfect, while all the others entirely de rest of de day. peculiarity in the formation of certain ings of fortifications to tho enemy. failed to present any features to war­ Thus, for three days she was kept a Let a friend cum to us wid de toof* letters known only to the initiated. rant identification. Watling’s Islani is ache and’ we kin calmly give him di- Should a forgery slip through these prisoner and her every movement sub­ thirteen miles long, about eight miles ject to surveillance—an indignity w*hich reckshuns how to reach de nighest guards, the numbers and date and de­ wide, one-third of its area being occu dentist Let us have an achin* molar nomination must all correspond with she has never been able to forget ^nd pied by a lake or lagoon of brackish forgive. — Watihinr/lon letter. an’ we exjjeck ebery pusson to break the ledger entry, and should all these water; it is very fertile and beautiful; his' back huntin’ up some remedy an’ agree the chances are that tho legiti­ The Stronger Sex. it is almost entirely surrounded by a feehn’ sorry. Take us all in all, an’ mate noto will have already filled up coral reef, except at Graham’s harbor, we ar* a selfish, onreasonable, incon­ the blank. Why am I a sufFragist? Becaus^ I am. Because a woman has more good, formed by a great sweep of the reef, sistent lot, an’ de only reason de Lawd It is tho rule in all London banking and about seven miles long and four lets us lib on is bekase He hain’t got no houses, and in most private establish­ hard common sense than a man. B e­ cause she makes less bluster about her miles wide, with a narrow entrance and place to bury us all to once. ”—D etroit ments, to record the date and number promontory close by. Free Press. of every bank noto passing through rights, and quietly maintains them bet­ ter than a man. Because she won’t Every one of these features is men­ their hand><, together with the name of tioned in Columbus’ diary, so that the A Village Doctor. the person ju’esentijig it. Tiie IJank of givo!t!l.r»0 for an article she knows very question may be regarded as settled, Indeed nobody could look melancholy England, moreover, requires the en­ well she can get for 75 cents* Because she does not stalk loftily away from tho for there is no escaping from his ex­ without a very good excuse, where dorsement of the holder of every noto cellency’s conclusion. As the centenary Dr. Pidgeon was. lu the first place or parcel of notes presented for ex­ counter without her change if the rob­ of Columbus,discovery is to be observed he knew every man, woman, and child change for gold or for notes of other ber behind it is a little reluctant about in 1892, and it is said Spain will invite in Millett, and he had known all who denominations. This system greatly counting it out Because she is too in­ the European nations to send each a were 25 years old or younger since the facilitates tho detection of fraud. dependent to j)ay the landlord $2.25 fiag-ship to tho spot for some celebra­ hour of their birth. He was acquainted The actual cost of each Hank of En- for her dinner and then pay the head waiter SI to send her a Avaiter who will tion on a grand scale, the question in with everybody’s skeleton in the closet land note issued is about tive cents. An regard to the exact scene of his landing ordinary day’s issue of notes, with a bring it to her for 50 cents. Because and knew where the key of the closet is likely to be hotly debated. Gov. was kept But he knew how to say corresponding number cancelleil, is she will hold the money tightly in her Blake has now r/iade a most im- the word that should give a turn of from 20,()()() to 30,000; but when a for­ good little right hand for two hours until she first gets a receipt for it from ])ortant contribution to tho settlement humor to any experience, and he could gery is known to be afloat all of that of the question.—Boston Traveller. particular denouiination aro poured in tho fellow who made her husband pay always give an impression that there by their holders for exchange or re­ tho same bill three times last year. was a good deal of comfort in this old DiamoiidH hi Meteorites. world after all, and if only everybody demption, and as many us 80,000 notes Not any “just give you credit for it” for her. Because one day a pullman Prof. H. Carvill Lewis exhibited at else was like you, there would not be under such circumstances liave boon the last meeting of the Academy of presented and cancelled in one day. ])orter conijjlained to m e: “No money on much left to be desired.—Frances Lee this trip, too many women aboard. Natural Sciences a fragment of a mete­ Pratt, in The American Magazine. As an oHset to this exiionso, the orite containing diamonds, which fell in yearly guin to th(» bank in notc-s de­ Don't never get nothin’ out of a woman ’ceptin’ just her regular fare.” I had Siberia lust October. Ho had extracted Highly-Colored Testimony. stroyed by lire and water amounts to from tho specimen two minute oval a largo sum, which, howover, is taken just paid him il't cents for blacking one “You say you heard both shots fired ?** boot and losing tho other —an«l when ho bodies, transparent, with slight traces asked an Austin lawyer, who was cross- into account by tho Govoi ument when of polarization, and having a high in­ adjusting its national debt and Exche­ said that; when I saw for myself the examining a witness in a murder case. heroic firmness of those women, travel­ dex of refraction. Having been able “Yes, sal),—heard bofe shots. I)ey quer arrangements with the Imnk. to scratch a sapphire with portions of Tho “Old Lady of Thr.iadueedle ing alone, paying their fares, and re­ was fired simontaneously, sail." fusing to }>ay the salaries of the em- the meteorite, he was disposed to “Are you sure of that?" Steeet,” as tho iiondoner lovingly calls agree with Profs. Latschinof and Jero- tho institution, which next to his (^ueen, ))loyes of a wealthy corporation, 1 said: “Yes, sah: bofe ob ’em was fired sim­ “Theso women have a right to vote. fief, who first examined this meteorite ontaneously. I wasn’t more that fortv he most deeply reveres, is very liberal that it contained microscopic diamonds. when dealing with cases of notes do- To voto! By all that is l)ravo and self- feet off at de lim e.” The important bearing of this discoverv stroyed or mutilated. The secretary’s reliant and sensible, they have a right “But on tho direct examination you to run tho government!”—/io/veri J. upon tho question of the origin of the swore tho thots were fired one after the ofiice attends to thesa matters, and diamond was dwelt upon. From facts tliere may bo seen daily remnants of Burdette. other, and now you nay thev were fired gathoretl in Africa, Borneo, New South simultaneously.” 0 Otes which have undergono every con­ A.manua Tavlok, a miss only 11 years Wales, California, and elsewhere, he “Jess what I said, sah. Bofe shots ceivable ordeal short of ubBolute de- old, is teaching school in Owen County, had been led to believe that the com­ fitructioa Kentucky. was fired simontaneous like, one after monly-received notion that itacolumite anudder.”- - y ’ea?aif Hiftinqs. A BOSTON ROMANCE. WEDDING ETIQUETTE. manage these things better in France,” FARM AND GARDEN. for there the groom wears full evening The liittle Story told of a Snctfity dress to be married. Some Hints About Weddiiij^s nml A Few Hints About Planting Po­ Belle. But to the Anglo-Saxon mind a dress their Conduct. coat and whito cravat before the 7 tatoes. o’clock dinner is only the visible sign of Boston Booietj is excited—at second In a marriage at home the best man a lunatic or a vulgarian. liand—over an elopement which took The potato is one of the important and the bridesmaids can be dispensed crops of the farm, aud ojie which under laoe in New York. The young man in with, but they are sometimes retained. S16 affair belongpi to an old Boston fami- Will Bear Telling Again. ordinarily favorable circumstances can • ", ’, The clergyman enters the parlor and be grown with as little trouble as the f ■/ but has gone into business in New faces the company; the bridal pair follow York. He became attached to a vonng; A certain fort in the far West, so the average of crops. Within the past few r ' - and face him. A beautiful altar of years, or since the advent of the Colo­ lady, whride is in . gorgeous« w----- array—lo^-----Injun use gun, use bow arrow, use it is better to plant to a considerable , ____ :p-w ^h •Tiwi; id white satin,iin, P4^tj- - - * looe,’ - amd veii*^£lect. glass, unbreakable, and consequently public nor accepts invitations. broken—how do I say that?” very popular with consumers, while the The bride in America often gives the “Broken into.” “This will be my wedding dress or &Mt that they reauire no packing ma­ bridesmaids their dresses, and the “Certainly; it is what I meant to say.” my shroud,” said Gertie Hopkins on terials, and are ^clean, handy and eco­ groom gives each usher a scarf, a pin, “Is her son to be married soon?” Sunday evening to the inmates of her nomic^, commends them to manufac­ aud a pair of gloves. When there are “No, that engagement is broken- house in Altoona, Pa. Sunday morning turers. Unlike glass, they can be manu- no bridesmaids and ushers, the members broken— elegant flowers were sent to the place fMtured and shipped at all seaBous; and of the bride’s family precede the bride “Broken off.” “to grace the feast or my coffin,” as being made by machinery the supply is and her father to the church. The “Yes, broken off.” Gertie said. When the champagne independent of labor troubles, whicn are groom takes the bride’s mother to her “Ah, I had not heard that.” flowed at the supper she filled her glass additional advantages to manufacturers pew in the front row, and then ascends “She is very sorry about it. Her son from a four-ounce vial of laudanum and who use bottles.—Scientific American. the altar steps to await liis bride. After only broke the news to her last week. drank it down. She died from the ef­ the father has given him his daughter, Am I right? I am anxious to speak fects of the draught Monday morning. I k 1866 Jenny Lind, in Edinburgh, the relatives ascend and stand about English well.” She was to have been married on the visited a music seller’s in Prince street. the young couple. When the circle of “He merely broke the news; no prep­ day of her death to a prominent young The attendant, a young man, askd her friends is very extensive, it is cub- osition this time.” man of Altoona, but at a supper given to if she had ever heard Jenny Lind. The tomery to send invitations to such as “It is hard to understand. That young the bride-elect Sunday evening she re­ singer replied in the affirmative, and are not expected at the house, to attend man, her son, is a fine young fellow; a ceived a note from the young man stat­ herself asked if he had heard the the ceremony at the church. This is breaker, I think. ” ing that he did not love her aud there­ **Swedish nightingale.” He replied equivalent to an invitation to the house,' “A broker, and a very fiue young fel­ fore could not marry her. Miss Hop­ ^ t the very high price of the tickets and must be treated as such. After a low. Good day.” kins had feared for some time that her kept them far beyond his income. She small houf-e wedding, announcement So much for the verb “to break.”— lover intended to play her false, and it ■sked him to play an accompaniment to cards are sent to show, that, although Educational Jounuil, was on this account she arranged for her tte song which she held in her hand. one’s friends were not asked, the friendly suicide should her doubts prove well He did so, and at the olose the singer, feeling remains the same. A P r iz e .—One of the unwritten laws founded. If the wedding occurs in the evening, of the United States Senate is that when “ TiDRt “ Now you have heard Jenny the ushers and groom and best man Lind," walked out. ______a Senator marries while iu office each T h e Sweetwater dam just completed must be in full evening toilet, and it brother Senator shall contribute $10 to­ at San Diego,Cal,,at a coat of $800,000,is W tbi« truat tod protection busineaa goes must be observed that this seems more ward a wedding present. Mrs. Senator said to be twenty feet liigher than any auoh farther Uncle 8am will have to dip the sensible, as it is absurd for the bride to Hawley therefore may expect a $750 l*otom»o dry to put out the burning obamo. dam in the United States. It is uiuety be in full evening dress. Again, “they present. feet from its base to its orent.

' MYSTERIES OF k DAY. ducting them to the Calhoun Court THE JEWKLLER’S STORY. The Maiden’s Dream. House, where he made them stand up before ’Sciuire Tinsley and wed. Politeness the Fonndiition of a In one corner of a crowded street oaf NOTABLK KVKNTS THOUGHT The following clause in the will of a Fortune. on Saturday evening sat a young lady of WORTHY OF RECORD. Hallowell, Me., gentleman, which he more than ordinary good looks. Her wrote himself, illustrates by its simple A Paris letter to the Jewcllen' Review fellow passengers had plenty of oppor­ trustfulness in humnn nature the purity tells this story:--“About forty-five years tunities to gaze at her without embar­ Qurious Thing—An Industrioun of the man bimself: “ I don’t know ago,” said M. Linzeler, “1 had a small rassing her, for Iwfore the car was over Maiden—Size of the Heart—A how the property may hold out and jewelry store in a side street off one of the bridge she had dropi^ed sound Chiuse in a Will—A Sea Gull's what may happen, but I leave it to M. the principal boulevards. Business did asleep. The conductor evidently knew Fate, &c., &c. and J. to do as they think best in mak­ not prosper. Sales Avere little or noth­ her, tor he made no attempt te wake her ing some little donation to D. and G. ing. My small savings vanished, and I when he came to her, after collecting My gold-headed cane I promised to J. was tortured with the thought of debts the rest of the fares. She did indeed ENATOR BERRY if he behaved himself, and I trust to that I had no means of liquidating. One look very pretty, her head resting slittht- of Arkansas, is the them to make my promise good.”, day I was seated by my nearly empty Lochinvar of tlie ly against the window frame, her lips A parishioner stood up in St. George’s showcase, in despair at the situation, just parted and her face composed peace­ Senate, with the Church, Bolton, England, and forbade and in doubt whether to close up my difference that he fully. There was a half smile on her the bans of a couple intending to get store and go out of bnsiness entire^, for face, too, as if her dreams were pleasant. Btole his bride by I had not made a sale in five days, when means of a canoe married. The objector was quietly re­ She had probably been standing behind quested to go into the vestry at the close a stranger to me, an Englishman, en­ a dry goods counter all day long. instead of a steed. tered the shop and said: Mrs. BeiTj was of the service, when it was learned that The mon and women, too, were care­ he grounded his opposition on the al­ “ ‘I have lost the swivel from my ful not to even touch the hem of the , Miss Lizzie Quail, watch chain, can you sell me one ?’ ______1 the daughter of a leged fact that the man was in debt, sleeping girl’s dress as they passed out and consequently not in a position to “ ‘Certainly, sir, I will replace it for one by one from the car. By the time well-to-do Arkan- be married. you,’ I said, leaving my seat with merchant, and the oar had crossed the Allegheny parks One woman of Fairfield, Me.,at least, %lacrity. The matter xn itself seemed of only the sleeper and a gentleman who ^ ' ' when the future slight importance, but in its conse­ Senator came to woo her in the guise of knows how to bring her husband to terms was reading a paper were left in the car. when she wants funds. She called on quences it was highly important. What Just then the conductor entered and re­ • poor, one-legged school teacher (the her lord for money to purchase a pair of if I had no more swivels in stock, I other leg having been left on the battle­ marked to the gentleman, “I shall have sltoes the other day, and ho sullenly re­ thought? Opening my box I found two, to wake her. She gets off here. ” field at Corinth) his suit was opposed by fused. She then applied to the Overseer which, unfortunately, were too small. her parents. But the bold lover one The conductor laid his hand on the qf the Poor. There was a scene, but she One of the last gold watches left in my night tied his canoe to the banks of the sleeping girl’s shoulder and gave her the got her shoes, and her husband is sadly case had a chain attached, and seizing Arkansas near the lady’s house and least TOssible bit of a shake, while with humbled. this with my pincers, I took off the the other hand he rang the bell for the carried her away before the stem parent swivel and fitted it on to the English­ knew what was in contemplation. driver to stop the car. The girl arose at Domestic Becipes. man’s chain. It was an exact fit. onoe, but though she did this and open­ “Here is a serious thing,” said a doc­ “ ‘How much is the watch and chain?’ ed her eyes also she was evidently still tor, as he walkied through an Erie Rail­ B oast Spring L amb with Mint Saitck. asked the stranger. in dreamland. road train yesterday. “This smoking —Select a hind quarter and roast in a “I named the price. Her lips moved and she said, almost car seats fifty persons, and yet there is moderate oven until thoroughly cooked. “ ‘Put on one of those small swivels in a whisper: “There, it’s ten o’elock; seldom a chance for a seat affcpr the train All young meat, such as veal and lamb, that wouldn’t fit my chain,’ he oontinaed, didn’t you hear the clodc stirike ? Let starts out of New York. The men in requires very thorough cooking. Serve ‘ and I will take it.’ me go, I say—please let me go, Char­ this oar have gone into the cotintry at with mint sauce made as follows: Re­ “ Putting the watoh into his pOcket, lie.” And then she suddenly stopped, considerable expense and disadvantage move the leaves from the stalks of a the Englishman turned to me and, in a put her hands to her face, ana without a for the sake of their healths. The only whole bunch of mint. Cut in fine bits foreign accent that made it all the more word more ran out of the oar wide time thej spend at home is at night, and and place in the sauce bowl. Bruise impressive, said these words, which I awake and blushing like anything. most of it in their bedrooms in heated with three teaspoonfuls of sugar. Pour have not forgotten from that day to this: If you must go to sleep in a street oar, houses where the air is very little differ­ over the whole half a pint of vinegar, “ ‘The jewellers of the great boulevard be sure to order your dreams discreetly. ent from that in a city bedroom. They which if very strong should be diluted are not obliging. They have no time to The conductor who told me this story, attend to the small wants of a customer. spend from two to four hours of the only L eg op Beep B roth.—Take a leg of however, says he would not mind being leisure they have in this car, where the beef, break the bone in several places, They may be reading the paper, per­ mistaken for “Charlie” by the fair ftir is so vitiated with tobacco that place it in a pan with a gallon of water, haps, and will not disturb themselves to dreamer again, if she will notout off the though I am an old smoker it makes me remove the scum as it rises, and add Bell a swivel. At the three or four stores seance just at the point where it be­ as sick in fifteen minutes as did my first three blades of mace, a crust of bread, which I have just visited I have failed to comes interesting. cigar. It is safe to say that the health and a small pinch of parsley; boil till the find a swivel, although I am anxious to make a call and neea one greal^y. You of these men would have been better beef is tender; toast some bread, out it Coufldence Not Misplaced. guarded had they stayed in town.” in diamonds, lay it in the bottom of the were more obliging than your bompeti- tors and put yourself to some trouble to It is not generally known that the tureen, put the meat on it, and pour the Albert Martin, the 'ptisoner whonT' broth over all. , accgmmodate^e, and for that ieason 1 rendered fat of a woodchuck is[ as good a have bought a watoh that I didd’t need. Judge Thay^ mercifully allowed to de­ Stewed Cod.—Cut some of (the finest barometer a#, any we have to-d^y. While My daughter is to be married spon and part from court last Wednesday to at< in the country, a short time ago, the pieces from the thickest part of the fish, tend the funeral of his dead child, re­ place them in a stewpan with a lump of you Bhall furnish the trousseau.,’ writer had occasion to travel ttirough “ A few days afterward I received a quiring only the prisoner’s promise to the lower part of Berks. At the house butter the size of a walnut, or larger, return on Friday and stand trial, re- three or four blades of mace, bread lettor from him requesting me to call at of a friend he pressed me to take an um­ his hotel, where a cordial reception and turaed to court yesterday and was ac­ crumbs, pepper, salt, a small bunch of brella with me. There were no signs of an order for a trousseau costing 200,000 quitted. Martin had been in prison 80 a storm. I asked why he persisted in so sweet herbs, and some oysters, with a days, awaiting trial for the tlieft of a little of their own liquor. When nearly francs awaited me. This stroke of good dogged a manner for me to acccpt the fortune left me a cash capital of 40,000 watch, which he had been accused uf article. “ Why,” said he, “look at my done, add a large wine-glass of sherry, stealing from a man named Joseph and* stew gently until enough. francs after liquidating all my debts. barometer.” There upon the shelf stood Notwithstanding the warning of the Eng­ Brant. After hearing the evidenoo the L amd and P eas Stew.—Cut the breast a bottle sealed with beeswax. It was all lishman, I moved up onto one of the jury at onoe aoquitted him. Judgai of lamb in pieces and place in a stew cloudy. The old gentleman said that he fashionable boulevards and had him and i Thayer req^uested Martin to step up to ______^ith water enough to cover it. Stew had used this one for most twenty years, all his friends for customers. But as a the bar and said : “ This is a very h a ^ and if a storm was brewing the barome- twenty minutes and take off the mattor of principle, both myself and my case. You have been aoquitted, but you. ter got cloudy twelve hours before the ® Q*i®rt of shelled or canned sons have ever shown a willingness to have suffered a loss of character and a rain or snow began to fall. In clear i salt and let loss of time for whioh there is no redress ...... stew for half an hour. Mix a quarter of oblige our customers in the smallest weather the oil was always clear. matter. This has been the cornerstone or compensation. I greatly regret you a pound of butter and a tablespoonful of of my fortune.” were in jail the time your child died and I t is said that during the last Presi­ flour and stir into the stew; let simmer I am glad you have justified the oonfi- dential crisis in France a newspaper five minutes, season and serve with He Took the Congressman’s Advice. denoo the court had in you when yon correspondent at Rennes wrote regularly dumplings. were allowed to go home.” Then turn­ to his newspaper. Every time the “po­ B eep Salad.—Take half a pound of ing to the court ofiicers the Judge said : litical police” opened his letters. After a The PhiladeHpliia Press tells this story : boiled fresh beef and cut it into small “ Now, let him go home at onoe.”— •while he tried the plan of registering his Congressman Browne of Indiana has a pieces; take the crisp leaves from two constituent in Washington who occasion­ PhiladelpJiia Times. letters. “Enclosure of a 100 francs” lie heads of lettuce, cleanse and put them wrote on the outside of one in order to ally indulges too freely in the flowing in the salad bowl; add the beef. To this bowl. He has been a good fellow in his insure privacy for it, without, of course, add a tablespoonful of finely-chopped An Insurance Sait. putting the money inside. The letter day, but, like men of his csdibre, has Spanish pepper; pour over the whole a rapidly descended the ladder, until now arrived safely; none of the seals were plain dressing and mix lightly before The Indianapolis Journal says:—It is broken, but neatly enclosed lay a postal serving. he is compelled to ask assistance to carry understood that a suit is to be instituted order for 100 francs. The clever officers him through the day cmite frequently. against the insurance company in whioh About Breakfast.—Whenever pos­ A few days ago he called on Mr. Browne who had intercepted the letter thought sible, says a correspondent of Oood the late John Shideler cai’ried a $2,000 that on opening it they had lost the en­ and said that he wanted a dollar with policy for the collection of the money Housekeeping, begin your breakfast with which to get supper, lodging and break­ closure and substituted another, hoping fresh fruit. When this not obtainable on the ground that his death was aooi- thereby to escape unpleasant investiga­ fast. Mr. Browne handed fifty cents to dental. It occurred very suddenly Sun­ use the canned or dried fruit. Then him with the remark : tion. follows one or the other of the various day night, April 1, while he was return­ In the London Standard is an account “ You can get all that you want as ing from R6ljerts' Park to his home in cereals, oatmeal hominy, rice, etc., but well as a few drinks for this half dollar.” of a German doctor’s investigations as care must be taken that any one of the Wyandot Block, and, as there was to the size of men and women’s hearts. He protested that he could do nothing a very severe electrical storm raging at thewe does not pall on the taste. For of the kind, and asked Mr. Browne how The masculine heart is larger and weighs students and brain workers fresh eggs the time it is believed by many that he more than that possessed by the fair or fish is the best morning meal, while it could be accomplished. “ Take this was struck by lightning. His friends sex. A heart, it would appear, ^ ow s half dollar,’’ said the Congressman, objected’to a post mortem examination laborers and mechanics require more “ and spend it in the ordinary manner. most quickly during the first and sec­ animal food with their bread and butter. at the time, but last week Coroner Wag­ ond years of life, and between the sec­ Get full and the police will pull you in ner, Dr. Van Dyke and Undertaker Never put pastry of any kind on the and take care of you for the night and ond and seventh years it doubles in size. breakfast table. Fresh milk or Avater Kregelo went to Jonesboro, Grant give you a breakfast in the morning.” Until after the fiftieth birthday the are the best drinks, though coffee, if county, where the remains were in­ heart grows a little larger. In childhood taken at all, sliould always bo at break­ The constituent pocketed the money terred, and oxhumed the body. The and departed, and Mr. Browne forgot thewiD uiHicmnle aunand xciuuiofemale ucuxuheart uioare tlie mo same fast rather thannj»u ai)at snpper.supper. I'lecesPieces oiof examination resulted in finding the all about him until the next day. In size; but after manhood the masculine bread, cut round, toasted and arranged condition of the heart normal, but the heart develops much more than the fe­ the morning a policeman came to his brain was congested, and a blood clot upon a platter, with a spoonful of scram­ house with a message from the con­ male, and ends by being two square in­ bled eggs on each piece, is a nice, deli­ appeared on the side of the head where ches larger than the latter. stituent. He sent word that he had it bad struck the sidewalk. The exam­ cate breakfast dish. Toasted crackers, taken Mr. Browne’s advice, had been ar­ with a sauce of boiled milk, seasoned, ination strengthens the belief that death Young John Stokes and Miss Savan­ rested, and he wanted him to come and came from a shook by lightning. nah Roe of Calhoun, Qa., thought that and thickened with grated cheese, makes get him out of the police court. they ought to run away in order to g e t ' “a pleasant IS!!? ';«r»‘tion,variation, and stewed, fried or married, and they started for Cassville, ! P^'tatoes are served with the A sunstJKiPTum of more than <^1,200 CouiiD Not Do It.—Dunlap, of the where they hoped to get a license. But ' has been raised in Boston for the plucky I Pittsburgh nine, announces that he will get $7,000 this year for playing base Father lioe was after them, and he Wiiat a silent old world it would be Nebraska school-ma’am, who buffeted caught them before they reached the the blizzard with her ])upilu tied to a ! ball. Well, why not? Even a Con­ if men talked only as much as they gressman gets $5,000, and not one of town, and, turning them homeward. think. A fellow would have to carry a string. But now it is said she didn’t do i surprised and delighted them by con- anything of the kind. i the members of Congress could fill Dun- rattle around to make a noise with. lap’o place. L if e is'short—oiilj* four letters in it. Tlirto-qiiarters of it a^“lie,” and half THE NEW MINT WALL PAPERS! of it an “if.” Now is the time to look at Wall Paper, New Designs^ New T H E T O W E R —AND— Goods and Varieties to suit the most fastidious. Over 2000 M'-V GROUNDS Rolls and Bordering to match. No finer Stock in this Vicinity OlVKN FOR THE SKASOR Wednesday, May" 3 0 th . Custom Admission r»toa an usual. HATS! BOOTS AND SHOES! M. II. iJartlett, Prop. Avon, Conn. Ncav Stylos of Hats, New Boots, New Shoes. W ANTED:—100 Bushels Pota­ Department. Now is the time to buy. toes at 1.10 per bushel in trade at my store in Woatogue. W. H. HALL. where dollars are saved (“not; Simsbury, Conn. made,” by purchasing your Spring Court I). Shaw & Son, suits of me; getting the finest goods HORSE AND OX SHOEING WOOD WORK in the market for the least money. LUMBER! —I offer for sale at Lowest Possible Prices,— And General J obblng. Shingles, Clapboards, Dressed AND MATCHED PINE & SPRUCE. ®a“Uoar M. E. Climch. Gastom Department. Also a general assortment of SIMSBURY, CONN. NEW. TIMBER & LUMBER. Livery Stable! Estate of C. C. Miirfey, W. C. MATHER, Administrator, Teams to lot on reasonable terms. On a strictly cash system. Saying Weatogue, Conn. Also constaiitly on hand for sale, you froin $5.00 to $ 10.00.^ on a suit. Wagons, Sloighs, Harness, Robes act 6 0 TO MEAT! OYSTERS! Containing a full line of Foreign TRUCKIN(;} TEAMING etc. SHELDON MUNSON'S VEGETABLES. ^^S tab les rear M.E.Clmrch. and Domestic Cloths. Suits from DRUGGIST. Prime Butter and Eggs. Geo. A. Siddell, ^ 0.00 to $50.00. And I guarantee For Sale By I TARIFFVILLE, CONN. W. F. CUSICK, Tariffville, Ct. S i m s b u r y . Conn. you a perfect fit or money refunded. Only LiciMiSfd Druggist in the town of Simsbury. DON’T BE BASHFUL, but call AIbo Dealer in. A. N. Stillman, m and examine Goods and Prices at General Merchandise. Florist, Seedsman Dealer in my old stand, but New Store. 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CLOTHING Co. cups and sa ucers, breakfast, dinner and tea plates, deep dishes, Covered Tureens, &c., direct from New York Geo P. Woodruff. 1 0 0 , at bottom prices. TINNER AND JOBBER. HAMMOCKS, a lot of Mexican hammocks at $ 1.00 each. Also Proprietor of the ASYLUM STREET, GLASS WARE, Just received from New York, three designs Of TUMBLERS Scents each. Thurston House livery Stable. HARTFORD, CT. Tariffville, Conn. "Where you will alway» bo well used W. H. HALL, Weatogue, Ct.

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