Blind ' Sometimes persons become blind from impure blood, which develops serofulous ulcers on the eyeballs, iritis, granulated eyelids, etc. In such cases .. Hood’s Sarsaparilla has been marvel- ‘ously successful in restoring sight. 1 It shows its powers as a blood purifier and radical cure for scrofula, by removing the cause, thus curing the Sore eyes and 1est01ing all the affected pal ts to healthy condition. Read this: . “As an act of justice and for the ben- efit of, other mothers who may have afi‘licted children, I write this. About the first of February, 1892, my daughter Zola, then three years old, contracted sore eyes of the worst form and in a few weeks was entirely blind, being unable to tol— erate light of any kind. She suffered and cried until I was almost heartbroken. The best eye specialist in the county treated her for months, but the became worse. Then I took her to a special- ist in Indianapolis, who said he could do nothing. I came away with a heavy heart. I met my father’s physician, Dr. Berry- man, who examined Zola’s eyes, and told me to try Hood’s Sarsaparilla. I began to give it as directed and wash her eyes with warm water. Soon I began to notice improvement, and now, having given the child over a half dozen bottles, her eyes are greatly improved and she can see as Well as any one. She is five years of age, and goes to school. When she began to take Hood’s Sarsaparilla, she had to eat her meals in a darkened room, but new Cured she is able to sit at the table with the rest of the family." Mas. OLLIE Busna, Colfax, Indiana. , Leading Citizens 0' 90112111, includmg JohnD. Blackei, Township Trustee, W. H. Coon, Druggist, and Dr. J. A. Berryman, cordially endorse this statement. guns and many other similar cures prove that Hood’s Sarsaparilla II the One True Blood Purifier. Alldruggists. $1- Prepared only by C. 1. Hood 8: 00., Lowell, Mass. . HOOd’S Pills cureliverills,easytotake. easy to operate. 25cents. DAILY FREIGHT LINE BETWEEN .NORWALK. SO. NORWALK AN D NEW «YORK. Propellers city of Norwalk, vulcanand Eagle. Leave N orwalk at 5 p. 111, Leave So. N orwalk at 6 p. m. I Leave New York, Pier 23, E. FL, Beekman St., 5p m, HERE’S YOUR CHANGE. A fine building lot on Wilton ave- nue. If you intend to build, look at this before purchasing. ‘iater, gas and sewer on the avenue. / Will be sold at a Bargain. WM. H. BYINIGTON, Real Estate and Insurance, Room I, Gazette B’I’d. THE PRICE nor PEACE. ' BY MRS. HENRY 1.. PRATT. In all my travels, from Maine to Rhode Island, I’ve never come across a. douple more unlike than what Mr. and Mis’ Nims was. for days over some little matter that a. word would’ a.’ set right if he’d only been plain-hearted. Mis’ Nims was all the other way— talk it out and done with it; a little hasty and imprudent, maybe, but she is well-meaning, Mis’ Nims is, and as good a woman to neighbor with as I want to see. I hev thought whether or no being of different persuasions didn’t work to keep ’em apart. See, she was brought up an orthodox, and he favored the Methodists. She joined with him and laid out to do her part amongst ’em, Methodists. Then. another thing, she hated a. dog, and Mr. Nims must always have a. great clumsy hulk, good for nothing but to bark and eat and lie around un- der nfoot, while Mis’ Nims, she marn’t have even a. kitten, though she set everything by a eat. ’And so it went. One day I stepped in to borrow Mis’ Nims’ cutting-board, and just as I got to the door I heard her say: “You ain’t going to turn Charley in amongst my flowers, be ye?” as I could hear. “Now, Mr. Nims,” says she, “he’s stepped on my pansy-bed and broke off a dahlia. a’ready. Ain’t there any other place on this whole farm where you can put him? Idon’t want him here,” says she. Mr. Nims’ countenance didn’t change more than a wooden Indian. “1 do,” says he. “There’s a good bat- ing of grass to be fed down, and I cal- culate to leave Charley here for a spell,” says he. And he budged ofi as stiff as though he’d swallowed a a ramrod. Mis’ Nims didn’t say a word more, but shegave that old dog a push that sent him out of doors with a yelp; and I didn’t blame her a. mite, nuther. 1 brought the cutting-board back as they was a-settin’ down to dinner, and Mis’ Nims asked me to draw up to the table. She had an excellent dinner—— Mis’ N ims is an elegant cook—but not one identical word did he speak. only to ask if I’d have another potato. She seemed chipper enough, but I see a. shadow pass over her countenance when the old horse sneezed right un- der the window where her piney bed was, and the dog, that had got back under the table by that time, yopped out as though somebody had accident- ally trod on his tail. Mr. Nims was a. great hand for rais- ing colts, but she was a terrible scary creature; and I expect riding after half-broken colts has given her a. fit of the newralogy many’s the time. He was dreadful set in his way— same as the general run of men air— and it was like fighting the east wind to try to move him out of it. Them two used to remind me of a pair of napajawed scissors that you can’t cut with. Some might have put the heft of the blame on to her; and I s’pose she did nag him some, and flash out when she’d better have kep’ still. I run in one day to borrow a. sleeve pattern, when I heard Mr. Nims speaking out kind 0’ gruff, and I halt- ed, for I didn’t wish to intrude. (I never wear squeaky shoes myself). I didn’t find out what went before, but the first I heard was this: “I can’t please you,” says he. (It beat me if he’d ever tried.) “You don’t like my hired men, you ain’t sat- isfied with my breed of cows, the color of the corn barn don’t suit ye, and I’m thinking you’ll be happier if we divide and separate. You’ve always thought more of your brother Asa than you do of me, and you can be free to go to him, so you’ll be well fixed.” “Why, Mr. Nimsl”,I heard her kind 0’ gasp out, and I surmised by the sound that she let fall a. ‘teacup. I I looked to hear her burst out in her quick way, and I’ll warrant ye he supposed she’d flare up, and that would be the end on’t. But she seemed dum- founded. By ’n’ by she said, quite quiet: “I’m sure Asa. would be pleased to have me there. He misses Sarah Jane, and so do the children. There has to be somebody at the head to make things so. But what would you do, Elisha?” I had to smile, for she scarcely ever called him Elisha. “I can look out for myself,” says he, and stalked off to the barn. I went right in, and said I guessed I could tell what was in his mind. He was calculating to make a. home for his mother, and get along they two to« gether. Old lady N ims never was any too particular, and now she had the shaking palsy. So I _ could see Mis’ Nims set right to thinking how things would go to wrack and ruin under such no management. She is an awful nice housekeeper herself, and set a. great store by her things. She made an ar- rant up chamber pretty soon, and was gone quite a spell. When she came down her eyes were some red, but she stuffed it out and went on as matter- of-faet as the cows coming home. “I’ve got to flax around,” says she, “and get Elisha’s new shirt done; and there’s the pickle-vinegar needs seald~ ing, and the brine, too. And 1 was laying out to put up a. few more quinces. Elisha is very partial ,to quince sauce. , The next day Iwent over to offer my help, and she seemed glad to have me there. I guess she felt she must let out a. little to somebody, and she knows I’m no hand to run and tell. She told me ‘they were going to Squire Hosley’s to get his help about undivi- sion of the property. She wanted to wait till after Monday, so she could get one more wash done, but Mr. Nims had laid out to begin cutting corn Monday; and Saturday suited his time best. Pretty soon she said: “I hope you ’11 look' in and do What you can to see that Elisha is comfortable‘” says she. Mr. Nims was one of these shut-up- -1 to-himself men, and he’d glum ’round 1 the house, with a. door opening into but she never Was tohome with the , He didn’t condescend any reply—not . l i ' will be full and plenty for me. Ihad my thoughts, but I kep’ ’em to myself, and only said I should ad- mire to do anything I could. Then she hushed up and said no more. Squire Hosley’s wife is second cousin to me, and she had been after me to help about her sewing. So I thought I might as well go there Saturday as any day. The squire’ s office is at one side of the orchard and another door opening into a little back room. Mis’ Hosley uses this for a. sewing room. So there I was. I had set the door into the oflice on the jar—the room being so small and close. It was still work that I was upon. mending stockings and the children’s clothes, and I couldn’t help but hear all that was said in the office. Mr. Nims made the explanation of what they wanted, and said it was un- derstood between them that he kep’ the house and farm. 1’11 warrant ye! I knew he’d never yield an inch of his ground. He was a. man who wanted all the land joining his, and to plant in your garden. “The bed and table stuff is hers,” said he. “Oh, no, Elisha!” says she, “I don’ t consent to that. Sarah Jane had a. good setting-out. and Asa’s house is full. Besides, if I find I need more things I can make ’em, and your moth- er’s eyesight plagues her. She can’t do as she could once,” she says. “The bed and table furnishings are hers,” Mr. N ims repeated. “What she didn’t make she bought with her but- ter money’ “N o ’Lisha, ” Mis’ Nims began; but Squire Hosley interrupted her. I see they was beginning to wear on his patience. _ “Why not put the property in two piles and draw cuts, if you’ve no choice. That would be fair,” says he. I knew by the way I heard her snuff that Mis’ Nims hadn’t give up, though she said no more—not then; but from that they went on to wrangle over every stick of furniture. She should have no use for this, that and the other thing. An’ no more wouldn’t he. I could hear the squire drum on the table, and I knew he .was getting rest- less. Finally he made an end of the talk by saying: “Why not let Mr. Nims keep the downstairs furniture, and she take what is above? How would that do?” Well, they demurred, each one being afraid the other would be cheated, but at last, seemingly, let it go, and worked their way on to the live stock. “Three cows for her,” says he. “Two She was always more for a. dairy than what I was,” he says. “Why, ’Lisha, you are going to make beef of old Brindle,” says she, “and that leaves only four.” “I’ve concluded not to beef her, she is such a. favorite of yours,” says he. That was a great piece of news. Mrs. Nims had felt awful cut up about having Brindle fatted and killed, for she called that cow the best for butter in the herd. But Mr. Nims appeared firm. , “And the pigs,” he began. “I don’t want any pigs! I’ve no use for ’em. What can I do with pigs down to Baker street?” And she burst out crying, She had set a good deal by that litter of pigs, bringing ’em up by hand, as you might say, for the old mother died when they Were eight days old. After that it was still as death for a minute, then Squire Hosley spoke up. “My good friends,” says he, “if you can’t agree about living apart, my best advice is that you agree to go on liv- ing together.” For a. minute or two all was still again, and the old clock ticked up like the Day of Judgment. By ’n’ by Mr. Nims spoke rather low: “What do you say, Louisv?" “I was thinking whether we hadn’t oughter drive over to your mother’s and see how her cough is. I’m some worried about that cough,” says she. “I’m agreeable to that, ” says he. As I was leaning forward, I caught sight through the crack of the door of him mopping up his face with his old“ red handkerchief; so I see he had felt it some. Squire Hosley, he said noth- ing. Well, I made my way home middling early, and was keeping a. watchout as they driv into the yard betwixt sun- down and dark, and I see her stop and pat the yellow dog that was flopping his tail on the top step of the piazza. Old Bose was so tickled that he jumped ’round as graceful as a. cow; and I knew by the looks of the back of Mr. Nims’ neck that he took it in. After awhile I made an arrant to carry over a dish of Dutch cheese, and there they were, eating their supper as cheerful. as a basket of chips. “Set up and have a cup 0’ tea,” says she. “We’ve had quite a. ride this afternoon,” says she. “We’ve been to see Mother Nims, and Elisha. drove ’round by the bridge. It. is all of, a mile further. but he knows how skit- ,tish I be about crossing the ferry in Uncle Seth’s old seo W. I’m silly, I s’pose. Elisha and I, we think mother is getting too old and feeble to live alone, and we have about persuaded her to break up and come to us.” . She run on for a, spell, but that was all she said concerning their arrange, ments. And—would you believe it?— from that day to this Mis’ Nims has never opened her mouth to me on the subject, though she knows I never re- peat. And now. to see them two jog- ging ’round together after old Charley, as content as ducks in a millpond, no- body mistrusts it took e’ena’most a. separation to unite them. ’ Nobody knows but me and the old squire. It won’t get out from him—he is as close-mouthed as a fish. And I' was never one to talk. —-—0utlook. -—The second war with Great Britain began June 18,1812, and ended on Feb- ruary 17, 1815. It involved the enlist- ment of 471, 622 volunteers and the service of 85, 000 regulars, a. total of 576,622. " ‘ A cIRL's NOBLE A‘ci'. Gnnantly Rescues Three People and Gains :1 Medal. been performed by women than that of Miss Evans, the daughter Of Dr. Evans, of Hythe, on the Southampton water, says the London Standard. Walking on the pier with a friend, she heard the been capsized near ”the pier. Running down the steps, she sprang into the water and soon brought the one near- she swam off again to the others, a man and a. girl. Waiting her opportunity, she managed to seize them both, and supported them until a rope was thrown to her, and she was then able to get the man to the pier. The girl was going down for the third time, when Miss Evans dived, brought her to the surface, and took her also to the pier, thus sav- ing three lives. It is difficult -to know which is the more remarkable—the courage displayed, or the skill with which, hampered by her clothes, she succeeded in avoiding the drowning grip that is so often fatal to those who attempt rescues, and so brought the three persons, one after another, in safety to the pier. It is a feat of which the best male swimmer, unhampered by garments, would have every right to feel most proud, and, executed as it was by a young lady, was almost if not quite without precedent in the an- nals of deeds requiring presence of mind, skill and courage. It is indeed extraordinary that a. swimmer, how- ever strong, should be able to support avoid being caught in the grip of one or other of them. Never was the Royal Humane society’s medal better de- served, and there can be little doubt that the act will receive the highest mark— of distinction at the society’s dis- posal. i” ' How the Bees Work. In America it has been observed that bees often bore tubular corollas in order to get at the nectar of flowers, instead of entering by the mouth, as humblebees do in Europe. In essays on the crossfertilization of flowers this supposed anomaly has been the sub- ject of much comment. It now appears that the humblebees of Europe and America have identical habits in re- gard to the manner in which the visits to flowers are made, and that it is the class of insects known as the carpenter bee, or the borer, which works in the outside manner indicated. Coal in the United States. The production of coal in the United States during the ten years from 1883 to 1893 increased- 62 per cent., accord- ing to statistics recently compiled. In England the supply is stationary, while in other principal European countries it has increased during the same time from 20 to 35 per cent. It is stated that the utilization of coal represents a greater surplus of wealth than the ex- portation of the same amount. It is in- teresting, therefore, to note that the United States uses practically all the coal mined within its limits. cry of three persons whose boat had. est, a woman, safely to the steps. Then ' at once two drowning persons and to, if Few more gallant feats have ever t cures Catarrh, even in serious cases. To get immediate relief in Ca- tarrh, or a hard “cold in the head, ” just put a bit of Salva-cea; (nuns-um) the size of a. pea, into; each nostril. It’s‘ the quickest remedy for Piles. Skin Diseases, Ulcers, Iolls, Burns, Sore Throat, lrulses, Earaeho, Ghaflngs, Headache, Spralns, Siralns. Two sizes, 25 and 50 cents. At druggists, or by mail. Tn: anmu Co., .74 CANAL 51., N. Y. OPENEll’. Prof. George Yoerger has opened his lioxing School for the winter. Private instructions at the pupils home if desired. Full course, 12 lessons. $10. ADDRESS . Prof. George Yoerger. - Norwalk, Conn or apply at this office. CENTRAL NATIONAL BANK 746 ‘W’AlLL ST., N0317ALK.‘ _ ORPORATED SEPT. 1. ”376. ABITAL. ;- - - - - - 81000013 new M. Homes, President. . 1:. Burns, Vice-President. .. IWI‘LLIAM A. Cunris, Cashier DIRECTORS : uses 111. HOLMES, H. E. DANN. 11. CUNNINGHAM, J. T. Pnowrrr n. L. Borne, S. H. Bonus .1 . COUSINS._'JR. rilsnouni llay, Saturday. .WAIIIIAHS the Market ofE. J. WADHAMS, 1 have restocked the same with Meats, Fish Vegetables-and Can- nus soLn our.- ned goods, and so« licit a share of your patronage sGIIABLES E. SGHEIIBEM- . 2| Wall Street. WILLIAM s. KEMP, Carpenter -:- and -:- Builder, 34- West Main St.. Norwalk. Mr. Kemp has been a. carpenter and builder in Norwalk for the past 25 years, and refers to owners of buildings erected under his super- vision as to workmanship. Chilton Paint, Every gallon of paint made by the Chilton Mfg. Company is mixed and ground' in pure Linseed Oi1.A1‘l shades are mixed and ground by. machinery seven times, making them uniform and even. Compare the size of 'cans and weight with the cheaper makes. You get an honest gallon. Give it a trial and you will be convinced. H. H. WILLIAMS 1? Main St. SPECIAL SALE ——-—0F—— MILLINERY SATURDAY AND MOIll'lAY, MAY 9-“. A Reduction of 25 per cent on all Trimmed Hats and Bonnets. Ladies desiring a. nice Trimmed Hat for little money, will do well to attend this sale. FAWCETT’S 3 WATER STREET, NOR WALK f ance Company. Is your plate glass or safe insured? In case of Fire A POINTERM If not, call on me and I will write you a. policy in the Mutual Plate Glass and Safe Insur- ’ Glass will break and burglars use dynamite. You should be insured. A policy in the Reliance or Philadelphia Phoenix of Hartford; Scotland Union of Scotland; New Hampshire 0* Manchester; Rochester German of Rochester; United States and Pacific of New York; Security of New Hampshire or Granite State 01 Ports- mouth will protect you against the fire fiend. W. H. B‘YING@©N1 Reai Estate and General Insurance, ROOM 1, GAZETTE BUILDING LOANS NECOTIATED AND INVESTMENTS MADE. ”CORRESPONDENCE SOL/CITED F Having parched : . ,
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