We ;
on, M" “5 Foil-oi mu
nun on THE slant.
How Gottagors at Picturesque Bell
Island and Sightly Hickory Bluif
Enjoy their Mid-Summer Out-
nuts.
The convention of Christian Workers
ended yesterday. The regular Wednesr
day night meeting in the tent will be
omitted this week, as Rev. Mr. James
has accepted an invitation to be present
at the Baptist ehnrph in Newton. Rev.
Arthur Requa. pastor. The following
night, Thursday. Mr. James and others
from the island will attend the mid-
week meeting in the South Norwalk
Baptist church, at Rev. 1%. U. Sher-
Wood's invitation.
o Every Sunday through the remaindtr
oi the season there will be Smulilr'
school at II a. m.; service. usually wi'h
sermon. at 4 o'clock. and Christian En-
‘doavor meeting nth p. in. There wiil
alsobe meetings on Wednesday nights,
all in the gospel tent.
Mrs. Volk. of the Good Samaritan
Home. and Miss Wilgus, oi Simpson‘s
Bible Training school, conducted rer-
vioes at Rev. Mr. llands' church at
Itowayt-on, Sunday night.
Sunday night Mrs. 11‘. E. Blanchard,
of Chinatown. New York city, gave an
interesting talk on mission work in that
region in the Bell Island gospel tent.
Arthur I’endletou and friend. from
New York. were guests of Miss .lul n
liall'er,at the Itoton Point Hotel, uvl-r
Sunday.
Mrs. Keelcr. who has been staying : t
the Daisy with Captain Benedict's
family. returned to New York yester-
day.
Mr. and Mrs. W. (i. Ashmeud and
daughter are spending two weeks at the
Bell Island House, Central avenue.
Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Hamilton and
lamily,of Danbury, are guests at the
Bell Island House.
Mr. ('arter is spending several days
with Captain John F. Benedict and
family.
Mrs. Burroll and sin. of llanbury,
will he guests at Bell island this week.
The Misses Robertson, of llanbury,
visited here Saturday and Sunday.
Seventeenth Reunion.
The executive committee of the Sev-
enteenth Regiment Veteran associa-
tion has decided to hold the annual
reunion of the regiment on August 3%,
at Cedar island grove. Members from
Norwalk and other western points will
reach the spot by trolley over the Nor-
walk and \Vcstport line. transferring
tothe Westport and Sangatuek line in
the village. west side. Members iron:
Bridgeport and other eastern points
will go by steam cars to Saugatuek.
thence to Cedar Point over the West-
port and the Saugatuck extension. At
the grove it is proposed to regain the
veterans with a must of clams dog from
the near-by shore, and which are How
growing in size and liner for their do-
leetatiou. The grove is mostly of e.-
dars. with here and them -.i numilrns
aliddogwoml tree to vary the mount”
nyol the general green. in .m up n
sputtetiiudnsolorlhopurpnw, wands a
pole from which lllmt» a line I immplv : i
the American (lag, wxlh {urly liu= ”do”. .
livery eliort wtll he nude in Ill Hi" the
invasion in mint enjoyable one
Wheelwomon Do a Century.
Mrs. John A. liorsbaw and Mrs W.
V. Dohbs, oi llanhury. modes m-ntury
run Huntley. 'l‘lioy lull. lltnbui‘y about
it u'i’lm‘lt, in company with lhrlt‘ but.
hands. and rode to Month Nurwalk
They puidn-d on to iridgnpnrt and hillt'
twelve iniiesur more about the street»
and parks there.
early in the nlterumli by the WEIV ol
South Norwa‘k. and .it the llanlnny lair
grounds. lindivlg that they Wimlll be It
only a few mllmt of un- hnmnol. the
ion rode uwrlnlhe how l’mk nlitll'
line. When they lllt"lll'll llmlmry
their errlulmtvr» ri'glelt-rml ii lliu'lllm
overonelinndwd- miles. Mr and Mrs,
lhililuni’ni’ldiiulinlll Mm. H. M liltlil-
m r. Ivl l‘niun l'nlli.
Bomeward Bound from Toronto.
Ker. and Mrs. l". A. timilold. in, and
Mrs. George W. Bullock. Misses Minnie
Austin and Mary delimit. Wlll haw
been nttlvmlmg the Hpmirlh lwogne
nonvmuon Ill Torrent. are lxlfi‘i‘lld
llmiwtmuurl'M'. Huutdaiy and hll'lllil]
they spvm at durable fluent and
Monday at Lake tlmvrgn today llny
are at H ”Mugs.
chanson. '
The mailer: of Washington Lodge
did nutl'omph'lntht‘lt work ht»! Night.
and the bee Will be eontlnued tonight.
The annual outitu oi the l'mnlvury
Huntley school will he held at ttvdm
Point. Weapon. next Holiday. The
mouthin- will be harried to and from the
with in private conveyances
“nu...” ., .................... -mw m...
amt South unwell. . i
'lln-y started hunnu
Wide u Sorrow Tirol.
’ Elaborate tests of the) draft of wide,
and narrow tired wagons wbieh have
been completed by the cxperinn-nt slu~
lion at Columbia. MIL, extending over
a period or a year and a half. 'llhese
gravel and dirt roads in all conditions.
and also on the meadows and ploughed
ilelds ot' the exm-rhuentnl form.
Contrary to public explanation, iii
nearly all eases the draft nus inn»
terinlly lighter when tires Ii inn-hes
wide were used. than with tires of
standard width. The load hauled was-
ln nil eases the some. and the draft
was most earl-fully dulermitn-d by
means of u sell’vrecordlng dyliuinoni»
l'll‘l'.
The experiments prurllenlly demoli-
stmte thui the popular impression
that the broad wheels in the average
condition or road will increase the
idl‘ail‘l is wrong.
in round numbers. the sum or $2";
”milieu is paid out each year for the
lllilllllt'lldl't' of our public roads ont-
ailh' of llnxl'llics. This estimate does
not inelmle the rust of permanent ini-
pixii'eiinols. .\ll iinprlm-ments must
coun- lmm expenditures above this
amount. ii is \\‘t'll-lilltl\\'ll that lin-
inii'roii-iii'ml \‘ehilles are among the
invis't dwtrul'live agents known to Ho-
vpuhliv higlnvayi. ’l‘liese pubiiv roads
may be maintained at a greatly re-
duvvd expense by substituting li-lllI'll
tires for the Ila-luvli tires Imw used
inasmurh .'|:; the cost of the wide tired
wheels is unl greater than that of
those now in use. also considering that
they me as durable as the narrow
llll' wheels. and the fact just demon
smiled that the draft is not llll‘l't'il;~‘t‘il
by their lisp, but in the average «use
Illilll'l'l:l:ll_\' dwi'eusud, remotes lhelei
whim-lion against the gradual adoption
ot’ the broad it‘ltt'i‘l on the turn». the
l-onnii'y roads and city streets, Fur
the farm and country roads the- tires
should not be less than ti inches wide.
l-‘or the vity streets -l inches should
be the minimum width,
The lll‘llt‘lll'llll I'l'l'm-l of the Wide life
on dii‘l roads is adrikingly shown in
some l'ew'ui tests at lln' Nation here.
.\ l'lay road. badly rut into rule by the
narrow low. was N‘ll'l‘llfll for the lv-‘l.
:is presenting conditions least furor
able in the broad lire. A numlwr of
tests of the drill! oi" the narrow tire
was made in lllt'r-i' open rm». and im
inidiulel)’ followed by the lll’vliltl I’m-s
running in the Mllllt' rut-a. 'ihu iii-st
run or the broad tire owr the narrow
lire ruls was arroniponied by an in
creased draft: the sawmill by a draft
nuihvrialb' less than the oi'miiml liar-
row tire: the third by a still greater
derliue, and in iln- i'unrlh trip the llll
tins pi'urlivally obliterated and iilh-d.
'i'bo moirou’ tires now then run over
the salm- road. \‘l‘llll the |'r.~llll.\ that
the draft was lighter than hetnre tin-
bi'oud tir. s had been used. .\li.~in;.lln'.;
llln- broad and narrow tires on this
i .
road tor a nundn-r or llllit'~ imulh'd
in it gradually dot-rl-nwd diuil'l. In
lollll‘l' u’onls, tho- hroad lil‘tw Were im-
lproi‘ing lln- road mriuve in such an
extent ulwn run but half llll' “MW .15
to make the drum womb-raid} hr»
l'ni' all \‘I-liil‘lo's. Tlllf- I‘lvul'ly Ilrluuu
strains that if even half the \ingons
,llN'ol lll'utlll lll'l'ri the result-t u'nuld ln‘
lh'lll'llt'iill in lll‘:tll and ennruwudi
lM'lh'lll'lJi in brill-I'm; the n-ninldion oi
the remix
l (shilling Fruit Trees.
'l'hrlo- is .1 ruluimh opinion Ill.” :ird
In:,., or llw reumml ill a MIMI" ring ul
bath ll"lll :1 limit or ”in lmd) nl lllt'
mm. “all llItllll'I' lmxlm: the Hump:
.mvwin. in the mp t‘llllllll: llmh from
lllu- liltinnm l~ i‘vldl‘dml :lllll Museum
ybuds are foruuil for the neat Home.
[The column“ prawn-r it in rviuuw' it
inn: of bark. .\lr, l'ilil. bummer. ml
’ \lw- lvllmillu: n ~piml and limb Hull
llhls :IHN lwltvr n;|,l:-il-ill'llull from the
jinn Ihnl Iln-l‘l‘ i» lens duugvr ul‘ in
liming the lt'm'. ‘l‘o “lake o ll-H‘l‘o‘ll lie:-
bloom, ginning should lie dour Hie hm
oi July or the um um-h in August,
About the only «\vnw (or ”ll! pm.
Hm- ls uln-n ll is llm-‘lrml In nnlnrv
early ii‘nilmu. w as In burn the ialur
of n mill-1y as soon on [emit-iv. t'ui
onl oiwl’nnrlh inrh of bark mound
mow innit-h ill.” “I“ he Ivlnuied
anyhow In pruning. 'l'his bin been
lll‘ill‘lll‘t‘tl by l"l|lt‘l'lllli‘lllt'lh. but u m
variably results in causing it dmnl spot
tlillirllll to heal ”\l‘l‘ ttlll‘ii ll)“ lll'lllll‘ll
is llunlly honored. ‘Il is gvoerolly
nun-ml than the spiral wimp-m or gird
Hm: in the Inm—i snlnlmmry. .\nn-i
ll‘llll Agi‘irnllul'lst.
lmpmvml u "about".
It is n null lilimtll furl dial the m
Il‘ll'llI-n all nll‘tlwlwl'l'h'n lll lbw ltnlll)‘
llll‘l' in no reopens better, it illlleml in.
mood. us many Varieties that were pop
‘ nlor oil-r a quarter or a century nun.
ulnl yet it is l‘l’i'llllllil'd‘il by all hands
”till new varieties are essential. This
ehh-lly "mm! from u dimm» ruined
by the owi‘ulhnnt til the strawberry
fungus. u-hlv'h lllltmi the form of HIM”
brown sinus on the leaves. “’lll'i’i'i‘l‘t‘
u tl't'llrfl. the Hrhwls'rry plums dr
cilhe in hmlllll and general minim
.\s loin: its ii variety mu be kept low
from this trouble new kinds am- not
ram-Mir”. but it ins-ins, nmmnllug to
the exislrleuee ol‘ must simwlwrry
limiters. lhnt fllmfl‘ or inter thew
little wrestles will discover the lllmll
initialed identities“.
In the Hun out» ennui.
nth-Do you think ”It! Judgment ls
Ill need CI “m7
ewes. U, “I“. "or rhnlee in!
”Cm m that ii “if! ”3'!“
. \NA‘DW‘}. w
+- .
tests have been made on nun-minor;
The Sim; .
Girl Mus
have eel/nu (till he! like her big bmtblyr'c. but all,
muw'tifubo‘ilwr big brother’s. , - ,
She can get the proper kinds here when her brother
buys Ina. Every style of col/or girls nan! at 13c
each or 2 for 25¢.
Ties. String ties In all or washable nods. Nada
boss. Faurcm-Ilano's. decals and ad's. From
Me to 50¢. .
The washable stock decals are all the large. We'll
show you how to he an Ascot If you don't know
how.
Surprising Imw man)
"i
women boy at Mugs? Corner:
Mid-summer prices bring
the $1.00 straw ha! down
to 480. BRIDGEPUR 7', 00””.
Straw bat season has
been short and we're long Open Monday, Friday and
on liais. Saturday evenings. '
WWW W WOOD... 00:
“ pm which aim all
MEIG$&(O..
GAS dos E ST‘OVES!
HASH 8: VII SCOV,
MASON'S )ARS.
Qts. 50c. l’ts. 45c.
HASH & VIHISCOY,
barge
Tl N OVENS,
l
$2.82).
NASH & VII 500?,
Small
TIN OVENS, 5': :45.
NASH & VIN 500'.
5 Gallons
GASOLINE,
m
Blue Flame Oil Stoves!
SEASON OF [897.
$0.
Commencing Monday, June let.
r
ISIIH-L‘Vlllflfil. S'I‘I'LAMHOAT,
“Belle Horton”
[I‘VE $0. NORWMK at"? :3” :i. in.
LEAVE NEW YORK lierltinau straw, '3 iii p.lin.. Sounds», 1 1‘..- p in.‘
East Mill Street. 2!. I” p. “L. ar‘aloidnyr. 2.0!) p. "In
FARE-~«Slngle, 40c; Excursion. 10¢.
SP.°I" sund.’ 5.6.3. CONIV I'LAND .UNDAV JULV 3|
Locum touth Nuvwnlh, 9.30 n m. Louver Conley Inland. A to p. m.
Leave :50»! fitruet 5.30 p m
FIIIGNT PIOPEllOR 70 NORWILI IND 80. NORWILK:
l6"! IEEKIRI "REIT. N. Y. Mon . Wed, and Fri. at h p. in.
ll"! "WWI”, 'l'um. Thurs. and Hal at :- p. In.
Hnl cut to l image without notic".
Beats ’Em All!
The stock of paper :arried in
the Job Printing Department
ol'the South N orwalk l‘lvening
l'lenlinel is largerdlnni that. ol
all the rest of ""l printing of-
Uilies (‘Ulll-
lines in the Twin
blood.
A big coneide lion when
in model prin 3‘.
Washington
Street.
. u-ious metal.
50 cts.
NORWALK AND NEW YORK.
llcU'IlON "IE. 60 CENTB
who mutt: . -
. ".4
enlistment- et unanimous so tar as
1‘ “hereon test could reveal true
reels. Beta few dunno a bunker
stepped into his place Meir them
cold piece which the mataurant lllml
had received only a short time before.
The bunker had a queer look in his
eyes as he took the coin and "PM "
sharply with his Ratio. and the restate
mm lieeper had a stranger expression
as he saw his supposed #20 piece break
into twu pieces. says the San Francisco
Call. . '
“How is this?” he demanded.
The bunker answered: “It is the
same old game. I had one of these
pieces myself. and since that I have
tested gold plenum or the $20 dcnouiina
lion very curl-(oily. it that bed been
genuine my test would not have bro
ken it."
“ Then the restaurant keeper and the
banker carefully examined it together.
The outside of the gold pier-e was all
right. seeinlugly. when the dissevered
parts Were placed together. The mill-
in: sm-med to be up to the standard.
The Wright was (.‘nl'l't‘cl-
But the inside of the piece was half
tilled with a roinwsition which was
not the eusionmry gold and alloy. Still
closer examination revealed that the
gold had been sawed through with ex»
quisih- Hire and skill just inside of the
milling. ’l‘ln-u the milling had been re-
mm-ed. and from the interior of the
[llt'l't‘ snow or the gold had been ex-
tracted and the baser eouiimsitiou was
"Win to lake the place of the more pro-
'l'ben. with equal defl-
ness and skill. the milling hall been re-
plnm-d and soldered in some way. and
the trick was done. '
SPANKING AN ELEPHANT.
An "return-nee In India in which One
Animal had to Punish Another.
Did you ever see an elephant
spanked? Srnreely. for they don't do
surly ”films in this country. lllll they
do in liuiia. ('aptain Martin. or the
British army. stationed at l7illil|llmlh
llltt‘r, rum-hrs for this story. Elephant
.\i-dnll lev. lid was on trial for killing
his lam-per, Sin- ":lilllluilt'lt‘s, by pick-
in: him up by the legs and crushing
his ~kull :liulilh'l n tree.
The president of the eourtdunrtial
was Major t‘nmeron, of the Thirty
fourth llairriis Nulin- liil'aulry. He
read the Nurse and then witnesses
plum-«l llizil Abdul was guilty as
«harzrd. 'l‘he pt‘lwidenl lln-n sentenced
the lllllll'll lo titty lashes and lo hm
yl-ai‘s' imprimumeut.
’l'xm vleplniilla‘ led Abdul to on open
alvilw' and in lln- pl'l"t'lli’l‘ of the whole
battery ”in punishment lwgaii. 'l‘he
rlllpril trumpeted in fear and made an
unearthly iirnm'.
Then- ll'l'l’o’ fourteen elephants on
one win and the idliwrs and men ol'
the li;llli‘l'}' on the other threw. In the
lt‘lill’l‘ nil llii~ lwllvm' Mlilzirl' stiltnl Lill
l.l Wu, lv. llu' liI'..':t'l‘. and the prison»
t'l‘. 'I'hv lath-r uax rimmed by the (our
iv-Jx lu a~ many bluivy iron pegs. and
willlll lwl llilnl‘.
l";|~l~‘l|i'll in l.:il|;i‘.~' trunk was an
noun-us:- vable vhmu. When all mm
ru-mly. lln- Major gate the unrd. iiud
.bmu within the chain “uh a insomni-
ll‘.: \ihmk. Abdul roan-ll lnt' all he
a.“ “Hl’lll. hilly llllli" was the oper
.iiiwri l’n'l'l'ulwl, and then Abdul was
“lie-t'v' he re
two imam.
lawn to ;l mmpunnd.
”HM-”l n prlwiiv-r fur
\- w \wl. .lltllllilll.
W. W.A‘1T(Llil':‘i BIG TREE WAGER.
\l mu m rlinu ui n him" of In" ('alll’ur-
nu ’Iltl'i!‘\rlll in Inimluu.
'ihn til-lump ~lnp Malia llarhllubl
hmdml i'. him l'i'utwnwo for London,
Mud. an loam .t pint" of ennui will
Hunt-d in “dim. \Valdoil Astor. ll
l~ .i 33ml ~lilt ul Ill! “and. the "hiss
M: I on ‘3 title Hi llw Id; [tern of (”ill
iiwiwn, ll had i lln‘lll" lll dimlwloir.
l l. l- l' ill‘tw- ..: m: nuhialimm its all”)
m- z.' of law. than ordinary inn-l"
wi ll mil «i lb a wager in favor
.d’ All .\-‘lul’. .md “‘lll ill'lllullnll’lllt'
llm! lu' clnl ll-‘l it'll ll \t‘lmpln'l‘ ltlmm
In Ht" in “W linllslh'l'n,
‘.l ‘i l'tllllt‘l' par.) gin-n some llllll‘
London dorm: the storytelling
slit Mi .Mim polar :ilwiil grout red
“m J. Hutuu‘ m lm lwm'vt'» wore shop
in .l ‘l iii» in it wll \Il‘ .\~lur, illltl to
pl v, a... um Hm" hr nflvi‘ml u will!"
to .
,,_n«
ll...‘ n' lmild ii'm‘ilri' l'l‘lilll nttu- pro-m
.m u .,. oi a l .ihfurnln bli: tree a luble
h. l-nmwh to :n-muluwlnle all of
it). . I) gut-nt- H“l'lll“ll‘ll.
The “new “as nowpird and lli'ltl't‘
llw shipment. The piece or redwood
was rlll from one or many iihnu trees
or llninlmldt county forest-s. ‘I'lwru-
.l not the ten-st blend-Ill in the pic-re.
lb .nvy u “‘4' . able» were bound nrunnd
il'w outer rlm llttd heavy plnuhs pru-
lm-t it from being split.
It in album ”We" feel lllll'k. lllltl
weighs about nineteen lullil. it was
brought from the lumber doom m u...
rll'llllll’l' \mlnnnl His. and ilw ship's
bnlelmny Just now llw hiii idol) it
[our of nlh' inch on it not bung low
VIM} into the huhl.
May He Noni-lilting In This.
"If l vtvr art to be a m-leln‘ity l
mum l . bu urm‘bum in et'nrylusly,"
”Well. it you Menu by lulllnt grit»
rinnu tn l-i'eri‘lsulr now. don't you
lhlm: ilm “mild or» you some ground
[or tiling t‘ltlllllulsi'tl it Win-hilly?” ,
l'llirlwd llm'mvl.
Mrs. 'V‘lly "hm. Mrs. l'umoy, nu-
hmmlmud left home two woken ago,
an’ m haven't sown tom slnsl."
Mrs. i‘ilsny ‘.\;i' pliant insole him
do tlnu. Mrs. Kelly?"
am. «all: "trash, the doctor sen
he ”lib! he runs away in a m at inn
W “flu,”
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E’i
i
as we always have new and special a
’ .11:
Such as women need for everyday wear:
Shirt Waists cheaper than any other st,
in the slate.
* use“: lighted. when.
, .. nickel' plated—nothioutidcmtm‘ 4
mckeddilanngdwflcmmmdflw
kmgbnnukmmthmalightmlhad,
wdghslmt lZounccs. ;
Three years a leader. and the MI
immanent: now added. M lb
handsaneuandbatbicyclchmpmmde
Soidbyalllcadmg’ dealers.
'I'HEPLACEGz TERRY Mince.
247Cenne&re¢t,N¢wvork
Sedition: cheapcrlamp-thc“5eqehn.' a
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Nowadays
No one need go to Europe for a.
watch. The best are made right here
in America by the American Waltham
Watch Company. Two watch move-
ments particularly recommended-—
“Riverside” and “Royal.” Can be"
found in gold,silvcr and gold filled
cases at '
A. W. Austin’s. 39 Wall . Street. Norwslk.
m
FREE
Stud us your name and address
and m- nill mail you, free of charge,
:1 llt'.lllllllll hunk of
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Fairy Tales
Elegantly gotten up and handsomely
llllliwll'illiftl in colors. Mention this paper.
THE N K. FAIRBANK COMPANY.
View Veit. Boston. Philadelphia. Baltimore. Pittsburgh. Chorus. St. Louis.
Cut Prices!
We interleaving everything out at less Iliau coal,
with the Mnepiiun n! the Crimson Rim, which is
fun” lliall tilihc; ‘0'! llltltltl. $50. Prices are Ml.
away tint/Hi on both new and second hand wheels.
3;] is....»m-,$55; l’owlchyo; Nonotnck, $51.50.
Second hand wheels llhl‘.’ the Columbia, Wall], Hurt-
lmd, Waverly, lilunnc. Cicautnt, hum M7 to .39.
Conn: rally and misc your pick.
Wm. Richardson,
lit Nlllt'l‘ll MAIN HTIH‘ZEI'.
Wedding and
Society
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