. iTHEJEVENlNG-
SARATOGA!
Genuine Saratoga Water in
block-tin lined barrels direct
from the celebrated Spring, is
for sale on draught at Had--.
den’s, Corner Wall and River
Street. ’
THE WATER
Is brought direct from, Sara-
toga, and-is dispensed in pre-
cisely the same condition in
which it flows from the spring
at Saratoga, and is sold at
5 Cents per Glass.
House-cleaning.
A
Lustuine.
100
Ask your Grocers.
-B|G BUT IN PRIGE-
OF
MEAT.
Round, Sirloin and Por-
terhouse Steaks, Sausge,
Pot and Rib Roasts
Reduced 2e. 5 Pound
All First Quality Meat.
J. W. BOGARDUS,
6 WATER sr.. NORWALK
DRINK '
HATHflflN
SPRINB '
WATER
FORTHE
Stomach,
Bo wels,
Liver and
Kidneys.
FOR SALE BY
Tue Holmes, Keeler &Sellecl Ce
NEW CAFE
WITH;
RESTAURAN T
ATTACHED.
lVlIKE fiATCHFORD,
, 44 Wain Street,
{The Best Wines, Liquors and Cigars;
PLYMOUTH ROCK ICE.
Stores and Families Supplied.
Lowest Rates.
Horace E. Dann,
I EXCELSIOR 3‘
Livery and. Sales Stable. I
“MM
Opposite Danbury: and
Norwalk Railroad depot“
Norwalk. Conn. Stylish
Single or Double Team
with or with out drivers:
Safe horses for women
andchlldren. .'
.- p. . 'ly longer.
' SADDLE HQRSES,A,,SPECIAI’.TY ,4
A SPRING FEVER.-
A “State of Mind" ’Which..00m9s
with the Birds and Flowers.
It Is Easily Cured it one only Has the
Means to Follow His Inclinations—
A Sort‘or Migratory
Malady.
As the sun groWS'st-ronger and the
last lingering snowdrifts become gray,
dirty streaks, as the earliest spring
birds ~return and \ the brown earth
steams and swells beneath the midday
warmth, there comes to us a restless.
longing for something different from
the ordinary life, which is perhaps the
survival of a. migratory instinct trans-
mitted from a long-forgotten ancestor
who changed his skies with the chang-
ing seasons. Call it by whatever name
we may, “spring fever" or “bad blood,”
this state of mind exists and needs a
cure.
There is no better remedy for it than
to yield to the feeling, just as the birds
and boasts do, to burst our bonds for a
little while and to spend. a day, a week
or a. month, if we can, “far from the
maddening crowd’s ignoble strife.” It
matters little what the excuse may be
that we make to ourselves and our busi-
ness associates, whether it is to go fish-
ing on the opening day or to collect
birds or wild flowers or to take: a long
bicycle ride; any eXcuse is a good one
which for a time frees man or woman
from the restraints of everyday life and
gives opportunity for communion with
nature, now just stretching her arms
after her long sleep.
Although this restlessness comes to
everyoneoexcept the most hardened
business man, it does not come to all
at the same time nor by reason of the
came causes. One man may recognize
its first symptoms as he walks through
the crowded streets and feels a warm,
soft air Of spring blow upon his face;
another may be stricken as he walks
through a city park and sees the swell-
ing buds of the soft maple: or elm; a
third may sit at his desk dreaming for
an hour over a letter containing some
chance remark which sends his
thoughts a thousand miles afield, or
yet another may find the sweet poison
in some spring odor or in the voice of
a newly-come bird. Whatever its cause,
all know the symptoms Of the disease
and all know the remedy. '
Let him who dreams of brown, foam<
flocked streams, whose waters are
kissed by the swollen catkins of bend-
ing willows and boarded by sprangling
alders, make ready his rod and start
for the trout stream. There he will
perhaps catch some fish, but whether
he does or not, he will find what is of
more worth to him than trout, though
he may not know it. He will see the
newly-come sandpiper wading along
the shallows of the stream, and the
water thrush and the red-poll warbler
sedately marching by the water’s edge;
the little tortoises scrambling along
the bottom, and the muskrats diving in
the quiet- places. He will hear the
merry gurgle Of the blackbirds, the
(:link of the jay, the tumultuous cawing
of the mating crows and the far-01f
screams of the soaring hawk. He will
stretch his legs in a long day’s. tramp
and will come to his resting place at
night honestly tired out, and with an
appetite such as he has not had for
months.
Or, if his dreams be of Florida, what
more easy than to take a train and find
himself in a day at the long white
beaches where the surf thunders un-
ceasiugly, where the sun- is ever bright
and warm, where the waters are bluer
than the sky above them, where light-
winged seabirds sail and dip and where
the man may turn back the pages of
20 years and at once become a boy
again, running barelegged Over the
sand or wading in the surf to capture
shells or fish, winning at the same time
the rest and the new strength which
mean for him, in the months. to come,
better work and more of it than he
could have done without this interval of
transformation from man to boy.
The mountain climber or the big
game hunter has his attack of the
spring fever as other men do, but it does
not send him away, for he knows that
his time is not yet. But he plans, oh,
he plans! He orders new guns or new
ice axes and new climbing shoes; he
studies maps, he. corresponds with
~ guides, and, above all, he talk-s over
the contemplated trip with his chosen
companion. They discuss elk coun-
tries and sheep countries and the best
way to get a bear; or they figure on
unclimbed mountain peaks and talk of
glaciers and crevasses and bergschrunds
and couloirs and cornices. And it may
be that out of all this talk and planning
and anticipation they get more pleasure
than they do at last out Of the trip.
There are many to whom these out-
ings are their sole recreation, pleas—
ures anticipated for one-half the year
and looked back on for the other half,
and the number Of such is constantly
increasing. It ought to increase, for
they who really delight in such things
do better work and make more useful
citizens than those who pin themselves
down to the unending round of narrow
business life. .
The laying aside for a time of the
daily routine, the mental rest, the de-
light of again seeing beautiful things,
long- known yet ever fresh, and Of seeing
other things which are wholly new—
a-ll these combine to pour into a man’s
system a. new vigor which will enable
him when he returns to his work to do
that work with an increased interest,
intelligence ‘ahd earnestness. ‘ From
the point of view of mere dollars and
cents, it is worth every man’s while to
take two vacations each year, one in the
spring and one in the fall. Such play
spells pay for themselves in the better
work a man by reason. of them can do
through the long months of cold and
heat—Forest and Stream.
—Fresh sausage, broiled, requires
nearly three hours and a half for diges-
tion. Whenjried the time is indefinite-
the steam let oif.
NATURAL HISTORY. ,
Manners and Customs of European Royal-
ties as They‘ Arc—Not.
The pomp and ceremony which serve
as a. barrier between kings, princes and
grand duchesses, and Americans of
the common or garden kind, render
it difiicult for the‘latter to study the
manners and habits of the earth’s ex—
alted, except at very long range, and if it
were not for the information offered us
by the makers of cigarette pictures, the
artists who design museum posters and
other persons possessed of accurate in-
formation, it would be impossible to
give a. satisfactory account of their
various modes of life.
But, thanks to the great American
taste for advertising, says the Cincin-
nati Gazette, he who runs may read the
story of the daily actions of England’s
queen and Russia’s czar, not to mention
other personages of almost equal im-
portance.
From cthe trusty sources indicated
above, one learns that Queen Victoria
has in the evening of life developed an
extraordinary fondness for various
branches of prepared food, many of
which are of American manufacture.
[n the morning she makes careful use
of Apple’s soap, preparatory to partak-
ing a cup of Steppe’s cocoa. At lunch-
eon she tops with Skimple’s canned
corn beef, and at dinner she will have
no dessert but Racy’s prepared blanc ‘
mange. So particular is her majesty in
regard to her favorite articles of food.
that nevery package, can and bottle
must be adorned with the name of its
maker in letters large enough to be
easily read by the group of princes,
princes, nobles and courtiers who stand
at a respectful distance whenever roy-
alty partakes of any proprietary article
of food.
The prince of Wales has also been
noted for many years for his fondness
for extensively advertised toilet prep?
arations and costly brands of cigarettes
and champagnes. Whenever there ap-
pears on the market a new Turkish
cigarette with a gilt mouthpiece, and
costing a little more than an imported
cigar, we may be sure that his royal
highness will contrive to purchase at
least one box Of the largest size, no
matter what economy he may be com-
pelled to practice in other ways to
make up for it, and smokes the cigar-
ettes with much ostentation on the
terrace in front of Windsor castle or
some other equally conspicuous place.
On such occasions the prince usually
wears a red uniform and is attended by
several regiments of lancers.
The late czar of Russia having been
brought up from his childhood on a
simple diet of caviare tallow candles,
vodka, caravan tea, bear’s grease, and
other products of his native country,
never distinguished himself as a. con-
sumer of prepared food and drink. He
was better known—that is to the fre-
quenters of dime museums—as a mighty
hunter of freaks, and up to the'day of
his death he was regarded as one of the
most distinguished and erudite connois-
seurs of human monstrosities in all
Europe. - .
According to the unimpeachable tes-‘
timonv of the superb works of art
which lure the humble amusement
seeker into the temples which are given
over to t e worship of the eccentric
and the deformed, his imperial maj-
esty assisted at the capture of several
of the best known freaks of eastern
Europe, and was always ready to ac-
cord special audiences to those taken
in remote portions of his empire. The
dog-faced lady, for example, .was
dragged from her cave in the Balkan
mountains by a detachment of the im-
perial guard, commanded by his maj—
esty in person, and it was the same
enlightened. sovereign who captured
the turtle boy, who sunning himself
on a bit of sandy beach on the Caspian
sea.
When prevented by Officers of state
from enjoying the excitement of the
freak chase, his majesty always made
it a point to give special receptions at
the winter palace to such curiosities as
were found in his realm, all of which
were instantly brought to St. Peters-
burg that they might receive this
special mark of the imperial favor. At
these receptions there was always a
museum artist in attendance in order
that an accurate representation of the
scene might be placed before the Amer-
ican public, and it is through the mag-
nificent oil paintings thus obtained that
we know of the fondness Of Prince
Gortchakof, M. de Giers, Prince Bis-
marck and other eminent statesmen
for the society of human monstrosities
destined for the American museum
platform. ' '
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Sufilclently Rewarded.
The latest joke at the expense of the
French Society for the Protection of
Animals is to the following efiect: A ‘
countryman armed with an immense
club presents himself before the presi-
dent Of the society and claims the first
prize.
act of humanity on which he founds
the claim.
“I saved the life of awolf,” replies
the/countryman. “I' might have easily
killed him with this bludgeon,” and he
swings his weapon in the air, to the
immense discomfort of the president.
“But where was this wolf?” inquires
the latter; “what had he done to '
you ‘2”.
“He had just devoured my wife,” was
the reply. '
The president reflects an instant and
then says: “My friend, I am of opin-
ion that you have been sufficiently re-
warded.”
A Runaway Steamship. .
Very few more unpleasant predica-
ments can be imagined than to be
aboard a runaway steamship. The
steamship Marchioness, while making
the passage from Rothesay to Glasgow,
Scotland, met with an accident to her
machinery, and the engineers were un-
able to stop her. The boat raced ahead
at terrific speed, and things began to ‘
look alarming, until the captain took
her out to mid-channel and steered her
around in a. circle.
was nearly exhausted the runaway
was headed ' for Glasgow, where she
was secured by ropes, and the rest of
He is asked to describe the
When the steam '
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TALZLIF :
, INSURANCE 00. <
‘
OF NEW YORK.
RICHARD a. MCCURDY President.
, emen u heYcaIEnding Dec. 31. 19
Assets, - , 4
Liabilities ' .
Surplus .
Total Income .
Total Paid Polioyvholders in 1895,
$221,213,721 33
194,347,157 58
y , $26,666,563 75
$48,597,430 51
$23,126,728 45
Insurance and Annuities in force,
Net gain in 1895
”$899,074,45378
$61,647,645 36
NOTE—Insurance merely written, Is dlscarded from this Statement as wholly mlsleadlng. and only insurance
actually issued and paid for in cash ls lncluded. ,
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I have carefully examined the foregoing Statement and find the same to be correct.
CHARLES A. PRELLER, Auditor.
From the Surplus a dividend will be apportioned as usual.
Report of the Examining Committee. -
Office of the Mutual Life Insurance company of New York,
February 11,1896.
At a meeting of the Board of Trustees of this Company, held on the 18t b day of
The Committee have carefully performed the duty
certify that the Statement is in all particulars correct and that the assets specified
therein are in possession of the Company.
December last, theundersigned were, appointed a Committee to examine the annual
Statement for the year ending December 31st, 1895, and to verify the same by com-
parison with the assets of the Company. _ .
assigned to them, and hereby
In making this certificate the Committee bear testimony to the high character of
general transacted.
H. 0. Von Post,
Charles R. Henderson,
James C. Holden,
the investments of the Company and express their approval of the system, order and
accuracy , with which the accounts and vouchers have been kept, and the business" in
Robert Olyphant,
'Wm. P. Dixon,
J. H. Herrick.
Committee
' ROBERT A. GRANNIS, Vice-President.
WALTER R. GILLETTE, General Manager. . =3
ISAAC F. LLOYD, Second Vice-President,
WILLIAM J. EASTON, Secretary,
FREDERIC CROMWELL, Treasurer.
JAMES TIMPSON, 2d Asst» Tress
EDWARD r. HOLDEN, Asst. Cashier
IOHN A. FONDA, Assistant Treasurer.
WILLIAM P. SANDS. Cashier
JOHN TATLOCK, .13., Asst. Actuary.
CHARLES A. PBELLEB, Auditor,
HENRI E. DUNCAN. J r., Cor. Seoy.
ALBERT KLAMROTH, Asst.’Secy.
EMORY MOCLINTOCK LL.D., F. I. A., Actuary. ,
' WM. W. RICHARDS, Comptroller.
HENRY S. BROWN, Asst. Comp.
JOHN C. ELLIOTT, Superintendent of Domestic Agencies,
EDWARD LYMAN SHORT, Gen. Solicitor.
cusrsvus s. WINSTON. M. D.-
MEDICAL DIRECTORS
ELIAS, J. MARSH, M. D.
GRANVILLE M. WHITE. M. D.
John w. NICHCLS. 1
New Haven, General Agt. for State of Connecticut.
A0 Ho (DAM-P9 ,,
_‘ Local Agent. p
Norwalk Chronicler