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cont:
Por .
Dozen
ANOTHER DEMONSTRATION OF A WELL KNOWN FACT.
' i ‘ El’wd'i: " , . y , f , . \ 7 ‘ . ‘
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‘ MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS.
SPECIAL SALE AT SPECIAL PRICES.
Ins, ~mandolins, guitars, banjos, autoharps, flutes. accordians, concertinas, ctc
N. _ Look out for our special sale of fine canaries.
':?Eve‘ry Evening.
TURTEVANT.
Prompt Delivery,
HORTH IAAIH AHD AHH STREETS.
SO. NORWALH. COHH.
Jue‘r heczwzo
A LOT OF
‘ ooden BIcycle H andle
Which I will sell for one Week at $2.50 per pair.
U i A ' ”if" Also have a look at my stock of
CARRIAGES.
WAGON S,
BICYCLES,
HARNESSES.
and HORSE
GOODS.
No trouble to show goods, even
though you do not purchase.
Repairing done at short notice.
V="-LUTHER M. WRIGHT,
' ‘C ' .. ‘ Factory and Repository,
.. {alfrenlthn and Madison Streets, ,
, .
South Homoik.
FOR THE COOLER EVENINGS BUY A
' Light Weight Jacket
ORA
.. . . . Cloth or Silk Cape!
We haw: them in Ladics' or Children's sizes at Attractive Prices.
REMEMBER THAT HOSIERV IS A SPECIALTY WITH US
And we can always give excellent values.
A. Dickerman 8: Son,
South Iorwaik, Connecticut
It Washington Street,
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Jiliuwunglrilmnrtomy.”
toiltheowz
"'1'ng . mutant-on. HM."
QM“ fi‘f‘mmkotthmrm“
mammoth-mm
And and lower it about.
mined
he timed. for they. iwot.
Warn inst-I a! dumb blow and tied.
'I‘heir hour- for ulwp. their merry mood.
The lives and deaths at the whole sweet brood
Wei-01km to me: it was my way
To visit them but yesterday. '
Imnonorodrouiusinnm low
was in you no in the long .5." '
n e! l o o ’o o 0
Ti» the nine old tale. though it comes to me
By a hundrodtpothu of pain and glue.
"Till I am the truth at int. and know
That yesterday is the long ago.
‘ ~lttoherd Burton's "Dumb in June."
AN AUTOGRAPH.
, Scarcely had the postman gone out of
the house. after having left the morning
letters, when J uleu Dupre, who wait
watching from hiu ulxth Iiiory window,
descended hurriedly to the porter'II ob
flee.
“Any letters for me?" he naked.
The pm'ter put on his spectacles,
gathered up the letters which had just
come in. looked them over one by one
and replied iaconicaliy:
H Nonr‘. II
“Thank you." said the young man,
and he slowly rcmouuted the stairs,
where his friend Armand was waiting
for him.
Through economy the two young men
lived in the same room. There were to
be seen all their furniture. all their
books and all their papers. There were
more paper» than anything else. because
both of them run manuscript mills. We
regret to say that while the two young
men turned out agreat deal of mana-
script they succeeded in placing very
little. Once in awhile one of them
would get an article inserted in one of
the papers. but they scarcely made
enough to live on. even by making a
partnership of their asI-Icts—and liabili’
lien.
"Well?" said Armand, seeing his
companion enter.
,"Nothiug, as I told you. We shall
have towaituntil the end of the month.
My uncle in a man who in a believer in
fixed dates. ”
"The dcvill Wehavoilve days yet to
wait. Still. I would not object to break-
fasting today instead of five days from
now. " -.
”We needn't breakfaat. III that way
we can B370 taking a. cocktail. ”
“Oh, I could spare that. I am as
hungry nu awulf. You know we had
rather a light supper yesterday. "
"Yes. it is true that II smoked herring
for two is scarcely gluttony.“
Armand, his hands in his pockets.
walked up and down the room nailmt-
ivel .
"gee here, " said he, "don't you know
anybody who could loan as a hundred
francs?"
“You. I know lots who could. but I
know no one who would. "
Armand suddenly cried out, “I have
an idea."
“In it a good one?"
"Listen. Have you not often spoken
to me of an old collector of autographs
who lives in this house?‘
“Yes. Ho lives on the first floor, a
man named Bridoux. "
"What wrt of a man is lie?"
"Well, I don't know. I have scarcely
net-n him more than a couple of Il'llli-t‘. "
“Suppose we try to sell him some.
thing?”
“That is a good idea. It is true we
haw.- plenty of autographs, but they are
mostly our own. llo wants historic
onmt. "
“Are you sure that no celebrity ever
wrote to us?"
“I don't think so, but ilu-ro is the
corn-sIquh-nco coiII-r. Look through
i£ H
Armand seated himself at. the table.
emptied the box upon the table and be-
gun to go through the letters. For at
least half an hour he run-fully turned
ovcr the tillt‘t'llli of paper.
Suddenly he cried out:
”Eureka! 1 have found it—a letter
1' mm tho l-JIIIprI-ss Marie lioIIin. ”
Feverishlg ho anI-d in the air a yel-
lowing sheet of paper almost cut in two
by the folds
.lules looked at It. "Why. l recognize
thatl" said he. "It in a note from little
Marie Louise. who used to be a sales-
woman at the lace counter in the Louvre.
i got that letter from lu-r win-II l was
writing my volunteer term of a year.
Willi the grade of (wporul. ”
”i tell you. old man. that it in from
the Empmm lilurio lniilw. and it in ad-
drmlied to the prom Nitptlll'uii. "
"And dated 1872i?”
"iiiiii. my dear follow. The seven
look» exactly like it one. It in after the
notorious battle of Lulu-II, and this is
what the empreiui wrote:
My hlrru COIII’fllIAI.-—- You have mm
t'llfrflgll of laurel» for ilw "Infill-lit. lmvu your
um] and mum to nm at tho louvre. whrrol
om yawning in lhu midst of blilown of law.
- "Minis Lot-um "
"And you think" u can cell that to
our neighbor Iirid 7')th youm
”king. it Would be a swindle. "
"You can aid me. Have you that
false fund that you were at the man-
qua-rule i..." THAI?”
“YQ‘, 1 “:ka it is around some.
wimre."
“Listen. then. nudl ‘Illl “M" ’0“
your role. ” ,
in a fewwordii Armand Inurwfgd
hic- friend what he had todo. and the».
putting lliepmzitm autograph iii Ill!
pmkellumh. maid: "Do not forget.
liuoeiI in a quarter of an hour. "
Armand nvpatrod Moore to the apart
Ineutof Bridonx. The oomph 001-
Iecior lived alone. He was a man of
about 60 years of age. Armand looked
at him critically.
"I wish to weak to”. Brkiou"
"That’s my name. It: "
A
. ........~. «-
im”? NdAmuhd"!
of you as being one at dictum erudite
wish to show you something very rare—-
an autograph of the limprm Karla
Mum n
30 laying. Armand unhuttoned his
00“. carefully took out biulunk pocket-
book. and from it took the letter. which
he placed under the eye» of the auto-
graph collector.
Bridoux read it, mused and laid:
”It is very short. You say that those
characteru are from the hands of the Eni-
press Mario Iiouiuc. Her autographs are
Very rare. "
”It is authentic. 'ilie empress ad-
dressed it to the great Napoleon the day
after the battle of button. "
“But the emperor lived at the 'l‘uile-
ties then. "
”Certainly, air, and that observation
proves your intimate knowledge of the
history of the time. But, if you will re-
member, during the absence of the Lit-
tle Corporal, an e whirled from battle-
field to battlelle d, the illllpfl'Afl was in
the habit of retiring to the Louvre. "
Bridoux was evidently flattered at his
historical knowledge being praised. but
rubbing his nose refieetively he said:
_"i~low did the letter fall into your
hands?"
“Oh, in the most natural manner in
the world. I got the letter from my
father. who got'il from my grandfu'mr.
My grandfather, a soldier of the empire
and a fanatic admirer of Napoleon.
picked up this letter one day when it
had fallen from the pocket of the great
man and preserved it. as a precious relic.
Sir, nothing but the most urgent need
would force me to sell it. But I must
have 100 francs. it is for me a questimi
of life and death . Nevertheless I beg
you to believe I am patriotic. for if I
come to you it is bceause you are French
and incense, if you pureliasc it, this
precious document will remain in my
country. I could have had ten times the
price I asked you. Just now an English-
man tried to buy it on any terms. He
followed me, even dogging my steps to
the door of this house. ” .
But Bridoux evidently did not appear
in a hurry to bind the bargain.
”Iwould willingly buy it, but I wish
to consult an exriert first. " "
“I regret, air, " replied Armand,
”that I cannot wait. " He turned I'oltl
inside as he said to himself, “Thin
affair is going to fall through if JIIII'PI
does not hurry up. "
At this moment the doorbell rang.
Bridoux went to open it. Jule-I entered.
lie was unrecognizable. llis hat was on
the burl: of his head, his eoat was but-
toned to the chin, and he had on a pair
of long red whiskers not unlike those
which adorn the English tourists who
travel around with them-queer ‘ 'pcruou-
ally IroudIIetml" parties.
At the night of this curious personage
the autograph collector stored in otnpc-
faction.
“Pardon me,"said the false English-
man. “I wish to speak to the gentleman
who just came into your house. "
Bridoux was about to reply when
Armand interrupted.
“How, " said he. "you here again.
man?" .
“Yes. I will give you 200 francs for
your letter."
“But I told you I would not fli'll it. "
"I will give you too francs." ,
“I tell you, air. that I am already
making a bargain with this gentleman. “
“I will give you 1.0th fraIII-u.”
“I beg you, air. to leuw the room. "
“Very well, fiillll the false English-
man, “I will wait for you outside the
door, but I must have that autograph."
and he left.
"You we, " said Armand to Bridoux,
"the price that Englishman attaches to
this precious document. Don‘t forms nu.-
to let It puns into his band» when 1 hack
you only lot) {mum
The autograph collector was at last
convinced. ile look out of his rit'l‘l’i'liiitt'
II bank note for itii) lumen and gaw- ii
to ArIIIIInd, who thanked him and with
Ill'ew.
Not long after that the two young
men Iliiltli‘ a raise. and the that thing
they did was to put. a bank note of ion
{runes into an rim-lope with ibi~I in:
Ilorqu-ut, ”ihuiitution and tinny."
and addressed it to liridoux.
But liridoux newt knew what it
meant. lie nimply covered the lot)
i’rnnm into his treamry. and for him the
note of the little. mlmwomnn at the
Louvre Inm- eIIIIIIter in still an authentic
autograph of the Empmu Marioliouiw
——AdIIpted For the Argonaut From the
French.
Much Ado Abootmflathlng.
A certain prince of Orange wait gnu-
eraiimimo of'lho Aimtrianuat the end of
the last century. He fought against the
French in ltuly. died, and was burml
at l’aduatliiiil). For four year» the
liutohgovernment has been in "may
furtlu-prince‘n remains. and anI-r an
I‘Ililli‘h‘fl amount of diplmuatio Iwgotia
item and emrespmulem~ math-rut WI'TI'
arranged, a Dutch man-obwnr arrival
in Venice. and. after another ihrm
weekf delay. nurnwunting the but Ilifa
flculties raised by the church and mi
tape of the italion government, hast
'l‘humiuy was the «lay fixed for Irpvniug
the tomb and conveying the remains to
Veniee, to be trnnth-d by the manvof
war. and ultimately deposibai in the
family Vault at Delft.
it was ammt linpmulve mnimriuy.
AreprI-m-ntaiivu of the qnem of Hot
land came expressly. Admirals. “tenet"
nln, officials galore. mcial iniuu, fu-
{fill our. train: lining ihowny, minute
,‘ no and flags hull most high, and then
the ninth was Opened and «mutual-v
nothing unmade" Truth.
he M WWII
FirstDoctor-Gomt photon-pa. isn't
it?
Hectmd Dwim-J'nirly ml. Flatten
the left lung n little, i think-liens.-
sru Lucid ‘
autograph collectors in Purim and l ‘
m." ’
“ Lion Biucult " famous.
llroccrs‘ everywhere.
,
n ’ . usuuncvuno
'1 C. D. 3088 & SON,
"UWW‘U‘U‘UUUDMUU'
Toilet Sets.
9.85, 14.00.
replaced.
Dinner Sets.
It DECORATIONS.
Tumblers.
Cut GlaSs.
Syrup cups. with
SOUTH NORWALK i.
OMME
MONDAY,
THE PRO
Will leave pier 23, East River,
Daily at Ioz3o a. m.
and Friday at 5 p. m.
FOR NORWALK,
‘ Monday, Wednesday 3
FOR NEW YORK.
Leave So.Norwalk l)ai
day, Thursday and Sat
NEW LONDON, CONN.
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LIFE WORTH LIVING
with meals on time, lllM‘ultx, Pier and Cake uniformly light. healthful )
and more economical. and so our y to obtain it you‘ll only use always "
BOSS BAKING POWDER
not an untried article, but the one thing above all that but made our
()I'ci' 3.000.000 murals sold as! )ear.
see for yourself, a single trial will tell the w Iole story.
Just
SOLELY IV
5
so DIGORATIONI.
82-35. 3-35. 3.90. 4.40. 5-15. 5-35. 5.60.6.35. 6-50. 8-75
If you break a piece from one of our sets it can be
$8.35, 11.55, 12.83, 13 00,1526, 17.87, I944, 27.76, 40.
()r you can buy what you want from open stock.
60:, 65c, $I, L25.
triple plated tops, 75C.
NASH & vANscov,
Cor. ll. Main and West Streets.
OONNEO TIOUT
NClNG
JUNE 22,
PELLERS ‘
City of Norwalk, Eagle and Vulcan,
0
New York} (Beckman street,)
FOR SOUTH NORWALK.
Extra boat, Monday, Wednesday
lltl Friday at 5 p. m.
ly at 6 p.m. Leave Norwalk,Tues-
urday at 5 p. III.
Complete line of waicius, clocks,
cutg
DIAMONDS!
while not sold at strictly ’1)“ price,
BIG REDUCTION SALE
For the Month of August.
ljewelry, silverware, opaiware and
ass.
DIAMONDS!
A fine line of stones at greatly reduced prices. All of these goods
will be sold low enough to attract
purchasers, who will find many rare bargains.
A. W. AUSTIN, 39 Wall Street, Harwell:
To Advortissrsl
'Chunges cannot be guar-
anteed the same day copy
is handed in. Every reu-
sonsble efiort will be made
to Icommodate patrons,
butehanges cannot be In.
tilted upon at a right un-
lets copy’ls seat in by 9
o'clock in the afternoon of
the day before change a
desired. . .
hold Wot-Ill.
‘ I“
YOU....
Probably mnemlmr honing
about Hale‘s this Onrdlnl laat
nummer.
it made many friends; It will
number more this not. be-
mono It «been just what in
claimed for it. Correct III
nil bowel troubles.
llamplo bottles Iron of II
Olsndeuninn & (loin. Not‘wnll
1?. ll. Baxter. II. II. A’lllfllfll
and 3. 0. ”feminism. smith
8mm.
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