tage of hers. ‘THE swam. Hark! hark! hark! Hark to thethunder‘s roar! ‘ Bark how the maddened waves Burst on the rock-girt shore! Lashed by the furious winds, Their foaming crests they real. Bush on with mighty bound, Start back in shuddering fear. Hark to the rattling hail! Hark to the driving rain!‘ The heavens, a blaze of light. Throb as in quivering pain; And nature seems to work, Unchecked, its own wild will. While man looks on in awe, And bird and beast are still. God on the whirlwind rides, The storm is ’neath His feet. He holds in His right hand The winds, His coursers fleet: ‘ They hear creation’s Lord In triumph on His way, And in their maddest race His 'slightest check obey. The lightning is His glance, His breath upheaves the sea, The thunder His dread voice Of awful majesty; In nature's seeming war Its Maker walks abroad. And all its mighty powers Are servants of our God. —-Esther Wiglesworth, in Golden Dayl. EaLite’s Possibilities l T WAS at the Waldorf-Astoria dur- ,_ ing horse showtime,‘ and the din- ;ner hour, the busiest time of the whole "day at that wonderful hostelry. ' Uniformed attendants flew here and there in breathless haste, waiters and :“omnibusses” hovered . distractedly 'about the flowerbedecked tables in the grand dining salon and the palm gar- den, and through the rich corridors :“fiowed a ceaseless stream of elegant women in trailing silken gowns and prosperous-looking men in Tuxedos or swallow-tail coats cut to reveal dazzling segments of shirt front. The riot of luxury, feasting and en- joyment was at its height when two men met in the office—two men of 40 or thereabouts, with that indefinite air of self—conscious power that marks the successful business man. “By the gods, if it isn’t Ned Frink!” exclaimed the taller of the two, stop ping suddenly with outstretched hand. “Teller!” cried the other, joyfully, seizing the proffered hand. “I’m glad to see you, old man!” In another moment the two, seated in a couple of big throne-like leather chairs which the Astor millions have provided for the purpose of at once comforting and impressing the hotel patrons, and were giving an account of themselves in true American fashion. They had not seen each other since 15 years before they had separated after four years of intimate companionship at a fresh-water college to go out and seek their fortunes, after the impetu- ous fashion of western youth. “You have prospered, I hear,” said Frink, “and have become an out-and- out New Yorker in fact and senti- ment.” , “Oh, I’ve had iny ups and downs,” re- plied Teller, with a. little laugh, “but I’m on t0p now. As for being a con- firmed New Yorker, well, Mrs. Teller, like most eastern women, doesn’t care for the west. VVe’ve never even done "the conventional trip to California. She prefers crossing sthe pond when we travel.” In the last words was all the com— placency of the man who has had a hard fight of it and won, but Frank easily forgave the little touch of van- ity. He had been through it all him- self. “Then, there’s a Mrs. Teller,” he said, smiling. . “Oh, yes, and a Jack Teller the sec- ond,” replied the other. “You must ' see that boy, Ned.” “I want to,” said Frink, but some- thing wistful in his voice struck his friend. “And you,” he asked. quickly. "Surc- ly you‘ve not remained single, my boy ‘2” “I’ve never marritd," was the brief reply. . “Why, you’re the very fellow to have a romance. I should think,” went on Teller. “You used to be a sentimental chap at college, always writing verses and all that.” Frank laughed. . “Yes, I had my romance,” he said. “Well, I’m sorry it doesn’t seem to have had a happy ending,” said Teller, sincerely. “A wife is a great help to a man. I'd like to tell you before you meet her," he went on, bending for- ward earnestly, “wbnt mine has done for me. She’s made a man of me and proved that I was worth the job. She’s been more than a wife to me. She’s been my good, honest, loyal chum. There are not many men who can say that: of their wives." “No, I fancy not,” assented Frink, Smiling. “It’s wonderful the understanding she had of the ways a man feels, an in- experienced girl like her,” proceeded the other. “You see she was a stenog- rapher in our office when I first met her, and I fell in love with her at first sight, almost. I’d made a little pile, and when we were married I thought things were coming pretty much my way. But hard times settled in and I lost everything. For a long time it was hard work to get bread and butter, but that girl stood by me through thick and thin. When I was sick for a year with rheumatism she went back to of- fice work and kept me and the boy with what she earned, with never a word of complaint or regret through it all. I tell you, my boy, she’s got the stuff in her that heroes are made of. Good- ness knows where she got it, that cour- 1 never asked her about her family, and she’s not one'to talk .much. but I fancy they were ordinary enough. I believe she came from some little town in New York state, and I know she never had anything much in her life. But. now the—struggle is over and .1 can give her about what she wants, ghgnk God. 1,.tellyou, Ned, it’s \ a pity gnu let one disappointment spoil l your life. There’s nothingso sweet- ‘ .ens existence asvthe companionship of a good woman.”‘ ' one,” said Frink, bitterly. “But surely the good ones outnumber the bad. Forgive me, Ned, but isn‘t it dice you against the whole ‘sex? Of course, I don’t know your story—” “It’s not pleasant,” said the other man, knocking the ashes from his cigar with nervous fingers. “It all happened the year I left college. I met a girl in Denver. She was beautiful and clever, "and you’re right about my being senti- mental. Teller, 1 fancied because her eyes were pure and bright as the stars in. heaven that she must be an angel. She was poor, too. Her father was a drunken, good-for-nothing fellow, and she was Very unhappy, and l pitied her. Ah, I was very far gone, indeedu We were going to be married 'when I had made money enough, and meantime I was happy as—well, as happy as a fool. And one day as we were walking down the street together we met a man, a. low fellow, with a dyed mustache. I knew him. He was a shoestring gambler who came down sometimes from the mining camps, and as vile a cur as ever breathed. To my amazement, he stopped and spoke to me. ‘What are you doing with my wife?’ he -.asked, angrily. l sup- posed' he’d been drinking, and was about to brush him aside, when‘I hap- pened to look at her, and what I saw told me all. She was cowering before that beast, with every vestige of color gone from her face and her eyes fastened on his with such a look that in a flash 'I knew that her fear of him was no new thing with her. “ ‘Great goodness, Lucy,’ I cried, ‘tell me this isn’t true.’ But she only gave a little moan, and so I turned away and left them there. I never saw her again.” There was a. moment’s pause. The orchestra, from its perch on the landing of the marble stairway, was playing an air from “La Boheme,” repeating the refrain over and over again with pas- sionate insistence. “Isn't it possible there was some mis- take?” asked Teller at last, a little awk- wardly. “No,” said Frink, in a hard voice. “Her father came to see me afterward. She was getting a divorce quietly, he told me, and they had agreed to keep me in ignorance of the whole affair. 01 course, the blackguard threatened to shoot me if I didn’t marry his daugh< ter, but when he saw I was not afraid. of him he let me alone. They came east after that, I believe.” “Perhaps she wasn’t as much to blame as he,” observed Teller, thought- fully. “Perhaps—she was very young. But such training in deceit; doesn't turn out the women who make good wives, and “HE Bolas nor KNOW," SHE SAID. SIMPLY. divorced women are hardly in my line. No, there was an excuse for her, and it was only my luck. You fell in love with the right woman, and I fell in love with the wrong one—that’s all.” A woman came down the corridor as he spoke the last words, a tall, elegant woman,in a modish gown, whose gleam- ing folds clung closely to her slender figure. A boy of eight or nine years held her by the hand, and both looked out on the world with the same eyes, great, beautiful, gray eyes, at once proud and sad. As the woman‘s eyes met Frink’s they dilated suddenly, and he started with a sharp pain at his heart that caught his breath. the very woman of whom. he had been talking? As he started up Teller glanced around and then rose also with a happy smile. - “Ah, Lucille,” he cried, “I have met. an old friend, Ned Frink. He must be your friend, also. Ned, this is mywifc.” The joyous pride in his friend’s voice made Frink wince inwardly as he bowed ceremoniously. “I’m very glad to meet Mr. Frink,” she said, calmly. How well he knew her voice. “You’ll dine with us, I hope. Ned," called Teller, over his shoulder, as he started on with the boy. “Thank you, no. I leave for Denver in half an hour,” replied Frink. Then a sudden surge in the crowd brought some one between them for a moment, and the woman turned to him, abruptly. ~ The pitiful appeal in her eyes went straight to Frink’s heart. and he 'felt his own eyes grow dim with tears. “He does not know,” she said, simply. “He never shall,” cried Frink.—Chi- cago Herald. Getting- Even with Her Enemy. A woman was staying in a Canadian ~village one summer and met an old another woman. “How is it Miss Smith was seen taking tea with you yestcr~ day?" the visitor asked. .“011, well,” she said, triumphantly, “she asked me next day. I knew she'd make herself Ill with, my johnnie cake." ‘ I rather narrow to let one woman preju- 3 How had she come there just then—9 . woman who had a blood feud on with' to tea the day before, so I retaliated the~ AL v Wood Succeeds as Military Governor at Havana. Military Rule Is Now Only Advisory. ' Laws Have Been Better-ed, 0r- dur Restored. and Peace Now Reigns. HAVANA, Dee. 20.—General Brooke in turning over the office of military gov- ernor to his successor, General Wood, is- sued the following proclamation: “By direction of the president I hereby transfer to my successor, Major General Leonard Wood, the duties and responsi— bilities of the oilice of military governor, bespeakjng for himlthat support and con- fidence which you have come to accord Inc. To those who havobeen associated with me in the performance of the diffi- cult task of reorganizing and placing in operation the civil government of the is- land I hereby tender this expression of appreciation and thanks for their loyal and patriotic support and assistance. “A year ago I found the country most thoroughly devastated, its resources and commerce destroyed and its rural popula- tion gathered into towns, without food and without shelter and dying of starva- tion and ciposure. The government of the United States immediately supplied work and food. In a short time those conditions passed away, and now the country is rapidly pressing forward to a prosperity hitherto unknown in its his- tory. “Look about and see how true this is. The various steps that have led to the pesent conditions are well known to you and need not be mentioned here. The change is truly marvelous. Without the semblance of civil government then, you have now a complete organization. Your municipal and provincial governments are all in the hands of your own citizens. The military control is purely. advisory and supervisory. Many of your laws have been modified and changed to suit the times in which you live as well as the interests of good government. 'Your courts have been reorganized and are in operation. Peace reigns. Law and or- der rule. . “By your own industry and by a care- ful observance of these conditions the full restoration of your social affairs and prosperity is assured. With the feeling that the future is in your hands to make or to mar, and trusting that wise coun- sels may prevail among you, I say to you farewell.” General Wood’s arrival took place this morning. The division was represented by Generals Chaffee, Richards and Hum- phrey and the department by Adjutant General Scott and an aid-de-camp. These officers met the Mexico, going down the harbor in tugs. General Brooke made a call yesterday morning upon Captain Sigsbee on board the battleship Texas, receiving a‘ salute of 17 guns. One commentator on the change of gov- ernors says: . “General “Food is a man of tact. As soon as he arrives he will give the pres- ent secretaries their passports, choosing in their place men of ability, and the Cu- ban people may-congratulate themselves upon his coming.” “’illiuni2\Vutches the “Jar. BERLIN, Dec. 20.—Emperor W'illiam is said to exhibit the kcenest personal concern regarding the war in South Af- rica, especially the fate of the British troops. Each day he receives dispatches showing the latest losses, and these he communicates to 'the German princes who, like himself, have blood tips with England. The court presentation at 12 o’clock New Year’s eve will include the various embassadors and their wives and even the. ministers 'of minor states. The emperor will have a series of original surprises in store for his guests. A sym- bolical charade written and composed by his majesty and by Connt Philip von Eulenburg, German embassador at Vien- na, will be acted. Its theme will be a salutation of the new year. ' Federation Against Conquest. DETROIT, Dec. 20,—The significant feature of the eighth day of the Federa- tion of Labor convention was the stand taken yesterday afternoon in opposition to all wars of conquest. The delegates, representative of probably 1,500,000 members of labor unions, voted unani- mously that such wars, “whether waged in Africa, the Philippines or elsewhere,” greatly endanger the liberties of the con- quered peoples. The declaration closed with the reiteration of a sentiment pre- viously adopted in another form—viz. “That we are opposed to any increase of the standing army of the United States beyond 25,000 enlisted men.” New Government Ship. BOSTON, Dec. 20.-—The United States ship Chesapeake, the full rigged sailing vessel designed as a practice ship for the Naval academy and built at the Bath Iron works and the Charlestown navy yard, was given her official government trial trip yesterday on various courses south- east of Boston light. The ship was tried for seaworthincss only. Her performance was pronounced satisfactory by the mem- bers of the oflicial board. A Short Strike. SHAMOKIN, Pa., Dec. 20.—-Three hundred miners at Colbert colliery had to stop work owing to the slate pickers going on strike for an advance in wages of from $3.25 to $3.75 per week. A com- mittee of boys conferred with the offi- cials, and the latter granted the in- crease asked for, whereupon the strike was declared off and work at the col- licry resumed. . A Duirymun Shot. TAMPA, F111,. Dec. 20.-—-B. F. Dan— iels, a dalrynian living near College hill, was shot from ambush and died early yesterday" morning. Daniels made an :mte mortcm statement charging "James Stafford with the crime. Bad blood has existed between the two men for over a your. Staiford is now in jail. Senator Martin lie-elected. RICHMOND, Dec. 20.—United States Senator Thomas S. Martin has been re- elected for the term‘ beginning March 4. 1901, by both houses of the assembly. acting separately. Today the two houses will meet in joint session to canvass the vote and declare the result. Spanish Naval Budget Adopted. MADRID, Dcc. 20.—The chamber of deputies has, by ,a vote or 154 against 94, adopted the naval budget. THE WORK OF A YEAR REVIEWED.I I'll "‘9‘ ((1,. V, - .N n D w A 1°K.’7 5. * - . l s BROGKEEFAREWELL; ‘ l SUN-Ell Hill. 7 ‘ “And nothing poisonsit like a bad ' An alarm of fire about 2 o’clock Sun: day afternoon called the Norwalk fire ‘ department to a fire in the barber shop and pool room at 30 Main street kept by an Italian named Leonard Disesa. Shortly before 2 o’clock Mrs. Thomas Lanigan, who lives Upstairs over the shop, smelled smoke and calling James Gordon who also resides in the build- ing, the latter went down the back way and found the shop in flames. Gordon, who was in his underclothes and had been asleep, effected an en- trance into the rear of the shop and came near being :sufi’ocated before he succeeded in getting out. ' When the flames were discovered from the front the barber’s pole was used as a battering ram to force the door in readiness for the firemen who had been summoned by an alarm from box 15 turned in by Captain Costello of Hope Hsse Company. The firemen quickly got water on the burning shop, but. were unable to ex- tinguish the flames before the chairs, mirrors, etc. of Barber Disesa had been totally destroyed. The heat. also broke both of the large plate glass windows n front. - Two pool tables in the rear of the store, which was divided by a. board partition escaped with a thorough wet- ting. When first discovered the fire was in the northwest corner of the barber shop near the partition dividing the shop from the pool room. Its origin is somewhat of a mystery, but it is thought to have been caused by a light- ed cigar or cigarette being thrown in- to the corner. The entire loss Wlll amount to some- thing like $1000, equally divided be- tween the barbor shop and building. The building is owned by the Nor- walk Baptist church society, and there is an insurance 0f$2900 on it with t.e Wilson, which will more than cover the loss. agency of O. E. Theloss to Barber Disesa will be a' total one as he had no insurance what- ever upon his fixtures. --<oo - WORK OF CONGRESS. Nothing of Importance Transacted. Senate Financial Bill. \VASHINGTON, Dec. 20.—The house was in session two hours yesterday. A large number of perfunctory resolutions for printing for committees, leave to sit during the sessions, etc, necessary to get the committees under way, were adopted, and the severahportions of the president's message were distributed in accordance with the usual custom. The resolution for the distribution of the message was made the occasion of a speech by Mr. Grow, the venerable ex- speaker of the house, in defense of the administration’s course in the Philip- pines and another by Mr. Bell, a Colo- rado Populist, criticising the president’s utterances upon the prosperity of the country. Scores of the members left for their homes to spend the holidays. Discussion in the senate of the finan- cial : nasure drafted by the Republican majority of the committee on finance will begin on Thursday, J an._4, the day after the holiday recess. This announce- ment was made in the senate by Mr. Aldrich (R. 1.), chairman of the finance committee, in connection with his report of the senate substitute for the financial bill passed Monday by the house. Mr. Aldrich, who will have charge of the measure, declared his purpose to press the measure to passage as soon as possi- ble. Mr. Vest (Mo) desired it to be under- stood that the bill reported by the finance committee did not represent the views of the minority of the committee. Hon. W. V. Allen, appointed by Gov- ernor Poynter as senator from Nebraska, took the oath of office yesterday. CON DENSED DISPATCH ES. Ex-Prcsident Cleveland is suffering with rheumatic gout. Twol persons were killed in a railway collision near London. The massacre of 280 Armenians by a party of Turks wasreported. General B. F. Tracy purchased two farms near Middletown, N. Y. Dillaway & Starr, bankers and bro- kers of Boston, have assigned. Appendicitis has just carried off its tenth victim in thrceyears at Yaleuni- versity. Five persons perished in a fire in a Harlem apartment house and two in a west side tenement. ' William Hunter, for ten years chief engineer of the Central of Georgia rail- way system, died in Savannah of pneu- monia. It was reported that the interstate commerce commission would grant six months' more time to the. railroads in which to equip freight cars with safety appliances. King L‘eo Dead. BALTIMORE, Dec. 20,—King Leo, the senior lion of Hagenback’s zoo, which is in winterquarters in the‘ Cyclo- rama building, this city, died yesterday; A cold contracted while en route from Philadelphia ten days ago developed into pneumonia, which did not respond to the treatment of several veterinarians whom the management secured to try to save his life. King Leo was a magnificent specimen of the black maned African lion and was about 20 years old. He was the father of the cub presented to Admiral Dewey. The carcass was sold to a New York furrierfor $500. The beast was valued at $5,000.- , . '2. A? v or "FTP \. SUE u as. An interesting case between lawyers and-client came up before Judge Curtis when the Court of Common Pleas: re- opened its session in Dinbury Tuesday morning. The case was that of Hurl- butt and Gregory vs. John Belton and wife. H'urlbutt & Gregory are the well known firm of Norwalk lawyers. Mr. and Mrs. Belton, the defendants, live in Georgetown. The defendants were at one time involved in a law suit. They had builta new house but had not paid the carpenter. The carpenter put a mechanic’s lien on the house'and when he started to foreclose it Mr. and Mrs. Belton placed their side of the- case in the hands Of Hurlbutt & Greg ory. Whether it was Mr. Belton or Mrs. Belton who placed the matter with the lawyers there was a discrep- ency in the testimony. V This is an important point in the case because Mr. Bolton owns no property and Mrs. Belton does.~ Asimilar point came up in the case between the Bel- tons and their carpenter and was what won them the case. Both Mr. Hurlbutt and Mr. Gregory testified that they had spent much time and labor on the case, that its trial took up four days and that their bill which amounted to about four hundred dol- lars outside the court fees was as reasonable as they could make it un- der the circumstances. The case was tried in the Superior Court at Bridge- port and decided in favor of the Bel— tons. Supreme Court by the other side but it was not prosecuted. Mr. and Mrs. Belton entered an ap- pearance for themselves in the present- case, and when Judge Curtis asked Mr. Belton if he had not better retain counsel, he replied that he preferred to appear for himself. It is very rarely that a litigant ap- pears in court and conducts his case without the aid of counsel, although they have such a. right. Mr. Belton took no active part in the proceedings, except to give testimony on the witness stand, and much of his side of the case 'The Hawaii Fll'll Insurance. to had to be brought out by questioning on the part of Judge Curtis. There were no arguments and the court re- served its decision. Hurlbutt & Gregory, although law- yers theniselvas. did not follow their former client’s -e.;.nnple and‘were rep- resented in the use by Attorney John J. Walsh. Piano Lessons, MRS. GEORGE W. BRADLEY, (daughter of the late.Wm. it. Nash), eivese ilicient and satisfactory instructions on the Piano 8 her home. 163 Main street. TNA INSURANCE 00. of Hartford Inco rporated1812. Charter perpetua‘ dapitaland Assets,$8,902.272.64. [sures against loss and damage by star. terms adapted to the hazard andconsisue mththelawsofcompensation COWLES & MERRILL SoleagentsforNorwalk andvicinitv ADAM .' EXPRESS COMPANY Low Rates. Prompt Deliver Eracnh Office. Norwalk,’at MorriiBeuedict Main Oflice.depot South Norwalk. . L. HUNT.Agent. An appeal was taken to theL 'He has evidently kept his threat, Mlllllll up SKIPS. ‘ William Minor Smith, of Stratford, who for the past 2’) years has been the proprietor of a shore house in that town, and whose reputation as :1. ca.- terer has reached beyond the boundar- ies gf the state, has left. for- parts un- known, and it is believed by everybody that Stratford has seen the last of an eccentric character—one of the most successful boni'faces in New England but whose domestic life the past. five... years has been anything but pleasant. The last. seen of Minor Smith in Strat- ford was Sunday morning. Sheriff Stagg has had a warrant in his pocket since-Sunday to place Minor under ar- rest for failure to fulfill the conditions of the court, which were to give Mrs. Smith $6 a week for the support of herself and four children. The domes- tic relations of Mr. and Mrs. Smith are responsible for his disappearance. It is over It year agOsthat he brought a suit for separation, alleging as the grounds therefor intolerable cruelty and that he was the parent of only three of the four children. His wife was successful in her fight against-him, but Minor would not provide a living for her and the four children, and M rs. Smith brought action against him. Justice Peck decided in favor of the wife, but Minor appealed to the court of Common Pleas. This court also found for the wife, and put hini under bonds to pay $6 per week for her sup- port. ' ' ~ Minor swore he would never pay her any money, but would go to jail first. ‘ and M rs. Smith made complaint to Grand Juror did not give his wife any money. Rhoades, asking for a warrant. for his arrest. The warrant was not made out till Sunday, and was given to Sheriff Stagg. That afternoon the sheritf went to the Minor Smith hotel, but his man ‘ was not to be found. The search has been continued since, but without re- sult. -, Advertise in THE GAZETTE. Has no wCompleted ts 32d SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS YEAR , And has notoutstanding a dollar of unpai losses orclalms for losses. No soun com Dam. insures for less . A. GuMcll‘walne. Pres..G. B. St. John,Vice-Pr F. E .Sha'w. Sec. Geo. B, CowEs, Resident S ETEBL. GUIGE, Florist and NUrsery' man Union Avenue, north of Union Cemterv horwalk. Conn. Dealer in green House at Houseand Bedding and Vega ablel’lants. Fruit and Ornamental Trec-g nubbery. ines, Cut Flowers. always 0 and,andall sorts of desmns 1 n flowerr ar anzedtoorder. ‘ ~ Wax-adios and refillinacemeten. lotsat t nded to. Ravmond &Son. Successors to George]! Raymond Furniture Dealers and General Funeral Directors 46 and 48 Main 81.. lorwalk, Eons. Residence, Berkelev Plano. telephone No 77-4. NEARLY r IFTY—EIGHT’ YEARS OLD. I t's‘e long life but devotion to the true interests and prosperity of the American People has won for it new friends as the years rolled by and the original members of its family passed to their reward, and these admirers are loyal and steadfast to- day, with faith in its teachings, and confidence in the informationwhic‘h it brings to their heroes and fire sides. ’ As a natural consequence it en- joys in its old age all the vitality, and vigor of its youth, strengthened and ripened by the experiences of over half a century, ’ It has lived on its merits, and on the cordial support of progress- . v , ive Americans. It is the “The New York Weekly Tribune,” acknowledged the coun-' try over as the leadingVNational Family Newspaper. ' Recognizing its value to those who desie all of the news of the State and Nation, the publisher of the NORWALK Guerra (your own- favorite home paper) has entered into an alliance with the New York Weekly Tribune which enables him t) furnish both papersat the tri fling cost of $1.00 per year. Every farmer and every villager owes to himself, to his family, and to the community in which he lives a cordial support of his local new paper, as it we"? v constantly and untiringly for his interests in every. way, brings t' his. izzn‘ne all the news and happenings of his neighbor hood, the doiags c: has friends, the condition and prospects of dim;- ent crops, the ,2"; less in home markets, and, in fact; is a weekly visitor which should he found in every wide-awake progressive ‘ family. .. Just mid: U: It"? both of the“ papers for only 81.00 a '39“. Send all subscriptions to'ihe“G_m7T ‘f Nerve“, Conn. - . .»1: b n. r s. M 1" t l
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