" .julilueu.
g‘e ‘of the mayors,
lll in 'lhe Sentinel to—
5% lug ina5lnucb
n SonIe'Irec'oInmen:
upeak5 of the im~
of an adequate supply of
,: '. water; recommends
ppl‘opriations to con-
permhllent' improvement
ggests a more system»
of street sprinkling
d htlmatcs that a “shake-up” in
department would not
. ‘ it: makes compliment-
any neutron, of the electric light
? he health department. and
"l dépattlllent l'lis reborn-
tuition regarding a sinking
‘ ti Om which to pay the ordin~
y debts Of the city. as well as
titer debt, is well timed.
. Mayor believes there
Id be no rctl grcssion in the
. of Sundii observance.
Id mebsage of Mayor
(IV to t It: City Council of Nor-
. likewise abounds in good
business sense. Its recommenda-
Ions are of- a nature that the
i1 might do well to follow to
riL‘test letter. as they have
done? In? the a5‘e of other recom-
III latioiIs o the chief executive
His insistence that something be
Ilene at the earliest possible morn-
cut to give the city increased stor—
capacity for water is a wise
In asure. and the mayor is not at
lb It putting it before
' ‘-in strong terms.
Ilatf of utilizing the necessary
changes without increasing the
bonded debt- of the city is worth)
of"commendation. Another mal-
teroi importance, alike to Nor-
wulk and South Norwalk. is the
, use of'the town road—roller. The
cities paid'founfiftbs of the cost
and pay four-fifths of the expense
of running the machine. Mavor
lover says. while if the cities
allt' .o hire tlle‘ roller they are.
bllargeoti‘fronlfir’e to $I 5 a day. III
being taxed for the run—
or'tbel II chine; A- tmvn
' Ldlfid rthc specific; pur-
1 e of regulating this matter
would undoubtedly result fav‘ora
gbiy to the interests of both ends of
the town. The mayor urges more
repairs with (crushed stone. and
,- refers with pride to the excellent
. condition of the city streets upon
. which this; find Iof repair was
. . made last year. He expresses his
. I; T shtidfaction with the record of the
public library. and recommends
liberal appropciations so that llIL
‘ good work can still go on. llc
compliments the fire department
upon its rCL‘ol‘d for ellic lCllt‘\. and
refers to the showinpr made by
the firemervin the I'ctcnl celebra-
lzlon at Bridgeport. The lighting
filléstion the ruavor savs is a hard
.Imatter to adjust. H e believes the
city is sanding all the money it
ganaltord at resent for lights
I'
Oswald Ottendorfer' 5‘ will may
be conteSteIl I ll in re. Irtod Quit
Herman A. IlllIlI: If 'on of jlsw
._ cob Uhl. founder o the blasts Zeb
lung. had come from the West to
. ,‘ gin ll contest in‘case he slwiild
‘Rfill jilisa llalne omitted from the list
of beneficiaries. 'lhe will has not
been opened.
' When Oswald Uttendorfer. late
. wner of the." fitazus'zeitnng. nuns
‘ ,ried Anna Iihl.‘ widow of 'Jacob
UlIl its fouh or; all» had five "chil-
. rcuwthrce daughters and two
sOns. “leach of these received $2 -
000 and fifty shares of stock lll
gt, Slants IZeitung when their
athel‘ died. ()swald t..)ltcndorier.
'b marrying thL widow of cour5e
. phallic tlIeIrotepfatlIeI. ”the pres—
" tclairnant Is a son ofjacob l..' h].
l‘he Stunts 7citung has lonr
II phenomenal success.
L390 per c I.It a year in divi»
besides Special dividend
on per- cent. p r annum It is
" lizcd only ' $25. 000. '
W .
'- ‘lIlhh awaits the
Ti: ‘ts the ideal IIoIIl -I't-
l bottleplakcs the march for
I
‘ I!“ are not Nature's
on, oh. no! Take care of .
genuine. A llttle attention I
and than keep: them In a?
.“co’rldt‘ton. The boat ll
honey thua Invented ls]
ventol‘s. and thousands of forms
has; been patented. 'lhc olden.
nuns usually raised by the medi-
Line “and liquor men especialllr
Lon ‘-.'ned In the use of such a Lle-I
vici; are excessive cost lack of
simplicity and positive action. lia-
bilitv for fragments of glass to
chip from glass valves and tube:
and pLIur out with the liquid. and-
farlurc to oper rate with liquids coir:
mining syrup or other gmnmvi
substances.
The selL'ctInL-n and lloard of
llducation of liarnrllrugton llav'tl
State senator for the l‘ourtll Ui5~i
lrict and the representatives of;
l'nrdlingtOn in the benefit] \.-5'-
scnIbly‘ to use their best efforts lo!
secure the cuaclIlIcut of a lr'IwI
during.r thc cornirq.‘r session of thc
I..L:inslatIII'L~ requiring all the the
lriL' street railways and all thI'
lzllll‘mrtls (If this. sllllt
crs attending the publit. 5L hools of.
this state to and from the schools
and their home. at half larc.
———-—-————— l
“Hail to the thief" will be con»
spicuous by its absence in the par
adc. at the coming inauguration.
llcrctoforc. as the bands have
passed the president's reviewing
5land. every one has thought it
IIcccssary to play "Hail to lllc
thief." liccling that the presiA
dent—elect would like to have It lit
IIlLI variation. tllc committee on
music has barred the tune.
The New Haven l'alladiuru
throws the following bontluct at
the ncw chief of the South Nor—
-walk l‘ire Department: “The
South .Norwalk lire Department
has just elected San'luel Mitiowau
as chief. lie is one of the most
enthusiastic firemen in the L'nitcd
States. and there are few who
know better how to cope with the
the fiend. ”
.-
. William Court. (iully. who has
been chosen Speaker of the House
of Commons for a third term.
draws a salary of {525.000. and on
his retirement from the oilice gets
an annual pension of $20,000, be
sides being elevated to the peer
age. As Speaker he is provided
with a line mansion. and is sup-
posed to entertain on It large scale.
lt Is reported that an AnIeriLan
syndicate Is to establish a summer
steamer service on the Themes in
England The London Daily lix.
press says: “It serves the Brit-
isbers right for their discourage-
ment of inventors and their nc~
glccl of the opportunities to pro~
gross"
Superintcmlcnt Blair of the
Out-door l’oor DepartIIIeut. says
that there seems to be an epidemic
of pneumonia. grip and bronchitis
in New York. All the hospitals
are taxed to their utmost capacity.
'1‘ he total capacity of the city hos-
pitals' Is I 5, and there is hardly
an empty ed III any of them.
STREET RAILWAY TRAOKOI
(Hartford ’t‘lmsu.)
The plan of having cltlol a II the
street rallway who and rent" euro
~ - ll thoao who with to 0T;
[boa tried;
THE.
conSisling of
Men’s, Ladies’. Misses’ and Children’s Shoes.
Overgalters, Legglns and Slippers,
Trunks and Bags.
tllrr Biggest Slaughter ir Prices fur Known in Nrrwrll.
it a fastrnatrng one for many in-
Inuc'onInchueIII should be
T. H. HOBBS,
81 Washington Street,
(ISECONDHAND
All Makes.
61 CANNON STREET,
Agent for the Undenuood Typewriter.
posed in New Haven. wberefhnrc has
been loud and bfttor complaint of III I
Londuct of the print lpul street IHullunv
company. and where the clty is unable
to coIIIpcl n proper Issue of tram-Item
passed II resolution requesting the! or obtain for Its Iltlrens other Ilghts or i IIII-y
privileges w'lIth are generally recon
hired as due illlll reasonable ln other
ClllLIIl.
The New Haven Lender makes tth {W “1' 9" unreasonable.
suggcstion In H lending artic lc in which
it says '
'l‘lIls' subject ought to rccelvc the
most careful attention of the people'
of New Haven who are even now be
my, asked to qulctly acquiesce in the'
to carry efforts of trolley companies to St‘t'llle people “mod
sLlloLIl Llliltll'cll and school lcilt‘ll— TTTTTT‘“ 'TRT‘T‘T T“ TI” “"‘T‘R ”WWW“ largest now'spnptr lIItllollnltodSIfltos
tracts of the Iirv II} very reasonable
glIIIII l0
those \\ no desire to lnv est the” money
in II way that will Irllt- llll‘lll reason-
able profit: but the public Interest
should not be allowed to suffer In or-
Ilcr that prllntcl utc: 'osts may r'chvtl
in riches.
bc developed by use of the Htrcets will
furnish money for municipal expenses
will lighten the burden of taxation. will
very greatly increase the welfare and'r
llIc prospcr'lll of the city
The. subject it (HIK‘Clllll) Iv'ortll use
lotion now all over the state in view
of the great number of petitions for
ncw stIeIt railway cllnr'tern on whlrlllmns
tho Imglglutulp will lune to act mImQuI-en lnIpoI':tnnt
and tonns can easily ob- l .
talu mom for the use of their slreets‘ uouldnl.
by Lnr liner-I than “my nro “pep. to dol novels; we wouldut.
under the system now III common use. |"'“V (“m“‘l “0'“ ”l" “”3““ “'1"
your (‘ ltles
If they fully I'oullzed it they would
make sure of II reasonably good bur
until at the outset. for then It to corn-
partlvely easy to make sure of sntlsa
factory roturus. Afterwards u change.
In dllllcult and often prnc
slblc.
LENGTHENING LIFE.
Savannah Newsl
'l‘lIc average age of mun \vlthln a
century has been Increased seven and
u half years. What Is there In the way
of still further Inereaslng the average?
Its far It?! can be seen there In abso-
lutely nothlnrr. New dineovorleu are
helm: made all the tlmo which nltl phy-
slelnns In controlling diseases. Once
smallpox was such II. great scourge
that big eltleu were declruuted by It.
Now It excites very llttlc nlnrm. except
In eomInuIIltleII where there are not
the proper fuellltlun‘ for troutlug It and
dealing wltb It. May It not be that
the tlme Is not distant when consump-
tlon will be dealt with no effectlvely?
Even now steps are bclnu taken to pre-
vent. ltn spread. (tonnumptlveu have
not the freedom In many hotels and In
sleeplnrz cars they once bud. and In
most cltloII spitting on the floors of
street cars In prohibited.
Yellow fever lII recotvlng the closest
attention from the best IIIlInln III the
medical profoellon. In feet. through-
out the world there III an army of In-
voutlgatoru at work seoklng the came
on of Lllsnuuos and remedies for them
IIIIILIoverloII are certain. The theory
that the mosquito convoys malnrla and
yellow fever germ may notIIIe true.
but If It should prove not to be. the In
vertlgntlonrl into the 03mm of malarln
and yellow fever will not bound. 'l‘y
plIolIl fever and diphtheria are new)!“
treated no succeutully that the per-
centage of death from them to much
smaller than It was a few years ago.
Them In reason for tIIlIIklng that In
tho courao of title century the true
causes of most dlMMOI wlll be found
them.
Inna It Immature-It new clean
«museum , . .
. liN'llliE STOCK or
T‘l1eo. Olsen’s Shoe Store
To be closed out at nearlu HALF PRICE.
South Norwalk.
$10. 00 to $75. 00.
Machines Bang/Ir, Sold and Exchangcd.
THE MARSHALL TlPlillRlTER EXCHANGE,
.the .'AmcIIcnn \v'ny
(.lty control of the streets and such.
IIInIIItchncrIt of the facilities that cn‘I.
‘sldcrod the best news
lllkcs long orlltorlals:
and that there will be remedlea for .
t
It I out
I’m lac the ndoptlou of an amend-
ment to he federal countltiltlon under
any clrcumstabuen. For almost a can»
tury there have been no nmondrnente
adopted except those which grew out
(I! the smash and strain on the CM!
War. The people are extremely eon
' servatlve about tampering In any way
with the foundation stone of thelr gov-
" I- II I erumental system. To get three-
. fourths of the states to agree to sur-
render thelr jurisdtctlou In matters of
marriage and divorce to the central
government would be lmposslble. The
Ideas of various communities differ on
these subjects. but the states are falr-
ly nnuulmous III wlshtng to keep the
control of such matters themselves.
In the present state of public opluton
It Is futile to talk of a constitutional
amendment of the kind Congressman
Ray advocates.
The wide Lllverslty of the marriage
and dlvoreo laws In the different states
to productive of some evils and abuses.
but If unytblng llke uniformity in to
be attained It must be through legislu-l
tlon In the lndlvldunl states There'
has been I llttle progress made In the
direction or uniformity. and It ll do.
slr'ablo that movement should contlnue.
So far III the unlt‘ormlty ls voluntary
on the part of the varlous common-
wealtbn it Is nomethlng Llevoutly to be‘ i
wished for, but the cltlzens of a mu-
lorlty of the states are not ready to let l
their marriage and divorce Iowa be‘
enacted nt Washlngton.
GREAT SALE 01’
Dress S 1115
L :I'
Begins lodau at the Boston Store. The
store 15 this: Our skirt huupr ought
of, 'laitlles
from a well- known maker
dress skirts, one hundred of flies Liturgi-
._.
mers’ samples. Including thebpslelullts
and slules of the seaSon’ s produclltiil.
The regular retail values of the: Isltirls
are from $5. 00 to. $12100é'avelrlde‘
value $10. 00. You can choose“. from
the entire lol lodau at the ridiculouslu
low price of I
5.00. ‘
Absolutelu the greatest skirt bargain
Ilet offered. Guaranteed less than the
cost of cloth and linings.
”ova.
l
3
WHAT OTHER EDITORS SAY. I
r
Military In Schools.
(New Haven Leader. I
“there In a very strong movement to l
()onnnctleut to secure the passage of
an act by congress providing for mllI-
tnI'y instruction in publlc I schools.
Senator Platl has received several pe-
titions from Connecticut (l. A. R. men
asking that such an not be panned l
The instruction proposer! would cost
the Irovor.nnlent II large sum of money
but In the judgment of the (‘l. A .R..
posts the Investment would pay.
New England's Sons Everywhere.
(New Haven Regiment l
Judging from the number of Newl
England societies which eclebratwl'
lhclr IIIIIIlIoIWsnI) last week. in Lillost
remote from New England. this section
of the country has been the greatest
pr'oInotr-I of pronpcr'lnty Sons of New
England tIl‘t‘ ccyl‘ywhcrn, and every-
“ here prosperous.
TTRRWRTTRRSR All Winter Jackets and can.
;ar Greatly Reduced Princess
la potato ricer; one dozen walnut meats.
{one pulled orange lII quarter sectlons.
This is the recipe. Now l‘l tell you
'how I mnltc it. We do not like on so
I tako the chicken LLIleI‘y and apple
.'tLhoppeLl) and mix them with a dress-
There are no yokes on the new shtrt- ring made of the whites of four eggs
waists and the indications arc that. “pun.“ yuv ligllt' 0",.“qu (up “1”,.
”WT” WT" ["3 “0““ gone and one-half teaspoons each of
"““'”"' “ 'sIIlt. mustard and a pinch of cayenne
A great deal of brlgbt gold can be pepper; mix thoroughly: bring to a
used III qultlng huts ovcu I'm the form boil out-Idle” ”my of vinegar and u
«lotions. lf it is \L'llcd with tullo-«lmwo of butter the. size of an egg:
block or Lolored as “leader III heme of when honing pour over the mixture
”‘0 “molt“ "my m" Tm" ‘a little at a time. and stir constantly.
""“" "”’ . Return to the fire and stir constantly
0'9“" effects are well ”kit“ ”I 3“ until it thickens: when cold add one
sorts of dress materials. The cottons hall‘ Illlll cream “hipped. I also :1le
showing a sort of (trope weave of much H“. mm. of two lemons. It look” nice
waists were. made last summer were lald on lettuce wants and decorated
”de by “WWW“ who “'0'“ “W“- n'llh the quartered oranges and wat-
The; ”“60”“ “Ill. “'0‘" “'Il-‘TT “'“T but meats. This looks llkea good deal
presented II soft surface that was r';.'or of work. but it Isn’t." Let mp add that
plenslng It Is perfectly delicious made either
way.
.1 3:.»ch
wnono PLACE'FOR MARRIAGE. . .
A man and women, the latter richly 5
lel. allgbted at the Greenwich station
from an eastbound tmln. yesterday
morning. and after engaglng a car-
rrage. ordered the drlver to take them
to a mlnlster's house. They were tak-
en to the Methodist parsonage. where
they asked Rev. Wllllam Gillels to
marry them. The. mlnlster luqulrod
for thelr license. The man said:
“We're In New York state. ain’t
we?"
"No " was the nnsuier "you aye only
on the edge of it.“
The Louplp said they came from
Bridgeport, and had got off at the
wrong station. so they started off for
Port Chester. They declined to glve
thelr names.
WHAT WOMEN ARE DOING.
BRIDGEPORT, CONN.
Luce Is always very effective in mil-
llncry and much used just, now.
one so early III lifI-.1\ man who "er5
the knowledge for calling for himself
that. is within his I'IIIIIIII In almost as
young looking at 55 mt men were. III 1}»
III the begluntug of the nineteenth cell
The thought that Menchiltolf
l"lllltl\\t€ out therefore that by the cod
of flu lbls century the average life of
man may be 100 ycnfs does not seem
A CINCINNATI EDITOR'S VERDICT.
(New York Wmld.)
MI Alfred HurIusontb's edition of
I'I‘hc World Is not an improv omoul. Size
of the sheet must III pend upon the
The l-quulrer is the
When a woman doesn't amount to
much. she has a great deal to say about
II husband’s duties to his wife. but
when she has a little money or ablltty .
she deserts her husband at the first
opportunity and takes care of'herself.
book at Colonel Mary Yellen Lease:
look at nearly every other woman In
this country who earns an Independent
income. Look at the actresses; who
ever heard of a noted actress living
with an Insignificant husband.
A friend at whose table I often sit.
and always with thc greatest pleasure.
has sent me the following to give my
friends: "Manhattan snlnd: One
cllp each of chicken. celery and apple;
soak one-half hour In one-half cup of
oil and julce of two lemons; salt and
pepper; mix with mayounlsc dressing.
Decoration: Two lIurLl-bolletl (IggSW
white chapped. yolks pressed through
but the Ohio idcu ls large All editors
believe In condensation There is noth
Ing new lll that. Even Mr. William
Shakespeare called brev'lty ‘lho soul
of wlt " but he. wrote si\- act plnys. ltlr.
IIIIIHmswortlI bolls do“ II the news but
runs to long editorials. That Isn‘t
(llIe all the nerve
and let the render mnkc hrs own colu-
mont. Extraordinary events are con-
Mr. Harms
WIII'llI gives first place to the kniIzIIlInIK
of Maxim by the Queen That show
he knows on "em but It would not be
‘Htvorth the space he gives It out here.
"ll 5 all n matter of taste. Each editor
must judge of tlI..It \Ir. Ilar'mswortb
we don't. Ho
ldcrs the ceremonial acts of the
we don' t. lie cuts
Important local news: ‘we
lie would Ignore news for
The. American
I
'I may be permltled to hastily pnrn
phrase Mnrk Tw.nln I would say the
rule of tlIc Amurlcnn newspaper ls to
Cut. cut. cut and condense wltb ,
OIII'CW
That is the order of the tdltnlre.
Wield your shears with :‘ m delight.
Cut. out with all your m ght.
'l‘rlIII It here and “boll" ll there.
Leave not a llnc that you can spare,
Cut to the bone. boll It down.
Newsy joy for all the town.
llulld cueh‘ story" bold and bare.
'l‘be plth of the title. If the meat ls
tbme.
Wlll slIlInnIer and flash llko II soli-
Iulre. . ‘ .
Trike only the Important news. CHAS. E. SEYMOUR, , Leading 61'0001’,
Great events and great. men' s vlewu.
33 WEST WASHINGTON STREET. SOUTH NORWALK, CONN.
Annoyed-“What‘s this?" exclnlmed
the floor general. In a tone of annoy-
““01".
“More prisoners."
"hear me! I wish they would show
some conslderutlon for the fact that
we are. trying to conduct a war Instead
of runnlug a boarding house."
TELEPHONE 58-2.
lit SE YMOUR’S STORE.
Good Resolutions.
In your book of good rololutlona for the New Year’s turn down the corner of the page on which this line Ip.
pearl: I will one only pure goods In 1901. Von know the reason why It is best to use pure goodl. We hIVl no
dead stock to begln the New Year wItlI. No mark down nles to clean out shop-worn goodl. Let quality be your
watchword. standard goods are the belt to ule. Don't forget to turn down a corner In your book of good rllolu-
tlonl, and call at our nor: for goods adapted to your boat welfare.
Large Assortment
Of overythlng to be found In the grocery llne whale quallty In above reproach.
oonaldcrlnn weight and quality.
Evaporated Bartlett Pears, Evaporated Plums, Fine California Prunes, 5 the, 26:. 3 lb... 25c. that, 25c. III-
traa 15 and 20c lb.. Evaporated Apricots Get your fancy Whlte Crllp Celery hare, 12l/2c bunch. Sweet Florida
Oranges, 25c (£01., and up. Ben Mllk Crackora. the flnoat made, 10c lb.. 3 Ibo. for 260. Have you tried our beau-
tlfullwoet Rosy Butter. from 28c lb up? Flnoat grade of Coffee, from 25 to 380 lb. Cranberrlol, tweet Potato".
Lettuce, Par-alps, Carrots. etc. Include In your next order a Ferric Ham, or Bacon. They are dllloloul.
down
You cannot boat "I In prlce,
Dorxble load and bond with a “scare"
Servo. up “racy etch and raro"-
That Is the order of the odltalro.
CHARLES A WILLIAMS.
Mentoring Editor Cluelnnutl Enquirer.
GAINS {IN THE CENTURY. ‘
(llohton Advertiser.)
lu mntorlnl matters. In the cure and
treatment of the pauper. tho Insane
and even the crlnllnal dependents on
public. bounty: tn the «Inhfllty of the
currency and In the growth of publlc
null prlvato crodlt; III these and merry
other wnyn. the advnncameht of fill na-
Tel 14“ Norm“.
Your Christmas Dollars
Will secure fuller value and more lasting satisfaction III our stores than any oth‘lr frocery note in
.The Norwaltra. That courts a strong amnion to make. but leave your order here. and let III prove It ‘
to you. Following our usual cultom of giving away Picture Books to the children. we will bllhlthl»
distribution on Friday. Every customer wtll be presented with If Child's Toy' future we; rm;
Tel Call, 138-5 80th Norwrtlk.
tron III“ wonder he To tbolo erltlesngo Every article Quoted here lea bargain. , " . , . 4 . 1.5% w i; RR
I b l ' ' ., I ,
238$): Tllomt‘liogguillliohdotlll‘llrubi’ tllloo fti- Amlrloln MlIfldI Clip”. 90; a for 250. Soloed Natalia. Pkg.. Dc. cope Cod Cranberries, , «(in
turn because of present shortcomings Prlhcb Mlxadélnd 9. Ill... 74:. Cleaned Currbnta. . Firm, to: c. Fancy Iwut Potato“, ‘ Plumb.
In national me or pollute» to Hlbbon or Irokln candy, lb.,10c. Orange or Lemon Pool. L5,, 16c. Hello-y Mlxod Oahu, arr. for 20¢.
wh; I that; they. no Implode“ New,“ t,lb.,' 20. Fancy Leghorn Cltron, tube. 260. Now Popplng Corn. lo.
‘oI'l loudenblos tflithreflto In No as III a, “5,100. Plum Puddlng,lb .oan, 100. New Honey, glue jar, i
fall ‘of this republic; and to thud who, Nevi'fidllan , Lb" Toll aI’Iglllolal’lur‘n Pudnlng. can. 23o. callfgdll MIN“, l (Sam? .1
hip ho vyo'rld III mwgn; {gorse III Ital; {puny ”Florldam Granger, don. 25:58 on. Such Mlnoo Moat for 25¢. l'utl i'll'fil Ghoul, lb" 180. .
. II r o Inf
‘RLlR III-.IlIll?R II Inc..." El lull III. . war one CREAMERY BUTTER ar Ilse. LB. It: Is FINE. .. .
Igrg'teg.rg.gms c055,"? 5,; cm I.» ., :3 Les GRANULATED sedan FOR "'55. . .
’ l . I l I.
a... {will IliI. ”RR R' . . ._ .I. .. .1. .MAIJD supra JONES’S recon, $4.75bbl..6oc. m. , ....I
- ., 4.. :T 'T I t '5 I! III‘WeItaulr (I c t It
UNIrOIIM' blvon'e‘e ”RR—LAWN”
- 'tClIlol‘go unusual
Repreuutltlvo Ray. of w
ryl to
Norwalk Chronicler