THL EVElNI 4—1,...7 1 is an end- of- I smoke at the loWest— notch 1 Tobacco for end- of-the- century smokers. ‘ are represented the skill, experience, and know- ledge that have come I from a hundred year of tobacco making. I ' A top- -notch the - century In it Q AMJ'Izuow Supre- S\! Ask your tobacco dealer for 1 Lorillards Rose Lat Cut Plug A 2-02. package for 5 cents " The kind Boss makes his Biscuits with. " PURE, STRONG, RELIABLE. Is the verdict arrived at by Chemical Analysis of BAKING POWDER Economy, Health and Satisfactory Results attend its use. MANUFACTURED BY 3 C. I). BOSS & SON, New’London, Conn. imam» DAILY GAZETTE classified Business Directory. Gardsunder this head $2.50 per Hneperuea INSURAN CE. NORWALK FIRE INS. 00.. N. In successiu business since 1860: no outstanding claims WIL ON, 0. E. ., Gazette bldg. .. N. Invest- ments and money toloan. Also ins" rance writ-tenin b est 0! companiesat [ewest rates om Y8. HUBBELL. JAMES T..9 Water street N. HUBLBUTT. J. BELDEN, Attorne angthunlsglor attILaw .lzi‘ooms. .(up. A 1 9 orwa 3min) at???” [HP l(BROOER. SELLECK. GEORGE VI ARD. 18 Wall at... Best goodsL Teas and Coffees. Specialties. FEE SILABLESI; b1 , ..8 River st.. new 8. es DANN Ho EL MMKER t l h G. a; 46- 48. 1n t..: e e one- RAYMOND BEL a ARID r1 BATES. P. W.Waterst. .N: Steam Stone Work Monuments] and Bld’p MEEKER COAL CO, GOAL, WOOD, BRICK, “ME, 'BEMENT, TILE PIPE. OFFICE WITH G. WARD SELLECK WALL STREET. NOBW! LK. Fairiield county llalional Bank. 44 Wall Street, Norwalk, 0mm. NCOBPOBATED, 1824- Capital, 3‘00, 000 EDWIN 0. KEELER, President. 11. MILLEBL Vice-President. AVID.GREEN1 Cashier DIRECTORS . EDWIN U. KEELEB Mosss H. GLOVEB DAVID B. MILLER, A..J M EEKER, F- ST. JOHN Locxwoon, THEODORE E. SMITH IRA COLE. CHAS F. TmsraAm Accounts of Manufacturers. Merchants and Individuals solicits. Safe Deposit Boxes free to Depositors. .._—.___——___— __...— __... closing 0111 Sale Of Fancy China Plates,Cups and Saucers and glassware. You Can Gel Some Big Bar- gains in the Above Goods as We are Not Going to Carry Them in the Future. They Will be Sold at Cost— Some Below. H. H. WILLIAMS 1? Main St. Raymond 1% Son. Successors to George 11. Raymond. Furniture Dealers and General Funeral Directors. 46 and 48 Main Street Norwalk Ct- Residence, Berkeley Place. Tehrkcne No. 77-4. 1 mensions: FAMOUS FAT FREAKS. A man named Essex who died in the reign of George 111., weighed 616 pounds. He died when 30 years old, and the staircase and side of the house had to be taken out to remove him. Ile was lowered into the grave by an engine. Frederica Ahrens, a German woman who lived in Paris, must have been a monster. She 11 eighed 150 pounds when only four years old, and 450 pounds at 20 years of age. Mr. Laurent tells of a Pa11s1an boy who weighed 104 pounds at the age of four. An Essex grocer named Bright lived to be 29 3ears old and weighed, at the time of his de at.,h 616 pounds. Philip Mason, of Monmouthshire, is reported to have the following surprising di- erist, 11 inches; waist, ’7 2 inches; calf, 25 inches, and chest, 60 inches. In the Dictionaire des Sciences Medi~ cales there is an account of Marie Fran— coise Clay, a Parisian beggar, who died in 1806. Her waist measured 62 inches and her head was almost hidden by her enormous shoulders. She had to sleep almost upright, being afraid to lie down for fear of suffocating. In the Philosophical Transactions for 1813 there is a description of a girl of four years who weighed 256 pounds. Dr. Elliston tells of a child who died when one year old and weighed 61’) pounds. A Mr. Poll, of Lincolnshirc, tipped the scales at 560 pounds, and is said to have been buried in three cof- fins. Lovelace L01 e, an Irishman, had a cot fin seven feet long, four feet broad and 31/2 feet deep. Benjamin Bowerweighed only 470 pounds. Gunz, a German writer, mentions a young sylph-Iike lady of his acquaintance who weighed 492 pounds. Dorothy Collier, a north of England matron, tipped the scale at only 420 pounds. SELECTED PLEASANTRIES. Riddance—He—“At times I lose my- self.” She (bored to death)—“How?” —De-troit Tribune. A Happy Couple—Mrs. Fussy—“And your husband has never referred to his mother’s cooking?” Mrs. Bland—J “N ever; John was brought up in a hotel."——Texas Siftings. “Her fiance is a pronounced brunette, is he not?” said one young woman. “No,” replied the other; “he. is a. Rus- sian. He can be spelled, but not pro- nounce1 .“~\Vashington Star. Proof.-~—Bridcgroom — “My- friend Meekes says he is afraid you didn’t like his wedding present.” Bride-~“Cer- tainly I did! \l'hy, I kept it a. whole month before I exchanged it.”—Puck.' A member of a. ru '111 school board visited a school under his jurisdiction. When asked to make “a few remarks,” he said: “Well, children, you reads well and you spells well, but you hain’t sot still."—llarpcr’s Bazar. Art is Short.——Julia—“Louise showed me those beautiful landscapes. She says she had no trouble at all painting them.” Mabel—“No. All she had todo was to sign her name after her teacher finished 1.1:em."——~Brooklyn Life. Her Accounts Balanced. A~ young husband, finding that his pretty but extravagant rwife was con- siderably exceeding their income, brought her home one evening a neat little account book, finely bound, and looking very attractive. This he pre- sented to her, together with $100. “N ow, my dear,” he said, “I want you to put- down what I give you on this side, and On the other write down the way it goes, and in a fortnight I will give you another supply.” A couple of weeks later he asked for the book.” “Oh, I have kept the account all right,” said his wife, producing the little leather volume. “See. here it is,” and on one page was inscribed: “Received from Algy $100,” and on the one opposite, the comprehensive little summary: “Spent it all.”—Pit-tsburgh Bulletin. SAYINGS OF WISE MEN. The talkative listen to no one.— Plutarch. .3, A great fortune is a great slavery. -— Seneca. Man is name of honor for a king.— Chapman. .J. _ observatories at that time. THERE IS NO NATIONAL HOLIDAY. Not Even the Labor Day Act Createsi'One, Say the Lawyers. There would seem to be no such thing In this country as a national holiday. Lawyers assert that even Labor day, which was set apart by not of congress in 1894 in such manner as to lead the confiding layman to'suppos‘e it at least to be a national holiday, is not such outside of the District of Columbia un- less by state enactment. The creation and regulation of holidays have been left entirely to the legislatures of the individual states. The act of congress concerning Labor day was approved June 28,1894. It pro- vides “that the first Monday of Septem- ber in each year, being the day cele- brated and known as Labor day, is hereby made a legal holiday, to all in- tents and purposes, in the same manner as Christmas, Jan. 1, Feb. 22, May 30 and July 4 are now made by law public holidays. ’ ’ Clearly the proper construction of this statute can be arrived at only by reference to the provisions bearing upon the other holidays named. The act mak- ing holidays of Jan. 1, July 4, Christ- mas and “any day appointed or recom- mended by the president of the United States as a. day of public fast or thanks- giving” was passed in June, 1870, and was restrictcu in its effect to the Dis- trict of Columbia. These days are holi- days in the various states only as they are made so by the various state legis- latures. The act of Jan. 31, 1879, makes Feb. 22 a legal holiday, and the act of Aug. 31, 1888, does the same for May 30,. and both are restricted in their applica- tion to the District of Columbia. The act ' ferring to Labor day says nothing about the District of Columbia, but it does say that the first Monday of Sep- tember shall be a legal holiday, “to all intents and purposes, in the same man- ner as Christmas, Jan. 1, Feb. 22, May 80 and July 4 are now made by law public holidays.” The intents and purposes for which and the manner in which those days are made holidays are expressly limited to the District of Columbia, and so, by necessary inference, is the act referring to Labor day. The misleading language of the Labor day act has led to a prevalent statement that the first Monday of September is a holiday throughout the United States by congressional enactment.—New York Tribune. Schlaparelll. Schiaparelli, the astronomer who first discovered the so called “canals” of Mars, did so with a much smaller tele- scope than those in use in many other And yet he is a very nearsighted man. Garrett P. Serviss of Brooklyn, in speaking of his first interview with the eminent Italian, said that Schiaparelli would hold a vis- itor’s card within five or six inches of his eyes in order to decipher it. The sin- gular part of this story is not that a man with such an infirmity should be able to outdo other astronomers, for keenness of vision depends rather upon .the retina than the convexity of the lenses of the eye, and the eyepiece of a telescope can be focusscd so as to suit the latter. But it does seem a little odd that the gifted scientist in question should habitually refrain from wearing eyeglasses. Possibly he has a theory as to the effect of their use upon his visua' powers. Repartee In the Menagerie. “Did it ever occur to you,” asked the Bactrian camel, “what an elegant shape you have for riding a wheel?" “Did it ever occur to you,” retorted“ the dromedaiy, to whom, it may be un- necessary to state, the previous question was addIessed, “did it ever occur to you how well you would look on a tandem?” And the two humped party to the foregoing discussion was forced to ad- mit to himself that he rather got the Worst of 1t.—Indianapolis Journal. In the. Senate and House. WASHINGTON, March . 1. —The senate and house hold uneventful sessions today. Nothing of moment occurred in 81:11:. branch of congress. VG GAZETTE Paid Up. Frederick E. Scofield who was arrest- ed Monday by Deputyfiherifi' Doolan on the charge of having passed a worth- less check on Thomas Br‘ophy of Bridgeport, and W118 taken to that city, has been discharged from custody be having settled the claim to the full satisfaction of Mr. Broph) . The Discovery Saved H t8 Life. Mr. G. Cailouette, Druggist, Beavers- ville, 111. ,:says “To Dr. King’s New Discovery I owe my life. Was taken with La Grippe and tried all the physicians for miles about, but of no avaII and was giv- en up and told I could not live. .Having Dr. King’s New Discovery in my store, I sent for a. bottle and began its use and from the first dose began to get better, and after using three bottles was up and about again. It is worth its weight in gold. We won’t keep store or house without it. ” Get a free trial at E P Weed’s Drug Store, Norwalk, and Mon- roe’s, Mew Canaan. Resigned Without Explaining. Puv. Eugene M. Grant. who hasbeen pastor of the Universalist church in Stamford since 1880. surprised his con. gregation Sunday by teudering his res- ignation. No reason 1s assigned. A Lowell Mothers" Tesumony Lowell, Mass..Apr1l30 1894.——“My little baby, now fifteen weeks’ old, has. since birth, suffered greatly from wind colic. All remedies failed to ease him until a ladv friend “m nmmended Dr. Hand’s Colic Cure. I tried it, and Would not be withoutit, and I grate- fully advise all mothers wishing a sure remedy Ior colicky babies to try Dr. Hand’ sColic Cure. —Mrs. A. L Stnr tevant, No.5 Simpson plane.” Dr. Hand’s Remedies at H. B. lialc’s, 25c Probably one of the happiest if not the happiest man in Norwalk today, is Daniel Hogan, of Fairview avenue, whose wife presented him with a girl babv at an early hour this morning. It is their first born on] is of course as pretty and good as an angel. (are (or Headache. As a remedy for all forms of headache Electric Bitters has proved to be the very best. It effects a permanent cure and the most dreaded habitual sick headaches yield to its influence. \Ve urge all who are afflicted to procure a bottle, and give this remedy a fair trial. In cases of habitual constipation Electric Bitters cures by g1v1r g the needed tone to the bowels, and few cases long resist the use of this medicine Try itb once, large bottle only 50c and $1. 00 at E. P. W eed’s drug store, Norwalk, and Monroe’s New Ca- naan. The report of the Stoir’s Agricultural College for 1895 a neatly printed and handsomely illustrated volume has been received at this office. A sketch of the history of the institution from its foundation appears, and is very inter- esting reading. - .11 Baby’s Life Saved, Addison, N. Y, April 8, 1894.—Hands Medicine Uo.:—“I feel it my dutv to write to you in regard to my little daught’er s sickness from teething and indigestion. She is seven month’s old. '1 wo of the best physicians gave her 1111.009 bottle of Dr. Hand’s "Feet-hing Lotion relieved herso much that we tried Dr. Hand’s Colic Cure also, and at once 811W 9. change for the better. 'lhese remedies saved my baby’s life. ——Mrs. Wellington Brown. Dr. Hand’ s Colic Cure and Dr. Hand’ s Teething Lotion sold by, H. R. Hale, 25c. By virtue of fifteen little dots in blocks of five, John R. Fabey won the mamiferous quadruped of the genus Capra, which he had placed in e hands of the Shakers for disposal at O’Brien’s grocery store on Mam street, last night. Rheumatism Cured In 11 Don . “Mvstic011re"' - Rheumatism and Neuralgia radically, cures in 1 to 3 day s. Its action upon the system is remark- able snd mysterious. It removes at once the cause and the disease imme- diately disappears. The first dose greatly benefits, 75 cents. Sold Lv W A. Vogel and Edward P. Weed, Drug- gists, Norwalk. jau-4-1y I About two inches-of snow fell yester- day afternoon and last night. As a re- sult “Jim” Belts did not .make his usual display of spring vegetables this morning. Their place is partially filled by a barrel of brooms. BUCKIID'S Armca Salve. The Best Salvein the world for Cuts Bruises, Sores, Ulcers. Salt Rheum Fevei Sores, Tetter, Chopped Hands Chilblains, Corns and all Skin Erup lions, andpositivelycures Piles or no Payrcquired. It Is guaranteed to give perfectsatisfaotion, or money refunded Price25 cents per box. For Sale by E P. Weed, N orwalk and Monroe, New Canaan. Rufus Townsend Rockwell died at his home in Mill Plain, Danbury, Sun- day, aged 77 years. He was born in Ridgefield. ' A strike at the Fancher Shoe manu- factory in New Canaan, has been amica- bly settled and the men have resumed work. Many merchants are well awaie that their customers me their best friends and take pleasure in supplying them with the best goods obtainable. As an instance we men- tion Pen y & Cameron, prominent druggists of Flushing,1 Michigan. They say: “\Ve have no hesitation In c,Iecommcnding Cham- berlain’s Cough Remedy to our customers as it is the best cough medicine we have ever sold, and always gives satisfaction.’ For sale at 25 and 50 centsa bottle by E P. Weed, Diuggist. Attorney Walsh denies the truth lot the repert that he is to move his law officesto Scuth Norwalk. Judge James T. Hubbell will visit l Mt. Kisco. N. Y., to-morrow. STORMY PETRELS. The Young Bird.) Full of Oil and.Usod as - Lamps. . It is no wonder seafaring men all re- gard the storm petrel as a forerunner of disaster. Not only do the queer. low-flitting, dusky birds seem to love the tempestuous weather, but they come out in the greatest numbers just . before and during the particularly vio- lent hurricanes. When no other bird, large or small, is in sight thers‘e weird fowl, like so many imps, skim low across the white-caps and hover close by a. ship until its superstitious crew are well- nigh frantic with dread. Many of the oldei jack tars, indeed, believe that the petrels, instead. of com- ing with the storms actually call them ' up or still them at pleasuic. They weave many wild yarns about “Mother Carey’ s chickens,” and tell you how they never rest and never fly to the shore. The English channel islanders even contend that. the eggs are held under one wing until hatched and that the young learn to fly the instant they emerge from their eggs. The real facts concerning the petrel’s ‘life and ways are full of interest even if in accepting them we must rudely shat- ter the fondest traditions of the fo’- castle. One reason why nothing of its nesting habits was known until about 40 years ago was because it chooses only the remotest and moSt lonely strands for its home. On the deeply indented shores of Nova. Scotia thousands of them nest every year. Cape Sable‘and the Mud, Tusket, Shag, Gannet, Johns and Negro islands swarm with their clumsy young in June. A cleft in the wave-washed rocks, a water-worn niche, the deserted burrow of a rabbit or a woodohuck or a musk- I‘at, any sort of a scooped place, is good enough for the petrel. Itis abundantly able to dig a. suitable cavity for itself, however, if no Iazier way out of the dif- ficulty presents itself. Only .12 or 14 inches deep are those hollows, just deep enough to hold Mother I’etrel and her babies and protect them from the gales that sweep the coast. The mother lays but a single egg of a. dull, lusterless white, 'very large for the size of the bird. She sits on it almost constantly for three- weeks, while the mate brings her food from the sea. Only at. night does he feed her, and after the young one is hatched it, to,o only receives nou1ishment after dark. All day long the birds ale winging 01 er the sea, searching for something to eat, often flying miles offshore. Care- fully do the old birds watch over and feed the cottony _,, tumbling, weak lit- tle bab3 petiel for four or five weeks. Nearly six months elapse cre the youngster can shift for itself. The parents feed them with a rich oil which they secrete in their stomachs, and so thick and fine is this fluid that the sa1ages of the far north use the poor birds as lamps. Killing them, they thrust a hempen wick down the thIoat, and, pushing it down as far as possible, light the loose end, which will burn for hours with a clear. bright flame. In reality, when the seamen fancy the poor waifs are following the ship to bring her bad luck, they are reall; looking for the things which the co k may throw away. Any sort of rcf11::.: is eagerly gathered up and taken 1101111 to the lonely laby Silently they pui— sue the vessels for a whole day, waiting in patience for .. morsel. Only at. night, do they cry, weird and plaintive note is theirs. Piti- fully it rises above the low roar of the wind and the booming of the breakers on the shore. The solitary lookout in the bow at night often draws his oil- skin closer and whistles loud when 11- hears that fateful wail. lie shades hi:- eyes with a. big rough handand peers more anxiously into the blackness ahead, for it bodes his ship no good to be followed by Mother Carey’s chick- ens—N. Y. Journal. DIFFERENT FORMS OF SWORDS. The Rapier, Cutlas. Saber, Yataghan, Scimiter and Claymore. The rapier was in general use on the continent some years before it made its appearance in England, where, it must be said, it was received with scorn and ridicule, as being much too effeminate a. weapon for any self-respecting Son of Mars to trifle with. The cavaliers of France, Spain and Italy, however, were adepts in the intricate science of sword play, and used it with a fatal subtlety. The cutlass, which we read about in Capt. Marryat’s stirring tales, and in the, thrilling stories of the exploits of pirates on the Spanish main, was‘short and rather broad and flat in the blade, which had an exceedingly sharp double edge. The yataghan and scimiter bear the evidence of their oriental origin in their curved blades andsuggest the ancestry of the saber. The saber is the most important cutting implement of modern armies. It is distinguished from the sword proper by the angle- edged blade, which attains its greatest thickness at the back, and is grimly suggestive of the dire effects of a swing- ing cavalry chargefi The schiavone—a. notable sword of the Italian soldiery— carried a conspicuous guard, extending from the quillons to the pommel, form- ing a. lattice—work of metal bands "that resembled the plaiting ofosiers in a. basket. This basket-hilted sword, as it was called, was so closely allied to the Claymore of the Scotch Highlanders that they have frequently been mis: taken, one for the other..-—Mary Stuart McKinney, in St. Nicholas. Breast of Veal, Braised. Have a. fat breast of veal prepared for stuffing, which may be made of boiled and mashed onions, bread and seasonings. Place in a. covered baking pan, with sliced carrots, omens, celery and minced parsley; dot with bits of butter, pour over a. quart, of water or broth and cook slowly, basting occa- sionally, for two hours. Dish up on a bed of spaghetti, boiled and seasoned and mixed with a. half pint of brown sauce; strain the gravy free of its fat, thicken and serve in a sauce boat .—-Al- bany Journal. 21 DLICK to p In Welcome. _ New England housekeep- ers are too wide awake to. be . tooled into buying inferior“ soap more than once, just because there is a present given with it. _ On washing-day they wait only the best soap; neat day they buy their own present. 1 vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv that cough ELAAAA‘AAAA or throat ‘3...» trouble . HALE’S may go ~ to your HOEEY lungs. ' What HflllEHllllNll does that mean? Hale’ 5 Honey of Horehound and Tar 3 isn' I claimed to cure consumption, but it : will often revent it. A posuive cure for : 4 1 VVV'vvvvvvvvvvvvvvv'vvvvvvv'vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvVvvvvvvvvvvv'vvvvvvvvvvv a cough. old by druggists. r I Pike’ sToothache Drops cure in one minute. 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