Re “a soul‘rH NORWALK. We}. The South NorwalK Office of. the Gazette Is at the store of New- man & pxrmey. No. . 12 ;North Main Street. where Advertisements and orders- for Job Printing, as well as Items of News. can be left with- . Dr. Felix Oswald’s Interesting Contribu- Homer M. Byinzton, Manager. Butler Lodge -met last night and worked the "first degree on candidates. Sheriff Powers, of Ridgefield, spent yesterday 1n this city. The Knights of Honor met in the Bed Men’ s Hall on Washington 'street last night. Rev. Mr. Norris will preach in St. Peter’s church, Springfield, Mass., this evening. R. M. Dzury, of Athol Center, Mass, ‘. ' diphtheria and died suddenly of heart is visiting Thomas Whitted at his home on Crescent Terrace. H. O. Bailey, of the post office is in Waterbury to-day and substitute E. W. Clark is taking his place. Frank Bradbury has placed his yacht Marguerite-1n commission and isnow taking daily sails on the sound. Elva Cinque, infant daughter of Vin- cenzo and Minnie Cinque, died at her home on Ely avenue yesterday. Miss Mary Kirby Jennings is teach. ing a- class in physical culture. at the Central club’s building this morning. The oystermen are paying taxes this month. After July-1, interest is added to all unpaid taxes, dated from May 1. Sherm an Council Royal Arcanum will hold their regular meetlng in their rooms on Washington street this even- ing. Senator John H. Ferris towed the new bathing float to the Knob this morning with his speedy little launch Eva L. George D. Keeler is in Bridgeport to- day as a witness in the Van Renslear case which is being tried in the Criminal Superior court. The hat Finishers’ Assouiation held their regular monthly business meeting in the Mystic Chain hall on Washington street last night. Miss E. G. Plait, of West avenue, and Miss Mary Marvin, of East Norwalk, attended the meeting of missionary so- cietiesin New Haven yesterday. A number of Southport yachtsmen will attend the races at Norwalk on Memorial Day, given under the ans- pices of the N orwalk Yacht club. Deputy Sheriff F. S. Lyon,,Jr.' yes- terday subpoenaed the witnesses in the Louis Schweitzer case which is being tried in the Criminal Superior court in Bridgeport to-day. Contractor Bach this morning com- menced grading for double tracking the Tramway to Boto'n‘ Point. Work was started at a point opposite the stone crusher on Meadow street. Deputy Sheriff F. S. Lyons Jr. yes- ‘terday subpoenaed the witnesses in the case of the State versus Edward Hub- bell, which is being tried in. the Crimi- nal Superior court 1n Bridgeport to-day. The funeral services of the late Nel- son W. St. John were observed at the home of his Aunt, Mrs. Samuel Hoyt, of Roton Hill, this afternoon. The Rev. C. M. Selleck officiated. Oflicer Reardon found the basement door of F. A. Lane’s store open yester- day morning while making his rounds. The key being in the lock the ofiicer locked the door and turned the key over tO' Mr. Lane when he came down later in the morning. The sea serpent is now paying his an nual visit to Long Island sound and he is being seen in half a dozen places at once. Yesterday -a party out sailing saw the serpent near the Stratford shoals lighthouse and they had nothing stronger than ginger ale aboard. ’ Edgar H. Fox, Victor S. Selleck, Ephraim 'l‘homes, W. C. Facts and Frank H. Merrill, the good roads com- mittee of the "Twin City Wheelmen,” will meet in the club’s rooms on Wash- ington street this evening. They pur- pose to attend the council meeting Monday night and request the appro- priation for the Telford road. ' The total amount of taxes levied on the oyster farms of the state this year is $8,662.88, It is expected that about 37,000 of this amount will be paid be- fore July 1. A portion of it will never be paxd. Some of the farms hdve proved unproductive and the owners will allow the taxes to accumulate until the farms revert to the stated 0. S. Ferry Command, Union Vet- eran Union, will hold a sociable and musical entertainment in their hall to- morrow evening. The arrangement committee, which is composed of Col. James L’Hommedieu, Maycr‘ William Merritt and Sargeant John Wheeler have completed their work and a fine time. is anticipated by all». 1,333.15; Of the 80,000 acres of oyster grounds under the jurisdictiorflof the Shell Fish Commission, between. 1,5000 and .131,- 000 acres have already reverted to: the state because found to be unproductive. Much of this valueless land lies in the Sound east of New Haven in the vicin- ity of Saybrook and Clinton. thrive in the bays and harbors along that portion of the coast, but fail off shore. For some unexplained reason the spawn'will not “set” nor will seed oysters transplanted from other sections grow there. The Board of Councilmen will meet in the council chamber on Haviland street Monday night. They will then Oysters? decide whether to make the necessary appropriation for extending the Telford road to Stuart avenue. It is reported ' that the good roads committee of the Twin City Wheelmen will be present and work their hardest to gain this ap- propriatlon. Catherine Kelly, the 9 year old daughter of Patrick and Mary Kelly, died at her home on Lvdlow street East Norwalk, this morning. just recovering from a severe attack of failure. Raymond Bros. start so-day with the big steamer “Hawthorne” recently purchased by Danbury;parties for use as an excursion boat on lake Kem sla, Danbury. She is loaded on' two large trucks capable of carrying thirty tons, and it will require about a dozen horses to haul her. . ..> Does AND DOG LAW. Some of the Illegal Foolishness to Which Owners of Canines Submit. ' _ Dogs have not the same property value here that they have in England, and this is so notwithstanding the fact that dogs are property here and they are not property in England. This seeming paradox may be ex- plained” 11 om 1‘. 1e fact that according to the old English laws felony was pun- ishable by death, says Harper’s W’eekly. If dogs had been property then, to steal a dog would have been felony, punishable by death. It was not con- siderered right that a. man should die for a dog, and, therefore, dogs were held by the courts not to be property. There are foolish dog laws in nearly every city and town in the United States based On the presumption that dogs are not property, but such laws would not stand investigation and the interpretation of the higher courts. Adog catcher who seizes dogs and puts them to death is acting without warrant of law, whatever the local ordinance, for property cannot be taken from a citizen without giving him an opportunity to be heard in a. court of law before a. jury. The owners of fine dogs are usually ,so careful of them that the dog catchers and poundkeep- ers have small chance to capture them. —— MASS FOR HOMER. The Cure Cleverly Turned the Tables on His Jokers. By order of the archbishop of Paris a. requiem mass in the nature of a. cere- mony of reparation was celebrated lately. It was fitting that this should take place at St. Eustache, where the coffin of Moliere should have been taken after his- death, as that was his parish. The artists of the Comedic Francoise, the Odeon and the Opera were present. The day following the Moliere mass, two young jesters fresh from the boule- vards presented themselves gravely at the sacristy of one of the largest churches and asked to see the cure. He gave them audience. "‘We desire,” said the holder of the pair, “to have a. mass said for the re- pose Of the soul of Homer.” “It is a. very good idea,” replied the cure, without so much as the lifting of an eyebrow “And when will you say the mass?” asked one of the young men, a. little surprised. “When you bring me the legalized notice of his death,” replied the cure, who courteously conducted his visitors to the door. .‘All~1ast-.winrer MrrGeo. 4A"llills‘,eof Lebanon, ‘3 Conn. ,‘t wasI badly afflicted with rheumatism. fiAt times it was so severe that he could not stand up straight, but was drawn over on one side.‘ “I tried different remedies without receiving relief,” he says, “until about six months ago I bought a bot- tle of Chamberlain’s Pain Balm. After using it for three days my rheumatism was gone and has not returned since.” LFor sale by E. P. Weed, druggist. "’ P. H. IWYEH. DON’T BE SIDE-TRAOIIED. ALTERATIOII SALE STILL ON. CUSTOMERS ALL SATISFIEI. SALES LARGE. VERIIOTn-A SUGGESS. Here are a few reasons: HARNESS OILS. ' 34c quart were 750. |99 pint were 450. Labels 9. little worn, torn, etc. Oils are A No. I though, Standard goods. - USTERS. 98c were $51.50. 143 were $1.25. 599 were $1.00 38c were 75c. ' Equally useful for house, can riage, store or barn. Always useful. Nevc1 so cheap. I still drum upon those $9 98 Hay. nesses. They re worth it, every cent Also five drummer’s samples single harness, Will go at $1.98. Made to sell at double. They are a. bargain, all now. Have been carelessly handled. P. H. DWYER, Cor. Knight and Wall Sts. ( She was, -' doctor’s essay will not be without its ‘To India send machinery instead of T n E ’ EIN- E 1. 1 11 FOR FRUGIVOROUS FOOD. I? - tlon to the Literature of Food Dr. Felix Oswald contributes to Health Culture on. article in which he asserts that what are called “canine teeth” are not canine in any sense‘or significance. They correspond, he says, to the eye teeth in man—instead of the eye teeth in man- corresponding to them, it will be noted—and are enormously developed in several species of baboons that would unhcsitatingly prefer a. bunch of wild grapes to a. porter-house steak. Dr. Oswald does not believe that man is a. carnivorous animal, and he terms the idea that man cannot live on A a strict vegetable diet “the meat delu- sion.” He notes again that normal children have. an aversion to flesh food in its undisguised state, and ridicules the notion that meat promotes muscle and conduces to longevity. The conclusion' ls drawn from Dr. Os- wald’s investigations “that a. total ab- stinence from flesh food would pro- mote the cause of moral as well as physical health,” and would contribute no little to advance “the blessings of international peace,” and if it would certainly do either there Would be suf- ficient warrant for organizing a society or something to popularize the cause he advocates and persuade people to carry his ideas into general effect. The world will probably go very slow, of course, in giving up its savory “steaks,” “cuts,” and such things for an exclu- sive diet of barley bread and dried figs, even with ghee and beans thrown in for the sake of luxury, but the good use nevertheless. If our farmers in- South Carolina will not raise sheep and cattle in order to supply themselves and us-with the beef and mutton products which our souls, so to speak, so per- sistently crave, there is considerable comfort to be derived from the assur- ance of so high medical authority that we are all the better and brawnier without them. FAILURE OF INDIAN MISSIONS. A Native East, Indian Declares .Chrlstlan Mlsslonsu Sheer Waste of Money. Punishotam Rao Telang declares in an article in the Forum that it is a. sheer wasteof money to spend it on the missionaries. It does not help the people OfIndia. On the contrary, it only strengthens their own religious faith and creates international preju- dice. The people bitterly complain against thcm for their interference, not only in religlon, but in politics, too. What benefit is it to India or America. if a. few purinhs are Christ-ionized at an enormous cost? I again affirm that it is awaste of money. Send your mis- sionaries to those who have no religion —for instance, to the interior of Africa and the South Sea islands and to the cities of the United States. Let the aim of the missionary be to civilize and educate the savages and barbarians. missionaries. Millions of people are kept back for want .of education owing . STEAVITN‘ ,BICYCLE‘ CzAND W08 ~, GOHTE‘N'O San Francisco, Cal. _ ' O clock - tell you about it.” is known throughout cycling as a light, staunch, stylish, speedy mount. There’ s a best in every- thing; the ’96 Stearns' is a veritable edition deluxe among bicycles. Finishcd‘ m black or orange. Stearns riders are satisfied riders, and always proud as kings of their mounts. Your address will insure receipt of our hand- some new catalogue. E. C. STEARNS 6: CO... Makers, Syracuse, N. Y. 71(‘ to intense poverty. Send good school- masters, mechanics and scientists, and teach your practical arts to Our people. This will cost you less than the mis- sionnries. But let us be friends, and, as children 0f one God, forget all differences Of opinion. You have your religion and you think it the best. If it is the best, keep it yourselves. Christianity is best suited to the western nations. As a. re- ligion, we do not show disrespect to it, because every religion tends toward the same end, namely, salvation. Christ taught beautiful things, and. if all His teachings were strictly followed, the whole world would be a paradise. IS _A SPANKING: GOOD JOKE. How a State Senator’s Blunder Filled 'a Sleeping-Car with Screams. . A prominent statesenator lately gave a. dinnen‘at the state- cupital to several of his colleagues on the condition that they would not make public his name in connectionwith a. little afioir that re- cently occurred on the Albany mid~ night train, says the New York Herald; The senator is of a lively disposition and somewhat inclined to practical joking. lie and unassem‘blyman occu- pied n. section .jointly. went into the smoking-room about nine The assemblyman, who had the lowe1 be1th, said that he would re- tire £01 a short nap. The senator about half an hour after- wardwvulked down the aisle of the car The and stopped Opposite his section. curtains vere tightly drawn. By way ofo‘ good joke” on his colleague the senator carefully lifted aside the cum tain. administer ed a. rousing slap on he form In the lower berth and hasti- ly retreated to the smoking- room. A succession Of piercing female yells followed. “Great Scott!” ejaculated the senator, attracted by the screams. “ Vii—what does this mean?” . “What‘s the matter?” inquired the asscinblyman, peering out of an adjoin- ing upper berth. "What are you doing in that. berth?” asked the senator. “Why, there was a lady who had this berth and as she did not like. an upper one I exchanged with her. Republic or Monarchy. In 1871, before the French national assembly had decided whether the new constitution was to be monarchial or republican, the count of Paris visited the palace at Versailles. As he entered the door Jules Simon met him and bow- . ing said: “If we are in a. republic, you one in my house and I shall be de- lighted to do the honors. If we are in a monarchy, I am in yours.” The count laughed and said: “Let us go in to- gether.” - MIss ROSE CLEVELAND, sister of the president, has recently returned from a European tour. She is gray haired and has a pleasant face. 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