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were "open to greater temptations" He did not believe in the bill. Those who advocated 1t bore testimony to "the painful fact that profanity was on the increase" one of its friends saying that women were being kept away from public meetings by the roughness and eoarseness Of the crowds" He warned city members that his eonstit- uents were watching the bill A col league supported 1t because it was high time to lgive the ministers show"
 The South Carolina compromise indi- cates that the people of South Carolina need to reform themselves They should pattern after Connecticut where the law is that Every person who shall use any profane oath or wickedly curse another shall be fined one dollar" This law works so well that it has not been found necessary to make an arrest under 1t for many days.
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The Homes of the Prince of Wales.
From the Woman at Home.l


 Those who have crossed the thrcsh- old Of Marlborough House know that 1t Is distinguished from other houses not by its statellness. but by quite peculiar atmosphere of comfort which the Princess of Wales manages to diff fuse wherever she may be. The prince's own room is, perhaps, the most pleasant of any. full of charming pie lures (the prince. by-the-way. Is a real connoisseur of British and foreign worlts). and with tiger skins covering the floor. The young princesses take the greatest possible pride in those rooms set apart for them. Indeed, one of their favorite amusements Is to dec- crate their own and their friends bou- doirs. and many are the little gifts they generously bestow upon those not we'll able to afford pretty things, but who have as great a love for them as themselves. Sandringham may more really be called the home of the royal couple. The estate Is one of the best managed in all the kingdom, and Is capitally placed for shooting and the sports in which the prince and his son most delight. The estate originally cost its owner something like two hun dred and twenty thousand pounds. Within there Is an aspect of perfect comfort. Tea is served in the hall, and a very substantial tea 1t is, consisting of cakes, sandwiches, caviare and deli cacies of all sorts. A few seasons ago the favorite dish was cookie soup, very scientifically prepared.
 The dining-room leads to the billiard room, where the men of the house par ty spend the evening, and beyond Is the ballroom, of which the prince is quite especially proud, thebuilding and deco rations being entirely after his own plans. As you cross the hall from these rooms quaint cracked voice cries, Hip! Hip! Hurrah! God save the Queenv' and turning, you see little parrot in its cage, which you are told Is first favorite with the Princess
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SOME CONYEYERS.

The other day a fine young woman
 was caught stealing in a big dry goods
 store in New York. The proof that she
 had taken some things she wanted was
 positive, and she was arrested and brought into court. Her friends and
 lawyer rallied around her and 1t was shown beyond the shadow of doubt that such fine young woman couldn't
 possibly have been guilty of so vulgar a thing as stealing. It was admitted by her friends and the lawyer that she
 had been guilty of kleptomania, and this explanation of her queer conduct
 was accepted by the judge. She was set free and she went out of court weep ing because she had had fit of klep- tomania. At the same session of the court several poorly dressed and com-
 mon thieves were tried and punished, and nobody took pains to examine them for symptoms of kleptomania. Perhaps
 the fine young woman had all the klep-
 tomania there was in court that day. At any rate she got all the benefit that anybody got from it.
 T am not crazy now, nor was I ever crazy" says Samuel c. Seeley the man who helped the New York Shoe and Leather bank get rid of $354OOO. Good for Seeley. It is relief to find a nota- ble thief of good antecedents who is not a lunatic even after he has been caught. MT. Seeley prefers to be thought wicked rather than mentally nnsound. He has
 a very proper pride in h1s own person.
 back on it even under the stress of such adverse circumstances as he finds him. self in. He is quite right in this. He does not add to the crime of stealing the crime of perverting his own view of his wickedness or frying to pervert
 the view of others. F1e is a thief ana he knows 1t. He stands up and says
 so without seeking to hide under any of the modern concealments of crime and criminals. By h1s action he shows that there Is good in him yet A thief who is honest enough with himself to call himself a thief will at least not have to overcome hypocrisy if he wants to reform.
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types of beauty, and planned to encom- pass her discomfiture, she will proba- bly, assert her superiority to such dicta- tion with entire success. This is Amer ica, not Russia: down with despotism and let the eagle scream out to the ef- feet that the pretty maids who are un- der his protecting wings may do just about as they please! No plainer proof of the absurdity of this rule is needed than the great abundance of ornaments worn in the hair. Side combs are very elaborate, being frequently set in dia- monds or paste, and golden bands are again in vogue for binding about the forehead just at the line of hair These have star of jewel set to come just at the parting, trick that ends won- derful beauty to some faces and that gives almost any face distinction. But she who has invested nearly her all in handsome comb and a big hat with rich plumes to it, is somewhat at a. loss to display both. Why should she want to? In a. hat like .hat shown here there is about all of :lressincss
 
 that one woman's head will carry off nicely. It is certainly a very hand some piece of headwear. Of black vel vet it has a wide bent brim ard a low crown surrounded with drarel mousse inc de soie and ornamsnr,d with a Grecian gold band. Four ostrich plumes trim it, one of them falling over the brim
 These picturesque hats often show considerable fur in their make.up. Thus, one great brown velvet hat has no trimming except a bani of astrakan about its high crown and three high ostrich feathers clasped with an emer- a!d buckle. One feather is emerald another brown and the third black.
 FLORETTE.
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TOLD.

Nurse-Its twins, sir. Father-Holy Moses and great Jehosaphat! Nurse Oh, no; we haven't named them yet!- Syracuse Post.
 Mrs. Upson-Mrs. Gayboy says she can never tell anything about her hus- band. Upson-Hump! Leaves that to the neighbors, suppose-Buffalo Courier.
 Smith is looking very low spirited. Has there been any trouble in the fam fly? Dubbs-Yes; a rich uncle has just recovered from serious illness.-Chi- cago Inter-Ocean. . "I told him he might call, but that father always had the gas turned out at 10 o'clock" What did he say to that?" ''He said he would be sure not to come before that me."-Smith, Gray & Co.'S Monthly.
 MT. Whoopla-Suppose Dollie, I were to rob you of a kiss, what would you do? Miss Poppinjay-How can tell, MT. Whoopla, what is going to happen before it occurs? Do you think that I am a clairvoyant? ?-Texas Siftings.
 Dealer-Here, madame, is banquet lamp which will delight you if properly attended We call it the "After-Din- ner-Speaking Lamp" Lady-Why do you give it that queer name? Dealer It's so brilliant when it's full.-New York Weekly.
 T think I have it this .time," said the inventor. "Tell us about it," said the capitalist, who was willing to listen on grounds of friendship. Tt is a fold ing bed that can be coffin in case 1t shuts up and smothers a man to death" Cincinnati Tribune.
 Freddy (day before Christmas)-santa Claus is going to have some trouble coming down our chimney. Johnny How is that Freddy-I went up to the, roof yesterday and put a stray cat in the chimney, and she hasn't come down yet.-Harper's Young People. .
 Mrs. Cloon-What was the cause of that hideous bowling and yelling in the street, just as you came in? Mr., Cloon-It was a beggar telling g. deaf old gentleman that he was so near dead with pneumonia that 1t was im-l possible for him to speak above a whis- per.-Puck.
 Doctor" said the parlor elocution- ist, "T fear I am losing my voice" The specialist made careful examina- ton of the elocutionist's larynx, vocal cords, and other instruments of tor ture. "Yes," he said. 1T think can cure you-but you must never tell any one that did-"-Cincinnah Tribune.
 Pastor (chidingly, to boys who have just been fighting)--Y Your parents should teach you boys better than to fight like cats and dogs. Now, you never see my little boy quarreling with his playmafes. He knows better Bad Boy (with . sneer)-You bet he does! There ain.t 2 boy in town but what kin lick himE- Puck. s E
 T don't believe in opposing the preferences of a son in the matter of choosing a profession." said an fndEg-
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SOME HOLIDAY BOOKS

For the best of all holiday gifts to young readers commend us to-" St Nicholas" Not Santa Claus, jovial good fellow that he is, for he is not to be compared with the namesake who makes twelve visits in the course of the year and each time brings treas ures worth possessing. A subscription to St. Nicholas for 1895, or the bound volumes for 1S94-what gift could be more valuable or delightful in the way of good, sensible, instructive, enter taining reading? Its editor fully un- defstands the tastes and the needs of the young; it's contributions are of the very best, and its illustrations lead insensibly to an appreciation of what is really good in that line. It is @ stand ing grievance with older people that when they were young there was no St. Nicholas, and many of them are only too glad to read it now by way of consolation. The program for 1895 is as alluring as could possibly be de- vised, and whether the gift is of a years subscription, or of the bound volumes in their cheerful red and gold covers, the giver is sure to have chosen we'll. The Century Co.,, New York. For sale by all booksellers.
 '"The Year Book of '- American Authors" Written and compiled by Ida Scott Taylor, and Illustrated in colors by c. Klein.
 ''The Year Book of English Authors" |" Written and compiled by+'Ida, Scott Taylor, and illustrated in< colors by Frederic Hines.
 Among all the numerous Year Books" 1t is hard to choose the best, yet these two will commend themselves at first sight as being both attractive in appearance. and made up of we'll chosen selections. The compiler says, Mot a page has been written without a thought of the possible reader, and an earnest desire to meet the daily needs nf daily Afa Tha volumes are
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TTTEGAT SWEjR7NG.

Has a man a right to swear in pub lie place? The bible says no. and the laws of several of the States of this Union say no. But the lower branch of the South Carolina legislature, after full discussion, has made a queer com- promise and has decided that a man may swear in public place if he does not at the same time conduct himself in g. disorderly way. The attempt to pass an uncompromising bill against swear ing in public places raised an interest ing discussion. One of the opponents Of the bill said that "there was no use to pass a law against cussing little" Another pointed out that a man "cussing" his mule on the highway would. under the flaw, be subject to ar- rest. He thought that indulgence in strong language with sufficient provoca- ton was one of the few rights left to the southerner. A member who was of his way of thinking gave voice to an apprehension that if the bill became law, the rich men of good families would escape its penalties and the poor man alone would be it's victim. A rural member said that the people in the country did not curse half as much as those in the cities, but he was opposed to the bill nevertheless A city repre- sentative admitted that his constituents were profane. but pleaded that they
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professionr Well. in a way" What Is it?' Why. he was stage-struck. and insisted that he was born for the board as he expressed it. and so l apprenticed him to carpenterw-. Youths Companion.
 T wonder" said the sentimental boarderess. If the little birds make any plans for their homes in the spring" "of course they do." said the cheerful idiot. Don't they have to make nest to mater" The custard pie that the astonished waiter girl let drop to the floor at this juncture fell on its soft side and. consequently, was deducted from her weeks wages.-In- dianapolis Journal. .,-.
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THE SECOND NATIONAL BANK OF
 NEW HAVEN.

THE annual meeting of the stockholders
 l of the Second National Bank of New Haven, Conn.,, for the election of directors, and to amend Article Third Of the Articles of Association, if said meeting should see fit so to do, by substituting for the first paragraph thereof the following: The Board of Direct ors of this association shall consist of not less than seven nor more than ten stockholders, and for the transaction of other lawful busi- ness, will be held at its banking house in the city of New Haven on Tuesday, January sth, 1895, between the hours of Il o'clock, fore noon, and twelve o'clock. noon.
 CHARLES A. SHELDON, Cashier.
 New Haven. December 9th, 1894.
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FASHION NOTES.
A Law Made to be Broken.

The pretty girl seems to be at a dis count. Fashion decrees the distinguish ed. or the very spirituelle girl. Mere prettlness of the fluffy sort Is out and all the pretty girl can do Is to part her hair and make herself look quaintly
 homely, if she can do no better. At any risk she must cover up her pretti- ness to be in line with the laws but as these rules were made by competing
The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-12-21

The State gas inspector of Indiana says in his annual report that the natural gas supply in that section is likely to be exhausted in less than four years. His estimate of the waste since the first gas we'll was sunk Is s25,0o0, 900 worth.
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The benefits of the anti-toxine treat ment of diphtheria continue to mani- fest themselves in Paris. The mortal lty from diphtheria in the Parisian hos pitals is now not more than 14 per cent. instead of 50 per cent, which was the figure during the preceding years
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Stage coaches are to be revived in the neighborhood of London by the Postoffice. on account of the excessive charges for the transportation of par cells of some railroads. A line will be established between London and Guild ford, to run only at night, so as to se- cure free reads and greater speed.
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Iceland. in the North Atlantic, the Isle of Man. the Pitcairn Island. in the South Pacific. have full woman suf- frage.
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Mrs. Lease. who is to settle down on a farm at Fresno, California, as soon as her term of office expires, speaks thus on the woman question:: T think our emancipation is merely a question of time, but I will candidly admit that women are not prepared for it. Women are cruel to women, are they not? Men are more just to women than women are to each other. We have many things to learn before we are fit to ex- ercise the full right of the suffrage"
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Notice.

We cannot accept anonymous or return TO- !ected communications. In all cases the name of the writer will be required. not for publica- lion. hut ns a guarantee of good faith.
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This is not the season for fish stories. but a farmer named Sam Jones set a trap for fox the other day in a clear Ing in Seabury Settlement, New York, and when he went to see if he had caught anything he found that the trap was gone, notwithstanding it had been secured by a chain and heavy staple driven into a log. The chain had been broken off and fox tracks led away, leaving a tolerably plain trail in the dead leaves. This trail Jones fol- lowed until he reached small opening some dozens of rods away where, on the moss, lay his fox dead and holding fast by the throat with it's jaws a dead eagle. The eagle in sailing over the woods had spied the fox in the trap and had swooped down upon it, but the fox, though crippled by the trap, had made game fight and killed his as- sailant while yielding up his own life.
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Apiculture in New Mexico is beginning to assume considerable proportions un- der conditions similar to those which have long made that branch of llus- bandry a profitable industry in Cali fornia. The field particularly is in Eddy county, in the southeastern cor her of the territory, where there are several successful bee ranches. One Farmer, with 15O hives, supplies the town of Eddy with honey, and he expects to ship $1,O00 worth of comb honey to eastern markets next year. It is an Arcadian industry, traditionally asso- ciated with the culture of the vine. and should prove exceedingly profitable in that region of grain and alfalfa fields, vineyards and exuberant wild flowers.
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An inquiry as to the number and varieties ot trees on Boston Common was made the other day of ifs superin- tendent. He reported, after having them counted and classified, that there were 1870 in all. viz. 1,15S elms, 136 naples, 5s iindens, 12 ash, tulip-trees. two horse-chestnuts, birch, and EiSko-tree. It will be noticed that the
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The manuscripts of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries in the posses sion of Lord Kenyon have just been calendered by the historical manuscripts commissioner in London. In those days there was no dining-room at the house of commons and no refreshment bar So, in one of the letters written toward the close of the seventeenth century, Mistress Alice Kenyon ex- presses anxiety at the growing length of the sittings of parliament, of which her husband was a member Pray thee," she says, keep warm as thou can, and take something in thy pocket to the house to sup off; thy age and weakness require it."
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The hu' of the universe just now is ea h individual self, and in this highly nervous state we are apt to be little inconsiderate.
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Keepto the right and good natured, is the rule to follow and your pet corns won't suf- fer and the throngs will slip by easily.
The Newtown bee., 1894-02-23
addition to his duties on the Dispatch, is clerk of the Danbury city court.
BEYOND THE MISSISSIPPI.

Rev Joseph B. Clark, corresponding secretary of the Congregational Home Missionary society, was once speaking to a small Sunday school in one of tse frontier settlements in Montana. The bright and eagar faces of the children were directed toward him as he spoke of the wonderful resources of the great West and the chance that each one of them had. in it's developing life. to win a good name and earn generous SUD- port. "Well now, what do you boys in- tend to do when you grow up?" asked Dr Clark, directly addressing his aud fence. ''Go west'' came back ringing volley of answers. And that is what the millions have been doing for many decades past, going fartf CT and farther west. The white covered emigrant wag- ons in long trains moving across the prairies or climbing the slopes of the Rockies have typified the restless life of adventure and ceaseless activity that is characteristically American. The East ern states have passed the period of great change, their cities are fixed, their character is firmly defined, but in the | West it is far different. There the great battles of American civilization are yet to be contested, there the great victories | for the Cross are to be won, and there | the most momentOus question that can ever agitate this nation is to be forever
 decided. Is this land to be Immanuel's
 land or no? As missionary field, there
 fore, the great and misunderstanding
 West is the greatest and grandest in the
 world, and as the subject for mission
 ary meeting none could be more glowing
 with inte est to every true American
 than this. At the regular monthly mis
 sionary meeting held in the Congrega
 tional church, next Sunday evening
 February 9. attention will be given t.
 the illimitable area beyond the Mississip
 pi Valley. The following is the ful
 program:
 Hymn. Come, let us join our cheerful songs Congregation.
 , Scripture.
 Selection, Choir.
 Prayer, followed by repeating of the 23r
 Psalm and the Lords Prayer in uniso1 ) Hymn, Am a Soldier of the Cross? Congr' f gation.
 Address, "The Extent and Possibilities of th great West," M. c Rodgers. , Article, "A Specimen Needy Field-and thel 5 are 1,200 More of Them," read by Mis r Grace Goodsen.
 Hymn, King of Kings, and wilt Thou design f Congregation.
 Address, 'tWhat Home Missions have dor for our Country" The Pastor. D Selection, Choir.
 V Poem "Go ye Also," Mast CT Charlie Jonas. l Hymn, There is @ fountain filled with bloc .. Congregation.
 , Benediction.
The Newtown bee., 1894-02-23
STATE SOCIALISM.
AN INTERESTING LECTURE BY REV o. o.
 WRIGHT.

The first lecture in the course, given in Glover's Hall, Sandy Hook, by local talent, on the important questions of the day, was held on Tuesday evening. It was expected that Principal T. J. Cor beGt would give the first lecture of the series, but owing to the serious illness of his wife, he was unable to be present. Rev MT Wright, desiring to get the ball rolling, came to the rescue and although he had only short time for preparation read some very interesting extracts and an original paper he had previously pre- pared for another occasion on "State socialism" The lecture started with the beginning of things and treated of man in the uncivilized, half civilized and civilized state. He gave brief sketch of socialism and the many varieties and spoke of it as the greatest movement of modern times and pointed out our duties in regard to it; what is needed is not more rules but more love for the truth. He believed in the cooperative system, where the wage earner shares with capi- tai in profits. There was only small number present, many undoubtedly thinking that because of the illness of Mrs Corbett the lectare might be post poned again. Doubtless many will avail themselves of this opportunity to be- come posted on the important questions that are agitating our day, and the hall will be we'll filled on next Tuesday even- ing, when Rev Mir Gilbert will deliver lecture on Christian socialism, The lectures are to begin promptly at 8 o'clock