. "‘ —.~V\_- «non-s 1 w ... L ' ‘ SOUTH NORWALK; The South NorwaIK'KJfflce of the Gazette Is at the store of New- man & Pinney. No. 121North Main Street, orders for Job Printing, as well as Items Homer M. Byington. Manager. D. W. Raymondfispent} yesterday in East Orange. N. J , ' Attorney Joseph R. Taylor and Ewife returned from their wedding tour yes- terday. ‘ , Constable Samuel Ireland captured four weak fish Friday whOse combined weight was 16;» pounds. The Tramway tracks spread in . East I Norwalk Saturday and the cars were delayed for several hours. Rev. J. V. Saunders a. former pastor of the First ’Methodist church, 'died Saturday night at Gravesend, L. I., aged 65 years. -‘ . Some of the young lady pupils of Mis Baird’s and Mrs. Mead’s schools were "present at the Yacht club 'dance Satur- day evening. . . E Mr. Henry Trowbridge,who has been visiting his brother, C. S. Trowbridge, of this city, sailed from New York this morning for Peru. James Flynn was arrested Saturday for evading'his fare .on the Consolidated road. This morning in the Town court Judge Hubbell fined him $5 and costs. He settled and was discharged. Miss H. S. Rider and Mrs. F. H. Quintard visited the Yacht club with their cameras this morning and took several pictures. 4 Peter Alder was arrested for breach of the peace Saturday. This morning Judge Hubbell fined him 35 which he paid, and got out of town. Michael Barder was arrested Satur- , day night for drunkenness and disorder- ly conduct. Judge Hubbell fined. him $5 and costs. He paid up. Alarge party came up to this city from the Yacht club house Saturday night on ‘ Senator John H. Ferris’ Speedy little launch, Eva L. Beacher’s Drum Corps marched into Trowbridge & Co’s cigar store Saturday morning and treated George Whelpley toa serenade. Mr. Whelpley in! turn treated them to cigars and they went on their way rejoicing. Captain Gladstone was about early this morning looking for clam hooks, as he was told that clams were biting briskly down the harbor. Failing to obtain. a supply be" compromised and went down the harbor after weak fish. James Silk, employed by the Con- solidated, notified Captain Gladstone early yesterday morning that there was a man lying on the tracks near the Lock factory who had been struck by the cars. The; Captain immediately dispatched a messenger for Dr. Burke .and had the ambulance gotten in readi- ness to take the supposed mangled man to the hospital. In the meantime Dan McIntyre came along and was told of the accident. Together with ,Oificer ‘Tuthill they went to the spot and found the man lying on the track as reported, but instead of having been struck by a train he had been struck helpless by John Barleycorn. He was picked up and carried to the station house and locked up. He gave the name of Wil- liam Haggerty and said he was a stranger in town. Everitt Tolles and Thomas Whittcd gave another of those delightful sub scription dances in Guiders Hall at Rowayton Saturday evening. The merry party was conveyed down and back in a special-Tramway car. Pro- fessor Vogler furnished music for danc- ing and during the intermission Mr. Guider served refreshments in his house adjoining. The party was chaperoned by Mrs. Charles T. Raymond and Mrs. F. H. Quintard. Those present were the Misses; Jessie Benedict, Bertie Parker, Jennie Rood, Blair Smith, Nelie Bishop, Edna Wigham, Naomi Smith, Annie Smith, Maud Wheeler, Marjorie Phelps and Viola Starr. The gentlemen were the Messrs: William Storey, Harry Cousins, Charles Graves, Everitt Tolles, Thomas Whitted, Fred Many, Will Benedict, Robert Drury, Robert Dudly, and Clarence Cram. The dance was pronounced by all to be as great a success as its predecessor. o»— ARMY AND NAVY GOSSIP. A NEW magazine rifle, invented by an Italian ofi'icer, Capt. Cel, fires twenty shots in two seconds. THE Legion of Honor was founded by Napoleon in 1802, while first consul, as a. re ward for military and civil serv- ices. . LIEUT. Bunsmn, of the French navy, has invented a. compass which steers the vessel automatically in a. courseset by the navigatOr. THE pith from ccrnstalks is now thought to give promise of a satisfac- tory material for use in war "ships to allow shot to pass through it, and then close to exclude water.- Mns. ROBERT ANDERSON, widow of Fort Sumter’s hero, possesses probably the most precious relic of the American people —— the veritable flag against which the first shot of the civil war was fired by the confederate South Carolina battery. ' THERE are 200,000 factory girls in London, one twenty-second of the whole population. - CALIFORNIA’S peach crop, in the cen- tral and northern parts of the state, promises this year to be the largest ever raised. . . D .. 1h".."'.' ... ..... .. ._ ”-..“... .. .. ...... ' , where Advertisements and of News. can be left with c ' - . “CIVILIZED” WARFARE. Some of the Things Which Modern Cus- toms Do Not Allow. The “laws of war" as at present formulated by civilized nations forbid the use of poison against the enemy; murder by treachery, such as assuming the uniform or displaying the flag of the foe; the murder of those who have sur- rendered, whether upon conditions or at discretion; declarations that no quarter will be given to an enemy; the use of such arms or projectiles aswill cause unnecessary pain or suffering to an enemy; the abuse of a flag of truce to gain information concerning an ene- my’s position; all unnecessary destruc- tion of property, whether public or private. They also declare that only fortified places shall be besieged, open villages or cities not to be subject to siege or bombardment; that. public buildings of whatever character, whet-her belong- ing .tO the church or state, shall be spared; that plundering by private soldiers or their officers shall be inad- missable; that prisoners shall be treated , with common humanity; that the per- sonal effects and private property of prisoners, excepting their arms and am- munition shall be respected; that the population of an enemy’s country shall be considered to be exempt from partici- pation in the war unless by hostile acts they provoke the ill will of the enemy; that personal and family honor, and the religious convictions of an invaded peo- ple, shall be respected by the invaders, and that all pillage by regular troops or their followers shall be strictly for- hidden. OLD LIGHTHOUSE. Was Built by the Romans and Is Still in Good Condition. The oldest 11101156 exist-ing in Eng— land is the Roman Pharos or lighthouse, which still forms so conspicuous an ob- ject on the cliffs within the precincts of Dover castle. The masonry of this interesting work is composed of tufa, cement and Roman bricks, or tiles, and is in the best style of Roman workman- ship. History and tradition are alike silent as to the actual date of its erec- tion, but, judging from the style of masonry, and bearing in mind that the erection of‘such a. beacon would be a practical necessity when once the Ro~ mans had thoroughly established them- selves in Southern Britain, one may fairly ascribe it to a date not much later than the middle of the first century, A. 1).; following on the expedition of Clau- dius, and the succeeding conquests of Plautius, who brought most of the island south of the Thames under the Roman domination. To the upper part of this lighthouse was added in Tudor times an octagonal superstructure, still remaining, although in a sadly bat- tered condition. The remains of lake dwellings, such as have been found at Burton Mere, in Suffolk, and near Glas“ tonbury, in Somerset, are supposed by some to date back so far as 1200 B. C.; but, although these are built on piles, they hardly come within the meaning of the question. - DESTRUCTIVE LIGHTNING. Strokes That is... Resulted In Enormous Loss of Life. The most destructive. strokes of ligh t, ning have been. those which have caused explosions. ‘ There have been several notable instances of accident-s of this kind. Thus, on August 18, 1869, says the Bangor Commercial, the tower of St. Nazaire, ata3rescia, was struck by lightning. In a; large vault beneath the tower lay an immense quantity of gun- powder. This immediately exploded; a sixth part of the whole city of Brescrc was destroyed, while not a single build- ing, escaped damage. The stones of the tower were’ flung up into the air and carried by the force of the ex- plosion to immense distances. The num- ber of persons killed was 3,000. In an- other case, the fortress of Luxemburg, in which again there was stored a. great quantity of gunpowder, was struck by lightning. The explosion that followed - reduced the whole of the lower town to a. heap of ruinsp In this instance. some of the stones composing the fort- ress were hurled to a distance of close on three miles. Again, in November, 1856, the church of St. John, in the Island of Rhodes, which was used as a powder magazine, “which struck in the same way. The church and the houses in the neighborhod were destroyed, and more than 200 dead bodies were discov- ered among the debris. GOULD’S ORCHIDS. The Great Financier Paid Excessive Prices for ’l'hcm. “Shrewd as Jay Gould was in every branch of finance,” a flower merchant said to me the other day, “he had no idea. whatever of: the value of orchids —~—liis great hobby. The old orchid col- lection up at Irving’ron has 'l‘llil down now, but during Gould’s lifetime it was one of the finest in the world. The amount. of money that had been spent on it, however, was enormous. Carc- ful, conservative buying by an orchid expert would have gathered it tog-ether at almost a. fraction of the sumactunlly paid out. Nanny exquisite and rare va- rieties were numbered in it, it is true, but an excessive price was paid for the most of them. “The old financier’s ways in this were well known, and people with fine 01“- chids to sell seldom failed to get the sum they asked. Actually, he used to pay as much as $50 at times for orchids that were hardly worth a- quarter of that. In London he had agents con- stantly (in the lookout for rare ”plants of this species, and he paid them prices that they could have obtained nowhere else.” a‘. MUCH AFFLICTEDL- .An Indiana ManWho Was Unfortunate: in All Be Under-took. _ . Lanson Summy, of Clunnette, who; ~ recently died, during his life was a. sin- gularly afflicted man. Twenty years ago, says a Kendallville letter to the Fort Wayne Gazette, lie Was prostrate‘rl 'with heart trouble, eventua'lly'recov- ering. Afterward, While felling tim— ber, a. tree caught and crushed his leg, breaking the bone eight times be- tween the knee and ankle. This left him, after a. long disablement, only partially recovered. 'While hauling legs a. splinter struck [him in the eye, injuring that member quite severely. A physician Was called, who proved to be intoxicated, and who left a. caustic instead of a. lotion to be applied to the hurt. The caustic destroyed the eye entirely. Still later on he was the victim of an accident which left him badly ruptured. and in 1884 his collar bone was badly fractured, and the readjustment was so imperfect that it had to be broken three times- before it would properly reunite. Then, again, he attempted to assist in raising a. barn, and a glanc- ing blow from an ax wielded by a. Work- man struck him in the back, again sending him to bed for months. Then he was seized with sciatic rheumatism. because of which his sufferings were terrible, and scarcely was he convales- cent before -he was afflicted with en.- tarrh of the hand, laying him up the en- tire seeson and resulting in the loss of a. part of one thumb. Mr. Summy finally died a. natural death, contrary to general expectation. CHILDREN'S BRAINS. 11‘: Weight Girls Are Ahead at First, But Boys Win in the End. A curious difference in the. increase in brain weight of boys and girls is noted by Prof. Donaldson, of the Chi- cago university, who has just- written a. book on the “Growth of the Brain,” says the New York World. Boys and girls start out equally in this respect. and until they arrive at. the age of 12 years the progress in this respect. is about equal, allowance, of course, be- ing made for the difference in body weight between the two sexes. . After 12 the girl shoots ahead of the boy and her brain grows more rapidly until she reaches the age of 15, when the brain growth practically stops, whereas, in the case of boys, it. con- tinues .to increase in weight until the age of 25. These statistics may con- tain some hints for the “new woman" in the development of her theories. In the opinion of Dr. Donaldson, brain weight is not, however, any true measure of education or of intelligence. and he attaches no importance to the frequently-cited brain weights of emi— nent persons. It is, nevertheless, a fact that the brains of more intellectual people, relatively to their body weight, are heavier than those of less intellect- ual people. ' ' FLOCK" SHOOTING. Warfare Against the Helpless Carried on in Modern Style. _ A writer for the American Field tells of a shot made from a. big gun “which was fastened to the boat, as all big guns are,” and which was loaded with 21/2 pounds of shot. The shooter ap- proached within shooting distance of a hole in the ice of the Potomac river, gave a. shout, and, as the ducks arose, fired. "1 do not remember,” the ac- count continues, “what number he got, but he was shooting cripples for hours, and he sold the result of his shot for $500. “That is more, “this shot may seem wonderful to some, but many as large shots have been made on the Potomac with big guns.” Only a. few weeks ago this some writer was Wondering where the ducks had gone. It is to this region of big shots that President Cleveland goes, and there he has a. blind before which his ducks are lined up to be killed by raking, sitting shots, if this writer is to be believed.' The big guns are the punt guns for flock shooting, which are much in favor with English shooters; Japanese Explorers. Japan has keen explorers. The pro- fessor of astronomy in the University of Tokio, 'Mr. Nomaka, accompanied by his wife, last October ascended Mount Fujiyama, 13,000 feet high, to make meteorological observations in the course of the winter. A short time ago word was received that the professor was dying, and a relief expedition was fitted out. With great difficulty the members of the expedition reached the snow—covered hut. Prof. Nomaka was found to be exceedingly weak and un- able to move, but his wife had suffered no evil results from the exposure. No- make. was taken back to T okio, but he, declares he will return next winter, and his wife says she will accompany him again. - ' - Rash Promise. A story is told of a London magistrate who had a. London lady up before him the day after Christmas whom the po- liceman said he had found helplessly tipsy. He told her he would let her go, considering the festive season, if she would promise never to enter a. public house again. “But, your honor,” said the lady, “I was not drunk; I was drugged.” “Well,” said the magistrate, who saw that she was fencing, “I’ll let you go if you will promise never to enter a drug store again.” To save the fine she promised and departed. All her. soda. water is gone. ' Eye Changes Position. It is not generally knowu that the young flat fish have an eye on each‘ side of the body, and that it is only in the adult stage that the eyes are both on one side. There has been much dis- cussion‘ among scientific men as to the *mode in which the clmnge takes place, but in the flounder the eye has been observed to travel over the ridge of the head, while in some other fish it passes directly. through thc'SOftVtissue of the young fish to the other side. ' - " :v ...-Ens“..- - in: TH E EVEN 1N9 GAZ EITE Victims Trampled Under Foot .In a Panic at Moscow. OVER TWO THOUSAND DEAD. hair a. Million People Gathered to Re- ceive the Czar's Bounty—They Make a .:’Mad Rush to Get Food and a Terrible Calamity Follows. Moscow, June 1.—The popular fate of the coronation ceremonies, at which be- tween 400,000 and 500,000 people were fed and Indulgedinail sorts of merrymaking, Was held on the Hodynsky plain, opposite the Petrolfsky- palace, and was the scene of the first fatalities that have marked the coronation festivities. ' This free feast, which has always been the pepular feature of coronations, has hitherto been the» occasion of a great deal of crowding and good natured fighting for.- places on the part of the hundreds of thou-- sands of guests of the city, but no. such- gathering was ever witnessed on the Ho- dyn'sky plain, which has always been the scene of the popular entertainments that have always marked coronations. The crowds became so dense and so eager to obtain access to the free food and beer and the free amusements that they could not be controlled. Men, women and children were thrown down and tram led upon, and were either badly injure or killed, while others had their lives crushed out of them by the fearful pressure of the Vast crowd. Owing to the extent of the disaster and the fact that the plain was surrounded by troops, rendering approach to the scene of the disaster impossible for anybody ex- cept a Russian official or'piiysician, a long time elapsed before the full extent of the disaster became known. The first reports had it that onlya few hundred people had been killed or wounded. But as time were on and the ambulances of the army were kept busy transporting people, wounded and dying, to the hospitals of the city and to the temporary hospitals formed within the military lines, it began to dawn upon people that the extent of the disaster was verymuch greater than at.first supposed. Thevast plain, inclosed with venetian masts, hung with hunting and bearing shields upon which were the arms of all the cities and provinces of Russia, the gully decorated booths, open air theaters, carousels, provision stands and liquor depots, were in the part of the plain where the disaster occurred entirely crushed out of existence and in their place was a scene which resembled, according to the descrip- tion furnished by physicians who had been allowed on the spot, the carnage of a bat- tlefield severely fought, with the exception that the victim! were mostly poor men, women and children and that they were trampled to death instead of shot down. One Thousand Killed. 'As' the day were on the Russian officials admitted that the victims numbered sev-- eral hundred, and the terrible truth was told when a bulletin was issued saying that the government officers regretted to be compelled to announce that an official estimate placed the number of victims of the disaster‘at about 1,000 4 All the festivities have apparentlybeen postponed and nobody thinks of anything but commenting upon and regretting the fearful calamity which _ has changed the scenes of rejoicing into scenes of deepest Woe. The buildings on all sides of the Hodynsky plain, where, by the way,’ Na- poleon concentrated his troops before mov- ing upon this city, are in many cases be- ing used as temporary hospitals, and the soldiers have been rendering great service in removing the dead and caring for the Wounded. , For a time the officials in charge of the banquet lost their heads entirely, for the scene was so terrible that even the stron- gest men turned pale. The crowds seem- ed to have gone mad with rage and excite merit, shouting, cursing and. yelling as they pressed onward over a path strewn with dead and dying huamn beings. Eventually, however, some show of or- der was restored by the troops and firemen who were hastily summoned to the scene, and then the latter began the work of ex- tricating the dead and injured, arranging them on the ground in groups of 10, 20 or 30 (at every hundred yards or so and dis- patching to the city as speedily as possi- ble, in the military transport wagons, furniture vans, food wagons etc, the in- jured, giving preference at first to the women and children. Some terribly heartrending scenes were witnessed among the survivors who Were seeking relatives among the victims. The latter were mostly peasants and few of them have as yet been identified. They were lying in heaps, as they had been ex- tricated, their crushed. bloodstained and horribly distorted faces upturned in the scorching sun. Gray haired men and -Women lay alongside children and sturdy men, all crushed as if beneath heavy roll- ers, some of the heads being trampled In to a shapeless jelly. People were rushing here and there, weeping and praying at the same time, bemoaning the absence of friends or relatives, seeking for loved or familiar faces in those terrible heaps of crushed humanity. Engrossed In the Festivities. So immense was the concourse of people upon Hcdynsky plain that . hundreds oi thousands were not aware for a long time that a disaster had occurred. They had heard a great shouting, mingled with shrieks of pain, groans, heartrending cries, words of warning, sharp orders and plteous shrieking upon the part of women and children, but the majority of the peo- ple Were so engrossed with the festivities in progress and to‘come that they paid lit- tle or no attention to the uproar. for there was noise of a similar description on all sides. caused by the excitement of the celebrations, by the music in the open air theaters. by the bands drawing crowds to other amusements, all the entertainments provided ‘for the people being in full swing at midday, and yet the work of gathering up hundreds of crushed dead was in prog- ress in another part of the plain and the Work of tending many hundreds of in- jured people was being carried on by the wholesale. It is true that it gradually be- came known thatthsre had been an acci- dent, but accidents upon such occasions are 0f common occurrence and are not looked upon by the Russian peasant as in- cidents which should disturb a day of on- joyment such as the one provided by the czar and czarina. . And so the music continued, the laugh- ter did not cease, the theaters remained Open, and the other places of amusement Were packed with joyous people intent on - doing everything possible to show their loyalty by making the day a memorable one in the history of their lives and by crowding in as mucn enjoyment ae possi“ ble while the fate lasted. ' In fact, even in this city it was not un- —Adve‘rtise in the GAZETTE-L HHNDREDLAHE SLAINI WHAT IT Mums. Nlorwaik Is Learning It—Le’arnlnz It Fast-Proof Not Lacklng. Everybody has it. That Tired Feeling. Don’t know what it means. Keeps you awake at night. Destroys daily comfort. . Wearies the body. Worries the mind. You would shake it off. _ . You would be healthful and strong. So you can. If you go at it right. First learn what it means. Some say it’s bad blood. Otheresay it’s a lazy liver. They’re allwrong. Tired feeling‘means tired Kidneys. Just as lame back means Lame Kid- neys. - And backache means kidney ache.- How do we know it? Because Doan’s Kidney Pills cure it. And they are for kidneys only. How can we prove it ? Because N nrwalk people say so. , Here is a case in point. »Mrs. White wife of A. C. White the batter, address N o. 47 River street. Mr. White says. “My wife took Doan’s Kidney Pills.” “I‘ook them for backache.” “Found them just as represented." “Is much improved.” “Dean’s Kidney Pills did the work.” “Got them at Hale’s drug store.” Doan's Kidney Pills are for sale by all dealers; price ‘50 cents, or mailed by Foster—Milburn Co , Buffalo, N. Y., Sole agents for the United States. For Itching Piles, irritation of the genitals, or itching in any part of the body, Doan’s Ointment is worth its weight in gold. No matter how long- standing the trouble, Doan’s Ointment Will not fail to give instant relief. Klngly Monarch. The only European monarch who pos- sesses theideul kingly dignity is King Oscar. He is a, very tall and very hand- some man, with a. graceful and easy carriage and faultless bearing. Add to this a. felicitous memory for names and faces, a. fluent command of six lan- guages, a. striking courtliness of mar-.- ner, and the secret .of his popularity is revealed. Proud Sister. It is always pleasant to see a. sister radiantly happy over her brother’s suc- cess. An exchange reports an instance: May—Just think, Bob is playing on the Yale football team! Clara—That’s jolly. What is he, halfv back or quarter-back? May—Neither. He‘s a; drawback. Charley Pruyenne says he’s the great‘ est drawback the team ever had. ‘ Cycle Express. An enterprising cycleman at Paris proposes to establish a. “cycle express company” there. ,Packages intrusted to this company will be delivered im- 'mediately per cycle, instead of lying for hours in the office, as often happens in the ordinary express service. DORLIIN HOUSE GREGORY’S POINT. NOW OPEN FER THE SEASON UP 1896. Shore Dinners, Ilhode Island Glam Bake. Bathing, Boating, Fishing. Electric cars to Hotel, every twenty minutes. JOHN E. O’SULLIVAN, ’ Manager. YOUR VACATION Decided upon out of town, how about a trunk then? The strong and durable kind—J. Truesdale' &: Son’s patent— the best on the market. Trunk can be placed against the wall and cover opened without mov- ing it out. Cheaper than the old style. Come and see. All kinds of summer Horse Goods — Sweaters, Coolers, Sheets and Lap Robes on hand, and prices away down. Several sets of Fancy Har- I bosses—double and single— double, all complete, $25. Sin- gles, collar and harness, $I‘5. Surrey Harness, full plated ‘French draft Eye Hames, pat- ent Leather Collar, mounted with Bar Buckles all through, black or russelt reins, $22.50. -. Buggy Harness from $9.50 to $I5.00. P. H. DWYER, Cor. Knight and Wall 5*- BRIDGEPORT. TRUE 0 o o o .7 I 1]). M. Reed . @ompany. SUMMER' NOVELTY MIXTURES , Have been greatly reduced In ‘ price, eespeclally the choicest grades. For instance, two suit patterns that were $17, now $.10; goods by the yard that were worth $2, now $1.25 —$1.75, now $1.25——$1.50, new $1.25. And any number of different designs' that were $1.35 and $1.25, new $1. - . In the medium and lower prices there has also been similar reduc—. tions; all this season’s styles—clean, fresh and taking—goods that you can’t help but liking. Memorial Day the store will be closed between 12 o'clock, noon, and- ‘6 P. M. Open in the forenoon and evening. , is Wash Silks, a new invoice of weaves and colorings entirely out of- the ordinary line, producin’g quite a number of very. pretty effects. Also a few black and white checks. You can buy a cheerful Stand Cover for 25 cents. Mantel Drapery, 50c. Sofa Pillows, 25c. Head .Rests, 10c. Table Cover, '88c. Sash Muslin, 12%c. a yard. Scrim, 5c. 2. yard. Figured Silks, 39c. a yard. Fringes, 5c. a yard. . Figured Corduroy, 75c. yard. Cretonnes, 10¢. a yard. Smyrna Mat, 42 cents. And the world isn’t coming to an end I either. Those Cinghams, in dress styles that we told you about yesterday, 3%. 5 and Be. a yard, are going fast—— faster than we can tell. it. They are thoroughly shrunk and standard quali- ties. Watch when the crowd sees them, watch right away. . Hair Cleth Skirts made of the best quality hair—cloth, light in weight, now $3.50; have always been $5. Percales, in fast colors, So. a yard; with a large assortment to choose from. Makes it more interesting. Hemstitched Grass Linen, for skirts; 40-in. wide, 8 different pat— terns—usually sold at 37.1,c. a yard, our price 150. Plain Grass Cloth, 12.}, 15, 19, 25 and 30 cents a yard. Figured and striped Grass Cloth, 8, 12%,15, 19 to 60 cents a yard. Values that we are proud to see our Wash Goods depart- .ment giving. . . ,
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