WHERE WOMEN RULE Two Michigan Towns Where the Men Play Second Fiddle. ‘ At present the trim towns in which women seem to be supreme are Decatur and Marcellus, both in the State of 'Michigan. In the former town, which has a population of 1,500, all the town offices except that of dogcatcher are filled by women, and we suspect that if - any woman ‘had wanted to be the ofli— cial dogca’tcher she would have got the ofice. The leading physician of the the town is a woman; one of its most popular, pastors is a woman. Two women conduct the principal restaur- ant. The proprietor of the largest dry goods store is awoman; one of the best shoemakers is a woman, and there are women painters, harness makers, flor- ists and brokers. The postmistress of the town is also a woman. It is need- less to say that the women have shut up the saloons of the town, and the only things to drink are ginger beer and water. In Marcellus the ascendancy of wom- en is even greater, and it is seriously proposed to change the name of the town to Marcella, in recognition of the . fact. Out of a population of 1,200 two- thirds of the church members are women. Five of the six school teach- ers are women. Two members of the public school board are women. The undertaker of the town ,is a woman, . and a handsome blonde at that, the 10- cal ,chrouicler adds, with pardonable pride-v 'V ' ,~ The favorite barber of the town is a womau,eandanother is the proprietor of the leading hotel. , But it is needless to - go on with the record. About forty women altogether are represented in professional or business life, and they are doing their work so well that every- , body is satisfied. They have organized a Twentieth Century Club, in which they discuss still further advances for the sex, and the probabilities are that they will soon hold all the municipal offices in the town, with the possible exception of dogcatcher, which will be given to some worthy man. In the meanwhile, however, they are the pow- er behind the throne, and very little is done in the town of which they do not 7 approve. The Princess of Wales’ Maiden Home. The rich women of England probably live in vastly more comfort and ele- gance than did the Princess of Wales before her marriage with His Royal Highness. She did not even possess a private sit- ting room in her own home, and when Queen Victoria. sent to get her boudoir photographed, so that she might dupli- cate it for her son’s wife in her new ' home, it was necessary to furnish a room with'great haste, in order that some sort of a picture might be brought back to England. A Kansas Cycling Costume. , 4— wan—warn mnorincn lfntkb' n‘ULTJU-ld was on the streets of Atchison the other evening riding a bicycle. —Kansas City J ournal. u - Timely Resistance. There is one kind of courage much needed among us. and which is happily on the increase, that of resisting those social observances which have ceased to bring either pleasure or profit to those who maintain them. They are often defended on the ground‘that if not use- ful they are at least harmless; but this is only a plausible delusion. Whatever fails to bring good of any sort forfeits its right to exist. If, in no other way, it is injurious by simply obstructing the path, which, if left clear, might be put to some worthy use. ATV P. W. BATES’ 42 WATER srnssr, you can find as fine an assortment of Hfllllllllflllllllllliflllfllfll‘YWfll‘l As can be found in any Yard in the State. Look it over and get prices before going elsewhere. HAHD LAUNDRY. 26 MAIN STHEET. The undersigned will, on SATURDAY NEXT, open a Hand Luandry at the above place. Satisfaction guaranteed ; a share I of public patronage solicited. ANNA MOKELY. MARY CLUNE. J. D. Jennings. UNDERTAKFR 1 Knight. street.opposite Street Railwas Depot fiELL A1 OFFICE. I l LIGHT PARCEL- and LUUKWUUUS PACKAGE DELIVERY Cheap rates, Will also take orders for mes wager service in New York. Goods called .or and deliyered to all parts of the town Orders received at!) P. Wee-1’s Drurz Store Wall Street. With telephone connection un- I: m o E LOOKWOOD. H THERIOHEsr HEIRESS. Lucienne Premello Hirsch, to have an Im- mense Fortune. One hundred and thirty million. dol- lars is the colossal fortune which it is said Lucienne Premelic Hirsch. grand- daughter of the late Baron Maurice de Hirsch de Gereuth, will eventually in- herit. It will make her the greatest heiress in the world. Miss Hirsch is fourteen years old. She lives in Brussels where she is being ed- ucated. The possessor of great beauty, she gives promise when she reaches maturity of being as pro-eminent in god looks as in fortune. Of medium height and? rather slender, she carries herself so gracefully and with such dig- nity as to appear at the first glance to be taller than she really is. In her fea- tures she resembles her mother, who was a Frenchwoman, not of the He- brew race. In her expression, and in the general contour of herface the like. ness to her father, the late Baron de Hirsch’s only son, who died some years ago, is striking. [Her eyes are large and dark and rather deeply set. They have all the soft blackness; the patience and gentleness which. are the characteristics of the Jewish race. I'Her mouth is nei- ' ther small nor. large, and the lips but moderately full. . Far from being swarthy, her cheeks seem even pale, their clear delicacy of tint being accent- . uated by her dark hair. A REFORMER’S HARD LOT. Countess Schimmelmann’s Charity Be- . sented by Relatives. Few women have had such a stormy and varied career as that of the Count ess Schimmelmann. Brought up in the midst of luxury that bordered on mag- nificence, she always felt a keen sym- pathy for the neglected poor on her father’s estates. It was not, however, until after his death that she was able to carry out some long-cherished schemes for their benefit. Even then, like all the good souls who set about reforming the world, she soon met with bitter opposi~ tion, especially from her near relatives. Their efforts to restrain her in her laud- able undertaking quite recall the plot of the three- volume novel. Not content with persuasion, they thrust her into a lunatic asylum in Copenhagen, where she remained incarcerated for twenty weeks, after which. through the efiorts of friends, she obtained her release. Her suspended schemes were immedi- ately restarted, and are still being car- ried on, although her Baltic mission is crippled by want of funds, her brother having appropriated practically the whole of her little property on the plea that she was insane. ROMANCE OF A LATCHKEY. It Saved ath0 and Gave aVVoman Many Serious Ideas. “Did you hear about Samuels?” asked 11“" 0|n-Irmare’s husband. “NO, I didn’t hear about Samuels," the lady answered. “When you have anything to tell, why don’t you tell it right.” _ “Yes, dear. Well, Samuels was go- ing home the other night, when a foot- pad shot at him, and the ball hit a latchkey in Samuel’s vest pocket, and hi. life was saved. So you see what goo; a latchkey is." “Indeed. If Samuels had been going home at a reasonable hour he wouldn‘t have met a footpad. Secondly, he car- ried $50,000 insurance, payable to hi- wife, and if it had not been for lh r. key she would have been a rich wido right now. So, if you are hint-ill}: around for a latchkey, you will have to bring home some better story than that one. That’s all. I’m going to bed now, and if you want to read you’ll have to go to the kitchen.”—Cincinnati Enquirer. The Bicycle Girls are Right. Mr. Charles Dudlty Warner is a level headed Specimen of what North Amer- ica can produce. Somebody has been wondering whether all this physical ex: ercise for girls is a good thing. Is it nice, asks the‘ idiot, with a lisp, for girl’s to have a muscle? Well, time was when the pale, consumptive crea- ture was the ideal. A slight cough made her interesting, and if she thought she wouldn’t live long, she was there- fore positively fascinating. But, as the farmer said, “them days are gone, and they never won’t come back no more.” Now, Mr. Warner was questioned on, that subject, and what a lot of desper- ate common sense there is in his reply. He says: “If you will allow me to go a little further, I will say that it is the testimony of experts who have superin- tended the training of girls that gymnas- tics, suited always to the individual and to the sex, are not only an intellectual stimulus of great value, but that girls who are so trained make the best wives and are best fitted for the general duties of life.” Now, then, let the horror stricken emigrate. When we want to hear creaking we will go to a mill- pond. Great salt-restraint. Lady in pony cart (who has made several unsuccessful attempts to pass persevering beginner occupying the whole road)—Unless you soon fall off, sir, I’m afraid I shall miss my train 1-— Punch. If a man is truly religious his life is like musk, the perfume of which per- vades everything. 7 A combination of leavening agents that are pure, strong and pre-eminently satisfactory in their action, has resulted in BAKING P OWDE R which 15 “ The [rind Boss makes his biscuits with " and has for 32:3’6311‘8. Ovcr- 3,000,000 pounds sold in the past year testify to Meir popularity. MANUFACTURERS C. D. BOSS 8s SON, NEW LONDON, GONN- W EEKL it~ revs}; “L” ROAD PLAN A TWO—STORY STRUCTURE UNLIKE ‘ANYTHING KNOWN. There Would Be Two Tracks, Ono Above the Other, and on the Second Story 1 North and South Bound Down Bicycle Path. Lawson N. Fuller‘ has presented to Mayor Strong plans for a double-deck elevated road for the metropolis. The plans also call for a bicycle track on the sides of the upper road. The plans were drawn by a Phila- delphia engineer, under the direction of A. A. McLeod, former president of the Reading road. The bottom of the up‘ per structure is thirty-three feet from the ground, and the bicycle path is ex- tended twelve feet on either side, Georgia pine being used as a floorway. It is estimated that it will cost $1,100,000 3. mile to construct the entire str ucture, bicycle track included. It could be \_ L' Bum Ru MK -. ,3 Ti] ,. built on top of the present elevated tracks at a much less cost. ' Mr. Fuller says the taxpayers, how- ever, don‘t care much whether the Man- hattan road uses the double-deck sys- tem or not. The structure can be erected so cheaply, and will be so profit- able an investment, according to his as- sertions, that private capital can easily he found to form another corporation which will build it. Efforts are now being made to induce the wheelmen to take the matter up. All bicyclers in this city. it is said, are in favor of a track along the elevated line, which would eventually be seventeen miles long, and it. is thought they will wield a great influence witl. the city, the Rapid Transit Commission and the Manhattan road. - Those interested in the double deck scheme are violently opposed to the un- derground road and say many uncom- plimcntary things about the manner in which the commission clings to that idea. They say that elevated roads can be built in one-fifth the time and at one-fifth the cost. - Hornets Fought for the Union On August 25, 1864, our command, the Nintl Virginia Cavalry, Richmond ' Light in" sirry, Blues’ Brigade, William H. F. Lc division, Wade Hampton in commuuu. moved out of camp in front of Major .xialone’s residence and crossed Rowauty Creek toward the Petersburg and Weldon Railroad. In a field abut- ting on the railroad we were ordered to dismount and advance on foot as in- fantry. Just as the head of the column came near the field, where a fence had been pulled down by the videttes. the cap- tain of my company pulled off his hat and rode as rapidly across the field as his horse could carry him. He was observed striking himself and horse with his hat, and the head of the col- umn stopped. General Beale, seeing this, rode in advance of us. but all at once he, too, left us in the same abrupt manner. Generals Hampton and Lee, observing this with astonishment, rode to the front, asking what was the matter and why the column did not advance. They soon found out, as their horses began to kick and plunge about, and then they rapidly joined our captain and General Beale. , This was the first time the bloody Ninth had ever seen their brave leaders behave in such a manner. We thought they must have struck a hornet’s nest, which proved to be a fact. The vi- .lettes, in pulling down the fence, had upset a nest, and the little fiends de- fended the road so well that we had to countermarch to enter the field.—-Rich- inond Dispatch. Modern Warfare. Englishmen have introduced football into the Lake Nyassa region in Africa. Whatever else may be said of them the English have always been foremost in adopting the most formidable means of exterminating their enemies—Washing- ton Evening Times. ' No Amateur Wanted. She—Are you sur. I am the first wom- an you everloved? He—I swear it. - She—Then you may go. After you have obtained some experience, come to me again—Detroit Free Press. HARD LINES. flaw- B. Unco—Three tramps attacked me on th’ read las’ night. a I. N. Quisitive—How did out? B. Unco—Ob. I beat ’em to death, but only got fifteencents. g , ——_New York Herald. 3 you make Marvelous Resul‘s. From a letter written by Rev. J. Gun. dermau of ‘Dimondale, Mich. , we are permitted to make this extract. “I have no hesitation in recommending Dr. King’s New Discovery as the results were almost marvelous in the case of my wife. While I was pastor of the Baptist Church at Rives Junction she was brought down with pheumonia, succediug La Grippe. Terrible paroxysms of coughing would last hours with little interruption and it seemed as if she could not survive them. A friend recommended Dr. King’s New Discovery; it was quick in its work and highly satisfactory in its results.” Trial bottles tree at E. P. Weed’s Drug Store, Norwalk, and Monroe’s, New Ca- naan. Regular size 50c and $1. Mr. W.‘ F. Bishop having requested that a grade be given him by the, city. for the Lawn Tennis lot fronting on Belden avenue, the same has been done and he has now ordered a curb and gutter to be put- down and the widened side-walk relaid with flagstones.» Mr. Bishop has generously given a foot and a half on this front, in order to widen the. roadway at its narrowest point. The front of the lot is to teraced and not fenced again. Try Allen-'3 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 theqfeet and makes walking easy. Cures and'prevenls swollen and Sweating feet, blisters and callous spots. l-Lelieves come and buuicns of all pain and gives rest and comfort. Try it today. Sold by all druggists and shoe stores for 25c. Sent by mail for 25¢ in stamps. Address, Allen S. Olmstead, Le Roy, N. Y. . Conductor McMahon and Patrick Curry, pilot, of the Consolidated rail. road, went fishing after blackfish one day this week. They hooked two sharks which they dispatched with a revolver, but if they caught any blackfish the fish were not in evidence when they returned home. Shake Into Tour Shoes Allen‘s Foot-Ease, a powder for the feet. It cures painful swellings of the joints and instantly takes the sting out of come and buuions. It’s the greatest comfort 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. Mr. David E. Hughes and wife and Mr. Hughes, pater, are visiting friends in Boston. During the farmer’s ab- sence John H. Hoyt of the Western Union Telegraph Co. is reporting the arrival and departure of trains. Electric Bitters. Electric Bitters is a medicine suited for any season, but perhaps more generally needed, when the languid exhausted feeling prevails, when the liver is torpid and sluggish and the need of a tonic and alterative is felt. A prompt use of thi. medicine has often averted long and per- haps fatal bilious fevers. No menicine will act more surely in counteracting and freeing the system from the malarial poison. Headache, Indigestion, Con- stipation, Dizziness yeild to Electric Bit- tere. 50c. and $1.00 per bottle at E. P. Weed’s Drug Store, Norwalk, and Mon roe’s, New Canaan. Business is simply booming at the Star Laundry on Main street, and extra help is being put on to keep up with the rapidly increasing patronage. Good work is the motto at this laundry. SucKlln’s Arnlca Salve . The Best Salvein the world for Outs Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum Fever Sores, Tetter, Ghapped Hands Ohilblaius, Corns and all Skin Erup tions, and positivelycures Piles, or no Payrequired. It is guaranteed to give rfectsatisfactior . or money refunded ric025 cents pe: » :2. For Sale by E. P. Weed, No; .-..-ik and Monroe, New Canaan. Hon. Andrew D. White addressed an open letter to leading democrats, urging them to place country before party and vote for McKinley, yesterday. flfother’s Find Nothing to Equal Dr. Hand’s Colic Cure. WATERBURY Conn, 4-2-’96—-Haud Medicine Co:—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. Captain James B. Costello leaves for Europe on the steamer Campania, Sat- urday morning. He purchased his ticket from Newsdealer John T. Hayes. STATE or OHIO,.CITY—(;; TOLEDO, LUCAS COUNTY Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he is the senior partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney & Co., doing business in the City of Toledo, County and State afore- said, aud that said firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every case of Catarrh that can- not be cured by the use of HALL’S CA TARRH CURE. FRANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence, this 6th day of December, A. D. 1886. . A. W. 'GLEASON, - Notary Public Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken internally and acts on the blood and mucous sur- faces of the'system. Send for testimon- ials, free. F. J. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, 0. @Sold by Drnggists,_75c. , Beware of Ointments for Caartr'n J. Warren Andrews and family (1 Brooklyn are enjoying a vacation with C. U. Brotherton and family in ,the Red lClover cottage at Calf Pasture beach. - "N U ttW AL K G A Z E TT E. I Now is 5 ~ We To. Send ' in Your Advertisement In! Sp ing Iradey THE - EVENING GAaETTE IS THE RIGHT HEDIUH THHOUUH WHIBH T0 HEAUH THE HEAUIHG PUBLIU. The Only Eight-Page One-Cent Paper in the Norwalks. 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