‘ sys. 'At Port Angeles
as" will be spent in maiine
ltd target practice. 1
Charles Shumwoy, of Oneida. is the
1‘ possessor of a very rare and noortaln-
, iy unique book which was evidently
intended to instill into the minds of
' the young of the South during the civil
war the vast superiority of the Confed~
1 crate soldier's over those of the North.
The books contains 164 pages bound in
light yellow paper board, with a green
cloth back. The title page explains
that it is
An ,
Elementary Arithmetic. ‘,
Designed for Beginners.
Embracing the First Principles
, of the Science.
By ..L Johnson. A. M.
Professor of Mathematics in Trinity
Gelioge.
Raleigh, N C.
Bronson dc Farrar,
‘ Fayettevllle Sh,
, 1864. '
Here are some of the piohlems by
which the author sought to teach the
pupils the first principles of a1lthmctic
and belittle'the fighting ability of the
northern soldier at the same time. ,
“Seven Confederate soldiers captured
21 Yankees and divided them equally
-botween them; how many did each one
. have. "" i“
port the naval reserve will
or a two weeks voyage along
ore target practice will be
while the reseive is aboard
hen join the Asiatic fleet.
ser Boston will remain at
and and undergo a general
as and renovating rm
0 weeks She then will return
Froncisco, wher orders are ex-
.iute‘rests during the trouble
‘ lug on account of the tactics
ed y the Colombian revolution—
battleship Oregon is expected to
or Chinese waters in about two
Ital: she recently came off the dry
It d is said to“ be in splendid form.
10 raiser Phi delphia is to go out
mission and will undergo gen-
a‘lrs at the navy yard. It is
at! l‘obablé that It WIII be fitted
‘ a ioew battery.
ODUCTION OF BASEBALLS.
‘ oductlon of a baseball is an
a n’pl‘moot as unknown to the
Pennsylvania factory alone, and
great many of these :1. 50 apiece
[a powerful batting of the big
star will come up to the require-
1 or league work.
fie market" for baseballs is cntim
_ this country, with the exception
mull and recent demand that has
oped in Cuba and the Philippines
the Boxer uprising In China
, numebr of balls were exported
just thirty minutes. and it often
‘ that its :llfe on the diamond is
The professional leagues
in play during a game from
in new bails. which are never
e'xccpt for practice. Ama-
t in play two, three or four
R” atcording to thdlr wealth. Where
. . Ill halls go is a question that
{jbeen solved but several mil-’
or every season When the
as on the season's output
wwl—w
H by Contrast—"if you had
, during the summer, as l
_ , old not be obliged to has
not coldly.
replied the “monomer.
ot lazy you would never
lire. such a reputation for
lggflpf these fine Silk
openers or patent
_ steel rod. Illlt mien.
e‘ilflr price, $8.60. going
in“ Israel rod. silver
M close roll Iain:
1 enthusiastically greeted their
"if one Confederate soldier can whip
seven Yankees how many soldiers can
whip 49 Yankees?”
“if one Confederate soldier kills 90
Yankees, how many did he capture in
all?"
In the preface the author says: “The
great demand at this time for books
of an elementary character in the
southern confederncy has called forth
this little volume. ‘ * ‘ Should these
pages be deemed suitable, by an in-
telligent and dlscriminatingpuhlic. by
an introduction into our primary
schools. we promise shortly a work of
higher grade, embracing all the mod—
ern improvements in the science of
arithmetic.”
it is believed that but one other copy
of the book is in existence and that is
owned by Cornell University.
~—
BERLIN GUARD CORPS PARADE.
BERLlN Aug 30~The autumn pa-
rade of the guard corps occurod this
morning, bn the Temple of field. in
beautiful weather and in the presence
of the emperor and empress, King
Victor Emmanuel of ltaly and other
important personages. Huge crowds
majes-
ties, the démontsrations being parti-
cularly Wa hi when. after the parade.
Emperor“ illism and the ltaiian king
rode back“ to the castle at the head of
the tree
Charles Barnum, of Norwalk spent
yesterda‘y‘in New York city.
Rev. C. M Seileck, of Norwalk will
preach in Salem and Mwishoro tomor-
row. . '
Miss Gerti’udc Halloran. clerk in the
Boston Store, leaves tonight on her
annuol vacation of two weeks.
Prof. Jesse A. Hopsou will resume
his violin instructions next Tuesday
after the summer vacation.
Rev. William llowo Duper. of Corey
Pa., will preach at St. Paul‘s church
at 10:30 tomorrow morning.
A handsome picture of the capitol
grounds at Washington has been plac-
ed in the window of Frederick Pitaer' s
cigar factory in Main street. Nor-walk.
.Charles EM Mlk‘In, of Brooklyn, will
spend the sub ath and Labor Day at
the home of his parents in North a‘ve
nus, Norwalk.
m
The Violin Students' Orchestra will
begin their fall rehearsals next Pris
day evening at the home at Director
1011111: A. Hopaon in lllaplc street, Nor.
wa
Mr. and Mrs. James Davis and an»
Ada McGuire left for their home in
Johnstown Pa" this morning utter a
several days' visit the guests of Albert
Davis. of Wilton Ivonne. Norwsl it.
Mrs. Sarah ill. Winters and daugh-
ter. Miss Bessie Kent Winters of New-
ark. N J. and Miss Lyds N. Vosburgh
of .1911on City are guests of Attorney
and Mrs. 0. ll. Vosburxb. of Court»
landt Place.
Mill 1.111111. Frances (lode. of Nor-
walk. will shortly resume her studies
1 at the New York College of Music.
Mindanao has already iced I record
H j u '11 pianist in this cola one that may
more t1nature yam would be proud
Clarence 111mg“
,brouflght Iui ,
1 hensvsr a man recoiv
halt a dozen copies of the pop pin and
was not then imbued with stimulant
gratitude and enthusiasm to becotne a
bonafide supsc her his name was
stricken from the list. But for some
reason Joseph Rinker was more fortu»
unto. Time has time copies of the
Journal were forwarded to him. and at
last the perseverance of the publish-
ers was revvarded. They heard from
Joseph Kicker. But the new n me in~
directly in the shape of a on ‘ i‘ am
the postmaster. who told them that
their papers addressed to Joseph \Bin-
ker lay uncalled for at his cities. the '
reason assigned for such a state of “£9
fairs being that Rinker was dead
The girl who had charge or the sam?
ple copy department of the establish-
ment had a large number of Wrappers
written ahead so obs day about a year
later another pape was forwarded to
Joseph Rinkor. The same postmaster
was still holding forth in the little
town, and be promptly discharged his
duty by sending the editors of the pa~
per another card. Again he informed
them that their period at was a drug
in the market, and the in underscored
letters at the foot cf the notice. he
mote this characteristic sentence:
"Joseph Rinker is still dear ."-—-Ncw
York Press.
it was at the Wild West Show A
young man and his best girl sat in
front of the observer. Next to the man
on the other side, was a Hibernian gen-
tleman. As the show progressed the
b1 oncho busters came on. Ed. Solders
mounted the. ugliest pony in the bunch
and immediately there was somethinu
doing all over the foreground Ed.
stuck manfnlly to his saddle until the
beast. in a frenzy of anger. rolled with
him. When the broncho had conned
pawlng the ground about the prostrate
man and had hiked off into the gloom.
they picked Solders up insensibie and
carried him away it was a blood-
curdling scene. It scared the best girl
so that she grabbed the young man by
the hand and buried her head on his
shoulder, while he supported her with
his arm. When it was all over she rc-
covered her composure and blushingly
resumed her dignity. There was a
tense silence. At last it was broken
by the Hibernian gentleman. who,
nudging the young man, remarked. in
a stage whisper.
"Say, lad. pray hivcn that another
wan av thirn guys gits foired ”
“Have a cigar. " whispered the young
man. with an understanding look in his
eyes.
Dexter W. Fellows. the press agent
of Buffalo Bill‘s Wild. West show.
whose aim in life is to keep all labor-
ers in newspaper work on friendly
.terms1wlth the exhibition. is an old
Princeton football player who booted
out glow for the orange and black in
the days of “Snake" Amos and his
1 compecrs. Mr. Fellows gave up a sub-
editor‘ s desk in the oillcc of a big New
York newspaper eight years ago to link
his fortunes with the circus band and
the hoarse-Voiced canvasman. "it is a
little odd to find a bachelor of arts
booming an lndian outfit," he says.
"but it's more profitable and much
more conducive to longevity than up-
lifting tlic multitude through the col-
umns of the daily press I am foiccd
to travel a good deal it is true, ‘but I
sleep like a Christian men in the night
time. and not in the day and i am
never forced to work twenty hours out
of the twonty~four, as was sometimes
the case during busy times In the old
omcc. After the first flush of youthful
enthusiasm you know, one doesn't care
half as much for journalistic glory as
one dons for a peaceful life and stick-
els.”—-Exchange.
1 “Ever see a crocksman strike a
match i“ asked Chief of Detectives Mll-
ler. “No? Well. he does it with an
exaggeration of gesture such as you
see in base bull pitchers. He crounchos
low down. draws the match quickly
over his trousers. rises and throws his
arm high above his head as the dams
sum”. and Iron touch the, match at
once away. having given blinseit just
time to take a quick legit «about him.
He scratches the match 11 down; thus
you. if you are there. has the so:
in one plies. ‘ile lifts it above his
head and thus the sound and the light
in two different localities at almost the
some time confuse you. and if you .
shoot at the items you do not hit
crIckImsn. Ho throws the m it
quickly away. so that you may not
have the look Iround the room that he
obtained"
w
“The tendon limiter" tell: this
story of a discussion at I university
debating society. in which it was en- '
sued? Ethut "£200 a year is the but ,
come tor I. Ipsaker.’ One I
pond themot
_ r
out Tailor,
WE TAILOR
FOR LADIES
as well as ior men
Enquire for Prices
Opposite Hotel Hamilton.
Chas. J. Kctcham,
- STOCKS.
BONDS.
~ " GRAIN and
‘ COTTON
Bought and sold for Cash or
Carr-{pd on Margin.
93 WASHINGTON 37111557:
501m! NORWALK.
oowsm norms.
M
DISTRICT OF NORWALK. as. Pro-
bate Court August 28, A D.,1902.
Estate of George A. Wicks, late of
Norwalk in said district, deceased.
The Court of Probate for the District
of Norwalk, hath limited and allowed
six months from the date hereof for
the creditors of said estate to exhibit
tthr claims for settlement. Those who
neglect to present their accounts prop
orly attested within said time. will be
debarred a recovery. All persons in-
debted to said estate the requested to
made immediate payment to .
‘ JAMES l 'HOMMEDlEU
HESTER WICKS 1 1
1180 ad 13 1th Administrators.
3135—32...-
NOTICE.
TOWN BILLS.
All Bills against the Town of Nor-
walk must be presented on or before
the 29th inst...” the selectmcn are de-
sirous of having no outstanding indebt-
edness at the end of the year, which
is August 3ist.
SAMUEL LYNEB.
‘ JAMEBA. BROWN.
Wi MM 13. REED.
1126 St . Selectmen.
ENTEE‘TAINMENTS ’
HOYT s~ militias
SATURDAY, AUGUST 30,
First Presentation of
FRED E. WRIGHT'S
Magnificent production 6! the prettiest
of all pastoral plays.
YORK
STATE
FOLKS
Presented by the
ORIGINAL GREAT CAST
and the most elaborate production ever
1 made of a pastoral play.
60 People on the s o,- including a
Vested Boy Clio ’ of 80
PRICEQW .
KOY'l‘ s T .
LABOR WW. MONM. .
' Matinee andn‘flnalit.
The Bins-t the in
Yfifiity in Years:
s Ill HENERY'S BIG
" MINSTREL
' SENSATION
1.11mi. Most Expensive. sen lliin-
strsl Show in the World.
Complete Change. mouthing blow.
1 mm hetero has ouch I
Lam and minnow ,
sported their item I
use Lawns and Dimities,
25c qualities. .
Wash Silks. good‘stvle.
Large Rlattérs,
Dinner Plates.
BreakiiSt Plates,
Tea Plates. .
Seven inch Bakers,
Two- quart Pushers, .
All ' Fine" Wash Goods. regular we had
_'l2lc
1“ .‘i
, 5c Summer Silks, 50c quality,
White Lawn Shirt Waisls, 75s and $l
quality,
25c “ Colored Percale Waisis.
1013111111an DEPARTMENT.
Whit; We re.
FamilySc‘aIes,
lilc 1:--l:.arge Fry Pans,
3° Mrs. Potts’ Sad Irons.
c, 1
So bond Pails and Shovels.
l0c Slop Pails,
156, I Sugar Boxes,
I
Tristramd Hyatt, Norwalk,
We will continue our Special E‘August Sale of all kinds of
, Summer Goods. and Still lower prices Will be made to close them
out. »
35c
50c 1
Elle
All women are not devoid of the
reuse of humor, if one may judge by
the way some wives manage their hus-
bands.
_...*.w:%...mwwm_.m. ,.....- .. . ......
BOY’S
SCHOOL
SUITS
$2.40
‘ Reduced from
5350 $4.00 and $500
Now is the time to clothe your
boy for the coming school term.
Such suits will never be sold
again at so low a figure.
BIZES 7 to 16.
We close ovenings at 6 o 'clock
except Monday. Wednesday and
Summer.
I IIAVIS‘ 81 SUN.
TAILORS enormous
names. roamsnaas
85 Washington strut“
scorn nonwsuc 1
‘ Telephone 138-12.
29-3l
”West Washington if
Astonishing
Bargains.
Prices Mercilessly Cut
on Worthy Gouds.
Blahk Duck Skirts. and Black”
and Blue Polka Dolled Skirts.
with Double Ruffles, torment) .~
sold at $2. 50 cloSino‘ out;
_ now ior
Our New Fall Styles in Millinery lil‘
riving Daily .1
See Our Window Display,
We aim to make your shopping here
pleasant, agrepsbie and profitable.
and if A. withdt iust tell the sales-
person io charge your purchases and
paw 111 Mile easy sums on our popular
Norwalk Chronicler