mnlmMIHEUSMIIIIWIEE-DUIF lllfllllfl‘.‘ MI. Mll- n31 1a A F1 u: a BEWARE 111 l THE AMEN!“ TBBAEED COMPANY. SUEEESSUK uw veau usA. Simmons I Do not be deceived by infringe- ments of name, package or cigar- ette. ' THE ONLY GENUINE .~ Sllllllll llflllllliil lilflfllllllil I Beat the tee simile signature of ”716% on the package and on' each cigarette. TAKE “NO-NE -WITHOUT. norm, SWINDLERS, How They Ply Their Arts in London and Paris. ._.——. Extraordinary Robberies Executed by Daring Adventurers of Both Sexes—- The Champion Hotel Thief . of the World. _— Hotel—keepers are peculiarly liable to ' be swindled. So many people of all sorts are constantly coming and g0- ing in the busy season that it is next to" impossible for the most careful man to be sure beforehand that his guests are all honest and straightforward, and will not be found to have skedaddled when the time comes for the little bill to be collected, after they have fared sumptuously for many days. The best the sorely tried landlord can do is to steer, as 11 ell as he may, the happy middle course, without offending the solvent by raising suspicions of their solvency beforehand, and watching the doubtful lest they suddenly disappear in the night. And he may be trusted to be pretty sure on the average to make up for his losses by sticking them 011 to those who do not pay up. Two well~dressed young fellows, ap- parently strangers to each “other, were given rooms on the same floor of a cer- tain hotel. A day or two later one of them said his trunk had been stolen, and made such an outcry that, to get rid of him, the unsuspecting landlord paid him the value of his in unk and its contents amounting to something like £ 1]. The young man left and presnt- ly the other gentleman paid his bill and also took his departure. Lut in some 11' av' the defrauded landlord learned la— te1 that 1v hen gentleman .\o. 2 left he took with him not only his own trunk but the one for which No. 1 had been paid, concealed inside it. From Ma1 gate there comes a tale of a bold attempt bva a“foreig11 countess” to get the bettei of a hotel manager. .-'l11 are that hotel keepels are liable for the property of guests up to a certain amount, irrespecti1e of “negligence,” the countess, 11 hen her bill 11 as pie- sented to her, declared that she had been robbed of a valuable silver belt, worth more than the amount of her bill. But while the manager was du- biously discussing the point there stepped forward the head chambei lain and quietlv said that he had heard that identical sil1cr belt st01y twice pre- viously—at Monte Carlo two years be- fore, and at Scarborough last year. At both places she had happened to be serv— ing as a housemaid. The countess quicklv paid her bill and departed. One of the most 1): 1traor‘dina1y rob- beiies 1ecordcd is the one which was effected a short time ago at a hotel in the Rue Sophie Germain, Paris. One afternoon a well-dressed man and wom- an arrived at the hotel in question and took the best bedroom in the house for one night, paying for it in advance and requesting the waiter to call them at four o’clock the next morning. lie did so. and they left at live o’clock. But when the chambermaid went to put the room in order she met with an astound- ing sight. The place was nearly bare, and, in fact, every movable article of furniture had disappeared. The visit- ors, with the aid of accomplices in the streets, had managed to lower all , 1111 ough the window without being per- 1: eiv ed. The death 11 as recently recorded of a icmaikable scamp who must surely have been the champion hotel thief of the world. He rejoiced in the name of Col. William Addison, and is estimated to have in his lifetime departed from 5,000 hotels without leaving any money behind him. His mode of operation was peculiar and ingenious. He had devised contrivanccs for carrying on his nefarious career in the shape of an Addison collapsible trunk and an Ad- dison balloon hand bag. _The trunk ap- peared to be an expensive leather-cov- ered affair of large size, which, when contracted, could be carried under the arm like an artists portfolio, while the hand bag could be diminished so as to go into a pocket. Selecting his hotel—- usually a high-priced one—the colonel . would fill his trunk with bricks and blew out his hand bag with straw and proceed to take up his quarters. At the least indication of impatience on the part of the landlord for payment of his bill the colonel, announcing that he was going to the bank, would pack his trunk in his portfolio and put his bag in his pocket and depart for good. In this 11 '1y he had lived in luxury for many 1ears, and, consistent to the end, he died 111 a hotel and left no money behind l1i1n.—London T1 t-Bits. uLocomotives Have to Be Trained. It may not be generally known that locomotives intended for express trains require as much training, in their way, for fast running as do race horses. When an engine‘intended for express purposes is taken out of the shops to be placed on the line, instead of putting , it to the work it- is intended for at once, it is run for two or three weeks on some one of the local branches, in order to train it, so to speak, for fast running. By this means all the various bearings and delicate machinery connected with the runninggear becOme settled to their work; for, should anything about the new machine not work harmoniously, there is ample time to adjust the de- fect. Usually the new engine proves troublesome on account of its propen- sity to make fast time, and at almost every station the train is found to be a little ahead of- schedule time and must wait for from ten seconds to a minute. ——Cincinnati Enquirer. The Servant Question. “Maggie, did you hear the door bell ring?” “Yis, mum.” \ “Well, why don’t you open the door, then?” “Sure, I don’t know a soul Who’d call an me at this time‘of the day, mum. It must be some one to see yersilf.”—-- Truth. Compliments of the Smoking Room. They sat in deep thought for half an 1011r after the lunch. Finally one of them could stand it no longer. ‘So he ‘ took a cigar from his pocket and lighted it with the remark: “Sorry I haven‘t got another cigar.” “Just what I should have said to you in five minutes morc,” replied the other, also taking out :1 cigar, “if you hadn’t got the start of me." . THE THIEYES' TEXT-BOOK. ‘ A French Criminal Describes the Fine Art. of Burglary. There has come into the hands of the Parisian police a copy of a book bear- ing the title “Manuel du Parfait Voleur dans les Environs de Paris,” literally, “Manual of the Perfect Thief in the En- virons of Paris,” says the New York World. This interesting work was written by the chief of a gang of bur- glars and is, intensely practical. It treats of the most successful and ap- proved ways of. “cracking” country houses. The introduction contains this state- ment: “The environs of Paris are li- vidcd into four sections, each of which is controlled by a band of burglars, hav- ing its own center of operations and never passing beyond the boundaries allotted to it, as in that case it would seriously interfere with the work of the band operating in the neighboring sec- tion.” The “Manuel" explains how each band procures detailed inloi'mation rc- guiding the 111111 which it has marked for pillage. Some local real estate agent. is visited by one of the bin gluls 1n the guise of a man seeking a dcsiru- ble house for his family. Several chap- ters describe the best. methods of dis- posing of stolen goods and how to pre- pure them so as to prevent their idc 1.1- lication. The author of the book, though long suspected, had been able to elude the police for many years, but. soon after a copy of his work came into their pos- session he himself was taken red- handed. He gave the police‘much use— ful information, however, which result- ‘cd in the incarceration of many of ms comrades, and so escaped with a light sentence, though on his release it. is likely that unless he emigratcs his ca.- reer will be cut short by a knife or re- volver in the hands of some of his for- mer associates. lie is a man of excel- lent family, received a line education and once served in the French army. UNCLE SAM’S COOK BOOK. Gastronomic Guide Issued for Use of Mill- tary Chefs. The United States publishes a. great many books, but. it is not. generally known that among them is a cook book. And it is not for the benefit. of the white house, either. There is a' white house cook book, but it is published privately, and is as big as the family Bible. The United States cook book is a small o1ic, enlarged slightly, however, in the re- vised— edition, which, according to the Pittsburgh Times, will be out shortly. It is for the benefit of the army , and in two sections, the first containing r u'. 11s for the cooks at the posts and stations , and the second for cooks in the field. The latter are not. ha1d and fast, of course, but suggestions, rather, and me the results of actual c\p1.11ence in that line of duty. It is said that the book will be of great value to the army, and if the rules are obeyed that can well he believed, for the army cook left to his unassisted intellect does not rank with the chefs. The copy for the new edition has been carefully and conscientiously scrutinized by the secretary of war-311 ho is understood to be an excellentjudge of cooking, and it is probable that be has added some useful suggestions. The women show very little intereist or- dinarily in the publications of the United States government, but it is sale to say that they would take pleasure in perusing this cook book. 1 . v Colds Coughs and Bronchitis Cured by Taking 1.:YERS Cherry, PactOral Awarded Medal and Diploma At World’s Fair. Use Ayer’s Hair Vigor for Color. THE EVENING GAZETTE 'BRIDGEPORT. THE D. M. Read COMPANY. TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY -THURSDAY, March 31 and April 1, 2, will be our “Annual Fair Days ” this! year. Closing the store Friday, April 3—‘ Good Fri- day ’—of course. Three days in which busi- ness appears in holiday attire and surroundings; when as- sortments are increased and brightened and prices low- e1 ed 11 lieu beauty piedomi- nates and good buying ap- peals to the judgment of thousands of visitors—when Winter steps down and out and Spring, with her newer f 151110113 and fabrics, assumes control. in Oilcloths Good oil- New patter; .3 and Linoleum. cloth, 210.51 vaul,li1ioleum, 371150., stair oilclotli, 100., shelf oilclotli, 60., table oil- cloth. 20 to 300. a yard- Coco' mats, 37-; 1rceuts. We also pay special atten- tion to Window Shades made, to order. And we’ve Up- holstery Hardware, Curtain Poles, Sash Rods, Stair But- tons—anything and every- thins; that you’ll be likely to need at houseclcauiug and putting-i: 1- 1nd e1 times. alens Nightsliirts splen- didr. 1:111'lllcs at 39 cents—— like those in the Main St. window. And men’s colored laundered Shirts, collar at- tache1l,for5)ceuts. Closi 11g out all the 75c giades in 111cm 0 Sliiits and D11111'e1s,g111y and camel’s hair, lei 1:39 cents each. Boys’ Waists, in cambric and outing flannel, 25 cents each. Crepons—another lot of 200 pieces Fassar silk and La Belle, for ladies fancy waists, just in.llass11r,10c. a yaid. La. Belle, 1221:. a yard. Out-. ing Flannels, small and large plai1ls—1Oc.for 150. grades. 'l‘willed l laids—cotton, in the '11; woods—mostly blue and 1e1ls, foi 811. a yard; used to be 12 re. l CHANCE FOR YOUNG DOCTORS. Can Go to South Africa and ‘Make 3 Mint of Money. , There is a promising field .open for young physicians in South Africa. Ac- cording to a letter received by the Lon- don 'l'clegraph from a lady who pro— fesses to know South Africa well, openings for good doctors are numer- ous and inviting. She says: "The scarcity of medical 111eui11 South Africa is very great, and their numbers are very 111auequatc tor the population. 1 am speaking of Cape Town, Johannes- burg and liarberton. There seems to be no reliable oculist, Optician or dentist in either of these places. A lady 11110 has recently gone to Jo- hannesburg with her children writes that people residing there and requ1r~ ing an Optician must go to Durban. All who can atford it come home to ha1e their eyes and teeth attended to, and, as this is expensive and inconvenient, many suffer much pain and injury. Many ladies endure the fatigue of travel and come to England when they require special care rather than place then:- sclves in the hands of the doctors at present available. I understand the mortality in Johannesburg is appalling. Many are there quite alone, and, having no one to attend to them in sickness, go to the hospital, where they usually die. 1 should state that the patients are not admitted free, but pay about $20. weekly. It seems to me most strange that this state of things should exist, especially as there are so many doctors here who complain of scarcity of patients. ” WILL SHE TRUNDLE HOOPS? it Is Hinted That This Will Be Woman’ s Next Fad. Everything is new now and nothing lasts! There is.no repose in the mod- ern woman. She is utterly unable to remain at home in dignified obscurity, but must. needs scamper ofi to where people most do congregate, says Lon don Truth. Display, excitement, movement and novelty are the things which she craves for. The rage for skating at the real ice rink continued for about three months, and then fasL- ion suddenly switched May Fair on to the bicycle. This in its turn is already commencing to lose the charm of nov- elty, and those whose vanity forces them to be the first to do whatever is peculiar are beginning to turn their at- tention to trundling hoops. Being an essentially solemn people, however, whenever we lapse into frivolity we jus- tify our folly by serious argument. It appears that trundling a hoop and spin- ning a top are altogether better forms of exercise than are either skating or bi- cycling. The first strengthens the ipinator longus, the triceps and the latissimus dorsi, while the latter gives play to the deltoid and the extensor- carpi radialis longior. That being the case, no reasonable objection can be raised Lo our women running along the streets trundling their hoops or spin- ning tops in the park., RUBBER-TIRED CABS. The Londoner New Guides Over the Streets “'ithout a Jar. Dancing has been described as the poetiy of motion, and perhaps it 11 as at the time the description was penned; but that. 1111s some time ago, says the New Iork Independent. To-duy the 1 poetry of motion 1sfou11d in driving 111 '11 rubber-tired transom cub o1cr a \1 1,-1.1:- pa1cd London sii'ch. l' or. miles you glide along, scarcely conscious that 3 ud an: moi ing until your course is arics1c11 by a blockmg or teams 1111.1' 1.13111: 11.111 210 conversation is c1cr1111cr- indeed, L‘UlllCl'. iupied by a (.ll'lH: in nonuou. 11' you want a few quiet words (none ' .1'1111'11 lizcud, the best may to get them is to Luke a cab. 'lllerc, unless there be something in your manner to excite the 11111 er‘s cur1os11y orsusplcion which may induce him to open the trap door in me top of the cab and listen, y on are as secluded as you would be in your cwn boudolr. I don’t know how many hansoni cabs there are in London, but I. know that there are at least. 15,645, for I saw that number on the back of one. So that you are never at a loss for them. An Old Problem. One of the problems that is as old as the science of‘mathematics is that of “squaring the circle." By squaring the circle is meant the problem of nnding the sides of a square exactly equal in area to a circle of given diameter. To do this, either by elementary geometry or by expressing it. arithmetically in commensurable numbers, has been found to be an impossibility. In other words, the ratio between the diameter and the circumference of a circle cannot be exactly found, even though in the di- vision, the decimal be carricd to 10,000 figures. The above being the exact facts in the case, we will say that the problem of “squaring the circle” is one that has long been given up by the mathematicians as insoluble. l ,1 The Scent of the Roses. A good story is told of an English fam- 11 y living in Norfolk county who pos- sessed the euphonious name of “Bug. ” As that term in England IS never men- tioned in polite society, and signifies a. minute insect noted for its power of jumping,’ the family of that name did not appreciate its uniqueness. Upon coming into possession of some money they at once petitioned to have it changed to " 'How ard. ” Their request was granted, but, alas for them, the bugs of that portion of the country were henceforth known by the more refined title of the “Norfolk Howards.“ Weights or British Coins. It is not generally known that the bronze coins issued fro'm the mint, like a classicalpiece of furniture, “contrive a double debt to pay.” In addition to being coins of the realm, they will serve as weighis and measures. A pen- ny is one-third (2-f1111111'oi1'1l11pois ounce, the hall'pcnny 01.c-fil't11a11dtliei’arthiug one-tenth. Thus live farthings. or a hall'peuuy and a thrilling, make half .111 ounce Moreover, the diameter of the lmll'pcuny is exactly an inch. it 1 the lLead. 11.13 No EQUAL iTh= t is Norwalk Testimony and Therefore Reliable. 4 When a remedy has no rqual it is up to date and a little in advance of all olhi r remedies for aspecifiedcomplaint Medical theory of old times held that a medicine containing a little of e1 ch kind for every ill shou'd mukear1mcd1 for all complaints. We laugh at such foolishness 10-day, and wonder it was evu- thought witdom. The maxim to- day is learn what- fbe disease is and 11p- rly the remedy which has proveu the most direct and radical. Specialties iule the day, and a single organ, its disorders and how to cure it, is the. highest distinction in the medical pro- fession. The kidneys are wonderfully constructed. Do you know Just what their functions are. 9 They are the laboratories of the body for the RENO- VATING of the blood, BEFORE ITS USE AGAIN. Read that carefully. Every pulsation 1 f the heart sends 1 ut the blood to give life to the body. When it picks up the poisons in its course it goes to the kidneys to be made new for use again. If the kidneys are week they cannot. do the work and uric Doan’ s Kidney Pills correct all disor- ders 1f the kidneys and kecp ihesr labors? ories true purifiers of the bio. u Norwalk peeple are far: 1: learning this, Read ll e fellow! ng 01181 . Mrs. Jom’ ph Whitney resid 112 at No 61 Belden avenue, hasu’ 1119.6 11 new se' of kidney 6, she hardly needed that, silll she bid to plumb up the old ones as they had become clogged and as 17 13111 - srquence was a sufferer from backache. Queer expression isn’t it, plumb the kidneys, but it’s right. Dean’s Kid- ney Pills are nature’ a plumbers and it was Simply the working of these little wonders on the kidneys that done away the backache for Mrs. Whitney. She says in briel :—‘I got a box of Doan’ s Kidney Pllls at Hale’ 3 drug 5101 e and took them for backache with satis- tory results. I recommend them to my friends.” Doan’ s Kidv- ev Pills are for sale by all dealers Price 15-0 cents. Mbiled by B‘oster- Miiburu 00., Buffalo. N. Y. 1ole agents for the U. S. Th1 usands are suilermg excruciating misery from that plague of the night, Itching Piles, and say nothing about it through a sense of deieacy. In: ant. re- lfieI in Doan’ s Ointment. It never an s. - J. D. Jennings. UNDERTAKFR a Knight street. opposite Street Railwm Den 1. -. NIGHTBELLATOFFICE. DAVID .w. RAYMONo Funeral Director and Embalmerq 39] “'ailtington Sin cl T111111 31111: 111 Residence. Manackemo Hot-cl. p01sou stamps out the life of the blood. . The 121111.- JOB PRINTING Department. A ._ won} 1'0 THE WISE Merchants, Manuiactun ers, Lodges and will consult their own inter- ests by givingus a call. REMEMBER—Kym have work to do, write to as. Societies 5 Reasons Why 80111111011111" 3 W13m”— 1::11 Pianos OLD PIANOS TAKEN Ill Because they me Because 11 hen Schleicher i, Because none but first-class workmen ale employed. Because an experience of forty years counts. Because for years we have given ’special attention to designing im- proved features Which none but our pianos have. 1 low 111 price and high in artistic beauty. says its Main Office and Factory, Plum ST. Stamford, - D‘
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