Nanotaon's Hauowairmo.
Is Penmanship Iiamsd for Some of
4 His Defeats.
upoleon. according to Alexander
Dumas. lost such battles as he did lose
sass he" wrote such a fiendish hand.
it hernia could not read his notes
etters‘ and the trembling mar‘
.ilrald of disobeying and strlv
ring to interpret the indecipherable
dummhnde, loltered wandered and did
not born 3 to the scratch, or not to the
light scratch. Thus Waterloo was
lost." Cannot you fancy Grouchy hand-
lag around Napoleon's notes on that
Ian lusty Sunday? “I say.” cries the
that al to his ald’e-ds—camp. “Is that
word Gembloux or wane? Is this Bin-
3 low?" 80 probably Grouchy
v for it. and the real words
. custom of these at which
w ..» is conleotdre. Meanwhile.
, till a hnd center d'Erion and .ler
w%hndfiuy were equally puzzled and
\ on sending cavalry to places
when it was very uncomfortable and
fl'ev'er hdt'e been apprised of these etc-
will” aces. His old wrltln master
hot on scene of act on. No
on o y. “Sire what does this
din 6 I9! a centipede mean. and how
are we to construe these two thick
sir/lilies flan ed by dots?" The imper-
ial temper as peppery; the great man
alga vs torn ol'l his interrogator' s
as and danced upon them Did
I: dot once drew his pistol to shoot
a lit e dog that barked at his horse?
And. when the pistol missed fire, the
great soldier threw it at the dog and
did not hit him. The little dog retreat-
Fed with the horrors of war. says a writ
in' Longman’ s Magazine.
Such was the temper of Napoleon,
and we know what Marlborough
thought of the value of an editable
temper. Nobody could ask Bonaparte
so the emperor never knew why.
Of all hisseven 3'1; eight theories of his
failure at that on his handwriting
was not one. Yet If this explanation
had occurred to him Napoleon would
‘ certainly have blamed his pens ink
» and paper. Those of Welson at Conan.
bases were very bad. “If your guns
. are not better than your pens " said a
Danish oilicer (who caps in under a
. Ila: of truce before the fight and was
united to put a message into writing).
“you had better retire. " ,
Hotbor~Does that young lady you
intend to marry know anything about
, housekeeping?
Son—Not a thing I' ll be the happi-
est man alive. 1 don't believe shell
“figunb‘ once in ten years —l“ew
(N0 WAITING
moon the acts here. Four harbors
to dit’end to your needs
“Remember the running hot vvstsr."
disfiguring specs in the
not. have a tooth insert-
;hs done without loss of
st, dlaopmrort by our
rti’il'clal Teeth are per-
mice and use. They
admits functions” lof the
. . ‘ a ‘
moth time in
, temper
did no ‘aor of good. Napoleon may
came here to View the remains. She
. advance in medicinalasd surgery than
king of England spy a physician called
good the pretentious of their crowns
'-
causeo A courtlcr or lDEAS.
—-————-..
Western Girls and Eastern Woman Dil-
aorse in Regard to Chapsrons.
The two western girls were on a vis
it to the east and they were enjoying
themaehea immensely. But somehow
there seemed to be a conflict of ideas
between them and their hostess. She
had strict ideas of propriety. and they
apparently only thought they bad.
They had determined to show that they
we‘e fully up to date III social mat
tars but—here' a what happened.
IIIo western young men happened
so be in New York at the same time
and they Invited the girls to go to
the theatre. with a supper to follow.
The girls premptly accepted it.
'lne hostess, in whose charge they
were. ralsctl her hands In horror when
she heard of it,
“It will never do.” she said. “You
must be chaperoned on any such on
casion as that." ,
"Cbaperoned!" exclaimed one of the
girls. "Why ofvcourse we’ll be chaps
ronetl. You don't suppose we'd neg-
lect such an important feature as that.
do you? We re not entirely ignorant of
social usages.”
‘Then It' s all arranged?"
“Of course, it's all arranged."
"i'm glad of that." said the hostess.
with relief. “but it would babe been
just as well to consult me. Who is to
cbaperon you?" i
“Why. Ethel will chaperon me and I
will chaperono her.” was the ingenious
reply ——Brooklyn Eagle.
JOHNNY ON EASY WRITING.
i dont believe ’twas hard to do
When Homer wrote of Troy:
There were no rules for him to watch
No grammars to annoy.
He had no slang to guard against-—
He spelt the easiest way;
The subjects were not threadbare then
Because he had first say
And Dante had it easy. too.
In Florence when he wroie;
He made each phrase as he went ’on;
There were. no words to quote,
The common talk of every day
Was good enough to use;
“Too trite" was something never
heard. »
There were no terms to choose.
Old Chaucer had no task at all;
He wrote what came along;
He put down just what people said,
And couldn't spell words wrong.
You see no one had tried before
To write this brand new speech,
So Chaucer fixed it his own my
For all the schools to team.
it wash ‘t bad when Shakespeare lived:
The right no one could tell'
There were no distionarles then-
No wonder he wrote well ’
Now it gets harder all the time; ,
Each word must mean just so;
The very term you'd like the best
is one that will not so
~Anns q. Murphy.
MAN DEAD IN STAMFORD STABLE
STAMFORD, Conn” April Elle-The
body of a man found deal” priest. in
a hayloft. at the staple McNei-
iy. has been identified as til or Fran-
cls B. McCall. The Identification was
made today by McCall's wife. who
lives at 313 East Thirty-sixth street.
New York. The medical. examiner de-
sided that the man died from alcohol-
ism. and heart .
EATING TOO MUCH.
Nothing could better-illustrate the
the manners recently shown to the
in (ionaultailon\ by the royal doctor in
0rd nary
After the patigdfllslgiimgue had been
protruded and p 0 taken and a
few fun A q . a asked.
“You eat tooimuc ." was the laconic
diagnosis “l'll send you a prescrip-
tion." and the lord of the liver with-
drew. leaving the lord of uncounted
millions of various hues and all cults
astonished and exasperated.
The doctor in ordinary is said to
have followed his brother leech to the
outer. door, protesting against his
brnsque behavior but livers are much
the same the world ever. end kings'
livers have no divine rights. whatever
Had the thallium of Kin: Hal's
presumed upon erora'l
e we have all a
Thames bridge with his head. For in
earlier days doctors were their powers
itsdicme was not far
I be bet on had not started.
honey runs is spending the after-
noon in Nw York.
The regular meeting of Colfax llln
campmcut will be held toulgbtu
Fire dcsttoyed a large portion of the
woodland above Cannon Saturday
night. .‘ ’
On Wednesday event? ,
Apperson the baaso. II
High School graduation.
Il. ii. Malmo. Charles Buckley.
tlmrgo Wicks and Fredeiick Smith
are spending the day in llildgcpoIt.
William M Appcmm.‘ the well
known buss soloist. Is singing this of
ch'IIuIIII. lIi ii llii‘ltt‘ concert In Now
York. '
iluc game will be played In tip! meI
tournament of the Nor wulk ll‘ll‘l‘ I'tIIiI-I-
this evening. (‘lIaIIes Scluuuuu Illti
will play IIavId It] Hughes 50. '
A jolly party visited the mud limiters
in the harbor yesterday. The party
comprised Jacob Schaub. Will'vm Gaff~
ney. George Leslie and William M. lipL
person.
No new patients have been admitted
to the Norwalk Hospital during the
past couple of days but those already
there are doing nicely according to re
ports from this institution this after-
noon .
ISI‘I’INGMIN-‘WIIRIWT. .
“Many peculiar questions come up
for decision in the bookmakl-ng game.
raid a wall- known penciier Ithe ‘othe‘r
afieimnoon
‘I once had a man present Inc ll
ticket calling for 3107. which ho had
cud-led ll" winter. and handed it to
me at the opening of the season in
Chicago the following year He had
made the btt with me on the last day
of racing at Chicago bstring lakeside
William M.
sing at the
horse won but the loan did not present
his ticket and I left for California a
few days later. still owing that 8107
which was the only bet paid on the
sheets. I knew the man fairly wall but
did not know where he lived or where
he could be found. so the money re~
mained in my bank roll.
‘Wben I returned to Chicago the folo
3107 man. He gf’eeted me pleasantly,
shook my hand and than presented that
ticket a bit worn. but good as gold.
Turning to my cashier I bondtd him
the ticket and asked:
‘ aloe. Is that race official yet?’
" ‘Yas. Sweeney just called in on,’
answered. and i said:
Pay the man (I.
catch a train'
”Another funny thing happened to
me at Sarntoga Ii few days ago. This
was soihetblug 1 had never heard of
before and dont believe It has has»
nentd since. A man bet me 815 on
«me old skate there one day and after
the race was over he came back and
.cIIIanocd his mom y saying the home
So it
hadn't. lie was entered all light.
"dds poctrd on him in the ring, and
the pump of the jockey gltcn. but thc
horse failed to go to the post and no
me seemed to know win. Finally I
told the man he had leer and that i
wouldn't give him back his 315.
“Then he went to the judges. but
they said they did not recognize bet-
ting and told the fellow he would have
to do the best he could. The judges
‘tnrw the horse had not started or cv-
en faced the barrier. and upon investi-
gallon learned that the owner had for-
gotten he had entered his horse and he
never left his stall The judges lined
him 8200 and told him to try and re-
member that.
‘.‘Weil this fellow finally came back
with his ticket and Insistcd that I re—
turn his SIS.
i am a gambler and so are you. be
said ‘You know that the rules among
gamblers are that If I haven“ t a chance
to win I certainly cannot lose. I did
not have a chance. as the horse was
never in the starter's hands. Now.
then. you may take your choice of pay—
ing me or I will tear this booth to
pieces in five minutes by the watch!‘
“I lokcd at the fellow to see If he
was bluliing He was as cool as a cake
of ice. and I believe he meant every
word he said. i waited about three
minutes when he began to button up
his coat and took another look at his
watch. I thought he might creste'a
disturbance which lit the and would
cost me more than no. so I paid the
mnney back and the man aiked away
I saw him many times a r that and
be nearly hlways speculated with me.
He may bavo thought i was easy and
that he might have to put through
another bluff sortie day. and wanted to
have a cinch on It. ”~Buffalo Tiaras.
THE SYMPATHIZER.
Ladies. be careful. Very careful of
your statements. says -the Louisville
Tlmes.’ Some of them are as wild asu a
hall player‘s throws. ‘ Dominant
woman here in with met a gentle
on Fourth street recently, and noticed
that be limped painfully
"Why. how are you. my dear Mr.
Lame.’ she exclaimed kindly. “I am
sorry to see you limping. though I can
sympathise with. you." _
"Thanks. media), but can you "' was
the astonished reply. as Mr. Lame
glhnced curiously at her. .2
, "Yes, indeed “ she said, “I handset
whitt is troubling you."
“What!" he rmsr ed. “Why, I new
er heard of It s it possible that
you are limits f‘affsct 2" And was
eyes traveled. the tenant
shoes his knee high a deck.
Jon. cefiizly. rlu halve the“ bottle
I“: In I no u. canto you."
Then If Lame moved
out when an safe distance «sum:
"It you have the same thing that I
have. main. what Is ltf” “ 3‘
Mm.
be
He wants to
where the syndicate book prevails. The .
lowing spring anti went to booking. '
about the first man i saw was this ‘
amnesia-N's
otdylimo
Wm
but” cannot in you in lpulti-rua
in pieces silewlao. lull. ri‘llliNllllii‘l \\i
and you can buy it now for l‘III luluw
m
We. cull III you. wlIaII-ver your size,
our
IIsi’ltvy IrIIIIu li‘nsier broke Olli «In: I( all
Imvo your sizn Ill some good pnilI-ru
D. Gottlieb
11 Mirth Main ’31., pops» Norwalit.
’ ' THE LEADING DRY GOODS Stoke.
NISH.
lls cui value. ' Sill dud 8|. ' nulls now 6.
$7. 98 give an Idea of Ibu‘cut. BRU SELS CARPETS.
VELVET CARPETS.
TAPESTRY CARPETS.
INGRAIN CARPETS. -
WILTON RUGS.
BRUSSELS noes.
“‘7
SMYRNA RUGS.
access...
an WASHINGTON s'rumwr.
“OUT" NOR\VA I .K
l’AlLOii. CLOTHIER. HATTER.
Foamsnsa.
n I’ISFP
BMM'HIEA
It Is
Significant
that so large a numberof the best
dressed men everywhere are
wearing Kelser- Baratbea Cm.
vats. Such manavsrage well up
In intelligence and good taster _
Our stock of this choice Nockwcnr
has again been replenished in
Illucka. Whites and Funcics.
Ask to sue. the Kclaerdluruihcn.
It‘ull llrcss Tic. in cotton. :25 cents
L We close evenings at ti o clock.
except Monday. \Vcducsday lllld Sui-
urduy.
Telephone 13342.
~
SPECIAL
Saturday
Top Coats for men, made up of
Covert and lined with Serge. $4.98
Trousers—Ail Wool Black Chev-
iot. $1.69
. FOR BOYS.
Blue Cheviot and Gray Plaid Knee
Pfiots, which were 50c.
The regular 75c quality In Knee
Plots for boys from ‘3 to 15
years, .
A Blue Serge, lined throughout
Knee PIR'.-fh°88 that were $1.
now
Those that were $1.25,
35c
49c
59c
75c
. 9”
Harry Goodwin
MAHADKEMO HOTEL BLOCK.
Seed Potatoes
and
Garden Send:
A CARLOAO OF EACH JUST RE-
CEIVED.
We are sole agents for the LeRoy
9-Plpw. and “Harding 3 Chick Food.
Flour. hny grain straw etc.
Dinner 8 Helene.
22% Main street fillet-walk.
M I pardons
{is E. Ii. edema.
arid/eat Washington Stu
Old Bank Building.. Up Stairs.
. .s s o ,
‘ils‘ ready to :rsoaive her was
with shill has of trimmed and patrim—
"Inca bats. Special bnrgains on randy
\
..
I0 pc. Toilet Sets. assorted
TRISTRAMIIHYATT
NO. 2 and 5 GAZETTE
FLOOR COVERINGS.
ANYI‘IIING IN Till‘. IINF OF N 00R COVERINGSNVE ARE PRlI‘ PARED 'I O FUR‘
BUILDING.
LINOLEUMS—all qualities.
OIL CLOTHS—AII widths.
CHINA MATTINGS.
JAP. MATTINGS.
CREX MATTINGS.
WINDOW SHADES.
CURTAIN RODS and POLES.
AL‘L WORK DONE IN THE VERY BEST POSSIBLE MANNER.
HOUSEFURNISHING DEPT.
I
m PC Toilet Sets. filled in Wash Boards for stationary
tints ................. $2.25 patterns .......... ~_ _ _ . $4.50 tubs ................. .. 35c. . 1
to pc. Toilet Sets, tinted 5 in. jardiniercs. assorted Clothes Lines ............ 10c.
and gold . . . . . . .. .. . . . $2.95 colors ................ me. lo qt. Bread Raisers ........ 49c .
IO pc. Toilet Sets. gold, 6 in. Jardinieres. blended 25c. I4 qt. Dish Pans. heavy tin . 29c.
stippled .............. $3.75 Asbe'stos Sad Irons, per set. $1.50 Sleeve Boards ............. 35c. ‘
TRISTRAM & HVAII, Norwalk, Conn.
Glover’s The Place
.t
In» all leathers and made In
very hobby lasts.
$3.50. pr.
Wear Shoes Thai Fit.
idIaior Cbtrlioil
General Contractor.
TIONS. WATER WORK Oh‘ ALL
KINDS. GRADING ROCK EXCAVA-
TION, MASON WORK.
email or Large Jobs of Any Kind.
Estimates Cheerfuily Glynn.
26 Wood St" , So. Norma“.
sou/{em some.
DISTRICT OF NORWALK. as. Pro-
bate Court. April 11, At, D..1903.
Rate of Phebe C Seeley. late of
Brooklyn in the city and state of New
York deceased.
The Court of Probate for the district
six months from the” date hereof for the
creditors of said estate to exhibit their
claims for settlement. Those who neg-
lect to present their accounts, propel“
1y attested. within said time, will be
make immediate payment.:to
rues J. MEAD.
West Norwalk.‘
Administrator.
mam
SEWERB AND SEWER CONNEG- ‘
0f Nonralk hath limited~and allowed ,
debarred a recovery. All persons ln~ ‘
dented to said estate are requested to .
I'HE
IOME
)F LQW
3RICE8.
29-3I
West Washington St
The Path of
Satisfaction
Leads to our door." Wise '
people not onlu know bar-
gains but know where to get
them. That addednisior the
crowds of people you see in
our store even] dau hi the
week.
Cash or Credit.
We like to keep repeating that
statement because we mean
lie-and we also like to keel)
on sailing that if a purchase
does not turn out satisfac-
; loriln we want son to build
‘it back.
Open a. Charge Account
Norwalk Chronicler