I , Ten l " 'SWee’t “ Caporal Little Cigars for cts. sou) BY ALL DEALERS. -r MODJESKA'S OM NTIC CAREER She Achieved High Reputation in Spite of Many Adverse Circumstances. Helena Modjeska’s career has been a strikingly interesting one. 'She born at Cracow, in Austrian Poland, about 51 ; years ago. Her father, Michael Popido, a musician, 'gave her a Greek name on account of her small Greek head, which- pleased his artistic sense. He died when she was a child. A great fire burned their house and brought the large family to poverty. Two brothers became successful actors and helped her to find humble work on the stage. For years she met with no suc- cess. She married her guardian, much older than herself, named Modrzejew— ski, the real spelling of the name which we have shortened to Mojeska (the “a” the usual feminine ending). It was not until 1865 that real success began to be hers. Always an enthusiastic stu~ dent in her art, she made such prog- ress under the direction of the Polish director Iasinski that her growing reputation spread from Poland to Ger- many and France. She has always been devoted to Poland, and it is re— lated that on one occasion, after she had accepted a proposal to play German tragedy in Austrian Bukowina, her pa- triotism got the better‘of her ambi- tion, and she gave up the idea of play- ing in Germany on hearing a band play Polish national airs the day before the first performance. “It was at the time the Polish insurrection broke out, and this music made‘her feel as if de- serting the Polish. stage at such a mo- ment would be equal to betraying the national cause." . In 1868 she married Charles Bozenta Chlapowski, a young Polish patriot and journalist. 0n the day of her mar.- riage she first played in \Varsaw, where “her triumph was the greatest ever. known in the annals of the theater.” She remained in \Varsaw seven years, the period of greatest advancement in her art. In 1876, wit-11 her husband and a party of friends, she visited the cen— tennial, then went to California, bent on founding a Polish community. It was a strange experience. “They bought land, built a house, purchased cattle, hens and chickens and other necessities, and then swung hammocks under the trees, laid in a stock of: cig— arettes and waited for the crops to grow and for the cattle to multiply. As long as the money held out they lived a delightful life. Unfortunately, there is a limit to money, and before very long it was all gone and the little » colony had to turn to and work. This was too prosaic entirely for some of the members, and they continued to swing in the hammocks and smoke cigarettes while the others worked and waited upon them. One of the hardest workers was Mme. Modjesk'a. She not only cooked and scrubbed, but she milked the cows and made the butter, her husband and son doing all the hard work of the farm, while their compan— ions looked on and chai‘l’ed and sneered by turns. Even with th- z~tti'ici!‘st econ- omy they could not live, and Mme. llodjeska determined to learn English and act at a San Francisco theater.” This she did, after six months of study. Her first appearance there, as in War- saw nine years before, was as Adri- enne Lecouvreur. - IIer success was im- mediate and has never since been broken. Although she has visited Po- land, her husband and son are nat- uralized American citizens, and Amer- ica will always claim her—jointly, if need be, with Poland—as one of her brightest stars. ' The story of Russia’s recent 'edict against her has been widely circulated. It was because of her frank expression of sympathy with Poland, during the Columbian exposition (promptly re— ported to their government by Russian representatives who heard her) that Mme. Modjeska was forbidden to enter Russia. She had to abandon, at great cost to herself, an engagement to play in St. etersburgh, but the exile, if such it is to be called, while it emphasizes her constancy to the cause of Poland, makes her more than ever an American. ' —Butfalo Express. Found His Bearings. An amusing incident occurred in the hearing of a collision case in the ad- miralty court before Sir Francis Jeuno and Trinity house assessors. A typical old salt, with only one eye, got along quite satisfactorily with his examina- tion in chief, but was rather non- plussed when the opposing counsel be- gan to cast some doubts upon his evi- dence. The old tar got over the first three or, four questions safely, but his wrath rose as the cross-examination proceeded. At length he could restrain ' the full gale of his indignation no longer, and,-buttoning his jacket tight— ly, he leaned over the rails of the wit- ness box and cried: “I beg your par- : don, but who might. you be, mister?” The court roared with laughter, in I' - . __ . which the president and assessors heartily joined. The counsel replied: “Oh, I am against you.” At this admis- sion the sailor seemed much relieved and remarked: “Oh, I see! Now I know my bearings and must steer ac- cordingly.”—London Telegraph. His Last Blissful Thought. The old organ—grinder of Pinklebury lay dying; the curate was visiting him. “W'ould you‘ mind, sir, asking our 0r- ganist to play the ‘dead march’ over me ?” asked the sick man. “Certainly I will, Jones,” said the curate. - “Thankee, sir; none 0’ that ere twee- dledum Beethoven, you know, sir; only Handel’s.” “I am sure he will do it,” responded the curate. The old man lay placidly for awhile, then exclaimed with fervor: “How thankful‘I be I sha’n’t have to blow for him when he plays the loud part at the end.”—Church Times. ——Every district in China has its own methods of manipulating the tea leaves, methods which have been handed down from father to son from time immemorial. ,‘L, HIS MONKEY ADMIRER. Years of Absence Failed to Obliterate the First Love of a Specimen from Borneo. After a somewhat learned and very interesting discussion on the “Near- ness of Animals to Man.” and Mr. Gar- ner’s efforts toward developing a mon- key language, etc., some one told the following story: “A young lad in a southern family I know had a half-gro wn black monkey sent to him from Borneo. The crea- ture, shy and strange at first, soon showed himself responsive to kindness, quick and intelligent in learning the usual accomplishments thought neces- sary inamonkey education. He be- came warmly attached to his youthful owner, and the two friends might be seen anywhere together, the Borneo perched on the shoulders of young America, occasionally giving him an affectionate tap on the cheek, or chat- tering in his ear in the most human way possible. After awhile it was de- creed that Yokko’s master must be sent north to school, and the desolate condition ,of that monkey in conse- quence was really pitiable—he grieved and refused to be comforted for a long time, and then he suddenly became mischievous. He played such tricks and pranks that at last everybody’s patience gave out and Yol-zko was dis- posed of and disappeared. "Years went by, and the young southerner went from school to col- lege. Soon after his graduation he was visiting in some western city— Chicago, I think—and passing along the streets one day he observ ed a knot of people gathered on a corner. He ap- proached to see what it meant; sud- denly-a great black thing lighted on his shoulders, his neck was closely clasped and a little cold, black paw was patting and stroking his face with such an abandon of affection, such an excited chattering and murmuring as completely bewildered the young man for a moment. “of course it was master Yokko, de- scended to the role of an organ monkey, and after all the years, all the travel and toil and change, he had recognized his old young master! The delight was mutual, and arrangements were soon completed for the repur- chase of Yokko. Certainly if prompt, swift,°. decisive action is indicative of something beyond mere instinct—~of intellect, in fact—that monkey had it. And there wasn’t any question as to his ‘nearness to man,’ was there!” Then a-native man who was present told the following: “You know sailors are always fond of pets, and on board a man-of-war they are especially so; there are always two or three, sometimes more, on board and a ship in southern waters always has a ‘monkey and a. parrot.’ So at Madagascar they brought a big black ape whom the men named ‘Majunga’ from the name of the poet. She was tame, had had some teaching and a1- together was very well-behaved. When she first came aboard it was necessary to shut her up while we were getting off, so a banana was put into an empty chicken coop and Majunga went in. \Vhile she was, apparently, absorbed in peeling and eating the banana the door of the coop was closed upon her and fastened by means of a big hasp over an eye and a big nail slipped through. So, you see, the monkey was safe. Now, a monkey is always on the watch exactly at the moment when it seems least so; it will look in every di- rection but the one it needs to—appar- ently. Consequently, Majunga. had her back to the door all the time— when she had finished the banana she turned around and without one in- stant’s hesitation she put her paw through the bars of the coop, lifted out the nail, pushed open ,the door, and mounted on _ top of the coop, laid the nail beside her and with evident interest watched what was going on.” —-Bostou Globe. ' The wood of the lime tree is used for the sounding boards of pianofortes, as it does not warp under change of tem- perature or atmosphere. Quickens The Appetite Makes the Weak Strong. , Y ER’S THE ONLY GOLD MEDAL Sarsa pan Ila Has Cured Others And Will Cure You. Ayer’s Cherry Pectora] for Coughs. THE E'vENI-NG Gn’znr'rn’ BRIDGEPORT, TE"??? ‘ l.) M. Read COM PANY. ALL THAT IS NEWEST AND PR ETTIEST For Spring and summer wear; that is best and most reasonable in the end. Your ideas materialized? Silks and Dress Stuffs that bring pleasure in the buying, satisfaction in the making and joy in the wearing. Goods that are speaking a new language with a new season. The best products of Europe and America are here for your choosing. Jackets, Capes an d Separate Skirts a plenty. Fresh new styles that are natty looking and handsome. Spring fab- rics and Spring prices. Fine Organdies, very choic- est selections in French designs; patterns that are particularly suited to this beautiful fabric, 25 to 400. a yard. New Swisses, white grounds and colored spots—excluswe coloriugs, 500. a. yard. Black Sateen Skirts—ani- line_ black—warranted; a $1.00 skirt for 75 cents. With the ‘ Keystone Beater,’ the work of an hour is reduced to one minute; the saving one—half. Daily exhi- bitions in the Crockery de- partment. In the Crockery and House- furuishing department we are selling lO-qt. retiuned bread 1';,I.isei's, extra special, for 250. J apanued tea and coffee cans 11b. 50.‘——21b. Sc. Zinc cov- ered wash boards, full size, loo—regular 25c. goods. Fibre water pails, 190. Granite iron were at the lowest prices anywhere. White .porcelain covered vegetable dishes, 250. each. Step ladder”, 4ft. 490,—- 5 ft. 59c. (Carpet beaters, lU-c. Brass bird cages, 690. up. Gas globes, 25c.—a new lot just in. 98 c. jardineres for 49c—a special sale at a. special price. Haviland china dinner and tea sets, and a full line of fancy pieces. .' ‘ inevitable'end of such an AFTER SEA OTTER. Fleets of Canoes Manned by the Alaska Indians. The I-Ioouah Indians are the best sea otter hunters of all the Alaskan tribes. They are very skillful at it, and as the furs are very valuable they make a , good thing out of it. The. lloonahs go after sea otters in large companies. Ten or twelve families hunt together. There are‘ very good grounds about ten miles out from. Lituya bay, and there the Hoonahs do their best work. They use spruce canoes, which are small com- pared with most Alaskan canoes, and which, being light and easy to handle in the chase, are swifter than the or- dinary boats. Usually there are four paddlers, but the number may be great— er 01‘ smaller. The head of the family sits in the bow with his gun across his lap in such a position that he can drop the paddle and pick up the gun in a fraction of a second. The mother, as often as not With a. baby in her lap, sits in the stern with a big, long-handled paddle and steers. The children do the effective paddling. Every Alaskan 1n- dian child learns to paddle as soon as it learns to walk. The Indians there have been a canoe-traveling race so long that they inherit abnormally developed bodies and arms, but their legs are not strong. . Because of the great bore in Latuya bay it is only when the weather is very calm that the Indians can go out to hunt sea. otter. They kill with snot— guns loaded with. heavy charges of buckshot. Antlthey hunt- otter in much the same way that the western boys hunt hell divers and butter-ball ducks. When they Sight- an otter they fire several blank shots. The otter dives, and all the canoes circle around the place where he went drwn, waiting for him to‘ come to the surface again. When he does they fire more blank shots and scare him into diving again. They keep that up until the otter gets tired outand one of the canoes can get within gunshot of him. Sometimes they have two or three otter divmg at once, and itis live- ly, exciting work, as well as great sport. Getting back with the day's game to the camp inside the bay is always sharp work and sometimes very danger- ous. The bay runs inland alout Six miles, and varies from three—quarters of a mile to one and a half miles in width. The entrance is about 300 yai ds wide, with from four to six fathoms of water at low tide. Ilocky spits jut out: from the mainland at each side. Just at the head of the. southern spit are several large bowlders, the largest of which is called Cormorant rock. The northern spit is a rocky glacial morass. Vessels gomg in and out always wait for slack tide. Except at slack tide the breakers extend entirely across the en- trance, aud when the. tide is running either way the current is extremely swift and a gutter is formed in mid chan- nel from which the current sets strong- ly toward the shores, so that a vessel trying to go through on the tide would almost certainly be washed against Cormorant rock or the northern spit. In perfectly calm weather the tide, ebb or flood, shows a c usiderable bore. and if a vessel hits it just right she would go through as if sailing down hill. The mouth of the bay is only about a Cable‘s length, and after that there is no dau- ger. The Indian sea otter hunters never undertake the passage except at slack water. If they arrive before the. tide serves they wait until it does. If they get in from the grounds only a. few mi u- utes after slack water they prefer to stand the ocean swell outside than un- dertake to go through in their light canoes. As a. motor of fact, they are safer outsxde, for there is a bigcddy be tween the tidcway and Cormorant rock, Where they are perfectly safe, unless a wind comes up and the sea gets rough. There they wait for the next turn of the tide, and it is not unusual to see half a dozen canoes drifting about in this eddy with most of the occupants asleep. 1f the sea comes up while they are wail..- ing outside the Indians make a landing among I he, rocks on the ocean side rather than try to make a passage through the breakers. This is an ex- tremely hazardous undertaking, but the Indians are so skillful in handling their canoes that accidents seldom hap- pen. hood, aud are usually so covered With oil and grease that. the shock of sudden immersmn in the cold water does not affect them.—-N. Y. Sun. Casters on Stove Legs. That the use of well-arranged, ac- curately adjusted rollers is a great saving of labor is undeniable, but not every article. should be thus equipped. The notion of putting casters on stove- legs is one that is not likely to receive the indorsement of strictly practical persons. The stove is emphatically a stationary article. One of the great drawbacks to successful and perma- nent plumbing is the fact that the stove frequently works loose, slides out of place and cracks the couplings or strains the pipes. If this is the case with the stove without casters, it is not difficult to imagine what would be the condition if rollers were attached. This would be. a continual source. of danger, not only to plumbing, but on account of fires. The pipes would nat- urally work apart; even the jarring of ordinary wind storms could have this effect, and conflagrations would be the invention. The rollers might do well enough if a clamp were attached with teeth to ' press into the floor after the stove was located; but a simple roller without such an attachment would be a con- stant menace not only to plumbing, but to the safety of the dwelling as well.— N. Y. Ledger. ' The Skeptic. _ “Yes. I kissed her when she wasn’t expecting anything of the kind.” “Lemme see; a young man, a young woman and nobOdy about; and the young woman'not expecting to he kissed. M’m. Hal iPooh!~”—,-Indian- apolis Journal. They swim like seals from baby- - RIGHT THERE. Cave-rs the Same Territory in Nor- walK as Elsewhere. Ydu don’t have to find it. It’s right there—and stays there. And you don’t forget it. It. aches and then aches some more. Ever have that backache ? Found it wasn’t your back, didn’t you? The kidneys are great grumblers when sick. . Hear them clear Ihrough the back. Feel them clear through the body. It is kidney disease. And many tortures follow. Urinary troubles curse the life. And it’s not worth the living. Cure it and you’ll have peace. You can do it easily. . . By taking Doan’s Kidney Pills. 'l'hey cure every wrong condition of the kidneys. Norwolk people are learning this fact. Our cases are not confined. to any class, condition, or sex. For example, Mrs C. Malone, who resides at No. 31 Plattsvflle avenue, has reached the al- lotred span of life, being seventy years of age and is the mother of eight chil- dren. She says, "I had kidney and urinary trouble "for years. Severe headaches and scannness' of urine. I got a. box of Doau’s Kidney Pills a. Hale’s drug store. I did not take them all for I had no need for them. The) cured me and Iam glad to be able ti- recommend them to 'anyone who suf- fered as I did.” Doan’s Kidney Pills do Ibis if taken as directed. 'l‘bey tone up the kidneys and force them to periorm their lunc- tlous properly. They cure—actually cure the most stubborn cases of kidney disease. Doan’s Kidney Pills act at once. You can feel their effects in an hour or so. Try them foflwenk or lame back. For sale by all dealers or sent by mail on, receipt of price, by Foster— Milburnioo.,Bufl‘alo. N. Y. Sole agents for the United States. J. D. Jennings. UN D ERTAK F R 4 Knight street. opposite Streethailwa} Depot ;. NIGHT BELL AT OFFICE Piano Lessons. BS._GEORGE W. BRADLEY, (daughter of the late Wm. B. Nash.) gives efiicert and satisfactory instructions on the Piano at her home No.193 Mam sweet DAVID . W. RAYMOND Funeral Director and Emialmer.’ 39|Washington Street '50th Fluvial]; Residence. Mahackcmo Hotel. I The GAZETTE _ PR NTING 7 Department. ' A WORD ‘ TO ~ THE . WISE ’ Mmthants, Manuractur- ers, Lodges and ’Focieties will consult their own micr- ests by giving us a call. REM EM 8 FIR—If you have work to do, write to us. sauna mus, MAN UFAC'I 1' REES OF HIGH-GR ADE GRAND AND UPRIGHT The Finest Toned and Moslllur- able PlllllO, at the LOWEST POSSIBLE PRICE. @You can Save OVER 25 *7" PER OEllT. by Purchasing Oireol From Our Factory. Old Pianos Taken in Exchange- Tuning and Repairing. ‘ Telephone 9242. 11...”... a NEW FACTORY AND WAREROOM l25 and‘l27 .9 STAMFORD. CONNECTICUT; , Pacific Street.
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