vMiPNlliMl
they're all right."
V'but the idea isto please
they put. you?”
t they pretty gay for an old fel-V
I
That’s a very quiet stripe. They
, ORION-ton." .
W hey do at pretty well. i ain't
hill 0' striped pants, though, in
no how many years, an’-—still. you
the, are all rluht." . .
... fill! they please the one that's to
iHeartbeat they most certainly are all
will and you are wearing them. so you’re
.' {believe I do like 'em. by ginger!
‘ . Illht-forlen’th, ain't they?” ,
Mare about as near right as any
* . -- tailor could have made them—
ll. waist and everything."
on wouldn't call it a louulstrlpef”
.‘would not!"
or it don’t seem to me so. Stillrl’ve
m wearin' either black or pepper '1:
”ltd." i dunno how many years now, an’
mthing else looks kind 0’ queer. But,
.Ideolare, it does seem good to get some-
thing else on. There ain’t any good rea—
son why a man 0’ my age shouldn’t wear
these pants, ls therei'.’
“N0 earthly reason that i know of, if
you like them. They certainly look well,
Ind they are flrst~rste trousers."
‘ “Well, lguess I'll go take "cm oil and
Myou do ’em up. You’ll throw in a pair
0' suspen—Pshawl there comes—er—this
lad cumin" is my wife. 1’“ wait a min-
Iguess-All through with your shop-
l’, mother?" 5
“Thank heavens, yesi’j replied the vig-
lookiug woman who haul been uslr
red up the aisle. “What you got on?"
she added.
“Five dollars,” said the old gentle-
man. clutching one leg of the trousers
Iands'tretchlng out the cloth for inspec-
t
a.
g ' hey be, be they? Hev you got lots of
time, Joshua?”
, . ‘Time.’—-How-—whyl"
: “Because if you hav, mebbe it’s all
E right to rig yourself up in fancy costoom
y for the entertainment of this young
self, an’ I guess we might as well pick out
I. a pair 0' pants now like what i told ye to
" “‘0
: "What’s the matter with—~-~”
l
“Iremme see someth‘in’ on the pepper-
’n-salt order that’ll abouttit him,” said
[Exp dy to the salesman. After select-
lhau '
. $3
‘ pair about the size required she
ed them to the silent man at her
ow you run into the «:nbbyhoie and
into those," she said; “mid let’s see
ow they look."
"The idee of a man 0' his age pickin‘
out streaked pants,” she Sillil to the
salesman, as her husband moved meekly
away. "The pair he's got in his hand is
nomethin’ like. Don’t you think so, your-
self?”
The salesman smiled pleasantly. “They
are good goods,” he said. "The thing
h to please the one that wears ‘em.”—
Punk.
The [tong of the Frog.
When the frog wishes to express his
joyhe bursts forth into song. llo lifts
, ”his voice and makes the woodland
Villa. Only the male frog sinus, The
females constitute the audience who sit
in the front row and enjoy the music.
. And it is the speckled green frog who is
m prime soloist of the 'muis.
" Theseinperettas only tuiw place at
We, and the performances begin at
‘ It”, after an overture by the kiitydids
and the early mosquitoes. 'i‘hs frog,
War, does not come out upon the
{in stage with a roll of music in one
had and a smug smirk on his face.
either does he proceed to m-nmr sand
. the door from a cornucopia and
his performance with u song
dance
I]. jumps right into the middle of hi.
without even a preliminary how to
eminent row in the audience. and alter
a! Non of short. sharp notes uttered
.1. quick succession, he lets it go at
‘I‘rench scientist, after long listening
,. thawooiis. has made out and l'lduced
writing the song of the frog, 0.-
mp music," as he calls it,and 11..
,. that the frog repertory lg
4 and extensive. Frogs can carry
“ V‘eonvsrsstions at long distances and
. mmonieateto each other moan...
terminus».
, old green frog can iuske him-
W for a distance of more than
gnu—finiantlllo American.
V “M will»...
; fi ' ‘ '_ “limb?! or Chicago
' ‘ ‘ ‘WMt ow s
i at“ ' taste. but
about it one using." says
in“ herein
the"
it to Wear them. The question: '
man; but I itin’t got overmuch time, my- .
that autos on», roll. no chaplsls
a! the 831th Arkansas.
“The Battle of One "llundred and
Eighteen Day!" is the title Gen. J. 8.
Fullerton, would give to that wonderful
series of opemtions commonly called
”The Atlanta (:smpuigo.” It was con-
tinuous fighting from May to September,
and it embraced u lmilioiicld 135 mile.
long. There is outlnng in history tooomo
pare with it. The lighting begun at Tun-
nel Hill. it ended at. Atlanta. Every
foot of ground was contested. Every
day had its battle. and more than once
the tiring continued from sundown to
sunrise.
From his diary. lion. Fullerton told the
story of ”The Battle of One Hundred and
Eighteen Days“ before. a gathering of old
fighters, ex-(,?ortl'etll'attes us well as Feder-
als, at the Washington Army and Navy
Club.
There is no more thrilling page in (ion.
Fullerton's diury or the Atlanta can»
puign than that which nurrules the cir-
cumstances of the death of the Bishop-
Gen. I’olk. - .
“i was going along the liue one day,"
said Gen. Fullerton. "when i came to
Foraker—Burt Foruker, the brother of
Gov. Foraker of lliiiii~~r~t~il.lrxg beside a
tree gazihg intently through u glass to-
ward the top of Pine ‘i‘op.
“ 'Those fellows art-signaling upthere,’
he said, when i asked him what he was
doing, ‘and I am l't-luilllg wintt they say.’
“Pine Top had a surmunding cluster
of works. and above the fortifications and
overlooking all was a clear space. We
were going to try and take the position
that afternoon and were getting every-
thing readv. As I stood there, near lt‘or—
aker, a group of horsemen rode out in
the clear place on Pine Top and seemed
to be examining and discussing the field.
Simonson. with his battery. llud token up
position right where we were when Gen.
Sherman came along with some of his
staff and stopped. lie wanted to know
what we were doing. i told him Foraker
was watching the Confederate signals.
“ ‘ls that so?‘ he asked. 'Whut do they
so;?’
“ ‘Oh, nothing of any importance,’ said
I. and then i added, ‘Simouson, here,
wants to try ashell at that party up there
on Pine Top.’
“ ‘Ali right.’ said Sherman. 'give 'em
three; give ‘em just three, Simonson.’
“And then Sherman passed on. Simon-
son trained one of his guns. cut the fuse
with his own hands, and the piece: was
fired. The shell fell a little short. Simon-
son tried again. The second shell seemed
to drop right over the heads of the group
and explode. There was a sudden scatter-
ing, and the open place was deserted by
the horsemen. in a few moments the
Confederate oflicer on Pine 'l'op began to
signal excitedly to another part of their
line. Foruker watched him intently. and
jumped up. saying:
" 'My liodi That shell
l'olk.‘
“And it was so."
in the bottle of 113 days the rulendar
was last. night of by even so llcvnlli. a man
as Howard.
“I Went along the line. one morning
with (ion. Howard," said lien. Fullerton.
“When he came to a battery that was fir-
ing at (‘onfcderate works on a hill the
General became much interested. After
watching the effects for a few minutes
Howard said to the artillery oilioer:
" ‘if you thllili elevulc your guns i
believe you could drop hulllt‘ «hells right
intothe centre of the town ol’ .‘luriettu.
Try it.‘
”The ullli'rr put his guns into position,
cut the fuses, and prepared im-xperimcnt.
lien. liowurd got out his ginsstw to study
the effect.
“ ‘chernl.' said i seriously, taking out
my watch, ‘this is Sunday morning. it
is now ll o'clock. The Presbyterinns of
Marietta are just in the midst of the long
prayer. and » -'
" ‘ilensc liriug,’ shouted lien. Howard in
the artillery oillcer.
"There came down to the front one day
a pleasar l gentleman from the l‘liristian
Commission. i'upt. Stimson," suid lien.
Fullerton. "It was while we were in
close quarters at one point of this Atlanta
campaign. He said to me soon after he
arrived:
" ‘h‘tlllertciii, i should like to look at the
rebels.’
” 'All right,’ said I. "l'hcre's no trouble
about that. 1 can arrange lt.‘
“i took him out behind the llrt‘lislwul‘kri
and said to him:
"'Now. get your glass all ready. and
when i say the word we‘ll jump on top
and take a look.’
“i gave the word and up we went.
Capt. ritimson clapped his glasses to his
eyes. Out a little way we I'tlllltl see the
Confederates swarming ulmut like so
many huge gray ants building new forti-
killcd (ien.
flcatlons. ‘l’iugi' went a bullet. and
lithium dropped. it had gone. through
billion and into a tree behind him. 1
wrappr him in a blanket. and had just
started in back on a stretcher when it
occurred id me:
“'Perhaps Stimson's friends ‘at home
would like to have that bullet for a sou-
venir.’
”l climbed on top of the breustworks,
got out my knife. and began to pry at the
bullet. ‘l’ingi’ sang another. and went
into the same tree six inches above my
head. ,
“ ‘lf Htimsou’s family want that bullet
they'll have to come after it.‘ thought 1.
and 1 got down.
At the battle of Kenesnw Mountain, one
sergeant of iisrker's brigudo actually
reached the top of the breuslvvorks. A
Tennesse captain sprang to meet him and
was killed. The sergeant fell. Gen.
Johnson told me afterward that 28 bul-
lets struck that sergeant from the waist
up. A color sergeant of MclYook’a bri-
gade reached the top of the hrrsstworks
in front of that column. The Confeder-
ates right in front at him were an affected
by this exhibition of donations courage
that they wouldn't. shoot him. They
presented arms to the hero. lint. a bullet
from another part. of the line struck him
down.
“While moving beck from om- position
to another, Harder-you know what a
disciplinarian he was-weenie upon a great
gaunt fellow is butternut squatted down
' in a fence corner pulling away at. a pipe.“
"Why aren‘t you in your command!"
thundered it as: "who are your"
, . nod'w'” .. m‘
'l‘te losse- Ital atria» straightened
a“ can.
- in
t» . »
Question by r. Go! to llaAndrsws.
Street Commissioner, who" had asked to
so u the stand tovindleatehinrself of
the charges of other witnesses: ow
many promissory notes of yours (1 the
brewers of New York hold while you
were JEscise Commissioner? A.-—1don't
know of any.
Mr. Goff then worked the old familiar
bluff of pretending to have the docu-
ments he was inquiring about in his poo
session, and worked as usual. with en-
tire success. " Will you swear?" he
roared. fumbling over some papers with
the aid of young Mr. Jerome.
The witness—J recollect that Jacob
Buppert loaned me some money on a
note. .‘
Q. (returniitg the papers)—1thoughte0.
How muchiH A.-—tB,000.
Q.—Where did you get bills to deposit
if you were not in businessh. A.-—l can’t
say. ,
Q.——l)id you get them from contractors
who have contracts with the Street Clean~
lng Department.“ A.~—No, sir.
Q.—Where, l insist? A.-i have told
yea i can’t tell.
Q.—Would it tend to disgrace, or de-
grade, or convict you of a. crime? A.—
No. sir.
Q.—’i‘hen you must tell. A (after a long
pause).——Woll,l borrowed from Senator
George l’luultitt.
Q.-—But Senator Pluukitt ltnseoutracts
with your department? A.~lle has had
for many years a contract to iurnish
scows.
Q.-And how many stables do you rent
for your department horses? A.-—.\'ine.
Mr. Golf (readingfrom u pupcr)—nAnd
Senator George Piunkltt owns five of
them.
it was shown that for some of the barns
rented from Senator l’lunltitt the city
pays as high as 35.500 a year.
Senator Lexow (to the witness)~——l)o you
think it was a delicate and proper thing
for you to do to incur such an indebted-
ness to Senator Plunkitt, who has such
relations to your department? A.—~l’er-
baps it was not.
Q. by Mr. Gull—Have you ever paid
poor old 'l‘opyleynji the money you cheat-
ed him out of! A.-—l never cheated him
out of any money. ‘
Q.——~liut be has begun an action against
you? A.——ilis daughter has.
u—lle was an old soldier of the war
and a friend of yours at that time? A.—
Yes, and l supported him for LWU years
while I was getting him his pension.
Q.-And when he asked you for the
money you put in a counter claim for
your services? A.~l paid him money as
he required it.
Q.~— By the way. that decoration on your
breast is the Order of the Loyal Legion.
is it. not" the-Yes, sir.
Mr. (loll Well. i guess that will do for
to-duy llll'll.
.‘irs. lirunuis oi ’l‘weuty-seeond ~treet,
who in going to reform the low hodiccs of
fashionable Women, is still opposed to
Lady llcnry Somerset, who is going to
reform the living pictures. The whole
Uranuis crusade recalls the extraordinary
amount of energy which was wasted for
upward of half a century on the illlflillfln
of corsets for women. The crusade was
carried on with adegreeof vigornot cvcn
approached by the present attack on low
evening gowns, and yet to-duy girls of
twelve or fourteen years wrur corsnts, and
women do not even discuss the quid-«lion
of their propriety. Lady Heiiry. who is
at present directing everything of im-
portnucc. us for as Women are concerned,
in lioston, has been made the laughing
stock of lmrulun by Jerome K. Jerome.
The llllllllil’lnt discovered that while Lady
Henry was denouncing every form of
social evil in London she was drawing
rentals from sunroof her East End houses
which Were inhabited by feminine per-
sons who were no better than they should
be. (in top of this Mr. Jerome has just
dist'overed lhnt Lady lleory buss lot of
hop kilns on her form, and that she re-
ceives a large income from iliciroperw
tion. As every one knows. hop kilns are
Used for the manufacture of alcoholic
iitlilltl‘a, and Mr. Jerome is now pointing
out that Lady ilenry derives a revenue
from the sole of alcoholic beverages,
while rigorously denouncing the trnfllc
in connection With the Women's Club»
tlan Temperance Union-AN. Y. Sun.
A flurry of the Late Jumbo.
The intelligence of the elephant has
been the subject of many ltlll‘t'tillhtfl, both
by travellers who have met him in his
native land and also by peoplewho have
seen him in servitude. Weall remember
how Jumbo endeared himself to the pa»
ple of this country by his gentle and
friendly disposition. Many limes l have
rjoyed a ride on his back in the days of
yyollth. when he was at the London
.oologieai Gardens, and I remember one
incident Willi’il gave evidence of his keen
sense of humor.
Jumbo was carrying his load of chil-
dren, trampling along his regular path
with stately tread. swinging his great
trunk leisurely from side to side. when
he approached a countryumn who was
standing «I. the side of the path, gazing
with eyes and mmrth wide open at some
animal in a cage close by. ills right arm
encircled a huge bag of buns, which he
had just bought for the purpose of feed-
ing the nuinmis. As Jumbo passed this
man. who was inn numb absorbed in the
object of his gm." to hear him approach.
he gently lifted his trunk over the man's
shoulder and look the butt of isms. which
he immediately devoured, bug and all.
Ind unloved the joke as much us he did
thebuus. Everybody inughml and damn
he's eyes twinkird with joy, f'ougregac
tlonaliet.
(int Div-n. Anyhow.
“What did you get for your vote, (in:
cle Jim?”
“Well. sub. dry gimme a lilme mule,
but he died."
”You came out Instr, then?"
"No. sub, i rectum not. Iley thrown!
out ten er my voles."~- Atluulu i'oustitu—
tion.
Onto Ills can".
lilr sister -i’uprr was calling you a
little while ago. .
Young "um-lu'r-Did you «my Thomas
or'l‘oml
ills Hist" ~lie said Thomas.
Young Hopeful (acrimony-Then I
guess I‘d owner no and see what he
wants.
Guam-Are you sure she loves you!
Dish—Positive. ribs maid she would
"It“ is install:
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I
200 pairs 'Ladies’ Hand Turn, mall sizes, worth 4.00, at 1.00
., ‘ 200Ipaird§Ladie€ Opera plain toe worth 3.00 at 2.00.
y 200 pairs Ladies’ Opera plain toe worth12.00 at 1.50.
100 pairs Ladies’ Patent Tip, worth 1.50, at 1.00.
100 pairs moor Patent Tip Spring Heel, worth 1.50. at 1.10.
100 pairs Misses‘ Spring Heel. worth 1.25, at 90c.
85 pairs Men’s Police Shoes, worth 2 ill at 1.50.
100 pairs,Men’s Calffiilnchers, worth,2.s')0 at 1.50.
I .80 pairs Boy’s Calf Button, sizes 11 to 2, worth 1.75,
75 pairs Boy's Lace, worth 1.25, at 75c.
Boston Hip Rubber Boots, 3. '25 and plenty of them.
Men’s Storm King Boots, 3.00.
at 1.00.
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8i 'WASlllNGliiN STREET,
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nun
H EODORE H.0LSEN’S
ill WASHINGTON STREEI, Sillliil NililWAiK.
100 pairs of Lounsbury, Hathewson or Co.'s line Shoes, 3 little imperfect,worth 4.50, at 2.25.
100 pairs of Ladies’ imperfect machine sewed worth 3.50 at 1.50.
100 pairs Childen's 8} to 10}. Patent Tip Spring Heel, worth 1.25, at 95c.
100 pairs Men’sfiGoodyear Welt Lace Shoes, worth 3.50, at 2.00., sizes 51}, 6, 0t. 7.
50 pairs Men’s Congree and Lace, Cork Soles, sizes 9, 10 anddl.
worth 2.50, at 1.25.
75 pairs Men’s Lace Picndilly and square toe, worth 1.50 at 1.25.
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Six siZes Children's All Wool Vests at lbc.
worth 50c.
Handkerchiefs: slightly nailed by us for
Si to.
holiday decorations, at 5c. worth 106.
A special in all Linen Damask Towels,
at 100; worth 15c.
funny Is Billiiilll nu.
For 'l‘opiiioves at 50c, worth 750 to 850;
atioc. “no. $1.00 to 31.7%; at 31.00, worth
Balance of Mulls and Bone, also children's
sets at very low figures.
Other attractions will be found when you call.
A. Dickerman '& Son’s,
84 WASHINGTON STREET. SOUTl-l NORWALK. CONN.
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Norwalk Chronicler