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- SPECIALS
‘WASH GOODS. PERCALE AND CHAMBRAY
was Lawns and Dimi- warsrs.
' fies 50 CENTS.
'T 5 QENTS.
Former price $1.60.
“9. and 10 cents.
5 AND BATISTE. LADIES’ WHITE WAISTS
. 1'0 CENTS. at
32%, 15 and 18 cents. REDUCED PRICES.
A HANDKERCHIEF BAR-
GAIN.
ro'CENTS.
See east window.
96 price 50 cents. SPECIALS IN NECKWEAR.
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841 WASHINGTON STREET.
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Full} "tile
93999999: today With values greater than ever before. The
mightiest effort ever made to 6th your (intrepid. We:
9 limit make room for this large u‘i titles or fill block w.
b11611 tidying and ecology tiy mmlll «'61- 9
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9 6t 'r'e'pjrcsont the
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easily the gigantic induytry i't rein-6:
seats has been trunnioruied by the in
tro cation of 99111161199 11 and ”ll! of
l'cli (.838 Most importun anion thrilled
Is an “intensive? method imitate by
'which one nor 9 1 yield more
than used to be 6 r. reckoned in
bushels from bl)” uljt tab air
It is in Mic can that this idea all
been carried farthest its most cased!
tial requirement (apart from careful
tillage and, rigir prun lug) helps a well
nigh ruthless Iliinm at e fruits on
each tree. To the old liabilities grow
or the notion of candy” on? three
fourths of the peaches Just when they
are beginning to develop seems ah-
sold and even outings ya at in this
way many more 1111' p the. actually
obtained than would be produced, it
there was no s'uch' interfoiane. and
the individual peaches are very much
liner, bringing a for higher price in
the mniket. 1399 such means a maxi
mum of ten bushels too '9trec or 900
bushels to the acre. 6 acchred.
New this is business and 6f a kind
to astonish the planters of: the old
m
school. 11 important point about It is
that the other at seeds. l 8 beach
stopping) 6duced is Only one- -fourth of
the normal. and inasmuch us they do
velopment‘ la the gren'to't'st of all drains
upon the vitality of the tree (using up
incidentally large quantities of potash
and phosphoric acid front the spills. 9
plofitoble saving is effected. incident
ally regularity of yield from season to
season is promoted.
The greatest enemy of the psacin
“mower is frost. A peach iron is a b619n
tool and on the slightest provoratiou
111 the ‘wny of warmth it permits its
uds to expand in the mistaken notion
at gentle Spring has arrived. 'i‘hcu
copies cold weather, and it is nipped
with dihastro'us financial results to the
"plantci. Dow's soutn this kind of mid-
chief is even worse than in the ninth
because of the warm spoils that 3.1er
(mung the w-{intoi
lt9 has been ascertained that tioublc
oi the sort may be mitigated to :1 cup
sideruble' extent by spraying the twigs
and buds with a solution of whitewash
the effect being to hold" bhok the buds
Being white. the buds nii'd twigs thus
coated reflect the s'un's lays. instead
of absorbing them and their tempera-
ture being not pciccptibly raised rip
oping, is retarded. in cold latitudes
the trees are sometimes bent oyci
h'oiizoutaily close to the ground d'~'ur
ing the winter and covered with straw
or drill to protect them.
'1‘ 11s is an age of increasing luxury.
and people uowdays are willing to
pay' almost ow mlcc im exceptionally
choice f1 hit in winter us much its Si
apiece is often paid for peaches and
gmdcnors in this country are t1 ylnr. to
introduce some of the intensive horti
cultural methods of Europe in France
and England peach t1 6619 1116 common
ly trained flat against walls with south
cru exposures 01 on trolllscs a foot 01
so away from the wall and all the
binncbos are cut away except a few
which are compelled to assume cor
min patterns frequently geometrical
’I‘hon most of the shouts are cut oil as
soon asset. only a dozen, or possibly
a score, being allowed to' develop A
peach tree thus treated is nothing like
a tree but the few peaches that mu
f'ure upon it are marvels of bnnty and
julclness. Half a dozen of them in a
cotton lined basket fetch $6 or $8.
The peach tree seems to have come
from China originally, being introduc-
ed into Europe by way of Persia. This
year there are 291 recognized varieties
on the market in this country. Show
new strains having been introduced di-
rectly from China .3th as cultural
methods have improved so varieties of
unquestioned superiority have gained
rotulnen' c and there is no question
but our cat. peaches today are far
superior to any that were obtainablc
ditch or Monty years 'ago. The over
trig? side is much increased. for one
089'
' 'l‘ho peach season in' the north has,
been greatly lengthened by the intro
ducting of Southern peaches iar 'on
{3099 eorg‘l9n the shipment of w ich
orthcrn markets has Boon render,
ed recticahle and pro to is by the
met era refrigerator car.
out time immense trendsr in cord 11 are
occupied by peach orchards a logic
one of which packs and ships more
it the bile
ooh I: ltnre, as o
a Jilly.w 9 wii
, they bipolar
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mount li'ouse wit
619nectihg9with the midi: r6 my
r of til
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till
it 91.
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“rinsed v «a
3116 cars which
li- but being trans:
.9, orator, while decayed ones so to
.P’o
k” » received «1111133111
attitude of start? .
win in below are to
young 1119611
rashes.
sorted into thus
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All beaches that too ripe for
shipment. are put. until for the eve
dump. to be destroyed latei by fir .
(liber- hands pack the fruit. as that no it
is arndsd. into habitats dual l 19193119
up in. crates six f art
going to the crate. e is a final in-
spsotion and the crates are loaded
aboard the refrigerator car, which is
scaled up not to be opened again no
til the Northern city 'is reached where
the merchandise is to be hold This
utmost pains 1116 taken it) indies. the
time as short as possible from the it so
to the car. and under olilinnry sire
cumstanoes not more than on h'oui
elupses alter the fruit is picked before
the our is filled and scaled.
Methods equally expeditious arc
practiced elsewhere, though conditions
vary 119016 or less with the locality of
production. Delaware has an excel):
tionol advantage in being so near New
York, Philadelphia. and other great cit
ice on the Eastern seaboard. immense
quantities of peaches are (tinned in
Delaware a single factor at Sanford
using 8 000 baskets 11 day i 1; this way of
the present hole. The people. employ
ed to pool the fruit 614's nearly all We
men
in Michigan therein a wonderful
peach belt which was along the cast-
crn shore of Lake Michigan for a dis
tance of 190 miles. from 15 miles south
of St. Joseph to the north shore of Tia-
vers b y, and varyiug9 in width from
live to 611 miles. lliili'kc Georgia and
Delaware it is 11 region of enihll or
chlfrds and this is one reason why t‘ii
“intensive" method of culture already
described has been so admirably 'dc
veloped in that part of the country.
Next to frost, the most dreaded foe
of the peach grower isthc “yellows" a
disease which has been found to be on-
tircly incurable. ..W.h.e it appears the
only thing to do into, 159 up the infra
tcd trees and plant others in their
places. By this means the trouble has
been wiped out to a great extent.
both in Dolhwnre and Michigan though
there are always short-blamed planters
who are reluctant to moon to so indi-
cal 11 method of. lighting the plague—-
Washington Post. -
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NO SKILLEQ LABOR AVAILABLE.
Serious Condition Exist: in San Fran-
clue—No Work on Ships.
WASlllNGTON,A11ghst S~A dos
putch has been i'cceivcd at the war
dcpmtmbnt from Colonel Long Quur
mrmnstcr at San Francisco, showing
that 11 serious condition exists there
as a result of the strikers. it has
been foundflinpossihlé to procure skill-
ed labor and almost impossible to find
labor of any kind to work on the chips
l‘ox this mason the govcimncnt will
turn the t1 .msport “canon over to her
owners witliout removing the govern-
ment fitings.‘ Colon6i' 1.6111; says that
the commerce of the port of San brim;
cisco has becn practically tlcd up and
that the strike situation there is more
serious than at any time since it be-
n. ,
The gcvérnmcnt has been able to get
its ships handled.‘ but with delay.
While this delay has been copying. it
cripple the service and no doubt
felt that supplies will be regularly sent
to the troops In the Philippines and
Alaska
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CONFEssED T80 PRlEST OF R98-
0
ANDERSON Ind. August 94......
weeks ago tho' jowohy store of J M.
Catholic Church at Chicago that the di
Washburn returned from Chicago to
night with the stolen property.
days ago and while in the confessional
told the story of the robbery and turn-
priest who im'cdluely notified air
Washburn.
N'li88 OA'YVAN'» RECOVERING
Mrs. Laura ill. Cayyaa of South fission,
sister-Indnw of Miss Georgia Cayvan.
or some time fro
nu. Cayvan
con—09W
GOVERNMENH'PHAS :0 PRIVA' 6::
WASHiNO'l‘oNsAusurt 9419'. ii 11
ed at the Truman D31“: it"
9.th6reilthoi11t i
title morning it t 3'1?
Dambltzk‘y. said to e
9.1.6de: napoleon
6
port yesterday
‘ fifth annual reunion
baskets :toda
has not been of such‘ character as l0
Washburn was iohbcd of $1 500 worth
of diamonds Yesterday Mr. Woehhutn
was notified by the pastor of St. Mary' 11
amends were in his possession. Mr.
The
thief went to the Chicano priest a few
ed over the stolen property to the
BOSTON.August.ll..s-~1\ccordin¢ W
the actress. said to be critically ill in
a Long Island sanitarlum. the relatives
of the. young lady have reason to how
or recovery. She has been suffer»
a nervous tron!
his supposed to have can induced by
an Unsucceqstulloperation for tumor.
ya that she would have
at-ion had the actress
been i nimmedinto danger and has no
'rssson to think that her condition. Is ‘
9 alarming. 9 .
nivornryofl: . ,
cadar‘=Mount ln- . Ferry,
Late of Norwalk. at One
‘ Tints gammandpd, .
gunizatiou. '
:servsnce of this 11 69111111 fire was held
at the Atlantic hots that evening. the
ldiunel and business session being held
‘a'l‘he' Fifth regiment was organized
early during' the civil war for a three
ycais' service and many onlistnicuts
intruding towns.
Hon 0. S Ferry, of Norwalk. who
in l867 was elected United States
senator twin (3 onuecti‘cut u'nd in 1872
16 clotted by a combination of Repub-
licnusmnd Democrats pilot the caucus
nominee of the Republicans. Gen Jo-
seph R. Hnwloy was at 0116- tlme col-
onel of the regiment. He. died at his
home in Norwhlk November 21,1875
Previous .to the civil war Senator For
ry scrvcdos 11 representative in con
gross h-omsthls district. lie was one
tivo olecthel. born August 26. 1823.
and was graduated from Yale in 1-844.
He was admitted to the Falrficld conn-
ty bar in 1846.
The officers of‘ths regiment , are:
President, J6bn A. Nichols. of Stafford
viceprcsldcnt. Rufus Mead. of Orange
N J. . chaplain. Rev. Horace Wlnslorv
of Westogue; secretary and treasurer
lllil. Marvin of Hartford
The fifth was in many engagements
including Winchester. Cedar Mona
taln. Chanesllorsvillc. Gettysburg.
and left that burning city with Sher-
man on his march to the sea. and took
active part, in the siege or Savannah
and was mustered out at Alexandria.
Va, having been in the military ser
vice four years. and.» three months.
more states than fell
many other regiments.
While the regiment in the course of
its long service probably built hun-
drcds of miles 01? breastworks it nev-
or received an attack behind one of
them. and it had. always held the line
assigned to it: 1161- was it. ever driven
from its position in any hattledlnc
except in the single instance or 066111
Mountain where having captured the
key to the field it was loft unsuu
ported. and .,wn.s assailed from each
flank and front by‘u force numerical-
to the lot of
0116.
ASTOUNDED THE EDITOR.‘
Editor 8. A': Brown. of Bennettsvlllo
S. C. was once immensely surprised
“Through long suffering from Dye
pepsin. " he writes. “my wife was great
ly run down.,. She had no strength or
vigor and suffered great distress from
her stomach but she tried Electric
after using four tiles. she is entirely
well can eat '6 ything'. It‘s a grand
tonic, and its gentle laxative qualities
are splendidjor torpid liver." For in
digestion". W's of Appetite Stomach
and Liver troubles it‘s a positive. guar-
anteed cut-6.. Only 506 at 19‘. H. Bax-
ter‘s, Smith Norwnlk, and John R
Riggs', Norwalk.
NO STRiKE AT DUNCA SVILLE.
ALTOONA. Pun. Augunt‘ fir'l‘ho ru-
mor of 11 strike at the' non—union Amer-
ican steei'lioop Company‘s Mill at
arlJuncansvllle. Pax. Is without founda-
tion. All of the men are at work to-
day. There Is no organisation among
the woihmen, and the men have. al-
ready voted almost unanimously no.
to strike. The Anialsamuted Associa-
tion has apparently abandoned the el-
f6rt to get them out and bites no or-
ganizers in the town. , .9...
To SANFHER CHILD.
From frightful disfigurement Mrs
Nannie Gallsger. of La Grange 0a..
applied Buol'rion’s Arnaldo Save to
greatrsores on her head and face. and
wri its. muck cure exceeded all her
hopes. it works wonders
Bruises Skin Eruptions. Cute. Burns,
Scams 'snd Piles 256. (lure guaran-
teed by F1 H. Baxter and Jolui' A. Riggs'
druggists.
Wm
veuezuiu 6926*: paymaurs
8U NDED.
LONDON.A11:us 89—-The shoot of
the forelg't'i' bondho dots cables ”0119999
Caracas. toda
vice of the' 611.911.911.11 (internal 6661
or 18th has been gap pended but that
the royal-amour in
sums it.
be” and resale! serious complications
must be the dual clinic DeWitt‘ a Li
Emil;- marl 9 R‘l 9 ‘
of i lat wellhnow'n »
The day mmked the anniversary of .
the battle of Cedar Mountain and in oh. 9
were made from Norwnlk and the sur- ‘
Kenesaw Mountain, Siege of Atlanta. 9
marching more miles and serving in .
ly its superior in the proportion ten to 9
Bitters which helped her at: oncc.11nd '
in Sores. .9
one-half 9161:6986. $1.48, Si. ii '
that the payments son 3
ads shortly to re; «.
If the action of your bowel: is our "
can be desired Prirc 25c
m ”Aw—W"
IN l‘IlIESES JABLI‘S thcvnrious ”pisQes are a... aster.
their kinds, gleaned from all over the flhiha Section. and “'1' '.
most cases it is a far cry to their original prices; ‘”
011 the 25c table are V ascs formerly priced” at 35c, 5pc angd'
'75c Flour) Plates from soc gradcs and a variety of pretty and
useful arilcslc from Mustard Cups to Puff Boxes - - '.
’lhc 50c table holds 75c Bread and Celery Trays, Climb”
and ii rush l‘rays; Cracker Lars and Syrup Cups that ware 69c
and 75c; lion lion Dishes Soap Dishes and Iancy Plates. 9';' A '
At 98c there are Chocolate Pots and Condensed Milk Cari
Holders rcduccd from $1 50. Also Pudding Sets, Szflad Dishes,
Fancy Pl:1tes,\/'ascs,Cad Boxes, Tobacco Jam and Spoor-1w
trays ranging in value fiom $1. 25 to $1. 50
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Slllll‘l‘llAliEll'S 9111111113
TO COMPLETE our assortni'cnt of 25c goods we have
placed some twenty odd pieces of Slnrtmaker‘s Madras, worth
35: and 40c vnrd under the quarter-dollar price card. Sorted in
are some pieces of Anderson's
Scotch Madras. . . 9
.I
.: swung as an Ox
lacs-ox Tablets supply power to the
brain, poi-yes, blood, stomach, bchlsgliver
and kidneys—quake them Strong. These
tablets are a ut‘ritivc tonic and quickly
produce the natural action required of
the several organs of the. body.
At all druggists; 2 5 cents.
'il'irrw'
50'0 pair 'Men’ 5 Rds'si 'and' P' tent at
Norwalk Chronicler