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SOUTH NORWALK.
Belting
Fowler
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The South NorwalK Office 0
man 81. Pinney, No.
orders for Job Prlnting.
Hemer M. Byinzton, Manager.
Lincoln Council, 0. U. A. 11., met as
usual last night.
The cave-in in front of Tomlinson’s
drug store has now been repaired.
W. A. Coley, of the Post Office left
to-day to spend Sunday in New York
city.
Rev. D, M. Seward will preach in the
Westport Ccogregational church to-
morrow.
Prof. E. N. Ferris will give a stere-
opticon exhibition in the Randall build-
ing, this evening. '
The case of Henry Mitchell charged
with non support by his wife has been
continued until Monday.
Fred Albert. of East Orange; N. J ,
is visiting his Aunt, Mrs. Jacob M.
Layton, of Fairfield avenue.
Eureka Lodge, Daughters of Re-
bekah, met last night and worked the
Rebekah degree on several- candidates.
Rice’s commedians close their enter-
tainment at Hoyt’s Theatre this’evening
and a crowded house should greet them.
“Lost and Found” will be the subject
of the Christian Young Men’s League
meeting at Knudsen’s Hall to-morrow
afternoon. Two young men will speak
and there will be special music.
0. S. Ferry Command, U. V. U., met
‘last night but as all of the committee
were not present the committee on the
War Song Concert did not report as ex-
pected. A sociable to be given in May
was talked over.
Miss Mary Field Pardee sailed to day
for Germany where she will. stay for
some time completing her studies in
iGermanand teaching English. She
was booked through the agency of
Jacob M. Laylon.
The case of Henry J. HipsOn came up
in the Town Court this morning before
Judge Frost. Hipson was charged with
riding a bicycle after dark without a
lantern. As he is a drummer and at
present in N ew Jersey, he preferred for-
feiting his bonds to returning. The
Judge reduced his bonds to 32.
Companies C of Stamford and D of
this city held a battalion drill in the
Armory, last night. Major Hendrie
was in command. The evolutions and
drill were excellent. The visiting com.
pany was under command of Captain
Fitch and fifty-seven members were in
the ranks. Col. Frost was present.
Professor W.-. Gilbert Newell’s 1165
caption to his dancing class last night
in Music Hall was a decided success, as
their were about seventy-five couples
on the floor and allenjoyed a please nt
evening. Besides the dancers the bal-
cony was filled with parents and friends.
Weidenhammer’s orchestra furnished
music and Lane was the caterer. All
of the exhibition dances came off as
scheduled with the exception of
the LA Cachucha,
been presented by Miss Bessie Newell,
the Professor’s daughter and one of
the most skillf‘ul dancers in the state,
. but as :she was very sick, was unable
to attend the reception. However, Miss
Efi'ielLa 1e executed the Fan Dance in
its stead. Mr. J.- Elward Russell was
the floor manager of the evening and
was assisted by local aids. The Profes-
sor had charge of the rec:-ption and ev-
erything passed off very succesiully.
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p.
. ROYAL SURNAMES.
SOLIMAN I., sultan of Turkey, was
styled The Magnificent, on account of
the splendor of his clothing. On state
occasions he is said to have worn 3. mil-
lion dollnrs’ worth of diamonds.
ALPHONSO I. of Austria was The
Catholic on account of his devotion" to
the church. The same title was be-
stowed upon Ferdinand II. of Aragon,
and upon Isabella of Castile.
PEDRO of Castile was designated The
Cruel, on account of his barbarity to
prisoners taken in battle, who were for-
tunate if they were put to death at
once without torture. I
THE reigning sovereign of Persia is
always called by his subjects The Red
King, from the color of his turban. A
red turban is, in Persia, the distinguish-
ing mark. of royalty.
’IVAN II. of Prussia. was known as
The Terrible, from the barbarous
character of the warfare he made upon
the surrounding nations and the sevfi'i-
ty with which he dealt with rebellious
subjects.
Napoleon III. had a. “porcine” side to
his nature. He was “rather a glutton
and ’thc pictorial promiscuity 'of his
: salon quite horrified the Americans
who enjoyed his hospitality.
' Patti detests great. joints and affects
dainty French dishes, while her wine
cellars are the Wonder and envy of con-
noisseurs. Her hasband, Nioolinj, is
something of a cook and can concoct
fine idishes.
12 North Main Street, wh
as well as Items of News. can be left with
which was to have"
fthe Gazette Is at the store of New.
are Advertisements and
5;
Tax Collector’s Sale.
OTICE is hereby given that the undersrgn-
N ed Collector of Taxes, under and by
virtue of a. certain tax warrant. duly execute
and signed by proper authority and directed
to the undersigned, commanding him to levy
and collect of
FREDERICK A. WALTER
and other persons named in the rate .book. on
the list to said warrant annexed, their several
pro ortionscf the sum total as therein stated.
sai sum being a. tax or assessment laid upon
the assessment list made in 1893 by the inhabi-
tants of the Town of Norwalk regularly and
legally assembled, to Wit, on the 25th day of
December A. D., 1893, met for thelpuljpose of
provrding for the indebtedness of said town,
levies upon the followmgdescnbedrealestateof
5 «id Frederick A. Walter situated in the town
of Norwalk. and bounded as follows. to wit:—
Northerly about 133§et by land of Micha'l
Kelly Easterly 50 feet by highway call: d
Grand street, Southerly about 1.33 feet by land
of Pauline C. Gude and Westerly 50_ feet by
land now or formerly of A. Homer Byington.
And 1 shall sell at Public .Auction on the
premises hereinbefore described. on the 23rd
day of June. A. D., 1896, at 9 o clock a. .m. so
much thereof as wrll reuse the sum of Two
Dollars, ($2.00) that being the proportion of
the said Frederick A. Walter. of the sum total
in said list, together With the charges of levy,
sale. etc.
GEO. B. ST. JOHIQ,
Tax Collector. List of 1893.
Dated at Norwalk, April 18th, A. D., 1896
Tax Collector’s Sale.
OTICE is hereby given that the under-
signed. Collector of Taxes, under an
by virtue of a certain tux warrant. duly exe-
cute (1 and signed by proper authority and di-
rected to the undersigned. commanding.r him
to levy and collect of
FBEDERI- K A. WALTE R
and ot'ier persons named'in the rate book, on
the list of said warrant annexed. their several
pro ortionsof the sum total as therein stated,
sai sum being _a tax or assessment laid upon
the assesment list made in 1894 by the 1nhabi.
tants of the Town of Norwalk, regularl ' and
legally assembled. to Wit, on the lst t try of
March._ A. ‘D., 1895_, met for the purpose of
providing for the indebtedness of said town.
levies upon the following descr1bed real estate
of said Frederick A. Walter situated in town
of Eorwalk, and bounded as follows. to _\Vit~:~—
Northerly about 133 feet by land of Michael
Kelly. Easterly 50 feet by highway called
Grand street. S ~lutherly about 133 feet by land
of Pauline C. Gude and Westerlv 5;) feet by
land now or formerly of A. Homer Bylngton.
And 1 shall _sell at Public. Auction, on the
remises hereinbefore described, on the 23rd
ay of June A. D., 1896, at. 9:15 o’clock fore-
noon, so muchthereof as Will raise‘ the sum_ of
Three Dollars (53,00) that being the proportion
9f the said Frederick A..Walter of the sum total
in sari 1151:. together With the charges of levy.
sale. etc.
GEORGE B. ST. J OHN.
Tax Collect r, List of 1894.
Dated at Norwalk, April 18, A. D. 1896,
CLAIRVOYAN T.
Madam Le Normand is atthe Mahack-
emo Hotel, South Norwalk, and can be
consulted at Room 10, second floor, on
all affairs of life, from 1 to 6 o’clock in
the afternaon, and 7 to 10 in the even-
mg.
TURKISH BATHS
F03
Malaria, Rheumatism, Heuralagla,
AT
Dr. Shepard’s Sanitarium.
A skilled Masseuse and Electrician in
attendance in the Ladies’ Department.
. Chas. H. Shepard, M. D.,
81 and 83 COLUMBIA HElGHTS.
BROOKLYN, N. v.
A short walk from the Brooklyn end of
the Bridge and Fulton Ferry.
NOT CE
“HEREAS, The Norwalk Street Rail-
way Company, a corporation of that
name, has presented to the Mayor and
Conucil of The City 0: Norwalk, its ap-
plication and plans, for the construc-
tion ‘nf a Single, track electric railway
on Weslport Avenue in Stld City, from
East Avenue easterly to'the Cnv Line,
With all neceSsary curves, turnouts,
switches and frogs,—said Application
and Plans showing in detail said pro-
posed construction; and-
WHEREAS, said the Norwalk Street
Railway Company has also DIJSUDIN‘HLI
to sai-l the Mayor and Council its Ap-
plimtion and plans for double tracking
ltu VVmulpmtk Line from the s .utherlv
end of .t. long turnout near Harriett.
strert to a point between Hoyt and Wall
streets, as far southerly as what is
known as Number 6 Main street; and
said Application and Plans also show-
ing in detail said proposied construc-
tion; and
WHEREAS. Said The Norwalk Street
R ulway Company has presented to said
The M iyor and Council, its Application
and Plans for a Cross-over track on
West Avenue, near the corner of Chapel
Street, and the details of said construc-
tion being fully shown in said Applica-
tlon and Plans, Now Therefore.
. NOTICE is hereby given, that a hear-
ing upon all of said AppllOAtluns and
Plans 'so presented will ho had in the
Council Room, in the City of Norwalk,
Monday etching, April 29th, 1896, at
7:30 o’clock, at which time and place
ell persgns interested therein are here-
oy notified to appear and be heard, it
they may so desire. , ‘
Dated at the City of Norwalk, April
15m, 1896. . ' - '
By order of the Council of Blid City.
Locxwood, ‘
City Clerk.
/
AN ' AGED LOVER.
Wooed -Wheu 123 Years Old, Wns’ Jilted
Yet Lived Seven Years Longer.
Two remarkable cases of longevity
vvere recalled recently by a conversa-
tion between several gentlemen in this
city,says the Shelbyville Gazette. They
were discussing the death of Rev.
George McCall, the veteran Baptist
preacher, when it was authentically
stated that Mr. McCall’s greatgrand-
fat-her lived to the ripe old age of 127
years. He was a. bachelor at 100 and
took a notion to get. married. He car-
ried out his idea and was married.
Three sons were born to him, and he
lived to see the oldest son old enough
to vote’. ,
This was considered remarkable.
but a gentleman in the crowd, whose
character and standing religiously and
socially are above reproach, told an
authentic account of the life of his
great-uncle, who was one" of Georgia’s
pioneer citizens. This old gentleman
lived to be 130 years old. He lived in a
log cabin, in the northern end of which
was cut a. spuare. hole. The old man
turned the head of his bed to that hole,
and slept that way in the warmest and
coldest went-her. His wife died when
he was about. 90 years old, and for
many years he lived as a widower. At
the age of 115 he cut an entirely new
set of teeth, and at the age of 123, one
morning, he saddledihis own horse,
sprang into the saddle, and rode 30
miles to address a widow and to ask her
to be his wife. He evidently was re-
jected for he rode back that day and
lived seven years longer. "
THE BOSS OFFICE CLERK.'
How He Sells Tickets to Make 9. Thin
House Look Full.
The b‘ox-office man of one of our
theaters .let me into a little secret the
other day that proves the existence of
gray matter and science behind the
theater window. “'c were speaking,
says the Boston Traveller, of the dc-
pressing effect of small audiences, when
he remarked: “I assure you that it is
a fine art to distribute a. small audience
so that the people in it will not feel
isolated. If the ticket seller knows
his business he will so apportion a.
small salt: that. a sparse house will be
made to look full. This is. done by a
nice acquaintance with his chairs and
the science of distribution, four or five
people being seated here, as many more
there, "and twice as many there, the ob-
ject being to make a little collection
of heads visible in whichever direction
one looks, and the squads so grouped
as to cover the beggarly array of empty
benches by bringing the. heads in range
of one another. "
“A clever man will seat an audience
of 300 so that it will look like one of
600 or 700.
TRIED TO BRIBE THE COURT.
Gave the Judge the Cheap Cigar He Had
Bought for Himself.
A down-cast lawyer had a tough case
on hand at a recent ierm'of 'court, and
before it came 011 he laid his forefinger
to his nose and evolved an idea. ’1“ e
presiding judge loved a good cigar,
and the lawyer‘s happy thought was
to propitiate him and make him friend—
ly to his case by treating him to the
best the market afforded. The disciple
of Blackstone was not in the habit of
smoking good cigars himself, so when
he bought a 25-center for the court
he bought a cheroot for his own use.
Armed with these he sauntcred into the
judge’s room and after a. little chat
passed out a. cigar, asking the .judge if
he smoked. The court accepted grace-
fully, but before many whifi’s were
drawn the horrified lawyer discovered
he had given the judge the cheroot and
was pufliug the Havana himself. The
judge politely tried to look pleased as
the smoking proceeded, but. the lawyer
has since made no attempts. to bribe
the court. . ,_,,}.;._.,,
‘)—.
How John Bull Got His Name.
“John Bull, the mythical personage
supposed to represent the English peo-
ple, and now figuring largely in edit-
Orial writing and in cartoons, was, says
the Baltimore Sun. the invention of
Dr. Arbuthnot in one of his satirical
sketches ridiculing the great duke of
Marlborough. In the opinion of Dr.
"an among the eminent writers in
_ een Anne’s time.” He drew John
Bull as the typical Englishman—a stout,
red-faced old farmer, far too corpulent
for comfort, choleric, but withal an
honest and well-meaning fellow. He
clothed him in leather breeches and top-
boots, put a stout oaken cudgel in his
hand and a. bull dog at his heels, and
set him up for all time to serve as the
representative Englishman.
IJohnson, Arbuthnot was “the. first
How He Bought Geese.
It was one of Plat-t. Evans’ pleasures
to teach his friends how to purchase
tender geese, though he could not al-
ways get them in the market. ”One
morning he saw a lot and inquired
how many there were. “About a dozen,”
was the reply. “W-w-well,” said Flatt,
“I k-k-eep a b-ourding-house, and my
b-b-boardcrs are the biggest centers
you ever s-scaw. P-p-pick out n-ninc
of the t-toughest you’ve g—g-got.” The
farmer complied, and laid aside the
other three tender ones. Plait picked
them up carefully, and, putting them in
his basket, said: “I b-b-believe I’ll
take these three.” »
‘ This Is Diplomacy.
For grave speeches of importance dc-
livered with weight Bismarck ww, of
course, most celebrated. W'hen un-
noyed he nearly always adopted a jest-
ing bone, which must have sounded to
his frightened friends much {Ls if the
tiger in the menagerie had greeted
them with a cordial handshake before
devouring. “Do you mean to break
the convention of Gastein?” bluntly
demanded the Austrian ambassador of
Count Kurolyi, the Prussian minister-
presideut. “No,” replied the latter,
with great directness, “but even if I
did so do you think I should be such a
l
fool % to tell you?“ a .
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THE’EVENINGPGAZETTE
LANGUAGE OF THE H'Ai’yo.
"Revelation of Character by dfigpdntig-
ny’s System of Chlrognomy.
In d’Arpentigny’s system of chirog-
nomy he divides the hands into seven
classes. The lowest type is the elemen-
tary, or large-palmed hand, in which
the fingers are large and stiff,t-he- thumb
short and generally turnedback and the
paim big, thick and hard. Its posses-
SOI‘S, according to this authority, are
devoid of enthusiasm and wanting in
resources and moral strength. Their
feelings are heavy and sluggish, their
imaginations dull and their souls inert.
The spatulated type comes next in or-
der, and derives its name from the fact
that the finger ends are flattened and
broadened out. after the manner of a
spatula. This variety is rare in south-
ern countries, having its origin in lati-
tudes where the severity of the climate
and the comparatively sterile nature
of the soil make movement and locomo-
tion and the practice of those arts
which protect the physical weakness of
man necessary.
The. conic hand has smdoth fingers,
terminating in a, cone or thimble, and
indicates a. talent for the plastic arts——
painting, sculpture and monumental
architecture. It also shows a poetic
imagination and a love of the beauti-
ful in the solid and visible form, but it
denotes an aversion to rigorous deduc-
tion. Its owners are enthusiastic and
romantic, but are under the subjection
of phantasy. The square type is of
medium size and has the thumb large,
with the ball well developed, the palm
hollow and rather firm and the finger
tips square. To it belong presever-
ancc, foresight, and conventionality. Its
owners are endowed with vigorous in-
telligence, but they are denizens of the
earth. They are without wings and
cannot soar. .
In the knotty, or philosophic type,
the finger joints are well marked and
their ends terminate in a half square,
half conic form. “Have you .such a.
hand ?” says d’Arp'cntigny. “Know,
then, that it proclaims genius, an in-
clination toward speculative ideas, a
capacity for the higher philosophical
sciences and for the rigorous deduc-
tions of verbal argument. It evinces
a. love of the absolutely true, an inter-
est in things, advanced logic and poetry
of reason and of thought.”
The pointed or psychic hand is the
most beautiful of all. It has a medium
palm and smooth fingers, orvfingers‘
with the joints'only just perceptible.
Their upper phulnngc . is long, and
drawn out to a point, and the thumb is
small and elegant. To it. belongs a
love of contemplation, idealism, reli-
gious feeling, indifference to material
interests, poetry of soul and of heart,
lyric inspiration, and a taste for all
things beautiful by their form and es—
sence, but particularly by the latter.
Should the hand be large, with joints
slightly visible, it indicates force, but
it also shows a lack of ingenuousness.
The mixed hand is the most confus-
ing, being a. combination of two types.
Like the separate breeds of dogs, how-
ever,'the different varieties cannot alter
themselves beyond a certain point. In
obedience to some occult force they are
continually brought back ' to their
original purity—Philadelphia Time-s.
1
BRAVE KING JOHN.
The Predeeessor of Menelek Was Killed
.. in Battle. ‘
I was reading Slatin Pasha’s new
book, “Fire. and Sword in the Soudun,”
the other day, ..nd came across several
descriptions of the battles between the
Abyssinians and the followers of the .
malidi, which make very pertinent read-
ing just at present in view of the dis-
aster the arms of Italy have met in
fighting with King Menelck’s army.
His description of the death in battle of
King John, King )Ienelck’s predecessor,
is worth quoting as showing the brav-
cry of the'tribe. The battle was at Gal-
labat and the Abyssinians were the at-
[tucking party. Their army was di—
vided into two portions, one made up of
King J ohn’s own tribes, the Tigre, to-
gether with Menelek’s troops, and the
other of the Amhura. tribe’s legions.
On attacking the city the latter sooh
broke through the dervishes’ lines, and
had they attacked the garrison, instead
of stepping to loot and pillage the
houses, they would have quickly won a
victory. Slutin Pasha writes:
“King John, who was in his tent, hav-
ing received news that the Amhara,
whom he had frequently accused of
cowardice, had succeeded in entering
the lines, while his own tribe, the Tigre,
had failed, fell into a. passion, and,
ordering his followers to carry him on
his sent—~a small gold nugnreb covered
with cushions and carpet—he was
brought into the midst of the fighting
line. The Mnhdists, noticing a crowd
of followers clad in velvet and gold, di-
rected their fire on them, and when
King John had almost reached the de-
fenses he was struck by a bullet, which,
breaking his right arm above the elbow,
entered the body. The courageous man,
declaring thathis injury was of no consc-
quence,cont.inued urging on his men,but
soon fell back unconscious on his couch,
and was carried to the rear by his fol-
lowers, who had suffered great loss.
The news that, he was wounded spread
among 'his'_ troops. like wildfire; and,
though on the point of success, they
retired. On the evening of the 9th of
March, 1889, King John expired in his
tent. An effort. was made to keep his
death secret; but the news gradually
leaked out and the Amhara, .deserting
the camp in the night with all their
loot, returned to their homes.”-—N.. Y.
Press.
—_
Suspicious.
“What did you say that young man’s ‘
name is ‘3” asked Mabcl’s father.
“Mr. Isaac Oliver Upton,” was the
reply.
"H’m! I begin to understand”,
“To understand what?”
“A remark that was made about Mr.
Upton. I was told that he seldom wrote
his name in full: that he nearly always
used his initials “"~—'T.nrllrm Tit-Bits.
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