Still MANUFACTURERS, OF - , OVER FORTY NENNS PR AcTICAL EXPERIENCE INE FINEST NINE INN NNIT llllllleLA'PllNll AT The Lowest Possible Price. Sold on Easy Terms and Rented. 01d Pianos Taken in Exchange. AETHEN NEE THE Bum SEND FUR ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE TII WARERUDMS: \ NEW YORK CITY, 9 WEST FOURTEENTH STREET. MOUNT VERNON, N. if some“ .. 52 WEST FIRST STREET. 1 ,4-;..- I FACTORY. STAMFORD. CONN. BRIDGEPORT. . THE: D. M.‘Rea<l ' COMPANY. BEAUTIFUL NEW ART GOODS. Handsome assortments of the very newest designs in centerpieces, doylies, 'etc., and latest outlines and col- orings. Commenced work-in table covers and pillow cov- ers with colored centers and oddly beautiful new mate? rials such as basket and plan- tation cloths. Lunch and Tea Cloths in fine linens and in extra sizes. Orders taken and designs finished when so preferred. ALL THE NEW LIGHT TINTS IN WASH EM- BROIDERY SILKS, as well as a brand new silk for flu- ishing edges. Also doylies with finished edge. Something entirely new in Denim Squares." And Photograph Frames, with glass covering to pro tect the delicate embroidery —-b0th in finished and unfin- ished work—different designs. One could almost-«1 spend hours at this department looking over the various beauties so temptingly shown for every moment would be 'one of rare pleasure. New Linen Ginghams. Of all the novelties in the Wash Goods department the new linen and silk mixtures ap- pear to be appropriate as any, to be the proper material, for new Summer dresses. We, want you to admire this fabric with ourselves; to en- joy the wearing as well as see- ing. Plain linen shades or silk stripes and checks of dif- ferent colors. . Men’s Shirt—s_ and Drawers, 25 cents each. Nightshirts, 39 cents ; all sizes. Great values at the prices. “ Witchkloth." Not a paste, not a powder. A fabric that will clean silver and metal better, quicker, and with less elbow grease than anything heretofore offered. Every bicycle owner ought to have it handy at all times —especially after a spin out of town. a . . \ PUGIIIISM PASSING. Something About the Past History of~the Prize Ring. - l Latter-Day Legislation Is Driving Out the Professional Puncher and the Sport ls Rapidly Losing Its Popularity. It would seem that what is called the manly art of self—defense is being leg- islated out of existence, and the latest blow administered the sport came from the governor of Louisiana, who swung on the metaphorical jaw of the Olympic club of New Orleans forits recent effort to revive boxing in the CrescentCity. Six years ago the sport of Figg and Cribb was a popular institution in America, and recognized by the laws of almost every state from California to Massachusetts. ' San Francisco was then the Mecca of the boxer, and there drifted hither to the orient every pug who could raise the car fare, and most of them found employment. The Olympic club of that city—ethe oldest boxing institution in the country and founded by the veteran boxer, Prof. Bill Clark, in 1858—and the California Athletic club gave boxing entertainments three or four evenings a week, with a star bill once or twice a month, in which purses ranging from $1,500 to $5,000 were hung up for finish mills between such bifling luminaries as Jack Dempsey, Jack McAulifl’e, Joe McAulifl’e, James Fleming Carroll, Ike Weir, George La. Blanche, Peter Jack- son, Jim Corbett and Joe Choynski. The lesser lights, who furnished the curtain raisers, received $100 or $200, and often $500, for limited-round con- tests, the ]oser’s end being seldom less than $100. In New Orleans the Olympic club, composed of the wealthiest sports- men in the city, hung up voluptuous sums of money for contests. For the Dempsey-Fitzsimmons, Fitzsimmons- Mazher, McAulIife-Meyer, Skelly-Dixon and Sullivan-Corbett fight-s the Olympic club paid $58,000, this being a sample of the liberality of the club. . In Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Buffalo, Chi- cago and, in fact, all the large cities, to say nothing of the numerous Tom, Dick and Harry cities that supported the sec- ond and third rate boxing attractions, the sport was boomed and everybody was boxing mad. At theroxers’ shoe latches these clubs ‘slumped themselves and. the bird and wine. existence of the “pug” ‘in those days is a strong con- trast and commentary, perhaps, on an improvement in the morals of the peo- ple, when you think of the hand—to- mouth struggle of the boxer of to-day; The competition between the big clubs for star attractions became so spirited that the Olympic of New Orleans and the California clubs in particular jostled each other in their chase for the coveted prizes, raising their bids in blocks of $500, and allowing the “pugs” a sum for training expenses that was counted a. mint of money for awinner’s end in the old days of the London ring, when the Stayley Bridge Infant Sayers and the Tian Slasher battled on the open. The climax to the fancy purses came when the Crescent club of New Orleans, composed of a seceding wing from the Olympic club, offered $41,000 for the Fitzsimmons-Mayer fight. Tickets of admission to this brief mill ranged from three dollars per head to five. But the public failed to indulge in the luxury of witnessing a red-head- ed blacksmith performing a narcotic operation on the person of a long- legged plasterer. This fightbankr Upted the club, and Fitzsimmons received but $3,000 for discovering the Morpheus point on Jim Hall’s jaw. This fiasco, the attacks of the newspapers on box- ing and boxers, and the action of the California and Olympic clubs soon brought the sport in bad repute and un- der the ban of the law, and day by day the legislative and municipal authori- ties all over the country put on the gloves with the pugs and the clubs, and won every llllll in one-round bouts. The action of the Arkansas and Texas authorities was the latest and most powerful blow at the sport,.and it has reached that desperate pass where it is impossible to arrange a glove contest in this country between ‘ men of such notoriety as Corbett, Fitz- simmons and Maher. The only pugilistic club of note in the country is the Empire Athletic club of Maspeth, L. 1., whose existent-e is lia- ble to be cut short at any moment. But for the political influence of its officials the Empire club wouldn’t be alive to- day. The club’s manager, James Ken- nedy, couldn't afi'ord to make so bold as to bid for the Fitz-Maher contest for fear of the notoriety such a big bout would involve, resulting probably in the authorities descending on the club lige a thousand of bricks—Washing- ton Post. Playing for a Deaf‘M‘an. A long and bitter struggle he had, this Anton Rubenstein, before he se- cured his fame and his fortune. He used to delight in showing his friends the portrait of an old man who once bought all the tickets that were bought for one of his juvenile recitals. And he had even a better story than this. At Nijni-Novgorod, when he was only 13, he gave a concert which attracted anaudience of only one, Brilliantly the little fellow played for two hours but not the slightest applause was forthcoming Then he stopped and a'd- dressed his audience politely, aski‘ng if his playing did not deserve a little en- couragement. The dilettante leaned ' forward to catch the words addressed to him and. the young pianist was stu- pefied to find that his only listener was as deaf as a post! This singular per- son used to frequent the concerts to conceal his infirmity. — Chambers’ Journal. —The floods of the Nile are so regu- lar in their coming that for hundreds of years they have not varied ten'days- in the date of their arrival at a given point. . ‘ I —Adver_tise in the “Gazette.” ‘, t” ‘ WEEKLY - N-ORIWALK?‘GAZETTE. WAS A REVELATION. To Her and Many Others. It Was a revelation to sway sufferer from kidney complaints. SUI prise and gratitude are the impressions it leaves behind. Medicines have come and gone, some with merit, others with none. Cures spring up in the papers like mushroom-I but are noon de- clared toad stools from the lack of profit. Tue people lived too far away. Facts are wanted. IWhom have you cured? That is what is wanted. “Tell me of neighbors the... have found relief and I will believe you.” That is plain English. 'lne ulsease may have aLatin name, but anyone understands pain. Anvoue would rather have relief from backache than to know the Latin name for muAnd still it is well to know the cause. Nine times out of ten it comes from the kidneys. That’s why Dean’s Klduey Pills are so successful With all kinds of bad bucks. What proof have we of this success? The only satisfac- tory proof for you, Nor-walk testimony. A Norwalk lady has good reason to speak well of Dean’s Kidney Pills. We refer to Mrs. Alex C. McLean who lives at No. 18 Maple street. Mrs. McLean is well known to Non-walk people being the wife of the popular manager of a big New York jobbers Drug House. She has been a sufferer for two years ands half, was under treatment of a Brooklyn specialist who claimed she had chronic Briggt’s Disease. She got Doan’s Kidney Pills at Hale’s drug store and began taking them. Mrs. McLean says. “I do not care to go in- to the details of my case. Doan’s Kid- ney Pills are helping me and I feel Very much-better. I have great confidence in then merit. ' Dean’s Kidney Pills are for sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents per box, Six boxes for $2. 50. By mail on receipt of price by Foster—Mllburn 00., Buffalo, N. Y. sole agents for the U. S. Thousands are suffering excruciating misery from that plague of the night, Itching Piles, and say nothing about it through asense of delicacy. All such Will find an Instant relief 11; the use of Douu’s Ointmcm. It DeVer mils. J. D. Jennings. UN DERTAK ER 4 Knight street, opposite Street Hallway Depm. N1 GHTBELL AT OFFICE. Piano 1.3550133. A RS.'GEORGE W. BRAD LEY, (daughter of the late Wm. B. hash.) gives elficent and satisfactory instructions on the Piano at her home 1‘40. 193 Siam street DAVID ..w. ammowo Funeral Director and ENNEINIII' ’_" «this-.29. .35”: “"' 39 Washington Street South No] walk Residence. Mahackemo Hotel A The GAZETTE '. W PRINTING _ Department. WORD: TO THE: ‘ WISE. Merchants, Manufactur- ers, Lodges and Societies will consult their own inter- ests by giving us a call. REMEMBERr—If you ha“. work to do, write to us. Brisk Business in ‘i‘eh-ruary. is only possible by selling at prices below competition. We intend to keep busy, and this is how we’ll accomplish it-- by continuing our great sale or shoes during the month. 1 We have purchased of Lounsbury, Mathewson & 00., all their Iza- dies Fine Shoes, made for the insolvent firm of Harding & Co., of Brook lyn, and will close them out at about 1} their Actual Value. 120 pair Ladies’ 20th Century Enamel Shoes, worth $6.00, at - 150 pair Ladies’ Razor Toe Kid Shoes, worth $5.00, at - 150 pair Iadies’ Razor Toe Cloth Top Shoes, worth $5.00, at - 90 pair Ladies’ Calf Opera and Razor Toe Shoes. worth $5.00, at 60 pair Ladies’ 20th Century Russia, I. ace, worth $5.00, at - All of Harding & Co’s $4 00 Shoes, at - - - - - All of Harding & Co's $3.00 Shoes, at — - - - - All of Harding & Co’s $2.50 Shoes, at $3 79 2 98 2 98 2 98 2 98 2 5O 1 98 1 74‘ - - ~ 200 pair Ladies’ Opera Toe, Pat. Tip, Shoes, worth $1.50, at 890 all sizes 150 pair Ladies’ fine C. S. Shoes, worth $1.50, at —‘ - 890 all sizes Men’s First Quality Hip Rubber Boots. “$2. 90 pair Men’s $3.00 Patent Lace Shoes, at3 ‘. . 120 pair Men’s $2.00 Invisible Cork Sole Ba]. and Congress, 140 pair Men’s Lace and Congress Shoes at .- 120 pair Men’s Invisible COrk Sole Shoes, worth $3.50 at - 5 Cases of Men’s Tap Sole Split Boots, worth $2.00, at Boys Shoes, . . . 7 5 .. $1 95 a. pan. 1 48 “ 98c, worthgsms $2 29 a. pair 1 4’5 3 pair . IN 880, 980, and $1 23 a. pair This is positively the best chance ever offered to buy HIGH—CLASS SHOE at less than the cost of manufacture. We want you to come and see this lot of goods. They are worthy your inspection. These shoes can only be found at. OLSEN BIB-OS! WHITE SHOE STORE 3 GAZETTE BUILDING, NORWALK.’ STORE OPENED EVEJVINGS YOUR SHOES $111an FREE THIS IS WORTH BEAIINB. Hood’s Sarcaparilla, . . . Greene’s Nervura, . . William’s Pink Pills, . . . Castoria, . '. . . Allcock’s Plasters, . . Pears’ Unscented Soap, . . , 100 two grain Quinine Pills, -, n. n. PlaiSted, 43 Washington Street, 80. . . . 65 Cents . . . 75 “ . . . 40 “ - . . . 25 “ ' . . . 10 u . . . . 10 ‘9 . . . 25 .- ‘ ,Norwalk-
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