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new vcnw u: A.
Do not be deceived by infringe-
ments of name, package or czgar- ,
ette.
TH E Ol‘l LY GENUINE
Bear thefac simlie signature of
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on the package and on each cigarette.
TAKE NONE WITHOUT.
\LETTER-WRITING AS AN ART.
Many Things Must Bil—Considered .by the
Careful Correspondent.
“One -of the fine arts in letterowrit-
ing,” says a writer who is also an ob-
server and thinker, “is to conform your
style of writing perfectly to the person
whom you address. Many things must
be considered. The age, the degree of“
intelligence, the social position, and
the amount of familiarity you have
with ygur correspondent are only a few
of the points which the good letter-
writer remembers always while he
writes. Although seemingly he writes
without constraint, yet these reflections
govern all that he says, not only the
“matter, but the manner of it.”
The result of such care should be a
letter exactly suited to the person ad-
dressed. N ot to shock a friend’s preju-
dices by sneering at customs he re-
spects; not to engage in useless or fool-
ish discussions on paper; not to write
upon subjects or in a manner of which
you would be ashamed to afterward
reflect, or feel regret at rereading—
these are the primary rules which
should govern all letter-writing, wheth-
er the writer be young or old. "
Yet in these days of cheap postage
and rapid, careless and voluminous let-
ter writing many idle and weak-minded
people forget that the written word,
far more than the spoken, stands to
condemn the writer, and that the
words of an ill-advised or hasty letter
are hard to eradicate from the mind of
its recipient.
Letter writing, like all other human
actions, must be judged largely by the
motive. Yet although the brief notes
pertaining to the courtesics of social
life may be freely sent, it is best to
consider more carefully the longer let-
ters, in which the indiscreet writer
often betrays secrets of heart and mind.
N 0 one should send a. letter written
in anger or bitterness of spirit. Such a
letter maybe an escape valve for a
hurt state of mind, but the writing of
it should be sufficient; let it be dropped
into the flames, not into the letter~box.
Answer every letter soon, before the
glow of pleasure at its reception has
faded away. Discard postals as an
enemy to grace and to the leisure of
polite society. They are useful only to
a limited extent by people who have
business to communicate briefly.
CURIOUS OLD LAWS.
Diversity of Religious Opinion Once For-
bidden by Henry VIII.
’».The old law books are curious read-
ing, and give some funny ideas of what
kings and parliaments thought they
could do.
Henry VIII., for example, passed
"An act for the abolishing of diversity
of opinion in certain articles concern-
ing Christian religion.” .I t staggers
one to think of how many acts would
be required to-day “to abolish diversity
of opinion” in religious matters. It is
not generally known in Scotland—the
home of football—that it is still illegal
to play football. An act passed in
1424, and never repealed, says: “No
man shall play at foctorall under a pain
of fifty shillings.”
But Scotch ladies with a tendency to
overdressing are in no better position.
Their overdressing is still illegal. By
an act of James II. restriction as to
dress is laid down, and only the wife
of a bailie or alderman is allowed to
wear “clothes of silk, scarlet gowns.”
No woman is to come to kirk or market
with her face mussaled (or veiled), that
she may be known. .
In the reign of George III. a bill was
introduced for the improvement of the
Metropolitan watch. In this, “watched
are compelled to sleep during the day.”
then read in committee a gouty M. P.
said: “Let this act apply to members
of this house, that my gout trouble me
no longer by making me sleepless in
the night.”
Scotch temperance reformers will be
delighted to hear that James I. passed
an act “that no man be found in tav-
erns drinking after the strike of nine.”
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A Dog’s Grief.
' Dutch was a brown retriever of ,ad-
vanced years; Curly was reputed to be
a Scotch terrier, but his appearance
suggested some uncertainty in his de-
scent. Dutch was chained to her ken-
nel and Curly, who enjoyed his liberty,
evinced his friendship by frequently
taking bones and other canine deli-
cacies to his less fortunate friend. One
. morning Curly presented himself at the
house, cvincing unmistakable signs of
grief by his demeanor and his whines. ’
A visit to the kennel, where poor Dutch
was found lying dead, showed "the oc-
casion of Curly’s unhappiness. We
buried Dutch decorously under a vine
in the ggrden and supposed that Curly
would forget the incident, but we were
touched'to see him in the capacity of a .
faithful mourner frequently revisit the
spot where his old friend 'was laid, tak-
ing with him by way of offering choice
bones, which he carefully buried 'by the
grave. This practice Curly continued
for two years, whenmhe left the house.
Sweat {illillll touts .
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'A DISH OF SCIENCE.
OBSERVATIONS recently made on a
. criminal beheaded in France proved
I that‘thc heart beats continued for six
1 minutes after the ax fell.
A SWISS scientist has been testing the
presence of bacteria in mountain air
and finds that not a single microbe ex-
ists beyond an altitude of 2,000 feet
above the level of the sea.
DR. LAme, of Hyderabad, says that
there are no parasites in the blood in
malaria and that the Italian investi-
gators intro ::.i._;‘..‘.kcn the nuclei of the
white cells in the blood for microbes.
A FAMOUS rcliquary in Limoges
enamel that once held the bones of St.
Valeria has been recently acquired by
the Cluny museum in Paris. It is one
and one—half inches by four, and is
adorned by a figure of the virgin mar-
tyr seated on a. throne, with the head
in high relief.
THE Norwegian explorer Borchgre-
vink urges the importance of organiz-
ing a new antarctic expedition. He be-
.lieves that in the extreme south there
is a continent with an area of eight
million square miles, containing mziny
animals unknown to the southern hem-
isphere.
SIR ROBERT BALL, the astronomer,
has been doing a. little figuring and
squelches the ambitious scheme for
communicating with the inhabitants of
Mars by showing that they would need
a flag as large as Ireland and a pole
five hundred miles long. He has not
given any estimate yet on the cost of
the fireworks that would be needed for
a night signal.
GUNPOWDER is made out of niter or
saltpetc—r. charcoal or sulphur, using
seventy-five pounds of niter, fifteen
pounds of charcoal and ten pounds of
sulphur for 100 pounds of gunpowder.
All the materials are purified. ground
separately -and then ground together
with water. \Then dry the powder is
rubbed through sieves until it is made
into grains of the right size and then
glazed by friction in canvas bags.
AMERICAN WARS.
. THE Aroostook war with the Indians
of this name lasted during 1838 and
1839; 1,500 men were required to restore
order.
THE second Seminole Indian war be-
gan in 1850, and lasted until the close
of 1858. The total number of men en-
listed for this war was 3,687. .
THE Creek war began May 5, 1836,
and ended September 30, 1837. The
total number of men who served while
the trouble lasted was 13,418.
THE northwestern Indian wars lasted
from September 19, 1790, to August 3,
1795, and involved the enlistment and
actual service of 8,983 men.
THE grandest review ever seen in this
country was that at Washington at
the close of the civil war. Over 100,000
men were in line.
THE Seminole Indian war began N o-
vember 20, 1817, and ended October 21,
1818. The total number of regulars
and militia serving in this war was
7,911. ,
THE war with the hey of Tripoli be-
gan June 10, 1801, and ended June 4,
1805. The number of men engaged in
the naval force against Tripoli was
3,330.
DURING war of 1812, the
second war with Great Britain,
there were ten regular battles, eight
actions almost equaling the dignity
of battles, and fifty-two skirmishes,
bombardments or other combats.
PERSONAL MENTION.
the
W. H. WALLACE, the postmaster of
Hammondville, 0., has served under
thirty-one postmaster generals.
Mn. THOMAS B._ REED spent the sum-
mer in the pretty cottage at Grand
Beach, Me., which he has recently pur-
chased. _
PROF. ZusrrrKA, who died the other
day, was professor of English at the
University of Berlin. It has been said
of him that, although a German, he
was the greatest authority on early
English. ,
ONE of the noted naturalists of the
country is Rev. Dr. W. .J. Holland, of
Pennsylvania. Dr. Holland is the only
American member of the Zoological
society of London, and has had several
different Species of plants and animals
named after him.
Miss ABBIE GARDNER is the only liv-
ing survivor of the famous Sioux mas-
sacre at Lake Okoboji, 1a., in 1856.
She has a fine collection of Indian relics
in the very cabin in which she was liv-
ing as a little girl at the time of the
massacre. Miss Gardner has secured
from the Iowa legislature an appropria-
tion of $7,000 for a monument to mark
the spot.
Novel and Effective Scheme.
A San Diego (Cal) woman who was
pestered, as many people are, with
other folks’ chickens scratching up her
flower bed and littering her yard, hit
on a novel scheme for cenveying a
gentle hint to her neighbors. She tied
a lot of small cards with strong thread
to big kernels of corn, and wrote on
the cards: “Please keep your chiok-
ens at home.” The chickens ate the
corn and carried the message to their
owners in a fashion that was startling
and effective.
For Good
Color and
ii any Growth
' One -
Bottle will do
Wonders. Try it.
Purify the“ Blood with Ayer’s Sarsaparill;
BRIDCEPORT,
he 0 . . .
D M. Read
@ompany.
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THE
UNSTINTED
USE
Of Laces,
Spangled Trimming
Embroideries has brought this depart-
Jewelled Trimming,
and Persian
ment into very prominent notice
among particular buyers, those who
are watching for the most charming
effects. The softness of the colors
together with the intricate weavings
and beautiful blendipgs has created:
an extended demand for our goods—
nearer the standard of perfection.
We have four new designs in an
illuminated Creponette, an indescrib-
able weave which always manages to
produce some of the very prettiest
effects. In appearance the fabric is
somewhat heavy looking but in reality
it is verylight and seasonable. Nice
for either skirts or an entire dress.
Little things create quite a hubbub
sometimes. Gold embroidered Stand
Covers, 480. Japanese Tinsel
Cloths, 25c. Fringed Denims, 50c.
Embroidered Denims, 95c.
Silk Mantel Scarfs, $1.25.
Ladies’ Shirt Waists, 50, 75 and
890., $1, $1.25, $1.50, $2, $2.25 and
$2.50; different styles and different
qualities of course—different mate-
rials such as percales, lawns, d’imities
—and in all the new Persian and tan
effects. *‘
The particular charm about our
Glove stock is the shades, newest.
colors. Only the best known makes.
Only reasonable prices.
All-Wool white and colored silk
embroidered Short Skirts, $1.48 to
$2.98; extra widths. Made from
the best quality flannel.
Outdoing all previous records in the
Cape and Jacket line. We are “giv-
ing excellent opportunities to procure
the most stylish garments at the most
reasonable figures.
You know we‘d do that, you know
that we always do. When we know
it ourselves it is sometimes pretty
hard work to resist a; temptation to
keep saying so. It's that way now.
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T0 FIG—HT FOR A MINE. _
Serious Trouble Anticiptfed In a. Colora-
, do Gold Camp.
IDAHO SPBNGS, Colo, April 23.—Grsat
excitement prevails here, and it appears
as if there will be a pitched battle over
’ the possession of the Bismarck mine short-
ly. Those of the micron-bad forties seen
refuse to talk, but it is said that an or-
ganized effort will be made to regain pos-
session of the property.
The difficulty originated almost six
months ago, when Beers Bros. of New
York city failed to meet their mining
obligations. The wages of the miners
were in arrears, and an attachment was
made against the property to secure debt.
Monnig &. Bailey. an ore buying concern
of this city and Denver, who held a claim
against Beers Bros., paid off the attach
ment and took charge of the mine and
have since been operating it. In the past
month a big strike of mineral was made.
It was claimed by the friends of Beers
‘Bros. that Monn1g& Bailey long ago paid
off its indebtedness.
Last week Beers Bros. offered to pay'
any balance due. At first this seemed
agreeable, and the Beers people were giv.
en possession of the property, but later
Monnig 85 Bailey took forcible possession
of the property, threatening any one who
attempted to eject them from it.
No'legal action has been taken as yet,
and neither side seems to favor such an
action, as they claim the law will be too
slow. The mine is one of the prominent
mines in the country. The average value
of the ore is now $80 per ton.
The Shakespeare Celebration.
BIRMINGHAM, England, April 23.—This
was the second day of the celebation in
connection with Shakespeare’s birthday,
and the principal feature of the pro-
gramme was the gathering of the Bir-
mingham Dramatic and Literary club in
the banquet hall of the town council.where
a luncheon was tendered to the United
States embassador, Mr. Thomas F. Bayard.
Knit Goods Factory Closed.
SYRACUSE, April 23.—T. C. &; .T. C.
Miller, manufacturers of knit goods at
Baldwinsville. shut down their big works,
having made a general assignment. The
firm are brothers, who succeeded their
uncle, .l'. C. Miller, about 13 years ago.
The industry was the biggest in Bald-
winsville and gave employment to 200
handa
\Enormous Lumber Purchase.
DULUTH. April 23—11: is reported here
that the Weyerhauscr syndicate has pur-
chased the entire interests of the big lum-
ber firm of Wright & Davis for $2,000,-
000. This includes the stumpage, logs and
lands of the Wcigbt & Davis concern and
possibly their logging road known as the
Duluth, Mississippi River and Northern.
Flood’s Havoc Among Bridges.
PORT ARTHUR, Ont, April BEL—Part ot
the bridge across Kaministiquia river at
Stanley has been carried away. The Slate
river valley bridge over Kaministiquia
river is badly raised, but still passable.
The Port Arthur, Duluth and Western
railway bridge is down.
Life Preservers Picked Up.
SANDY HOOK, April 23.—The Mon—
mouth Beach life saving station reports
that two life preservers, marked Steamer
New Brunswick, were picked up on the
beach today. They apparently had been
in the water a. leng time.
The Sudan Cmgpaign.
SUAKIN, April 23.—The scouts report
that a force of dervishos has arrived at
Harasab from Ahsat. The women of- Os-
man Digna’s camp have been removed,
owing to the fear that it may be stormed
by the Egyptians.
Greater New York Bill Repassed.
ALBANY. April 23.—Tho greater New
York bill passed the assembly by a vote of
77 yeas at 2:32 p. m. The Democrats who
voted with the Republicans were: Barth,
Butts, Cain, Guidor, Ebbetts, Newman,
Stahl and Zurn. '
Big Blaze In Oslzaloosa.
OSKALOOSA, Ia, April 23.—Green &.
Bentley’s wholesale store, the bank build-
ing adjoining Lacey’s building and Stras-
berger’s dry goods store burned today;
less, 860, 000; insurance, $20,000.
The Weather.
Fair; cooler; followed by warmer; high
northerly winds, decreasing in force.
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
Closing Quotations of the New York Stock
Exchange.
NEW YORK. April 22.—Money on’ call easy at
2% per cent. Prime mercantile paper. 5®6 per
cent. Sterling exchange steadl'. with actual
business in bankers’ bills at $4.88%@4.88}§ for
demand and $4.87lvé@4.87% for 60 days. Posted
rates, 84.8%4896 and [email protected]»fi. Commer-
cial bill-t, 84.86%. Silver certificates. 67%@68V4c.;
no sales. Bar silver, 07%0. Mexican dollars.
54c. Government bonds firm. State bonds in-
active. Rallroad bonds firm.
Closing prices:
New England..... 48
N. J. Central ...... 108%
North American.. 0%
Bur. & Quincy.... 81%
0.. C., C. & St. L.. 35%
Chesapeake&0.. 17% Northern Pacific" 1%
Chicago Gas...... 69% Do.pref........... 1%
Cordage.. ........ . 5 N. Y. Central ..... 98%
Cotton Oil......... 10% Omaha............ 42
Del. & Hudson.. . .1236 Ontario & West. . 15%
%
Distillers' Trust. . 20% Pacific Mail. ...... 28
Erie-tots; --------- a 15% ReadingI-n-uocccoc 13%
General Electric. . 3% Rock Island. . . . . . . 72%
Hocking Valley.. . 1 Silver Bullion. . . . . 6851i
Lackawanna. ..... 161% St. Paul. . . . . . . . . . . 78%
Lake Shore ........ 150% Sugar Refining. .. 26%
Lead .............. Texas Pacific... . .. 8%
Louisville & Nash 53
Missouri Pacific. 25%
Northwestern . . . .1094
Union Pacific“ c o I 9%
Wabash prof...... 19%
Western Union... 87%
General Markets.
NEW YORK. April 22.—FLOUR——State and
western dull and unsettled: city mills patents.
~ 34.30%.50: winter patents. $3:90@4; city mills
clears. [email protected]: winter straights. [email protected].
WHEAT—No. 2 red was again depressed by
'free offerings of long May wheat coupled with
lower cables and favorable crop news; May,
70%@707/éc.: J 111:, 69 15-16@70}§c.
CORN—No. 2 was fairly active and steady on
light receipts; May, 35%@35%c.; JUIY. 36%@
06%0.
OATSé-No.2 quiet and steady; May. 24%@
24%c.: track. white. state, comma.
' PORK—Easy; old to new mess. [email protected];
famillh [email protected]. -
LARD—Easy: prime western, steam, $5.15;
nominal. .
BUTTER—Quiet: state dairy, 9%@13léc.:
state creamery. 10@140.
CHEESE—Steady; state. 5%@10c-:
small. 6.79109...
large.
EGGS—Weak; state and Pennsylvania. 10% ‘
@11}§e.; Western, loyéc.
SUGAR—Raw steady: fair refining. 3%@
8%c.: centrifugal. 96 test. 4 5-1605 refined,
steady: crushed. 6% -.: powdered. 5%0-
TURPEN'l‘INE—steady; shimme-
MOLASSES— Firm; New Orleans, ”@370.
. RICE—Steady: domestic. 3%.?»00: Japan. 3%
043/40-
TALLOW~Dull: city, 3 9-16@3)éc.; country.
3 11-16@3§.ic. '
HAY—EaSygshipplns. 75@BOc.: good to choice,
900.@$1.
Advertise in the Gmm.
.muos
‘~hipTHE<EVngsG"GleTTEJ~'*;
A SERIOUS mm.
For You; for Anybody. NorwaiK
has Taken It Up. Local Testi-
mony Sneaks for itself.
Kidneys can’t talk, but if you don’t
treat them rightly you will hear from
them. . .
They have a language of their own;
this is how they tell you: .
When you work too hard what fol-
lows ? You are fired aren’t you ?
It’s just the same with the kidneys,
they get tired. they have so much to do.
You stoop over at some occupation.
You strain yourself lift-ing.
You walk too far, or ride too for.
You call this over-exertion. You can
not sleep when night comes.
Your book aches. Your head aches
often you ache all over.
Oh, you say, it’s because I’m all tired
ou ..
.Now this isn’t right, it’s because your
kidneys are tired. .
. They can only do so much, and the
lifting. stooping. straining or exerting
has retarded their action.
The heart has pumped the blood into
them faster than they could filter it.
The filter is over-taxed and becomes
clogged. '
'lney cry for assistance in many
aches that follow.
Nothing starts the kidneys working
so quickly as Dean’s Kidney Pills.
We say so and people right here in
Norwalk are endorsing it.
For instance take the case of Mrs.
Jno. Grace who recides at No 32. Platte
Vllle avenue. Kidney disorders are
very prevalent and ’tis a rare thing that
an aged person is found who does not
sufi'er more or less from backache, it
was so with Mrs. Grace. She had a
bad back for years. The pains and
aches extended down into the limbs.
She says. “I got a box of Dean’s Kid-
ney Pills at Hale’s drug store and be-
gan taking them. I think the pills me
a good thinc, they cured me.”
For sale by all dealers. Price 50
cents per In x. or six anes for 352.50.
Sent by lnviil on r. ceipt of price by
Foster—-llnmrn 00., Buffalo, N. Y. sole
agents for the U. S.
Eczema in any part of ihe body is in-
stantly I't‘llcVPd and permanently cured
by Dean’s OiLtment, the sovereign
remedy for all itchiness of the skin.
J. D. Jennings.
[LINDERTAKFR
4 Knight street. opposite
51.16321 RMIWM Depot
NIGHT BELL AT OFFICE.
DAVID .w. RAYMOND
Funeral enter all Emlalmer.
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39 Washington 811-. H 'Souih Norwalk
Residence. Manackemo Hotel.
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Merchants, Mauulactur»
ers, Lodges and Societies
will consult their own inter-
ests by giving us a call.
REMEMBER—1f you have
work to do, write to us.
l. Because none but first-class workmen
are employed.
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Reasons
Why
Schleicher’s
Because an experience of forty years
Because for years we'have given
special attention to designing im-
proved features which once but our
pianos have.
Pianos
Lead.
IV.
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Because they are low in price and
high in artistic beauty.
V.
so, it’s
on)
TAKEN
III
Because “hen Schleicher says it’s
SO. ’
Main Off-ice
and
Faciory, _
PAGIFIGST.
Stamford.
Norwalk Chronicler