Thisis our lastiilirtdit’ihi
the big store. foretodap we
Abebiii to remove the balance
of the StOck Ito the “Harrell
block. across the street. where
we" will dispose of what is
left at prices far below cost.
{Plentu of coed things
left for either dealers 0r 'con-
sumers. but we caunOt sueci
in for fear then should be
sold when called for.
Counters, Shelving. Ta-
bies. Show-Cases. Store
Window Shades and AWn‘
inns for saleat a sacrifice.
a L .t ‘ ‘
w. s. srurrrnvnu'r.
North Maiuqand Ann Sis. South Naipaul. 0t.
" 1 m 'i or“!
4:
Spring Floor
Covermgs.
. . We are now prepared to show a large 12m: 0/ Carpets
at all the popular grades. Consisting of INGRAINS,
VELVET TAPESTRY BRUSSELS. BODY BRUSSELS.
In China and lapanese Mailings we have a large .oart’efy
and attractive styles.
C/rz'na Mattinqs 12 l-2c to 35c.
Japanese Mailings 20c fol50c.
0f OIL Cloths and Linoleum we show all widths and oa-
. falls qualities.
Rags all‘d Mats in large “variety.
f Shades to order a specialty.
‘ DICKERMAN & SON
64 Wasnmgfon Street. South Namath!
..... uphill
”W.
Go: Carts
Just. arrived in time to goout with.»
the little tots these nice mild days:
When sunshine will bring the roses _in.
baby’ 9 check Our carts are built for
honest service at an honest prlce.:
Every mother takes an honest pride in.
her, ones. She wants. her. child to have
just as pretty and as comfortable Go
Cart as anybody. our line is one that
will cemmand your admiration and the
prices range from
$275 toiw$28
f alcoholism: Ideas
abomination“ reams
”its Duration in fluidly in earth Nor.
matinee on the following subject
will prove of interest to,- every south
Norwalk reader. 50 many poo to
w rough the some experience dI y
The spublfc statement should be proof
positive to every .purcrini; doubter-
Rmd noon
Mrs. Addie anti”. of 40 named
strrut. says; “My". emphysema may
not have been the primary cause of my
r do but the constant applicationa
thinly does not help it for backache
and that tired and weary reeling in
the lotus oppressed me and robbed mo
of my wonfet energy Reading one
night about cans Kidney Pills and
some cures they had made induced run
to get a box at Plulsicd's drug store.
They gave the relief at once. i amt
pleased to recommend them." '
For sale by all dealers. Price 60
FestorMilburn 00.,
cents a. box.
solo agents for the
Buffalo N. \’.,
United States
Remember the name Donn' s and take
no other.
HOW ROCKERWIéILLEDJCHROED
a.
Murderer"; Wife Tolls Method Used In
' slaying First Husband.
CHICAGO April 23. -—-A despatch to
the luteoOcoan from Rock Rapids
town, says: Upon the witness stand
in the trial of Charles Rocker, for mur
der the woman he called his wife has
toldhow the man. disturbedin his
sleep by recollections of the crime. on
noted before her the manner of his
slaying her former husband, August
sgéis‘ocder near Deon. iowa, June 30.
Rocker was a hired man on Schrocd‘
crs farm and after Schrocdcrs death
he married the widow an obtained
Scbrcetlcr's prepcrty. It was shown
that he has a wife living in Minnesota.
from whom he has not been divorced.
tints invalidating his marriage to Mrs.
Schroeder, and in this way allowing
' her to testify against him.
"Ono day last September he fr'actur.
ed the. skull of my boy by throwing a
wrench at him." Mrs. Schroeder mis-
tli‘led. . “That night’ho came in at 2
o'clock. lie slept uneasily. Suddenly
he sat up and struck me in the face.
ms eyes \vcrc shut tight
"Then he leaned close to my face
and said in a hoarse whisper‘ ‘August.
now 'i've got you.’ i was terribly
frightened and got out of bed and wall
cd till he awoke. Then I asked him
why he said that. lie told me ho had
kilicd‘iny husband, who i had always
believed had committed suicide. ‘
"He told me that when they went
to iloon. June 29 1000. be bought some
chloroform and but in morphine in
whiskey. When they got home, August
was taken. sick and thou Rocker
strangled him and hung his body in the
burn. where i found it.
“When he told me this. he put a re-
\'olver'at my head and told me if i
ever told he Would surely kill me as he
did August."
DEL LaflaAuNcO'B
COMPOUND.
LA DIES.
tutor Moon ts. Dru stuormall.
we. noticed"?
Llufrce n unruwcomnn olphloJ‘o.
O. A. R.'S IN A RUSS.
One of Stormicst Sections In History
of National Society. .
WASHiNG'i‘ON. April 23. —-—‘l‘he
stormiost; sessions In the history of. the
National Society of the Daughters of
the. American Revolution occurred yes
terday when the judicial committee of
the thirteenth continental congress by
Mrs. Wood. of Montana daughter of
Congressman Hill. of Norwalk. and the
daughters went into secret session
“more Mrs. Orton made this motion:
“Moved, That a general retool con-
sur‘e be passed by the thirteenth con»
tincutnl cougrcss‘ou those members of
the society who were guilty of the
gross injustice reported by the judicial
committee."
There one a storm of intermixed
protests and applause, a tangle of par
llamcntary sparring. the motion was
finally lost and later when the deors
were opened the committee report was
adopted ,
A THOUSAND DOLLAR'S WORTH
OF 8000.
"l have been adictcd with kidney and
bladder tro hie for years. passing
gravel or goods with excruciating
pain." says A. H. Thames 3 well
known coal operator of Buffalo. 0. ‘I
got no relief from medicine until i be
non taking Pole are Kidney Cure, then
the result was at rprfsing. A few doses
started the brick dust like substance
and now I have no pain across my kid.
neys and I feel like a new man it has
done me 81. 000 worth of good. " Foiey‘ s
Kidney Cure will orrre‘every form of
kidney or bladder disease. Sold at
Plaistod' 5 drug store. .
PROMINENT WOMAN DEAD.
NEW HAVEN. April 22. ”Mrs. Mary
Gregory. a dairghter of the late Rear
Admiralsarogory. U. S. N., is dead at
the New Haven Hospital. after a lins-
oring sickness. She was a sister of
the wife of the late Governor Charles
G. inter-soil.
A CURE FOR HEADACHE.
any Monomers or child suffer-mi
from. headache antennae" or a dull.
.l at drowsy feeling should. take one or taro
of Dimming: Little Early also“ nifiht
. and morning These tomorroiittio pills
are stamens becauso they are a tonic
airmail as a pill Whi is they cleanse
the system they strengthen and rebuild
,their tools effect? anon the tutor
and enroll, Sold by
" fitrusflggqrumuxtcA mogul; .
. '1 ”I m
t 133.com "’“ its?
_. dustry would ineiitsbiy result in dis.
Off! Pheo .
it till.-- m
Contamination
bordeaux Mixture is but
aCure- All. and flair Experts
Should Use fl~lhe New
typhoid ,Gertnicide.
Wt
\i’ASi-iiNti'f‘UN. Apr” zr.-.\'n scrim.
twill be at all warranted in attempting
i to purify the sources of drinking water,
according to the officials of‘ the Depart-
ment of Agriculture. by the use of Bor-
deaux mixture or other preparation of
copper in the ubscucmof explicit in-
sti'uutioun from the department, and of
the supervision of cornpotcnt uuthori~
ties.
“the premature publication of the
presumptive discovery of a .ructhod of
eradicating typhoid contamination has
resulted In numerous inquiries ud~
- dressed to the Bureau of Final indus-
try none of which can be answered in
advance of thc complt-tiou of a state.
iuont which is to bc used in the form
of a bulletin within the next two
months. but. for four that inexperienc-
cn persons may be lctl to undertake ex-
periments which are l-ikcly to result
disustrously. Albert i". Woods. chief
patholiglsf and physiologist of the de-
portmcnt has made a comprehensive
statement for The New York Tribune.
which followu: .
With regard to the work that this
office is doing in its laboratory of plant
physiology on the subject of algae and
bacterial contamination of water. noth-
ing more can be stated untillhc bulle-
tain presenting the experiments in dc-
tafl is issued. which will probably be
within the next fifty or sixty days.
An article which appeared in the
public press on the subject was based
upon a statement which i matlc to the
Agricultural Conuuitirc. and which was
printed by the committee in its regular
report. The statement. was not suffia
cicuily complete to warrant the pub-
lication of a newspaper article.
The simple flirts in the case. as has
already been stated. are that the rim
parturcnt has been working for some
time upturn process of ticstroying tbc
contaminating organisms above mon-
tioncd. and we believe that. we lirrvc
secured results that will be useful In
iho‘liuntls of. properly qualified per-
sons. The materials that We use are
preparations of copper. There is abso~
iutcly no disuut'ccincnt bctu'ccu Dr.
Moore and mysrlf in regard to the rut—
lure of these preparations. Tito loci
is that we use different preparations
for different cases. Evcrjy reservoir.
pond. lake or whatever the supply may
be, has to be cnrcfully studied by ex-
perts. and the proper treatment can-
not be determined cxcopt by such
study, The effect of the. tl‘cutincnt’on
the typhoid organism was if mutter eu—
tirely secondary to, rho main purpose
of our investigation We believe we
hate disco voted tonic important. facts
relating to the on‘ect of the copper
preparations upon typhoid fever and
related bacteria and inc results will
be placed in the hands of authorities
competent to iuduo of their usefulness
it the proper time.
Another errourous impression that
trains to be widely spread is that “'0
have a process that is calculated to
‘akc the place of the present standard
means of purification. This is not the.
use and we have not made any state-
«routs which could be properly. thus in-
Wrrmfltfli The importance of sand fil-
nation in getting rid of typhoid ornan-
turns in water supply is so well estab—
lished as to be beyond question. it is
a custom that rhould be adopted b\
may municipality large and small
'n public water suppilcs The value of
our process. is more in the nature of
supplemental methods of cleaning out
and disinfecting uith materials which
do not." have the poisonous property to
human life of ordinnrx disinfectants.
i cannot be too emphatic in the state»
noun-that. any method of» purification
must be controlled absolutely by fully
qualified experts. and no. attempt
should, be made by any person not so
qualified to meddle in those matters.
The facts: are. moreover. that. torn-
perstum chemical constituents of' the
water to be trmtcd and various other
conditions not only indifyu'hut coup
'pietely alter the methods of treatment
necessary for the eradication of infur-
tous bacteria. .The chemical constitu-
cuts of the Water itselfmecoss‘arilz' pro-
ducc a greater. or less effect. on the
chemicals applied as remedieiascnta.
and the, preparation indicated by the
conditions do. one imervoii would thus
. be ineffectual in another. or in winning
watch. The, same comment applies to
temporal conditions which are caps»
bio of rendering uorst than useless the.
methods which uould prove successful
under different conditions...» .
Experimentation. therefore without
all. the carefully peppered data at the
command of the Bureau of Plaid Ill
crediting the scientific facts developed
by the series of experiments conducted
, by Mr Woods and Dr Moore. and it is
for that reason that. they are flowing
in; to make public in an unofficial and
unauthentic form the results of their
investigatioms.
From what has been said it is ob-
tious that experiments basodcon parti'gi
data by inexperienced persons or thoée
without scientific. knowledge could in-
cvitibly~ prove worse than useless.
_ They would be numerous to every one
“ in the yielnity where mien work was ’
undertake and are out heartily not.
. “Ernest! that the plums nut W10:
More Liliane? ryf have linoleum
’3 e in
mercies. s it that;
and” in‘ ,rrt.
atrium announcement will
8
his
mental those a tale of- theme-
, who urecqnpetout to spank; ,
All will be seen an- ‘
"rite c'ougll flint tar... “it
in spite or an remedies neéd§
errérgétic and above all thor-
ough treatment. A mere
co'uglr mixture won't do.
Root out the cold that causes
the cough. ‘“
How? Scott's EmulsiOn.
Why Scott's. Emulsion?
Because it stops the irrita-
, lion. sooilics the tissues and
beats the affected membranes.
When? Right away.
Scott'SNEmulsion begins to
help with the first dose. ‘
We'll send you a sample free upon request.
SCOTT 5r IlUWNE. 400 Pearl Street, New York.
servers The bulletin will not be pub
fished for popular distribution. but all
bc free. to scientists, hesitlr officers ant.
scientific bodies who arc in n positfor
to furthcr the work of the Bureau of
Plant industry by carrying on further
cixpcrimcutntiou under proper supervi-
s on.
in its editorial comment The Trfb
uric says:
”The Tribune is able to publish or
another page today. an nuthorizer
statement regarding the new gormlcitl‘
with which the Department of Agricui
lure has been experimenting. Mr
Woods. (:lricf Pathologist of Secrctur:
Wilson, talks in it way that will fnupfrt
krcuter confidence in the scheme lllfll
did the premature reports which up
pcarcd a week ortwo ago. lio correct.
some of the erroneous fmprosafou
which lllt‘sf) produced. leis-pointed
out, for instance. that the addition of r
chemical compound to if water uuppl:
is intends-d to supplement, not. to rr.
plncn. filtration. ’i‘hus indirectly is run
the criticism that precipitating dccny
lug vegetable mutter would not be trip
purification Mr. Woods also makes it
item that the. svstcru in (rotation is it
be intiustcd only to' experts». and untilt
be a source of mischief if left to not
ll‘i‘Eu ~
“lire sponsors for “the propose
method of fighting typhoid fever rocog
nizc., moreover, that it. must undergr
careful exuminofiou by sanitary cost
more and bacteriologists before its in
\lll‘t’.‘ usefulness can be determined. N:
doubt the feasibility and safety of us
ing the "preparation of copper" on i
large scale will be considered by thcst
competent. to Jtiduo of its merits. l
the verdict be favorable. municipal of
ilcfnls will be encouraged to give if r:
trial. 0n the other blind. unless it:
homelessness to human health be well
tutublishcd. thcy will certainly lot it
ucvcrely ulonc. Two months are like
ly to elapse before the full facts on
ruutlc known, in tho ruvan time it
would be only just to suspend judge
rucnt concerning the sclicmc.‘ Though
some of the medical papers. with out)
the curly reports for their guidance
have condemned It... trips will Di‘UbRNY
r‘ovi.~:t their opinions promptly if they
see occasion to do so.
CHAMBERLAIN' S COUCH REMEDY.
THE BE ET MAD E.
"in my opinion Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy. is the best. made for
colds." says Mrs. Cora Walker. of For
tervflle. California. There is no doubt
about its being the best. No other
remedy will cure a cold so quickly. No
other is so sure a. preventive of pnetr
moniu. No other is so pleasant and
safe to fake. . Those are good rcas
one why it should be preferred to any
other. .The fact. is that. few people
uric-satisfied with any other after bnv
lng once used this remedy. For sale
by Stillsonl’owoii Corporation. Ciif
ford Pharmacy. Pierces' Bridge Phar
macy and Zeitfusa Pharmacy‘ "
.SIR JAMES , BELL COMING.
LIVERPOOL. April 23.-—The Cunard
Line steamer Lucanls. which sells for
New York today. takes among her pas:
sensors Sir Jarncs‘Bcll. former owner
of the Scotch cutter Thistle which was
defeated by the American sloop Volun-
teer in 1887 in the races for the Amo-
rica s Ciro.
BTOP Tl-IAT COLD. ..
w it may result in Pneumonia. Bra-
iitsn Balm is breaking up Colds when
aver tried almost. without 9 option
10. 25, 50c and 81.00 bottles. be Giff.-
O
ford. Baxter's and Plaisted’s.
COTTON MILLS RUN FIVE DAYS.
PMVTUCKET. R. L. April 23.—-Five
paths in this city owned by the J. & P.
Coats Company. . Ltd. went on s
schedule of five days a week today.
.The plant. which is the largest in the
cm emploves 3000 hands and pro
princes cotton thread. About 7000
”mill operatives in this state are work
ing on short time’schedules. due to
unfavorable trade conditions.
....__-..
MANY MEN TAKE STRIKERS
- ~ PLACEB.
BUDAPEST Hungary. April 23-»
Several thousands of new men have
applied for employment on the gov-em
merit. railways to take the places of
strikers. About 500 of them have thus
far been engaged. ,
WOMAN' 8 EDDY IN RIVER. ..
_ ’CHICAG April 23.—-—Tfie body of In
unidentifi well dressed women, about
forty years old. has been found in the
Dosplatnes River. Bruises on the head
lvea‘fitm police to believe the woman
‘w ssssss
received with the recreation-l 1 7
Mon' 3 Furnishings.
This department' is just inside the Main Street en-
trance, the first to the right. convenient for men who die-
like to pass long‘lines of‘ other counters to find what they
are after.
First. Underwear.
Here are several scasonabie items.
It is time for medium weight
Shirts and Drawers. We have an excellent quality in
white and natural for so cts. each.
Norfolk and New Brunswick, white. soft and fine.
most agreeable to the touch. with silk facings and pearl
buttons. $1 00.
“Glastonbury" in light gray, strongly made about the
seams and well finished. Sr. 00.
"Winstcd." in light gray.
silk stitched and faced, $1.00.
Saturday We have a Special in Men’s Colored Shirts of
heavy percalcs, blues and grays, with two turndown col-
lars, regular 50 ct. Shirts for 29 cts.
tor/2 only.
each. Sizes :6 and
/‘
For Boys. A Splendid line of Mother's Friend Blouses
designed to wear with white collars. so cts.
For Saturday. Special in
Lawn Blouses. fancy colors
and white. regular $r.oo‘ kind for 5a cts. . Ages 3, 4.‘ and
5.
One Hundred Pairs of Blankets.
They are to go on sale Saturday morning. Sample
Blankets that we purchased from an agent and may are
splendid value. Mostly all are summer weight and these
are the extremely low prices.
borders. the edges neatly
d
ten-
A fine line of ta n. gray and white with col-
A varied assortment in different colors and
AT 85 cts. White with red
stitched, ten-guanter size.
AT'gp cts. White with blue and pink border:
, quarter.
AT $r.ro.
' ored borders. twclvc- -quarter size.
AT $r.25.
white.
AT $2.65.
Fully one-half wool, white. soft. and. fluffy
nicely bound and finished.
Special In Handkerchiefs.
Another lot of those pure linen ircmstitched Handker-
chiefs with initials, 5 cts. each.
i
ADVERSE T0 MAYOR CHARTERS"?
NEW HAVEN. April 23. «A decision
JAPANESE GOLD. FOR THE EAST.
SEATTLE, Wash. April 23.-~A ship.
adverse to the contention of Maym'tmcnt; of Japanese gold amounting to
Charters. of Ansonfn. is his refusal to.
recognize William ii. Kane, Homer A.
Peck and Charles H. Vandercook as
"hold over“ members of theBoard of
Education of that city. was handed
iowu yesterday by Judge Ralph Wlioci-
er of the Superior Court. Judge Wircci-
or decrees that unless otherwise spo-
rltlcd. by the charter municipaiofllcials
strait hold over until the appointment
and qualification of their successors.
No obstructive provision. he declares.
is to be found in tho Ansonis charter
and the trio shall therefore be still
regarded as members of the Board.
SPRAINS AND UBRUI8E8 QUICKLY
C
When you gets sprain or bruise val
trrfble time may be saved by promptly
applying Chamberlain's Pain Balm to
the injured parts. it will cure a. sprain
in onethird the time required by the
usual treatment. Last..w: nter Herb
W. Edwards of Des Molnar. lows. got
a fall on an icy walk. spraining his
wrist and bruising his knees. "The
next day," he says. "thevaare so sore
and. stiff I was afraid I would have to
stay in bed. but i rubbed the parts
well with Chamberlain's Pain Balm
and. after a few applications all sore-
ness had disappeared. i feel that this
bottle of Pain Balm saved me several
days time to say nothing of the suffer
tug." For sale by Stillson Powell Cor-
poration. Clifford Pharmacy. Pierco's
Bridge .Pharmacy. Zeitfuss Pharmacy
NATIONAL GUARD NOTES. -
HARTFORD. April 23.--Loavc of Lab-
sauce for thirty days from April 20
has. been granted to First Lieut. Jet-r.
. D. Sullivan of Company D First regi-
mount! N. G. The application of
Major {Frederick A. Fox. Third reg!
mom, to be placed upon the retired
list has been granted. Colonel Gilbert
L. Fitch has been directed to call a
meeting of the officers oLtho Third
regiment to snake‘s. nomination to fill
the vacancy caused by the retirement
of Major lilo: -
.Ii‘dilor. & On. Chicago. originawd
Honeyiandfll'as as a throat and fungi.
rembdy audios account. of the great.
merit and popularity of Foley s Honet .
sndt‘i‘arimuny imitations are offered
for the genuine. Ask for Foley’s Honey. .
an! ’I‘ar and refuse. any mrbstiinto of
rered as no other preparation will give
the some satisfaction. 1th mildly lax.
.ativemmooatalns. acceptance and to
safest for children and delicate per
sons. Sold at Pldisted‘s drug store. “
l in . W» -e~h—-.
80 NED m SAFER +0.. . . ;
escapism rearrangement
lot m Westmnont. m: Stoned
1 bath tab at. boobomesestw
s it is monorail um idle
:wiula bathinfx- and was drowna
median examiner reputed n
We: accidental death. She was
old.
PlRATtNGt FOLEY'8 :HONEY AND
TAR
more than 6.000.000 you. has passed
through the hands of the Wells Fargo
Express Company. for the fast. The
money-was landed at Vancouver from
the steamship Empress of india. and it
is said it is to be used for the purchase
of supplies for the Japanese govern-
ment. It. could not be learned from
the express company to what city in
the east the money was consigned.
MEN PAST SIXTY IN DANGER.
More than half of mankind over six:
ty years of age suffer' from kidney~nnd
bladder disorders, usually enlargement
ofprostnte gland. . This is both painful
and dangerous and' Foley' 8 Kidney
Cure should be taken at the first sign
of danger as it corrects irregulari
tics and has cured many old men of
this disease. Mr. I’midncy Burnett,
Rock Port. Mo.. writes: “l suffered
with enlarged prestate gland and..kid-
ney trouble for years and after taking
two bottles of Foley‘s Kidney Cure 1
feel better than i have for twenty
years although i am now 91 years obi
Sold at Plalsted' 5 drug store. "
BRIDGE WORK BEING PUSHED.
DERBY. April 2 .e—The contractors
who are erecting t new steel bridge
over the Naugatuck rijt‘er here have or
tiered the work rushed and in course
quencc the men are we king 10 and if
hours a day. that tlrri ob may be fin
felted within three Weeks ,
THE BEST FAMILY SALVE. ,
DeWitt‘ s Witch Hazel air as instant m
lief from Burns. cures Cuts. Bruises,
Sores. Eczema Teller and all abras-
louo of the skin. in. buying Witch
Hazel Solve it is only necessary to.
roe that run get the genuine DeWift R . ,
and a cure is certain} There are many
cheap counterfeits on the me her, rtif
of which are. worthless. and nu e a few
are clan serous, while DelYittc Witch
Hazel ire is perfectly narrator's and:
cures; Sold by Clifiot'ttl’harmaey. ”
‘: bro You raves TAKE A PILL?
if it was _
nuns turn xi ,
ruuuit nits
younor run 95",. MADE.
.. inferior all a m as easily taken
as good ones; But inferior life do
rpm Wanna tutorial:
uwflwwgr“
plume is legion.
Warner ’“
Varanasi. Hus.
w w... transom. .r . .. r .
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