a
tau-mam: a the air sea a.
mattress“. Withaiayss
u‘lueaWWthtthubm'i‘m
' thlsdrsadful night a over. in-
Ths flour. with
In his laws, is new
Jackal and hysna are
wrangling over the remains of his
the ruined wall the dove
endless cunning lament.
boom runs across the camp
earliest and meat impru-
uas resume their
. ins
.satlytotheirwlvesthatlt Istlmstosss
to the breakfast. The shrill scream of the
mind cornea clearly from the opposite
k. A monkey with a baby iirmly
clutching her drops almost at my fest, and
a forgotten banana is up again in
the topmost branch beforeonecan exclalm
at her audacity. By now a long linger oi
light has pierced the heavens, and almost
immediately the great red rim heaves up,
and I stand facing that alternate curse
, and blessing, the sun of India—S. 0.
Logan in Nineteenth Century.
Silenced.
Major A. has never tired of fighting
over the war. in which, it is whispered,
he took no active part-«that is, he never
tired of it until the other night, when, in
I ' a local hotel rotunda, he was silenced by
a veteran of the other side. The major
was detaiiiru with great gusto circum-
stances alleged to have occurred during
the occupation by troops of a certain bor-
der city.
“Why, " he said, striking the floor with
his cane, “I saw those alleged heroes of
battle actually hold up passersby on the
street and deliberately divest them of their
jewelry, even their watches and"—
“Perfectly legitimate, sir, " broke in his
listener, “perfectly legitimate strategic
movement, air! Gaining time, sir, gain-
- lag time. "
The major fled in disgust and has not
been seen since in his accustomed haunt.
—St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Webster as a Boy.
Perhaps of all things Daniel Webster
when a boy loved best was to read aloud.
He never remembered when he first began
to read, but as a very tiny boy be mad the
newspaper regularly to an old British sol-
dier who used to carry him about on his
shoulder. One day the schoolmaster offer-
ed a prize of a jackknifo to the boy who
could learn the greatest number of Bible
verses, whereupon the next morning Dan-
iel got up and rapidly spoke off so many
verses that the master had to beg him to
stop and promptly presented the knife—-
Chicago inter Ocean.
Diplomatic.
“New," said the bird dealer, "if a man
came to buy a parrot and asked you if
the bird swore. what would you say?"
“W'y,” said the boy who wanted a job,
“I’d sorter act idioticiike and pretend not
to understand him. Then, if he got mad
and cussed me, in tell him yes."-—Cin-
oinnati Tribune.
“'ill lie Keep Them?
Stern Father—J want you to drop lhz
acquaintance of young Wildleigh allo-
gather.
Daughtor~Why so, pupa?
Stern Father—I don't think he is a
promising young man.
Daughter—Uh, yes, he is, pnpn. lie has
promised me all sorts of things after we
are married—Brooklyn Life.
The filing Out of It.
“But the diagram my family will suf-
fer," protested the doomed man, “because
of my death by the ox. "
‘ “Pray give yourself no uneasiness on
that score,” urged the kindly despot.
“The affair will bootllcially gazetted as
an operation for appendicitis.”—Detroit
Tribune.
EIOY Mill PLEASANT Til TAKE.
Patent Medicines
( /> an one Pawns.
iii FlilT. iilllil NOT TO TAKE.
Inntonik $1.00
Hood's Sampariiia, .60
Ayers‘ Sarsaparilla. .67
Dana's Semaparilla, .67
Outicura Resolvent, .70
Scott’s Emulsion, .60
Green's Nervura, .70
Stillson's Specific for Malaria, .75
Paine's Cele Compound, .65
Brandrcth’s lb, .12
Aloock’s Plasters, .10
Barron's Capsice Plasma, .12
(hatoria, .23
We Pills, .12
Amood’s Bitten, .18
Bsdam's Microbe Killer, qlll., .76
Badam‘s Microbe Killer, gal. jars.. 3.60
Yankee Lung Soother, .35
lien. G. Slillson’s
Drug Store,
l7 Washington Street.
Physician for Women!
IRS. ilil. I. i. Gilliiilflll
M be consulted at her clues.
Iii It”! It, Bridgeport team,
“mamutaummmmm.
v, 1 -V 4 'l '. in“
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ll,
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son A’ VALE or W0
PulLoecsHv Ween resume As
croncrso av nu. cspew.
any cheerful-ass and cheerful Business
and the Helpful Lessons ”cancer! For
Depressed Khaki-d. Essential to flap-
places.
Mr. Depew's fellow-citizens always give
him a hearty welcome upon his annual
return from Europe; and they have good-
masons to do so. for he invariably comes
back with a bad to! facts and reflections
gathered from amliiar intercourae‘with
men worth knowing and acute observa-
tion oi events at home and abroad from
an unobstructed point of view. Experi-
ence has made him aware that a multi-
tude of newupapsr readers expect him to
distribute his diversified store of inform-
ation- and philosophy for their benefit.
and so he surrenders at discretion to the
reporters and cheerfully submits to their
('llA UNCEY M. Dfli’l-IW.
erections. It is to his credit all well as
theirs that they come remarkably near to
doing him justice, and his animated and
instructive discourse is one of the pleas
urea and advantages of the curl y ou-
tumn.
Mr. Depcw gives sound advice to men
who carry a heavy load of responsibility
year after your. that they should shift it
on other shoulders at not infrequent in-
tervals, for the salvation of their own
minds and bodies, and therefore for the
promotion of the interests they serve;
and doubtless they Would all be glad to
take the agreeable medicine which be pro
scribes, if they could prevail upon them-
selves to believe that such relaxation was
practicable. But too many of them never
get further than to make a plan which
seems impossibly delightful. and the only
warning that they are willing to take is the
warning that comes too late. Mr. Depew
isatcuching example of the wisdom of
learning a lesson from the experience of
others and applying it in such a manner
as to avoid their melancholy fate. lie was
doubtless blessed with an original endow-
ment of buoyancy, but. there is great mor-
it in cultivating u tcmpornnu-nl which it.
was a boon to inherit. 'l‘hrough many
years of extraordinary activity, and un«
der the pressure of innnnn-rublo do
mantis upon his time and strength not
unmixed with private sorrows, he has pre-
served i‘or his own inspiration and dif~
fused for solnl'o and support. of others a
joyous faith in the supremacy of good and
the rationality of cheerfuinvsu.
There is much that tends to depression
of spirits in events of the time iillil the re—
lations of society; there lil‘i‘ many who
think themselves at liberty to llocpeu the
gloom by forcbodings and a melancholy
course of life, and not a few who stoop to
inculcate tho cictcstuble doctrine that
whatever is is wrong and Rlllt'lllt‘iill honor-
able refuge for the despairing. it is
worth u great deal to haw- uumng use
mun whosm-minont place in thocouunun-
ity cmnmunds attention in his sanguine
philosophy. and whose gifts and graces
conum-nd it to general admiration and
acceptance. --.\'. Y. Tribune.
COL. JOHN A. CC'CKERILL.
All Aisle Editor and Is Ilrllllunt and
Foreei'ul Writer.
in the last week of September, (‘oL John
A. (Ricki-rill, Editor of the Morning All-
vertiscr illlil the i‘tunnn-rl-iul Advertiser,
sent his resignation to illi' proprietors
and retin-d from the editorial manage
ment of the two papers. in explanation
he said llml he had retired because he did
not ngrm- with the business management
regarding some of lllt' nn-lhmh intl-iy
adopted. but ho was unwilling to make
any stutcnn-nt of tho illth'i't‘ili'tiN. ”t' had
madeit a rule not to rcnmin in a place
which was not entirely congenial to him,
he said, and that. wusnll that need be
said about his relirelm-nl. “'hilc be ex-
pected to continue in newspaper work, he
said ho had no imnu-dinlv
which ho i‘iil’i'll in npl-nh
plans about
ml.. .lllilh’ \. rm‘Kl'IllllJ.
Col. i'nckcrili is one of the most. brainy
and forceful oi the New York editors. and
his writings are nmrkmi by n. brillinncy
of diction and n l-h-nrnmm of thought that
rnakentlwm uiwny» l't'll'llillli' and client-
ive. lie mum» to tho- nwtropolls with
Joseph i’nillw-r. mul was the managing
editor at tho World during the years
when it was built from Weakness into
oupient sin-until. liis vigorous editor-
ials, and hi» ukllllul judgment regard-
ing news, Wow a potent factor in the pa:
pet's mien-m, and it was not a fortunate
day fnrit whcntlm conditions become
such that he could not rsnmin with it. It
is understood that his salary on the World
was fifteen thousand dollars a year: but it
was not enough to banks him remain
when the conditions bm-mne uncon‘
genial.
Airs llls Morn In the Clouds.
Ex‘State Senator ('yrus Flaxtogen, of
Concord, N. ii.. hasa huge kite which
hekssps flyingwhcncver the wind per»
mused itls strong enough to sup
the linen oi the ex-fleaator's
thakltsls flying the linen is
is Midst-tire; ha
a...
“It _‘
you aslur sun rut amuse.
Heartworn and weary the woman sat.
llu baby sleeping across her knee.
And the work her fingers“ were telling at
Seemed a pitiful task for such as she-
Mending shoes for the little feet
That patterad over the cabin door.
While the bells of the Sabbath day ran
I'flt
And the neighbors passed by the open deer.
The children played. and the baby slept.
And the busy needle went and came.
When. lo! on the threshold stone there stspt
A priestly tigers and earned her name:
"What shrift is this for the Sabbath day,
When balls are calling and far and near
The people gather to praise and pray!
Woman. why are you telling borer“
Like one in a dream she answered low:
“Father. my days are workdays all.
1 know not Sabbath. 1 dare not go
Where the beautiful bells ring out and call.
For who would look to the meat and drink
And tend the children and. keep the place?
I pray in silence and try to think,
For God ‘9 love can listen and give me grace.“
The years passed on, and with fast and prayer
The good priest climbed to the gate of rest.
And a tired woman stood waiting there,
lier workwuru hands to her bosom pressed,
“0 saint thrice blessed, mount then on high."
He heard the welcoming angels say,
When nibeltly. gently, she passed him by.
Who had mended shoes on the Sabbath day.
—-l.adics‘ Home Journal.
Brief Paragraphs From The Writings 0!
Noted Men.
Many of our cares are but. a morbid way
oi looking at. our privileglm.~Waiter
Scott. '
imitate nature. llich and inexhausti-
ble she replaces the cruahed and withered
flowers.—Ford.
As you get on in the “forties" you will
understand that life is chiefly what life
has been.~\V. l). Howells.
Zvery life which comes to its best be-
gins with a sort of loose cxpu miveness; it
isdrawu inward till it reach» an almost
selfish concentration; then it. opens with
a larger and finer movement to embrace
mankind—Phillipa Brooks.
For to be saved is only this—
t'ialvatlon from all selfishness.
~Whlttler.
Dare to be true. Nothing can need a lie;
A fault which needs it most grows two
thereby. ~iicrbert
Not faster yonder rippling bright,
That tracks the ahailop's courscln light,
Melts in the lake away.
'i‘han men from memory erase
The benefits of former day.
—Seott.
A LITERARY HORSE.
He Had a Taste for Ilooks, but. lie lined
lilacrimlnaiion.
A man with a push ('urlpilmi high with
paper-covered novels by well-known au-
thors stood near the curb in (.‘culrc above
('luunlwrs sir-cot. the other morning. 0n
thi- push l-nrt. wusa sign informing the
public that. the prim- Hi the books was “3
emits ouch.”
An express wagon, pulled by it fine look
ing buy horse, drew up so l'lust' lothe
ourbthnl llll' lwl‘sv'a nit-w was thrust. out.
ovorlln- books. 'l‘ln- man was wry busy
attending to customers, and be illll not
notice, the hon-«0's close proximity.
'i‘heuninml lookcdat the books grave
ly with his beautiful big 0in and llnally
reached for n copy of W. (‘Inrk Russell's
“Marooned" in a glowing yellow cover.
In a flush ho had whipped oil the cover
with his lips and was chewing it. lie
Btlt'llit'll to enjoy it hugely, and pretty
soon he grnbbml another book. This time
he picked out one of Laura .h-nn Libbey’a
non-ls. ”1' gave one biiout it, stopped
short, shook his bond, snorted, and quick-
ly druppmi the book intollu- street. Then
he buokwl oil' ulul stood still, looking re
prouvhl’ully ill the book fukir,
l-‘or l-‘air Readers.
Au ell-guilt promenade toilet is {Mll-
ionmi of line tobacco colored uncle" and
satin of it somewhat darker shade. The
skirt is plain both at from and sides, and
ls_slopml oil at foot of the left side to
show an imitation skirt. of brown satin.
All {out trinnningnf the sklrln handsome
bundcnn of while ottoman in mnploycd. It.
is orunnu-utwi with gold embroidery and
black silk braid. ('nut bodim'. upl-niugon
a narrow \\'lllii' \‘i‘hl, embroidered in the
some manner as llll‘ skirt trimming.
Who could resist a smiling girl but-
lqu-ll npln In-r l’ll‘iylllt't‘ in a smart tweed
jm-kvt. light lliliug,wilh horn buttons,
which. by the way, are the only thing this
full for (with of any kind? 'l'ln‘n the
cape, which will llt' suillcionl protection
against any changi- of iunlpl'l‘lltlll‘l', and
which is at line sumo tilnv light clmugh to
be comfortable under any rirmlmstnnvcs,
rvully bm'onuw. u now-wily. .\ garment
that will mwl all ”were rt'qllli'i'lllt‘ili‘i is of
Hl'nll'h tiwcui wuwu for llw purpose in
pretty heather mixtures, with reversible
tartan linings. it has llulllllt‘ slmnldcr
rapes and u rolling mllur.
Ilard “'inior Signs in Maine.
Those who study omvlw say another
long, cold u'intmr, filled with blustering
Itioruw, ls din-ml. 'l‘ho gimm- hone in
nearly all while, und snow. tlwy any,
will lli‘ on the ground from early in
lh-comiwr until .\pril. or inter. ('orn
husk» urn more Ilmn Ilullllll)’ lllli'k. 'l'hc
maize lilH put on an cxlm over-cunt to
protect. “will from tiw zero temperature
to mum. \i‘mulvhm-ks and chipmunks
nrunlrmuiy I'nl mmugh to kill, and their
fur in «inner nud lbw and Ni)“. They, too,
predict l'lllil “wither, and will «Wk Wlii-
lerquurtcrs curly. Finally. the prior.- of
coal is mlvnm'ing, null that should ru-ttlc
all doubt in tho mind of the urn-rage man
as to who-till-r wv'rl- going to have any
winter this yearn-«intuit!on Evening
Journal.
Why Nlung'ln l'upular.
”(flame-y," will young Mm. 'l‘orkina,
"whotdmm llu- illil‘liml 'mlking through
your lmt' mmul‘r"
“it unions,“ was the reply, "llmt the
person in minim-lion with whom it lsuacd
is in the habit of npnnkillu without be-
stowing a alm-muouutul thought upon
the topic on which he hurl unllvrtuknll to
discourse. or that be blue selected one
which even with u l‘t'lihlilllliilli ainolnrt of
application he \l‘llillll be utterly incapable
of compn-lmuling."
And when she llllll mnght her breath
she murmured:
"Uliaricy,i don‘t. think that sinng,in
moderation. is .‘m wry bad after all, do
yout”~\‘i’uohiug Star.
lle~l didn’t gel your last letter.
Bbe(pontinui niml incur. you a kiss in
it.
lie—how unhunlncssllke you are. Don't
oulmow that letters containing valua-
iss should be reglntsrcdt .
a is h cribat‘s
» tron. ..
, n; it“ .
4 enhance.
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Children’ ~
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Repairing of all kinds.
Jobs called for and delivered.
WRIGHT’S CARRIAGE REPOSITORY
Cor. Franklin and Madison Ste.. 80. Norwalk.
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They are built on honor and: -
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The finest lot of
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The ilonnrctlcui iisnsrsl life In-
surance 00.. of Hartford,
will insure the life of a young man for II,(I)0
for less than to today. or willseli him an en-
dowment for sl,((ll;for less! than in a day,
payabletohlmseif if he liven, and his people
if he dies, so do not neglect to '
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New and second hand
Buggies, Phineas. Carriages
titular. Splnllts, in.
Salt an.
Prices to
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South Norwalk.
We sell goods cheaper than any other
house in the town of Norwaik. Values
that we oiler, do more to advertise us
than any thing we can say in the news-
papers.
Will PAPERS,
GILTS.
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DOUBLE 30c.
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45c.
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Ingrain paper, 30 inches wide
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White blanks, ‘"
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Materials, Pictures framed to
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Painting, Paper Hanging and
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By the beautiful new steamshlps of the
Old Dominion Line.
in Old Point Comfort or Virglal
‘ Beach and Return,
(liygels Hotel.) (Princess Anne Hotel.)
Most delightful resorts on the Atlantic ..
for a svllrm curiae. May be made 1?
Sit. Old Point Comion, Si.
Sll. Virginia Beach. iii
A day and a quarter at either hotel.
Iliiiillililifl EVERY EXPENSE.
0f meals and berths on route Mil a day and
quarter‘s board at either hotel.
This trip in an ideal «me, as the course sh
the coast with little likelihood of seasick
and passes in review many watering p .
and points of interest.
Bill Billilliiilli 8. 8. ill).
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