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” 1; my time; price from .3 up.
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'f alwhys teddy, only perfect and safe i‘Quickmeal." IIundrcds in use in our city.
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largest aesortment in either city: any style you could ask for from soc up.
AR moss;
is line we lead again in style and price; twenty styles to select from.
ET and “VICKTORV I”
N ’(The new lawn game.) Fvery grade 20 per cent lower than any competitor. ,,
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”’1 i‘4ogyd rolls for $3. 50; fine jointless and cotton warps in exclusite designs; 30 styles,
cut pricirs. 1 . ,
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1 «The “White Mountain Cleanable.”
. 3 It would take'this whole space to expaciate on its
1 good qualities. -
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The “Delhi." Wire wound, cotton covered or heavy rubber, 101: foot; money back if
it bursts. 1
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1; Watering pots, lawn swings, lawn seats, garden tools, etc.
5* ~0peu evenings. Goods returnable for cash. 7/,
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THE TALK IS ALL OVER ABOUT
L M. WRIGHT’S REROSITORY,
WHICH I5 WELL STOCKED WITH THE FINEST LINE OF
gens Blcycles and Horse Goods!!!
BRING done at short notice. All purchasers of bicycles taught to ride
--Repainngi specihlt. Hpviiig leased the Norwalk
rounds, apply to me or terms, etc. '
i THER M. WRIGHT, 1‘31...
1Velvets, 1
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~ free. Open until”?a G
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1 , Ingrains,
Tapestry, Moquette,
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~ Body Brussels, Axminster,
A large variety of China and Japanese Mailings, Oil Cloths and
Linolcums, Shades, Luce Curtains, Portiercs.
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A. Dickermari 81 Son,
South lorwallt, Connecticut.
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sword o’f fame:
'f'he 1111-1 will l1 crown:
A 9. none shall nsll so lab his name
me will not wists
the 1111 «mu-111111111 11.111111111111111
WM some
1 ' Anti left to heaven the met. ,
——John Vance Cheney in Washington Star.
A bicycle stood leaning heavily
1 against itsvstand as rifvworn out from
long. tedious waiting for its mistress.
1 A rustle. as of silk lined hair cloth was
heard on the cellar stairs. .
It was she, its dauntlsss rider.
She rested her fingers on its beloved
saddle and brushed the dust from their
pink tips, the dust of .a long week’s
rest. a week of ideal bicycling weather.
A dainty handkerchief hid her great
blue eyes, and she burst into a flood of
tears.
Aloud clan , clung of the door boll
startled th tears away. She knew
that ring. All dishsvslled and dusty,
she rushed into the drawing room. She
met her lover like a moody cherub. He
looked at her for a moment, standing
with his legs wide apart. his hands in
his pockets and a forgotten hat on the
luck of his head, heaved a sigh of res-
ignation and said disgustedly:
”I see. my poor little girl, that this
confounded bicycle question is on top
hgnln. "
, ‘ “Do you know, Eleanor. that I know
a lino fellow who wants a bicycle just
like yours so ovorlastingly bad that he
would be willing to trivsothousaud dol-
lars cash for it if he could have it with-
in nu hour."
"(ileorgul You shall not have my
dear wheel to 11111131111111», splinters. If
you yourself had ever ridden you would
advocate it for everybody. It is stub-
bomnnd narrow timt you will not loam.
Your prejudice is making a heartless
fellow of you. It shall be crushed at
1111cu,llult determined. - Can't you see
I am dotsrminedt"
Her hands were clasped tightly. She
shivered slightly, and her voice was
tense as she continued with white teeth
set:
“I shall ride to morrow to Chevy
Chase Inn. I start at noon exactly.
Von may start on 11 wheel at it. (If you
reach the Inn bufb'ro i do we will he
married soon, if not—never!"
, The lust'word was called from the
hall. The speaker was none.
The man turuod pale. He was not a
(student of wonmn's whims, and ho was
deeply in love. He put: about! to his
hendund was dimly conscious of won
daring whether it was his band or some
other follow it.
, Herntslowu' on the corner of n 1131111
fable bounce it happened toho behind
him, and said out loud. “I will think. "
Three minutes truss he arose and said,
"1 “ill 11111111 "
Ilc walked through the hall and out
into the dir, forgetting his. cane. his
ore-recon: nd the violets he had brought
Eleanor» As the front door clmcd be-
hind him with a ham: it startled him as
1t1nl11ht asleep walker.
He walked down Connecticut avenue
hardly realizing where he was.
Soon his eyes, which had not (listin-
gu shed the pit-users by. seemed rivited
on a sign that seemed to scream at
him: ‘
“Bicycling Academy.”
lt drew him to the spot as if by mag-
netism. He entered the door and look-
ed blunkly at tho 1111111 at the desk, laid
down a bill which made tho fellow store.
refused tho change, and asked to be
fought at once.
An attendant brought him a wheel.
The cold glitter of its nickel plating fills
ed his whole being with determination.
iIo waived the teacher aside and mount-
ml with tho spring of u kangaroo. The
biryolo headed straight as 11 die for the
brick partition. When within nynrd
of it ho litrd his Irnu limbs above tho
[1 '1 1l'.11 bar and met. the wall with tho
bottn 11 1! two substantial feet. He
was shot back some distance and thou
oil.
The instructor askod him if he
thought he Witt riding a butts ring ram
0: :1 boomerang.
'I‘ho how did not smile.
'l‘l1o instructor then asked hint for the
address of his doctor. He gnvo a norm
her on tel xtocnth street. That was
l'llr-ntiur's home.
llviom he let t tho school the shadows
lmd lengthened into darkness. mid he
mu riding beautifully around the cir-
clo with l1isl1au1lkurchief bound tightly
around his bond and tho teneltor'snrtu
about l1l1 waist. If Eleanor could see
hirnillo felt himself victor ovtr a Ilend.
The next morning at l0:liD he left his
door. The day was perfect.
llo felt the exhilaration of success and
a rosistloas force of resolution. lie
leaned oVor the handle bar and sped
rapidly over tho asphalt. lie pouted
and pound up the hills and coasted down
over bridges and put the Zoo. His one
thought was to melts the wheels go
round. to cover space.
tilowly the idea began to force itself
upon him that something was wrong
with tho wl1eol.llo thought it must
nerd oliimr. such terrible pain and
wmknm did attack his limbs when he
tried to force the pedals around. and his
head grow light and dlrsy. lie thought
to dismount. but rolled off Instead. Ifu
tried to take a stop to straighten his
limbs; they refund to be straightened;
they “are way lwnonth him. 111111 he fell
on his knees as it in supplieistion to Cu
pld to cease from his torture.
llo lay on t 111 ground for a moment
11111111111 that tho distiness might puss
awry.
Ht! 111th have lost crmsclonsnoss for a
111011111111, for suddenly he felt it hand on
hisheal,1sndth1 grail voice ofemo
term-u asked.-
“Areyou sll broke up, old meat Don't
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Md sass
f.“ U“ Or 811‘ 1111111111111 closet I. Dene tiers us I it as Anywhere.
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Tissue accents mes ammo.“
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Thatf’ultt‘id Moms 1111mm sweet gm shutting from the car.
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WON BY STRATEGY.‘
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"All is falrin 1m11 we: " ,
He closed his eyes and half dreamed
and half thought that he was waft-
odeleugon decoy clouds. Suddenly a
bolt. "Eleanor!" Might she not see
Wilt he to
branded in her eyes as a cowardly
cheatf
Ha matched at his watch and dragged
himself to the end of the car and tried
with his eyes to pierce the solid hills, in
order to gain the first dreaded glimpse
of his darling who rode like the
her metal steed.
He saw for ten minutes only a blank
road, and then, with a nervous start.
discerned a spot of blue.
was blue serge and that it flopped about
bicycle wheels.
“Was it Eleanor?"
He thought he sawa tom. and strain-
911 liiés eyes to see if there was a leather
on .
From the handle bar waved stream
are. It must be Eleanor. It was her
height, her dear form.
He almost prayed for a puncture in
her tire; a Small piece of glass might be
his salvation
The bicycle gained. .
“Oh, why did she risk exhaustion?"
The car stopped for a moment. He
was frantic.
Tho bicyclist dismounted.
"Thank hoavoni’ she wore bloomers.
It was not Eleanor.
The lov or sunk prostratsd with and-
den relief.
“In a short time the inn was reached.
He was assisted from the our and the
bicycle deposited by the dew. With a
sudden flood of energy and rugo he gave
it u kick that made nrnceful curves in
its slender spokes. Then he sank into a.
chair and fell asleep. Ten minutes later
Eleanor arrived. She shook her head
over the bent wheel. found its victim
unconscious, smoothed lovingly yester-
day’ s scar on forehead and. with n
frightened giants around, put upon its.
zig- zag lino her first kiss.
Tho lover smiled. He was dreaming
that he was home to the altar on 11 W1 1n-
derful electric bicycle. to be united for
aye too whlto robed Eleanor.-—Wush
ingtou Post.
A LEAP YEAR DINNER.
It Was Held 111—"111111.101. and l'ralecd In
'anloss.
This is Leap Year. I don't: know if
we women are realizing our opportu-
nities, and making the host of thorn.
But in Boston they appear to be doing
so. Only listen to this. They, the
Bostonhostesses, are giving Leap Your
dinners-dinners so arranged that tho
men remain 'in their original seats
throughout the ‘mcnl while the women
progress with the courses. The host (a
man of no account) rings a bell at the
conclusion of each course. and reads
out loud a line on the guest card. and
the‘ ladies, always moving westward.
change their places at the signal. The
rule the hostess has to olisorve'is this:
That she must have as many courses as
there‘nre couples present, siuco the
round must be completed when dessert
is there.
Now about the guest cards and their
mottos. For the men who keep their
places during the meal the following
quotations were given at the first of
those entertainments in Boston: "Weir
come the cooling. speed the parting
guestf’ "Vuricty's the very spice of
life;" “Stay in that station where you
are placed;" "It is something to get
this far. if one is not permitted to go
further;" “Ilow happy could I be with
either worn t‘othnr dourchurmcr away."
Tito ladios' guest cards were inscribed
with such quotations us those: “Press
bravely forward ;" ”Let us then be up
and doing;" “A lovely apparition sent
to be a moment's ornament. "All
things journey, W11 go with them." At
the head of the tabla a banner for all
to see is inscribed: ”Westward the
course of Empire tnkm its way." I
should like to be present at such a din
nor. Tho exporiuwnt requiresu certain
amount of trouble. But, anyhow, it
Would be great fun. -—Tho (lentlowom
on, London.
rm} llnehus'a 0mm.
Flore is n tltstcrlptlon of the dress
utmimby Wurth for tho Duchess of
Marlborough to wear at tho Queen's
"drawing room":
The dress is an electric blue with do
colloto courage druptxl on the side and
fastened to curb shoulder by twr.
plqucts. Whitu ostrich fonthuru nnd
diamonds trim the wrench. demanding
to the waist, and are kept in plnen by n
satin bond. looking a bow on tI1osl1l1-.
At the top of tho corsauo is a veil of
white Meohlln lace. The elmvvm are of
lace: with bars of white satin. Tho
skirt is of electric blue satin with a
trsiusix and one half feet long in one
piece
A ('nnipnrnttvely Now John.
“We have luforn us is copy of tho
llmokvlllo Jeffersouinu. printed In IBM,
in which appears the following joke:
lluuh Brady that George Andrews on
the stunt yesterday and said:
“Gimme. did you hear about that
ittlo affair at the American House to-
.lay at noon?"
“No." said Androws. "what was in"
“Why, all the ladies got up and loft
the table."
“The dance you 11:31! What fort"
“They had finish eating."ml’unr.su«
tawney Spirit.
What If. Would Do.
"If you were the only man in the
world,” she said emphatically. "i
wouldn't have you."
“Oh. well.” he replied nunchalsutly.
“if I were the only man in the world
you couldn‘t get me. I’d bold but for a
harem. «(Jule-go Post.
The ultimatum wished to the
mould to be 100nm. tethered
m; to theemhmwto the
1'th
conscience:
thouaht struck 111111 like a lightning,
wind on
He knew it ,
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More than pleasure 1n 1111111111}; variety in clothes—there 1i
economy. 'I‘wu suits wore alternately will last more
111.111 twice as lone; as one suit wore every 1lny.'i'he1
same monoywill buy two suits. our kind, and give all
that the one custOm suitgiycs iit,siyle.1n1l the best in
cloth and trimming. Think this over before going 101
your tailor, and in the meantime. look at our 510.00 _
blur. serge-s, gray and brown mixal Scotch u’cuves—~lois of
styleund good wenrin these. Can’t tell them from a
325 made to measure suit. Our gray worsted .1111] extra '
line serg1sat$15 may intcicst you more if y'ouve a
11 little time on your hand Cumpzue these with what you
may have 111 mind.
Some new summer goods that may interest you:
Linen crush suits,
White 11111 R trousers,
Negligce shirts,
Washable silk and Madras ties,
Bicycle and golf suilsnnd
Separate coats and brooches,
01111111111 bicycle caps and stockings, 1,
’Balbriggan underwear,
Straw hats,
We've soit outing shirts in Cheviot and mudf‘as, 48 and 97c.
MEicsaco.
32 7 Main street Corner Bank, Bridrreport. 1 -'».
Open Mou1lnr,F1i1lay and Satu rdny lucnings.
OLD AND RELIABLE
Daily Direct Freight Line
BETWEEN
New York, South Norwalk and
Norwalk.
THE PROPELLERS,
City of Norwalk Fagle and Vulcan,
Will leave1P1er 53,151 R1., gli'eekman street, New York, at
5 p. to. leave 1101111111,; p. 111; South Norwalk 6 p. m.
Freight Received from 7 a. m ,tos. p. m. Upon Appli.
cation to agents the City of Norwaik, Eagle and Vulcan
w1ll be sent for special lots of freight anywhere in. New
York or its vicinity. ‘
All persons are forbid trusting any of the employees
of this boats of theline on account of the owners rh1 rent.
-1 L:
What is It?
that prompts you robuy your shoes at
111111 store rather than another? Isn't it
style. quality. fit durability and prim as
to thoshoo 11nd prmnpt and courteous
attention on the part of the proprietor and
s11l1~s1111111? If tin-so are the real induce-
ments we look for a liberal shurcof your
putronupm.
H. 5. BROWN,
90 WASHINGTON STREET,
South Norwalk. Conn
DON’T FORGET
THAT
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Keep thelioondngn while 1ro1~kery,wl111h is 11 kuowlcdgcd by the
lrmlc in il(! the best mml1',.1111l that tip y
SELL AS LOW
:11 any store in the town. Try our ROYAL POLISHING PASTE
l1will1l11nunndpolish silverware without injury, contains 1111 :11 id
and is unequalled for glass, marble or brass. I’ri1:r 251‘.
NASH 81 VANSCOY,
Get. It. Isln and West Streets. 1
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