EVENlNG“GAZETTn Highest of allin Leaveaing Powerr— Latest U.:S. Gov’t Report ' W Baking I . Powder ‘ ~ Ansonurnw’ nurse . SOUTH NORWALK. The South NorwalK Office of the Gazette Is at the store of New- man & Pinney. orders for Job Printing, Homer M. Bylngton. Manager. The FireyPolice met last night. Rice’s commedians at Hoyt’s Theatre again to-night. ‘ ' The police are still after the bicyclist without alantern. » ' H. Emory Pease ‘left to-day for his home in Michigan. " 9 Charles Wing, of New York city, is spending theday in town. ' . Attorney Joseph Taylor is spending the day in Bridgeport” ' ' The Odd Fellows will meet to-night, and rehearse. the second degree. Be sure and see the Rice Comedy company at Hoyt’s Theatre to-night. “The Bed Men will work the Hunter’s degree tc—night on several candidates. Uncas Tribe of Red Men met last night and rehearsed the Hunter's de- gree. . City meeting at Arion hall to-night. “Look out for the engine when the bell rings.” - Flat fish are running pretty good now and the fishermen are busy enticing the unwary ”flounder to their hooks. F. E Lockwood raflled off a bicycle at Rowayton last night. S. E. Dibble of that place was the lucky winner. The directors of the M. E. church held their regular monthly business meeting in the church parlors last eve- :ning. ~ Mrs. Stanley Smith, of Crescent Ter- race, who has been visiting with Lela. ‘tives on.Long Island, returned to her home yesterday. . Palestine Castle, A. O. K. of M. 0., .held their regular meeting last night and worked the Esquire’s degree on several candidates. An adjuster from the Phoenix Insur- ance Company was in town to—day and settled the insurance on. the Hiram Bell barn, burned Sunday night. The . funeral services, of the late Frank J. Thompson, were observed at St. Mary’s church this morning. The Norwalk Barbers’ Union attended in a body. The meeting of the joint committee of the City National and South Norwalk Savings Banks which was to have been held last night was postponed indefi- nately. A delegation from Star of Columbia Circle, Companions of the Forest, at- tended a social in; Stamford last night givenby Star of Shippan Circle, of that city. They report a very enjoyable time. . ' ‘ _ The Young Men’s Debating club will hold their regular monthly meeting with Victor W. Ferris, of Bayview aw.- nue, this evening. ._ Victor W. Ferris and William Griffin will be the deba- tors. . Mr. William Finkenstein of the Roton Point Improvement company is in town and expects to remain here for some time. He informed a Gaznrrn reporter to-day that the Point would open on Decoration day as usual. ' _ The lunch wagon is now located in the lot opposite Hoyt’s Theatre, so that it does not block up the streets. It is supposed that the owner thought his site under the Washington street‘bridge was causing too much exuitement. The father of John Slattery, the young man who was killed near the Glenbrook station, ‘by falling from a freight train, Wednesday night, went to StamfordSunday, and identified the remains. He took them with him to Springfield, Mass. Hoyt’s Theatre was packed last night at the opening performance of Rice’s 'commedians. The play was “ lhe Uold King” and the audience was delighted with its prsentation. 'Tne specialties were good and the music fine. 'I.'o—night ~“Rip Van Winkle" will be given and another crowded house should be pres- ent. ‘ ' Oflicer Pennington last night arrested Louis Warma for riding a bicycle with- out a lantern. This morning be ap- peared before Judge Frost in the Town Court and on pleading guilty'was fined 87 which he paid. John Harick was al- so tried for the same offense and re. ceiveda similar fine. The police are determined to stop wheelmen from rid- ing through the streets after dark Wilh- out lanterns. . ‘ The YOung Woman’s Temperance Union gave a very delightful musical in the Baptist church last night. All of the numbers on the program were very enjoyable and each one received an encore. The- Es'panola club of Stamford, rendered several selections which were\proiiounced very fine by ' those present. The club is composed of twelve members under the leader ship of Prof. H. L. Sebastian. 9‘ No. 12 North Main Street, where Advertiseme nts and as well as Items of News. can be left with Mrs. Herbert Mathewaou and Miss Minnie Knapp are spending the day in New York city. Err-councilman Harry D. Fox died at his home on Concord street last evening in the 70th year of his age. The de- ceased was a batter by trade. He had held many offices of local trust and was at one time acting 'mayor of the city. He was universally beloved and re spected, and the city in his demise loses one of its. truest and st’aunchest citizens. Mr. Fox was a Mason of high degree, a member of Old Well Lodge, No. 108, F. & A. M. , and of Clinton Commandery No. 3, Knights Templar. He was one of the noblest works of God—an honest man. - .0 VERY SHOCKING FISH. Inhabit the Mediterranean and Possess Peculiar Attributes. Many people know of the electric eel of South America, but there are com- paratively few who have heard of the torpedo Or electric ray of the Mediter; ranean sea. This curious fish, accord- ing to the New York Journal, is about the .size and shape of alarge fryingr pan, with a. short and exceedingly broad handle. It is flat and swims horizontally in the water. The torpedo, which is found practic- ally in the Bay of Biscay and the shores of the Mediterranean sea, is so called because of its habit of giving electric shocks. Such shocks are feeble, as a. rule, not greater than those from a small electric battery. If the fish is enraged, however, it is capable of giving a. much more powerful shock. It uses this cu- rious weapon to stun the small fishes and animals on which it preys, thus making the victim insensible previous to devouring it. It is a. very sluggish fish and will lay for hours buried in the sand a. few feet from the shore in shal- low water. ElectriCIty is much talked of as a. medical agent nowadays, and for such uses is spoken of as a new dis- covery, but in the days of'Caesar this natural electricity was much used for the same purpose and physicians of the. time applied it to the leg or arm of a. person suffering from rheumatism, gout or nervous diseases, the patient keeping his hand or foot on the fish as long as it was possible to bear the shocks. This was said to have been an excellent remedy: THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE.' It Has Undergone More Changes Than 1 Any Other. English has changed moreI than any other language, regarded merely as a Teutonic language. It is farthest re— moved from the parent stock. It is descended from the Saxon, which is the parent of Low German and Dutch, and as it were. the grandparent of Eng- lish. But besides the Teutonic part which is the ground work of the lan- guage, it has suffered all the effects of a. lengthy Roman occupation. This has had a. great influence on the lan- guage and has introduced many words into it. It must be remembered also that French was for a long period the ofiicial language of the-country: This had an even greater efiect on the “tongue. Finally it has not entirely lost all traces of the early Celtic occu- pation. This combination has pro- duced the most varied, rich and flexible language that exists. Greek has changed least. Anyone who wishes to satisfy himself of the truth of this statement need only take down four authors, like Herodotus, Pluto-rel), Anna. Commena and Trikupi. He will find, if he can translate one, that he can translate tlie'others; and this though they wrote respectively 450 years before Christ, and 70, 1,110, and 1,800 yearsafter. THE BATH. It Was Once Used In Italy for Capital Punishment. The punishment of the bagno (bath), one of the most cleverly cruel inflic- tions ever devised by Tm official of the torture chamber, was administered in ltaly, probably in Venice, where the water of the lagoons played so prom— inent a. part in its penal system. The prisoner was placed in a vat, the side-s of which were slightly in excess of the average, height of a. man. In order to hold in check the rising tide of a supply of water, which ran into the vat in a constant stream, the criminal was furnished with a. scoop with which to bale out the water as fast as it came in. . The respite from death by immer- sion thus obtained was more or less prolonged, according to the. powers of‘ endurance possessed by the victim. tut, imagine the moral torture, the ex- hausting and even hideously grotesque eilorts, the incessant and pitiless toil by night and day, to stave off the dread moment. fast uppi'paching, when, OVerconie by sleep and fatigue, he was unable to struggle an y longer against his fate! Fossil Insects. Over 300 specimens of fossil insects have been collected from various parts of the world. Of these butterflies are among; the very rarest, as less than ‘30 specimens all told have been found. SPORTS AND PASTIMES. ' An immense bald. eagle, measuring seven'feet from tip to tip of its wings, was captured alive near Middlefork, Ind., a few days ago. , Dr. Sheepshanks, bishop of Norwich, is an enthusiastic cyclist, and even rides on Sunday from one part of his diocese to another. Lorin I". Deland, who is now head- coach of the Harvard football team, and Walter Camp, who is head of the Yale team, are collaborating on a book on football. It will be unlawful to kill quail in Kentucky for the ensuing two years, except in November and December, an act to that effect having passed the Kentucky legislature. A rattlesnake measuring eight inches in circumference and four feet six inches in length, and having 13 rattles and a. button, was killed near Phoenix, Arizona, last week. It was the largest rattlesnake ever seen in that region. The Argentine Republic is going to send a. team of polo players to England next summer, and much interest is ex- pressed to see their ponies, which are said to comprise specimens of every kind bred in South America.~ In three rabbit drives this season in Cassia count-y, Idaho,some 8,000 rabbits have been killed. The animals are astonishingly numerous and a very serious nusiance. A round-up hunt is to be held every week in the hope of ex- terminating the pest. English pheasants are being raised by a. syndicate of sportsmen at Lebanon, N. H. Some time this year the birds will be liberated with the expectation. that, under proper protection, they will multiply and furnish an exceleni addition to the supply of game in that. region. ELECTRICAL FLASHES. ,., __ It is expected that the electric light of the future will be obtained by the utilizing of broken or alternate cur- rents. \ Electricity is now applied to the type- writer. A recent invention provides means for moving the carriage and roller of the machine by electricity. If all the telegraph lines of the world were combined and stretched in one, straight line they would reach 881,000 miles, or enough to encircle the earth 33 times. - .T he process of electro-zincing is be- ing preferred in England to galvaniz- ing, especially for the tubes of boilers for marine work. The adhesion of the zinc to the iron is considered superior to that obtained by the old process. An electric boring plant has been or- dered for the State salt mnies at Hal- lein, Germany. The plant will com- prise a high-pressure turbine, coupled direct to a continuous—current dynamo and two boring machines. In what is known as the Zerener sys— tem ofelectric welding the electric arc is deflected in any desired direction by: means Of an adjustable horseshoe elec- tro-magnct. The are is drawn out like a blowpipe flame of extraordinary in- tensity, and is made to do welding and brazing in positions ordinarily quite out of reach. THE MUSICIANS;Q Wagner‘s “Walkure”‘wa.s given. 17 times in succession at the Argentine. theater in Rome. F. H. Cowcn, the composer, has been ‘ selected to conduct- the Manchester and Liverpool Philharmonic concerts, in succession to the late Sir Charles Ilullc. The once distinguished prim-.1 donnu, Mme. Etelku Gerstcr, who, after ii short but brilliant. career at Her Majesty’s theater and also in the United States, partially lost her singing voice, is about to start a vocal academy in Berlin. During her recent stay at Rome the pope received Minnie IIauk in special audience, and gave her permission to be present at the private mass cele- brated by the pope himself in his pri- vate chapel on New Year's day. .A few days afterward the. singer was pre- sented‘to the queen of Italy, at the queen’s own desire, and sang, a few songs at the Quirinal. THEIR NAMES NOT KNOWN: A New York man who discovered a fire in a tenement early a few mornings ago aroused the sleeping inmates by firing a pistol several times in the ball. A new York florist has just paid $10,000 forthe sole rights to the Mich- igan carnation known as “Murella.” It is a very large flower of a. deep red color. A Kiel? clerk went chess mad recent- ly. He threw up his position, played chess all day long, and when he could find no partner played alone. Finally he bought a. rope and hanged himself. A young woman of Lyons, who had probably read “Boccaccio,” but not Rogers’ :‘Gincvra,” shut up one lover in a. trunk when another knocked at her door. She then went out and for- got all about the matter till the next day, when she found the man in the trunk dead and the police unwilling to accept her explanation. FOREIGN FACTS AND- EVENTS.. It is a. rare thing to find in_ any part of China. a man over :20 years of age who cannot read and write. Several thousand pieces of Queen Lil’s tableware, silver and cut glass brought fabulous prices at auction in Honolulu. ' Each piece bore the royal monogram. , ‘ A French medical paper prints what is believed to be the oldest known medical recipe. It is a. tonic for the hair, and its date is 4000 B. C. It was prepared for an Egyptian queen, and requireddogs’ paws and asses’ hoofs to be boiled with dates in oil. Australia has found it impossible to abate the rabbit plague. In New South Wales alone 7,000,000 acres of land have been abandoned and £1,000,- 000 spent. The only plan that has any good effect is wire netting, and of this 15,000 miles have been used. - , in the armies of Europe. SI SCOTT'S BEAR HUNT. One of the Toughest Yarns Yet Turned ' Out from California. “An’ you never heerd about 01’ Si Scott’s b’ar hunt?” inquirpd an old hunter from Humboldt, evidently sur- prised at the ignorance of‘ Si’s experi- ences; says the San Francisco Post. “Why, he’s the oldest 'b’ar hunter in the state. Well, one day he was out on his little jackass, a-lookin’ fer b’ar, an‘ not findin’ any concluded tcr taken. rest. He tied the burro to a. tree, laid his 01’ muzzle-loader down on ther grass and went down by ther bank of a. creek to feed. He was a-sittin’ there cuttin’ off hunks o’ jerked ven’son when he heerdaterrible smashin’ in the brush. He started for his gun. but .a big b’ar came a~amblin’ out of the ’brush right alongside of it. He whirled around an’ run out on the limb of a rotten 01’ cottonwood over the crick, which was about forty feet to where the rocks stuck up through the water. “This was jest nuts for the b’ar. He walked up to thcr tree, sniffed it a. time er tWO, clambered up on the limb and commenced movin’ to‘ds Si, a—smackin’ his chops an’ gruntin’ satisfied like. Si saw he was in a. pretty bad fix, an‘ he crep’ out as fur as he could, a-hopin’ ther b’ar would consider the limb shaky an’ stop. But he didn’t. He kep’ com. in’. Si saw somethin’ had to be done. He couldn’t drop without killin’ hisself, an’ he had never praticed b’ar fightin’ on a. tight rope. The only thing he could do was to set up a. terrible squnwklin’. . “ ‘Go back! Go back!’ he yelled. ‘Go back an’ eat ther jackass, you blamed fool. 'This limb’ll break and kill us both.’ “I think that b’ar must understood him or concluded that Si was tougher’n the burro, for he turned aroun’ an’ used his appetite on the jac .” 'SMUGGLING BY: A BIBLE. She Read It Devoutly, But Most of It Was -Filled with Lace. ,An old lady once humbugged the cus- tom house oflicers at Dover 'in anin- genious way. She used to cross the channel two or three times a. week when the weather was anything like good. ' She always gave the men at the gnngway tracts, and the custom offi- cers, too, if she could get near them. She always carried a. good—sized Bible. closed together with a broad elastic band. One of these officials tells the story in the Westminster Gazette. “Whenever I saw her reading her Bible, which was not often. she was doing so quite at the beginning, some- where about Genesis or Exodus. , “At last suspicion was aroused, and when. next she came across I stepped up. politely to her, as she was going away having no luggage, and said I should be much obliged if she’d allow me to look in her Bible, as a mate of .minc had said I was wrong in thinking acertain verse was in the Eightieth Psalm. ‘ . ' “At'first She tried to put me off, say- ;i'n'g ‘shc was in a great hurry, and that she was sure so good a man as I looked to be had a Bible of his own at home. And if I hadn’t she’d bring me one. dO'Wn the next morning. “‘In the end, however, she had to give up the Bible she was carrying, and we found that except for a few leaves at the beginning and at the end it was a solid block, so to speak, made of papier macho, hollowed out in the center, Where we found some fifty or sixty dollars’ worth of lace.” CYCLING IN JAPAN. SOme Queer Costumes Worn by the Native ' \Vomen. The all-conquering bicycle has in- vaded Japan. and is now a familiar sight in the land of the jinrikisha. The Europeans take to it kindly and the little brown men and women are equal- ly enthusiastic. The government, says the Philadelphia. Press, has equipped many of its postmen with roadsters, especially those who deliver mail in the .suburbs or in the country districts. In each brigade a bicycle corps has been formed who are daily drilled in about the same style as similar organizations The Japanese people themselves still regard the wheel as a great curiosity, but are be- ginning to both master and manufac- ture it. Some of the Japanese women have adopted a. queer bicycle costume that is a. combination of the bloomers with a native dress. It is neither J ap- anese nor European. Combined with the upper part of the kainona costume the Japanese ladies clothe their nether limbs in what are neither knickerbock- ers, trousers, zouaves nor bloomers. The ludicrous effect is heightened by the girl having anational habit of turn— ing the toes in, developed to its largest extent. All that . you see when she passes you is a pair of round and pretty heels wabbling in an uncertain man- ner, and a. little body coiled up that makes you think of a gay little monkey on the top of a pole. DON'T LOOK TOO CLOSELY. Searching for Ancestors May Cause Un- pleasant Surprises. The search after ancestors which has been inaugurated by the Daughters of the Revolution and Colonial Dames has developed strange relationships, says the New York Tribune. A very high and mighty personage, in tracing out the various descendants of a famous revolutionary general, whose collateral descendant she was proud to declare herSclf. found that the direct descent ended in a. poor char- womnn-whom she had been in the habit of employing by the day. It was a lucky find for the latter, for her large—hearted and generous con- nection proved a. veritable Lady Boun- tiful to the family. She educated the children, found a. promising opening for the son, and pcnsioned off her poor relation. whom the man y reverses of health- and fortune had quite broken- down. Another experience was less satisfac- tory. Formerly a believer in the di- rect transmission of character, the searcher has changed her ideas since she found in her pedigree a. declared criminal. ‘ ' ' Niwis elime To Send in Your Advertisement - 0r Spring Trade. . THE ‘ EVENING GAZETTE \ IS THE RIGHT MEDIUM TIIIIIIIIIiII WIIIIIII . i v To BEAGII TIIE READIIIG Purim. - The Only Eight-Page One-Cent Paper in the Norwalks. The Value 0 anélAveAr lineup DEPENDS oTTaTHE POGKETS or THE rEoPLE wno REA/D IT. ADVERTISEMENTS m ' TIIE EVENING f aierTEi ARE nrnn av most was HAVE MONEY To ' I ~‘
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