I
‘ J transform sold and miserable
‘gheings into creatures of joy and
glsdness.
ilemake pleasant the bleak and
dreary days of all the year.
J turn cheerless Winter. into gen-
j : Pia] Summer and make a change of
‘ . climate unnecessary
3,1 AM COAL!
eeemeeeeee were
\
l
Lessons
anemones-142w sea as};
W ,4
linger Ludiow
Q financier
....;s. l. sEniutss -
fl" CONNEALLY 8t girl
.,.
sewer as:
p
SHOES a
"let Women :3“
i
Emerson Shoes
for Men
“tiff:
'1‘
‘o
High- Cut Shoes'};
for Boys and 2"
Girls .1.
CONNEALLY 81‘
Spec
Boys" Stilts
' and Beys’
.
iAKOB 2 1-2 to 1.7. Will sell them sl-
most at half the price. Come and be
convinced. ‘
Gottlieb’s
11 noun-t MAIN s‘r.
-<._..._... I»... ..
, Just received six cases of Men's
Sample Shoes
in iiusslaCaIf and lliack, buttdn and
blucher. in all latest styles
” at $3.25
*3: BRACKEN ::: :fQi
Every Pair Win-ranted
———MAX LEVY
169 WASHINGTON BT., BRIDGE
1 . sou-m NORWALK
Edwin C Butts ...Tel Eour- Four- One;
\\'livnc\ei mu (loan )(iill :tttit.‘
or cellar. remmu‘imr \\“m. idi‘i‘ron.
3.3 Fort St. Built Nt'irwalli. \\"é
pay it: Ill, Ifm‘
" RAGS
and best prices tor inbhois met
his and leather beds Orders out
i of town must be sent a (It!) ahead.
‘ < " lliliiii AAA illitillli
Overcoats
Willem In".
, 'QWilliamQBesz. a Nweilknownhw
so... than of Donbury, died Thursday
afternoon after three weeks’ illness of
pneumonia. At the time of his death
- he was owner of the stationery and
picture-framing stem .at 240 Main
street, Danbury. Mr. Begs was born
in Aberfeldy. Scotland, ilftymine years
ago. Mr. and Mrs. Dogs were smar»
tied in Edinborouah Scotland and a
few years later came to 'Ilpubury,
which city they made their home from
that time on. Besides his wife Mr.
Begg is survived by one son. William
Bong. of Danbury, his mother, Mrs.
Jane Begs, of Danbury and six dough-
tors, Mrs. ’l‘.li. Bacon, at Rochester.
N. Y., and Mrs. F. Ward DeKlyn and
the Misses Margaret, Christine. 'Ther-
can and Joan Brigg all of [)nnbury.
The funeral will be held at the into
home, 20 Orchard street. Danburi’. at
2 o'cloek on Sunday afternoon.
James Merino,
James Marine, of iii Maple street.
died early this morning of pneumonia
at the age of to years. The deceased is
survived by a wife and threechlldren.
The funeral services w l he held Alon;
day morning at 9 0‘. non f-rom Si. Jo-
seph's Church. The interinebt will fol-
low in St. Mary's cemetery. The death
i.ur .\ir. Murillo come as a shock
' many of his friends. He was the null
known and popular . hooiblsok at
“Immiph w, l.)ri.-yi‘ii:is' cigar 810.13 in tin-
thitluu‘keino Hotel bierk .nntl his ”I-
“was was of Shun: durutitui. l-lis tam-
iii) hum the sympathy of many frigate
lll lliclll' lit Et’il‘t' tillli‘llt m.
Jacob H. Elmondorf.
.iurtn. ll, I‘llillt‘dltlm‘f tiled ycstr'i‘Jnl‘
morning, iii his home. is} illuri. ltork
immune. initicopmi. anwi nevi-iiiy’rialit
‘ yours. lie was it retired lll'llt'] proprio-
:ltii and death um: rim-- to immune of
ion :tiitutl unis in .tiItlllllHl to his
lulie. two daughters sumitc. The dc-
irons“! nus piopiloim of a hole Ill
liioiie island. near South \‘orwuil. for
Imorc III: iii an Wm ‘i‘hr fnnt'rni vriil
lilt‘ hold Mdnday itlli'lllmli‘l at: Quill u-
!cioch. interment will be In \ioun
lain Grow cemetery, Bridgeport.
Frederick w, Bosch.
Frederick W, lit-arh. n (Titil War
j BUY
Haselton
‘ veteran died on .iailuw'y ill). tiller hf“
ing in the itch Home for Soldiers for
three days only. lie was a resident of
iismdrn and scrvrti in C(uupuny 1" in
the Fifteenth C.,\'. l., and misc the
flavorful C. V. i The funeral solutions
will be held at 2 o'clock this afternoon
from the home chapel with interment.
r in Spring Grove cemetery".
I Innovate-of Alfie lam
I The funeral of Albert 8. sum. the
suicide victim. will be held fmjltls
into home in Wilton avenue. tomor-
row afternoon at 2:45 o'clock. Deleilm
tions from the various fmiernnl or-
ganisations with which he wasjnfliilai-
VIII BE SATISFIED WITH
CIGARS
' .ALL DEALERS
Twin City
m.
To All My Patrons
'_ raw Years on: on? Box of
Candy would please l-ier.
us’ss FOR SATURDAY
Phone 336 -5
'j Tim (1 . Avenue.
.‘ not... Saturdays in Noon 0.... Monday one...
ed will attend the services. Rev.
~...’. _ x"...
0: Wraihingmn St. 1 "I“ d
‘ 3‘3“ 3: The snmmeidastmm
3W1“ “’3‘” ll“ ‘R‘R‘Q‘R‘ Tel. 294. .122 Water It.
*~ THE not... l8 souru' .
illlili III Will SIREII
WAI i. STREET. 10:10 a. in wPric'e
changes were few and relatively no
important at the opening or the mar-
...... M...” - w. ".mw
.inmes Benton Werner. rector of Grace
Episcopal church. willromclaic and
interment will follow in Riverside
cemetery. \
Funeral of John Krul,
The funeral services ore: the re
mains of John Krul were held this
I
not which soon devdclope an irregular mroning at 9 (“qu from St Indie
. tone. Fractionnlgnina were made by
Vi.ehigh Valley. American Can pfd..
Consolidated Gas and a few minor is
sues. The market leaders sesrtei)
moved either way.
were recorded in Third avenue... N. i‘
(‘ntral, American Smeltlng and Erie
, There were no aggressive operations
for either account Realizing in Le-
.. high Valley. American Can pfd.. and
‘. ‘IRoclt Island pfd.- was offset by bid-
Intel-
. hero Metropolitan pfd. gained over a
’. point and there was a brisk rally in Simon. the hacierlologisr: died here
Western Union was
ding up of other specialties.
unusually active and gained 1 1-4. By
11 o‘clock the trend of the awve
stocks had become definitely down
Q.\vard
..~...—-....~.....<_.
The woman who relies upon Benti
nel Want. Advertisements to socurh
the household help has’ a little time
{for other things.
War A.
Slight recessions
lnus R. C. Church iicv. Stephen F.
Chernitsky omcintod and the inter-
ment ioiiowed in St Mary's ceme-
tel-y.
j Funeral of Frederick Wieoman.
The funeral services over the
:j j. “'3‘ Pm Trading W“ GXN'GXIIGN mains of Frederick Wisgman were.
.. Hen Wilkens . ”EM j * held this afternon at 2: 30 oclock from
. . 11 NORTH MAIN ST. ': WAD, STRhfiali “j air—The, atria: bugle in ngnljietctscutdatttnt‘l:
PHONE3355- - movement in the first hour was still rows 0 c Q‘ a an e
. ' . . Itorment followed in the Ds-rien come
. and the range extremely limited. “
tery.
‘MOUSE BITE FATAL.
Swiss Ba‘ctertologlst Dies During an
Experiment.
ZURICH Switseriaud. Jim. 6 ~‘Dl.
yesteidey from having been bitten by
an inoculated. mouse with which he
was experimentin{in an endeavoi to
find a serum for curing blood poison-
is.
Dr Simon was a son in- laW‘ to Here
Bebei, the socialist lends: in the Get
man reiohstag.
STAMFORD WOMAN 105 YEARS
. . 5 .QLD.
g STAMFORD, Jen 6~Mrs. Maria
Greeks yesterday celebrated the 106th
record of the mother At birth exhibited
by the daughter now. that Mrs.
éfireakauivas horn in itnly- on Jan 15.
1807 _ g "' , '
Tommy-“Hum “
party yesietdny. ‘ . "
' Jimmy—J list/i did. ‘ ,w
gto’day'.’ «~Phiiadeiphia. Record
' SATURDAVE. flflwti. rpm
to‘
You.
. ‘ anniveriary of her birth. at the home
For her daughter, Mrs Rose Slible. A‘
rust yeti” didn't
have a good time at your birthday
'2 ~ Jimmy—Then why slut you sick
'ot that arm. as unusual Ass
BANKING m IABYLpN
-—.~I——-—
and By Whom the Business Wse‘
Carried 0n
Recent discoveries of the wonders
ol’ Babylonian oivlliztition. ro-entore
ed by the fruits of earlier explora-
tions. show that "Business is busi-
ness u a rule of life is as old as
history, says The Accountant Magav
zine.
As far back as 2.000 years before
Christ the llabylonians had made
such progress in mmercial aptitude
that special law had to’ be framed
to deal with those gentlemen who
tried short cuts to wealth. The young
anon with expectations realised in
those days with less regard to the
sacredness of the person and the
right to live, borrowed. as his modern.
prototype not infrequently does to-
day. from the professional money
lender.
The Babylonian merchant banked
regularly and issued his brick cheques
and hills of exchange, and the law
sicppodin. even us it does today.
to preserve invioiate the rights
of property. So keen were. the busi-
ness instincts of the people that even
the priests were not above a deal in
offerings and in real estate. indeed a
great part of the" commerce of I'lnby-
lonln was concentrated in the tem-
plcs. '
The vast quantities of “metals, re-
ronls‘nud other commodities which
either as gifts to the temples or of-
ferings to the gods pooured in daily
were sold by the priests. who did not
nonlertdto not their full margin of
profit. llusincrs ability indeed seems
to have been an important qualifica-
tion for admission to the priesthood.
t'nrt-lnl accounts of revenue and
expenditure were kept. and these
show that. invesimtnis in loans and
the purchase of land and other profii~
uhlr dealings were a regular putt oi“
the Ilscoi activities of the pricstiy cs-
tuhlishmonts. ’
Perhaps the most interesting or all
the buried records which have. mine
to light are the, contract tablets hopt
llf“ n firm of bankers and money tund-
orsjltuowu as "the sons of light." on
tuiiiisitod ntjiitghyion before the time
of Sunnnrherih. probably as early us
1000 ii. (1, and which existed for sev-
eral centurion. Timer "iirit'lt bunks"
as they burn been called. constitute
the chic-i source of our acknowledge
or life in ancient Babylon.
The firm of Kathi increased enor~
illtllliii wealth. and influence. and have
been designated the j‘lioihachlids o!
the ancient world.“ fi‘hey carried on
«very sort of financial transaction.
They made loans to the state. as
well as to private persons and the
finances of the court were. entrusted
turban-for several muons. They
collected the land tans. tithes and
does for the use of the public mods
and paid them.,into, the royal traps-
ury. \
They also understood what w.
should now describe as ”agencies“
for private individuals. and in addi~
itch to their .vast, money lending
transactions must also have engaged
in what we new term “bunker“s"
business. for we know that docu-
ments existed in those early days cor»
responding to modern checks and
NORWALK'S LEADING
DRY GOODS STORE
3 and s Gazette Building
noawsut. CONN.
First showing of the new styles.
embroidered and elaborately trimmed with lace.
Combination Corset Covers and Skirts
Annual January Sale of Ladies’
UNDER
A most complete assortment of High- Grade Garments~ slightly soiled during2 holiday
selling at GREATLY REDUCED PRICES
A large assortment in Muslin and Nainsook, plafl‘l‘“ ‘fihnd‘m
Combination Corset Covers and Drawers ............ ’. ....................... $1. 00 to $3 50
Chemises . . . . . ............... . ...................... .- .......... . ........... 59c to $2. 98
LongSkirts ................... .......... . ...... ....'................:1...85cto$498“
Night Robes ........................ . . . . . . ......... . . .1 ........ . ............. 59c to $3. 98
The very popular “Marcelle" Drawers ............. . ......... . ................. sec to $1. 50 :5
"Marcelle" Combinations ......................... . ........................... $1. 00 to $2. 98 A
“Princess" Slips . ................ . . . . .. ........... . .. . ................... $1.25 to $3.50
“EAR
............ . $1.90 .tO $3.50 in
s ..........
\
Homer S.-~ Beers 8. Co.
22 w. wrist-«moron an. ac. nos.
25 wooowmo AVE. no. nos.
13 MAIN 57.. NORWALK
6% " ”chum... 6%
'Real Estate Bonds
l‘oy interest promptly each m
months. interest pnIti' from date of
investment to actual date of withdraw-
al. Can withdraw funds with full in«
lei-est after three years if desired.
Stores of satisfied iiund holders in
this town Full inspection invited.
damn ‘
LOCAL AGENT ‘
Room 1 Hivilsnd Bigiodk,
\Phons MM.
.........m. a... .. mm... ..,,......,......,M.... a-m~.._._.mu..m
A
THE PRINTER'S TOWEL
When i think of the towel. that old-
fashloned towel.
That used to hang up at the printing.
house door.
1 think that nobody in these days of
shoddy.
Can hammer out iron to wear asgit
were
The tramp who abused it, the devil"
who peed it.
The prcssmnn who got at it when
those two were gone. ,
The makeup. the foreman, the editor.
poor man. '
“”13 0‘ ”Chm“ The ””0““ trans .Fath rubbed some grime off for the
actions of the firm were noted dean
on tiny tablets, which were stored in
great. earthenware Jars for safety, and
thcrenhoy remained until they were
«causally discovered some few
years ago.”
All bear the neuron of 'ihe contract
inn parties and witnesses. and most
of them are dated. The Eglbi firm
were not the only great. trading firm
in ancient lisby‘jloliln, as during the
excavations at lefer there were dis
covered the records of another firm.
knowntns Murasu. which rose to a
position of great violin and import-
ance during the fifth century B C.
m... .- W... ..._...
MR3. LAlSNE RESIGNO.
Mrs. V halsno. the designer of the .
R& t} Corset Company. has resigned
her position, after ten years‘ aotlvo
work for that company: She takes this
means of wishing her many friends a
brippy'uew year. and an revoir, before
starting for her trip to California.
where her sons areg'ln business.
“Gracious. what is all that crape
for?“
"'1 had a chance to get it at it her
'gain. and. you know. my husbany
goes in for flying."—¢London Opinion.
—-t——*--r--- I
in after years a woman may be
sorry she married the man in the case.
.N
but she' it always sslad that "that other Q
woman didn‘t set him: Chicano Dali}:
News. ' ‘
m
Don‘t waste time trylnl to kill two
binds with one atom. Stoned erev
‘more «plentiful thpntbirils. .
mm mm j
It mouse is child’s! a man. a mall"
is Woman is ‘
is atrsid. or a ems.
airtid of .‘. mousse-and titers you are.
3... l . ..
It you have ”M weenie mamas.
!
‘ lessened needle timid.
heap the) put on.
in. over and under. ‘twas blacker than
thunder, '
Harder than poverty. rougher thin sin.
we... the roller suspended it never
Q was bonded.
And it flopped on the wall like K bun-
MI of tin.
it grew thicker and rougher and hard-
er and tougher,
And dnily put on an initier hue.
Until one windy morning. without any
warning.
it fell to the floor and was broken in ‘
two. .,
.1.
.- ........' _..,...._..,_.
LITTLE SURPRISES '
tChieago .rihunel ' .
“I don't want no afternoons oi.
maam; . I'd rather stay here in the
kitchen. " 3t;
“Papa. if you hain‘ t got? any money
for Christmas you can open my bank.
'Theres ninety seven cents in it that
the heathen won't need "
“Wot yer hoidln" up yer hands fur
mister? Q" 1 slot no stickcup mun lm
a night watchman.‘
“Beg pardon. suh. hilt is this yo
watch?.1 found it on the flo‘ under
harsh 7. ”
"Dear Sir: Your Christmas story is
punk. but we are going to accept it
because we are good fellows Cheek
enclosed.“
“l s‘poee I felt like a tramp. Cath-
erine Ann. but l‘m your cousin Cy
Barker. back from the Klondike with
840. 000 in. gets (too; don't smother her has nowrdéoreased to about 21 per ._
cent. and Dr Dreamer. filial! that non» '
me! u " j“
" "‘What’sjtfi matter with the
imm‘é’l j 320’ minatd's‘ intern ..
“Tile chlflw lYlilLOf‘ bu mu m_
tanned the
station snout “that they‘ve been held Crossed to about 21. j j.
up by a lone aerial‘highwaym in”
So. Nos-walk .
Q years, and yet the hoped for change;
30 titer reduction" bece'use whereas on
e number of men tithing. pro: «‘-
YOUR HOME
FURNISHED“
COMPLETE
ON EASY
QTERMS
saving of -
duoed Prices.
Prices.
s“... mu...“ .
“W—Q~-\—--‘A a”,— _.
SCARCITV 0F MALE TEACHERS.
W ASHING’I‘ON. Jun. 6.‘-Steatl_v de~
crease in this number of men teachers
in the public schools of the country is
deplored by Dr Fletcher B Dresslet,
of the United States Bureau of Educa-
tion. in ampert on the work or the
past decade along educational lines.
‘There is no doubt " he says, “that
it is unwise to intmst so lmportanta
matter he the teaching of boys and
silicon largely to women. but the facts
are known and have been for many
does not come." , -
“Thiity per centT of. the pubic school‘
teachers in 1900 were men. This num-
anal school figured “foretell a" still fur
1900
tension 1 courses in normal schools was
IAW so foil? wants ill rile sentinel.
January Close- Outs
IN FURNITURE
R U G’ S, Stair Carpets,
Couches; Iron and Brass
Beds;Chifibniers land Din- "
ing Room Furniture. Q A
on all goods bought; dur-
ing this Month "
lflHeaters and Good Cook- \
ing Stoves arr-Greatly Rea
\ e Blankets and-jQ Quilts. ' ..
Portiers ' and Lace Cur-' '
tains all at Marked- Do‘Wn
Fur IOVero'oats, $36.00 to $85.00.
j. Wristlete, ,Esr Mutts, Mufflers. :,
a
Cold Wears/g
W‘earabies
Sweaters, $3.56 is $5.50 «5
I .
Caps. 50: to $5.00
Gloves, secitp'ssso ,
Q Paper V-oote, 50¢
etc. 25a to 01.50 '
Norwalk Chronicler