absortment of Fancy
' ' triped.
1,315
BATH'ING sun‘s.
Attractive Styles.
Reasonable Prices.
NECKWEAR ,
in
COLLARETTES.
LACE TIES.
ILK TIES
ND WINDSORS.
.mm
RIBBONS.
SATIN.
’PAFFETA
AND FANCY.
LADIES, ‘HANDKERCHIEFSZ this point is required in order to avoid
AT 5 AND assume.
ATTRACTIVE STYLES.
2 FOR cs'CENTS.
FINE EMBROIDERED.
zs‘CEN-TS.
s13 wnsvmvc ran srnrtr.
, *st 1131 1111111011119 1110111111,
. 1161 ll
dcmntl ‘ 11
cc Mus confusion.
111111111111 111111111 11‘
“The 1111111119011
111111811
lib in so
pally leads 11110 the
11011111. 111! the return
'ly increased but even
, ill be months before
ice reached. and vexatious
ays m bound to occur. One thing
1.. will ‘cause additional contusion is
lné rule that was adopted 11: 1111111;
claims coins in through two channels
Person‘s having stumps to be redeemed
ille their claim with the local colloc-
tor, Who verlilhs it and then sends it to
Washington. The claimant is required
to torward the stamps direct to thte
department. With both claims and
packngcs coming in at the rate or a
couple 0! hundred 11 day. it is not
strange 1f difficulty is axpe'rlonced in
getting together both the claim and
the Stumps in a given case.
As was 111 11,11 ox cctcd there has been
no and 0! 001111) at of all sorts Cinc-
of the most common kicks is because
of thc rci‘usnl oi the odpnrtincnt to
honor claims for tho redemption of
check stumps when prosontenl in quain-
iitics of less, than $3. The. rcquireiuont
that prool must be shown that. slump-.1
were purchased from a. collector or
dealer within thp past two years is
another hardship in the opinion of the
public. The law controls both of these
matters and Commissioner Yerkes is
slvon no authority to vomit: them. it
is also stipulation that slam must bc.
presented in the same condition as
when issued. in order to be redeemed
or else a satisfactory explanation given
for their nltcrcd appearance.
The authorities have rejected many a
claim because of the suspicious looks
of stamps. Home of which burn all the
earmarks obviating been subjected to
the washing treatment. it has also
been necessary to return nnumbcr or
claims because.- of the failure to tile. sul-
ilcicnt proof that the stamps had been
purchased from n collocmr or internal
revenue or from a dealer. Evidence, on
the danger otrcdecmlng counterfeit
stamps.
Despite the removal of So many tux-
cs beginning with July 1, the internal
rcvcuuc receipts for the the first week
of this month were nearly double what
they were a» your ago. This is account;-
ed for by the fact that brewers and
tobacco men bought in tremendous
supplies of the new stamps of reduced
denominations on July 1 No decrease
in the revenue is cxp’ectcd to show for
the month at July, but tho falling of!
will appear during August and will in-
crease thereafter.
OOLUMBIA TO DEFEND CUP. ,
Reported that She is boatload to Take
the Place of Constitution.
NEW YORK August 11) w’i‘ho Frost
snys: it is rumored ivory generally in
vn'chtlng circles that columb'ln in den
tinsd to take the place 01 the constitu-
11011 for tho America' a cup. It l‘n 11111111
that even 811' Thomas 1.1111011 1111 been
unomclnil‘y informd 1111 he umy 111:
t to mini against COIumb‘lu
. J. P. M11111 on being 11111111 to on
use 11111111111111 the subject said the
discussion was premature in sprint
at the trill rascal But «1211111 1111111
is "berth 'ucly considered 1111,1111 :
doinl-diflildl‘ notlcc' such as its qua-z
sn- 'l'lio'ih’nt‘ Lipton 111111 recoil; on in no
of ,cohrso, of;
unwilling willi ‘bo 11111111911111! utter
the trials. 11111011111111 omsto
ever, that 1111 (11111111111 tibu.
$113011
, watchcd vom- 1151111111111: in “til 0 trial
lhc north 111111 West :1
at the stump divislo . ‘1
1111111111 or 0111111131111, 1111:
vepresenung u claimiior refund on so ‘1:
1.1.1 to, keep up to lists with '
Th‘c‘e 111 liepthmbcr. i
HARTFORD August 1-0-——A. J Welcli
has dropped out of the Grand Circuit
line 101 a Week order to look nits!
some few business domlhl relating to
Chortcl Unit's tor looming. mpctlng
its talks optima icofill‘y or this non
cons Grand f'Ciicbltf 1111211113 and says the
meetings are exciting moro interest
than in cithcr 01 Lbs latest hall- dozen
,1 curs. lie saw Crusccua in each or his
record insulting 'silmts dud 11.1mm:
dent that with 11 good day and trncli
born he will step in 11: tile—cl! not ‘inster.
ills intact cil'ort wus not under the
most favornblc circumstances, the long
whit (hourly. two .1 oursl lot 11111111 in
the? bloom worhln to the horse's dis.
advantage rather than otherwise
Charter Oak‘s manug‘emcut nlrsudv‘
bud n contract 11111111 The About, con.
tingent outbooutcomc oi the racc at
Brighton Beach,» the, horse at that time
holding the, (hamplonship At once
his mark was photon by Gmscous, M1
Wclch 11111110 “3311111 ruggemcnts with Mr
Ketchup: bitii Y to those with The 1111‘
bot‘s ownor. so that tho horses would
come together .herc whichcvcr way the
Brighton Beach battle wont. His plnn
to 11m cnch horsc uppnm say on Mon
duy find go sppnrslcly ixgninsl the
world’ a Ictoul Then my two or three
days lute! to go loncthor {01 that hon
or. Mr. Kctchum has nlicudy engaged
training quarters ntl“ hm tor Oak Park
‘und will comp horn lrom Blighton as
now planned to take his prcpnrnton
work.
With this nvlvled attraction. the 810,.
000 stake and the great Horse llovicw
sink» to be determined the outlook is
that Obnrto‘r Oak’s new century meet-
ing will ccllpsc anything of its kind cv-
ur hold in this country. The Charter
Ouk stake Is to be decided on tho novel
plan 0! each bent winucr gutting $1 000
which makes it possiblo 101 ono of the
contestnnts to cnrv y oil 361300 by win-
ning in straight l1cnts.'l'herc is no
,‘cousolutionf' resorvo this your. Horse
men are already making the thus that
Will not the passing 0! this historic
event this season. Tbnt Charter Oak
is quite as fast, if not taster, than any
track in the country. is shown by the
results of lost season '11 meeting, when
the 76 beats trotted and paced nvorng
odd " 90.116 The lost half is especially
inst, which is n grout help in a. quick
mile. /
Tho management has returned to the
old daydor deciding the $10,000 stake
and that event will be on Thursday‘s
program ‘
Already ounrtors at local hotels orc-
bcing engaged by intending visitors
11nd even boxes are already being so
cured
Mr. Welsh 1‘11 already made sntisiac
tory nrrnnxem‘ontn with both the trol
icy and steam roads to chord the most
convonient (militias possible for roach
log the grounds among which will be
in thirdn-sil 111111.11 down and back 111
ircnucnt intervals. Special trains will
also be run to Now‘flavon and "Spring
field and on Thursday both to‘ New
York and Boston
'i‘ho meeting opens Monday; Sept. 2
WW
wlDEMOSRATIC PLATFORM PLANKS.
‘ ' ‘-“Mo.,Auguat 10w-
813111110 fluorite, 11 on i torlvicw
fot the principal 11111111111 of, the
Dc 013111110 1111111111111 111111 111 or 19111
,, camp 1111111 111111119
tho militiamen. .11le furnish writ»
ing matoilnl and supplies for the sol. '
1 liters. us is their custom. This will he
no elcvcnth encampment that the
talc-I Y 111.0 A. has had hcndq‘nh‘rl‘
ova, at Nlnntlc during the cncump
1111111. Each year its popularity is nibro
pronouncod and the appreciation oi
the mlllllumcn is implicated in letters
at are cccciv‘cd at tho: headqunvtcrs
111‘ lbs Stats Y 111.01 Allin New Ha
‘ ven E. ’1‘. 111111111, tho societnry of the
State 1’ M C A.,1s making proparn.
, ‘rtlons tor camp wookl Secretary Baths
has nrrnnged for ‘c
evening In tho Y. M
militiamen. Last hour Secretary
‘ Bates was successful in géttlng Clon-
oral Howard to visit the encampment
nnd deliver an uddrcss to the mumbcrs
01 tho Connecticut National (111111111111
a lecture for camp wool: Secretary
‘ Bolus this your made 1111‘ 11mm to how
Lieutenant Robson. tho hero of the
Men 1mm, come to Nluntic nud givc o
‘hhort talk to tho militiamon Lléulcn
ant Hohnon lind‘ promiscd to come
some time ago, but *ussignmonts made
by the Navy ilcpnrtnient since sc'cro-
tnry Bates was in correspondence with
Lieutenant Robson has mode 11 change
in the pious necessary, and Lieutenant
Hohucn has notified the Y. 11.0. A.
, people that be will not be chin to go to
Nlnnilc next week.
There will be plenty on uttructions
for the militiamen during the week at
the Y. M. C. A. tonti Secretary Bates
has prepared a program of» the cuter-
tninments.
On Monday evening, Walter Ecles.
nu impersonator oi Bunion, will on
tertnin the militiamen. On Tuesday
evening George C. Darling. of Boston
11 cm loaturlst and humorist. will be at
the tent. and on Wednesday evening.
W, C. Cowlcs, of Boston. the “Blind
hutcrtaincr," willi‘ulvo dome oi his
npecinltl’cc. 1011* =Thursvlnv evening,
the Amuhion Quartet Concert Cour
pony. of New London, will be on hand.
Secrotnrv Bates will be 111 churge of
the tent this arctic, but one figure
which has been conspicuous in post
, cncnmpmcnts will no missing that of
Rev. J. H. James. 01 Rockvillc. who
was known to almost every member
of the' National Guard in this state.
Mr James will not be on duty at tho
Y. M. C. A. tent this your on account
of ill henlth. Secretory Baton will he
assisted by 11.11. Spoonei or Bulls
livldgc. and A. ‘A. Stevens. 01' Clinton.
-w.» an...”
NEEDS Wit-'7 cauvssns.
m
Demonstrated During the English Na-
val Msnopuvréa a Week Ago.
LONDON August 10~—The Outlook
commdullng today on the naval man-
oeuvres. says: ‘WUIldouhtedly the ad-
miralty's reason for winding up the
campaign in 3' week instead of ten
days. is because of a sufficiency of un-
palatable truths forced home They
did not ship for further cdmonstru-
lions in the same line. "
The paper 1111111 says the chief les
son learned was the imperative need
of swift crulsors. .un ”there was 11
glaring deficiency in "lloiue sound
son in that respect. it common: that
the dcfenso. squadnons mo oeuvres
“ere practically the. some th t would
have been cal d 011 to gourd t e. chanl
n91 in case 0 actual hostilitis Thc
attacking fleet was interior numerical-
ly. but superior in mobility. ‘It held
the channel commerce at. itt mercy
from the declaration of hoslil Ice and
whipped the 11111111111. by cations
through tho; mm ‘11! av? t. cruiai
are and deptroycrs which sailed around;
the home squadron
The critic urgently sppcnls to the
admiralty to double the atrori'zth oi
the cruiser squndron and lo increass'
the speed of the new battleships to the
utmost limit of gun and armor cinc-
iéncy.
An intclodtlnn‘; 111111 is the tact that
the enemy’s cruiser spies se'pured a
mass of 1.1191111111111111 1131111111111 tho dc-
fence movements by picking; up the
home squadrons wireless mcsdaaoa.
SCARClT 0F COAL:
Mo Boat! '
SAN FRANDIBGO August 11.41111
Chamber or 0011111191110 has sent 11 coin-
muuicnthvn to.“
lve action to rcm‘e‘
dy the condition or ‘nnaif's 111 this 111111
calmed hr; tho mikes: 'i‘h'o mayor is
mu a proclamation a
1
1113 this not: or iolsncc and 111011111111. f‘
tlon must cons . ,
11111111111111
polio!
.,. . 11111:
or 11111111- Sets
wovcrlouil’cd 111111111 tiling of our
8111'an orderwhua idol arrived.
They are ‘01, a high grade d‘or—
" 01111111. dalntlly decorated in blue,
“brown ‘un‘d green, and. gold truc-
cd. "l‘hc shapes arc the ncw and
attractive onus introduced this
season. . 112 pieces in not. ,
. 510.00
Scum 111.111.1111
mlimt are still on 11111111 must be
sold during the present month,
though that is by no means the
limit of their usefulness to you.
The opportunity of n greatly re-
duced price now. two months of
service, and n Hammock as good
as new next year. is worth your
notice.
least not b'e‘i 5,,
0119s who, 0
"dozcn. h'av'c 1111,11"?
stnntlnlly in : price.
styles“ la chbwnnsqms oil,
750i is $4.50.
D'clls ‘
-—~oi all sizes and dressed every
imaginable style (that is proper
for dolls) are reduced to 11‘ really
shocking extent in price, 11nd .
Sillll'l‘lIAliliR'S MAN!“
10 LO‘MPI E’IE but Adapt-11119111 61 25c goods we have
placed some twenty odd pieces of Slvirtmaker s Madras, worth
35c and 401‘ yard under the quarter-dollar price card. Sortcd m
111 cpsome pieces of Andycrsou‘ s Scotch Madras. '
tomes oi Armnurs Toilntx‘Soaps.
recently reduced from 2515 1111111111
of three. cakes to'
15-0.
Strong as an 0‘:
,1
1
how—ox Tablets supply powér to the
brain, nerves, blood, stomach, bowels, liver
and kidncys-umake them strong. These
tablets are a nutritive tonic and quickly
produce the natural action required of
the several organs oi” the body.
At all dniggists; 2 5 cents.
,a
Norwalk Chronicler