W.. . ,__~__. . 2 .J-, RESTAURAN Because . m It Is Best. Why is the demand for Welcome Soap in New Eng- land greater than for any other family soap? Because housekeepers, after H using it for years, and com- paring it with others, know it is the best and most econOm- ical; itsquality never varies. tELS/ *prT E R 04’ SABATOGAv SARATOGA! , Genuine Saratoga Water in block-tin lined barrels direct from the celebrated Spring, is _for sale on draught at Had- den’s, corner Wall and River Street. We THE WATER Is brought direct from Sara- toga, and is dispensed in pre- cisely the same condition in which it flows from the spring at Saratoga, and is sold at 5 Cents per Glass. House-Cleaning. _— Lustrine. ‘ _ lOc Ask your Grocers. ele em m PRIGE- OF MEAT. Round, Sirloin and Por- terhouse Steaks, Sausge, Pot and Rib Roasts Reduced 2d a Pound All First Quality Meat. J. W. BOGARDUS, ’6 WATER. ST.. NORWALK NEWICAFE ., T MIKE fiArCHFORD, 44 Wain Street, The Best Wines, Liquors and Cigars. Horace E. Dann. IIOELSIOL ‘ - Livery and Sales Stable. "9..“qu Opposite Danbury and Norwalk Railroad depot Norwalk. Conn. Stylish ‘ Single or Double Teain ‘ with or without drivel-sf Safe horses for women andehildren. .' "l, saunas: HQRSES A séfichAL-‘ryj l ': , : ' : ‘ . J"? , -. . -} WE EK LY -NO s WALK - GAZETTE. ‘ I I I A. I If i WHAT IT MEANS. ’ Norwalk Is Learning It—Learnlmr' It ! Fast—Proof Not Lacking. A RUIN ED CAPITAL. The Fall of Cahaba, Once Chief City of Alabama. Before the Days of Railroads It Was the Center of Culture and Learning— Now a. Cotton Plan- tation. It was Father Ryan, the southern. poet, first who said: “A land without ruins is a land without memories.” If such be the truth, Alabama is not with- out memories. A visit to the planta- tion of Capt. Cliff Kirkpatrick, situated about twelve miles from Selma, in Dal- las county, beside the rippling waters of the Alabama river, where the once . city of Cahaba, for many years the cap- ital of the state, and the seat of culture and learning, stood, will convince one of this fact. What was once the streets and boulevards of the gay city are now broad fields, where stately stalks of corn and spreading plants of cotton grow in luxuriance, nourished by the fertile soilupon which famous men in Alabama’s history half a century ago gathered to solve grave problems of state or to enjoy the unalloyed pleas- ures of antebellum times. Before the days of railroads, says the Chattanooga Times, Cahaba, then the capital of Alabama, was in her glory. Beautifully situated, with steamboats plying up and down the Alabama river between Cahaba and Mobile, carrying down cargoes of cotton and produce and returning with merchandise, the ancient capital became the inland metropolis of her state. The bulk of the cotton crop was shipped through it. The wealthy planters and slave owners made - their purchases there and its trade became large. It was likewise the hub of aristocracy and the seat of colleges and schools of a high order. When the legislature was in session the season of gayety set in. The palatial homes of the wealthy and historic fam- ilies, many of whom owned lordly man- sions in and around Cahaba, were thrown open and southern hospitality held uninterrupted sway. These homes were veritable palaces of luxuriancc, for their owners lived in the lap of plenty. ‘ The decline of Cahaba began before the war, when railroads missed it and were built to Selma and Montgomery. The days of river transportation were numbered, and Cahaba’s trade began to leave for the more favored cities, and with it went the population gradually. Then the capital was removed, and next the courthouse. The population continued to diminish. Then came the trials of war, the raid of Wilson’s cav- alry and the devastation that followed. By the end of the war Cahaba’s glory had departed. It was a. veritable de- serted village. The more substantial of its buildings still stood, but its peo- ple had sought other climes. A visit to the ancient place—now a cotton plantation—a few days ago dis- closed some curious sights. It demon- strated what wonderful changes time had wrought. Nearly one hundred old houses, :relics of the past, still stand, and around them the cotton plants are just now disclosing their white blooms. These old structures, built of brick, will for years to come continue to mark the spot where the proud city once stood, for the owner of the plantation does not contemplate pulling them down. Some were stores, others were churches and schoolhouses, and others still lordly mansions. All are crum- bling to ruins, and while a few are in- habited by negro families who labor on the farm, the majority are tenanted only by bats and owls. On a hill not far from the river stands what was once the capitol building in whose walls the eloquence of William L. Yancy and other famous Alabamians of by-gone days resounded. The old building, a substantial three-story stone and brick structure, still stands, and is utilized now as a gristmill and steam ginnery. Across from it are two blocks of brick stores, time having made sad inroads into them. The once fashionable church of the town, which cost many thousands of dollars, is now used by a colored con- gregation. It was, when built, the costliest and handsomest house of wor- ship in the state. The old Dallas acad- emy, where Senator John T. Morgan attended school, is now only a towering mass of ruins. The place where the historic Craig family resided is planted in corn, and the broad expanse where Gen. E. W. Pettus’ costly house stood is now used as-a pasture. The ruins of the famous oldPerrine mansion, which cost sixty thousand dollars, were torn away last year and the brick used for other purposes. A solitary magnolia tree marks the spot where it stood. At one time Cahaba was a city of many thousand people. Lots sold for as high as fifteen thousand to twenty thousand dollars. Now the entire site, with land adjoining, embracing nine hundred acres, is owned by one man, Capt. Cliff Kirkpatrick; who came out of the war penniless, but by pluck and perseverance has built up his lost for- tune until now he possesses one of the finest plantations in the south. He re- sides with his charming family in one of the twenty-thousand-dollar antebel- lum mansions, which has been refitted. It is hospitality’s own abode. The property which Capt. Kirkpatrick now owns could not have been bought fifty years ago for ten million dollars. Some thirty artesian wells, which quenched the thirst of our ancestors, still flow freely, but only the wandering herds and the thirsty farm laborer imbibe their sparkling waters. If the story of Cahaba’s rise and fall could have been pictured by Father Ryan he would have immortalized the dead city. - Bird of Brilliant Plumage. . There are few birds whose plumage is so variable as the ptarmigan. Three times in the year its plumage changes; it has separate coats for spring, au- tumn and winter. At the beginning of November it puts on the last costume of the season. Its spring brown and summer gray serve well to hide it among the scanty herbage of its haunts, from the keen eye of the soar- ing falcon. ' . MISHAP TO A SMUGGLER. A Cab Runs Over Him and Betrays an Ingenious Device. Near one of the gates leading into Paris an old man of stout proportions was seen one day wending his way. when a. cab, driven at great speed, ap- proached, and as the man paid no atten- tion to the warning cry of the Jehu, he was knocked down and the vehicle. passed over his body, to theconsterna- tion of the spectators. A crowd gathered round the. vener- able: individual, who lay on the ground, not in a. pool of blood, but. in one of oil. The hero of thismisadventure, who had only been slightly stunned by the shock, soon rose to his feet, with profuse thanks for all the sympathy and com- passion which his accident had elicited, and then, disregarding further offers of assistance, began to shuffle off as fast as his legs would carry him. One of the eyewitnesses of this cu- rious scene went up to an employe of the octroi and gave an account of the episode, upon which the official, run- ning after the victim of the accident, extended to him a polite invitation to rest in his oflice. “I assure you I am not hurt,” re— plied the old gentleman, who displayed great anxiety to take himself off. “So much the better,” replied the em- ploye, “but I want to have a little talk with you, all the same.” Some gentle force was required to. in- duce the corpulent one to enter the of- fice, but once there he was made to un- dress, when he was found to be. almost a skeleton. The mystery was soon ex- plained. He. had between his waistcoat and his shirt a skin receptacle which was capable of containing from six to seven liters of liquid. On this particu- lar occasion it had been filled with oil, and, while it had saved the bearer from severe injury, it had betrayed him, and he was removed to the depot at the pre- fecture of police amid the- laughter of the people who had witnessed the acci- dent. A quantity of receptacles of the kind described have been found at his dwell- ing, and another individual has already been arrested on. suspicion of being an accomplice. It need scarcely be added that the oil was thus introduced into Paris with the object of evading the octroi dues. As a matter of fact, all sorts of devices are employed by per- sons who make a specialty of this fraud, but it is not often that a. person is de- tected in these tragi—comic circum- stances—Paris Cor. London Telegraph. She Thanked Him. An effective reproof was that given by an elderly man to a fashionably- dressed young woman, who, as it seems, must have been surprised out of her “manners.” The young woman was walking rapidly along a street shaded by many trees, when the elderly man, coming up behind her, saw a. large fuzzy caterpillar on the collar of her coat. “I beg your pardon,” he said, laying a detaining hand on her arm as he spoke and removed the. obnoxious crawler, “I wished to take off this caterpillar, which was almost at your neck.” The young woman stared haughtily and with an air of resentment at the cater- pillar and was about to pass on, with no word of thanks. “If I made a mistake, and you would prefer to have the cater- pillar replaced, I can easily put it back,” said the gentleman courteously, suiting the. action to the word. “Oh, no, no, please take it off I ” said the young wom— an, her haughtiness quickly vanishing; and with his second removal the elderly man got his “Thank you,” and the cat- erpillar found another resting place.— Youth’s Companion. Complexion Hints. Overfrequent washing of the face should be avoided. Some physicians in- sist that the face should be washed but once a day, and then In tepid water. A certain amount of exercise is in- dispensable. Brisk morning walks, rcgularly taken and persistently ad- !hered to, produce a healthy glow that defies artificial imitation. Avoid rich and greasy foods. Though it is practically useless to tell a woman to abjure sweets, it may be suggested that they are complexion destroyers, and that the fewer one eats the fairer one’s skin is likely to be. Massage is recommended ,by _ many who have made a special study of the fine art of complexion-preserving. A gentle kneading of the face at night and in the morning makes the skin soft and healthy. Famous beauties nearly all unite in giving testimony that a thorough steaming of the face at night is wonder- fully efiective in producing a clear com- plexion. This is done by holding the face over a bowl of hot water.—-Chicago Record. Father Pat’s Hospitality. As to Father Pat’s hospitality, it may be rude and rough, but there is no mistaking its warm and generous whole-heartedness. "The dinner in a country parish invariably consists of a roast turkey, a boiled leg of mutton with turnips, boiled bacon with cab- bage, and potatoes served in their jack- ets. Claret is the wine principally drunk. It is only on very important oc- casions that champagne makes its ap- pearnce, but there is always a- plentiful - supply of the best Irish whisky, and, if made in the district, of “potheen.” Father Pat has, it must be admitted, a liking for whisky punch after dinner, in judicious moderation, of course, and his only other dissipation is a smoke" -—always a clay pipe, never a cigarette or a cigar. When a “suspended” or dis- frocked priest is met with in Ireland—- and that very rarely happens—his mis- fortune is uSually to be traced to drunkenness. There is never a lady in the case.-—Con_tcmporary Review. Gluten Gravy. To one pint of good milk add one tablespoonful of gluten meal. Leave it surrounded by boiling water 15 or 20 minutes. Salt to taste and thicken with flour to the desired consistency.— Good Health. . * have been made in them. FOR TH E CYCLIST. A cycle cleaning brigade is proposed for London, the boys to be stationed at street corners like the bootblacks. Bicycle fashion item—Falls hurt just as much this year as ever. No changes They are worn principally on the elbows and knees.—Argonaut. Briggs—“What! A new bicycle suit! And so different from the one you had on the other day.” Griggs—“You bet it is! I ran Over a woman who lives in the next block and I don’t want her to recognize me."-——Trut.h. One curious effect of bicycling in England is the elimination of chaperons out of doors. Young women, who would not have dreamed of riding horseback unattended by a groom, now go wher- ever they please alone on their bicycles. “Did you ever see a worse Anglo- maniac than Wabbles?” “Is Wabbles one of them tellers?” “Is he? He has’ a tank of English atmosphere shipped to him every week to fill his tires with; he claims he can’t ride without it.“- Cincinnati Enquirer. I - The bicycle has now reached the dig- nity of being the theme of a novel. “A Widow on Wheels” is the title of a story about to be published in London, and if all who ride wheels buy a. copy of it it will have a success that will put “Trilby” in the shade. The fatalities in England and Wales during 1894 attributed to cycling num— bered 30, and this included riders and pedestrians. In the same year perem- bulators killed four persons, steam rollers 15, tram cars 55, and other road vehicles, 1,166. BRIEF AND BRIGHT. “So you feel you cannot marry him . “Yes, I am fully decided.” “Why, don‘t you like him ?” “0, like him well enough, but I can’t get him to propose.” —Harlem Life. “How did I manage to sell such a costly picture '3" repeated the artist, with a low, rippling laugh. “That’s something of a prefessional secret, but I don’t mind telling you. I made it in the form of a folding bed."—Richmond Dispatch. When a girl is 16 the eligibility of a young man depends a good deal on what sort of a mustache he has. When she is 26 she is likely to think more about his bank account.-—Somerville Journal. Something Different—“You surely do not favor petticoat government?” said an objector to a woman suffrage advo- cate. “No, I don’t,” was the-reply. “I favor bloomer government.” — Detroit Free Press. George—“That Miss Millwood has a charming expression.” Maud—“Do you think so? I think she has a very sly face”. George—“A sly face?” Maud—— “I mean the kind of a face that you wouldn’t want to trust alone in a pan- try with another girl’s pie.”——Clevelend Plaindealer. WHEN CORN IS IN SEASON. A delicate but almost forgotten way of preparing corn is to roast it. Open the husks and remove the silk: close the husks and roast in the hot ashes‘l of a wood fire. Serve with butter, pep- per and salt. Cut the corn from the cob and put with an equal quantity of tomatoes, pared and sliced. Stew for half and hour and season, adding some sugar. Stir in some butter and let the dish simmer before serving. Cut the corn from the cob and boil 15 minutes in water which was boil- ing when the corn was put in. Pour off most of the water. cover with milk and boil till tender. Pepper and salt are a lded and the dish is done. Sweet corn is best when boiled in the husks. The outer husks are taken off. he silk removed and the corn covered with the inner husks, which are tied on. Put in salted boiling water for half an hour and serve on a napkin. Split the kernels on an ear of corn wih a knife and scrape out the milk. Add one-third as much cream as there is corn and add butter, pepper and salt and then bake in a. dish for half an hour or until the corn begins to rise. _FADS, FANCIES AND FASHIONS. Just now the fashion in book produc- tion in London is long, narrow, rough- cdged, paper covered volumes, each series styling itself a “library.” Mrs. Martha. Beers, a clever stenog- rapher in Boston, has invented a. col- lapsible heater hat, which can be fold- ed into a ‘small and almost invisible compass while on the head by simply pulling a string. The “loving cup” of spiced wine, which is sometimes handed around at mansion house entertainments, had its origin in the custom of Saxon forefa- thers to drink each other’s health in a wa-ssail bowl. One of the women of the Vanderbilt connection has the last new convenience in broughams -— a speaking tube —— by means of which she can communicate with her coachman without the trouble of opening the door. A talking watch is on exhibition in Paris. It has neither face nor hands; but when you want to learn the hour, you place this confidential time-piece close to your ear, and the exact minute is imparted to you in a melodious whis- per. ’ OF TREE AND FLOWER. Forests cover one-third of the land surface of the earth. In the Andes there is a wax tree,~t-he product of which is very similar to beeswax. Roses and orchids are to be the chief flowers for table decoration during the summer in England. > -Hawaiian honeys’uckles grow in clus- ters on low bushes right on the very brink of the brimstoue beds, and'are so numerous that a bushel may be easily gathered in half an hour. In appear- ance they somewhat resemble a. cran-. berry, and the flavorris pleasantly 51.183 .gestive of grapes. ; Everybody has it. That Tired Feeling. Don’t know what it means. Keeps you awake at night. Destroys daily comfort. Wearles the body. Worries the mind. You would shake it off. ¥ou would be healthful and strong. So you car. If_you go at it right. First learn what it means. Some say it’s bad blood. ' Others say it’s a lazy liver. They’re all wrong. . .Tired feeling means tired Kidnevs. Just as lame back means Lame Kid- neys. And backache means kidne a How do we know it? ~ y che. Because Doan’s Kidney Pills cure it. And they are for kidneys only. How can we prove it ? Because N orwalk people say so. Here Is a_case in point. Mrs. White wife of A. C. White the better. _address No. 47 River street. Mr. White says. “My wife took Dean’s Kidney P1119.” :il‘ook them for backache.” ‘ Found them Just as represented.” .215 much Improved.” “Dash 5 Kidney Pillsdid the work.” Got,them at Hale's drug store.” Dean S Kidney Pills are for sale by all dealers; price 50 cents, or mailed by Foster—Mllbnrn Co., Bufl'alo, N. Y sole agents _for the United States. Fpr Itching Piles, irritation of the genitals, or Itching in any part of the body, Doan’s Ointment is worth its weight In gold. No matter how long- standing the trouble, Dean’s Ointment Will not fall to give instant relief. , AN INNOVATION Commencing Monday, June 'Q 15, and for one week there- after, I will manufacture to order my $35.00 Single Har- ness for $22.48. This offer is made in order to reduce my stock .of leather purchased ’during the recent drop in the marked—hence the price. Orders will be received dur- ing the specified time, but har- ness will not be ready for de- livery in two weeks. For specifications and sam- ples, write or call P. H. DWYER, MANUFACTURER 0F HARNESS, Cor. Knight and Wall'Sts., NORWALK. CONN. TERMS Cass. l I —-—-—\——~‘\\ DORLON HOUSE GREGORY'S POIN l'. NEW OPEN FOR lI'IHH SEASON UP 1896. Shore Dinners, Rhoda Island clam Bake. Bathing, Boating, Fishing. Electric cars to Hotel, every twenty minutes. JOHN E. O’SULLIVAN, Ma uager.~ MEEKER COAL CO. eon, ween, BRICK, LIME, REMEIIT, TILE PIPE. OFFICE WITH G. WARD SELLECK WALL STREET. NORW£ LK. Piano Lessons. MRS. GEORGE W. BBADLEI. (daughter of the late_Wm. B. Nash.) mves eflicent and satisfactory Instructions on the; Piano at her home No. 193 Main street. ‘ ADAMS’ B l a z o n Soap Powder, For Kitchen Use EXGELS ALL OTHERS. Ask Your Grocer For It. _The following Grocers have it on sale: E. J. Finnegan, Mam street; P. J. O’Brien. Cha el stret; M. Abraham. Plattsville avenue; rs. Harriet A. Northrop, Unionville' A. Stull, East Norwalk; D. Rosen. South Norwalk; J. L. June. Wlnnipauk: N. Driscoll. Westport. Fairfield County National Bank. 44 Wall Street, Norwalk, Conn. NCORPORATED. 1324. Capital, $200,000 EDWIN 0. KEELEB President. DAVID B. MILLER. Vice-President. , 1L. C. GREEN. Cashier DIRECTORS . EDWIN 0. Runs" MOSES H. GL0 Davm H. MILLER, A. J. Murmur“ 1“. Sr. J oIIN Locxwoon, THEODORE E. SMITH Ina COLE. Ones F. TnIsram. Accounts of Manufacturer I ndividuals solicited. s Merchants and Safe Deposit Boxes free to Depositors. FIIIE HOTEL! ROTON POINT \ \ SOUTH NORWALK, CONN. A Charming Summer Resort on Long Island Sound. FIIIE BATHIIIG HOUSES! Every facility for providing for large excursions. ‘ GENERAL ATTRAGTIOIS! Roton Point Improvement Co, OWNERS AND PROPRIETORS, J. FINKENSTEIN, Manager. Factory: “I BRIGGS IVEIIIIE, ', ' Income 9 MANUFACTURERS. VAULT LIGHTS. SKYLIGHIS 1 ' AND PATENT LIGHT DESIGNS. :Towle Vault Light Company, v Office: :61 m sum, , ‘- lemons. , .-
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