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so. Avenue, Cor. 426. St, N. Y. i '
And plainly, ”too, for you will say when you have seen
our goods, that a dollar now is equal to two a year ago.
It is so in Clothing, and our '
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Our new Fall and Ti ' i‘
when... “timer en 3 Slflt
‘ mmdy' Send ties in Furnishin '
a... w...“ “dreamt“ ,
' it free. ,
l "10:: is equal to any £20 suit you saw last winter.
. . equally as low, and boy’s goods at prices you will appreciate
l‘ . . ‘ 03% , '/" ti ,. . __....__...
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11% % SENTINEL BUILDING, WASHINGTON STREii'l,
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, { 7%,1/ A ladies' solid gold watch, good
if) . 7H7?" serviceable case, for the price 5-"
.0. f i charged fora good gold tilled % .
v“ ‘ ,' 7“ watch, only $18 00. Newtde
' l 2:55 $11122“; Dig??? Iain selling white back Blanks
a m 350 00. Silver dud from 100. to 20c. per double roll.
2 These goods are all new and in
, combination side, ceiling, and 9
Gem, solid in. or 18 in. borderi; of course
FINE CLOTHING FOR FALL AND WINTER AT PRICES LOWER THAN EVER BEFORE. [or watch“ we break the combination when
' ’ desired.
IEN'S Single Breasted. Double Breasted and 3 Button Cutaway Frock Suits ......... ..... $l2 SM. $l5 It $l8v wanimm and El: -
. Ian's Single and Double Breasted Overcoate. or choice Materials. . . . .. .................. . ....... SIO’, $l2. sue at $20. $33,133,335, “3'1” ”8 fr°m15°' “p’ dwbl"
Finer Grades or Men's Butts at 920.00. 325.00 and 528.00.
Extra Quality and Choicost Materials in Overcome at 025.00. 830.00 and £35.00.
'IOYS’ Suits. Single and Double Breasted, Made for Durability. (Long Panto) ................. ....$8. $l0. $l2 to $I8
BOYS' 2 Piece Suits. Sizes 4 to M years, (snort Panto) ........... ................... .54. $5. $6 to Sit)
30YS' Single and Double Breasted Overcoata, Cape Overcoats and Dieters ....................... $4, $6. $9 to $l8.
BOYS’ Roofers, Sizes 4 to l5 years. plain or fancy trimmed. . . . .. ................ . ........... ..... $4, $5, $7 to sin,
.8ih lira, Cor. 42d 8h,
NEW YORK CITY.
THE HISTORY OF GLOVES.
new They Became Articles at Belmont
Ind Played in Part In History.
One of the earliest records of the use of
gloves in England is found in the reign oi
Ethelrod ii, to whom some German mer
chants paid a toll oi ilvv pairs of gloves.
It was not, however, until the eleventh
century tllat they were polo-rally worn by
both sexes. A pniroi gloves is sold to be
It the bottom of the quarrel between Queen
Anne and the Duchess oi Marlborough,
which drove tho queen to throw horsoii ill
the arms of the Tories. According to
Abigail Hill‘s account, she was sent one
day by her mistress to get a pair of gloves
which had been left on a table in an all-
Joiningroom.
Abigail found that tho duchess, who was
lug a letter at the table, had inadvert-
snt y put on the gloves instead of her own.
On being informed of her mistake ilhl'
flung them on the ground. oxclaimlng.
“Have I really worn anything which has
touched tho odious hands of that disagree
able woman?" Unfortunately for her
grace, the door botwr-on the rooms had
been leit ajar. The queen ill-.lrd all and
never forgave it.
Queen Anne's were not. lilo only gloves
to bring about an llnportant political
crisis. The iiuguonota firmly believed
that the death oi Joanne d'lilbort wanduo
to poison administered through a pair of
gloves. 'l‘ho qumnl oi Navarro had come
to Paris to arrange the marriilgooi her
son, afterward llenry iv, with Marguerite
of Valois, daughter of Henri ii and (Enth-
urine do Medici. [like many another lady,
Ibo raised the opportunity for doing a lit-
tle shopping, and her ill lute ind her to
the ltalian prriumor, Mollie lions, from
whom ilhu bought a pair of scented gloves
immediately altorward silo was struck
. down by ahltai illness, and the Hague
not-I wiiiaixm-d that it was not for nothing
that Maitro itono's giants wrro so highly
esteemed by Queen Catherine, (or whom
Queen Jeallno's dvlltll proved illost upper
tune.
Even before the days of Maltro ilono
Paris gloves worn (wii‘brnn'li. Margaret
Tudor, countess of Richmond, wrote in
Milli to the qumn's chamber-lain lament-
ing that the French gloves that ho hall
sent her were “too much” for her hand
and slyly adding that the French ladies
must be "great altogether not only in oil-
tates. but in their inn-cons.” A few years
luer the notion of France was sending a
ring and glove to the lung oi Scotland
but for the benefit of his wife. but to tempt
him to into quarroling with his brother.
ll-ltw, lionry Vlli. Those fatal tokens
" 1m James “I to madden Field.
It!“ more celebrated has been the glove
which, after this mriod, was flung Into a
lion's den. if that glow which Sire do
tossed back into his lady's face
about strictly he said tohavo playeda
.W in history. its legend has been in“
miller to us from childhood and hits long
ball I feature in every volume of select
tines intended, to use an old fashioned
than. “tor the use of young per-om."
King Francis and his lannhln court
7““ well have shuddored will they
hen looked icrmrd for two countries and
no oil‘t'mi to hit-l patrons were made from
human skins—the skins of victims to La
Shinto (luillollm: it would lumiiwou well
could old Simon (iiovl r haw returned
from the grave to slriltollgiititl blow to
avenge the honor of his «roll. The motto
of tho glon'rs of Perth, "'l'lu- peril-ct. boil:
or of a null or hmllly of a trade is not in
wealth, but ill moral worth. whereby vir‘
tun gains irnown," ('iilliii never llnvi-boou
hlazonod nlmvo the door of tho Mention
bullilul‘y.-~i‘in'iiluigl‘.
Ill-liglmls Danni-s.
Dancing in on oseolliinl port- of the Tar-
ahumnri's Worship. it is not for his pleas»
uro. it is ill order to secure rain and good
crops and to ward oil evil that ho dances.
'l'hi-’l'onlhumari words for dancing are
Null-ohi-il ()l a-wn. moaning literally.
“'l‘iioy nlo going to work." An old loan
may say to a young buvk who is idlo at
tho feast. “Why do you not go to work?”
moaning why does he not dance. There
are four or ilvo kinds oi dances practiced,
bllt oi those the most important are tho
Yumaroo, a rain dance. or prayer for rain.
and tho ltutuimreo.
The first named is ll species of walk
around in which the men forln a semicir-
cle and nmreh with lack step, holdingeaeh
other by the arm. While this is going on
the women go through similar motions in
another concentric ring oi their own.
standing behind the "W", but they often
break ranks, jumping forward and baelt~
word with a rising and ialllng motion of
the body wholly devoid of grace. llolh
men and women are wrappvd in their
blankets, the women often carrying their
sin rping children on tho” bin-ks. Strange
to say, low accidents happen, although
children have been known to he killed at
those dances when the mother golsdrunk.
The dance may last ten minutes, after
which there is a rest and perhaps a reiniti-
tloli or another kind of dance. in the
ltutuburl-r the singer or loader stands ill
tiltit‘l'llll‘flil alluv, themon on one silh-
of him and the women on the other. The
men walk slowly forward, keeping than to
the music, while the singer hops along
like a crow. 'i‘lll-u the dam-ore turn around
and go back. The women follow the men,
but wait until the men are several yards
in advance, when they rim after them,
without regard to the music. The patter
of the women's naked foot on the hard
earth sounds like the rush of Billliipt‘tlilii
mulled-«Dr. Charles llunlholtz in Berlin
lion's
Tea Intros.
When the time for cleaning cornea, keep
all tllotooleilvos, if you have much grained
and varnished paint or paper. Put the
leaves in a saucepan of cold water, bring
it to a boil and strain it. Use a teacupiul
of the tea to a quart oi warm water, wash
the varnish with this, only using a little
yellow soap on the flannel for very dirty
parts, and polish with suit cloths, The
wood will look as if inst revarnished.
Dirty mahogany furniture will look better
if washed with tea and than polished. if
the tell is strong, it will stain the hands,
so add more water. if the hands are
attained, lemon juice will remove the stains.
“Mainstream the young bride, "he
is just so mean as he can be." ~
"No he is'llt dear." said the mother
soothluiy. "A also can’t really develop
all hit Ila-Irri- tilt in list bola married
as
TOLD BY A DOCTOR.
AA Experience That Set a Material!“
Thinking on Spiritlllllllnl.
" It is no uncommon thingin tllosodnye
in which psychical llllliii’i'ii are vxoiiiilg
so much intern-st." said o “‘0“ known phy
sit-inn, “to have extraordinary stories re
lated to you about illt‘r»rll§zl‘§ claiming to
have (‘olno direct from riill'li hind. ’l'o lllt‘.
a hard bonded lllllit‘l’iliilhi.. those soomoll
liko fairy tales fit for tho alllusi'nu-nt- oi
(imam who l‘iliin’i) to so i lilploy tlwir limo.
hilt lacking any illformnlion which could
be cousldoml of the host value. I Wit:-
llllvnys pleased to ilillt' that tho south-rs of
the messages invariably expressed illt'lil‘
solves as being happy and looked upon
this as some little consolation [or those
who lli‘ilt‘l‘l‘d in it, As for myself. i was
content with trouhlrs which the cares of
this earthly liiv imposed upon me amlwas
not willing to take any nmptulsibility for
those who ilflll gone bolero. lint i had
something happen to me not long ago
which, if it did not banish the doubts
from my mine, certainly did make me do
a great deal of thinking.
“ l was attending prolesslonally a dough
toroi a Well known spiritualist in this
city. The mini! was a serious one, and i
watched it closely. One morning when l
entered the sicitrooln i saw immediately
that a change had taken place for the
Worse, The (over had increased, and grave
symptoms had developed. 1 tilollirht it
my duty to inform the mother of the sol-l
one turn, so i called bur aside. ‘I am
sorry.‘ said i to her. ‘tlult your daughter
has not grained as i thought she wmlld. i
find this morning her case most serious
in fact, lulldnul‘—~l felt at lllmrty to pro.
(loud, M‘tlillg she did not take it hard——'l
aln fearful of her rmwory.’
"This did not seem to lliioct the Woman
in the least. Him went about the room
with u [llt‘iliilillb smile, tidying up ibinils
Thinking who had not board mo. l intuit.
said, ‘Mildllln, i said your daughter I‘ll"
not livo.’ At this she turned to me and
sniiilugiy sold: ‘1 board you, bull know
better. She will llvu.’ ‘iiut. madam.‘
lperliiutod, ~you are saying a great deal
more than i ill! a physician can. I don't
think she will survive the day.’ rilio turn-
ed to mo and said, with a little laugh,
‘Now, doctor. you physicians surely cannot
pretend to know all things) lior indlli‘or
once at such a serious question aggravated
me; so. saying I would call again in tin-
evening, at the some time again telling
her that l extsmtod she would be dying by
that time, i left. Well, i called again that
evening.
“1 found my patient sitting up in bod,
the iaver having entirely left her, and her
condition was such that l was dnmfouna-
ed. 1 had nothing to say, for there was
nothing that could he said, so i only pra-
scrihcd again and was about to go when
the lady asked me it I would not like to
join a small circle that was holding a
mono in the parlor. i laughingly said:
‘Nona oi that for me, thank you. I don't
believe in it, and so don’t care to see any-
thing oi it,’ and picked up my hat and
started for the door. She persisted. how-
ever, naming over scans prominent people
who 'inns in the circle, so i at last eon:
eluded to go. 1 had hardly all: down he
fore the medium announced in writing a
curtain nmrwhlch .1 at once mutual
nuns who had that s m
gr (tracer in
a»!
. name. but it cam'o persistently until
finally the medium announced it was for
the doctor. l controlled my expression so
. that i would give lloclow that i knew the
man. when I was (iullliillllliit‘d by having
‘, it slip of paper handed mo in the band-
‘ writing of my iornu-r friend and patient.
which read: 'l aln very sorry, doctor, 1
did not take your advice the last limo i
saw you. Don’t let others follow this mis
l'l‘lliiii', unhappy \vn‘tvh.’ I pretended not
to understand, but illi‘ truth was I was
chilled to tho marrow. The mall whose
name was signed to the message was a pa»
til-til and dear friend who was so misguid-
l‘li as to doubt the l‘Xlrlil'llflO of “ill. illI
had a lingering illness, and when I saw
this was going to be fatal l bcsought hiln
to ooiisiiior his condition as hoappmachud
tin- nwi’ul vnlhy. i told him he could not
live more than a week aml tried to induce
him to make his pram with his Maker.
lie resolutely refused to argue the ques
tion until onodny. when i saw theond fast
approaching, i tried with all nly power to
make him see the error of his way. i re-
momhcr he raised himself upon his elbow,
and, pointing hill shrivelcd linger at me,
he said in tones provoked by anger;
” ‘lioctor, it's no use of your talking.
As l have lived so will I div,’ and as in-
sank hack on his pillow i gave up all hope.
I left hint to attend another serious east-
and was detained longer than i expected,
but when I returned to my oiiloo l iiiulld
a note asking me to come to the house iln
nlodlately. l hurried, but when I arrivvd
ho was dead. I don't know what he want
ed to say to me, but here in a strange
company camoa lill'nhliwi to me~n hor
rihlo message. full of regret and repeat
allco about a subjrot which lam certain
no [wraon but lily friend and myself know
about, all 1 nowr mentioned it to any one.
Whether it was really what it purported
to be or not was immaterial, for there was
the lllt'fiflltfli‘, llllli l was not devolved in
what l mud. The lneidont had a depress
illnolirrt upon mu, for it was so unlike
the usual illossagea from the other world.
Here was one who was not happy, and
whose very being scanned to he culmllltll‘tl
in rourvt. To this day i cannot throw of!
the peculiar lnliut-lwo which this allow-ll
"teenage from the other world throw about
inn. lint sunk-o it to say that was the
last spiritualistlo fit‘nflt‘il i ever attended. "
wi’ittshurg Dispatch.
If you find that cuties disagrees with
you, yet are unwilling to give it up, try
drinking it without sugar and cream. It
is said that the combination of coffee, aug—
er and cream is bad for a person with im-
aired digestion, but that clear colic. may
taken without disturbance.
The chloride, bromide and iodide
of nitrogen are the most werful
explosives known, but their notabiliv
ty is so marked they are utterly use-
less. A mere jar will emu] oil chlo-
ride of nitrogen with fearful and un-
controllable violence.
in the combustion of the] for boil-
ers it is demonstrated, though not in
wordance with common supposi-
tion, that coke is better than coal,
the charcoal better still for no-
iliirilim heat, banana of -
carbon
mmam
I have been told by a great
many customers that my price
for BORDER is much less than
has been quoted elsewhere. I
have also been told that my
stock of FINE goods is larger
than is shown anywhere in Nor-
silver cases in hunting
ad open face for those
OPERA HilllSE BlilCii,
llilllWllK. Cilllll "a“?
Pamters' supplies at lowest
w '1 prices.
- Painting, Paper-hanging and
Decorating.
Notices of local entertainments of all
kinds to which an wimism'im is charged,
and notices fluctuated to promote private
interests, comp! where an alivsrtwemenf
of name appears in advertising columns,
are charged for of regular rates. 10 centi-
a line.
E. E. Gorham,
Nil. 2 Fiat Avenue,
EAST NORWALK.2
Horse owners fully know the danger of feeding dirty oats to
horses, but seldom see the oats that are fed. I guarantee to re.
move one bushel of dirt, dust, sticks,etc., from every thirty bush-
els of. oats. That means your horse chokes down ten bushels of ,
dirt per year unless all oats are drawn through an oat cleaner.
Treat your horse right and feed him cleaned oats and prevent
mes, colic and other horse sickness. Pratt's food for Horses,
Cattle and Poultry. Branch office at Solman’s livery stable.
Manuel T. Hatch
l5 MARSHALL STREET.
BIBLW. GRAIN, SALT. IIID.
HAY. ETC.
Advertisers oflFacts Not Fakes.
'l'll CLfll'HlNi
Must be First Class to be'Chcap.
FRANCIS & CO.
35 Washington Street. - South Norwalk. Conn.
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