m pauperlsm in England, for the m is only of pauper-s applying for gov- mt relief ’ llaouriods fact that theproportion ~ topopulation issmallerin Lon- . throughout the rest of England . But then has beans 3 ‘1 uedgrowth of pagpsr- lisinrecent years which ‘ ‘a'ggastde’alofanxiety. lathe 3- l'ws‘ekof last December there-were 100,370 paupers in London, which was equivalent to 24.3 per 1,000 of the whole population. This was 8,000 more paupers thanwerc receiving relief in the city in the correspcn week of the peevicus year and a number than inany yearsincc 1872. . The proportion of pauperism in London was highest in the years 1867 and 1869, when it reached 47.8 and 48.1 respectively ”21,000 of population. But those were years of exceptional depression, and the astounding figures have never been reached in any other year since the inauguration elgthe Mat. system of statistics. The lowest“ point was reached in i891, when the‘momon of pauperswas 22.4 per 1,0000f population. Since that year there W a steady growth of panperism‘in , metropolis, and at such a rate and such coincident circumstances as to bathe cause of much anxiety to the au- thoritiesand a matter of great public con- 00m. But these figures are of the pauper-ism only that comes to official notice, and the record takes no account of the vast amount of poverty that is relieved by private char- ity and through other than government sources. To “go on the parish” is the last and much dreaded resort of the honest poor, only to be avaiiexl of in (1th ex- tremity, and the ccroners’ records show that many unfortunates have died of ac— tual starvation rather than thus apply for public charity. More than adosen of such sad cases are noted on the official returns of lnqueuts held in London alone during last year. So that the startling showing of 24 paupers in every 1,000 inhabitants is only part of tho picture of poverty in England—New York Sun. a” A Child's Explanation. When a child has lively imagination, but hasnot yet reached the age when it can reason, truth has a hard time of it occa- sionally. Little Edith B, 4 years old, sometimes shows temper. licr nurse asked her to do something the other day, and Edith flatly refused. When the nurse in- slated that Edith must do it, she raised her doll with youthful passion, and throw- ing it down violently shattered its head to pieces. “Edith," said her mother, “when your fatheroomcs home you should go to him and fill him what you have done. " Edith’s father came home at the usual hour, but she did not odor to tell him any- thing about the doll. As he had been told by the mother what had happened, he finally took his daughter on his knee. “Has Edith been a good girl today!” be ”Yes, she's been very good,“ was the modest answer. “Are you sure that she has been good all day?" “Let me see," said Edith, gazing afar of! in a thoughtful way. "Yes,” with em- phflil, “I think that she has been a very good girl all day. ” "an Mannie (the doll) been all rhoht m ’1! “ h, Mamie,” said Edith coolly, “was not a good girl. She went out when i told her not to go. She was walking along when she fell down on the sidewalk and broke her bond ofl.”—Ncw York Tribune. The Carnival of Perfumes. The usoof IIli‘i‘IllIO in the early Chris‘ tian church would appear at first to have metwith strong ommition, and in the contradictory statements of the early fa‘ there we so: the traces of a warm centres versy. That enthusiastic archaeologist, Dldron, in his “Annalee Amhmlogiques, " has collectodawvnlth of informatlonbear- ing on the use of perfumes in the different Christian rituals. Writing as a pious mediavalist, ho contrasts the pagan abuse of perfumes, ministering to their wildcat orgies, with their more spiritual and r1.» lined employment in the service of the church Certainly at no time has the cult of per turn. been can-led to a higher point than that reached by the wealthy humour of alumni“). Witness the important part that they play in the anecdotes of feasting and “fast" life which we find scattered through the pages of Apulclus, l’ctronins. Anthenmus and Lucian. In his "Banquet" Athcuscus quotes an authority who recommends “that the legs should be washed with an Egyptian por- fume taken from a box of gold, the mouth and the breast with a liquor made from dates, the arms with mint, the eyebrows and hair with marioram, the knees and the neck with thyme. ” In these debauehcs dc i'cdoras the Very vessels from which they drank, brought at great expense from lupt, were manufactured from plethora! cisysnddrein aldin heatsawit aroma- tics.~l~ilackwocd's legacies. A norm Mary. "The W Barnum,was always equal to a situation," said a theotherday. "Yearssnghsn 'l'uu Thumbn- his culyattractica, he camstofiaratopsndattemptcdtogirean Moment. The village Mixers, how- ".scarsdhim awayhythsprioeoftheir Maudheweattofldhtomthsnast ‘Mmdadvmissdtheparfurmanea. A “II trainwas run from hemand a ymaaycfuswsntmflit. When E "W . . with 1 0mm ”1!.“an thsncrmal mount of ‘ m nominee seclcscly that ‘yeangwsrseamadaa mistake." “ uprscipitsteymlf and welcomed of WWW the old man "Ndxthat was man. She was a young woman who was looking to precipi- tate a row. and lmsyadd that shswassae natal. Don’t all-peak at oueabut I’m ' the “unknown meal, who get heraewbipped on state street. Dbl-swede Jaimie“. It may have slipped your memory, but i hsvc'n’t forgotten any of the par/ticmm “Horsewhippsd by a young woman, chi” queried the metallic paint agent as be put on a knowing look. . "Say, now, lemme tell you how it was. It was one on me, of course, but it all came Ibontmmh my brine-truth Induced looking; you know. Cashierot abaakmads love tea'bcsutlfal girl dad won in: been. Her father failed in his, and the cashier threw her over. Her love turned to hate, and she yearned for revenge. She heard he was shining up to another girl, and she do- termine'rl to take downspegortwo. The evening I arrived In Chicago was the date she had set for the little affair. i put up at the Tremont and after supper took a walk." "This heartbroken, revengcful girl ex- pecud to find the reel-rant cashier with a lady, of course," cackled the paint man. “Of course, and l was with a lady—my wife, you know. Yes, my wife used to travel with. me then. We were taking a little stroll, and the street was pretty clear of pedestrians when a young woman even took us. I hadn’t caught sight of her yet when she cut with a rawhide and began to dust my jacket. I don’t deny that it was a real surprise party. I was once picked up by a Texas steer, but the surprise wasn’t equal to this occasion.” “Did she say anything?” asked the man with the Queen Anne chin. “Say, now, lemme tell you that she did. She had an exclamation for every cut. She called me a ‘heartless villain,’ a ‘perfldloos wretch’ and a dozen other things which didn’t hit my character and conduct, and that rawhide kept after me like a swarm of bumblebees chasing a farmer’s hired man. I got one lick on the neck which lasted over a month. 0h, she meant business, shedid 2" “And the lady with you?" “The lady with me! Say, now. lemme tell you that my wife ran into a hallway and yelled, ‘Murderi’ and that’s what brought the police to my rescue. I was that surprised I couldn't even holler. J use about the time a cop grabbed the girl she discovered that she had mailers grunt mis take, and she felt so cut up about it that I really pltied her. 0! course I had to ac- cept her apologies and say it was all right. but I couldn't keep my feet still while do» ing it.” "And of course your wife accepted her apologies?" queried the glue factory drum— mer. who had been holding his breath. “Say. now, lemme tell you that she didn’t," replied the victim. "That's where such mistakes do a power 0' harm. It was all perfectly proper and as straight as a string. and yet my wife wouldn’t speak to me for a month and is holding the ‘coinciv dcnce’ over my head yet." “Do we understand,” said the'palnt man after two minim/en of silence, “do we under- stand that the mistaken young woman also apologised to your wife!" “Say. now, lemme tell you something," petulantl y exclaimed the coincidence chap as he got up to leave the smoker. “All riuht, go ahead." “It has just occurred tome that she didn‘t apologize, but I’m not going tornise any row about it, and if you tellers think your. selves so awfully smart just go ahead and swap lies and ge-t ofl' stale jokes and pat each other on the back for Smart Alcoksl Say, now, lemme tell you I've got through and the wholl- gang of you can go to grace, and nibble for fuldcr."-—Dctroit Free Prose. A Deal F28. ilr. .loncs’ wife was awakened by a noise in her room llu- other night, and when she sat up in bed l-‘Ill' saw the doctor standing over the nrmclmlr in the room. lie had a towel IIHI around one of the logs of the chair, and with a hand saw he was cutting it in half. Mrs. Jones exclaimed: "Henry. what in the name of common sense are you doing?" “ii-ssh,” n-pliul thedoctor, “you'll wake the patient. You hold the chloroform to his nose while i take his leg off. I'm nloout half through the bone now.” Then Mrs. Jones got out of bed and shook him and pinched him until he woke. Then he excluinml: ”How's the patient?" Mrs. Jones merely said, “Come to bed. you idiot. and stop hacking up the form lure." "Gracious. Maria,“ said the doctor as hs collected his scattered scum, "do you know Ithoughtl was in the limpitul sawing oil a lrg that had a compound fracture? There’s a the fee gone.” And Jones went to bed feeling as if he was an injured man at having lost that money.—~ Boston Courier. Poultry of the Past. N... ,. Mr. ileum Joan—45.1. Mathildyl If them chickens libbsd nowadays, so called man espt Petal: Jackson could supply his family with Murmansk- A "tum Dan at (piesdiuglyr—l am sure you willli Gear“ lilil fill-“tenacious Wearsnotincaissd.hot 0r ligll lupus We in list. lot Wd‘fist. but makiascncugh profit topayeapanssszws wiliquotssfewpricss: to lack lagrsia. our price. 86c; others charge 000; m white bachthii length, from flc to lie: others charge from 15c to 00a , Gilt. its. its and 20s. with Se’sdrssce to Ii; others charging 50 per cost. more than we defer the sure grade of goods. More are said as low as is a yard. and from thattc its. Our stock is i-msusa. our prices the lowest. Experts say we have the finest assortment in own. On morons "A1130 we are the same as ea WW; that is can. We employ only first class artists for our Painting and Paper Banging. ‘ South Norwalk. ”Washington St, 80- licrwslllJi P. J. FLYNN Plumbing, Steam and Gas Fitting 108 WASHINGTON ST. J. F. Flynn will have personal chargejoi‘ this department. Plumbing overhauled and put in first class . sanitary condition. PllllTEll WATER MOTOR Best in the world. Call and get prices.“ in THE N. fit—Return fare to parties residing out of DECK—ER mills prices. others try to follow and get I but“ Cash learns. a"? 0" carp we WILL GIVE, on amen ensues, s”! , ‘ ‘4 , p 1 Discount of We per yard. Making all Wool Ingrains, 59c, 55c, best 650; Tapestry Brussells, 50c. 650,and best 80c; Body Brussells, 90c, 91.00, best $1.15; Velvets and Moquettes, only $1.00; Mattings, Oil Cloths and‘Lino- A. Iickerman & Son, _‘ 84 WASHINGTON STREET. SOUTH NORWALK. CONN. “Nu—n... ... .- WW, .. .mwn. .. ...... , ’ POINTS—Very long bod foot room enough for anybody. Sn. Norwalk, Ladies’ and Gentlemen these are the biggest bargains ever .7. circle under half made solid in front axle. . tiful Richards axle that runs a month without re-oxling. . New Bailey steel bound indestructible dash. Pat. spring cushion for seat. High foot rod, and BrunsWick Trap. to. Madison and Franklin Steels. a ' s y, very short gear, very high wheels, ve . _ . indicated,very elastic where elasticity is required,therefore very true an light runmng.Sprxngsfias sensitive as air cushions, that may be deflected by the hand, but sustain 600 pounds. New Bailey Perch connection made solid,in back axle. William Willlll. 3, stiff wherel'rigidityiis The beau- Draft in direct line with shaft. shackles. Prettiest wagon on wheels. Stylish, convenient. light-running, stro . You ought to come see it. Wagons of all kind“ New and second hag LUTHER M. WRIGHT, THEODORE SAYS: Never Before in . South Norwalk, WAS THERE ANYTHING LIKE THIS OFFERED line continual Sale of Summer floods. LADIES’ DEPARTMENT. 500 Pair Ladiee' Kid Oxford Patent Leather tip; Worth 81.25, at 60c. 500 Pair Ladies' Kid Oxford Patent Leather tip, Square toe; Worth $2.00, at $1.00. 500 Pair Ladies' Kid Oxford Patent Leather tip and Front Stay; Worth 82.00, at $1.00. 300 Pair Ladies' Nice Russet Blucher Oxford; Worth $1.50, at Site. 300 Pair Ladies’ Russet Oxford Common Sense—Just the Thing for‘Sore Feet; Worth $1.50, at 05c. e 100 Pair Ladies’ Hand Welt Patent Leather tip Kid Oxford; Worth 03.00, at 31.50. 200 Pair Ladies’ Whole Fox Big Button Razor toe, Wing tip Shoes; Worth $4.00, at 02.00. 200 Pair Ladies’ Fine Cloth top Whole Fox Razor toe, Patent Leather tip; Worth 84.00, at 82.00. 200 Pair Ladies’ Fine Cloth top Whole Fox Square toe, Patent Leather tip; Worth 64.00, at 82.00. 200 Pair Ladies’ Very Fine Kid Big Button Crimp Vamp, Patent Leather tip; Worthitifio, at 02.50. 200 Pair Ladies’ Kid Big Button Square toe, Crimp Vamp—The Latest Thing OutfiWorth 04,50, at $2.50. 300 Pair Ladies’ Kid Button Patent tip, all Sizes. This is a Dandy; Worth 81.50, at $1.00. 300 Pair Misses’ Spring Heel, Button, Plain toe; J. F. Swain’s Make; Worth t2.00,fat 81.25. MEN’S DEPARTMENT. 100 Pair Men's Fine Square toeiliace Shoes; Worth 2.00, at 1.25. 300 Pair Men’s Fine Calf Laces and Congress; Worth 3.00, at 1.60. 400 Pair lion's Fine Calf Binchcr, Cap toe; Worth 2.50, at 1.60. 300 Pair Men’s Fine Calf Blueber, Piccadilly Cap toe; Worth 8.00 at 2.00 300 Pair Men’s Fine Russia Calf Blucher Welt; Worth 3.50, at 2. 25. offered in South Norwalk. Bl Washin on Street, w
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