'THE EVEs1$c: A”: “— oAZETTn Agony ' The wonderful cure related below is by no means unusual with Hood’s Sar- saparilla. This great medicine has given health to suffering childlen, :even when health seemedc impossible. i The sea et of its success is that it puri- ;fies, vitalizes and emiches the blood. § “I Wish to tell of a wonderful cure :effected by Hood’s Sarsaparilla. Five l years ago my little boy was sudden- ;1y seized with a severe lameness, appar- ently' In his right knee, which some phy- sicians said was rheumatism, while others said it was hip disease and that it was ncu-rable lDuring the next winter and spring he became rapidly worse. We took Jimmie :1 to a specialist, who said it was hip disease. ’3 At this time the afliiction became so I severe that we could not move him with- fiout causing screams of agony. He be- came reduced in weight to 30 pounds, and I was but a shadow of his former self. We had about given up hope when we read of a cure by Hood’s Sarsaparilla of a similar ‘ case. We resolved to try this medicine. Jimmie was decidedly improved after taking the first bottle. He was even Better after the sepond. ’We have since used . over a dozen bottles of the medicine, and ; the change has exceeded our expectations. James is now able to walk without the aid of crutches and goes to school every llday. He. has been wonderfully cured l by Hood’s Sarsaparilla.” J. 0. RUNDELL, “Wey: Michigan, ' Druggjst C. C. Tubbs says he knows the 'RundelI boy has been wonderfully Cured by Hood’s Sarsaparilla‘ and that Mr. Run- dell is thoroughly reliable. He has a good sale of Hood’s Sarsaparilla and Hood’s Pills, both of which are giving 'perfect satisfaction. He says Hood’s Pills seem to be the coming family cathartic. N. B. If you decide to take Hood’s Sar- saparilla do not be induced to buy any other. Insist upon Hood’s, because Hood’s Sarsaparrlla 2a: 9:9 fine True Blood Purifier. All druggists. $1. ~ Pfepared by C. I. Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass. Hood’s Pills DAILY FREIGHT LINE BETWEEN HORWALK, SO. NORWAIK AND NEW YORK. Propellers till. y 01" Norwalk, Vgu’lcanand Eagle. Leave N orwalk at 5 p. 111. Leave 80. Norwalk at 6 p. 111. Leave New York, Pier 23, E. R., Beekman St., .5 p: m, are easy to take, easy to operate. 25cents. HERE’S YOUR CHANGE. A fine building lot on Wilton ave- nue. If you intend to build, look at this before purchasing. Water, gas and sewer on the avenue ., Will be sold at a' Bargain. l W. H. BYINGTON, Heal Eslale and Insurance, ' Room. 1. Gazette B’l’d. DAY LILIE‘S. [‘he time of the splendor of lilies! When cluster sweet-peas by the wall. When flame the deep-hearted nasturtiums. When hollyhocks muster at call, Then straight in their virgil whiteness, And sweet in their luster and grace. Uplifting their censers of beauty, Consider the lilies, a race That toil not, nor Spin not, that care not For aught that is passing and brief, That bloom in the hour appointed, The hour that bindeth the sheaf. Fair lilies that come with the harvest. And rival the brave growing corn In the strength of your delicate beauty, That waft through the eve and the mom A perfume so faint and so flitting, . May we not learn a lesson from you, To be queenly and tranquil and tender, As our little life weareth through? —Toledo Blade. - THE DEMON WHEEL. BY LUKE SHARP. ' I am not sure that I ought to write about the demon bicycle, at least until my acquaintance, M.‘ Rataplan, has had time to get back to Paris and patent his:marvelous invention all over the world. Still he spoke in the most open way about this miracle, and did not seem to care who heard him, so p'érhaps ,he has protected his different contrivances as he went along, after the Edison manner. for it is well known that Thomas A. Edison cannot sleep at nights unless he has taken out at least sixteen new patents during the day. I met M. Rataplan at a mountain re- sort five thousand feet above the sea in the J ura range, the most western part of Switzerland. I thought at first he was a war veteran, for his breast 'was covered with medals of all sorts, but a closer inspection showed that they were badges of various bicycle clubs in all parts of the world. He told me that he was a member of every cycle society in the world so far as he knew, although of course some of them might have escaped him. “Are you a-record breaker?” I asked. “N o, I am an inventor, although I think I did break the record across France.” “And you are here resting after your ride?” I ventured. “Well, yes, 1113. measure. Actually I had no intention of coming to Switzer- land, but I could not rightly help my- self. It all came about through the greatest invention the world has ever seen. Talk about pneumatic tires! They're not in it compared with my invention.” . “You talk English," 1 said, “with a colloquial fluency somewhat unusual in a Frenchman. Where did you learn the language?" wr- “Oh, 1’ m not a Frenchman. My name’s Macguire and I’m from Phila- delphia. I came to France and changed my name to Rataplan because I couldn’t get a fair show 1n America." “I thought the states was the best place' 1n the world for an inventor." ,“So it is, if you don’t start from Phil- adelphia. You see, Philadelphia is a slow town. New York men speak of having their country residence there. Then Philadelphia has always been an unfortunate city for inventors. There’s the Keely motor man. He is enough to Gomorrah any town. You see, I had no capital, and the moment I invented anything and tried to interest a man with money in it, he made fun of the thing as soon as he heard I was from Philadelphia—asked me if I was a. friend of Keely’s, and all that, till I got tired of it. Then other fellows got to hear of my inventions and pat- ented them before me, and so I never got a. chance. When I became M. Rata- plan, of Paris, Igot rich Americans over here to listen to me and I’ve made money. But this invention beats them all.” “Is it a. secret?" “You’re not an inventor, are you?” “In a way. I’m a newspaper man." “Ohl that’s all right. I like news- paper men. It doesn’t matter my tell— ing you, for if you did write it up, you’d get it all wrong ,and nobody would understand it.” “Then let me hear about it." “Do you know anything of elec- tricity?" . _ . “A little. I know you will burn your fingers if you don’ t let go a live wire mighty suddenly.” "Quite so. You have been accurately informed. Well, you know what a. storage battery is?” “Yes. It is like certain kinds of in- vestments. You put in a sum of money and get out only. part of it.” “Exactly. That’s the ordinary stor- age battery of commerce. You get out only a fraction of the electricity you put in. Ever heard of the Macguire storage battery? No? I thought not. It’s a small pocket battery—I won’t enter into particulars—but by a certain interior arrangement of the plates, it actually increases the E. M. F. of the fluid put into it.” “And what does E. M. F. stand for?” “Electro motor force. I see you don’t understand even the rudiments of electricity. Now it struck me the Macquire storage battery might be ap« plied to a. bicycle. It worked beauti- fully—small and compact, you know—- but it always ran out just when you were in some part of the country where you couldn’t get it charged again. So I put my wits to work and invented a little portable dynamo which could be attached to the driving wheel of a bicycle and Which would keep replenishing the storage battery. I thought that the force going down hill would run the dynamo enough to keep the battery reasonably full and so transmit the force to the bicycle when going up hill.” “And did it work?” “Did it work? It did work. my boy, in a way that would have made your hair stand on end, and nearly ruined my constitution, but as soon as I have that invention under control I’ll para- lyze the world. I too}: my machine out of Paris for a trial spin beforeI had everything completed. I live in the southern part of Paris and so ran down toward Fountainebleau to try how it would go. I had the dynamo in one pocket—it is very small but see if that happened it would be per- petual motion?” all. where I’m going to paralyze the world. It isn’t what this invention will do on a mere bicycle that’s the great thing. That is a mere trifie com- pared with the vast possibilities of the one thing to do. run smack through Marseilles and go ’ plump into the Mediterranean. ran the machine against a wall or building I would smash myself into a thousand pieces. situation for about a hundred miles and then saw that my only chance was to make for the Alps. the rate we were going it wouldn’t take long to reach breathing a prayer that people would keep to their own side of the“road, I turned toward the east and made for Switzerland. I passed the Paris-Berne express near Dijon and left her as if she were standing still. was a happy man when I saw the J ura mountains loom up ahead of me. I saw this hotel away up among the clouds miles south of Paris I got off the ma- chine with a. smooth empty country road ahead of me, and attached dynamo and battery. But Iforgot one thing, and that was that thel Macquire storage battery increased the E. M. F. of the electricity pumped into it. Well, I jumped on the bicycle and ran it down the road for a mile or so, lis- tening to the dynamo purring beauti- fully; then I put my two feet on the front rests and let her spin. She spun to the queen’s taste. We went along for about ten miles and I knew then the little battery ought to be giving out, but she didn’t give out. The ma- chine was running faster than ever. I reduced speed a bit with the brake and I- -have no doubt at that time 1 could have stopped the machine, but, as 1 tell you, I didn’t realize the situa- tion. As we went on and on I noticed the bicycle was going faster and faster. I became justa little scared. for I remembered I had no way of stopping except by the brake. I put that on hard, but it seemed to have no effect on the wheel. It began to smoke and finally snapped off. ’ Then I was helpless.” “Couldn’t you have kicked ofi the battery or the dynamo?” “Have you ever ridden a bicycle?” £|Yes H “Well, then, you know that if you are going down a. steep hill on the keen jump, you have all‘lyou can do to sit there and steer the machine. That was the way with me. I was not go- ing down hill, but along a smooth, level road at a. greater rate of speed than any wheel ever went down any hill. I flashed through villages faster than a. lightning express, ringing my bell like mad, but I’ll bet you no one ever heard a sound till I was a mile away. Well, it struck me all at once just what the trouble was. The more that the little dynamo shoved electric- ity into that battery the more the battery increased the E. M. F. and the faster went the machine, and the faster the machine went the more electricity the dynamo produced.” “But, my dear Macguire, don’tyou “That’s it. You’re not so dull after That’s just the point, and there’s discovery.” “But what did you do on the. bike?” “What did I do? There was only If I kept on I would If I ' I thought over the I knew by there, and so . I tell you I Orders received at E P. ub your poor, tired feet with- Salva-cea Irma: MARK). It takes all the aching out of sore or. tender feet, instantly. Strained or over-worked ' mu scles, chafings, or any soreness or stiff nes smthey’re all relieved in the same quick way. It’s the best remedy for Spralns, Piles, Bhoumallsm, calarrlr, Ilouralgla, Sore Throat, Burns, Bulls, Bruises, Slrln Dlsoasos. Two sizes, 25 and 50 cents. At druggists, or by mail. Tm BWDRETH Co., 274 CANAL 51., N. Y. J. D. Jennings. UN D ERTAK ER 1 Knight street. opposite Street Runway Depot , BELL .41 OFFICE. I r LIGHT PARCEL and LUIIKWUUH PACKAGE DELIVER Y Cheap rates. Will also take o1ders f01 mes ouuger service in New York. Goods called 01 and deliyernd to all parts of the town, Veed’s Dlug Store. Wall Street. with telephone’connection uh. (I- E. LOCKWOOD. turn]. 1111101111. BANK, 26 WALL s12, NOR WALK.’ ORPORATED SEPT. 1. API'I‘AL. . - - - . . .1111: M. HOLMES, President. . 1.. Berna. Vice-President. WILLIAM A. CURTIS. Cashier olefin—OBS : 1876. $100.00C ones M. HOLMES, H. E. DANN. 1.. CUNNINGHAM, J. T. Brown is L. BOYER. S. H. Bonus .1 . Consrxs.IJn. illscuunl llay, Salurdav- Having purchased the Market offiE. J. WADHAMS, I have we" STEADN BICYCLE ,- IAND DE CONTENT .. c« ' S 3 . 5 VI ’ sun Fiancisco, Cal. . is known throughout cycling as alight, staunch, stylish, speedy mount. Th cre’ s a best in every- thing; the '96 Stcarns' rs a veritable edition dc luxc among bicycles. Finishcd' 1n black or orange. Stcarns riders are 53.. isfied riders, and always proud as kings (if their mounts. Your address will Insure receipt of our hand- some new catalogue. _' E..C. STEARNS 6: ($0., makers, Syracuse, N. Y. Buffalo, N. Y. Yellow fellow Toronto. Ont. H. R. BULKLEY 8: 00., Agents, SOUTH NORWALK. A'WINNERA, The Reduction in Hartford Bicycles has proved adrawing card. Ladies, Pattern No, 2, is in great demand, and? orders are being. received right. along. Come in and eXamine it. Columbia, standard price to all, $100. The F. S. llmlrier cycle Go... 29 Wall Sl‘reel. l’mDoing lt__._ If you Don’t believe it, Come amt See ' . $|OO BICYCLES F 3.. $65. PIERGE. Lalosl ’96- MES, Pattern. LIGHT, . Bu_ill to Sell al GOLUHBIIS. Top Price. HHHHHH" ’ Full Guarantee. Easy Terms. 1111111, WE ARE NOT IN THE COMBINE. For Terms and Lease of Norwalk Fair Grounds, apply an LUTHER M. WRIGHT. .carriage Factory and Repository, Franklin & Madison 315., So. Ilorwalk. Branch Shops at Broad River and Darion. tri .” chine?” and knew there must be a road up to it, so 1 pointed for the tall mountain. You see I couldn’t stop and inquire the way; I was on a through express, and had quite enough 0 f riding for one “And did the mountain stop the ma- thousand feet. have to go clear over Mt. Blane. second thousand feet she slowed quite noticeably; the third thousand, feet still more. saw 1 ccmlg‘. Was so move. 3-; I saw :1 \ to stop. summit and threw myself backward over the hind w,heel nearly breaking my neck. ButI got off, thank good- ness.’ now?” ernment doesn’t, for I’ve telegraphed them to find out. the summit, I saw the machine give a wobble or two and thought it was go- ing to fall, but it didn’t. down grade and went at a. rate that seeemed to be good for another ten thousand miles. down the road from this hotel, asking the authorities to be on the lookout for it, but I’ve heard nothing from it since. one of the turns and is lying in the for- est somewhere. Perhaps it has crossed the Gemmi and the Simplon and is in Italy by this time. fit up you bet I’ll put on a controlling gear.” in telling you all this is to give you a. chance of making your everlasting for- hurry, not expecting to take a. trip to “Well, not perceptibly for the first I was afraid I would The The fourth thousand feet I get off with safety, but I ~2er with riding I could hardly :-.,t when nearing the top, “rate actually wasn’t going a .1 1 made an effort just at the “And where is this wonderful bicycle “Heaven only knows; the Swiss gov- As I sat helpless on It got on the I telegraphed all . I expect it took a. dash off the road at Next machine I “I think that would be an improve- ment.” “Yes. Well, now you see my object tune. I left Paris, as I told you, in a ground in pure Linseed Oil. WADHMIS HAS. SOLD OUT- restocked the same with Meats, Fish Vegetables and Can- ned. goods, and so- licit 1 share of your patronage. 441111111115 E. SGHEIIBER.r» 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 grayist 25 years. and refers to owners of buildin erected under his super- vision as to workmanship. Chilton Paint, Every gallon of paint 'made by the Chilton Mfg. Company is mixed and All 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. II. H. WILLIAMS 17 Main St. Switzerland, and so brought no money. If you let me have fifty or a hundred pounds now I’ll give you a quarter square in my invention. Remember Wéstinghouse offered a half share in his brake for five hundred dollars and the other fool didn’t take it. He went mad afterwards.” . “Who? Westinghouse?” “No; the other fellow, because of the fortune he missed.” “You forget what I told you at the beginning.” “What was that?” “I’m a newspaper man, and conse- quently have no money. But I’ll give you a good notice.” And here it is.—Detroit Free Press. ——How often have I seen the most solid merit and knowledge neglected, unwelcome, and soon rejected, while flimsy parts, littleknOv‘vledge, and lit- tle merit, introduced by the graces, powerful, as I told you—anal the bat? tery' in the other. About twenty l mired. —Chesterfiel_d. have been received, cherished and ad- SPECIAL SALE —0F—— ’ lVIILLINERY SATURDAY AHD MONDAY, MAY 9-". ~ A Reduction of 25 per cent. on all Trimmed Hats and Bennets. Ladies desiring a nice Trimmed Hat for little money, will do well to attend this sale. FAWCETT’S a wnrimmrnmzr NOR WALK . THE WHITE SHOE Is still in the lead. STORE We shall sell all of our Ladies’ $2.00 and $2.50 Tan, Lace and Button Shoes at $ | .75 a pair. About 300 pairs in this, lot. - Come early and make your selections and get the greatest bargain in town: ” OLSEN BRO-S.” warn-1151101: s-ronn 6 GAZET'II’E 'BUIL'DING, NORWALK. YOUR FRIENDS ARE USING PLMSTEO’S COUGH REMEDY AND RECOMMEND l’f S USE Get a Bottle at once. 25 and 50 Cents. ALL DRUGGISTS. DO YOU KNOW That you can save money by buying your Meats. and Fish at r. w. snrrrr's, 55' Main, Slrool. ” Everything First Class. bPEN‘ 'Evsnmcs / PRIVATE Instructions given in" BOXING ‘ at the pupil’s home. CLASS Now fomiing, and ap- plicants desiring to join should apply at i once to ‘ Prof. Geo..Yoeraer, IiSouth- Norwalk. ’ or at this office.
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