Nice to Take—4' Children like to Cure their Coughs and Colds. it USE . ‘ wmuus' uuuuu uriiruv '- WILLIAMS & CARLETON 00.1 - unnrronn. 1:11;. ,, f . EVERYBODY saours 11.1.1 HALE S LUNG It Cures When all Others Fail. 2511. at ‘ HALE’S? 'BIG’EUT iN PRICE- 011‘ M EAT. Round, Sirloin and Por- > terhouse Steaks, Sausge, Put em Ri) Rusts Reduced 20.1 pound All First Quality Meat. J. W. BOGARDUS, 6 WATER 813., NORWALK DRINK HATHEHN SPRING WATER FORTHE Stomach, Bo wels, Liver and, Kidneys. FOR sALE BY ' T111 111111111, Kulu 818311311 [111 FALLAND WINTER SUlTlNG-S. Halving wocured a large line of handsome F111 1 and lnrer suitings. I am ready to make them up in the latesu styles. F.KDCOUR, I? North Main 81., South Mama 1. @EERSSN‘ESE . NEW LOT IN BLUE A‘ID BLACK, I Ta1lor-mad°,late. t t l . 86 to $109 waists and sleev‘e Envilfggflti DIAGO‘IAL woasrno IN BLUE AND BLA c,AK SU.ITS’ Custom Work. $8. 50 a suit" Fine All great bargains. Call and examine H. GOODWIN, 170 WASHINGTON STREET BRIDGE. ' Horace E. Damn; EXCELSIOL L1 very and Sales Stable Muvuvvkuvwk“ Opposite .Danbury. and Norwalk Railroad aepot' Norwalk. Conn. Stylish Single or Double Team with or without drivers Safe horses for women , andehilfireu SADDLE HORSES A 308. ‘- .,T" \ I ' ness, and it is just as well that then: . L - BOUNTY ON DEAD WOLVES It Costs Minnesota Dearly to Sub- due the Animals. Some Incidents Which Illustrate the \Vorkings‘ of the Law—The Busi- ' ness "Has Developed Many Sharpers. A It costs something to keep down the wolf crop of Minnesota. For several days the counter in the auditor’s office has been piled high at one end with a lot of official-looking paper boxes la- belec “wolf bounties,” with the name of the particulai county from which they come attached. The1e is some red tape about the wolf bounty busi~ should be, for it costs a good deal 01 money to buy all the scalps offered, and the price paid is quite an inducement for men who have no moral cempunc- tiOns about “doing” the public treasury to go into the business of raising the brutes for their scalps. In fact, there have been prosecutions for that very sort of thing. One of the northerL counties. Polk, had such a case, and sc did Otter Tail once upon a time. In both of the counties named enterpris- ing individuals had gone regularly into the business of raising the wolves. Either Polk is the banner wolf county or the people up there are the most per- sistent hunters in the state. The farm- ers turned in two hundred and forty- four ..wolf scalps in two years. They took in bountics one thousand one hun» dred and forty—six dollars out of the state treasury and one-half as much out of the county treasury. At that time there was many a suspicious looking scalp that was sent back for further identification. The man who kills a wolf and then tries to collect the boun- ty, having no previous knowledge of what he must do, inevitably comes to wish he had let the wolf alone. He is brought mto contact w ith neai 1y ev e1 y public officer who has to do w ith the paying of public obligations, from chairman of the board of Dsupervisors of his town to the state auditor. Of course, if he. gets a couple of wolves a day for a few days in the winter he must do fairly well. The wolf hunter does most of his ' business in the early months of the year, for the- scalps are most valuable then. A full—gr' yn female wolf killed in the first mon IS of the year is worth lif- tccn dollars to her slayer. A male wolf 01' a cub brings only five. During the summer months the bounty is five dol- lars a head for any sort of a wolf. The hunter takes the pelt off his victim, if he is inclined to be nice about following the law, and he will show the same to the chairman of the board of county supervisors in the town in which the killing was made. If he cannot get the chairman of the board he is permitted by law to ckhibit the hide to a majority of the members of the board. Where- upon he will be given a certificate and ‘will deliver the same to the county auditor, who will pay over the price, unless he is suspicious, and then he will insist that the entire hide be shown. Sometimes the hide is not available, and sometimes the kick does not come until the bounty is demanded by the county auditor or the state auditor. A couple of years ago there was such a case. A man in a northern county killed a wolf. His county auditor would not pay the bounty, and the demand came to the auditor of the state. At that time there were no wolf sharps in the auditor’s office, and, after they read the law, they came to the conclusion that they would have to see the body of the beast. They could not look at a scalp and do all the guessing the law re— quired. W’ord was sent to the hunter of the decision. It was getting warm in the spring, when one day there walked into the office a long-haired, fierce-looking man. Ilanging down his back was the carcass of a very dead wolf. He threw the wolf on the coun— ter of the office and said: “There,gimme my money.” The wolf had deceased some weeks before, and the man got his money. The wblf was thrown out of the window, and Janitor Rese, after a long wrangle wlth the wolf-slayer, superintended the removal of the re- mains. He has thought ev er sincethat there ought to be a law passed repeal- ing the wolf bounty act. . 144.....- . It cost upward of twenty thousand dollars in the last two years to keep down the ambitious wolf. Nearly three is .1: . one respect they are particularly nota- thousand scalps were paid for—exactly two thousand nine hundred and one, in fact. They came largely from the north, and possibly some of them were natives of other states, but theii nativ- ity cannot be too closely questionadJ , In some of the counties there are pro- i fessional wolf hunters, who put in the 1 month of January 1n the business, and, of course, let a cub grow up to the fif- teen-dollar limit. The rapid scttlcment of the remote counties is driving the wolves f rther north, and within a few years the wolf bounty will no long‘ er cut an important figure in public ex- penditure. The practice of infecting the animals with the germs of a contagious disease is decimating the wolf tribe even more rapidly than anything else, and wolf raising for bounties is an in~ dustry that belongs altogether to the past.——St. Paul Pioneer Press. 4.. r .13 err??? Not Entirely. Mrs. Billus (reading from magazine article)—#‘Many a good matrimonial ship that sails from port with a fair wind and all the omens in its favor goes down on the sunken reef of incompati- bility, which is only another name for self. If true affection stands at the helm, beloved, the good ship will Weather all storms, steer clear of all hidden rocks, and anchor safely at last in the harbor of happiness. Wherefore, ye married ones, be forbearing, gracious and loving to each other. Remember that coldness blights, withers, kills-” John, do I ever seem cold? Mr Billus (looking contemplatively at the cciling1—0nly your 'feet, Malia; ionlv you: feet. —Cl1 ccfjo - "‘zr bunc. ' 1 -that the empty playhouse ;. wildest liberty , a sickly smile played over his face. he MVUSH RAT V FRENCH. They Live Near Detroit. and Represent a. Past Century. Out in the region of the St. Clair flats, near Detroit, lives a peculiar tri‘b‘e known in general as the mushrat French. Nowhcrd else in the United States is there a community" such as this in language'and customs. Despite the fact that their ancestors have lived there for a century and a half, says the New York Sun, they speak English that is barely intelligible to the average citi- zen, while their French, it is said, is to-. tally beyond the ken of a Parisian. In. ble—that is in their ability as story- tellers. The Detroiters understand them, and the mushrat French know it, so that as raconteurs they are not at their best before them, but let them get hold of a guileless easterner and they will fill him full of the most marvelous tales of hunting and fishing adventures that ever came from the mouth of man. As a means of earning money they hunt and fish, selling their prey to the markets. Their own staple food ar- ticle is the muskrat, called “mushrat.” whichabound out there; hence their name, mushrat French. Against all ridicule they will maintain. that no beast, bird or fish is more delicate, sus- taining and healthful than this animal. “Take eem fat,” said one of them‘to a New Y orker, n he Spent part of his va- cation on the flats, “take eem fat, stofi‘ eem up with airb (herbs) an speccc (spice), put eem on fire an’ roast eem, nn’ sh! what will you? He is pairfect. You shall not tell eem from duck. Gen- tilman of New York come ’ere to eat duck. “'e give eem mushrat cook comme il fait. He say: ‘Ah, heaven! Ah, God! Nevaire have I eat such a duck!’ He thought it was a duck, that mushrat.” IN DEADLY COMBAT. Waplti and the Red Deer in CentralJ’ark Fight a Duel. War was proclaimed in Central park. The wapiti and the red deer bucks were spoiling for a fight. It is a way they have at this season of the year, says the New York Recorder, and in the forests many a duel to the death is fought, with no seconds standing by, and with no human or other appreciative eye to wit- ness the v alor display ed. F or the past few day s the wapiti and the biggest of the red deer bucks have glared at each other across the barbed wire fence which separates them. Then they began charging at each other, and their antlers came together with many a resounding crash. After much ma- neuvering Keeper Snyder got a rope over' the horns of Mr. “'apiti, but the buck did not mind it in the least. Then a dozen keepers got hold of the lariat, and with great difficulty forced the . wapiti away from his panting rival, and he was put into a paddock where there were only young fellow bucks whose antlers had scarcely begun to sprout and whom, of course, he would not con- descend to attack. The blood of the red stag, however, seemed boiling, and having no longer a foeman worthy of his horns he chased and prodded the poor ladies of his harem. The keepers, at the risk of their lives, sawed off his antlers and his martial spirit seems to be knocked out of him forevez. BEES AS LETTER- CARRIERS. Trained by Agricul— tori—ate to Act the Part of Carrier Pigeons. An apiculturist has commenced train- ing bees for letter carrying purposes. After a few preliminary trials, he says, he took a hive of them to the house of a friend four miles distant. After some days, when the bees had become fa- miliar with their new surroundings, some of them were liberated in a room, where they soon settled on a plate of honey which had been specially pre- pared for them. While they were busy eating it their trainer placed on their backs the tiniest of dispatches, fastened with the thinnest of thread, and so ar- ranged them as to leave the head and wings absolutely free. They were then thrown into the air and soon arrived at their home with the letters on their backs. . The writing was magnified and quite legible. Here, then, says the London Telegraph, is an opening for a new industry. In time of war bees would have the advantage over pigeons of invisibility, and might go through the enemy’s lines with impunity The Public Arrested. Herr “’altc-rsdorf, the German mans ager and actor, one Sunday in the win- ter left the Stadt theater and drove to his little playhouse, “Auf den Hansen." outside the town. The play announced on the bills was “Kabale and Liebc." The audience consisted of one solitary pe1son.\everthelcss, \V altersdorf in— sisted on beginning the play, to the cha- grin of his company who expected meant a holiday for the actors. They took. the with the text, :1 11d scarcely a word reached the audience. Thereupon the solitary audience stood up and demanded that the play should bepdul y rendered according to the play- bill. “Arrest the public!” said the grim manager to a policeman, who lurkccl be- hind one of the pillars. The 01111 er seized the audience, saying: “I arrest you for disturbing the course of a pub- lic entertainment." The whole Public was then marched off to the watch- l1ouse, and the play came to an end. Got His Change. In all banks there is usually an ac' cumulation of coins, and with them a Cincinnati, 0., banker turned a unique trick 011 ‘a sharper a few days since. A stranger rushed into the bank, saying: “Change this five-dollar bill quick. I want to catch the train.” The banker looked at the bill a moment, hesitated, then walked back and returned, handed the sharper five counterfeit dollars. The sharper looked at them a moment. .EVENING“&AZETEEV IT men for harm ningflectl. 189 winked, and hurried out of the bank. It 1s needle? to say the bill was counter- 1 feit. E '. M 1 AL“; LIFE 1 S RANGE CO. 05: NEW YORK. RICHARD A. MCCURDY President. Assets. $221,213,721 33 Liabilities .' .' ' 194,347,157 58 Surplus , . . . $26,866,563 75. Total IncOme . . . . $48,597,430 51 1513.1 Paid Policy-holders in 1895. $23,126,728 45 Insurance and Annuities in force. $899. 074, 453 78- Net gain in 1895 $61,647,645 36 NOTE—Insurance merely mr Wen, ls discarded from this Statement as wholl misleadln an I actually issued and paid for in cash ls Included. y g, d on y insurance I have carefully examined the foregoing Etatement and find the same to be correct. CHARLES A. PRELLER, Auditor. \ ' From the Surplus a dividend will be apportioned as usual. Report of the "Examining Committee. 1». 01110111 1111 Mutual Life Insurance Company of New Yorx, February 11,1896. At a meeting of the Board of Trustees of this Company, held, on the 18th day of December last, the undersigned were appointed a Committee to examine the annual Statement for the year ending December 31st, 1895, and to verify the same by com- parison with the assets of the Company. ,_ The Committee have carefully performed the duty assigned to them, and hereby certify that the Statement is in all particulars correct and that the assets specified therein are in possession of the Company. . I In making this certificate the Committee bear testimony to the high character of the investments cf the Company and express their approval of the system, order and accuracy with which the accounts and vouchers have been kept, and the business in general transacted. Robert Clyphant, ~Wm. P. Dixon, J. H. Herrick. H. C. Von Post, (harles R. Henderson, _ James C. Holden, Committee ROBERT A. GRANNIS, Vice-President. WALTER R. GILLETTE, General Manager. HEN BY E. DUNCAN. Jr., Cor. ‘ ALBERT KLAMROTH, Asst. Secy. ISAAC F. LLOYD, Second Vice-President, Secy. 'WILLIAM J. EASTON, Secretary, 0 FREDEBIC CROMWELL, Treasurer. JAMES TIMPSON, 2d Asst. Trees EDWARD P. HOLDEN, Asst. Cashier. JOHN A. FONDA, Assistant Treasurer. WILLIAM P. SANDS, Cashier EMORY MCCLINTOCK LL.D., F. I. A., Actuary. JOHN TATLOCK,JB.,Asst. Actuary. WM. \V. RICHARDS, Comptroller. CHARLES A. PRELLER, Auditor, HENRY S. BROWN, Asst. Comp. JOHN C. ELLIOI‘T, Superintendent of Domestic Agencies, EDWARD LYMAN SHORT, Gen. Solicitor. MEDICAL. DIRECTORS ELIAS J. MARSH, M. D. GRANVILLE M. WHITE,'M. D. GUSI‘AVUS S. WINSTON, M. D. JOHN w. Nronons, New Haven, Genexal Agt‘l for State of Connecticut. A9 flan @AMEQ , Local Agent. an:
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