: ._‘_,.- wnnanr- NURWALB.’ 7 HAZETTEQ . THE SMART RE PORTER. J79 Was Willing- to Give Informattion About Ducks Free of Charge. It was two o’clock in the morning. All of the reporters but one had gone home, says the Detroit Free Press. The night editor sat at his desk reading over the copy of the last remaining re-. porter. There hadn’t been a word spoken for a half-hour. The rumbling of the distant presses and the clicking of the typewriter were the only sounds that broke the silence of the night. The telephone bell gave a loud, long peal. , , “Hello,” cried the night editor, as he jammed the potato-masher to his left ear. “Say,” said the telephone, “we are having a little discussion down here in Hogan’s place and we want. to know which can fly the faster, a canvasback duck or a redheaded Woodpecker. “Say, Bill,” yelled the night. editor to the solitary reporter, “which can fly the faster, a canvasback duck or a red- headed woodpecker ?” “Duck,” laconically answered the re- porter. The night editor turned to the tele- phone and told it that the duck was much the swifteixaerial navigator of the two. “How much faster?” asked the tele- phone. “How much faster, Bill?” “Eight miles an hour in warm weath— er and ten miles if it’s colt .” “Eight miles an hour,” repeated the night editor. “Why is it?” asked the telephone. “Why is it, Bill?" “Because he spreads his canvas. The . woodpecker hasn’t any.’ Tlng-a-hng-a-ling. OF THE ALLIGATOR. NATURE The Reptile Described in Detail by One Who Knows Its Habits and Peculiarities. An alligator is not an attractive crea- ture. He has not a single virtue. that can be named. He is cowardly, treach- erous, hideous. He is neither graceful nor even respectable inappearance. He is not even amusing or grotesque in his ungainlinewss for as a. brutee—a brute unqualified—he is always so intensely real that one shrinks from him with loathing, and a laugh at his expense while in his presence would seem curi- ously out of place, says Appleton’s Monthly. His personality, too, is strong. Once catch the steadfast gaze of a free, adult alliga’tor s wicked eyes VVith their odd vertical pupils fixed full upon your own, and the significance of the ex- pression “evil eye” and the mysteries of snake charming, hy pnotism and hoo- dooism will be readily understood, for his brutish, merciless, unflinching stare is simply blood- chilling. Zoologically, the alligator belongs to the genus crocodilus, and he has all the hideousness of that family, lacking somewhatitsbloodthirstiness, although the American alligator is carnivorous by nature, and ococasi-onally cannibal- istic. Strictly speaking, however, the- true alligator is much less dangerous than his relatives of the old world, and he is correspondingly less courageous. THE SEA’S PHOSPHORESCENCE. Ancient Writings Contain No Men- tion of This Most Striking Phenomenon. It is peculiar that so strikingaphe— nomenon as the phosphorescence of the sea should remain almost unnoted by the ancient writers. There are several reasons for this. The ancients seldom ventured far away from the coast; they hng god the shore by day and. pulled up but night on some convenient beach, hence they did not often see [117 osphorescence at all. Their ships were merely be am, not built or rigged for sailing close to the VVind, which 1s the most favt 1able position for observ- ing this phenomenon. All such occur- rences VV e11 regarded by the ancients as being of evil zOmen—the superstition with regzt id to St. Elmo‘s fire isasur- V'ival of this belief—and hence the ap— 110127211107 5 when seen were not. much talked (,‘I'. Then, too, the ancients, sav— ing, perhaps, only the I’hoenicians, hated the sea and all its works, and seen: to have been curiously insensible to ‘.he beauties of nature. It is still prt‘. bably a fact. that. the minute organ- iszas which produce phosphorescence 1:.7e infinitely more plentiful in those seas which were known to the ancients than they were then. in consequence of the extermination of whales and , other marine animals which preyed upon them. Ruined by a Battle. Sweden was ruined by a single battle. It. was the battle of Pnltc-wa, in, 17C0. In this battle Peter the Great of Bus. sia defeated Charles XII. of Sweden. Sweden, under the GreatGustavus. had ' risen to the position of a first-class Eu- ropean power, while Russia was just emerging out of obscurity. Charles XII., by his marvelousv,ictories seemed on the way to make Sweden one of the greatest of the powe1s. The crushing blow that was dealt at Pultowa ruined Sweden. At the battle of Jena, in 1806. Napoleoncrushed the kingdom of Prus~ sia. The battles of Sadowa and Sedan practically crushed France and Ans- t17ia.—Cincinnati Enquirer. Siberia Will Exhibit. Siberia, which has heretofore made no extensive. display at an y world's fair, PORTO RICO POSTAL SERVICE. ATE THE CHERR|E3_ MATHER- WHEEI ER. HACKING' COUGH. .NOWS and” Opinions The System to Be Established There “fill Be Like Ours. WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.——Captain W. H. Elliott of Newcastle Ind., director of posts for the island of Porto Rico, sails from New Yo1k today for San Juan on the transport Mississippi, together with Messrs. Macias and Nixon, his confiden- tial assistants. He carries instructions to institute an independent form of pos- tal government on the entire. island on Vtarch 15 next. This will be the adop- tion in its entirety of the postal system of this country and will be identical with the postal system just inaugurated In Cuba. It Will place Porto Rico on the same postal status with respect to the United States as all countries belonging to the universal postal union. Orders were given yesterday for the printing of a complete set of stamps for Porto Rico, simply surcharging' the United States stamps by printing the words “Porto Rico” across the face. All postmasters will close their accounts in the name of the United States, furnish- ing a. statement of all transactions and returning all stamps on that date and open accounts fresh. The international money order rates will continue perma- nently, both as applies to Cuba and Por- to Rico, and when Chief Clerk Gadsden of the money order system here, detail- ed as special commissioner to those is— lands, finishes his work in Cuba he will proceed to Porto Rico, probably by March 15, and establish a domestic money order system there. The postal commission dispatched to Cuba to investigate and report recom- mendations have submitted their report to the postmaster general. The main points in reorganizing the Service and Americanizing' the management and methods of the postofilces have already been mentioned. ‘ FLAMES IN NAVY YARD. A Serious Fire In the Machine Shops at ‘Brookiyn. NEW YORK, Feb. 16.——Four alarms were turned in last night for a fire in machine shop No. 28 in the Brooklyn navy yard. This is a three story brick building, built in the sixties, and was full of old lathes and old machinery. The woodwork of the building was so well saturated with oil that the flames made great headway. The copper smiths’ shop, the boiler akers’ shop, the carpenters’ shop and foundry were soon in flames and rning fiercely. The blaze i the machine shop started at 6:30 o’Clock. At 8:15 the building was a total loss. The building was 75 feet by 325, and a portion of it was occupied as a. pattern shop. In it were stored and kept pat- terns and models of the various war- ships built from time to time. All of these models and patterns were destroy- ed. The loss is estimated at $1,000,000 at the lowest, and it is very probable that it will reach a higher figure, as all of the patterns and models were expensive of construction. The loss on the build- ing is placed at $350,000; on machinery, $400,000. Inquiry Court Scattered. W’ASI-IINGTON, Feb. 16.—-The only member of the court of inquiry to in- vestigate the charges relative to the meat furnished the army to reach Washington up to last night was Colo- nel Gillespie, who came over from New York. General Wade, the president of the court, is somewhere between here and Denver; General George W. Davis reported by telegraph that he ,had got- ten as far north as Richmond en route from Cuba, while Colonel George B. Da- vis, the recorder of the court, is at Pittsburg. Crew of the Lawrence Safe. SAVANNAH, Feb. 16.—Every member Of the crew of the wrecked steamship William Lawrence was saved, but only after the greater number of them had suffered terrible hardships. The tugs Cambrla and Cynthia came in last even- ing from the sea islands of South Caro- lina, bringing with them Captain A. L. Willis and 13 men, constituting those who had been misSing since Sunday morning when the ship was abandoned in the breakers off Port Royal bar. Exposition Appropriation Cut. ALBANY, Feb. 16.—The bill appro- priating $600,000 for the Pan-American exposition to be held on the Niagara frontier in 1901 has been amended to make the appropriation $300, 000, with one- -half of the amount payable this year and the remaining half payable in 1900. No'Trenty at Present. OTTAWA, Feb. 16.——The Canadian commissioners are expected back from Washington about the end of the week or the first of next. It is generally be- lieved here that the proceedings are to be further adjourned and that no treaty will be negotiated for the present. Weather Probabilities. Increasing cloudiness, with snow 01 rain; light to fresh winds, becoming easterly. - - New, York Markets. FLOUR—State and western dull and easy; winter patents, $3.75@4; winter straights, [email protected];.Minnesota patents, $4634.25; winter extras, $2.70@3. WHEAT—No. 2 red weak and lower because of bearish cable news and warmer temperatures west; foreign houses traded both ways; March, 817/s@ 82c.;. May, 76%@76%c. RYE—Quiet; state, 61c.; ern. 65%c" f. O. b., afloat. CORN—No. 2 weaker in response to liquidation and lower cables; May, 41% @4l%c.; July, 42%0. OATS—No. 2 neglected; track, white, state, 36%@4lc.; track, White, western, 361/2@41c. PORK—Dull; ily, $10.75@11. LARD—Easy; prime western steam, $5.75, nominal. BUTTER—Steady; state dairy, 20o; state creamery, 16@211/2c. CHEESE—Steady; large, white, 10%c.; small, white, 11@11%,c. EGGS—Steady; state and Pennsylva- No. 2 west- mess, [email protected]; fam- 13@ : nia, 23%@24c.; western. 24c. l SUGAR—Raw quiet, but steady; fair refining, 3 13-16c.; Centrifugal, 96 test, ; 4 5-16c.; refined steady; crushed, 51/2c.; will have a large exhibit at the Paris , exposition in 1900. and the lands it has Opened ‘will be fully represented. To Stop Snake Dances. An effort is to be made to prevent the Mogul Indians of the southwest from holding their annual snake dance. ‘17! The new railway l powdered, 51/30. TURPENTINE—Steady at 45@4517{;c. MOLASSES—Firm; New Orleans, 32@ ,3.7c RICE—Firm; domestic, 4%@7c.7 , .73.- pan, 5@51A,c. TALLOW—SteadY: city, 41/2c.; coun- . try. 4%@4%c n HAY—Quiet: shipping, [email protected] ., good to choice, 55@62%c. I ‘1 Young Lady Drummer Ordered" Many Cock- tails to the Discomfiture of Hotel Clerk. A few days ago a. young lady com mercial traveler registered at. one of the local hotels during the afternoon and after engaging a room, started out to visit the dealers in her line of goods. After finishing her day’s work, she re- turned to the hotel and after eating sup- per retired to her room with scaveral magazines to pass the evening reading. In a. short time, there wasa ring fro the young lady’s room and the boy VV ho answered it returned to the office with an order for a cocktail. The order was filled and in a. few minutes there came another ring and an order for another cocktail. This order was also filled and after a half dozen of the drinks had been sent to the room, the clerk came to the conclusion that. the young lady must have had a very successful day. After three more cocktails had been ordered from the same 1700111. the clerk concluded that the young lady had had enough to drink so he told the boy to inform the. young lady that it. was against the rules of the house to serve more than ten cocktails to one person so she would be obliged.to discontinue her libations. The boy did as he was told and 17e— turncd with the news that. the young lady was Ver indignant 011 mesh ing 7 the mes sage. She VV ished him to tell the clerk that. as she intended to pay for all the drinks she ordered, she expected them sent. up and at once. The clerk then resolved to see the young lady himself and explain matters to her. So he screwed up his courage and going to the room, tapped on the door. A feminine voice bade him enter and opening the door he saw the young lady sitting in an easy chair with a. book in her hand wh1ch she had been reading. “Madam,” began the clerk, “I came to inform you that it. is against the rules of the house to serve more than ten cocktails in one room during an even- ing, especially when it is occupied bya lady and—" The young lady began to laugh. “Do you think I drank all those cocatails?” she asked. “Why I have only been eating the cherries in them. ” The clerk fled in disorder and when he reached the office, sent. up a bottle of cherries with his compliments—Dan- bu17y News. —-—~—<o‘.c>-———-——— Surprised. A party of friends surprised Mr. and Mrs. James E. VVixon at. them home on West Main street, 'Wednesday night. Gramophone selections were rendered by Fred E. Lockwood. Music was en- joyed during the evening and refresh- ments were served at 11 o’clock. Among those present were: Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Ives, Mr. and Mrs. William F. Hubbell, Harry Hubbell, Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Lockwood, Mr. and Mrs. James Griffith, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew V. Heath, Mr. and Mrs. George S. Gregory, Miss Maud Gregory, Miss. Lulu Gregory, Charles Holmes, Miss Minnie Wixon and Miss Amy Wixon. V Barnes-Preston. Invitationshave been received in South Norwalk for the marriage of Rev. Everett Andrew Burnes, son. of Rev. Harvey E. Burnes, formerly of South Nor-walk, to Miss LeRoy Preston, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred I. Prestou, ofBrooklyn. The ceremony will be performed Wednes- day evening, March lst, at7 o’clock in the Tabernacle Methodist Episcopal Church, and will be followed by a. reception at. the residence of the bride’s parents, 5707} Leonard street, Brooklyn . ———<O°O>~7-—— Stokes-French. The marriage of Arthur H. Stokes and Miss Eva C. French, of Bridgeport, took place Wednesday evening at. the home of Mr. and M 175. A. H. Fuller, in' Brockton, Mass, Rev. J. R. Rickardson of the First. Baptist Church of that city performing the ceremony. The young couple left. for Boston and will spend a week there be fore .7eturning to Bridge- port, where they will reside. The bride is well known in town having lived herea number of years. ———————-———<o-oD-————--— Iron Pier Washed Away- During the blizzard Monday after- noon the iron pier owned by F. Sturgess in Greens Farms was washed away by the ice flow. The pier was built. last. summer for M 17. Sturgess so that he could reach his yacht. at low tide and was considered one of the finest. piers along the Sound. The pier was about. 100 feet long and was builtof 117011. How This? We offer One Hundred Dollars Re~ ward for any case of Catarrh that. can not. be our ed by Hall’ s Canaz 17 '11 C1117 e. F. J. CHENEY&CO. ,Props. Toledo,O We the undet signed, have know 11 F. J. Cheney for the last. 15 years. and be— lieve him pel lectly honor able in all business transactions, and financially able to 0.11717 y out. any obligation made by their firm. ‘ WE :T 8.7. TRUAX. \Vholesalc D17 uggists, Toledo, 0. WALDING, KINNANe MAR- V1N,‘Nholesa1e D1 uggists, Toledo 0. Hall’s Catarrh Curc' IS taken internal- ly, acting directly upon the blood and mucous su1'l’accs of the system. P17 Ice .51}. per bottle. Sold by all Druggists. Testimonials f1 ee. Hall’s family Pills are the best. Nuptlals of Harry Wakeman Mather and Miss Maud Restelle Wheeler. , A pretty home VV'cddiug was solemn- ized at the home of Mr. and .\l17s. W.A. Wheeler. of Haviland street. V ledues- day evening. The bride was their youngest daughter. Miss Maud Restelle Wheeler, and the groom, Harry Wake- man Mather. a. prominent young con- tractor of South Norwalk. The parlors were handsomely be- decked with smilax, palms and potted plants and a, plenteous array of cut flowers. , . . Rev. A. S. Kavanagh' of the First Meth 0dist. church officiated. The ush ers were Clifford Judson, Lester Wheeler and Bernard Reynolds. The b1 ide Vv01"'e cu becoming gown ’Of pearl whip-cord trimmed with lace up- pliquecl and ruches of heliotrope and White chiffon. She ca:- 17 ied bride roses. Her travelling dress was of dark blue silk poplin with trimmings of white. After the ceremony a wedding sup- per Was served by caterer F. A. Lane. Mr. and Mrs. Mather left. South N017- Vvalk on the 8:16 train west for a short wedding trip. When they return they will reside at. the newly furnished home of the gro 00111 on Quintard avenue. POTTHW SOLD. of South Norwalk the Purchaser. Henry Seymour The Norwalk Pottery located on Smith street. was sold at public auction, Wednesday afternoon, to Henry Sey- mourfor $4, l25. Other bidders VV ere T. I. Raymond, $4, 000 and A. E. Austin, $4,400. The property is centrally located, and formerly belonged to The A. E. Smith’s Sons, and was years ago quite a hive of industry in the manufacture of pottery ware. ' It. is understood that‘Mr. purchased it on speculation. ‘o-l>——~r—— Proposed Change. Architect W. S. Knapp is looking over the Ely block on South Main street, Opposite the City Hotel. It. is proposed to make extensive changes in the same not the least of which will be the placing of stores on the ground floor. The'change if made will add greatly to the appearance of the street. Seymour I‘ 4" r Mortuary Record- The monthly bulletin of the State board of health credits N orwalk with 22 deaths during the months of Janu- ary, the causes assigned being: con- sumption, 3; pneumonia, 5; bronchitis, 2; nervous diseases, 4; accidental, 1; all other diseases, 7. ‘ Do You Take cold or contract a cough easily? Then we have just the remedy for you. Something that acts eSpe- cially on the throat and lungs. When they are weak it strength— . ens them. When inflamed it cures them. 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