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have been told by a great
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vs also been told that my
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walk.
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Ontieurn Resolvent, .70
Scott’ s Emulsion, .60
Green’s Nervura, .70
Stillson‘ s Specific for Malaria, .75
Paine’s Ce Compound, .65
Brandreth's ',ls .12
Alcoclr's Plasters, .10
Benson’s Capsice Plasters, .3
Carter’s Pills, .12
Atwood’s Bitters, .13
Radam’ s Microbe Killer, qts., .75
deam’ 3 Microbe Killer, gal. jam, 2.50
Yankee Lung Soother, .25
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range Acknowledgments
WAGONS.
luau-nouns”
than is shown anywhere in Nor- '
luminous crisscross”: sewers
AN orrea.
s
The Owner clan Educated neg-nil Jump-
museum-0mm Ill-Widow Year-as
For Joe. but It's No Ilse—Helping liar
Out.
The other day while I was holdin forth
on the varuhews of my Magic cement and
Cherokee sauyparilly in the town of Rio-
in Sun the critter with the eddeeated
hog, whom 1 her once before referred to
as bein consumed with jealousy of my suc-
cess, and tharfqro desirous of hevin mo re-
moved to another sphere, happened alsoto
arrive. As almost every one of the inhab-
itants had bought sunthin of mote arouse
their droopln speerlts or mend tho fam'ly
I
. a _
“a means, CONFIDIN
uoo. ”
furniture the man
with the hog
found nuthln to
do. In his disap
p'intinont he
turned on me and
jumped on the
bottle contalnln
my celebrated cx-
hlblsliun grass-
hopper, und In
t h o scrimmage
which cnsooed ho
likewise pulled
his gun and at-
tempted my life.
Owin to the fact
that the last time
I mended my hop-
per I got his
hind legs stuck on thowrong end, I recov-
ered him arter a short chase, and the bul-
let intended fur mo killed the father of a
fum’ly of nine children.
it nr‘ needless to add that tho excite-
ment was spontaneous, and that the hangin
was about the same. Ileaiizln that the man
was actuated by purfesblonal jealousy, I
wasn’t ngin him as bad as the rest. Un-
der the some surcumstuucce I might hev
Jumped on his hog. When the crowd re»
fused to listen to mo and when the man
realized that he was goln away, he calls
me out from my retired posishun in the
crowd and scz:
“Stranger, I' m n icnvln my cddccntcd
hog in yer hands usadyln gift
Yo'vo
seen my performance and ye know what
he kin do.
Iii-iii out two iuthro hands
and lay the kcords on tho grass, and he'll
pluy’ cm both.
llc kin count and figgcr,
and the music he nuikcson tho mouth
organ bus (ulnicd muny n tired soul. He's
a trustln. confldin hog.
use him well.
and I axes that. yo
In uddlshun to tho hog,
I’ve got u jumpin frogin n. box over at tho
hotcl barn.
llc liuln‘t no slch jumpiui‘rog
as ye may liov Mid of in tho nmsvpurwrs,
but u kind hearted and chocrful criticr,
who's willin to do his best under all sur-
cumstuncos.
ills average is it foot, which
will win ull ordinary bots, but he'll go l3
inches hotter if you job him In the right
spot with ii tuck. Yor cement, Sillir'ypil-
rill y, gnisshopper, oddecntiulhog and jump.
in frog will make the
biggest combina-
sbun in all Clicmkce, and I wish yo im-
boundcd success. "
"iii-v yo got. u grlcvln widdcr unywhnr
who ortcr bu notillcdof what‘s huppvlu‘d.
to
son I, wiliin to do nil in my pomr fur
the poor critter.
"i'm n icuvin of u widdi'r lubind," ho
rcplii-s, "but yo ucodn't
go to any tmublo.
ll' yl: happen over in Buffalo vullcy some
day, yo might inqimr fur Iii'l‘, Mid yo
might kccricssly moushun that I've bin
pluiiii-d over yi'nI. l don’tmind siiyin that
I holn'tdoin noklcklu ubout. this hungin.
principally on TNT nccmmt."
"ili'v yo uny Iii-it wisIn-s about ycr grnVo
—obout tho p'ints
of tho compose
and lIm sort of
lifili’i‘i‘fi in In)
pluntcd? H u m
folks m" u bit poo
tlcltlcr ubont sli‘l)
things, yo know,
and TIIi’libi‘ tlwy
hov ll right to be, "
"l'ni not ono of
the kind. So long _
nsl cuu‘t livuiii
(Jhcrokim n n d
lruvcl about with
on midi-cutod hog and
don’t kocr what happens.
r653"
"ii‘lLLlN To no lilfl
user."
:i jumpin lung 1
Kin l luduigo
In the hope flint We shall Iuoot Inter uni"
“Yo kin,” aw. i, ful‘IIll tho unblddi‘n
tours apringin to my cycs.
“Thou, that's about
all," ”07. ho no in-
lmks tho crowd over, "and It will In! no
Wt!" to puma-d to biznoss.“
"Wouhl itbolu order for mu to sing
sunthlu utthls stiigi-of tho ironic-i" looks.
havlln that lwus In his debt and built
willin to month his way as much as poo
slhic.
“l'd be willin,” ho son. “but the crowd
seems impatient to git over to the saloon.
Justus much obliged as If ye‘d sungull
day.
that a frog lute foclln's
heln’s "
Then they hung hliu.
lie kind to the hog and remember
as Well as human
i tried to argue
with ’mn, but they sold it was their Way
and went on with the performance. I was
goln over to the burn to take masoshun of
the Jumpln frog when a woman stops me
and am:
“What d yo intend to do about this yore
calamity, if I may be so bold as to ask?"
“Ar' ye the what of tho critter who got
the bullet intended fur me?” 1 asks.
“The same. The funeral will take place
right away, and them' s my nine children
chowlln and lomontln fur the low of a
father who had nuthln but luv in his
heart."
“Be muted, ma'am.“ oer. I as 1 places
my hand on my heart and scrapes my
right (mt over the
slim-“be assured
that ye her my
heartfelt sympa-
thies in this yer
hour of dash
,uf ihul.
M
‘ oddest-ii
”denominations "'
hops before menshuned, but i must decline
with thanks. While they calls me J map
in Joe, and while -! pride myself on bein a
jumpin man, I hain’t she! to lumpln a
fam’ly of 10 till I glts a new run of legs
under me. In some an afllicksbun I'm
with ye, but thar’s a limit to things even
In Cherokee."
“I’ve got the best claim within 10 miles
of town," she sez, meltln a ioetle to'ards
me, "and them nine childrenwill ginger
the measles and whoopln koff in" a few
days and l'arn to luv ya. I haiu't forgit-
tin that I'm coy and shy and properly ined-
est, but I obiooks to boln left alone with a
wagon load of young unson my hands at
this stage of the game. "
“I appreciate the situashun in all its
fullness,” em 1, “and i’m wiilln to do the
proper thing. I'll bear the funeral ox-
ponses of yer Joe and stop around till he's
bin dooly planted. The pilgrim who’s
a-hangln to the end of that rope up thor
has sum lectle wealth about him, and no
doubt the coroner will turn it over to ye.
I’ll go around with yo to see and console
them lamentin children, and, lastly, I kin
promise to send sum sort 0‘ critter along
yore within a week or two fur yo to size
up with a view to matrimony."
She wasn't quite satisfied, but the crowd
was with me, and when I goes around to
the wagon and begins with the oldest of
them nine children and hauls 'cni out of
the vehicle and embraces ‘oni in rotnshun
and dries their failin tours thnr was a dc-
mand fur three more bottles of my unpar-
alleled sassypnrilly, and the populace ox-
tcnded me the hand of friendship. 0n the
iollcrin day on my way to llomlny Hill I
met three different critters who was
aawandorin over the face of tho nirtli in
s’nrcli of happiness and contentment, and
I gin each of 'cm a war map of the bereaved
widdcr and children and written direck'
shuns us to how to reach the claim. As
I may hcv mcnshuncd in a previous cdl-
shun, I licv a niishun in this kontry which
is chuck full of hizncss, but at the some
time I shall occnshunnlly stop by tho
wayside to alleviate the som-rs and com
tribute to the happiness of my leiicr man.
AI'STIN KEEXE.
”no Method of Defense.
Thcrc'sono hircd girl in lit-troll who
ought to have u nicdul. The other morn-
ing it trump (‘illllt' to tho kitchen door
whom she presides and usL’mI iii-riot some-
thing to cut. It wasn't tho ilrst one who
had so prcscutcd himself, and she was not
(it (III pli'llSt‘il to son him, but sin-didn't
show it. in her munncr.
"Will you sit down In tho sliiidi- thorn."
she sold pli-umimly. “mid wuit. till i got
If. for you?"
“(‘i-riuinly. nm’um.” ho Milli unclu-
ously us he picked ii soft plum» and depos-
llcd himself upon it. Silo wont into the
kitchen und tho lrnmp wuilcd, ilo coir
tinucd to wait. livery now und ”it‘ll she
would uppcur ill tho door (lilll Iiopo would
spring in his breast, and iii- would smock
his lips, only to sue hor disuppcur again.
Finally the strain bcczmie too great for
him, find he come to the door.
"Excuse mo. mu'nm." ho said,
thought you bud forgot mo. mn'nm."
"Uh, no, I Imwn't!" shi- clilrrupcd.
"i'vo bccn lumping on eye on you nil lho
tlnic. Didn't 1 full you to wait until i
brought you smoothing to out?"
"ch‘ni."
"And didn't you any you would?"
“ch'm, but I'd like to know how long
T'Vo got to wuii.“
.‘r‘hc laughed nwrril)‘.
“'I'hut’s so." aim filllll, "I nct‘cr thought
You'll him» to wall only ~Ix
Works or such ii ninth-r," and thorn was
sonwthing in lll‘l' tom-s that [lrl'jliilll‘t‘il
him no: Illhl hi r w iii. If, he wont ubruplly
uliilroli I rti' I Was.
’Ilwnys n (‘ linuco.
“You on Illlllusty .inuin \ououghi not
to in) about liriIiIlilz pooplu for lli'lil win-n
you um ublo to earn it living by Working
for it. l'nn‘t you find it job of any kind?"
“Yos'm. l was oiii-ri-il u job tho other
duy, Initl didn't think thi- pny was big
“i
enough. All tin-y Would give mo in»; M ii
wwk. ”
"You (‘ould Ium- gut $l n wi-i'li‘r"
“Yi-s’m.”
"Wi-Il, limi'a n grout dml boiler thuu
nothing. if you could i'lll‘ll us much as
tlmtut (hols-ginning and stick to your
work fliitfhniiy,~_l'mi Would Imcvrmln to
got u misc sumo duy, Wouldn‘t you?"
"Y yos' m, I my on so. it wusln u dynu-
mlto flu tory mi liluigo 'i‘rlbuno.
Iic Knew It Well.
An old iolurid M rvunt in It New limp
hind household was uski-d by his mush-r
to carry u not» too boom in another quur-
tor of the city.
“Arc you MIN you know whore Ibo
hoiom is?" asked the gentleman.
“Well, null," rmpouilvd the servant.
with n roll oi his big eyes. “ l on'y Willilli.
limb us many dollars rial knows whnr
dut houaonm. suli!“wYouth M C onipunlon.
I’m-elicits criticism.
“Yes, my shirt front looks pretty bad.
but my wife is young. and «he now had
any l‘xlllll‘li‘lli‘il in the laundry when at
homo."
“limo your wife iron your shirts?“
”Well. she soyssho irons them, butl
think she mungics them. “awi York
Press
Works Both Ways.
Agitator-w hook at the differences of
condition among citizens. When a man
owns a steam yacht, it's 0 sign that there
has been a mhbery sonwwhcn‘.
Ex Millionaire-«(incest that” s so I
bought three or four of them and was rob
bed story time. whim York Weekly.
A Man of Experience.
Shackleton (in the diamond business}-
I had a man in my place this morning
who had ii wonderful eye. He could tell
how mm b a diamond weighed by just
looking iii it
Wibbcrlyn—Hc must have been my lot»
man. wflnmklyn Life.
"““iW
“Blue was commonly wasted and
made "all! by his may."
“Yet, “(lawsuits-n
Inflnaldssree.”~ WWW
renal-role.
“I’m sorry for mama'am. as I her per- .
With the Main Mr 0mm
“3'. 8. Church, the artist.” said a
Chicagoan, “wasm tentuiate in a
Chicago battery (1 ng the war, and
when we came home we moaned to-
gether on the third floor of a house
on Jackson street, near State. I wasI
studying law, while Church was em .
played by one of the express com-
panies. He was quite an athletes
great man for exercise, and while!
would lie in bed in the morning he
would get up, take a cold sponge:
bath and indulge in calisthenics oil
all sorts.
“Then Indian clubs became the
rage, and he wanted a pair. They
were handled only by a Boston firm,
and he wrote them asking for a price
list. His letters be illuminated with
little sketches of club swingers iii all
sorts of poses. A week later he re-
ceived the price list, together with a
small pair of silver tipped souvenir
clubs. His unique letter had at-
tracted much attention in the Boston
firm’e window. Well, be selected the
clubs he wanted and sent a money
order for them. He also sent a little
homemade pamphlet of his own, con-
taining a series of sketches in pen and.
ink of a man handling Indian clubs.
“At first he was shown as nthin.
chested. consumptive looking chap
who could hardly lift his club. Grad-i
ually through the series he appeared
to gain strength until at last he was
shown as a stalwart athlete, who
handled heavy clubs like feathers.
The firm took the pamphlet apart
and posted the series of sketches in
order on their show windows, and it
was found necessary to call in a do.
tail of police to clear the sidewalk in
front of the place.
back Church's money, together with
a beautiful pair of clubs and letter of
thanks. This led him to pay more
attention to his sketching, and final»
ly he went on to work for Harper‘s.
Later he engaged with Frank Leslie,
and then he went abroad and studied.
Now he is a great pointer, whose pio-
lures command big money, but per—
sonally he is just the some healthy.
hcurty, genial fellow whom I knew
in my n m and in the little third
floor hm k on Jui kson street. "7-Lhi
(ago Tilncs.
Eccentric, Rages.
Handel know his own power. as
every grout mun linmvs, and it is not
sunn'ising thut lii' was thought to In)
proud. Nor could such a noble in.
tellci't be else than cumcst and thou-
ough. In a rcccnt Work on the grout
i‘l)ili1)()>’('l', the author. Frederick J.
(frowmst. writes that Handel. when
at work. was often rough and pet"
emptory.
He would deal out torrents of abuse.
“ven tings vos mixed." to understand
which one required to be intimately
acquainted with at least English,
French, (ii-mum and Italian. Yet
these rages ivcrc health y outbursts of
a grout mind. not morbid. jealous
feelings. Sui-h fits of wrath led to
amusing svollcu. How he thundered
and round at (‘uzzoni when she no.
fusml toning on air which he bud
written for hcr, and only did so from
four lost he should give effect to his
throat to throw licroutof the win
dow!
What u ruling. too. he gun- tho
poor (‘lioslci' prinlcr, Junsi-n. who
ussuml llundol he could "sing ht
sight."
"You H'Iioiiulll‘clf Tit not you tell
ino did you could sing at i-‘oitcl"
"Yes, sir.” said tho ufl’rlghicd
clioi'isicr. "und so I can. but not. of
first sight."
Duration of Life Among Doctors.
”no of the most curious stutistiuul
records that huvo been compiled this
century is that by Dr. Sulzmimn of
Keeling, \V’urttcmiwrg. on tlicnvcr
ago duration of life among physi-
cians. lin found. on going over the
uurient records of the kingdom. that
in the sixteenth century the average
duration of life among thutclusswns
but 36 ) team; in the wwntccnth
century, “3.5 in thocighiccutgh 491,1“
and at tho prcinrnt limo they relish
the humble uw-mgo of M7 it up-
pcnrs from tho {munch-s totho film“:
that this wry grout increase.» in Ion
govity is due to the disappearance of
the “him is rant, " the introduction of
v rumination and the great diminution
in the number of typhus epidemics,
three clussm of diseases which for
moriy docimntml the medical prturti
tionors.~ hit. Louis liepuhlic
Gladstoue’s Iiiryliooil.
hir. Gladstone, when he went to
Eton, was considered the prettiest lit-
tle boy in the school, but he Was not
very popular. as he cared very little
for mihlmr games. His companions
rarely saw him ever run. and n liiimh
he had for s4 oiling on the river ho
invariably locked up and rarely loan-
ed to other boys when he was not
using it What hedeiirly loved how-
ever, was to make long addresses on
most «unions subjects in the school
club of which he was a memher.
Then for amusement he helped to
edit an Eton magazine. for which he
wrote a great number of poems, ed»
itorinls, translations and essays».
Chicago Inter Ocean
curiosity.
Curiosity is ii thing that“. mskslius
look over other Mil“
moi-look our own. i
raisin new" no” as. I“? 1:
“#1:szqu "
lest.” “WM“. ...,_,,,,,
I
new. ,,
The firm sent, ,,
—HAB BOUGHT THE—
HOE STOC
-05;
Jarvis Kellogg, oi Norwali,
-—FOR—-
Gilt [IN THE IIIILLII
AND IT IS NOW ON SALE.
The goods are all right, and you will-get the benefit.
The goods are having a big sale, and you should call soon
and get the bargains.
Last trips of ‘City of Albany’
From New York. Saturday. Sept. 22.
To New York. Monday. September 24.
DAILY SERVICE
BETiVEEN
South Norwalk and New York.
FARE—SINGLE, 40c. ; EXCURSION, 700.
Leave South Norwalk. we a. m. heave New York. Beekman street. 2:15 jp. m.; LEM!-
day. 2.00 p. in. Leave East Thirty-lira: street, 2:40 p. m.:8aturday. 2i!) p. m.
Freight steamer, City of Norwaik. leaves New York, Monday. Wednesdayiand Friday at
5:00 p. in. braves Norwalk Tuesday. Thursday and Saturday at 5:00 p. im. Freight received
from 7.11) a. in. to 5:0) p. m. 11 fl
—— m
—-—A8K sols——
BRUWN’S $3.00 SIIIIE.
And you will see not only a
Neat and Perfect Fitting Shoe.
But one in which the
Best Material is Usedtomhining Durability and Style
Making it the best 03.00 Seamless Shoe in the market.
EVERY PAIR WARRANTED.
(lull and examine them before purchasing any other shoe,“
H. S. BROWN’S,
South Main Street. 80. Norwaik.
Jusr RECEIVED A LhnoE‘ LINE OF
Baby Carriages,
FROM $5 UP.
Large assortment of Oak Bed room Suits, Sideboards, lilx
tension Tables, Fancy Chairs and Parlor li‘urnitufe at bottom
prices.
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