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'4 qt. pails.
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GREAT SALE or
MIL
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FAWCETT’S' ,»
malarial! 8111mm
Commencing Saturday the 16th, and
continuing Monday and Tuesday, when
we shall sell fine French ,Felt Hats. all'
styles andcolers, including a full line
cililack, bought-specially for this sale
sthall also make a‘reduction in all
our Trimmed Hats, andwill offer one
hundred Hats and Bonnets from $1.50
up, The Season has been backward,
hat is the reason for, the extraordinary
bargainslwe shall offer the coming week.
PAWCETT’S
3 WAT :54 NORWA LE
WINTER
COAL.
‘ Best Varieties of Lehigh Coal
carefully screened, and de—
livéred promptly. Call and
secure OUR PRICES before
purchasing.
E. M. TOLLES 86 00.
goal, Wood, Hay, Straw
Grain and Feed.
Water St, loot Haviland,
SOUTH NoltWALK.
’DAI‘LY' FREIGHT LINE
BETWEEN
NORWALK.
so. NORWALK
AND
NEW YORK.
Propellers
City, of Nerwalk,
Vulcanand Eagle.
Leave Norwalk at 5 p. m.
Leave So. N orwalk at 6 p. m.
Incave New .York, Pier 23,-
E. R., Beekman Sb, 5 p m,
PAINT.
We are now prepared to supply
the public with a good reliable ready
mixedpaint in 2} pt., 1 qt, 2 qt. and
Also vaw and boiled
oils, turpentine, dryer, varnish,
white lead by the powder hundred
weight, white and colored kalsomine.
Putty, nails by' the pound or keg."
Good line of paint brushes. .
Our prices are all right—same as
the goods
H. H. WILLIAMS
17 Main St. ___.
MEEKER COAL CO. ,
GOAL, WOOD, BRICK,
LIME, GEMENT, TILE PIPE.
OFFICE WITH G. & S. H. HOLMES,
MAIN STREET, NOBWALK.
John Sherman’s Aulohinzraphy.
Recollections of Form: Yams in the House,
Senate and Cabmetu A FINANCIAL Hieroar by
Amenca’s greatest living master of finance.
Agents Wanted.
géigkest selling book of the year. One agent ’
6 orders in one week. another took
gs orders his first three days. For prices and
terms to agents, address
we HENRY BILL PUB. co.. NORWICH. CONN.
C. H. HARVEY!
1%ng EELUYMENT AGENCY '
Ladies and gentlemen desirin firshclass
he! in my capacity, can obtain t 6 same IM-
_ .IAl' L_x_at the abovea ency; also those
Wishing positions, either ma 0 or female, can
so are employment.
anus Inanmmr—Posinox for thor-
oughly capgbllle lcoachmsra or ngdenor (minor-
1 . or . e p aroun gen eman’s p ace.
Ficprgt-class credentials. _ ' .-
Aneo Emomasr for two Swedish three
. German and six other girls for general onse-
work; two waitresses an ee chamber-
maids. First-class references. ' .
0. H. HARVEY, Harvey’s Shoe Store.
0 North Main street, South horwalk.
Horse Sh oeing. .
The undersi ed has taken the shon in
the {font of . T..Beby’s on Cross ptieet
gnd is prepared to do horse 81109111! in
hen-class manner
John 1‘. l’.yectt'.
LINERY
a... a1: .
In 'Welcome. ‘ ',
New England housekeep-u
crs are too wide av‘vaketo be
fooled into buying'inferior
' soap more than once, just
because there s is a present",
given "Wlth’jit. V ‘ '
On washing-day they want
only the best soap; next day
they buy their own present.
to. “Moll PRICE-
MEA’Tll.
Round, Sirloin and Por-
terhouse Steaks, Sausage,
Pot and Rib Roasts.
Reduced 20. a Pound.
All First Quality Meat.
,J. W. BIIIlARllUS,
6 WATER. sax, NORWALK.‘
REDUCTION ‘
can GREATEST RE-
DUCTION IN THE '
PRICES OF MEAT
1 ,_EVER KNOWN, COME
AND BE CONVINCED
AT
————-
BATES MARKET;
Dam ‘
SPRING ‘
wmn _
FOR THE:
Stomach, -?
Bo wels,
Liver andj
FOR SALE BY
The Helms, Kaela &. Selleck Cu
scans ALL 0OLDS
Piano Lessons. »
.enoncn w. BRADLEY d u‘ ht
mg the lateIWm. . . Nash.) ni'vds aeéceglt.
an satisfactory instructions on the Piano at
er home No. 193 Main street.
i
! LIGHT PARCEL ’
IOBKWODDS mosses Danlvn'l‘iil
Cheap rates. Will also take orders for mes-
senger servi New York. Goods called
co in
or and deliyered to all arts of the town,
eed’s Dru Store.
0rdbrs received at E P.
3; Wall Street. with telephone connection an;
O E. LOCKWOOD-
J. D. Jennings. ' ..
UNDERTAKFR
4 Knight street. opposite
Street Railway Denoti . ,
GET BELL 41' OEFIOE. . . ‘ .
Kidneys. '
'FAi'HEs's son’esn’c‘fisaosi-‘ng; . g
No ‘Outside Success Wiilrlldto'iie For [Keg-b
figures of His Home'Besponslbmties. ’
Dr‘. {Charles H. Parkhurst, D."_' D. , in .
Ladies’ Home Journal writes.,concern-,
ing “The Father’s Demostié He'sdship :”
,While, perforce of ordinary circum-
stance, , the father’s, duties will hold
him considerably. apart Efrain"- the .con-
tacts of homelife, yet whatever Success-
es he may achieve outside will not atone
for any failure on his part to regard his
home _as the prime sphere of his obliga-
tion and the fiint around which his de-
votements will cluster in distinguished .
earnestness and constancy. Whatever
lie may have achieved in his art,-_trade.
profession or other engagement, the
man whOcstands at the head of ahouse-
hold has been in the broad sense of the ,
' term a failure if he has not been a true
husband and a wise, strong and devoted
father. It cannot be a successful home
where the mother looks after the chil-
dren and the father looks after his busi-
ness. The most productive services ren-
dered are - always personal, and any
amount of exertion expended outside in
providing for the necessities Of thehome
will not take the place of that tuitional
ministry which comes only by the di-
rect and continuous contact of father
with child. However complete a wom-
an may be as a mother, there-are quali-
ties of character which the father will -
communicate to his children that the
mother will be less able to do as 'well as
less intended to do.
May Be Able to Lend Him Some.
“And you think,” she murmured,
“that We could be happy on your present
income?”
“Yes,” replied the young man, “I
am sure of it. ”
“And you will not ask papa for mon-
9n
“No. Your father and I played poker
last night. Unless he changes his ideas
of the game Iwon’t have-to ask him for
money. ’ ’—,—-Washington Star.
A little wit and :1 great deal of ill
nature will furnish a man for satire,
but the greatest instance and value of
wit is to commend well.—'-Tillotson.
Cold
Weather
There are seven million pores
in the ordinary sized man, which
act as sewers in cleansing the
system of impurities. When
they become clogged, perspira-
tion ceases or'is less than nor-
~mal in quantity. Cold weather
restricts the amount of perspira-
tion, :2 ,4 in nature’s struggle to
free 1's.- :2 system of waste matter
the K; neys become overworked.
Baker‘s KidncyPills counteract
the effects of overwork, prevent
disease, and cure the Backache
incidental to Kidney troubles.
When the back aches, try the
pills. Druggists sell them for
50 cents. A book about Back-
ache and Kidney troubles 3for
the asking.
Baker Pill Co., Bangor, fife.
"-v
is an index to the kind of tobacco j";
he uses. » Smokers of -’ '
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.;./.\y ‘ka
lori'llard’s f
08e'lea
" tut Plug:
’7’ always look pleasant,‘hccause they '-
p feel pleasant. In this tob'accois
1‘. the embodiment of comfort—7ev-
cry clement ncccaary to tobacco ?,
f; perfection being combined in this i : p
3 fragrant brand. A' 2 oz. package _} -
’ > for five cents. Sold e crywhere. "_- .
‘f If you prefer a slighdy heavier ‘
smoker—Try Snxsariox. "
HIS ATTEMPT TO. DESCRIBE AA BA
.1.~., .
The ' Bridb Ventured a Suggestion Which
ting supper on the South Side theother
tvening: ' p '
“I was riding along a. country road
near Bloomingtonfi-f he said, “th1
noticed a: group of sheep in" a pasture.
There was a. large open space/in the
midst of the flockhand at either .end of
the space steed a ram. 111 the center,
.. but standing a little at one side, was a
third ram. The two rams had evidently
had a falling out about something, or
else they had come to settle in a friend-
ly contest which was the better ram.
Ram No. ‘3 seemed to he actingasg-
judge, itimpire-éiwhat do you call it? '
Referee? - Yes, that’s it, the third ram-
was the referee. I don’t know under
what rules the meeting took place. It
may have been Queensberry or Rosebe'ry.
You see I am not up to these technical
matters.
“When all the preliminaries had been
arranged and both contestants had'been
cautibned apparently that there was to
be no ‘fouling’—I think I have seen
that word in the newspapers oCcasional-
ly, and therefore I suppose it is a coré
rect word to use in this connection—
each backed oil‘ to. the farthest limits of
the circle, which, by the way, was not
a squared circle. The referee stepped
out of the way, and the rams dashed to;
ward each other. ' When their heads
. came together, there was a terrific crash, ,
and the force of the concussion threw
them as far apart as the length of this
table. ” ‘
All the guests looked the full length
of the table from the passion flowers at
one end to, the bride’s cake in thefar
perspective, and then at the preacher-in
the middle distance, but nobody said
anything. ~ .-
“Then,” continued the preacher,
“they took their places, apparently none
the worse for the encounter. Again, evi-
dently at a. preconcerted signal from the
referee, they dashed together. This time
the shock was even more terrific than
the first, and I noticed that as one of
them went back to his—ah, what do
they call it, corner ?—he was a little un-
steady on his legs.” -
“Groggy l’ ’ ventured the bride.~
‘ ‘I believe that is the technical term,”
replied the preacher, “although, as I
have intimated, I am not at all familiar
with sporting phraseology. When time—
was called for the third round—abom—
that is, I mean to say when thel'i'ams
had recovered strength for a third col-
lision— there was another rush, a
crash, and one of the rams, the one you
so aptly describedas Fgroggy’ (with an
acknowledgment to the bride) fell to
his knees.‘ His adversary did not seem
inclined to follow up his advantage, but
possibly he may have been restrained by
the rules of the meeting. At any rate,
after contemplating his fallen foe grave-
ly for a moment he walked backto his
place. The other ram, after resting
briefly, struggled to his feet. The third
ram—the one I have called the referee
—looked at him rather inquiringly, as
it seemed to me, but'the warrior show-
ed no sign of recognitibn. ' He ambled
' to his side of the ‘ring and faced about.
A murmur of some sort seemed to go
through the flock. The odds were ap—
parently 3 to ' 1 in0 favor of the other
ram—that is to say, it seemed to be the
general opinion that the ram with the ‘
weak knees had been outclassed, as the
other one was decidedly the heavier of
the two. . . \
“However, the smaller ram seemed
to have wonderful recuperative powers.
When the proper interval had elapsed,
he came up smiling, as it were. I even
thought I could see a. twinkle in his eye,
for I was quite 010: o to the fence, and
this thing took place only a little disi'
tance away. As the referee‘stepped back
from the center of the ring, where he
kept his position between the meetings,
the other two rams drove at each other
pelhnell. At the very instant when
their hard horns would have met, how-
ever, the smaller ram suddenly changed
his course to the right, and the other
went through the ranks like a catapult.
. “Just as he turned about, evidently
boiling over with indignation at the
trick which had been 'played on him,
the other one, with the added force given
by a longer runfrom one side of the cir-
cle to a pOint several feet outside of it,
where the larger ram’s momentum ,had
carried him, shot at him like a cannon
ball, striking him full in the face and
driving him several feet away, where
he lay limp and helpless. The third
ram, who was promptly on the spot, as
I suppose every competent referee should
be, nodded his head several times—in-
deed‘it looked to me as if he was unt-
‘ing—and then the fallen ram failing to *
rise the whole flock marched away to-
t _ ward a knoll in another part of the
meadow with the victorious rain at the _
head. Presently the defeated ram got'
on his feet and made his way to a se-
cluded spot down by a little run, where
I saw’him reclining in the shade of a \
large willow tree as I rode aWay. ” ‘
“ What an interesting study natural
history is, ” said the bride’s grandmoth-N
er as she adjusted her" glasses. ,
“It is indeed,” said the groom’s fa-
; ther, coughing behind his'napkin.—Chi-
cago Tribune.
An Irish Student’s Reply..
An Irish student, who some years ago
attended the university of Edinburgh,
called upon one of the'most celebrated"
. teachers of the German flute, desiring
to know on what terms he would give
him a few lessons. The flute player‘in-
' formed him that’he generally charged
2 guineas for the. first month’and 1
guinea for the second. “Then. “by my
-soul,”. replied the cunning ‘Hibernian,
“I’ll come in the second month." i .
—Advertise in the GMT-“'-
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FIGHT. in RING. Vs‘atiacuLARQ 3' .
any ailment arising tom no improper
action ofthe kidneyszor urinary urghns,
this’oiferiwe make to the people of, Nor-
‘wa‘lk should inte'r‘est'yOu. ' In the ad-
vancement of medical science, the kid-
neys, being almost the organs of great-
eS‘timp‘ortance tolhnmau hEslth, have
not been neglected, and in placing be-
Pills.‘ the ,p'ropn. n we rechnia‘e‘gghow
fur ‘80 maritime. “is y of .the; makers
of similar -.preparati'ons have fallen
short of their claims, being convinced
that no remedy for kidney complaints
in existence equals Dean’s Kidney Pills
”convictions by letters that aredaily re-
ceived of the work they; are dome: tor
mankind’shenefit, old backs and young
never-ceasing aches, and many a lame.
and shattered one, stooped and contrac;
ted, is strengthened, in'vrgorated' and
infused with new life. With‘such a
medicine an offer of this kind can be
made without hesitancy, for while we
lose the box we give to you, we make a
friend that assists us in the sale 'ofmany
others. ‘
ONE sum. Box
of Doau’s KidneyPille vill be given
away free to every person’ suffering
with kidney ailments at. the under-
signed address First come, first serv-
ed, and only this one chance offered
a regular size box of Dean’s Kidney
'Pills, which retails at 50 cents. For
times in the country who cannot call in
,time. free boxes will be mailed up to
-and includiug‘Dec. 23d for. all letters
received, in thé order of receipt. Ite-
member. 5:;
Free Dlslnlnnon On Day Only,
Thursday Dec. 20th at H. R. Hale,
Drugg'ist. Cor. Main '& Wall Ste. Nor-
waak, Conn. Cut this advertisement
out and name this paper.
Sole Agents for the United States,
Foster Milliurn:00., Buffalo, N. Y.
.0.
PRIMITIVE FERRIES.
. flow Traveiera In the Ozark Country Cross
, the “finite River.
The navigators of the White river
have no quarrel with the bridge build-
ers. 'From NeWport, below Batesville,
for 200 miles, note pier profanes the
channel. Transportation. from; side to
side is by ferry. There is a‘crossing cvs
ery mile or two. Quaint and primitive
some of Ithe methods are. Most of the
ferryboats are small, flat bottomed
craft, without railings on the sides or,
gates at the ends. . At a few of themost'
frequented north and south reads a ca-
blenhas been stretched from .the tree tops
high enough, to escape the steamboat
chiinneys. The boat is attached by
ropes: bow and stem, to a pulley run-
ning on this cable. When one line is
lengthened to give the boat an angling
direction with the stream, the current
slowly carries the lead over to the op-
posits bank. Such a labor saving appli-
ance, however, is in use very sparingly.
Most of the ferrying is done by hand
with the pole and sweep. As the Ozark
country traveler approaches within hail-
ing distance- of the bank he. begins to
let his voice out with:
‘-‘O-o-ov-er l”
. In the course of‘ time there is an an-
swering: '
“Whoop-eel” ‘ '
The ferry'man comes slowly down the
bank, with' his brother, or his son, or
with somebody else’s son whom he has
persuaded it is great fun to help run a
’ferryboat. Travelers in the Ozark coun-
try have often commented on the dis
proportionate frequency with which the
boat. is at the bank opposite to that
approached. And ferrymen all agree
that by a strange perversity the. trhvel
is from the direction necessitating a
trip across and back to collect one fare.
There is time Enough to meditate on
this problem while the ferrymanslowly
poles his frail craft along' the bank for
some distance up stream. ‘ ‘ '
Then, as he grasps the sweep and
pulls out for the other side with much
puffing and perspiration, there is not
time to think of anything else but the
inch of pine between ' dry shoe leather
and a current which means a long, hard
swim if the boat goes amiss. Accidents
are very few. ' The White river ferry!
man knows his business and earns his
quarter. ' .
“George, ’.’ said, Mr. Webber to the
Harvey who was directing the course of
the boat, “is that your brother helping
you with the boat?” , .
“Yes,” said George, “he’s my broth-
er. ”
“He resembles you,” commented Mr.
Webbe‘r, “but I think he’s rather better
looking than youai‘e." _
“That's, because 'he’s, weller fed,”
said George. “His wife’s a geod cook. "
—Ghicago ‘Journal. '
'~ “Not infrequently,”asaid a stroller,
”you see people with their arms full of
bundles making hard work of opening
an umbrella. There .is a very simple
and easy way- of. opening an umbrella
with one hand, known to many, but
perhaps not to all. You grasp‘the little
cylinder around the handle, to which
the lower ends of the ribs are attached,
plant the point of the umbrella against
a lamppost, and push until the little
cylinder catches on the upper catch. and
there you are, without the least trouble
in the world. ’i—New York Sun. '
_ Win It Come to m? ‘
Somebody’s Treasure (applying . for,
situation)'-_g-,What," five , little children!
, No, thank yer, mum, I'never"ngsfino-.
'wheres where there’s more than two. _-
t
' If you suffer with idnr‘ey disease or —
for stichgailmeuts;strengthened in these .
backs are being constantly freed from .
Remember this is not a sample box, but "
ladies _ gloves,
Opening-an Umbrellss‘With One Hand. ’1
. Lady—Well, if. you giveus till Thurs- .
.day perhaps we can drown three of '
7 [them—Ally Sloper._
l
fore you suchacure as Dean’s Kidney _ .
. \,
' calorimetry.
THE, - I
D. IM.Rea.<l 1'
-I. COMPANY.
ROUNDING . ‘
OUT THE -
HOLIDAY BUYING
With wonderful values,
unusual .. opportunities. A
week "from Wednesday and
everybody will know what
each one has had in mind for
the other—the Charm of
secrecy will be broken. The
season has been one grand
triumph in the art of holiday
sterekeepin g. >
Dress Patterns" have been a
very popular buying. because
we have made them so.
Prices have been, and are
now, in full keeping with the
times-
There has never been any-
thing in the way of 'Gloves,
that can
approach the present—shades
and all. -
’ Cashmere, 15, 25, 50, 60
and 75 cents. Keyser—
patent tips—39 and 50 cents.
Silk, fieeced—lined, 50 c. $1.00
and $1.50. Walking. gloves, ‘
$1.00; two-clasp, $1.001and
$1.50. Kid, from $1.25 up
to $2.00 ; fur top, lined, $1.00,
$1.25, $1.50 and $2.00.
Mocha, black and colored,
$1.50. Evening shades, in
both silk and kicl—lG-buttem
erm 98 cents, up.
' In {the Wash Goods depart-
ment there’s what a. profes-
sional showman would de-
scribe as “ An. Aggregation of
Household Pets ”—tabby
cats, kittens, tatters, jocko,
pickaninny, Brownie, J ap-
anese d011, Colombian sailor,
dogs and puppies, foot ball
and Santa Claus with Santa
Claus Stockings, all printed
on heavy muslin.
Handsome baby carriage
Robes, in china, goat, sheep
and angora, prettily lined
with satteen, cretonne, dam-
ask, felt and silk.
There’s also a big stock of
unlined Fur Robes, in white,
gray, black and brown—lots
and lotsof warmth that can
do lots of good. -
The reduced prices on‘
Jackets has started up new
holiday buying.
Norwalk Chronicler