; , Experiences in Newspaper Of-
' 1 floss Illustrating a Point.
, things are more common In the
ace of an editor than the re—
are not. pleased with facts found
., the newspapers, 'charglng Inaccu-
pon the reporter, The case
ich the average person will
‘, ”will rather not hear or see slip
sliced through his consciousness
then persuade himself that it nev-
Ill mysteries of human nature.
striking instance of this is re-
,m by the Brooklyn Eagle. it had
‘Np’orted a vigorous sermon by the
, Dr. Hillls of Plymouth Church.
EM had commented upon certain of
doctor's remarks concerning Dr
Lyman Abbott and Grover Cleveland.
A] well-known Brooklyn physician
note lndignanily to the editor that
.,Hillis had made no mention of
, either of these men and that a re
motion was in order.
The Eagle replied by showing that
the report had been made by Dr. Hil-
lills own stenographer, that the re-
., VII revised by Dr. iiillis and’
ti: n-sent by him to the paper, which
ubiished It without the change
. A the or a word or a syllable or as
ammonium point!"
, few years a go a member of (Ton—
I complained vigorously that the
tors spoiled his speeches by rev
m int them inaccurately, A few days
every paper In Washington pub-
, Oil; an absolutely verbatim report
of one of his speeches takcn down
under oath by an official court sten-
spher.
The conntrv roared with laughter,
and the honorable gentleman was al-
most washed out of his seat by the
flood of ridicule. Such an exhibition
of M grommer, mixed metaphors, re-
,tition, er-ing and ah-ing and unlin-
shed“ sentences had probably never
been seen in type before.
' It Is safe to say that for every time
R reporter misconstrucs the jumbled
wordsof an excited man there are a
and!“ when he saves him from
lllt‘suoh ridicule by making his re-
marks intelligible and grammatical
without in the least altering his mean-
“ lam—Waterbury Republican.
7"When I was a boy In Lowell, just
filter the war." said a Massachusetts
.man. " l.met Gen. Benjamin 1“. Butler
on the street one day, and following
him was a boy who was yelling ‘Old
Ben Butler! Cockeye Butler!’ and
dodging and running whenever the
general made a motion to catch him or
strike him with his stick.
“ .‘Bqn,’ said he to me, ‘1'“ give you
any cents if you'll thrash that boy; but
.Jl‘Wsnt you to thrash him good.’
. ' .“ ‘What do i get If he thrashes me?“
.“1 asked. for as a Yankee hey, I want-
. .94 I“ there was In it.
“_‘A umber if he whips yeti. and ill-
. cents if you thrash him. Now, give
it to him good!’
“I; mule for the boy, who was about
. n, sise. end in a second we were mak-
Iig the fur fly. We hadn't been at it
long enough to give any idea of the
outdone when one of the two or three
policemen of the town then had
'kl‘lhbod‘the pair of us and marched
' its '08 to the station house, which was
but half a square away. The general
followed. and after the charges were
gmade against us. be said:
. 1 “ fifow much collateral do you want
to release this boyi’ indicating me, ‘i
know his parents and will send him
hone'
ul
t
Vedollars will be enough, gen—
‘ j said the man in charge. which
. the general not up, and I left the sta-
, _ Ith him.‘
' ”.13 your attorney, I think yen
had better go fishing tomorrow.‘ said
it _ ‘flo early and stay all day. Here‘s
My cents. You didn't lick him,
,_ be have you would.’ '
,i'ltook his advice: the case was call~
widths next day and my recognizance
We forfeited, Ind I heard no more of
t; “The other boy got off with a lec-
m. {believe
"Then years after that. while Gene-
a‘sliutler was in Congress, I called on
i, .hrouht myself to his recollection,
in “through his good unless i obtained
stories! position which I held for sev-
tyoara’t—~Washington Post.
i.
., allelnen of Fashion
“chimes. Barber.
. in!“ “mi. south Norwalk.
losing Out
“of iii-semantics.
r
' Our $2.00 Ladies’ Sh'oe is
‘ well known for its Siulish-
ness and Long Service.
F. D. LYON ti. CO.
THEY “JEBT LAFFED-"
Reception of News of Appointment By
Cabinet Officer's Old Neighbors.
Postmaster General Payne tells a
story about an old friends of his who
used to be attorney general of the
United States ten or fifteen years ago.
After he had been in office a few
months his heart warmed toward the
place of his nativity, an obscure little
town that nestles In the lillls of New
England, He had not visited the town
for many years, and he longed to,see
again the people and the place.
So he took a week of! from his cubi-
net duties and bled himself to the
railroad station. The next day he
landed at the depot ot' the little'vll-
Iago where he had first seen the light
of day. lie drove to the village store,
hitched his team outside and going
within joined the group of villagers
that at all times, day and night, clus-
ter about the center of the store.
They met him pleasantly, but none
recognized him. He made numerous
inquiries about those whom he had
known as playmates and about the
people generally of the day when he
was part and parcel of the community
in a very dimlntitiVe way. Some of
those about whom he inquired had
gone to other towns or states, Some
had passed In to the great hereafter.
b‘llially‘he shifted one leg over the
other, and in an innocent sort of way
asked them if they remembered a
tow-headed boy named —, and be
mentioned his own name.
"Yes," several of them said. they had
remembered the lad.
Then he asked if it was true that
that boy (meaning himself) had gone
to Washington. They replied affirma-
tively. and added that the young fel-
low lmd since become attorney general
of the United States, '
“What did the people her say about
him when they heard of that appoint-
ment?" he asked.
One of the old farmers shifted his
quid of tobacco from one side of his
mouth to the other, and drawled:
"Say? Oh, they didn't say nawthln'.
They jest lofted."
RULE or= THREE m DEATH.
Operatic Superstition Fulfilled
Sibyl Sanderson's Cue.
Operatic artists are especially prone
to believe in the superstition that
tragedies collie in three. So the news
that Sybil Sanderson had died In Paris
at a comparatively young age for a.
singer. led to the question, Who will
the other two he? in this case ample
fulfillment of the superstition seem-
ed to come In a short time.
First. Theodore Relchmann, remem-
bered for his great strength. died sud-
denly in Germany. As a matter of
fact, his heart had been weakened by
his habits. but he was only 53, which
is not an advanced age for one in his
profession. He had, moreover, been
very much excited by the refusal of
Gustave Mahler to renew his contract
with the Imperial Opera In Berlin. ex-
cept at a mtich reduced salary. Wlnc
kelman, the noted Wagnerlan tenor.
had to submit to the same conditions
which caused the baritone so much an-
noyance.
Reichmann had frequently spoken of
his apprehension of approaching death
to" colleagues In the Vienna opera
house. A few days after he closed the
season with a performance of "Hans
Sachs," he was to start on his vaca—
tion. After the performance on that
evening he presented his score of "Die
Melstersinger von Nurnburg" to Franz
Schalk, with this dedication:
“Schalk. you're a fine chap. May
you and all my colleagues live long.
and this glorious theater. too. But
for me this is the last night."
Then the news of Cremoninl's death
came within a few days. He was two
years younger than Sibyl Sanderson.
He had returned to his native Cre-
mona for a few appearances in the op-
era there before the season closed. He
postponed them on account of 111
health, and died after a very short Ill-
aces—Exchange.
In
A REGULAR COMMUTER.
Goes To New York Each Momlng. Re-
turning Home At Night.
For the last ten days the employee at
the Mount Vernon station of the New
York. New Haven and Hartford Rall-
road have been curious to learn the
Identity of a dog who seems to have
become a regular commuter on the
road. The dog answers to the name of
“Jack," and is a mongrel. '
"Jack" usually arrives at the sta-
tion panting from exertion to catch the
8:47 train for this city. He waits until
he sees a good chance to get on the
train. and after all the passengers are
on board. he makes a dash up the
steps and into a coach. He hides under
a seat. At first the conductors and
brakeman chased him and kicked him
when they caught him stealing rides,
but he has since made friends of them
and they have come to respect his
rights, at least as much as they do the
rights of the other commuters.
, The dog, when he reaches the Grand .
Central station, bounds off the train
and disappears in the crowd. In the
evening he returns. and by watching
for the Mount Vernon commuters man.
ages to find the train for that city.
Yesterday “Jack" was put off two
a the
afternoon he. was seen getting off a
train hon: this city, showing that he
had come here despite the efforts of
the station employe- to power». him.
When he cannot get a train. “Jack”
trains. and than disappeared,
histsllbetwsanh
Will 1!
GOOD IIAOON AT IILLI III-AND.
Improvement Oasisty Meeting, Satur-
day Night, Was Vary satisfactory.
The Bells island improvement 50-
clety held a meeting Saturday night,
at the Itctsof Cottage, at which the an
anal report of the treasurer. Dr. .1. ll.
Strohmeyer, was presented and read.
The report was an itemized one and
will later be published and sent to the
members of the association. it. show’
ed that the season had been a highly
prosperous one at the Island, All the
bills have been paid and there still re-
mains in the treasury about :35, Con-
sidering the number of radical ini-
provements which have been made
there this season. this was a remark-
ably good financial report.
A committee was appointed to see
to the building of a bathing float to
be put in place on the East Beach. next
summer. This will be greatly unpre-
clntcd by the cottugcrs and their
friends,
The meeting adjourned until next
Saturday. when the final mt 'lng of
the season will be held.
NATIONAL TROPHY MATCH.
Will be the Event Tomorrow and Wed~
nesday at Sea Girt.
SEA GIRT. N. .I., September 6~—The
flower of the marksmcn of the. United
States who are here to participate in
the big shooting tournament, rested
today.
The national trophy match, which
will occur on Tuesday and Wednesday
is open to teams of twelve men each
from the United States army, one team
from the troops stationed within each
of the military departments. the Unit-
ed States navy. United States Marine
Horns and the National Guard. The
dlstanets are 200, 1100, (:00. 800. 900
and 1.000 yards, ten shots at each
range. The team making the highest
average total in the two (lnys' contest
will receive the national tronhy pro-
vided by Congress, and 87:00 in cash.
TROLLEY CARS iN COLLISION.
Two Persona Kliied and Thirty injur-
ed in Haverhlil, Mass,
ll.‘.VEiliiil.l., Moss, Sept. Ii.—In a
collision between two trolley cars on
the New Hampshire Traction Coni-
pnny's road at Pelbam, N, Il.. torlnv
two persons were killed and about.
thirty Injured. The headquarters of
the road are in this city but the. scene
of the accident is nearly llltwcti milk“
from linverblll. A large number of
the injured were taken to a hospital
in Lowell and six were brought here,
GOVERNOR AT LAKE GEORGE.
NEW HAVEN, Sept. i‘».—-The Sec-
ond Company. Governor's footguards.
which. toeether with the First Com-
pany. of Hartford, will not as an escort
to Governor Chamberlain at the dedi-
cation ol‘ the Lake George mounmcni,
at Lake George. N. Y., Tuesday. left
here at Szlo tonight for Hartford.
where they will join the liartford men.
The company, consisting of about 50
men, was In command of Motor Al~
hcrt kl. Johnson. The trip will occu-
py three days.
FIREMAN OVERCOME BY SMOKE.
MIDDLETOWN Sent. 6.~—Flre this
evening in the livery stable owned by
Fred Aitwell. on Center street. caused
a loss of $1,500. The fire started ‘In
the loft among some buy from an un.
known origin. and besides burning a
crest quantity of bay, badly damaged
the building. Fred Ilunt, n fireman.
was overcome by smoke while stand-
lng on a ladder. He fortunately fell
astrlde one of the rounds and hung, on
conscious, twenty feet above the
around until carried down by other
firemen.
RECEIVED SENATOR LODGE.
PARIS, Sept. 6.—~Presidcnt inubet
today gave an audience to Senator
Henry Cabot Lodge.
A SCOWL THAT SAVED A CLIENT.
The following story is related of
General Clay‘s power as an orator:
A man was once being tried for mur-
der, and his case looked hopeless in-
deed.' He had. without any seeming
provocation, murdered one of his
neighbors in cold blood. Not mlawyer
in the cotintry would touch the case.
it lokcd had enoueb to ruin the repu-
tation of any barrister.
The man, as a last extremity, appeal-
ed to Mr, Clay to take the case for him.
Everyone thought that, Clay would cer-
tainly refuse. But when the celebra-
ted lawyer looked Into the matter his
fighting blood was aroused. and. to the
great surprise of all. he accepted.
Then came a trial the like of which
has seldom been seen. Clay slowly
carried on the. case, and it looked more
and more hopeless. The only ground
of- defense the prisoner had was that
the murdered man had looked at him
with such a fierce. murderous look that
out of self’defence he had stntek first.
A ripple passed through the jury at
this evidence.
The time came for Clay to make his
defense. it was settled In the minds
of the spectators that the man was
guilty of murder in the first degree.
Clay calmly proceeded, and laid all the
proof before them in a masterly way.
Then. just as he was about to conclude,
played his last and master card.
“he!
"Gentlemen of the jury." he said,
Zassuming the fiercest, blackest look.
and carrying the most undying hatred
in it ever seen—~“gentlemen, if a man
should look at you like that. what
| would you do?"
. That was all he said, but that was
enough. The jury was star-tied, and
some even ouaiied In their seats. The
judge moved uneasily on his bench. Af-
ter about fifteen minutes the jury flied
slowly bark with a "Not guilty, your
i Honor." The victory was complete. .
When Clay was congratulated on his
easy victory, he said:
"It was not so easy as you think, I
spent days and days In my room be-
fore ihe mirror practisingthat look, It
took more hard work to give that look
than to Investigate the most obtrnse
case."-—Innisvllle CourierJournaI.
“W’en or man don‘t tek be but off if
do ladlesflsaid Charcoal mph. in one
of his ruminating moods. "yO‘ lass
peep nodal: in bat an' see of he ain'
are News. ‘
s
' "Wail, mum. it‘siike dis
FOIIMAN AT VOLK'I RIIIGNI.
Frank R. ltsvons Leaves Because of
ill Health. and I. succeeded by
Charles Flynn.
Frank R. Stevens. of South Main
street, resigned his position as foreman '
of one of the departments at The Volk'
lint Company's factory. Saturday ul-
ternoon. Mr. Steven‘s has been in ill
health for some time past, and was com-
pelled to make the change in order that
TiliE LEADING DRY, GOODS STORE;
m_m W...“
H 'uonnavfi seer. 7. i963.
TRISTRAMdHYATT
he could recuperate, and recover from
a severe attack of rheumatism.- ilc has
been employed at the factory for many
years. anti has a host of friends who
will wish a speedy rctunt to health.
Charles Flynn, the well-known
prompter and also a retitlent of South
Nor-walk. succeeds Mr. Stevens.
MANY VISITORS TO THE SEA-
SHORE. ‘
The travel on the Consolidated itall~
road Saturday and yesterday was
among the largest in the history of,
the road. The railroad officials had
prepared a special schedule, which all -
so Includes today and many trains‘
were run In two sections and all trains
had several extra cars. Several hun‘
drcrl people cattle down the llanbury
Division yesterday for the purpose of
spending a couple of days at the vari»
ous shore resorts Tlcl' 't agent
George W. Harris. yesterday morning
sold over one. hundred tickets to New
Rochelle. to people visiting (lien is-
land.
SIGNPOST is STILL NEEDED.
The need of a sign post to mark the
turnpike to Stamford where it runs
Into West avenue, has been recently
told in an editorial In The Sentinel.
Yesterday this need was still further
shown. Chief of Police Vollmer stated
that five automobile parties bound for
Stamford, had come down Into the cen-
tor of the town and been compelled to
ask their way when they reached the
water. if the sign post was erected
there. It would lessen the number of
autos which come through the center
which would make traffic much more
safe for everyone.
Special Sale of Muslin Underwear.-
in calling pour attention to this sale of Muslin Underwear:
III the making of them.
dollar do full dulu. will not miss this opportunitu.
we wish to state that each assortment has been most carefully se-
lected and exceptionallu. good qualitu oi muslin and trimmings used
Our customers who wish to make even)
490 lot consists of corset covers. low neck. lace trimmed.
ribbon and beading.
590 lol includes a nice line of long and Short skirts. drawers
and night dresses.
- Shirt waists reduced to 250. 500 and $1.00.
Colored percale and white lawn waists were 50c. now 250.
Colored percale, gingham and madras waists were $1. now 500.
Colered percale. gingham. madras and lawn waists were
$1.50, new $1.00.
EXCURSION TO NEW HAVEN.
The excursion yesterday on the
steamer Iiatnoton was attended by a
crowd which was bent on having a
mod time though their numbers were
not quite up to the carrying capacity
of the boat.
The boat went to New Haven and all
enjoyed the trip immensely. Today,
TRISTRAM & HYATT, Norwalk Conn.
NO. 2 and 5' GAZETTE BUILDING.
the steamer will mrkc her last excur-
sion of the season and will take a
large party to North Ilcuch.
STRAW HATS GIVEN AWAY.
There was a great rush of boys to
the Washington stri‘i‘i store of Scllcck
& Price, last Saturday afternoon. The
uiirnrtiOu was an Immense box of straw
huts and the sign "Take One." Inch
ind helped himself, and. although there
were many hats, they were quickly dis-
posed of. The firm does not believe
in carry stock over to the next season.
llc
llcar me!
arbutus!"
Willis lirooks tells 1n the iirooklyn
Bugle about a woman who at a soda
- io‘untuln the other evening called for
vlcby and asked the attendant for a lit-
sugnr. “i always put sugar
vlchy." she explained to her compan-
ion; “i like to see it acquiesce."
mine woman recently ptit her hand to
her side, and with an anxious expres-
sion on her face, said:
pain right there for two or three days.
I hope i ain‘t going to have
"i'vc bad
This
in
It
MANY GOING TO BRIDGEPORT.
A large delegation of South Norwallt
people are expected to go to Bridgeport,
this morning, to witness the parade of
the labor organizations of the Park
City, and various places throughout the
state. The affair will he the conclud-
Iug feature of lln- Old Home Week cclc»
bratloii. and Is ixncclcd to be a most
Imposing SIIOI‘iIit'f"i.
BIG ENGINE NEARLY READY.
i.“
MI sit up:
GNICHIITII'D ENGLIS
Havana.
II 1 d3
‘. 'A'IE. Alloy-Minnie
is RED
"one. Ila] of your [Maggi-t, m Irntl In.
and “Italic! M Lorilee." no later.
In" lull. Imam! lr-IimunI-ls Mull
all fir-gum.
I
’1!th
h
All uh [Irani-
m oriicimsrnws 'ibs-omsu
and Gold Int-Ills has». nun-d
with sin-trillion. T-Ire no other. Refine
Mannie ennui-u... and lulu
ains-pl rm Particulars. Tsunami-Is
M
(‘hlehr-ior Pin-Ion! (‘0‘
“for. Moore. I'IIILA.. IV.
by
The big engine for the South Nor- .
walk Municipal Electric Works has
been at the South Norwaik freight yard
for several days, and will be carted to
the power house. tomorrow, and place-.1
on Its foundation, which was complctml
recently, and which has been getting
dry and solid to bear the heavy piece
SURPRISE FOR THE DOCTOR.
into thc‘omcc of a Philadelphia doc-
tor came a tired man one morning this
week. who wished treatment, relates
the Philadelphia Ledger. The physl~
clan put on his eyeglass. looked at the
al . . ' r ' -
man‘s tongue. felt his pulse, sounded 32:31: kypptmi‘o‘atfl Km“ 1““ mom”
his chest, and said:
“Same old story, my friend. Men DOUGLAS,LACEY&CO
cannot live without fresh air; no use . .
trying. Bankers, Brokers. Fiscal Agents.
' "I could make myself a corpse, as
you are doing by degrees. if i sat down
in my oilicc and didn't stir. '
"You must have. fresh air; you must
take long walks and brace up by stay-
Ing out of doors. Now. i could make
a drug store out of you and you would
think I was a smart man, but my ad-
vice to you is to walk, walk, walk."
“But," doctor." interrupted the man.
"That‘s right: argue the question.
That's my reward. Of course, you
know all about my business. New.
will you take my advice? Take long
walks every day—several times a. day.
and get your blood Into circulation."
Pa
In as
Dividend
al Stocks makin
Members New York Consolidated
Stock Exchange. 66 Broadway and
17 New Street, New York.
E. BALDWIN HAMM ITT, Manager,
Western New Ed land branch: Head aar-
ten: Suite 60-65; )5
lie Block, Hartford.
Denney 8. Hull. Special Representative.
Ream 1, Lauder Building,
80am Not-walk. Conn.
“f Mining. Oil. Timber. Smelter and
ri possible Lam:
interest and Profits, list; and unlisted. our
“But my business—" said the pa-
tient. '
"Of course your business prevents
It; everybody says that, Just change
your business so you will have to walk
more. By the way, what is your busi-
ness?“
"i'm a letter carrier," meekly re-
plied the patient.
IN SUMMER WE—
Sew..day and night. to get ready to
go away.
Shop like mad.
Eat ice cream and ice water for
lunch.
Spend hours in the hot sun under the
impression we are having a good time
—picnics, excursions. sailing parties,
etc.
6qu down quarts of ice water.
Bleep In a draught. because it Is so
heavenly to be cool.
Drink all sorts of queer combina-
tions at the soda water fountain.
Run a ball around a ten-acre lot and
call it, golf, \
Then we wonder with a sigh why
summer time plays us out—Chicago
Journal. »
——..[_. ‘
“I should think you would be ambl-
tlous for political distinction." “No,"
inswered Mr. Cami-ox, "i don‘t care for
it. HY .dsughtsr has studied painting
and her pictures of me are funny
enough without callin! in the lid 01
any professional «mu—Wash.
fusion Star. ' ~
"How did you become L
j.
lowed
{Io
Glover's The Place.
m
The Elite Shoe
for men, and
The Perlecta
for Women.
mama
$5.50 .
combination that has
no superior.
cat—«w? .
£ .
The styles” are (specially
pleasing to
particular people
BARGAIN I ‘
DAY. '
as \o’rtg
8.8 “3% Th
main \a business on
m\\\ sc\\ reads-tomcat
garments tor men,
women and chMren,
on the east; segment
than.
Steak cabochon in
sport; department.
Seeds doughnut
without regard to
0“\§\l\h\ cost.
READ. ,
With care aud'procislon the journal
I clerks of the senate prepare the daily
chronicle of the senate's doings. They
are proud of their achievements. and
justly so. file a cause of sore disap-
pointment to the makers of that jour-
nal when some thoughtless senator.
eager for the morning‘s business.
mom to suspend with the further
reading. ' -
‘ -, Oiixasclsrh around the desk 1' loam-s
erss wads: Weeks an: on;
T'Are you «Failiifiinf m1 Tab;
by f" "Yes. we hue a passing scannin-
tsnce." "0b. as much as that?" “Yes.
We were at the
She passed and
Plain' Dealer. c
Mrs. Nurich—a—i called to tell you that
i don't want you to teach my children
common fractions. ' - ,
Teacher—But they can't be educated
unless they ' fractions .
umbo't object to the
hull [don‘t “it
(live
sage card table once.
‘ did.l."—Cleveiand
I? .
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