fNDEAVORERS MEET. In twenty-tWo Washington churches the grand army of Christian Endeavor- ers received hearty welcomes last night, To-day, under three immense tents erected on the White" Lot below the Treasury and White House, their Fif- teenth Annual Convention will be form- ally opened. “Deepening the Spiritual Life” was the topic of the forty-four addresses made last night. In song and prayer the divine blessing was invoked on the Convention. , Washington’s hospitable gates were opened wide and a mighty throng of religionists entered with enthusiastic welcome. The Endeavorers found the city glad to receive them and arrayed in holiday attire in their honor. The citizens have vied with each other in decorating their homes and business houses, until the eye cannot escape the sight of flags and bunting in any directon. The main thoroughfares are ablaze with color. ‘ Practically all the State delegations have arrived and have Eben assigned to their respective headquarters. Con- necticut’s quota, with the Norwalk party reached the city last night and were assigned their quarters. In all, it - is estimated that fully fifty thousand of these zealous christian workers will be in attendance. General headquarters are established in the monster hall of the Washington Light Infantry armory on 15th street, across from the White Lot. The inte- rior of the hall is decorated and arranged in such manner as to give it the appear- ance of a bazaar. The International Peace Society has a table where Mrs. Belva Lockwood is securing names to a mammoth petition for universal peace. -. ,Statien Agent Harris sold over fifty COHVention excursion tickets "yester day. Among the many who went were Mrs. Ely, the Misses Helen and Louise Curtis, Ethel Meeker, Edna Wilson, Arthur Ezekiel and Mr. and Mrs. James Lycett of Norwalk; Rev. B. O. Sherwood, Daisy Rider, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Woodworth, Florence Benedict, Anna Dickerman, Lizzie Tolles and Lecy Munson of South Norwalk. and Mrs. M. E. and Clarence Jackson of Wilton. A BETHEL IOKE. Gran Durant, Frederick Mackenzie and Howard Platt went down to Lone- town, Bedding, to hunt woodchucks a few days ago. ~ They were successful in capturing several good-sized animals. When Gran wasn’t looking Platt took one of the dead animals and set it up near a woodchuck’s hole and then went away to await developmennt. Gran sood came along that way and espied, as he supposed, a live woodchuck. Bang went his gun followed by several other shots, but the woodchuck never stirred. It sat there as cool and composed as a cucumber, and Gran was un- der the impression that he had never touched him. So he borrowed a gun of one of the other fellows and proceed- ed to bang away at the dead woodchuck again. It didn’t take him long to dis- cover this time that he had been the victim of a joke. When the woodchuck was picked up it was shot so full of holes that Fred Mackenzie talked of taking it back to Washington with him to use for mosquito netting. .9 Critically III. Hon. Frederick Mills, ex-congress- man from this district is critically ill at his home at Twin Lake. All!" P. w. BATES’ 42 WATER STREET, you can find as fine ,an assortment of Mnnumenlalttemetewwflrl As can be found in any Yard in the State. Look it over and get prices before going elsewhere. V HAHD LAUNDRY. 26 MAIH STREET. The undersigned will, on SATURDAY NEXT, open a Hand Luandry at the above place. Satisfaction guaranteed ; a share of public patronage solicited. ANNA MOKELY. MARY CLUNE. “ingest." , Yesterday afternoon a colored man from South Norwalk visited the circus exhibiting on the Seymour lot on West avenue. In his pocket he carried a pocket book with twelve hard-earned dollars safely put away in one of the compartments of the book. He Watched the crowd for a while and was just upon the point of purchas- ing a ticket and joining the procession passing into the tent, when he was ap- proached by one of the numerous fakirs that follow a circus. “Hello!” exclaimed the fakir. “Howdy,” responded the colored man.” “Have you a pocketbook?” inquired the fakir. ' “Yes sir,” replied the innocent. “Let me see it. quietly remarked the circus follower.” The pocket book was produced and handed the stranger who cooly ab- stracted the $12 and handing the empty book back exclaimed “you lose!” and turned upon his heel and disappeared inside the tent. The colored man Was too astonished to move, but upon regaining his senses hastened to the city after Chief Vol-S lmer, who was soon enroute for the circus ground with the victim following close behind. The Chief was unable to find the man who had so cooly flim~flammed the darkey, but he found his pal. who upon seeing that the officer was in earnest over the matter, put his hand in his pocket and handed the Chief $6, half of the money taken. . The colored man was satisfied to re- cover half of his money and after thank- ing the Chief departed a wiser than. .,- «‘p—AH_ Down and Up. On the Consolidated Railroad system there are nearly 600 stations, in a major- ity of which stoves are used for heating purposes. At some of the stations as high as ten stoves are in use. At the Norwalk stations thereare six. Em- ployees of the road are in Norwalk to- day taking down and setting up these stoves and making necessary repairs. ‘They expect to finish up the work at the stations assigned them on or before the first of October and in time to have everything in order for the opening of the frosty season. It looks mighty odd at first to see any one putting up a stove in midsummer, but as usual the Consolidated road takes time by the forelock. If it would only hang on to the forelock long enough to give us a new up-town depot Norwalk people would beglad. __ _.._. .____.‘ -. ’ He Wondered. As Capt. Sam Thomson of the Park police was riding through a. secluded corner of Golden Gate Park yesterday with eyes like a couple of accidental punctures, staring at the ground while he grazed reflectively on his thin red mustache. His hat was listed over one ear and his red scarf had dragged its anchor and drifted around under his ear. He did not observe .the officer’s approach, but continued muttering to himself. “I wonder where that dad-burned thing went,” he mused audibly. “What did you see?” asked Capt. Thomson. The man started, then answered, as if arguing with himself: “I saw it, and then I didn’t see it, but I thought I saw it all the time.” “Saw what?” “The little pea.” “They’re born every minute,” do elated Thomson, sadly. "What? Peas?” “No, suckers!” and he passed on.— San Francisco .Post. A Successful Female Lawyer. The first lady lawyer in Berlin, who set up for herself some six months ago, is doing an excellent business with the English and American residents in the Prussian capital. Frau Dr. J ur. Emilie Kempin, who studied law in New York, is German by birth and American by education. She has lately been ap- pointed oficial interpreter at the Berlin Law Courts, a great triumph to all those who take an interest in the higher education and advancement of German women. The Secret Out. The great hotel was crowded, and the newly-married couple who had just ar- rived from Rising Sun had been com~ polled to take apartments on the four- teenth floor. The fair young bride put her head out of the window to take a look at the city, but quickly draw it in again. “It’s no use trying to keep it secret, George.” she said with a blush and a. pout. “Everybody has found us out already. There’s a land organ down the street playing the “Wedding March.” MW'E‘EKL he observed a red faced young man, . A combination of leavening agents t satisfactory in their action, has resulted which is " The‘iriml Boss makes his Mflwflwwm maturities/urn =13; m Over 3,000,000 pounds sold in the past year testify to Meir popularity. MANUFACTURERS .C. D. BOSS &_ SON, NEW LolsDON, CONN. lu- v‘r‘a a-u-w ‘-— 7 ' ...t an- 1...”, s..;. . . . pie-enincntly in biscuits with " and has for 32 years. ' , been unveiled. The statue represents Y A Mint of Bloncy Gladly Expended by Americans for Fun. Paderewski went away With $280,000 hidden in his egregious hair—$280,000 that the public could know of, that could be counted. How many thou- sands more were laid on his altar as the outcome of personal idolatry there is no law to make him say. America and its people, with the dollars left out, make Paderewski very tired, and he never tried to conceal it. And the Grand Opera artists! They are the highest salaried persons brought to this country. The De Rezkes’ con- tract called for fifty performances, for each of which they got $1,800 apiece, and 15 per cent. of all receipts over $7,000. Plain multiplication show that they took away easily $100,000 each. Maurel, Calve and Melba each receiv- ed about $1,500 for each performance. They were engaged for fifty perform- ances, and carried away between them $225,000. Easy to figure: Nordica, $5,000 per month. six months’ engagement, during which she appeared about ten times each month, $30,000; Schalchi, for her six months, during which she appeared about sixty times, was paid about $18,- 000. Plancon, the tenor, carried home 830,000. When he sang he was probably inspired by the knowledge that he was making about $5 a minute. William Gruening, tenor of Damrosch‘s opera season, took $24,000. These are only the mighty few in the musical firmament. But there are still the actor people. Bernhardt, for her little outing in the country added $200,- 000 cash to her balance at the bank. She played for a percentage of the gross receipts. Irving was $70,000 to the good, and Miss Terry was able to live through the Summer on her poor salary of $1,000 a month, which lasted ten months. Duse was not here long, but America liked her $60,000 worth. The English farce- comedy companies in "The Shop Girl,” and “The Artist’s Model.” took in $200,000 in thirty weeks. And then the Vaudevillesl Chevalier would have dropped dead five years ago if he had been told he could pocket $18,: 000 for three months of his “turn.” But that’s the way of it. Yvette Guilbert had 84,000 a week; six weeks, $24,000. Fregoll has rolled it up at the rate of $1,1,700 a week. The Craigs, acrobats, $6,000 for eight weeks’ work; the Martinetti a, $11,000 for six- teen weeks. Harriet Vernon made $4.000 in eight weeks singing her little eerie-comics. The Pantzer Brothers, acrobats. make $350 a week each, with Proctor. Cinquevaill’s twelve weeks of juggling brought him $5,000. tHerr Graise and his performing monkey and donkey worked just three hours a week and got 5:":0 for it every Saturday—New York J carnal. ' Fish From Desert Wells. The st..tement has been frequently made that many of the new artes'ian wells on the Desert of Sahara occasion- ally eject small fish. This statement which has been generally discredited, has been proven to be true by Mr. Des- or, the- Swiss naturalist. After his return from a trip of exploration in North Africa, Mr. Desor wrote as fol- .ows: , ”I found hundreds of fish in th streams leading from the wells out on- to the sands. It is impossible that they should come from any place else than from out of the wells, for the water is not in communication with any basin, creek [or river. The fish I saw at the oasis of Ain-Tala, belong to the family of carps. The most curious thing re- specting them is that. although coming from a depth of from any place between 200 and 500 feet. they are not sickly or misshapen. and have large and per- fectly formed eyes. This is contrary to the general rule, such creatures from subterranean waters usually being to- tally devoid of the organs of sight.”— St. Louis Republic. Oldest Proposal on Record. The oldest marriage proposal of which there is a. definite-record is 3,425 years old. This remarkable ancient record, which is in the Oriental Department of the British Museum, is a small clay! tablet, measuring eight inches by four inches, and contains about ninety-eight lines of very fine cuneiform writing. It is made of Nile mud and bears upon it the marriage proposal of a Pharaoh for the hand of a daughter of the King of Babylon. It is a duplicate cdpy of a letter written about B. C. 1530.—B0$ton Gazette. Why He Spoiled It. He dropped on his knees at her feet and began the speech he had been so long rehearsing: “Darling, love, Ihate you—I me an, darling, hate, I love you --no——no——I mean—1’ (Here his face assumed a. livid hue and began to tie it- self in hard knots), “What is it—-pcralysis‘l” she asked frantically. “No, love,” he whispered hoarsely; “I am kneeling on a tack.”——Tacoma News. t Honoring Bismarck. The Bismarck monument, which the German Corps students have erected in honor of their old comrade in the Ru- dolsburg Hill, near Kosen, in Thurin- gia, where many of them are wont to spend the Whitsuntide holidays, has Bismarck as a young student sitting in an armchair, with a cloak thrown over it. His lowered right hand grasps the duelling sword used by the German stu- udents. and his left rests. on his thigh. The Intelligent Officer. “Mike," said the superintendent, “there is a dead dog reported in the alley between Illinois and Meridon streets. I want you to look after its disposition.” An hour later the ntelligent officer telephoned: ‘ "l have inquirel about the dog. and find thath . as a. very s v-g, disposi- “o'ua PRICES 'ro FOREIGN ARTISTS. _ ' not. What is wanted is something mild and ”2-; N o aw .A ma -' "G”A Z E T TE? Old People. ! Old people who require medicine to regulate the bowels and kidneys will find the true remedy in Electric Bitters. This medicine does not stimulate and contains no whiskey nor other intoxi- cant, but acts as a tonic and alterative. It acts mildly on the stomach and bowels, adding strength and giving tone to the organs, thereby aiding Nature in the performance of the functions. Electric Bitters is an excellent appetizer and aids digestion. Old People find it just exact; 1y what they need. Price fifty cents and $1.00 per bottle at E. P. Weed’s Drug Store Norwalk and Monroe’s New Ca- naan. The first leaflets of Rev. C. M. Sel- leck’s forthcoming Norwalk History, are soon to be issued and offered the public to determine the local apprecia- tion and demand for the same. Try Allen’s Foot-Ease. A powder to be shaken into the shoes. At this season of the year your feet feel swollen‘and hot, and get tired easily. If you have aching feet, new shoes or tight shoes, try Allen’s Foot-Ease. It cools the feet and makes walking easy. Cures and prevents swollen and sweating feet, blisters and callous spots. Relieves corns and bunions of all pain and gives rest and comfort. Try it to-day. Sold by all druggists and shoe stores for 25¢. Sent by mail for 25c in stamps. Address, Allen S. Olmstead, Le Roy, N. Y. America is as proud of the Yale boys as if they had won. They take their defeat hire true sportsmen and do not whine about the tactics of their op- ponents.—-Tribune. Snakelnto Your Shoes Allen’s Foot-Ease, a powder for the feet. It cures painful swellings of the joints and instantly takes the sting out of corns and bunions. It’s the greatest comert discovery of the age. Allen’s Foot-Ease makes tight-fitting or new shees feel easy, It is a certain cure for sweating, callous and hot, tired, aching feet. Try it to-day. Sold by all drnggists and shoe stores, 25c, Trial package free. Ad- dress, Allen S. Olmstead Le Roy, N. Y. The oystering season in this vicinity will close next week, when the fleet will sail for other shores. Many of the owners of these boats will engage in catching lobsters, while some of them will take a much needed rest. $100 Reward $100. The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that science has been able to cure in all its stages and that is Catarrh. Hall’s Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure now known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional disease, requires a constitutional treatment. Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mu- cous surfaces of the system, thereby de- stroying the foundation of the disease, giving the patient strength by building up the constitution and assisting nature in doing its work. The proprietors have so much faith in its curative powers, that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any case that it fails to cure. Send for list of Testimonials. Address, F. J. CHENEY 8:. 00., Toledo, 0. - @Sold by Druggists. 75c. The lads and misses who recently passed an examination for admission to St. Mary’s church society will partake of the Holy Communion at the 8 o’clock mass to be held in the church to-mor- FOW. Two Lives saved. Mrs. Phoebe Thomas, of Junction City, 111. was told by her doctors she had Con- sumption, and that there was no hope for her, but two bottles of Dr. King’s New Discovery completelycured her and she says it saved her life. Eggers, 139 Florida St., San Francisco, suffered from a dreadful cold, approach- ing Consumption; tried without result everything else, then bought one bottle of Dr. King’s New Discovery and in two weeks was cured. He is naturally thank- ful. It is such results, of which these are samples, tnat prm r “.iewonderful efficacy of this medicine 1E... coughs and colds. Free trial bottles at E. P. Weed’s Drug Store, Norwalk and Monroe’s New (‘3.- naan. Regular size 50c. and $1.00. The National Republican Executive Committee will meet next Tuesday in Cleveland to plan for the campaign. SucKlln’s Armca Salve. The Best Salvein the world for Cuts Bruises, Sores, Ulcers. Salt Rheum Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands Chilblains, Corns and all Skin Erup tions, andpositivelycures Piles. or no Payrcquired. It is guaranteed to give perfectsatisfaotion,or money refunded Pricezficents per box. For Sale by E. P. Weed, Norwalk and Monroe, New Canaan. The leaf tobacco raised in Connecti- cut in ’92, brought 15 cents per pound that year. It is now worth over 45 cents. filotmr’s Find Nothing to Equal Dr. Hand’s Colic Cure. WATERBURY Conn, 4-2-’96—Hand Medicine C0:—-Dear Sirsz—“I am using Dr. Hand’s Cough and Croup Medicine and Colic Cure for my children and find nothing to equal them. They work like magic. I would not: be without them in my house. The little ones love Dr. Hand’s Colic Cure and cry for it; it relieves them almost instantly. Mrs. Frank Smith, 22 Wood St. At all drug- .gists, 25. c The McKinley slit—rt is the latest thing in campaign novelties. It is yel- low and is likely to prove popular. The people have long since learned that the most disagreeable medicines are not nec- essarily the best. In fact, as a rule, they are sure, such as Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea. Remedy. That is really pleasant to take .when reduced with water and sweetened. Then it is acknowledged everywhere to be the most' successful remedy in the world for bowel complaints. Ask any number of druggists forthe best remedy they have for diarrhoea. and fully nine out of ten will recommend Chamberlain’s. In speaking of this medicine, Mr. B. B. Bufl'um of Friendsville, Susquehanna Co., Pa., says: “ \Ve have used it in our family for ain in ,the stomach, colic and diarrhoea an found tion."—lndia .anoli Jour-.al. " \ it to be a most effective remedy.” Mr. Thomas . For sale an is + ime To Send in Your Advertisement or Swing Trade. THE svmmt , GAVETTE ’ IS THE RIGHT HEDIUH THROUGH WRIGH TD REAGH THE READIHG PUDLID. The Only Eight-Page One-Cent . Paper in the Norwalks. The Value 0 atltveltitepenl v ' v v DEPEHDS DH THE PDDKETS OF THE PEOPLE‘ WHO READ IT. ADVERTISEHEHTS IH THE EVEHIHG GAZETTE ARE READ DY THOSE WHO 0 HAVE HDHEY TO ISPEHD. oNLYICENT. by E. P. Weed, ,druggist. OFFICE “OPEN EVEN'NGS-
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