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2‘ L. WM}; ISWEgL STOCKED WITH THE FINEST LINE OF .- _
rriages, wagons, Bicycles ,and Horse Goodsiil;
N. PAINTING AND; LETTERING done at short notice. All purchasers of bicycles taught to ride
' free. Open until 9 p. m.
'UrHER‘
(its. Kittie shun. ' ..
cured up high grade . . ‘ ‘ ..
- Universal ,
IT§3\AIII,.",
Mowers! . .
This mower is known throughout the country to be the‘finest machine
made; it has uninch driving wheels, double ratchet, adjustable steel
roc cutters, and is tlte lightest running, quickest cutting mowor made;
. ’5‘: The regular retail price 5536.50 for [4 inch. It. is too late in the sea-
: . 39c senior us to' mark these goods at even a lair profit, so will give you
33: . the benefit of the purchase as an advertiser.
69c ‘ 12-inch, '- - '-, $2.69
I' crating price‘in- ,r4-inch, ' ' ' ' $189
ifiterest all econn- . WW“. - - * r iii-99
This is less titan 50 per cent. of the first cost. .
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T’I-IE TALK IS ALL OVER ABOUT"
WRIGH'tiid REWDSITORV,
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Repairing a specialty. Having leased the Norwalk
Fair Grounds, apply to me for terms, etc.
A. Dickerman 8: Son,
“iquhlnéton Strooi, - - - - - South Norwalk, connecticut.I
Ingrains, Velvets,
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Tapestry, Moquette, '
Body Brussels, Axminster,
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A large Variety oi China anti Japanese Mattings, ()il Cloths ard
Linoleums, Shades, Lace Curtains, Portiercs.
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PRINTING HOUSE!
traughly Equipped. for Every Kind oi Printing.
. ‘oeeaoion with its wanted accuracy.
, 'James's. to be married.
_ orange blossoms and silver'lace,” and
M ' WR I G HT ‘Factory and Salesrooms, i
' 5 Madison and Franklin Sis.
as» Most? , ,
atom its.» 3:} Wedding Anni-
. 1.9mm» “ottoman,
:‘stnoo ion the ion. or sanitary has
always been one of the ,risyu which the
on has mat in almoatcomplete se-
0 union. TMIWU‘. moreputhetic by
contrast with the fentivltles‘ ivhieh need
to mark the day in the : lifetime of the
Prince Cpnsort. It is titl‘ysars since the
Queen’s wedding day, but no doubt hor
Majesty’s incinery recalls the eventful
‘ 0pm vr
l
It was a dull, ebo‘erless, thoroughly
characteristic February rooming. as the
young Queen. pale and with downcnst
eyes, and obviously anxious and new
one, dressed in white satin. and wearing
a wreath of Orange blossoms, a pair oi
very large and long diamond earrings,
and the Cellar of the Order or the Gun
'ter, entered . the Chapel. Royal.‘ St.
Within the palace the ladies were
lbrilliantly dressed, but none ol.’ the
lovely colors of today being then
:drenmod of, the gowns must have had a
somewhat crude effect. The most con.
'spienous dresses were of light blue
'ond white, light green and white, am-
ber, crimson, and all white, ladies of a
:cortain ago favoring purple, lawn, and
stone color, and all wearing wedding
favors, some of them being large. in-
tricate constructions of white ribbon,
many carrying huge bouquets of orange
blossoms tied with much satin ribbon
and silver “bullion arm. The Prince
Consort were the uni orm of a British
Field Marshal, with the, Collar of the
‘ Garter and"tw0 big white satin rosettes
oaths shouldprs, and carried a Bible
bound in green velvet.
In milking down the aisle with tho
Quoen'nfton the ceremony. the Prince
held her Majesty’s hand in his, and ‘it
was noticed that, by accident or de-
sign, the Queen‘s Wedding ring was
conspicuously shown. The pallor and
nervousness shown by her Majesty at
first had now all vanished, and on‘
reaching Buckingham Palace again the
Queen passed through the hall looking
happy to a degree. and acknowlet‘iging
the cheers of thoso present with the
brightest smiles. Her Majesty's going-
nwny dress was of white, made very
simply, and with it. the Queen wore a
white satin pelisso trimmed with swans.
down, and a white satin bonnet anti
leather.—Lady’s Pictorial.
;, timeouts riser sto cation.
flu large that lie Thought It Couldn't be
(loud.
my first invention." Mr. Edison said.
"I was largely in doubt as to its value.
Iltnuwlit was a useful contrivaneo. but
it wua‘withsome tlliildoneo that I on-
tered the pl‘ii‘it‘llt'n oi? the numui'mittirer
with whom I oprued negotiations fruits
disposal. All a boy I had oltttn longed
to [amuse $5,tli)t), and I had a good mind
to lipid out for that much money.
though I felt secretly tlmtl wmrld be
doing Well to gut 82,000. So when the
tuanufaetuvor asked me how much I
wanted for the patent rights I statu-
tum-oil and asked how much he was
willing to pay. ‘
“ ‘Comn around in the Inorning.’ he
said, and I went homo to dream about
that. $5,000 fortune I win; guilt}: to gut—-
perhaps. When I saw him in the mom
bur he said with it take-that-(minke-
nolhing air of determination:
“ “We have decided to pay you $40,~
GOO—«not a cent. more.‘ .
"I almost fainted. but in less than
five minutes I had stuck my name to a
contruct and was out in the street look-
iugiuuhalhlizedway at. a check in
my hand, ‘I’aynblt- to the order of
Thomas A. Edison forty thotutand dol-
lars ($ltl.ili)t).tllttl),‘ Tiled) I laegan to
think, and the forty thousand set-tried
like forty millions. and I said to my-
self: ‘Tom, you’ve Ilt‘l'll awindled. The
check is not good.‘ And when I wont
to tho banlrml had novor been inside of
one todo any ininiui-snm-and proaonted
tho check, I was not surprised when the
teller scrutinized it. glanced at me and
pushed it back with n shaken! the head
and a remark that I was too excited to
understand, but mmiludul that my
found were confirmed. So I stuffed it in
to whinn 1 related my experience.
" ‘Lel's an» the tdtet‘k.’ In: said. 'Wlly.
that's all right. You intuit Ilt‘ldi‘lltlfiliii.’
Antl wo Went back to the batik. The
cashier knew my friend and thi- money
was soon eouutnd out, Still I wasn’t
euro I was awake until I latguu to feel
and hear the snap of the new bank‘-
Itotos. It was a bit: bundle of money,
and I stuck some of it in every pocket,
so that almost anywht-re I. put my hand
I could tot-l it bulging out.
"When I Went to the hotel that night
do you think I took my clothes off? Not
lllllt'Il. I filt'lti in them, so I Wouldn't
BEFORE YOU HARRY.
A Lot of Question» for Matrimonial Aaplr- l
nuts to Answer. 1
Every woman, old or young. goes i
through life with the pleasing theory;
that it is in her power. the proper op E
lairtunity occurring, of course, to ren~ "
(let some man supremely happy. Few
women probe their inner conscience
sufficiently ' to learn” in What: vital ro-
spocts they may be Inching the elements
of success. The woman who can truth-
‘ fully answer the following questions in
tho affirmative is prepared to malted
fine-eons of married life, says tho New
1 York World:
Can sho cheerfully endure tho mtmot
nuy. after the first night Weeks of nd
i oration, of the daily allusion to her in
' tollnct?
Is she sufficiently meek in spirit to
‘ hour her pet charities regularly alluded
to as "letuinint- northeast-1""
Has she animal the burning question
of how “to keep servant-i in their
. places" and to retain them in their f
places?
J Can she refrain from defeating bur '
husband with logical arguun-nts on a
matter about which she (‘ilflllt‘ti‘h‘o be
3 wall inlonned?
Has she the wisdom of a serpent and
more particularly tho gentleness of a
dove in dealing with the questioner;
monthly extatntws‘!
lit sho enough of a philosopher to up .
prot'inte tho fine distinction mudo in
cleaning uignratmtt necessity and now
bonnet-t as a luxury? .
Can she carry With her in her matri- ’
monlal venture n patmt. itnlvstrntrtihlo,
. well regulated smile, warranted to out- i
live every variety of mood that IIII‘IIIIL+
culinodlalamition l~t heir to?
Is she. thoughtful enough to studytho
comlort oi her lord and nristt-r in i'I'I’l'y
detail of her household urrnugt-nn-nti,
and clovor enough not to exp-«rt a daily
‘ Ickuowlvdmuent of the fact?
IIaa aha attained to a degree of moral
elevation where she can malo- muoh of
her hurtbaud‘s out of town ntaidtmuuuts
on a visit when her invitation» have 5
just been issued for a stroll din- I
nor party?
In alto Intelligent nnomrh to manage
all her dommti" affairs with judmuout i
ability? t
. ll mervnnta are out of tho urination can 5
alto be but own «wk. Inmp up the photo
punitive, do her own «owing, and min t
tinuo to printout the snow winning, at l
trxwtivo ammonium to hi r husband (4 it
had during her courtship”!
EARLY RISING AND INSANITY.
Comfort {or the [any Wlm lint lip Imu-
nml Mum II"- Momlng mm.
Early rinlmr Is one of tlteutost proliflu
mum ol’ insanity, in the opinion of m
lot-4 a yarrson than Dr. Holden ll. Tnl
l‘llII. Medival tinporintnmlent of turn
Ilmumputhlt- I'Itnto Insane Anylnm at
MltldIt-town. N. Y. 1
Dr. 'l'nleott is one of thermal t-ml'
taint ayaatittlista in insanity in tho World.
For nineteen years he has law-n at the
head of the Mitldlt-town asylum. which,
under his mlminlvttrntion. has Income
probably the finest and most complete
luntitutltm of the kind in the r-onntry.
Ilia statement that early rising pro-
duces mental wrecking is Imflfll on clean
itudy and olmrvation extending im-r a
retinal of twenty years' active priu'ticu.
its reached this conclusion some time
W. kit has just trade It public.
Photos: "
friend,
you in
‘ ’ I
H E I and dim'riminution. and ilianri-ot etionuh 1
ve I I I n e n I n e nt-Vor to roar the serenity of the dinner 1
-—--- hour with allusions to her executive .
. I
; .. ”a ‘nu id in.
'm'dmtimygfibink I Bails
II , ‘ 7".
Won. n...
‘ ovidouco in the last election.
wake up and find it was all a cruel
dream."
That part of tho new ballot law for
New York Stutt- wl ich rwptires that a
Vittt'r shall mark his ballot with a cross.
or, in some t'llb‘t‘ri. v itli several crosses.
must be amendvdur a largo numbt‘rof
our Jewish Gib-ZEN” may continue to be
disfrarn-hised. It is now known that
many of theseritizma Were so unwill-
ing to put what they regarded as the
sign of the t‘l’osa‘ upon their ballots that.
rather than make any mark rm-mbling
it, they used instead of it a lignrv liki-
that of the capital Y. or Z. or K, not
knowing that their ballots Would thus
be invalidated. TII"."t' ballots bad to be
thrown out under tho terms of the
in w ballot law.
The prejudice against the sign of the
cross i'Xlritri (' iii-fly on the part of those
IIiItllI‘liliZi'llt'IiIZi'lih‘ who have mum to
Iillfit'ttllllll‘y from Russia. The preju-
dice is mainly l't'llglttlls, but is also
partly political; for ttndt-r the Russian
iimmrnnu-nt religion and pullilt'rt are
inequitable. Thetzar is the head of
the Church as ho is the bond of the
,h'ialo; and tilt-(ironic «rose- is Iii" om-
;blt'm of bith.
.lrom Russia often givt- narratives of
Dar .It‘\\'l~Il citizens
tho tarrsm'utious to which they \Vi'l‘lt
subjected there under IIII‘ sign of the
cross, and they suythat it in to them
rather aaymlml of their own sull‘orluus
titan of the il‘lli'IIlKIUll in Jerusalem.
Tin-y abhor it as such. They cannot
hear toner-opt it. as the mark of their
American t-itiminahip in tho Stain of
New York.
That this pri-jutli'o exists hero, and
that. it was obrlinalo. titer" in pit-lily ”I
It in as
aortodthnt thousands of ballots \‘v'l‘l't'
thrown out Ill'l‘i new the Vol“? substi.
tutt-dsomrotln-r ‘gn for that of tho
(‘l’ilflth—NI‘W York sun.
llnw a Woman "t'fllllll' a lm-iurrr.
Mrs. Mary A. Livr-rtuort- t-itlt-rtait-
burly addressed the large tliltli'ltt't' tloil
tittvtnlml tho- riiuth End 'l‘.‘ilnvrimvlr,
Hhuwmut lWI'llilt' and Mittllroti sir-wt,
Wednesday ovunln'r. The subject of
her ntldrviot was ”Ttvuuty-llw Your-t on
iIn-laa'l'tri- l’latlor’tt." Hhu- mid tba'
when Lucretia Mott. the non-d Quaint
mIVm-ati- oi anti-slavery. vinitml bur
homo in i'hit'uuo. oi a church in which
city Mr. Livvrnioie was then pastor.
she told Illt'QtiiIItt'l‘t N that alu- did not
npprovr-ol n womrn going around In
each it way. lint when the our Mono,
and all twrmnnl aentlnwnin an i autipw
IhIt-n were anpprmml. HIII‘. nit lla-
“m'untuat philanthropic tumour“ in tlw
Northwest. was litimrinnml Io ttn'tlsl
tho Sanitary Formulation. Hht- yii-ltlt-Il,
mi everyone t'oiruizant of war tlmw
known, In the itntmrtttttittt's. and. in
charm of Niltl'i‘i‘ and pt'oviuiuut. viritt'd
tho llvld hospital-i. Tin-u. whurwrt-t
abut rt-tnrttml hunt". the titutmawra of 4-H»
It'tlltllmtt'lll murnw. always wwknrv
nllt'r ttort-lly. iwktti lwr to toll .rlmui
Ili'l' trips In ”to War ti-aionu. Autiom
t't’uiw lltltflt'y In tho- t‘il'l‘ii'. elu- ltIW:t)‘~
t‘ttllm'llh'tl in «teeth. and ilmx. llIIt"tll
tat-ions id but Itil'lll“l‘ projudiw. Inn-amt
n publtr Hpt'ttkf‘l'. And a public upwikvt
HIII‘ has I’m-n. with unvaryim: sum rm,
over sitttrt-..-~Ilosiott Journal. '
flu- "inn-uni stunt-M's “III‘INI”...
The l'omriah y-nnu Ilillt‘dltl HWI‘ul
Iii inn quandary u-wr hi: lunr. 'l‘hn
(tritium mama «leunmds Iona littll
much ttmulalxint. Ilut t.lw:ulvunt n.
the Duke of Marlisr-mrgh voila tor hair
tuned tit (Wilde and brushed tlom.
very flat. The Ditto of ‘Ilitt‘llmroogl
W for the .
My I n
"When I came to New York to sell ‘
my pocket and Wont to see a friend,
limo no: mt 'mi'sir‘mm Emir rs ‘sulr "
on arts.
create thought of Ii lit apparel. It's
man's ambition to leaf well at all "times,
whether it be his business suit, bicycle
suitor outdoaring suit, and lie rum/y ob-
jects to doing so attire smallest possrble
cost. Same, stores can malre him look
well a! less money than We charge. We
ma/re lilm loo/r well longer. It's got to
y be in material and malre. The tailors .
say the some flying. but they're several lily/its lily/tar up
than we ape—~10 price. Our case/mere suits at 87.50 are
strictly all wool. Price in this line does not represent the
quality——tltey're worth $10. 001' tailor made blue sages,
clay worsted and Scotch weave suits at 370 have the some
out as 820 Suits.
Bicycle and Golf Suits, 35 to 32;.
White Mania-.1 Trousers, very in quality {at dollar, :5.
Linen and White Duck Trousers, 89c to 52.
Linen L‘rnsli Snita, so and no.
Bicycle odd llieechea. $2, $3, $3.50.
Star make Negligee Shirts, $1.25 to 9-9-
Other makes, 43:. 69c, 97c.
Golf and hlcylc Stockings, 25c to :3,
~ Matisse.
Open Monday, Friday and
Saturday Evem’ngs.
Bridgeport, Conn.
OLD AND RELIABLE
Daily Direct Freight Line
BETWEEN
New York, South Norwalk and
Norwalk.
THE PROPELLERS,
iiity of Norwalk, Eagle and Vulcan,
Will leave Pier 23, E. R., Beekman street, New York, at
5 p. in. Leave Norwalk, 5 p. m: South Norwalk 6 p. m.
, Freight Received from 7 a. tn., to 5. p. m. Upon [\ppii.
cation to agents the City of Norwalk, Eagle and Vttlt'un
will be sent for ~pe :ial lots of freight anywhere in New
York or its vicinity.
All persons are iorbid‘ trusting any of the employees
of this boats of theline on achmnt of the owners thereof.
What is It?
that prompts you tobny your Show a:
onestororather-than another": Isn't; it
stylo, quality, lit durability attd price in.
totheshoo and prompt and ('tillI‘II'Ollh
atlvutiouou the partoltltt- propriotornnti
mtlos'utau'.‘ Il' tilt-so :m- III‘.‘ rtutl IlliIllI‘l‘
inputs We look for a libdral share of yot.t
patronage.
H. 5. BROWN,
90 WRSHINGTOII STREET,
South Norwalk. Conn
DON
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TI 1 .\’l‘
Nash .
& Van Sco
Kurt-p the Uttomlaga Wililt,‘ crockery, which is acknowledged by thr
trade to In: do best illluit', and that they
SELL AS LOW
(iii any store in the town. Try our ROYAL I’UIJSlllNi} I’AS'I‘I".
It will clean and polish silverware without iniury, mutant.» on acid
and is mwipiallml for piano, marbli- or brass. I’lit‘i“ 37,",
NASH 8n VANSCOY,
Cor. ll. Main and West Streets.
SOUTH NORWALK - - - CONNECTICUT
Made to suit the times its well ”the 0-
fl.’ hero. The richest man in town Wouldn’t
% ask for anything better; the poorest man
an... lntownwouldn'tsskiornnythingeheaper.
“'1 A e or. package for yours. Ask for.
Norwalk Chronicler