4,‘
' , .58.? ‘Pessruvmou. , e. w... Up. ,
no ”burrows fitronter “an Beacon Eran-ling in a second clam mm“
~ ‘ Ind Will Power combined.
' ,“I never realized the strength of the in:
of self preservation in man," said
John F. Thompson, ”until i witnessed a
Mo! on a steamboat. Among the pes-
as a man who had a black rattle»
in a box with a glass top. The
snake was a Very vicious one‘ and would
Ulrika the glass whenever any one up.
melted. The owner of the reptile chal-
lugod anyone in the crowd to hold his
linger on the glass and let the snake strike
at it. There could not be any danger, and
than was not a men who‘dld not think it
an easy thing to do. One big fellow, who
looked as.“ he never knew ,wlk. nerves
- so, tried it, first, and after repeated at-
,b gave it up. Then every passenger
on the boat attempted it, and failure fol-
lowed in each case. It simply could not
he done. Instinct was stronger than rea-
son and will power combined.
“I witnessed another illustration of this
in Paris. A young man had lost his last
am! at a gambling table. Not only was be
without means, but he had lost a large
stun belonging to his employer. He start
alter the Seine to drown himself. On the
Way there was a great commotion, caused
by the escape of a tiger from a strolling
menageric. The animal came down the
street, and people fled in every direction.
Instantly the man who was seeking death
climbed a lamppost and hung on to the top
of it, trembling in every muscle. When
the animal was captured and the danger
was over, he went to‘the river and com.
mitted suicide. l Mes interested in the
account of the suicide, and prompted by
curiosity went to see the body, instantly
recognizing it as that of the young man
whom I had seen make so frantic an effort
to escape death evidently but a few min-
utes before he sought it and at the very
time that ho was seeking an opportiinity
to end his cxiatcnce.”——St. Louis Globe-
, Democrat.
Quakers Adopting Modern Ways.
The rising generations of the Society of
Friends are fast modifying in a marked
degree the customs, costumes and man-
ners of their fathers. Peculiarities of dress
and language have been almost entirely
abandoned, the cultivation of music and
the other arts is no longer discouraged, ex-
cept by a very few, and George Fox would
not recognize his present followers, so
great have been thet'hanges wrought since
the days of Penn. in connection with the
cultivation of music an interesting fact
was noticed. in an academy in a nearby
town, attended only by the children of
Friends, a school entertainment was rt»
cently given, t he programme of which con-
tained several musical numbers. The run-
sic comprised such familiar tunes as
“Nearer, My God, to Thee,” etc, and a
lover of music who attended commented
afterward on the absence of harmony and
anyway in the singing. "While not exact-
, JV? "Mord, there was a noticeable lack
" y, rendering the hymns anything
. aoyablc. It is quite possible that
‘ caching law of heredity may ac-
apptr this fact, and that the ancestry
. pupils, who for over 800 years
considered music as only a vain
eat, have transmitted totheir chil-
. ad 0 unable to properly voice the
I “ties of this, to them, long unused art.
—Philadelphia Record.
Woodsman.
“Kl What may he considered somewhat
xtraordiuary claims are put forth in The
Bautechniker in behalf of the new sul»
stance knoWn as xylolith, or wood stone,
‘ aatmctural material composed of mag-
nesia Cement or calcined mugnesite, mixed
with sawdust and saturated with a solu-
tion of chloride of calcium, this pasty
mass, before the content sets. being spread
out into sheets of uniform thickness and
l subjected to a pressure of more than 1,000
pounds to the square inch. It is made in
sheets from u quurterof an inch to 13;
inchcsthick and of all sizmthc dimensions
n being almost unchungvulvlo by dryness hr
moisture. A elm-t mcnmlriug a meter
square when perfectly dry will expand
from one to [\Vval'lllll i of l per m-nt when
soaked in water, and a moist e~hutnill
contract in drying to about the Mlllll' ex-
tent." Being M) lilllenubji-ct tnwnlrulw
tion and cxpunsinu, it is mmiderml of
special adaptation for Hours in ruilrnznl
stations, lllleplilllu and (similar buildings
and for (la-("1m of vessels, etc. it i1 rmdily
planed, unwed. bur-ml und fashioned with
ordinary \vnml \l‘vll‘lx’ill}: tools-l and may lu-
painted or llt'l’lll'll't‘ll in tho same manner
as wood. It in itself nearly waterproof
and may be mudn entirely so by puim hug
the surface.
Carats “’lm “ill .‘x‘ot Register.
The average guest. at a limit class hnlul
puts his flat on the register and lulu-a
what the lord of the rooms giws him
meckly und uum:uplnininyly. There are
roomu and rooms. ju:~t. no there are hotels
and hotels, and win-n the lmlelenrerrnwd»
ed it takes an i'hlll‘l‘ll'llt’l'll and determined
man to get the heel .or a woman. Nu
hotel clerk huevver yet stood up before
the onslaughtuf a lovely fwnulo bent on
having a front room lighted on two HidPH
and not higlwr llnnn tllolhird story. lint
there is unollu-rcluua Hf flu-«livelier» in
tents—Abe men who never register. livery
hotel hue them. and Washington hotels
more than any other city. lll'l‘l’ it uu-nnu
the game of will ice. The man who wants
an office and is afraid hlsrivulu are going
to put up combinations uguinHt him will
slip into his hotel and tell theolcrk that
he does not want to be m-eu or put on the
hook, and the clerk tells him that it is all
right. in some (’llll‘H such actions would
be rightly regarded an auspicious, but not
in Washington. The leading hotels will
average two a day during the first year of
a new adminlstnrtion. After that they
drop of! to two a week, but it is a pecul-
iarity of Washington hetels.-—Wauhlngton
Poet. -
'Atonod For the Insult.
Colonel Gilbert Pierce, cx~minlstcr to
Portugal, once picked up in his nrmsn
young lady who atood imitating at the
corner of a street in an indian village, am
able to cross it because a shower had filled
it with a rushing torrent of water. The
young lady munnitted without protest
While the colonel strode gellantly through
the torrent until be deposited his fair
charge on the exquisite sidewalk with dry
fact. “Sir,"ehe then said intlhznantly.
“are you nwnretlmt you have insulted
no!” “l am not. uwurouf it,” replied the
colonel. “but wring that you are right I
beg to make mm-mla." So Mylng, he
picked up the protruding damsel and re-
wed her to the point where he had lint
reads her acquaintancewsen Francisco
Amount.
Gladstone’u 'il’ll Ila-dormit-
In his earlier your Mr. Gladetm’swrlt.
on clear and misused , , ’ henna!
3am the variety of his d or do
Wile “Mam! of lie annulus—In
gentleman had a small misunderstanding
. "with a lady in reference to the opening of
awlndow, "You don't appear to know
the difference ht'in‘f‘ll second and third
class," the lady mid cutlingiy.
"Oh, madam, ” he replied, "l hm undid
railway traveler. l lznow all the class dis-
tinctions. in tho fl'rvl clues the messengers,
behave rudely to the guard. In the third
the guards behave rudely to thc passer»
gore; in the scrond"—-wlth abow tohls
fellow pussclmcr~—-“fllu passengers behave
rudely to ouch other."—'l‘it—Blte’.
From "in fitmnlpoint.
“Do you know the nature of an oath?"
“Ihau‘t know how it is “'lil most folks,
judge. but wid me reckon its sot-tofu: sec-
ond nature. ' '~—Lif".
The Mint “’11" Known It All. “my
llo bears within his n‘inssivc girth the
meat and t'Sr‘I’lu-u of all Worth. The stars
round him revolve; the sky rests on his
mighty shoulders high. And so he walks,
enwtund grand, the solar system in his
hand, and mutchvd with him the sun
looks small. the mighty man who knows
it ull!
Then let the mu go out at noon and
throw a towri o‘er the moon. and let the
stars l‘rlllult‘ and high drop, like llama hut«
tons. from the sky and rwnd toNight's
l’lutoninn shun-s your Selectmen uud
sophonnu'w. lmt spare him for the good of
all, the nu‘ghty mun who knows it all!
Ah, when he divs, will wisdom die. the
sun of knowledge lvuw ulii‘ sky, and we'll
be left; in dark umldoulul. lilac Mom-s when
the light wrnt on?! Oh. leave us not in
(lnt'knvss blind. thou luminary of man
kind. through dark blind \vuys to come
uhd full, oh. Wondrous 1mm Wlm know» it
all! ‘
(live tn the vulture 'und lln‘ >!:; your
statesmen and your nwn of lll.‘ll'l.. arm [u
the lmnsts who know no pity the uwudwre
of your school cmnmitlw. Let lmm'nnd
lion do lhclr work upon your h-zmn-d tlly
clerk. Spurn not the mighty and “into
and portly justice of the pmn'v. l-ur NH“,
oh, Nth‘, we humbly call, the “'Olltll'ullx‘
man who knows it all!
With him all truth. all lure lit-gins; om
nisviMu-c and this man are twins. All n i~-
dnln's wulernmius outsprrnd {mm thu-
muin cistern of his head, and should this
mighty cistern burst then all the eclumls
\mnld divol’ thirst. Sn spare. kind info.
We humbly will. this Wondrous mun who
known if, ullinN-w York World.
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“'Inning a (".1qu
Jr. Sorghum Wilkins mm- defended u
lm-urhof promise case for u. singularly
ugly little man. which ln' told the dolomi-
aut. nfler reading: his brief. mu~t be
'rlmum-i-d" thruugzh. .\nd the sergeant
did lmlllh't‘ it through in a truly rcumrku-
blr mun-nor. “(icntlvnwn of tin-jury,"
he said at flaw-lose of u must eloquent
apt-veil, "you how heard the evidence for
the pluinlill', and, gentlemen of the jury,
you have M'I'll and have udmlmithut must
bewitchimrpluintill‘ herself. (icntlmuon,
do you believe that (his enchanting. this
fascinating, llll.‘ captivating. this accom-
plished lady Would for one moment favor
the advances nr llhll'll with anything suvc
scorn nml indignation to the amorous
protlw‘tulinn». of tin» \\‘I'\'ll‘l1<'\l nud repul‘
hth‘llUllllllll'illllHJlll'lll‘l'Ul'lIll‘tllllllltll‘gi‘ittl'
tul Ill‘frmlunl‘" ‘
ills client lm-lwd up from tho wrli x-f
tln‘ I'Ulll‘l :mxl lvllll'll‘illi' murmm'ml. ' .\lr.
Scrotum \\'lll.ln~' l‘h. Mr. fiu-l'trvuul W1].
kin.“
"filly-1w 3 :ix.' 1'» plied llw r-«‘l",_’l'.‘llll in u
urnlhl'ul lzzzm rhu- "Hedilvluvn." lzw
m-ullnw d. l 1.1mm: hi4 ll~l dawn lnvuvzly
(Ill llll‘ ,1. ' l-z llllll. ' ll" )‘tllllllltll.
illlll lid. 1- A E}. l..dv\. this l'uiruxnlsmiling
‘l rm 1' lmvv permitted nu
i‘i‘l'lllilll'. \\-".'.l
ulll'l‘ nl' umrrmrv In lu- numb-tn lu'r by llllfi
um: mluh' mum of ltunmuily. this slunlvd
141V..lll|\', \\lnl\\‘ulllll how to ’slmnl on n
lulu l-l hf lll'lf' lml‘l'l‘ in It «wk H\|‘l'l\\‘l=[u-ln'l
’l‘lw sz‘j' ul c-um- yaw u Vt'l'llll‘l for ”W
lll'l‘l‘llflillll,’ Aluminum
'l‘nn I'rm'llcul.
"NH. lll'l‘lll'l‘l,”
“it i-a lllllutrnlllll’.
lure nib _\uu."
".\lul why?“
“1 llllh' \\'.lll'lll"l your conduct ('lnHl-ly,
ll luv-3.. m.- muri. of such d-wulnln an my
mull vruvm.”
Him IHHl l'l'llll' lllhl‘i"\|l|l l'uul' lllgrlll-v in
lllv “writ
“‘l‘. linl l have (ll‘lm‘it'll :wnh-ululinu
hl‘lllhllllt’N'i in y ur nature. which I l'mr."
' What (in ymi nil-uh?"
"You have m-wr yet. faded in [MW in
flow In much llu' hurt our,"
"lint llml‘s only common sense,"
"i lunuv it in, llvrlwrl. and then-fore it
is llul low. "~~\\’ns.birmton Slur.
slu- mill in :t lnw llllll‘;
i lmr in trust my in
Disclosed.
it one u peril-cl, day. The Hm lu-ut hol-
ly down upon llu- world. and u live loud
song from his lofty porch.
llid~'llll' hero's and not the snn‘nor the
iron toud‘r—fm‘v was livid.
"Aha!" he hissed.
There was mun-thing ln hi» manner
which gun- risc to fort'lxallhgnln the mind
of the girl.
"You show your hand,” he cxclnhncd.
She “as rigid with terror now.
"Heavens!" ehe gnsxicd. “I forgot that
rip in the ilngorscam-"—-Dctrolt Tribune.
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Ilerolsm.
“Garage," she said in a low voice,
“would you make a great sacrifice for my
happiness?”
“Cortnluly. ” he replied.
“Would you quit snioklng for my mkel”
“Quit smoking for your Mikel" he re.
po-utcd. Then, nfternsilt-nct', be "minimal
houraely: "1 can refuse you nothing. i
will quit euioklng for your sake. llcrc-
after when l mnnko it shall be exclusively
for my own mku.“--l)ctmit Free Press.
Met filer Fate.
Little Ethel-.Ynur sister is engaged,
Isn't she?
WWM says col
. “ ' do you wr-
“Wlna ”mutilation-he
militarily ”amnion our
daily papers, you will see that some of the
merchants are selling white lead below cost.
We are not in on lead, but‘
[in Wall Papers We he lhair.
to pay expenses; we will quote a few prices:
30 Inch lugnln, our price, 350; others
lllsnlts' while back. full length, from
' 30c.
illlt, 16c. 13c and 20c, with 5c advance
Borders are sold as low as 14: a yard,
Experts say We have the finest assortment. in
as on Wallif’apers; that is 1'8 AR.
Painting and Paper Hanging.
DEER—ER
$13er the price“. others try to follow and get
u l. '
m... .7. _
THE success OF our-palm! . . *
V g . l W ‘ , flu ‘ . t ,
Is the best evidence that we have good dhaiities, attractive patterns, at satisfactory prices
DURING THE) MONTH OF 'JUNE
We will give the same liberal discount for cash. All Wool In rains, at 50 cts. All better
grades, including Tapestry, Body Brussels and Moquetts, at a cash iscount of 10 ct 'por yard.
A Dickerman & “30:1,”:
84 WASHINGTON STREET. SOUTH NORWALK. CONN. _'
l
if yen will carefully read the locals in our
Not Xactly at cost.hut makingenough profit
charge 50c
12c to 25c; others charge from Lie to
to 81; others charging 50 per cent.
more than we do for the same grade
of goods.
and from that to 15c.
Our stock is immense, our prices the lowest.
Wllllllllllllll
Wllllll. .
own.
011 PICTURE FRAMING we are the sums
We employ only first class artiste lnr our 1.5!, u
r l’:‘ ‘55“
N. B.——Return fare to parties residing out of
uth Norwalk.
79 Washington St. 80- Norwallel
P. .1. FL YN N
Plumbing. Steam and Gas Filling
department.
sanitary mndltlnn.
PORTER wutn MOTOR
stiff where rigidity is
POINTS—Very long body, very short gear, very high wheels, ver . _
light runn1ng.Sprmgs as
indicatedycry elastic where elasticity is requircd,therofore very true an .
sensitive as air cushions, that may be deflected by the hand, but sustain 600 pounds. New Bailey
circle under half made solid in front axle. l’erch connection made solid,in back axle. The beau-
tiful Richards axle that runs a month without rc-oiling. Draft in direct line with shaft shackles.
New Bailey stool bound indestructible dash. Pat. Spl'lng cushion foi‘”§eat. High foot rod, and
foot room encugh for anybody.
Brunswick Trap.
Cu. Madison and Franklin Sheets,
1.. So. Norwall.
103 WASHINGTON S'l‘.
J. F. Flynn will have pvrmnul f‘lllll‘ll" of this
Plumbing overhauled and put in tint class ‘
l’rettic-st Wagon (In Wilt-PIS. Stylish, convenient. light-running,etron .
You ought to come see it. Wagons of all kind“ New and second han .
LUTHER M. wmolfl,
Best in the world. ('all and get prices.l
m
8| Washington Street,
THEODORE
NeVer Before in South
Norwalk, .
WAS THERE ANYTHING LIKE THIS OFFERED
the continual Sale of Summer loads.
LADlES’ DEPART ENT.
500 Pair Ladics' Kid Oxford Patent Leather tip; Worth $1.25, at me.
500 Pair Ladios' Kid Oxford Patent Leather tip, Square toe: Worth $2.0m :11 54M”.
500 Pair Ladics' Kid Oxford Patent Leather tip and Front Stay: Worth $3.14», at $1.0m.
300 Pair Ladics' Nice Russet lllucher Oxford: Worth $1.50. at 07w.
300 Pair Ladios’ Russet Oxford Common Senso—-.lust the Thing for Sore Fowl; Worth $1.5m, atjwfm.
100 Pair Ladies’ lland Welt Patent Leather tip Kid Oxford; Worth $3.00, at $1.50.
200 Pair Ladics’ Whole Fox Big Button Razor toe. Wing tip Shoes; Worth $4.00, at $2.00.
200 Pair Ladies’ Fine Cloth top Whole Fox Razor toe, Patent Leather tip; Worth $1.00, at $2.00.
200 Pair Ladies’ Fine Cloth top Whole Fox Square too, Patent Leather tip: Worth SUM, :tt_$2.00.
200 Pair Ladies’ Very Fine Kid Big Button Crimp Vamp, Patent Leather tip: Worth “.50. (£82.50.
200 Pair Ladics’ Kid Big Button Square toe, Crimp \'amp-——'l‘hc Latest Thing Out; Worth “.50, at:$;.50.
300 Pair Ladies’ Kld Button Patent tip, all Sizer. This is a Dandy; Worth $1.50, at Sum.
1300 Pair Misses’ Spring Heel, Button, i’lain too; J. F. Swain's Make; Worth 82.00, at SL'JS.
MEN’S DEPARTMEN .
100 Pair Men's Fine Square toe Lace Shoes; Worth 2.00, at 1.25.
300 Pair Men’s Fine'Calf Laces and Congress; Worth 3.00, at 1.50.
400 Pair Men's Fine Calf Blncher, Cap toe; Worth 2.50, at 1.50.
300 Pair Men’s Fine Calf Blucher, Piccadilly Cap toe; Worth 3.00 atlzoo.
350 Pair Men’s Fine Russia Calf Bluchcr Welt; Worth 3.50, at 2.25. .
I”)
Ladies' and Gentlemen these are the biggest bargains ever offered in South
THEo. H. ‘ Ls
Norwalk.
Norwalk Chronicler