in. . _ ”0...... «:4.- .s-n erK‘”’" j Highest of all in ‘Léavening Pewer.— Latest U. S. Gov’t Report . I. -» , I j i .y I ..‘ W Aeneaurnav none Bold ng Powder _ SoUTH NORWALK. -The South NorwalK Office of the Gazette Is at the store of New- man &,Pinney. orders for Job Printing, as we Homer M. Byington. Manager. Attorney Joseph Taylor is courting in Bridgeport to-day. Mary E. Hall, widow of Alfred Hall, died yesterday at her home on Ely avenue, aged seventy-six years. ' The freight cars which were in the wreck at Pelham yesterday, passed through this city this morning. E. A. Vickers lost the front wheel from his wagon, in front of D. W. Bay- mond’s undertaking rooms, this noon. Rev. Gerald H. Beard leaves to-mor- row for New Haven where he will occu- py the pulpit of Yale University Chapel Sunday. . Regular monthly meeting of Brick- layers’ and M-isons’, Union will be held at the Warwick Hotel to-night at 8 o’clock. The Woman’s Christian Temperance Union are holdi 12: their regular weekly meeting with Mrs. R. G. Malkin, of Day street. The incandescent lights in this city wrre extinguished about 1 o’clock this morning. by the breaking of the wire at Seymour Place. The executive committee of the Fri- day Afternoon club are meeting with President Minerva Knapp this after- noon and arranging the programs for the coming year. Three of Patrick Kelly’s children are sick with diphtheria at their home in East NorWulk. Dr. Bean has the cases in charge and the Health Olficer has quarantined the house. . Charles Reardon of Roton Hill is struggling with a bicycle. The resi- dents of the hill call it broncho riding that he is doing, but Charles says he in- tends to conquer if he breaks his neck. The Governing Committee of the NorWalk Yacht club will meet with Vice-Commodore A. E. Chasmar at his residence on Washington’ street this evening, at which time all of the sub- oommittees will report. Captain Ike was careful to ascertain that the unknown man found dead on the railroad near Whistleville, was ' killed inside the Norwalk line, before consenting to a town allowance for his burial in the Town Farm graveyard. James Flynn was riding around the Washington street corner in front of Trowbridge’s cigar store, this morning, when he ran into a. dog and was thrown from his wheel. Luckily, however, he landed on his feet and was not injured. Wilbur Ayres, formerly of this city, was taken with a fit on Main' street, Stamford, yesterday morning. He was taken to the Police Headquarters where he was again seized with a fit. He was removed to his home in that city in the afternoon. Selectman Thomes informed a GA- zs'rrn' reporter this morning that the sur vey for the Telford road was complet- ed, but beforesending it to the commis sioners they desire to ascertain what action the City intended to take in re- gard to the extension to Stuart avenue. A certain young miss, who resides on Washington street, went up to the Nor- Walk Opera House yesterday afternoon thinking to see Mrs. Tom Thumb’s mat- inee. When she learned that the mat- inee was not until to-day she said noth- ing, but returned home and is keeping qu et. The trolley arm of car No. 9 of the Tramway, broke the globelon the elec- tric light at the corner of South Main and 'clavrland streets. The conductor had signalled t J go ahead when Officer Pennington appeared and made him ro- turu snl remove the broken pieces of glass from the street. The Board of Directors, of the u'l‘win City Wheeimen,” met in the club rooms on Washington street last night. Plans in general were talked over and the house committee were istructed to buy the necessary stationary and account books. Rules to be observed by the members when using the rooms were also arranged. The scholars of the Franklin strut school were given a long recess this morning in which to fix their flower mounds. They arranged thre beds on both sides of the middle walk so that it brightens up the before sand barren playground. The scholars of the Con- cn'd street school did likewise. They Will now take care of their mounds themselves and as they are very much interested in the work it is safe to say they will not want for care. NEW CANAAN. Charles Fish has secured a new team of handsome bay horses, and disposed of some of his live stock. Gesner Weed, aged ninety, went to N orwalk to-day and enjoyed a constitu- tional walk about its serpe‘c tine and illy-paved city streets. No. 12 North Main Street, where Advertisements and II as Items of News. can be left with WESTPDRT. Will Snifl'en, who is now playing with the Ansonia team. is spending a few days at his home in West-port. ‘ Next Monday, at their meeting the G. A. R. will make arrangements for Memorial Day. At their last meeting a vote was taken to attend Christ church in abody to listen to the Rev. Mr. Barhydt’s sermon on the Sunday even- ing preceding Memorial day. Wheelmeu and travelers in general complain of the roadway between Snug- atuck and East Norwalk, which is re- ported to bein a very poor condition and unsafe for travel. The road is in need of repairs, especially near the residence of Dr. Eno where .t is badly washed out. Captain Murphy, the inventor of the 3-rail system is in town,and a trial will be made of the new invention on the Main street extension just as soon as “Fringe- meuts can be made. The Street Rail- way company have a car which is being especially fitted up for the purpose. Returning from their wedding tour, Mr. and Mrs. John Barge are making a short visit with Mrs. Berge’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. William L. Coley. Editor Jones of the We-tporter is get- ting ready to move his oflioe from the National bank building into the Burke building adjoining, purchased by him. The Norwalk Tramway company who expect to lay a track from Norwalk to Westport and east to Southport, want to cross the village bridge here, but the Westport trolley line who already have their tracks in use there, prepose to dispute Norwalk’s right to do so. It Would be a little singular if there should be two tracks across that bridge. There is a way out of it for Norwalk by cro.~s- ing the upper bridge by following the Kings Highway, The distance will be a trifle further. 7.,— EAST NORWALK. Complaint is made of the gre. t prev- alence of cobble stones on East avenue, especially on Earle’s hill. . The gorgeous tulip beds which beau- tify with their brilliant blooms the well- kept grounds of Henry M. PrOWitt, are a joy to all beholders. They are the largest and gayest beds to be seen in town. _....._._—- g.._ __.___._ KISSING OF HANDS TABOOED. Hygienic Reasons Lead to Abandonment of an Austrian Custom. It has hitherto, says the New Orleans Picayune, been the custom of the chil- dren attending the public schools in Austria. and Hungary to kiss the hands of the teacher on arrival and departure. This has now been forbidden by an order from the imperial board of edu- cation, which bases its action on the fact that sanitary investigation has shown that kissing is unhealthful and should not, be. practiced, except when absolutely necessary. This brings up a very nice point of law to establish when kissing is absolutely necessary. If the public school teachers of Aus- tria. and Hungary are old and ugly it- is likely that the scholars will acquiesce in the new ruling without a murmur. If, on the other hand, the schoolmarms are pretty young women, like most of the New Orleans teachers, then the big boys in Austrian schools may keep up the good old custom of kissing the teacher, and plead that it was a. case when kissing was absolutely necessary. Science is going .too far, anyway, when it finds microbes in kisses and tries to establish a quarantine against them. Kissing goes by favor, and'not by law. When the kisser is in love and the kissee LS pretty, it is always a case of abso- lute necessity, not amenable to Austrian or any other kin-d of laws. A STRICT SABBATARIAN. The Sunday Question as Solved by a. Maine Farmer. A case of unusual st-rictness in Sab- bath observance is reported from West- Auburn, Me. A farmer was waited on by one of his neighbors who asked for the loan of his team the following Sun— day to take his wife and children to the cemetery. At first he flatly refused to let the team, arguing that. it would be a sin to receive money for such a thing on the Sabbath day, but he final- ly Said to the neighbor that he would think it over and let. him. know Satur- day, remarking that he would pray over; it in the meantime. Saturday the neighbor called and the farmer said that he pondered and prayed over the matter and come to the conclusion that it would be no harm to let the team. but that the neighbor must not pay for it until some week day following. So the neighbor hired the team to go to the cemetery on Sunday, paying for it on Monday, and everything was satis- factory. WEEK .1 TREES AND MORTALITY. The Park system as Related to the Higher City Life. . The city of the future will not be treelcss and shadeléé‘s. When a. city has practically all ohtdoors to lay its new streets on, these should be wide enough to allow a row or more of trees in the middle, with green grass-and com.— foiitable seats, with open spaces where roots can find air and receive vanes. says Dr. Rothrock, the forestry c0121- tnissioncr. TVhen we come to city trot-rs as related to city morals, we open :1 wide subject. We have denounced the saloon none too hard, but just here let us halt a moment. Are all those who frequent the saloon so inherently bad and bcsottcd that they go there be- cuuse they prefer it to anything else it. is possible to' offer them? I do not» be- lieve it. If a man has no other rotating place when weary than a. crowded, ovr r- licatcd, untidy home on the one hand, or an open, more comfortable saloon on the other hand, is it strange he takes the latter? I do not justify the ten- dency. But I do suggest that more open air parks in your cities would save many a. man and woman who is nbt al- ready depraved. Those who bring about betterment of tenement-houses and those who secure small parks within a desert of brick walls deserve and will receive the gratitude of their fellow men. Don’t put a premium on vice and intemperance by any luck of public comfort. A distinguished philoso- pher once said that “a nature which had lost its fondness for the woods has lost its manhood.” BAD FOR THE NERVES. Life in Sky Scrapers Responsible for a Peculiar Disease. A nervous condition, bordering on pr'ostration, to which the doctors have not as yet given a. name, has lately been observed to affect persons who work many hours a. day high up in the mod crn sky scrapers. The ailment, says the New York Journal, resembles nervous prost-ration, except in . the principal symptom, which is a condition of in- tense restlessness, and, as one of the victims to the new complaint expressed it, “a. singular desire to scream or to get down to the earth quickly.” A sensation of relief is noticeable when the patient is taken to grass, so to speak, which leads some physicians to the belief that the change in the rarity of the air, slight as it is, has a peculiar effect upon certain very sensi— tive organizations. Others think that the constant trips in the elevators cause a slight disarrangement of the nerve centers, which brings on the condition referred to. In any case there is no doubt. that a. new ailment has come among us with the advent of the sky scraper. 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Butter an earthen pud- ding—dish, put. in a layer of potatoes and season with salt, pepper, butter and a little finely-minced onion, sprinkle with a little flour and add another layer of potato; continue. till the dish is full, and pour a cupful of milk over all. Bake three-quarters of an hour. Potatoes and BCi3f.—-TO boiled and mashed potatoes add some milk, butter and u well—beaten egg. Place a layer of the potatoes on a buttered pudding- dish. then a layer of minced lean beef (cooked ) , sprinkle with pepper and salt, and rep-cut layers till dish is full, leav- ing a. lag-.‘t'i' of potato on top dotted with bits of butt-er. Duke till top is ’a. light iii-own.“ Ladics’ \l'or-ld. PEN NAi‘z‘lES OF GREAT WRITERS. -"l}zii'ry Cornwall" was the assumed ' -. l7. Proctor. Some of Barry‘s pull probably live, as long as the English language is spoken. liolrcz't Southey’s pen name was “Es- pric‘lzi .’~.l‘.‘:ircy.” It was iisrd in his let— , England. 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