: .‘-:.~‘-‘:.- WEEKLY. - n DEWALli -. unznrrn. msminmmru smumnamnsnllmumem MILD a. ran. F: r: % V THE ANERIEAN TBBAZBCU comm. sumssaa NEW VORK U.S.A. Do not be deceived by infringe- .4 ments of name, package or cigar- ette. THE ONLY GENUINE sweet flanoal fligaregles E Bear the fac simile signature 0 M on the package and on each cigarette. TAKE NONE WITHOUT. Ira-Iona BEWARE or I AMERICAN NERVOUSNESS No More of the Disease Here Than Elsewhere. Statistics Show That the Stamina of the we, Race in America Has Shown No ‘ Deterioration—Vigor of Our People. lg The belief in the greater nervousness of the American seems very widespread. The late Dr. Beard, of New York, was one of the first to describe nervous prostration, and to give it its medical name of neurasthenia, so that it has often been spoken of as “the American disease.” In his work ’on “American Nervousness” he treats chiefly‘ of the causes of the nervousness, and its symp- toms, accepting almost as an axiom the statement that Americans are more nervous than any other race, and that there is a vastly greater amount of ne-rv- ous disease in this country than in Eu- rope. He admits, however, that the se- verer forms of organic nervous disease, such as locomotor ataxia and apoplexy, are probably less frequent, the increase being in the so—called functional condi- tions, neurasthenia, hysteria and the like. It is probable that the majority, of educated people not physicians in; this country would admit without a murmur that as a peOple we are peculi- arly subject to nervous disease. Although, as I have said, the statis- tics are not conclusive, nevertheless such statistics as we have, and the con- clusions drawn from various general impression-s, absolutely contradict this belief. It is only ,since the war of 1812 that the American has acquired his reputation for restless energy; before that he was denounced as indolent and sluggish. Up to the period of the civil war he was also denounced as physical- -ly degenerate, inferior in bulk, strength and .endurance to his English cousin. .The civil war put an end to such talk. No armies endured more than ours in the field; no people endured more than those who stayed behind waiting and helping. ~- The record of the first Kentucky brigade in the confederate army, almost continuously in action or on the march for a hundred days in 1864; retreating from their homes, with the hope of suc- cess steadily fading away; 1,140 strong at the beginning, suffering 1,860 fatal or hospital wounds, with only 50 left unwounded, yet mustering 240 at the end, with less than ten desertions— such a record has never been surpassed. These men were of the purest Amer- ican stock. At about the same time Dr. Brown- Sequard found that the American mam- mals survived injuries that were in- evitably fatal to the European, and our surgeons found a surprising percent- age of recovery from severe gunshot wounds, greater probably than had ever been observed in Europe. Dr. B. A. Gould found that the American soldier was physically as wolf developed as the European, and Dr. H. I’. . Bowditch found that the American schoolboy was the equal in measurement of the boys of Eton and Rugby. American life-insur- ance undewrriters, too, have found that the longevity in this country is as great as it is in Europe, or greater. The rise of the south since the'civil war, and the prompt recovery of individual com— munities, such as Chicago, Boston and Portland, after great confiagrations, are further instances of the great re- cuperative power of our people. Since the civil war our physical con- dition has greatly improved. The greater interest in athletics, and better cooking, have probably had something to do with this improvement. We have held the America’s cup for nearly 50 years. In shooting, cricket, rowing and tennis we have not been inferior in in- ternational contests. In track ath- letics Yale has recently shown her su- periority to Cambridge, and the New York athletes have not only surpassed their London rivals, but have estab- lished new world’s records in more than one event. In the famous ride a few years ago between Berlin and Vienna the picked riders and horses of the Aus‘ trian and German armies were used up, yet our cavalrymen and express mes- sengers on the plains, with ordinary mounts, have made better records both for the time and distance, without the slightest injury to horse or men—Dr. Philip C. Knapp, in Century. Paris a Great Fortress. The German chancellor, Caprivi, in a speech said that “Paris is the largest and most formidable fortress the world has ever seen—a strong-hold with 56 forts and an outer line of fortifications of nearly 100 miles.” The wall of Paris is built around the inhabited portion of the city, inclosing all the monuments and business h0uses.- It is surrounded ’ . u u . there is a circle of forts from one to two miles away from the inner wall. Near- ly 2,000 cannons are used to fortify these forts. The first-class forts num- her about 30. They are polygons in shape, strongly bastioned and bomb- proof,‘with bricked-up ditches, covered ways and outworks. — Detroit Free Press. . Queer Telegraphy. Telegraphy by induction between parallel wires about two miles apart was successfully accomplished recently in Scot-land. The cable connecting the isle of Mull with Oban broke, and ex- periments Were made before it was re- paired. The channel at this point is from 114 to 2 miles wide, and the distance between the overhead wire On the isle of Mull and the main- land is almost uniformly two miles. ‘A gutta—percha insulated wire was laid along the shore of the mainland and grounded at each end. A long induc- tive circuit was then arranged, and mes- sages sent through either wire could be read on the parallel wire. During four days 110 regular messages were sent, )esides a press message of 120 words. The cable repairs were then completed. -—Troy Times. DRAMATIC COURT SCENE. a Crime Through Fear of Ghastly Accusation. Up in New Hampshire the Officers of the law have just used with effect that very ancient test by which one ac- cused of murder is suddenly and unex- pectedly confronted with some horri- ble proof of his crime. The oldest form of this test- was to take the accused into the presence of the corpse of the murdered human being. The supersti- tion was that if the accused was the murderer the wounds would open and blood flow out of them. . The latest example was in the court-- room at Woodsville, N. H., where Milo Gray was on trial for the murder of his wife. This man Gray, a farmer of dissolute life, married a widow, a Mrs. Drew. As he was unfaithful to her she took her baby and fled from him. In September, 1891, she decided to go to California, and on 'her way came to East Ifaverhill. where he lived, to talk to him about the child. - , Late in the afternoon Gray borrowed a buggy from a. man named Jeremiah Barry to take her over to the stat-ion at Bath and put her on the train. He came back alone toward midnight. Mrs. Gray‘s relatives wondered why she never wrote to them. Inquiries were made; Gray was suspected. But there was no proof, and the matter was for- gotten. October 18 last George Brill, a farmer living on the road between East Haver- hill and Bath, found the skeleton of a woman under a heap of rubbish in the cellar of his house. 'With the skeleton were the buttons of a dress, with bits of decayed cloth hanging to them, and an abundance of dark-brown hair. At once the dead suspicion leaped to life. It was remembered that the Brill house was empty in 1891, when Gray drove his wife to the station. Berry positively identified the buttons as being like those on her dress, and soon acomplete chain of evidence was wrapped around Gray. He pleaded not guilty and the trial came on. At the proper time the pros- ecuting ofl‘icer snatched a dark cloth from a mysterious, statue-like object that stood within a few feet of the pris- oner. Gray leaped back with a shout of fear and horror. It was the skeleton of his wife, its fleshless sockets staring at him, its ,fleshless jaws opening sav- agely at him. He shouted out that he would tell the wholestory. The story he told was believed by the court and he got only 12 years in the penitentiary instead of the hanging he would surely have got had he not con- fessed under just those circumstances. —Chicago Journal. Confesses _________ .3 Chinese Invitations: The Chinese send three invitations to the guests that they desire to see at their great feasts. The first is dis- patched two days before the feast, the second on the day itself, in order to re- mind those they have invited of their engagement, and the third just before the hour has arrived, so as to Show, how impatient they are to see their friends arrive—N. Y. Sun. A grewsome tale is told of two small children drifting around in the open Atlantic in a small boat. Their father had set out with them in ,Ihe boat from Newfoundland for' Lisbon, but he had died eight days after setting sail. The boat was brought to Cadiz. In 1891 this country imported 84,000 gallons of vermouth, and it is estimated this year the amount will be 225,000 gallons. As vermouth is used in the manufacture of a certain kind of cock- tail it would seem that the cocktail habit is growing. Two-thirds of the stray unmuzzled dogs impounded indeon so far have been fox terriers. “Between 7,000 and 8,000 of these have been removed from our midst,” says the Daily Telegraph, “without causing any appreciable dimi- nution.” . Quickens The Appetite Makes the Weak Strong. ..- " monrcommanu. Sarsaparilla Has Cured Others ,,,,, by a broad ditch. The original plans provided for- a second. wall some thou- ; sand paces beyond this one, but instead - And we: Cure» You. Ayer's Cherry Pectoral for (:nu‘ghg. 231°C? to In Welcome. New England housekeep ers are too wide awake to be fooled into buying inferior soap more than once, just because there‘is a present given with it. .4 On washing-day they want only the best soap; next day they buy their own present. Nickel Plated. Weight Q 12 02. I I 5—. Jolt and Cyclone Proof. o The Pathllg ht 9 - They who ride must see the § road. The PathIight makes bri ht the way. All dealers 501 it. The Place 8:: Terry Mfg. CO” 247 CCfltrC Ste, No 0 MWMMWO onuouo RELIGIOUS mucus. Prayer Books and other Religious Reading Books, Rosaries, Scapulars, Cruci- fixes. Altar Wax Candles. Pearl Rosaries from 450 to $3.00 per pair. NEVIS, STATIONERY, NOVELTIES, 8m. JOHN T. HAYES, 5 Main Street, ,Norwalk. BRAUNSGHWEIGER MUIIIIE‘ A PURE MALT EXTRACT. A SUBSTITUTE FOR SOLID FOOD. Highest percentage Extract. Lowest percentage Alcohol. An effectiveTonic. An agreeable Beverage.’ A mild Stimu- lant. Just what physicians will pre- scribe for Nursing Mothers. Convales- cents and victims of Insomnia or Nerv- ous Disorders resulting from Impaired Digestion and Overworkd For Sale and Delivered Anywhere Long Island Bollling 00., 280-284- Berzen St., Brooklyn. FOR SALE BY EDWARD P. WEED. Reduction Beginning to-day, all my Hats and Bonnets which are made up in the latest styles, will be sold at a in great reduction. Come early and obtain your pick of the most fash- ionable Millinery Goods Millinery in town. MRS. E. DIVER, 58 Wall Street, Norwalk, Donn. O’TER JAOKSOI’S JEWELRY STORE. IIAVE ARRIVED. My new line of _Spring and Summer Sultmgs, which will be made up in the latest styles and at the lowest possible price consistent wilh good work. Call in and inspect them. F. KOCOUR. MERCHANT TAILOR, I? North Main St. South No’rwalk. Raymond. & Son."~ Successors to George H. Raymond. Furniture Dealers and General Funeral irectcrs. 46 and 48 Main Street Norwalk Ct. Residence, Berkeley, Place. > Telethon» a?” 7'} - . -, TRIED To wasor A TRAIN. Serious Accident Narrow-1y Aver-ted on N. Y., N. H. and H. Near Dodgeville. ATTLEBORO, Mass, June 12.—-An at- tempt was made to wreck the fast freight train on the Providence division of the. New York, New Haven and Hartford rail- road near Dodgeville today. Sleepers had been wedged into a frog at a point where the track runs along an embankment. 30 feet high, and a pile of lumber had'alsc been placed across the south bound track. The freight engine, running at a rate of 38 miles an hour, hit the obstruction and knocked it aside. but the train was not derailed. The forward part- of the engine A was badly smashed. The cars came to- gether with a crash, but they suffered lit- tle damage. No one was injured. A search was at once begun for clews of the would be train wreckers by L. W. Strong, a railroad police officer, and Dep- uty Sheriff Bead. Several tramps wore found in the vicinity, and John Arnold of Cincinnati, Alfred Chittuck of St. John, N. B.; John Sliney of. Halifax, William Parkinson of New Bedford, Mass. ; Thom- as Dromwell of Fall River, Mass. and Charles Francis McCarrity of New Bed- ford were all placed under arrest on sus- picion of being implicated in the attempt to wreck the train: Two other men were also arrested, but they escaped. Search is being made for them. There is much excitement here over the aflair. as it is the third attempt at train ' wrecking that has been made in this vi- cinity within a month. Postmasters Appointed. WASHINGTON, June 12,—The fourth class postmasters appointed today were: Virginia—Irwin, G. W. Browning... Maryland — Fountain Green, J. B. Stephenson; Scarboro, J. J. Healy, and Stevenson, W. ,T. Sargent. Pennsylvania—Latches, J. H. Layton; Monarch, Peter Prockett, and Overtcn, E. C. Mussleman. New York—Bennettscreek, Simeon Van- derhoefer, and Taylors on Schroon, H. L. McAllister. Connecticut—Lebanon, F. P. Fowler. Uniform Copyright Law. LONDON, June 12.—The third sitting of the third congress of chamber of commerce of the empire was opened in Grocers’ hall today. The congress adopted resolutions favoring the formation of a consultative imperial council, a uniform copyright law throughout the empire and the laying of the proposed submarine cable between Australia and Canton at the earliest pos- sible time. Oarsman Hanlan‘s Narrow Escape. TORONTO, June 12. —Ned Haulan, the famous oarsman, had a very narrow escape from drowning today. He was out in his racing shell with Gus Burritt and was up- set in the Eastern gap. After being in the water some time the two oarsmen Were picked up exhausted by the steamer Chic- . ora. Trolley Accident In Boston. BOSTON, June l2.—The passengers on 3 Lynn and Boston electric car in Chelsea became frightened at the blowing out of a fuse, and several jumped to the ground. Charles J. McCarthy of Chelsea was per- haps fatally hurt, and Mrs. G. 0. Crane and Mrs. Mary Keefe were badly bruised. Davis and Bradford Transferred. WASHINGTON, J une 1 2.-—Commander C. B. Davis has been detached from the com- mand of the Montgomery and ordered to duty as a member of the board of Inspec- tion and survey in place of Commander R. B. Bradford, ordered to command the Montgomery. \Valling’s Trial Drags Along. NEWPORT, Ky., June 12. —Colonel Wash- lngton was able to appear today in the Walling trial. Much time was devoted to argument on the admissibility of some of the depositions. It now appears that the case may run into next week. Putting Fighting Ships In Trim. WASHINGTON, June 12.——A11 of the ves- sels of the north Atlantic squadron will be docked and cleaned preparatory to the summer drills, and orders have been given to have this done as soon as possible. , Congress Adjourns. WASHINGTON, June 12.——Congress has adjourned, and already most of the sen- ators and representatives have left the city to look after their political fences. The \Veather. Fair; warmer; westerly winds. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. Closing Quotations of the New York Stock Exchange. New YORK, June 11.——Money on call nomi- nally l}é@2 per cent. Prime mercantile paper. 4@5}é per cent. Sterling exchange firm. with actual business in bankers' bills at 34.88% for demand and 34.87% for 60 days. Posted rates, $4.88@4.£8}é and [email protected]}é. Commercial bills, 34.86%. Silver certificates, no sales. 68% @690. Bar silver, 68%0. MexiCan dollars. 53%0 Government bonds steady. State bonds dull.- Railroad bonds strong. Closing prices: Atchison.......... 14% Bur. & Quincy. . . . 77% 0.. 0., C. & St. L.. 3216 Chesapeake & 0.. 15% New England..... 43 N.J.Centra.1......104}§ North American" 5% Northern Pacific.. 4% Chicago Gas...... 67% Do.pref........... 14% Cordage........... 5% N. Y.Centra.l..... 95 CottonOil......... 11% Omaha............ 42 Del.& Hudson....124}fi Ontariodr West.. 14 Distillers’ Trust... 15% Pacific Mail. 24 Erie..... ......... .. 14% Reading............ 8% Rock Ialand....... 69% Silver Bullion. . . . 69 St. Paul-accusceeee 76% Sugar Refining. . .12316 Texas Pacific... . .. 8 Union Pacific.. . . . 7% Wabash pref... . . . 17 Western Union. . . 85% General Electric. 32 Hocking Valley... 16% Lackawanna, ...... 160 Lake Shore ..... . . .152 Lead 24% Louisville & Nash 49% Missouri Pacific. 21% Northwestern . . . .102'A General Markets. ~NEW YORK. June 11.—FLOUR—State and western dull and weak: city mills patents. [email protected]; winter patents. fi[email protected]: city mills clears”: winter straights. 83.35033). WHEAT—No. 2 red opened weak on the crop report. partially recovered on foreign buy- ing. but easedjofl again under liquidation; July. 63%@63%c.: September. 63%@63Kc. CORN—No. 2 was quiet and easier with wheat: July. 34160.: September. 35%)“. OATS—No. 2 nominal; track. white. state. 24%@280.: track, white. western. 241460280. PORK—Easy: old to new mess. $8.25@9: fam- ily, [email protected]. LARD—Lcwer: prime western steam. 84.37%. '. nominal. BUTTER—Steady: state dairy. 103150.: state creamery. 11@153v§c. 'CHEESE—Steady; state. large. moose: state and Pennsylvania, small. 4®7c. EGGS—Steady: 1%.: western, lllé@l2c. SUGAR—Raw quiet: fair refining. 35-160.; centrifugal. 96 test. 3 13-16c.: refined ’quiet: crushed. 5 11-16c.: powdered. 5%0. TURPENTINE—Quiet: 26%.;@2'Ic. MOLASSES—Firm: New Orleans. We. _ RICE—Steady; domestic. 3%@60.: Japan. 3% @Ac. TALLOW—Quiet: city. 31%.: countfl’. 3%?- HAY—Dull: shipping. 70@75c.: good to choice. , ”@950. . —Subscribe- for Tan Guam. - I Gutter , a The Indian medi- cine man cures by charms and incan‘ tations. He fnght‘. ens away the “ evil spirit” who causes the sickness. He does all sorts of things that civilized eople would call idiotic and barbaric, but the . civilized folks are not so very much “ ahead after all. They do just as foolish things as does the medicme man. They go along carelessly, and ,al- low the little sickness to grow. mto the big sickness. They allow constipation to grow into indigestion, heartburn, (11221- uess, headache, insomnia, and .a hundred other distressing conditions. They do this frequently because they do_not know the cause of their trouble. It TS a pretty safe rule to look for the source 9f 9-Ioths of human sickness in this one Simple and ‘appallingly prevalent trouble. Another foolish thmg that smart dpeople do Is to take some alleged reme y for constipa» tion and keep on taking it, day afier day, month after month and year after year. Perhaps it is bet er to take the medicine than not to take it at all, but of course}! they stop taking it, their trouble ‘wn. come back. ThIS last statement is true of every other medicine prepared for this purpose except Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pel- lets. One “ Pellet” is a gentle laxative, ‘- and two a mild catharic. They are gentle and efficient in their action, permanent in their results. You don’t become a slave to their use, as with other pills. The People‘s Common Sense Medical Adviser, in plain En- llsh, or Medicine Sim lified by . .V. Pierce. M. D.,Chie¥ Consult- ing Physrcian to the Invalids‘ Ho- tel and Surgical Institute, Buffalo. N. Y., 1008 pa es, illustrated. ' 680.000 copies 501‘ at $1.50. Now - sent, paper-bound, ABSOLUTELY , > FREE on receipt of 2x one-cent _, stamps to pay for mailing only. Address the Author. as above. TURKISH BAT £3 FOP. Malaria, Rheumatism, Reuralagia, AT Dr. Shepard’s Sanitarium. A skilled Masseuse and Elactricianlin attendance in the Ladies’ Department. Chas. H. Shepard, M. 0., 81 and 83 COLUMBIA HEIGHTS. BROOKLYN, N.‘ v. A short walk from the Brooklyn end of the Bridge and Fulton Ferry. dbflfi DAVID . W. RAYMOND Fatal Director and Emlalmer. 39 Washington Street’Soulh Norwalk Residence. Mahackemo Hot-eh: The GAZETTE M3. ' ' PRINTING Department. A worm TO THE WISE Merchants, M anmactur- ers, Lodges and Societies will consult their own inter- ests by giving us a call. ; REMEMBER—If you have work to do, write to us. Gan raise a. fearful racket and make the neighbors feel th outfit noises ey wish - the whole was where such are forever hushed. A GOOD PIANO. SkilllullyManipulated, Calls forth our music-lov- Band. Sehlelcher Pianos . THE WORLD 01! Z Have you ever tried one? Come and $093 our works. ing spirits and bids them , Worship the man who first invented the wonderful instrument. Are Known I21 PIOIFIO , smut, Stamford, Corfu. ”.8 AA
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