mythsphaud at the same
._,thn0ut0ftiniofnr
bkdoafliwaseamadbyannt‘
“Woolly joy.
«mum-mew
rooftodryflndtberats gnawed
‘ thoroofto sot tho Mull.
rumflnhwdtbo water came through
“ital-Martian.
- NAtt‘old ohau'vortells that ends eyebrows
- “@ngdewhislga Nomattor
WMWugthepav-aoamayhe, ifhia
WMQWIMMnotlioflataud
Mhhmlougwayuoagmau.
" H Anselm in Americas, 6.1.1.11 “loop
;a cannot Sunday night service and
‘twho up until after everybody bad
W homoandthodoorwaslocked. Shere-
W three days before she was
the Continual armlesthe German
_ .1100” low loss. judsxns by the
1 , step. It iseightycentimoters.
French, Austrian, Belgian, Swiss,
“dish is seventy— -fivo centimeters, and
Runian seventy-one centimeters.
centimeters make a foot.
,fhotaisanold porpoise that has beenin
WWO! St. Augustine. Fla. yearsaod
mneporpoise .seisparticularly tame and
new. He is called Old Ghoul, anon.
W by having one fin gone. lie often
‘rllrsinmad the more bodts'andhla
fl Wuhayiaogursagoodcatch.
‘" Werknnuinagravel bed on theWestem
railway of Alabama recently came upon
“inhalation of what they thinkwasanln—
Chum Ouit wasfound a silver cor-
aet, silver bracelets, a necklace made of
Ill“? buckle, tied together with silk rib-
Mandapeculiarkmfo withasabcrblade.
We! superstitions linger in Austria.
The burgmasterof Zuraki, in Gulicia,liua
jittinditutadaproaecutiou beforothemm
“court of Bolotwina againstamau named
Joan Kowalesiok for having "byhis mali-
oiousaorosriesaadincaatatiouseansedahail-
‘3“ todevastato the fields of Zuraki on
J y28."
Rfifireignnamof Curtis,17la.,received
alokoftofletsoapfor his barber shop. In
mmmmontheshelfhanoticedthot
di‘obfthdmwasmuchbeavierthanwellcou-
Wimp generally is. Cutting it open,
he found a silver dollar of the vintage of
m' Hoinfends to deal with thatflrmnlto-
tuba-hereafter.
The daughter of a rich banker stopping at
Ri- ventured beyond her depth while
bathing. andwusoulysaved bytheeffurtsof
a young mamwhoriakedhislife to archers.
mday afterward the happy father senttho
young imna note of thanks accompanied by
I"! “returned, which was immediately and indig-
3:3 inninghaui, Alia. man mode a clock
Keith: intended as a present for a friend.
1 running, and it all right for
fiwhilqood suddenly it was after-
‘ that the person for whom
ltwasinfpndedhad diedat the very time in-
Whythe clock. it has been set going
bogus-133' afterward, but always stops at the
mo Wila, bathing master of the
Killian homo. Lake George, while digging
luslq’thorootsot ahigcedar notfnr from
h Mach, found a quantity of Indian
wuponv, evidently of great antiquity, and
“We! ahnman skeleton, which crum-
hlldintodustasmon asexpomdto the air.
. no weapons were arrow heads and sums
W of cur-lam design.
* AWN!“ occidenthappouedre-
“Munchies. Thirty ostriches which
Magyar; an-ivedfrom-Algeriam being placed
igneous Minis; .. Iokl’iris. where theyuro hobo
in the Jardin d'Acclimatation,
wlfhn a man endeavored to pluck some
mambo! onoof lbo“binisof the
lust.” He immediately received a kick
Iran themtrich which killed him on thespot.
One ldfodiqofifm most irritating of the recent
tourists“ is the fashion of leaving
citdsut the tombs of distinguished people.
The host of Longfellow in Westminster Al»
boy is constantly surrounded by those inap-
bits of pasteboard, and the grave
of.“H H." is said to be literally covered with
lb viitiugcards left by touristswhoclimbed
the Indy mountain near Colorado Springs
unit the last resting place of the poet and
‘I
5 STARS DRESSED FOR RAIN.
ltoaiuaVokes wears on rainy days a dress
Mogul something very like Mrs. Miller‘s
hflottu." covered by three or four kilta of
“neat higthe
In. Potter in wet weather wears only on
«61tu dress, with strong shoes, silk petti-
coat, one of her famous Mother Hubbard
“hand a Tam O’Bhautor cap.
3min Juno says a rainy day dress should
him-do whole, of dark, light weight resistr
lm doth, free from everything superfluous,
MyDavenporthatremeodonswalku,
rallordilue. Bhowearsourainydaysa
“bias-111m. linen mum lined
“Midwint’urmndhighopenwp
vigil-Won rainy this dresses very
,tmatiag towrapa for warmth, high
Mmmmwzckinmba'tgsto
. m throat, i at
, mid-m” ” ”m"
V Mtbrowaoooveotloualitytotho
. when it rain, waari a childish.
f ' Mic-“8m!” ml
, g? mmmwm
ofthagsouod.
$11.1". urine-am i- known-s
mamas. .
President Geruot’a tour 1
wincnthouatisaahouttfiom
'l‘bokiu‘gof ltalyishnawnfurhlstemps-v
aneoinall things,exoeptamoking. .
Dr Oliver Wendell Holmi- has resigned
thepraideacyofthelledieallibrary. Baotou
John GroantheSioux chlof,isaaidtobe
voryquiekatligm Heisanludiansuui
men-item
Senator Btuafordis not oootentedintho
senate. Heisahuaine-manmreand line
51;. it is understomlthat hewill secure
rm
A few daysago. iuagun foundry at Peter»
hell, tbemrliftedumaasof steel weighing
nearly 700 pomuiv to tho cheers d the sur-
rounding workman.
Thoimpurtant news go‘s forth that Cou-
greaiiuao Hopkins. of Illinois, writes with
his left hand Somebody will now remark
that his left hand is his right hand.
The wedding of Prince: Sophia of Promia
andthecl’mprinoe ofGr istotake
place at Berlin the last of mutant. The
princess is not to enter the Greek church.
Says a foreign correspondent: “The
crown prince of Germany is a dear little fol.
The low, 6 years old, with fair skin,hnir and
coloring generally, and full of life and in-
telligeuce."
James Depew, a brother of Chauncey. is a
prominent business man in Detroit, Mich,
and «lees not care for public or political life,
although in other respects he resembleshia
famous brother.
King Kalahari h in very poor health.
Ho smokes constantly. and the Hawaiian
minister of stathitics has never been able to
count the numberof cigarettes he destroys in
twenty—four hours.
F. 1.. Stanton, the humorous editor of The
Smithville (Ga) News, has accepted an 9111'
torial position on The Tribune, of Rome.
Mr. Stanton has achieved considerable rcpu~
tutiou us a humorous writer.
The emperor of Austria is a great smoker,
but hepreferaubadcigar too good one. He
uses. the cheap, cigars the Vienna cobmcn
ufl'ect. Doubtless he thinks that us a man of
rank he ought to smoke rank cigars.
Onalouelyroud near Sag Harbor, L. 1.,
lives a man who claims to be a brother of
Gen. Boulnnger. He has been ahermit for
years. He is a handsome, courteous French-
man who seems to hav c known the world well
in other days.
Caleb Poote, the oldest editor in Massachu-
setts, is about to retire from Le editorial
chain'OE The Salem Gazette, which he has
filledsinco 1825. Mr. Foote has been con-
nected with The Gazette for seventy-one
ymrs, having entered the ollice as on up—
pumice.
Octave Feuillot. overpowered by grief at
tliodeath of hisaon, a young man of 30, has
announwd to the director of the Gymnaso
thathemnnot write his promised comedy,
that his pen is broken, his likmmr at
an feud, his inkstand closed forever, in
mourning and desolation
Mr. Dodson {Lewis Carroll) asked a little
girl on the seashore one day if she had read
“Alice in Wonderland.” The child an-
meted, “Yes,” and after a pause said she
wnsverysorrytohearthatthemnwbo
had written the book was mad. Shehud
heard the clergyman tell her mnmumso.
Nextdayhfr. Dodson sent his misinformed
Idmireraspecial copy of “Alice," with the
author’s compliments.
QUEER ARTICLES OF FOOD.
At Emereldl the tidbit is roast monkey.
In Arabia the horse is a favorite articloof
food
_ in Ex!“ various portions of the camel are
eaten with relish.
- The inhabitants of Cochin China prefer
rotten eggs to fresh one.
In India the flesh of the elephant is con-
sidered particularly line.
In South America the inhabitants cut 501'.
pants, limrds and centipeden
At Tcrraciua a guest will be asked whether
he prefers a land or a water eel.
The pariahs of Hindustan contend with
the dogs, vultures and kites for putrid car-
rion. '
Many settlers in remote localities along the
Missouri and Mississippi are fond of tender
puppies
The Chinese taste is for cats, dogs, rats and
serpents, while bears’ paws and birds’ mats
are daint'ies.
In the West Indies a large caterpillar found
oothepnlmtreoisostoemed a luxury, while
the edible nests of Java swallows are so rich
a dainty that the ingredients of a dish will
cost as much as 875.
The women on the Magdalena river, while
duping earthen vmela on the potter'a
wheel, put large lumps of clay in their
mouths In the some place it is often neces-
sary to confine the children to prevent their
running out to eat earth immediately aftcra
fall of rain.
Acurious taste prevails in muiiypurtaof
the world for clay. It isouten in all the
counts-lose! thetorrid lone, but the practice
is alsoobserved in the north. as hundreds of
of oartloadsof earth containing iufiooria
an aid to be annually consumed by the
country people in the moat remotepartaot
Sweden, and inhalant] a hiudof earth k
owe-loudly mixed with final.
TheOtomactrlboof eortheatiug Indians
knead the earth-a truepotter's clay—into
ball-of Avooraixluches indlamater. which
thcyroostbyuwoakflrouutiltba outlidois
hard. Dieyremolsten themwhen tboyaro
required as food,aodaoeording to smock
whollvad twelve year-sauna; than ououl
them would eat from
We!
mutualioundaaaaquamrofthlam
foodlaaday.
SlZES OF STATEMEN.
Benamrlunllalatbsthluuestmauluooa-
'mfimamumoamm
m
Siawarhof’l‘ermlatbotallutmaula
m .
mummmflhufadm
homunculus-anus. 'l‘ogatbx:
manual-ounce.“
whom axle-inc
townhouse. wan
“inhaling-Madame
judgmentloiunsioal
aggduoumwr’
womatthogatboring at Spin-
uor’slaatoveuhigh‘owasthollnt torequd
momsing.“-—Liucoanourual. .
A Remedy.
Barry—Why, Tom, what' In gooduao’ name
,have you got in your trousers?
’ Tom—Dear me! I wasiu hopes it wouldn‘t
benoticed. You see, l‘veboeuouttotheboll
groundnllday, and that nieaiis‘a thrashin‘
whexilget ;aoljustputatinaauoepan
wherelf itwuuldboofaomo uso.but
I‘ipJafraiddad’seyes’llheassharpasyour’n.
- fe
A “ocular Man.
011 a Baker street car the other day a man
who had token a car ticket from his wallet
dropped the “leather" on the floor at his fat
in trying to replace it in his pocket. Three
orfour passengers tow the transaction, but
noouehad suida word, whenthe loser dis»
coveredhlshissandstartodup and-atdowu
intlisgnst.
“ Anything wrong!" asked amazon.
“1 es; wallet is gone.”
“Probably picked out of your mckctl”
"V0.1 guess not. "
“Don‘t you suspect some one in this earl"
”Oh, no, I probably dropped it on the
street."
”Probably contained a hundred doll-n,
didn’t it!"
“No.”
“Much as fifty, theuf”
“No. I guess there was about a dollar in
it.”
“But you will stand off your gas bill and
water tux and groan on account of it, of
course?"
”\0, sir; i shall pay everything today.”
“ll ell, gosh-darn- to-guni, if you aiu' t a
mighty queer man, and bores your wallet!
Say, folks, let’s present him a token of our
utter amazement”
And they bought him six cur tickets and
gig? to run him for mum—Detroit Free
Oysters Are in tie-son.~
Size (blushinglyl—Wby do you say in!
teeth are like pearls!
lie (gunman—Because they are. 1 can‘t
compare them with anything else.
She ivnxilmgl—You are a flatterer, I‘m
afraid, George.
lle igruv trip—Flatter"! .\o. I oulyspeok
the plain and simple truth.
She—And they are really like pearls?
lie (emphaticallyh'l‘hcy are.
She (with an arch glaucel—Do you know
what your reference to pearls reminds me of,
George!
Ile~—I don't say.
you of !
Sho-Oysters.-—Boston Courier.
What does it remind
TM-wuflhb‘l‘l‘l‘fl‘s
Tired Stranger (2'. o’clock a. 1n)—I‘ve been
traveling since yesterday morning. Can you
give moaquiet room where loan sloeptill
lOoclockl Dont care where itis, noer
it mists, but want the quietest room in the
building.
Hotel Clerk—Can fix you all right, sir.
Boys, show the gentleman to No. 55.
1N0. wisnmzyroom ou the fourth floor
just opposite the elevator, and the stranger,
is clam leader of seventeen years‘ standing.
bachslidcs hopeleaaly before 8 o ‘clock. 1—Chi-
cago Tribune.
now to Cork Political Prophets.
Blinks—~There coumJinks. Let’s get away
from him. Hethinkshe’s apolitical prophet,
and does nothing but bore everybody he
meets.
Klinks—lnt him come; l'll shut him up like
a jnckknife.
"Eh? You won’t threaten to strike him,
will you?"
“So; 1'“ offer to bet with him."-——Phila—
dolphin Record.
For Once.
Maiden Lady—l think I will visit achirop
odist while I am in the city.
Friend—Have you come!
M. L.-.\'o.
P.——Bunionsl
M. L—No.
F.-Why, then, visit a chiropodistl
lil. Ilwl want tohavolt to say that I had
anion at my feet once in my life.—~Booton
Courier.
Likely.
A news item says that a mule in Colnaa
county. Col. “was struck by lightning and
paralyzed, but recovered after twenty-stout
hours and was as frisky as ever." it is not
stated what Income of the lightning, but it is
inferred that it is still lingering in a hospital.
~Norristown Herald.
A Temporary loan.
Chunky-«Pm inalittlonxludqy, Brown,
fwmoueyiwhatwohldyounylf lwrreto
ukyouforatomporary loan of ahuodrad
or two dollars!
llama—Well. Chunky. if the loan will he
temwrary. I might lot you have the two dol-
lomwllcculeut News.
Wha- 'n-c Ilka.
Sweet (lulu-lorry! it‘s 10 o’clock. llaa
time over paced ”quickly with you as it
does nowi
Devoted hour (a traveling sauna)—
lfmr, normatrailroad dining station-.-
l’biladblphla Record.
am luv.
“1 see," WM'Mtl-ol’rlaeo
of Wales waana black silk ribbon instead of
a watch chain. Funny. ha't it?
”Well, i don’t know,”ratmuad
"perhaps he’s lost the tlehst.”--Jadga.
AI Volta-y Jule.
0o
mportant.
Soofleld a Hoyt have decided to give their customers the benefit of some fortunate
purchases of several lots of Dry Goods.
101' N0. 1,—4i‘bildren's Cloahs, 4 yearaiae. 83. 00. 6 years. 32.40; 8 years, 62 89; 10
years, 08.00. ladies’ Uloako. 8537.08.35, 010.98.810.97. Plush Bouque-
from 310.08.
LOT N0. a—Colored Henrietta Cloths 2313.. all wool in all colors at 42c... advertised
elsewhere at 400. All wool Noon at 430., good value at 500.13er-
cloths, all colors, fine quality at 870.
101' no.3 .-—10 inch Silk Pluvliea, all colors. at 001:. Block Dru-Silks. warrant
l ed for six months from 31.00 upwards. Black Satin Rhadarue at 980.. a big
bargain.
101’ N0. 4,—lfiwollauroos. Good all wool carpets at 0012.. former price 750.
0000urtoiu Poles 25c. each Shades, ms feet loog at 25c 100 Rugs large
also at $9.50, 50110. smalleize. $1.,00 beetgoods. Swede Gloves 4 buttons,
506. Ladieo' and Gents' all wool Red Underwear from 500. upwards.
Oilelotbsin all widths and qualities . A fulletock of Tiuware and House-
keeping goods at the lowest prices. 1
SCOFIELD 8: HOYT,
No. 3 GAZETTE BUILDING. NORWALK. CONN.
Special Prices
to
ARCH I'I‘Ell'l‘il
and
BUILDERS
It is not all
”e o v e r e d with
Nickel Plate
——*
It is made in
YOUR
own town.
Also
Agent for the
celebrated
it I C 11 ll 0 N l)
RANGES
Plumbers and
Gas
Fitters, Slate
and
Tilt Roofers.
E. Ii. .LOCKWOOD & CU... Norvvalk.
HOUSES AND LOTS
a
13‘“?
_— AT.—
E. K. Lockwood & Cos.
The Buck Ranges
FOR 5 ALB
Situated on Main Street, West Avenue, Taylor Avenue, Elm-
wood Avenue, Monroe Street, Woodward Avenue, Lowe Street,
Concord Street, Spring Street, Corner Summit and Golden
Hill Streets, llaviland Street, Corner Union and Franklin
Streets, Meadow Street and Turnpike.
LOTS
Situated on Main Street, Corner 'i'aylui' Avenue and West
Street, Taylor Avenue, West Avenue, Hillside Place, Meadow
Street. Cross Street, Summit Street, hlmwood Avenue, Buy-
view Avenue, Pine Street, Prospect Place, llumilton Avenue,
Day Street, Raymond Street, Corner Water and Raymond
Streets, and Lots Fronting 011 the Carriage Bridge.
3.1,,
HEast HNorwaIk
Houses and Lots situated on Pleasant Street, Osborn Avenue,
Cove Street, Henry Street, Corner lloyt Street and ‘ Cottage
Avenue, College Avenue, and St. J olm Avenue.
The property on the above list will be sold at reasonable
prices and on easy term;
We also have some outside property for sale at very reason»
able prices.
1111. 111111 111 113111111111111.
n 1 3i SMWWEDI
Boston Store!
Will introduce to patrons this
week SPECIAL / AND AT-
TRACTIVE LOW PRICES in
NEW FALL DRESS GOODS
AND NEWMARKETS. The
exhibition of choice fabrics to
be found new in the above do—
partments have been selected
with great care from the latest
and best designs of both Eu-
ropean and American manu-
facturers: That the public up
preciate this fact is well attest-
ed by the volume of business
during the past week.
Below we submit a few lead-
ing bargains for this week .
[11101311 Brass lunls.
One case 36 inch Henrietta
cloth £251: ,per yard, ‘ivcll
worth 37c.
cloth at 39c per yard, worth
6231c.
One case of combination
suitings, plaids and stripes to
match.
Very stylish goods at 490
per yard, worth 75.
Ten pieces of 54 inch Ladies
81111111 Sale of Sills
As advertised in last week
Sundays papers, Megory, Por-
ticr, Grose ii 00., held their
semi-annual trade sale of silks
on Wednesday and Thursday.
Oct. 17 and 18, our New York
buyer was on‘hand early and
secured the most desirable
portion of the stock, we are
therefore able to announce a
grand special silk sale, begin-
ninnr to-m‘orrow morning and
continuing throughout the
week
Lot 1,221an Black Rha-
dame at 59 cents per yard,well
worth $1.00 per yard.
, Lot 2, 23 inch Heavy Black
Rhadame at 890 per yard, war-
ranted ln be worth $1.19 per
yard.
Lot 3. 21inch Black Gross
Grain Silk at 740 per yard,ivell
worth $1.00 per yard.
Lot 4, .22 inch Colored
Fraillc Francoise at 980 per
yard; advertised elsewhere at
$1.25 per yard.
HLfl'l‘H HLHHEH'I'S
Fine Cloth Newmurkets at
86.49 and $7.49, worth 3810.-
75-1315.
Regions and Newmafikels in
Stripes and Checks and Plain
and Braided Beaver, ‘in all
new shades.
75 imported Jackets at $3.49,
worth $5.00.
100 plain Jackets with vest
fronts all new otyles and colors
at $7.50, $8.00, $8.50 and
$10.50, worth $10.00, $12.00,
$14 00 and $15.00.
8111101111 611111111.
English seal, Plush Sacques
at $19.95 to $45.00. ,
English Seal Plush Jackets
at $9.98 to $20.95.
BUST N S'I'HHH.
Emile to 011 ll T111 P111111.
Mail Order Department.
We would cordially extend
a distance who cannot person-
ally in- pect our enormous col-
goods describing as nearly
and we shall forward with
present.
an invitation to all who live at
leétions to send us a letter or
postal card for samples of
as possible your exact wants
same exact care, promptitude
and dispatch as if you were
HHS'I' N S'l‘flHH.
Boston Store.
25 cents a gallon.
Twenty kinds of spices mixed for pickling,
GREEN GINGER 3001‘.
15 cents a douse.
All Kinds of Whole Spices.
as any all around honest dealer can give.
Preserving Time Here.
One bezufour Old Barley Oats mworthlx
hogan! other. Will welb
ho he! and it takes 1111eg good oata to do it.
“I! that! incompuioou
Dibble’s Block Main St.
Scouting h My for
Aithlfilot'lof
A SPECIALTY.
’ lhey Shall be Sold at Last
Year’s Prices.
REMEMBER
G. EEARVEY,
P1111 81111110111111
MIXED SPICES!
Nice Juicy Lemons
ROCKSALT. HAY SALT.
is 11111 81111 for the M1111
llcudy for Pickling and
1 W111 111qu flats!
dOIMfllhololhI
.1 lit a bag. You may ihlnk you have been feed—
Ing goodoata see ours and you maytbluk your
Billie & Hustlers
FALL AND WINTER WEAR
O. 1!. Harvey.
Rubber Goods
BHMSTH
insurance Building,
CHMSTHBH BHHS
Have placed in stock their full line of
Men’s louth’s & Boy’s
CLOTHING
111191 11111111 < +
Bflfll EHH SHllfll
.,.
For Fall and Winter.
0K BllllS.
m
llusonlc Building.
Norwalk Chronicler