, is its own excuse for being.”
from seen our Cone Shells and
s farms (:Ieamery Butter
we sell is extra nice just now.
hiss down to 88c.
some hoopla do not like sweet
PRUNES.
~ ill! do like tart ones. We have some
,T 1h” Oregon Prunes that are tart, 12%: lb.
‘ we are showing some extra good
BANANAS.
at 25c adoz
"'"f'llibbi’ebilomsiock
'l I NORTH MAIN STREET.
Excels all
others in
Strength
and
Purity.
Send 2-ccnt stamp for pictures.
Wruuxs a Csaisrus. Hartford, Ct.
WHERE IONOHANOE
l8 OllSS
YOU DON'T KNOW:
WHAT IOOiMISS
But you can save lots of hard
work when you cicanjhouse. by
using
LUSTRINE.
10 cents at all grocers.
WilliHé‘ekerbiIn.
G. & l. H. BOLTOH'S
HOT WATER HEITEI‘
I'll! and Silent Iron Work.
hot water. smut or hot air beat! as.
In “OUT" MAIN 81"
W”. AA ,
uniblelufl
‘ ”flslIandVageIabIe Market
elm Islands. have your orders and
Saturday morning.
hive thorn delivered every
one were made for seeing then
mu: beauty of color. Everyone
can m tohsve one, 15c each. Come
"uniting, steam and ass-Fitting.
lint Ilir Hosting.
Plans and osthnsm- furnished for either
If I could flute. 0thrueli. like you,
l‘d swing upon the hedge
And trill a pastoral strong and true
About tbs maul and wedge-—
The gnarled maul my grandelre swung
And made are forest boom
While his good wife a-spinning sung
0r swayed across the loom.
on. hark! r hesr his rhythrriic stroke.
0n glut or wedge descend
What time the fragrant logs of oak.
Resisting, crack and read.
Give him a song. the brave and true.
Him of the wedge and maul.
Whose hero heart and hand could do
The drudgery for us sill
0h. high on honor's eminence
Ills lonely cabin rose;
Ila burst grand holes to build the fence
That circled freedom's close.
He was a giant. and he tore
Our romlwsy with his band;
Across thewild frontiers be here
The burden of the lead.
Give him, the brave old pioneer.
A century closingsona,
The whole choir sing. the nation cheer.
A hundred million strong!
-—Msu'rice Thompson in Youth's Companion.
SUNKEN GOLD.
Very likely the reader has often heard
of it, but until I was sent for by'a firm
of London marine contractors with ref-
erence to it I knew nothing of the fa-
mous shipwreck of the British mail
steamer Pondicherry of! the Chinese
coast.
It seems that in the year 1856 the
Pondichorry, en route from London to
Shanghai with a cargo of goods and
£50,000 sterling in treasure, ran upon
a sunken ledge of! Cape Yang—Tue in a
thick fog. The steamer rcstcd upon the
rocks long enough to enable the passen-
gers and crew to get off, and then she
parted amidships.
The forward portion rolled inside the
ledge into comparatively shallow wa
ter and was easily reached, but the aft-
er part went down into very dccp water
outside, and no trace of It could be
found.
Unfortunately it was the after part
of the wreck which contained the bul~
lion room. and with it £50,000 in Eng-
lish gold had gono out of sight. scorn-
ingly forcvcr.
That is to say. it was still out of
fight when. 30 years after the I’ondi—
cherry was wrcckcd, I was summoned
to tho office of Barbold & Co.. in Lon~
don. and asked if I could go to Shang-
hai. l suppono my good luck in getting
up. from a dcpth of'inorc than 25 fath-
oms. a grout part of tho trcasuro that
went down with a transatlantic stcamcr
oil tho Anorcs had something to do with
the call I rcccivcd from Barbold 8.: Co.
The ncwspapors \VI-ro full of it at tin-
time.
(if courso I was rcady to go tpoang-
hall or to tho north polo if I rI-ccivcd
my transportation thithcr and a fair rc-
muncration. Within a week I cmbark~
ed, with my diving apparatus. for
China.
Our Iittlc expedition was in charge
of (‘aptnin John Itccsc, on outcrp'ris-
ing Welshman. Mycompanion divcr.
George (.‘owlcs. accompnnicd us. and
with us wont scw-rnl othcr inch and a
good dual of apparatus. Wo chartcrcd
a tug at Shanghai and proccch-d down
the coast to tho sccno of tho Pondichcr-
ry's wreck.
We found that. owing to llli' dangI-r-
ous character of tho lcdgcn lici’r'. it was
impossible to thrk from the steamer.
Wo had to Mid back tho tugboat and
rcplncc it with a largo, opcn whalcbont.
propI-lh-d only by ours, in which wc not
up our Windlass and other apparatus.
1 putonmy diviugdrI-ss» aclonoono,
of course. inclosing tho wholo body ~
and a m-w hvlmo-t of tho improvcd pat-
tI-rn. providmi with thrI-o pinto glass
“'lllilllW-i nod outlct and inlot valves at
tho back.
I wont down slowly to Ii dcpth of
illlollt I III fc-c'. licl'nt'o l I‘IIiilIIl tho lint-
tom. It was 11-1 rough and rocky as the:
rcof at tho surfacc.
i had gr: at diiliI-ulty in moving about
and Working at this dcpth. ".I‘ho pres-
euro was trI-IIII-mlous. l fvlt much as
old Atlas must imvo fclt th-II ho had
tho World on his shoulders only thc
prcsHurI- was all ovor iIIo instead of
mI-rciy on my shoulders. Tho hum.
ming in my ours was Iiko II dozcn trip-
hamnwrs working all at om'c.
llnwm‘oi‘. i got "soul to it LIIW‘ ii lit
tic. l’rcsvutly. pnuvling about with
my lamp. I saw dimly. rot l5 fI-I-t.
away. a grunt dark objm-t which cvi-
dontly was not It rock.
i lIIngI-d slowly toward it Mono can
almost walk in tho waicr at such II
depth and HilW tho oth-ct tako tho
form of tho sic-tn of It i'I-emel. (Joining
right against it. I made out four raised
hills-rec. i’ond ,. -
All the rust of tho atcnmcr‘s name
had lII-I-n knockml oil somehow. prob-
ably th-n Rho made hot rough descent
into the drop. but that was enough. I
felt as light as It feather for about flvo
minutes.
I looked the wreck over a little and
then started slowly up to the surface to
report to Reese and get ifowles to come
down and help me.
After ho had joined me we ripped
up the dock. blow out a quantity of
wreckage with a submarine cartridge
and opened a passage straight down to
the treasure rmm. Then I set at work
alone taking out the boxes of bullion,
which I III-at up by a rope Wilt'lfed upon
the Windlass in the boat above.
Though it was thrilling work to lift
out them-wild lumps of sovereigns. I am
afraid it would not heintercsting to tell
the story of our toil for the next two
days.
But We worked steadily on-~»only two
, or three hours a day. the pressure was
mterriblwmcxcitcd by the thought of
the thousands of pounds we Were getting
up tom the bottom of the sea. thoth
but a small share of it was to be ours.
One day, just sfterl had got dorm
and land ray work in the bullion
m; i "no jerklumin a» life
”unenlightened.
agreed upon.
"singular constructiim. having tall sails
line enacted to my mist. Jerki Ml
«silk
on my feet.
I thought at first that ssbsrk was
taking a series of headers against the
line, but presently, by the steadiness of
the pulls and a certain kind of human
nervousness that was in them, I made
out that I was being signaled from
above to comamp. though the poll was
not the come up signal that had been
While! wss getting ready, in no good
humor, to ascend, I felt myself sudden-
ly raised and drawn up quickly through
the water. Then, I confess. I was
frightened. To draw up a diver quickly
from such a depth is ordinarily certain
death to him. He must rise slowly and
accustom himself by successive stages to
the change of pressure.
I signaled desperately by jerks upon
the rope, and for a moment the upward
pull ceased. I collected my senses and
began to rise slowly.
Then the jerking and pulling began
again I jerked the line impatiently,
but was again lifted rapidly through
the water.
“Have they all gone crazy up there?"
I said to myself, my own words roaring
in my ears and mixing with the ter-
rible ringing and hammering that the
rapid lightening of the pressure was be
ginning to cause. but meantime I was
somewhat reassured by the fact that
they were giving me air with the pump.
I felt faint and struggled as desper-
ately as I could to prevent my unseen
and unknown enemies from dragging me
upward to suffocation and perhaps
death, but of course it was in vain.
Then I felt myself jerked sidI-wise
and pulled rapidly through the water
laterally as well as upward. Then a
strangely agreeable sensation came over
rue. I felt as if I were walking on air.
The hammering in my cars was pitched
at a higher and higher key. Then my
senses reeled, and I was unconscious.
I do not like to deal in rnystcrics. 1
had simply faintcd away as the rcsnlt
of being drawn upward quickly, instead
of regulating my own ascent, and of not
getting ouough air. l'ulucky for m».
as it sccmcd win-u I ripened my eyes, I
had not partcd company with my con-
sciousness for good and all. and that fact
pmvcd that they wvro gI-tting air to
Inc. I ('ilillt' to my scnscs at tho sub
taco and found myself half out of tho
water, halt in it. still in my diving suit.
I wnsbcing drawn backward through
the watcr. and through tho front win-
dow of my hclmct 1 saw tho strangI-st
sight that cvcr mct my eyes.
Not til rods away. and plowing
ward mo,
tiiv
wcrc :i grcat many vow-ls of
that looio-d tome like thosidoof an
outstrctI-bI-d accordion. and upon the
prow of cwi'y boat was paintcd a huge.
staring eye, with black stroaka divorg
lug from it.
The mom i lunkt‘il at thcso strange
objects the mom I became convinced
that thcy wcro Chinesc junks, such as 1
had For!) a tow days boforo in tho Woo—
sung r1\'I-r off Shanghai. (in- the far-
wurd Jillllii'l lsaw scvvral armcd men
gcsticulatiug wildly. They were evi-
dently ('himum-n. and thcy wciogrcatly
excited.
AftI-r watching their movements for
a few moments, it occurred to me that
the men were acting as if tlicy did not
like my appearance. It it wcro pos-
sible, i might ovon have supposed that
they wvrc afraid of mo. but the fact
that they wcro pursuing lilo at a guild
rate of spvcd shut out any suchsuppoe'i-
tion as that.
As I l'iim‘ upon a crust of a wave, and
at tho sumo instant caino into a position
almost crcct. l was astomshI-d to N'I‘.
bchind lllcso vcssI-Is in udvancc. a largo
ilcct (If Illll'T-‘I liltc thcni.
Thou tho wholo situation iimdird up,-
on mo. 'l'ho vowcis which WI re- pursu-
ing mi- wr-rc InIIiIiiI-stly pirnto juuks.
whichnt that Illlli'l'i'i‘iiSlIlililllYi-‘Wllrflll‘il
up. :«mmingiy out of nowhvrc. in tho
(.‘hincso sons. \VIIIII- I had llt'i‘ll at tho
bottom. this that of pirntosiiud Hililili‘Il-
ly howin sight around tin-capo. Thcro
wow. in fact. Bill) or 2:01) junks.
'l‘bn pmiplu lil our boat. th-n tbcy
saw lllt' piratcs swoop down upon thorn.
had nomurm- but to tako to flight. lint
what Worn tbvy to do with mo down
tho-r0 at tho bottom? It. was a \voudcr
thoy did not cut my llft'llllt‘ and lcnvu
me to my fate. As the laws of human
conduct go. th-y would hnvc bccu jus-
tiiiI-d in sacrificing my bin in ordcr to
euro thcir own.
I li‘lll‘lli‘ll all this :Iftcrward. win-n
(‘owh-u told mo how ho stood ill tho
gunwnle with his l'i‘\'IIl\'I'l‘ in one hand.
kccplng tho mun oil tho lino. whilc
with tho oilII-r hand ho now jorkcd
crazily at tho ropo loaigmii mo, and
now World-d tho airpump.
Thou, with all hands at. tho ours that
could grasp thcm. they bon- away for
tho forts of tho Wooauug. (if course-
thcy rcally had no l'liillll‘t' to got more.
They worn in men in II big whahahout.
with a weight of machinery and gold,
and dragging behind them a man from
the bottom of thosca. and they wore
chased by a float of photos, sailing on n
quartering but vcry good bronze.
Meantime I was being dragged
through the water on my back. Through
my bit of pinto gloss I could see the
pirates in advance. who seemed to be
hearing down upon me rapidly.
The more I realized the situation the
more frightened I bccurnc. ”or men
could never row away from those
junks. They Would overhaul me first.
sad when they had done that the men
in the boat Would out run on. Then I
should drown in a moment from the
water rushing into the air pipe and
through the inlet valve into my breast-
plate.
I own that I hoped the boys would do
that very thing—«my situation was so
horrible. And I actually Welcomed a
little dash of water that} got in my
face, though my heart stopped butan
for an Instant when I felt the water.
5‘” Maritimquiteliftsdsse m
heir
thrown the gold overboard—though
what should happen after my sir pipe
was out was of very little comquence
to me.
I came upon another full view of the
fleet from the top of the wave. I could
see the pirates looking at me as their
sailing craft steadily overhauled me.
Their black eyes were almost borstin
from their sockets as they looked ali
me. It occurred to me that they were
frightened at something.
I want under a wave again, and the
whole scene was out of sight for two or
three minutes.
When I came to the surface again,
and saw the same thing—pale visaged
Cbinamen and the staring round eyes
painted on the bows of their vessels
bearing down on me-the truth flashed
upon me. The pirates had taken me
for the demon of the ocean, which they
are always fearing and fighting away,
with oflerings and incantations, on
heard their junks.
A man in a diving suit—especially
flat on his back in the water that way
-—was a new sight to them. I had sim-
ply frightened them out of their wits.
There was my great, glittering head
of red copper, three times as large as
the bend of an ordinary man. In its
front was a big staring eye of plate
glass. with a bright brass ring around
it. My ears were represented by two
more glass windows with a sort of
barred grating ovur them.
Then there was my bulging breast-
plate of tinned copper, which helped to
carry out the impression of some fabu-
lous monster. Occasionally I kicked
my legs out of the water; thcy were
incasod in thick black shcct india rub-
ber, and my feet were clad in vcry
thick soled boots.
My hands, protected at the wrists
with tightly fitting india rubber ends.
were fro-c. They wore the only portion
of my body that was visible, and the
only thing about me probably which
sliggostcd my human character. But
no doubt thI-y had tho ciII-ct to scan-
tho ('hiuarrII-n the more. But for Illt'
bands. they might haw. imagined I “'iln
some sort of marina monster. Now
they wot" sure that i was tho dreadful
demon.
As soon as l in-I-omo posse-sued of this
idczt, l rcsnlvcd iII limko thi- lime‘t of it.
I hogan, to throw my arms wildly about,
to kick Vigorously with my im-t and to
roll my hcad from side to sidv.
Tho IItIoct was marvclous. (in tho
topof another mm» 1 could m-I- that
tho wholo flu-t was brcaking away to
starboard —:1nd running from, straight
out inhi tho cast ('hinn son.
Iicforo long tho wholo that was get
ting WI-ll tum-award and lvcwardof us.
I got. a littlomoro- watI-r through lb»-
air pipe just llt'ro' and had mum little
difficulty in bro-:Itbing. but at the same
timol fclt rnym-if pulled with arrow
movcruciit.
l gucsscd what was Ihu causoof it.
The boys in our boat had cram-d to give
all their :Ittcution to rowing. and for
tho first time» sincr- they got llfllli'l’ way
began to pull mo in with the lifeline.
Presently, rolling ot’cr. I saw the gun-
walo of tho wbnh-boat Just in front and
was baulod aboard.
It did not take moo half minute,
with (ii-orgo ('owlcs' iwip. to get my
liclrnct oil, and to brcatho tho npr'n air
with ll (ice-p brI-ath.
It. was liko nstarviug man taking too
much Ion-l all at once. i felt faint, but
tho sight of (‘owlcs' hunt-st fiH'l' bond-
ing uvor mp rI'VIVcIl liil',
"Thank God. man. you‘ro-
said ho.
"l was afraid."
whom I saw noxi. "that you’d sand
our him at tho cxpwnw of your own."
”llld l ‘w-lllil l
flake-d. Hill a littlo Ilnlwl.
"That's tho wry thing yI-II'VI-dnnc."
Billll ltw-w. " Yiill-Vt‘ M‘ilrt‘ll that pm if
of pirates back to their dons with your
old gogglo- I-yI-. Such a sight as you
mado on tho watrr lhcy m yer saw bi-
forc. and thcy'll now-r forget it. You
Worn tho (iv-mun that tho cowardly dogs
:Iliw?”
uroulwuys looking for. and tin-y turonl ,
tail and \vcnt otf with tho wind. likn- a i
flock of SWIIIH.”
“Wonmy thank your main lit'f‘r'."
mm of tho mI-n hpnko up, "tor wrung
our lilo with yours. at the p'int of iII~
rcVolvn'.”
lint. Cowhw, modwt :IiIIl Nclf Ilcprw
rating. as bravo nII-u always urc. pr’w
lt'llilt'tl that ho did it all toe-aw bisown
lilo. lloanw how it all Would iw. hr
said. and he lllt'l‘t‘ly rt‘mill’t‘il lokmvpmc
thcro for a scarecrow.
(lur boys mado good limo with ihcir
ours and got under tho gun» at tho-
Woosung forts lwforc midnight. llvfon-
daylight cvcry box of the i’ondicbvrry'a
i't-chcrcd gold was safe in tho lockI-r
of a British rnanmfavnr in Shanghai tInr-
bor.-- ~Walicr iiagshot in Youth's l'om~
punion.
Decline of Com “read.
It. iswith-xtrI-mo regret that I view
the passing of the old fashioned KI-n-
tuclry corn bread. ' For the last few
years its decmlcnmhae lmcn steady and
sure. The march of [pregnant has about
”scrongcd it aside. and the improved.
new fangled methods of modern milling
have had the affect to almost banish it
from our bills of fare. It is true Wu
yet hiivo corn bread, imt it is not of the
good, old fashioned kind. 0n the con-
trary. it is Very little like it. Brand
made from the meal, now on the mar-
ket is damp and clammy as the hand of
a corpse. and when cold is hard enough
to play baseball with. The old time
flavor in gun», and it in no Him mm
pares with the old burr made mI~al.-~
Letter in Bowling (irecn (Km Tim-s.
King James II.
The following is a characteristic ex-
tract from the msnuscript disry of
King James II of England ,presorved
In thelmpsrisl Hbrsryof Paris: "Idid
not retire hm the battle so the none
the fro-same! tissues that!”
tollevofldsllbtht Holt
Women-mom
mar, m
, «diving. 1mg; "
my heart that the boys had already
“:iicl .Inlm “cram;
rolt’n your liv.-.~':" l ‘
Sizes 32 to 38.
say buy one of us.
‘l'he Leadina Dry Goods Store.
IriSiram ‘ &. Hyatt, (Norwalk, Bonn.
W
Dress according to your feelings is acceptable sort of advice
and very, easy to follow,especially when you can do seafor a very
small sum. Now you feel the need of a
DUCK
for this summer’s wear, and your own interests will naturally be
consulted in regard to where you will buy your suit. ‘We don’t
Decide about that for yourself. But surely
it is for your own interest to accept our invitation to call and see
the one we are offering at
$I .98.
H_OIIIHH_LII. OOHH.
FINE HOTEL,
South Norwaik. Conn.
“it
SUIT
It is made in the lateststyle, with newest collar and sleeve, in
stripes, dots and linen effects, accurately cut, carefully finished,
and are positively the best garments ever offered for the money.
If you are gomg to the seashore and are in need of a. bathing
suit remember that we have them at $1.00 and $1.90 each.
Trisiram & Hyatt Nb. 2 Gazelle B’ d’g
Roton Point,
i; The most charming summer resort on Long Island Sound.
FINE BATHINO HOUSES,
General Attractions.
Every facility for providing for large excursions
Dancing Daily in the Pavilion,
Sunday, June l7,
Grand Concert by Philharmonic Band Bridgeporfi
Baton Point Improvement Company, Owners and Proprietors.
J. FINKENS’I‘EIN, General Manager.
.11 tf
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And you will see not only a
But one in which the
OHOWN’S $3.00 SHOE.
Meat and Perfect Fitting Shoe.
Best Material Is Used. Combining Durability and Style
Making it the best. $3.00 Seamless b'lioe In the market.
EVERY PAIR WARRANTED.
Call and examine them before purchasing any other shoe, at
H. S. BROWN’S,
South Main Street. 80. Norwalk.
TENSION TAOL ,
ANO PAHLOH F HNITOIIE
AT BOTTOM PRICES.
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FROM $5 up.
LARGE ASSORTMENT OF
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