‘\fl "\..--..-. ~- ,. TnufnvEN1SGVQAZETrc1 _[ ___..4 . ‘-~""_ r.-.n... . Ten ‘ Sweet ‘3 Caporal 5,; Little Cigars for . cts. SOLD BY ALL DEALERS. - »\..M.1_---...._ 4‘ "HOW To KILL _souiRRELs. __ New Method of Exterminating the Pest Discovered by a Spokane Man. A. T. Church of Spokane, has dis-_ covered a sure way of exterminating the arch enemy of the Washington farmer—the ground squirrel. Mr. Church’s method of extermina- tion, says the Tribune of that city, comes under three important discover- ies which he has made by a close ob- servation of . the ground squirrel’s habits. 1. He has discovered that a squirrel won’t dig out of a hole if any Obstruc- tion is in the way, so he won’t have to dig through solid ground. 2. A squirrel will not dig into a hole if it is obstructed so as to make his en- trance difficult. 3. A squirrel will not traverse any ex- tent of territory if he is not sure that there are plenty of holes in which he can hide if he is pursued. In the vicinity of Mr. Church’s place he has filled all the squirrel holes with briar bushes, and for a distance of ten rods the squirrels have entirely disap- peared. If briar bushes are not handy, Mr. Church says a wad of paper will answer the purpose just as well. Mr. Church _.'has examined the results of killing squirrels with powder, sulphur and other materials now in use in the surrounding country. He is firmly con- vinced that, while the weapons used will kill the squirrels, they will be just as bad or worse the coming summer, because a home is already in readiness for them. If the holes are stopped up the squirrels do not seem to thrive and spread over the country. “The experi- ment, moreover, will cost nothing, and I advise the farmers to try it,” said Mr. Chu1ch. .. WHAT WE DO WITH OUR FEET. A Feminine Critic Who Took Delight in Observing Men’ 3 Pedals. What do men do with their feet and , 'legs at dinner? Same thing they do at breakfast and luncheon—wind them about the limbs of their chair and hook on by the1r toes. She sat in a well—known Breadway restaurant the other evening, says the New York lVorld, and amused herself, after she had appeased her hunger, by watching the men’s pedal extremities. Some who had feet of generous length caught the heels of their boots on the lower front rung of the chair, and hung their feet up, as it were, while they dined. . 1 Two men with short legs and feet to match actually kept on tiptoe through the meal. A few wreathed their legs around those of the table. One laid his left foot flat on the floor sideways, and stood the right one upon it, changing base from time to ' time. Several hoisted their hoofs on the 'chair rung, which brought their knees so high their owners had to sit on the bias to avoid raising the table from the ‘floor; a few scattered their pedal be- longings under the entire width of the mahogany, tangling them up with the trotters of their vis-a-vis to such an ex- tent that she wondero'l it wasn’t as common to walk ofi with another man’s legs as with his hat. In the whole cafe there were not three men who placed their feet flat upon the floor and kept them there. She couldn’t help thanking fate for her petticoats, for who knows what antics girls may go through while satisfying their birdlike appetites? The Earth's Mam. Four leading French scientists—Vil- lard, Cotard, Seyrig and Tissandier— have succeeded in making a wonderful model of the earth. It is a huge sphere, forty-two feet in diameter, and has painted upon its outside all details of the earth’s geography. At Paris, where the pygmy world is being exhibited, an iron and glass dome has been erect- ed over the globe. The building is eight-sided, and is well provided with elevators and stairways, which makes it an easy task for the visitor to examine “all parts of the world.” The globe weighs eighteen tons, but i s so nicely balanced that it can easily be rotated by a small handwheel. The en- tire surface area is five hundred and twenty-five feet, which is sufficient to exhibit all the mouptains, rivers, islands and cities, even to the principal thoroughfares of the latter. . The Inventor of the Safety. “ The Cyclist is amused, it declares, to I hear of the many people who have in- vented the safety bicvcle. The paper says: “The other day a banquet was given to the English inventor, France has lately put up a monument at Barle- Duc to the Michaux who claimed the invention for France, and now the ‘D. R. B.’ ‘assures us that the invention is due to a German named Philip Moritz Fischer, of Schweinfurt-on-Main, who between 1850, and 1855 built a wooden safety, which is yet seen in the muse- um of'that town. The pedals are on the front wheel, the size of which is 99 centimeters (36 inches), that of the 1 back wheel 66 centimeters. (26 inches), and the length of the machine is 470 centimeters (57 inclie's). saddle, luggage carrier, a brake, which acts on the back wheel, a lamp, a bell, and even small mudguards. ‘ Dutch Funeral Cars. A funeral car in Holland is the queer- est, most medieval looking of con- veyances. Imagine the horses entirely hidden under long, sweeping draperies of black cloth, like the steeds in the illustrations to Froissart. These drap- cries reach to the ground and all that is seen of the horse is his solemn eyes peeiing th1ough the eye holes. The car itself is od1:'1ven by a coachman draped also in black, with a perfectly huge shovel hat rather like that of Don Basilio 1n “The Barber of Seville,” only much more exaggerated; while the coffin, or its absence, is completely hidden from view by the mass of heavy black draperies that descend from the roof of the car nearly to a level with the wheels. On the whole, the car looks like a perambulating mass of _ black cloth, and is neither imposing nor beauteous, though distinctly antique in appearance. Baffled the Linguists. The late Prof Stephen J. Young, of Bowdoin, was an accomplished linguist. One day he was on a train bound for Bangor to Brunswick, Me, when the conductor who knew him entered his car to ask him to come out to the sec- ond-class coach to try and find out where a certain st11;.i..l f01ci<1 nor was going. The condi‘.-:c11 had attacked him in all the foreign lingo he could master, and could get no other response than a stupid stare. Prof. Young went back to the rear of the train. The pas-- senger sat there looking very much disturbed and bewildered. The pro- fessor went at him in Canadian French, then in German, then in the languages of Scandinavia, Egypt, Italy, Spain and every other country on the face of this green earth. Still the passenger sat “mum as an owl,” while the look of bewilderment deepened on his face. The professor was nonplused, and was turning in defeat to his own car when the man looked wearily out of the win- dow and remarked sadly to himself: “By gosh, I wish I was ter hum.” He was an Aroostook Yankee and he could speak nothing but English—Chicago Chronicle. ' CHARLofTET BLT- ~“.~—Dip a mold in 1:111ll 1. )Y‘lf'Tl cakes; ' eon tie bo‘tom, mix of s1 “"1 1' with a little CHARLOTTE latte 1f, ' water: put vlcc r11 2‘" wtclilc-11'1'1nl11 le‘non join: and I11.1nrl\.z\€l:l two ‘ta'blespe;»();1f11ls of -..:ca1:1 11111.1 whisk to a ~~stiff l'ro-h; stir in :1. little gelatlue dis- solved in milk. Iiil the mold, cover with cake and stand. ina . cool place to set CORNL COPIAS. ——~ Mix well together three eggs, half a pound of sugai, half a pound of flour, two tablespoons of water, one teaspoon of baking powder. Drop in tablespoonfuls on a pan and bake in a moderate oven; when done, take out, and while still hot roll in the form of a cornucopia and hold in shape till cold; fill the cornucopias with whipped cream. , GOOSEBERRY CHARLOTTE—Pick two pounds of gooseberries. Wash them well and boil with half a pound of sugar until reduced to a pulp. Dis- solve a little gelatine in half a cupful of hot water; mix it with the goose- berries and pass them through a fine sieve. Line a mold with small sponge cakes and pour in the gooseberries. Stand aside to set. Turn out on a dish and serve with cream. APRICOT CHARLOTTES.—-Butter a mold. Cut a stale loaf into fingers, and a round the size of the bottom of the mold; fry them in butter and arrange them in the mold. Pare and stone one and one- half pounds of apricots; boil them with one pound of sugar for half an hour. Pour into the mold, cover with slices of bread dipped in butter and bake in a moderate oven. Turn out on a- dish and sift powdered sugar over it. LITERARY CU LLINGS. Mns. DELAND has finished her new novel, but no date has been set for its publication. BASRELIEF memorial medallions of 'Oliver Wendell Holmes are being worn by Boston people. A THIRD edition has been called for of Mr. Stockton’s “Adventures of Capt. Horn,” and yet the book has been out only six weeks. The number of copies sold has exceeded 13,000. E long-promised volume of Mat- thew Arnold’s letters, written between 1848 and 1888, will soon be brought out. George \V. E. Russell has carefully col- lected and arranged these epistles. ALL the personal memorials of Car- lyle contained in the Chelsea house, lately turned into a museum, consist, according to Truth, of a battered trunk, a walking stick, a wretched tin bath, a marble top washstand and a stovepipe hat under a glass case. MR. STEAD's latest enterprise is bringing out an edition of English poets, and each volume, complete in itself, is to cost only a penny. He has begun with Macaulay s "Lays,” and the little book is excellently printed and got up—for the price. For Good -Cclor and Heavy Growth Of Hair, use YER’S Hair [Vigor One Bottle will do Wonders. Try it. f Purify the Blood with Aye‘r’s Sarsapcrill; It has a spring 4 BRIDGEPORT, The . o o o O. M. Bead Company. PREPARATIONS FOR . COMFORT. Refrigerators. Ice Chests, Water Gas Suitable goods to Coolers, Ice Cream Freezers, and Oil Stoves. think about and talk about. And just as cheap as though the season was closing instead of commencing. Big- gest assortments in town. Dinner Sets and Toilet Sets in new shapes and handsome decorations ; lower .than a year ago. Banquet Lamps are also in large variety; and we never sold so many in such short order as we are selling nowadays. It’s everybody's time to buy. Brooms 70., Enameline 30., Step Ladders 490., Wooden Spoons 2 for 50., Copper Boilers, very best quality, $1.98. Washing Machines, $3.98— regular $5 kinds. Willow Clothes Baskets 39c" Wash Tubs, 390., Sink Brushes 10., Water- ing Pots 150. up. It will pay any housekeeper to come in and just look around, so many good useful articles to see. Hammocks, Summer Blankets and Comfortables, in any choice you’ll wish for; any price almost. Medium and light-weight under— wear, kinds that are perfectly safe to change to. No difficulty whatever in finding what is right, what is best to buy—or the right price to pay. Just received 100 Turkish Bag— dads, very wide and heavily embroid- ered in rich Oriental colors. Here to sell for $3.79 and $4.28—less by a good deal than their actual worth. Then we’ve some very choice de- signs and colorings in plain and figured Velours and Corduroys, 750. to $1 the yard. Figured Denims, 20 to 350. a yard. Elegant Cretonnes, 250. Thousands of yards of Carpets that are going to be sold at remarkably low prices. Thousands have been sold. And they are giving the very best possible satisfaction ; look hand- some,wear well and didn’t cost much. We make and lay them if you say so; do it nicely and quickly. , 11101111111 PILIBUSTBB. A Schooner Said to Have Stalled From Key West With Arms For the Rebels. KEY WEST, April ‘25.—The schooner Competitor, commanded by Alfred La. Borde, left this port on Wednesday night with arms and men for Cuba. The schoon- er carries 60 Cubans and Americans. She is also said to carry 800 rifles, 600 revolv- ers, 500 machetes and 150,000 rounds of cartridges. She proceeded to Sugar Loaf key, 15 miles north of here, where more munitions and arms were taken pn‘ board. It is claimed that the Cubans waiting on Sugar Loaf key have three rapid fire guns. After getting the arms and men on board the was to he met by the steam tug George W. Childs and be towed to Cuba. La Borde told his friends the expedition would land in Pinar del Rio province. Alfredo La. Borde, who commands the expedition. Is a wealthy Cuban of Tampa, who has tried to reach the iéland before. Captain Medina, In command of the 10- cal guerrillas of Lajas, has been engaged with an insurgent band which had forti- fied itself at the Batey plantation near Es- trella. The troops dislodged the enemy, who left 12 killed on the field as well as a quantity of arms, and retired with a num- ber of wounded. A squadron of cavalry. while pursuing the insurgents at Auras, killed five of them. The local guerrillas of Calabazas, In the Sagua district, have had a brush with the insurgents and killed three of the latter. Colonel Castillo, while reconnolterlng no 1r Guirra this province. had a skirmish with the insurgents under Antonio Calero. The enemy left seven killed and one man wounded on the field. A detachment of the Bamburanao bat- talion. near Cienfuegos, while reconnoiter- ing. wounded two insurgents and killed Alvarez, their leader. THE FRENCH CRISIS. Conferences With President. Fauna—The Forecasts of the Press. PARIS, April 25.—President Faure con- ferred this morning with MM. Loubet, Brisson. Peytral and Polncarre. He re- ceived MM. Bourgeois, Sarrien, Leroyer and Meline this afternoon. The newspapers agree that yesterday’s vote In the chamber of deputies has brought the constitutional crisis to an acute stage, and the majority of the papers anticipate a dissolution of the chamber. This course. is favored by many of the sen- ators. According to The Gaulois, the new pre- ' mier. whoever he may be, will appear in the chamber with a dissolution decree in his pocket. The Gaulols says: “As a re sult of the experiment with 11 Radical cab- inet, President Faure has resolved to take a determined stand upon constitutional ground and will pursue a line of conduct in opposition to Socialist rancor. ” The Socialists regard the proceedings in the chamber in the light of a victory and demand the summoning of the national assembly. 1 The Conservatives predict a presidential crxs1s. - Burglars at East Munch Chunk. MAUCH CHUNK, April 25.--Six burglars forced an entrance to the East Mauch Chunk postofiice and the general store of H. A. Buchman, an adjoining building, today. They were dlscovered in the act of blowing open the safe in the Buchman building, but they succeeded in making their escape through a rear window. Two of the men were afterward captured after a fight, in which they were wounded. French Spoliation Claims. WASHINGTON, April .25.—-Senator War- ren, from the committee on claims, has reported the amendment to the sundry ciivl appropriation bill for the payment of the French spoliation claim, whlch have been allowed by the court of claims. It carries an appropriation of $1,020,000. President Cleveland Censured. DENVER, April 25. —The Grand Army of the Department of Colorado and Wyo- ming, which is now holding its annual encampment in this city, has adopted a resolution censuring President Cleveland for his policy in regard to the pensions. For Rapid Transit In New York. ALBANY, April 25.—The New York city rapid transit bill passed the senate without debate. It now goes to the governor. New Torpedo Boat Destroyers. LONDON, April 25.——The British admi- ralty has given orders for the construction of 20 new torpedo boat destroyers. The Weather. Cloudy, with showers probably; warmer; southeasterly winds. EINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. Closing Quotations of the New York Stock Exchange. NEW YORK. April 24.—-Money on call easy at 2% per cent. Prime mercantile paper 4}§@5}é. per cent. Sterling exchange steady, with ac- tual business 1n bankers‘ bills at $4. 88%@4. 88% for demand and $4. 87M@4. 87% for 60 days. Post- ed rates. 34. 88®4.88}é and 84. 89@4. 895$. Com- mercial bills, 34.86%. Silver certificates, 67%@ 68330.: no sales. Bar silver, 67%0. Mexican dollars. 540. Government bonds firm. State bonds dull. Railroad bonds firm. Closing prices: Atchison ...... 15 New England..." 48 Bur.& Quincy" .. 82 N. J. Central ..... .109 0., 0., C &St. L. North American.. 5% Chesapeake&0.. 18 Northern-Pacific" 1% Chicago 635...... 69% Do. pref. ......... . 1% - Cordage........... 5% N. Y. Central .. .. 98% CottonOil......... 16% Omaha. ...... Del. & 1111115011.. . .128M Ontario 6’5 West. . 15% Distillers' Trust.. 19% Pacific Mail ..... .. 28 Erie......_ .......... 15% Reading........... 12% General Electric.. 37%, ‘Rock Island....... 72% Hocking Valley... 17% Silver Bullion..... 68% Lackawanna ...... 161% St. Paul............ 78%. Lake Shore ........ 150 Sugar Reflning...12]% Texas Pacific...... 8% Union Pacific..." 8% Wabash pref...... 19% Western Union... 86% Lead .............. 27% Louisville &. Nash 5236 Missouri Pacific” 29 Northwestern . . . .106l4 General. Markets. New YORK, April 24.——FLOUR—State and western dull: nominally unchanged: city mills patents. 34. W. 50: winter patents. $3. m4: city mills clears, 3410121420; winter straights. 53. 60W. 75. WHEAT—NO. 2 red opened steady on better cables and reports of rain in the northwest, but became weak under local pressure; May, 70 3—16@7 1%c J une, 71%@71%c. " CORN—No.2 quiet steady and featureless; May, 360.; J une. 36 11- 16®36%c. OATS—No. 2 inactive; July. white. state. 2' "axe. PORK—Quiet; old to new mess. $9@10: fam- ily $10. 50@10. 75. LARD—Dull:p1ime westeln. steam. 85- 15 nominal BUTTER—Very firm: state dairY. 11®133é04 state creamery. 10"! 14c. CHEESE—Steady; state. large. 5%@9%c.: small 6194100. EGGS— teadv: state and Pennsylvania. 11 @1340; western. 10@11c. SUGAR—Raw quiet and steady: fair refin- ing. 394@ 87/150 ., centrifugal, 96 test, 4 54611.ne- fined steady: crushed, 6550.: powdered, 5% . TURPE V’l‘INE—Firm: -9329Mc. MULASs‘Es—Quiet; New Orleans Wk. 24960.; track. —Advertise' in the GAZETTE. nines” RIGHT ON. Like a Barnacle. Clings, Closer Than Ivy and Grasps lee an Octopus. ’ Why go crawling through the world suffering from bagkaehe. From lumbago or Imaginary rheu- matism. , - Strange how people will procrastinate pr flirt with an opportunity until too ate. It’s only little things that make up every day existence. But we frequently overlook them. Take backache for emmple. It is generally a little thing at first. Sometxmes arises from a cold or heavy work. It will pass away you any to yourself. I have only over taxed myself. t Ypu get used to 1t-yes actually used 0 1 t Until the mole hill becomes a moun- am. '1 hen you use liuiments and plasters. You consult a physician. You are dosed with salt petre, nitre or buchu. The little thing hangs to you like a barnacle. ' ' ”If 1 had only attended to it in time” 18 your constant refrain. And you thoroughly realize that an ' ounce of prevention is won-h a pound of cure. Mr. C. A. Owens, No. 190 Main street, Like the majority of men who follow this occupation he is troubled with dis— ordered kidneys. The requisites to his calling, benezme turpentine and other dryer excite and inflame those organs and late in the fall he found himself suffering from a return of his old com- plaint. Mrs. Owens, ever mindful of her husbands welfare, procured for him a box of Doan’s Kidney Pills at Hale’s drug store and he used them. Mrs. Owens says: “My husband has been greatly benefitted by the use of Dean’s Kidney Pills. Constant working in white lead and mixingpaint has brought on kidney trouble and a severe head- ache. Belief in any form is always welcome and we are pleased to recom- mend Docu’s Kidney Pill for What they have done Doan’s Kidney Pills for sale by all dealers. price 50 cents. Mailed bv Foster—Millmrn 00., Buffalo, N. Y. sole agents for the U. S. Do you scratch and scratch, and won— der what’s the matter? Doan's Oint- ment will instantly relieve and perman- ently cure any itchy disease of the skin no matter of how long standing. DAVI D . W’ . hmuu'fi RAYMOND umuzmdlumdmo. o-ma. 89 Washington Strict ’Soufh Norwalk Residence. lllahackcmo Hotel. IS a. painter and paper hanger by trade, WOBll TO THE. WISE Merchants, Man ulactur- ers, Lodges and Socielies will censult tl1e1r own inter- ests by giving us a call. REMEMBER—~If you have work to do, write to us. II. 5 _ Reasons Why Schleioher’s Pianos Lead. IV. V. cm PIANOS TAKEN In EXGHAHGE “our: 10 us. I . Because none but first-class workmen are employed. Because an experience of forty years counts, Because for years we have given special allenlion to designing im- proved features whlch none but our pianos have Because they are low in price and high in artistic beauty. Because when Schleicher says it’s I so, it’s so. Main Office and Factory, ' PACIFIGST. ._ Stamford.
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