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THE FINEST TUNE AND MUST DURIBVLEvPITNU
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The Lowest Possible Price.
Sold on Easy Terms and Rented.
01d Pianos Taken in Exchange.
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NEW' YORK CITY,
9 WEST FOURTEENTH STREET.
MOUNT VERNON, N. Y.“
52 WEST FIRST STREET.
TFACTORY.
* STAMFORD. CONN. f
"TuE7EvEN1NG’
BRIDGEPORT;
THE
Do?" M. Read
. COMPANY.
BEAUTIFUL
NEW
ART GOODS.
Handsome assortments of
the very newest designs in
centerpieces, doylies, etc.,
and latest outlines and col-
orings. Commenced Work in
table covers and pillow cov-
‘ ers with colored centers and
oddly beautiful new mate-
rials such as basket and plan-
tation cloths. Lunch and
Tea Cloths in fine linens and
in extra sizes. Orders taken
and designs finished when
so preferred.
ALL THE NEW LIGHT
TINTS IN WASH EM-
BROIDERY SILKS, as well
as a brand new silk for fin-
ishing edges. Also doylies
with finished edge.
Something entirely new in
Denim Squares. ,
And Photograph Frames,
with glass covering to pro
tect the delicate embroidery
——-b0th in finished and unfin-
ished work—different designs.
One could almost. spend
hours at this department
looking over the various
beauties so temptingly shown
for every moment would be
one of rare pleasure.
New Linen Ginghams. Of
all the novelties in the Wash
Goods department the new
linen and silk mixtures ap-
pear to be appropriate as any,
to be the proper material, for
new Summer dresses. We
want yen to admire this
fabric with ourselves; to en-
,joythe wearing as well as see-
ing. Plain linen shades or
silk stripes and checks of dif-
ferent colors.
Men’s Shirt—s— and Drawers,
25 cents each. Nightshirts,
39 cents ' all sizes. Great
values at he prices.
“ Witchkloth.” Not a
paste, not a powder. A fabric
that will clean silver and
metal better, quicker, and
with less elbow grease than
anything heretofore offered.
Every , bicycle owner ought
to have it handy at all times
—especially after a spin out
of town.
.ESCHEW OVERINDULGENQE.
Don’t Allow Your Wheel to Run Away
with Your Head.
Moderation in cycling is as necessary
as in everything else, and particularly
so because it brings into play new sets
of muscles and blood vessels in certain
parts of the bedy which are rntirely
unprepared for the usual strain.
The fascination of bicycle riding is
the strongest objection to the sport.
on account of the danger of over exer-
tion, and for this reason (those who
take it up for improvement of health
become so invigorated and delighted
with the exercise that they who should
be the most careful are generally the.‘
ones who overdo it. Entering violently
into any exercise is bad, and so is cy-
cling, for the reason that it gives the
heart more. to do than has been custom-
ary; but, of course, by going into the
exercise gradually, the heart grows
stronger and is prepared for exertion.
As for the lungs, cycling'cultivatcs
a good habit of deep breathing, and does
a great deal to strengthen the muscles
of the back.
There is no other exercise that is so
quieting to the nerves and which. at the
same time brings into play so nicely and
so gently the many parts of the. body
without g‘iving‘violent work to some
particular set of muscles.
Cycling induces those to take outdoor
exercise who have never taken it be-
fore, and is the best exercise that can be.
taken; but let the beginner beware of
overindulgence and persist in the
pleasure and safeness of moderation.
A MECHANICAL HORROR.
The Hour of the Day Struck Off by Grin-
ning Skeletons.
“Machinery” is a monthly journal.
published at Johannesburg, South Afri ~
ea. In a recent number is an account
of a. most remarkable clock belonging
to a Hindoo prince which the editor
thinks the strangest piece of machinery
in India. Near the dial of an ordinary-
looking clock is a large gong hung on
poles, while underneath, scattered on
the gnound, is a pile of artificial skulls,
ribs, legs and arms, the whole number
of bones in the pile being equa‘: to the
number of bones in 12 human skeletons.
When the. hands of the clock indicate
the hour of one, the number of bones.
needed to form a complete human
skeleton come together with a. snap;
by some mechanical _,contrivance. the
skeleton springs up, seiZes a mallet and.
walking up to the gong, strikes one
blow. This finished, it returns to the
pile and again falls to pieces. When
two o’clock, two skeletons get up and
strike, while at the hours of noon and
midnight the entire heap spring -up
in the shape of 12 skeletons and strike,
each one after the other, a blow on the
gong, and then fall to pieces, as before.
SLEPT ON THE “SIDEBOARD.”
A Green Countryman’s First Experience
with (1 Folding Bed.
An old, gray-whiskered man, who
had lived all his life on a small farm
near Batavia, stopped at the hotel 'the
other evening, says the Buffalo Express.
He said he wanted a room for one night.
He was sent up to. the third floor.
Later in the evening he went out, and
didn’t come back till midnight. He
had evidently been enjoying himself.
His breath smelled of whisky. He
went up to his room, and that was the
last seen of him until early in the morn-
ing, when a boy went to call him for his
train. The boy got no answer when he.
knocked on the door, and he opened
it and walked in, The folding-bed had
not been let down. The boy had to
look about for a moment or two be-
fore he (liscovered the old man. Then
he heard a husky voice from up near
the ceiling somewhere. Ile looked up,
and there was the. guest curled up on
lop of the bed, rubbing his eyes. He
was fully dressed, with the exception
of his big cowhide boots, which were
standing on the floor.
“Say, mister,” inquired the boy, “why
didn’t yer get into bed?”
“ S‘go-sh!” shouted the man, angrily,
“there ain't no bed. Here I’ve been
curled up on top of this here side—
bOard all night without awink of sleep.
Ain’t this a nice way to treat a man?
Hey?"
INDIANS COPY CUSTOMS.
They Follow the Lines Marked by White
Rich.
The Alaska Indians, after learning
many of the vices of white men, soon
begin to live. lilre them as far as pos
sible and convenient, says the Pitts.
burgh Dispatch. Their one-story huts
soon give way to two and thrcevsrtory
structures, and instead of building
lxclter-sk'elter wherever there’s a clear-
ing, they erect their dwellings in
straight rows, carefully observing the,
building line. -
When an Indian who came back from
the states spread the news that the
houses of the white men in big cities
were all numbered, the fashion of num—
bering their own houses spread like
wildfire. The Indians would pay no at-
tention to the numerical values, but
would select some number that pleased
the eye.
The first house in the Indian quar-
ter of Sitka is numbered 200, while the.
one next door is 400, the third 6,800,
and then 480 and 1,300. The numbers
which are most generally popular are
those which end in the two naughts.
A Remarkable Echo.
A Killarncy tourist, so the story goes,
was assured by a guide that the echo
on Loch Gill was worth hearing. '80
01f went the tourist to hear it, and hired ..
two men to row him out, accomplish-
ing the transaction so swiftly that
there was no time for them to arrange
for the usual echo to be in attendance.
In despair they broke an car, and one
swan ashore to fetch another. The
echo began. “Good morrow,” cried the
tourist. “Good marrow,” said the echo,
with a brogue. “Fine day,.God bless
it,” cried the tourist. “I"ojne day, God
less it,” said the echo. “Will you have
a drink?” cried the tourist. “Begorra,
I will!” roared the echo.
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——Advertise'in the “Gazette.”
.AZTT TT ,
LIKE AN cCToPUs.
And Just as Bad. You Can Find
Them In Norwalk as Well
as Florida.
Ever see an octopm? All arms, you
know. To. W has
Has eight of them—and all bad.
. Do you know how it catches its vic-
tims? ‘
‘Inrows out an arm, then another, and
another. “ Eu: .
And vou’re in the toils.
Then it drugs you down to death.
Just like Kidney disease.
Seizes you with backache first.
Then acute pains.
'l hen urinary disorders.
Then sediment of gravel. ..
Then Diabetes, or Bright’s Disease.
Then, the cem H 4.3
Not pleasant reading, is it?
Well, the disease isn’t pleasant either.
We know what will kill this octopus.
Dean’s Kidney Pills do it every time.
Norwalk people know it too, now.
You read at: out it every day—and it’s
80.
Miss
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Here is Norwalk testimony.
Hanna Cline resides at No. 58 Belden
avenue. Her mother says: My daugh-
t'er has had a weak back. Has been
troubled with backache. Went to
Hale’s drug store. Got a. box of Doan’s
Kidney Pills. The Pills cured her.
What better proof than this of merit,
home testimony, the statement of a
Norwalk citizen. “ ’Tis easy to endorse
it, and there are many more just like
tth, which render doubt out of the
question. Ask your neighbors 'if they
have used Dean’s Kidney Pills, and if
they have you are not forced to take
our recommendation; take theirs and
we are satisfied.
Dean’s Kidney Pills are for sale by
all dealers, price 50 cents, mailed by
Foster-Milburn 00., Buffalo, N.
sole agents for the United States.
All those creeping, crawling, stinging
sensations that combine to make up the
tortures of any itching disease of the
skin are instantly relieved and perma-
pently cured by Douu’s Ointment.
Take no substitute. Doun’s neVer mils.
J. D. Jennings.
UN D ERTAK E R
4 Knight street. opposite
Street Railway Depot
NIGHT BELL AT OFFICE.
Piano Lessons.
RS. GEORGE W. BRAD LEY (dau later
I»! of the lateij. 3. Rash.) aiires efficient
and satisfactory instructions on the Piano at
her home No. 193 Main ui-rcet
DAVID . w. RAYMONo
Funeral Director and Emlalmer.
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39 Washington Street {Sonthjh‘orwalk
Residence. Manackemo Hotel
The GAZETTE
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Merchants, Manufactur-
ers, Lodges and Societies
will consult their own inter-
ests by giving us‘a call.
REMEMBER—If you ham.
work to do, write to us.
Brisk Business in February.
isonly possible by selling at prices below competition.
we intend to keep busy, and this is how we’ll accomplish
it-~ by continuing our [great sale or shoes during the
343: month.
_ We have purchased of Lounsbury, Mathewson & 00., all their Ia-
dies Fine .Shoes, made for the insolvent firm of Harding &. Co., of Brook
lyn, and W111 close them out at about 7],: their Actual Value.
120 pair Iadies’ 20th Century Enamel Shoes, worth $6.00, at -
150 pair Ladies’ Razor Toe Kid Shoes, worth $5.00, at -
150 pair Iadies’ Razor Toe Cloth Top Shoes, worth $5.00, at -
90 pair Ladies’ Calf Opera and Razor Toe Shoes, worth $5.00, at
60 pair Ladies’ 20th Century Russia, I ace, worth $5.00, at -
All of Harding & Co’s $4 00 Shoes, at - - - - -
All of Harding & Co’s $3.00 Shoes, at
All of Harding & Co’s $2.50 Shoes, at
$379
' 2 98
2 98
2 98
2 98
2 50
198
1 74
- - ._
200 pair Ladies’ Opera Toe, Pat. Tip, Shoes, worth $1 50, at 896 all sizes
150 pair Ladies’ fine 0. S. Shoes, worth $1.50, at - -
890 all sizes
Men’s First unallly llip RubberBools.
”$2.
90 pair Men’s $3.00 Patent Lace Shoes, at . .
120 pair Mén’s $2.00 Invisible Cork Sole Ba]. and Congress,
140 pair Men’s Lace and Congress Shoes at
120 pair Men’s Invisible Cork Sole Shoes, worth $3.50 at
5 Cases of Men’s Tap Sole Split Boots, worth $2.00, at
Boys Shoes, . . .
7 5 ..
$1 95 a: pan
1 48 “
98c, worth;$1.25
$2 29 a pair
1 48 a. pair
‘. 886, 980, and $1 23 a. pair
This is positively the best chance ever ofi’ered to buy
HIGH—CLASS SHOE at less than the cost of manufacture.
We want you to come and see this lot of goods. They
are worthy your inspection. These shoes can only be found at
. OLSEN
3305.?
WHITE SHOE STORE
3 GAZETTE BUILDING, NORWALK.
STORE OPENED E VEJVINGS
YOUR SHOES SHINED FREE
THIS IS. WORTH f READING.
Hood’s Sarsaparilla, . . .
Greene’s Nervura, . .
William’s Pink Pills, . . .
Castoria, . . . .
A‘llcock’s Plasters, . .
Pears' Unscented Soap, . .
100 two grain Quinine Pills. , ,
. . ‘ . 65 Cents
. . . 75 “ '
. ._ 40 “ _
- . . . 25 “ V
. . . 10 “
. . . . 10 H“
. . . 25 “
n n. Plaisted, 43 Washington Street, So. Norwalk.
Norwalk Chronicler