Tun EvsxrxG_oAzETTn, ' r , i) I satisfactory in th MANUFACTURERS C. D. BOSS WWP'WWWrK’mssWWNmmmr-W‘sM' ' ' .. A combination of leavening agents that are pure, strong and pie-eminently ,- eir action, has resulted in which is “ The kind Boss makes his biscuits wit ’f and has for 32 years. Over 3,000,000 pounds "sold in the past year testify to tfiezklpopularity. u & SONINEW LONDON, comv. t: FRENCH. LOSSES IN WAR. Six Million Men Said to Have Perished in the Wars of the Last Century. Dr. .VLageneau of the French academy of medicine has been making an esti- mate of the deaths by the wars of France for the past century. He finds, according to the New York Sun, that the civil wars of the end of the eight- eenth century and of the republic up to and including the year 1800 cost the lives of more than 2,120,000 Frenchmen. From the year 1801 to Waterloo, when France was fighting Europe in arms, more than 3,150,000 Frenchmen were - engaged and nearly 2,000,000 perished. Under the restoration, Louis Phillipe, and the second republic, when there were 'campaigns in Spain, Greece, and Algiers, the army included less than 215,000 men, and the loss in battle was only twenty-two per thousand. Even in the brilliant African campaigns «the mean annual loss was less than 150 men. f V Next came an era of frequent and bloody wars, the war in the Crimea, the war in Italy, the war in China, the war in Mexico, and finally the war with Prussia. Out of rather less than 310,- 000 French soldiers sent to the Crimea 05,615 perished. Of the 500,000 that took part in the Italian ' war nearly 19,000 perished. Nearly 1,000 perished in the expedition to China. The med- ical statistics of the French in the war w of 1870 have not been published, nor ‘ have those of the Mexican undertaking. The effective strength of the French in 1870-71 was 1,400,000 men. The number lost is not positively known, but it is believed that the wars of the second empire cost 1,600,000 lives. Dr. Lage- neau estimates that the small wars of the third republic have been fought at comparatively small cost of human life. He estimates the total loss for the cen- tury to have been 6,000,000 of men, mostly young. HE REMEMBERED. " But His Prospective l-fostess Got Back at A Him Just the Same. Washington society has been de- scribed in so many different ways that people in general have no definitely correct idea of it; but that there are many bright people there is abundantly proved in a little book called “The ‘Show in Washington,” in which the fol~ lowing story is given: Mavroyeni Bey, the young Turkish minister, aspires to be a society leader. A young hostess was issuing verbal in- vitations to her friends for an informal five-o’clock tea. The minister, overbearing her, smil- ingly begged that he might be included in the list, and at the same time called out to his secretary, who entered the room: “Monsieur Efiendi, mademoiselle has asked me to tea with her at five o’clock to-morrow. Remember the en- gagement for me.” The following day the party met early in the afternoon at the white house, and, upon seeing his hostess-to be, he crossed the room, saying: “Is it not this afternoon at five that I am to have the pleasure of taking tea with you?” “I do not remember,” was the re- sponse of the young lady. “Ask your secretary.” —._-— IWOM EN'S POSTSCRIPTS. Reasons Why They Are So Prone to Write Them. "-’_~ “Why women write postscripts” is a problem that has been engaging the attention of one of the London woman's weeklies. The answers betray that the sex understands itself, and does not mind exposing its amiable weaknesses. All are from women who ascribe, among others, these reasons: “Because they seek to rectify want of thought by an afterthought;” “Because they are fond of having a last word;” “Because they write bef0re they thigk, and think after they have written.’ Our corre- spondent puts down the feminine P. S. to the same cause “which leads women to prolonged leave-taking in omnibuses, namely,” and rather profoundly it ap-‘ pears to the casual observer, ”that they lack organization of thought.” Another woman comes to the de- fense of her sisters with the suggestion “that when women have anything special to communicate they know that their P. S. is equiva- lent to N. 13.,” and yet another friendly soul turns a neat compliment in her reason: “Probably because woman her- self is the embodiment of the P. S. in the scale of creation, she—the indispen- sable—was added last.” .——- CRICKET FIGHTING- One of the Favorite Sports of Chinese Gamblers. The Chinese are inveterate gamblers, and never lose an opportunity to bet, no matter how trivial the cause may be. One of their great institutions is cricket fighting, the crickets being caught, fed and trained carefully as a blooded horse. There is a fixed diet for them, part of the food consisting of honey and boiled chestnuts. If they get sick they'are fed with mosquitoes. Prior to fighting their weight is ascertained and duly re- corded, there being a fixed regulation as to their size and weight. . On the door of the house in which the fight is to take place the record of each cricket is pasted up, and the owner of the winner gets ten per cent. of all the bets. The cricket 'pit is a low tub placed on a table, and, after weighing, the com- batants are put in it and tickled with straws until they rush at each other with loud chirrups and fight until one of them is killed. GROWTH - OF INSECTS. Influence of Heredity and of Environ- ' ment Considered. p Possibly few branches of scientific thought are more active at this time than that which is considering the in- fluence which environment has in gov- erning form and general character. A recent author who objects to the extent to which environmenthas been carried in forming theories of evolution well remarks that it must have some influ- ence or it could not have captivated so many leaders in scientific philoso- phy. But he contends that it is a weak and not a strong agent, and is limited in its powers. He illustrates by the common housefly. When an insect emerges from the pupa stage, it has reached its full size. ' But there are small housefiies as well as larger ones—these do not grow lar ' r or smaller after being once for ed. It must have some “condition of environment” that led to these vari- ations in size. Possibly some inability in one case to make available nutrition at a certain period of growth, made the dwarf, and opposite conditions favored the giant. But heredity‘is also a potent- factor, and is able to hold what has been brought into existence. If the small flies could be so isolated that they would mate with each. other only, he- redity might result in bringing about a race of small housefiies. Such a race might, under some conditions, be re- garded as a. species—yet it would be due rather to heredity than to con- ditions of environment. The great probability would be that when “envi- ronment” again acted on some one member of the small race so as to change its puny character, it would be to remand it to the race of giants again, and thus make it again larger.——Mee- han’s Monthly. The Winnipauks and Arctics wxll play ball this afternoon. PLYMOUTH ROCK .ICE. Stores and Families Supplied. Lowest Rates. P. W. BATES’ 42 WATER STREET, You can find as fine an assortment of IIIIIIIIIIIBIIIEII & IIflIIIflIflI‘YWflI‘II As can be found in any Yard in the State. Look it over and get prices V ' before going elsewhere. IIAIIII . LAUNDRY. - 26 MAIII STREET. The undersigned will, on SATURDAY NEXT, open a Hand Luandry at the above place. Satisfaction guaranteed; a share of public patronage solicited. ANNA MOKELY. mm ctUNE. “Mam mind up? If not. you have missed half the fun of being thirsty. Williams’ 'Root Beer TASTES good and IS good. , “Our folks have tried every sort of so- cslled root-beer extract, and have found that Williams' is the most satisfying and healthful temperance drink on the mar- ket." Why punish our stomach with infer‘mr articles ? tcosts but a trifle to have ' , WILLIAMS .1. CARLE'I‘ON co... urns. Hartford. Conn. . . THE SOLDIER BOYS. Eighty of the Russian officers at Vladivoska are studying Chinese. Lord Wolseley proposes to begin rc— form in the British army by abolishing the cocked hats and feathers worn by staff officers. ' Out of 650 white soldiers sent to Ashantee 477 were taken down with fever, while the West India regiment of blacks had 206 hospital cases. Lieut. Andre, the Swedish officer who is to attempt to go togthe north pole in a balloon, has received applications from more than a score of Swedish women who wish to join him in his perildus trip. ° , England proposes to raise a regi- ment of gentlemen; there would be plenty of recruits from the young men who failed to pass the examination ad- mitting to the military schools. Lord Wolseley favors the plan. A few years ago the number of sui- cides among the rank and file of the Prussian army became a publid‘scandal. The latest statistics show that, while in 1892 the proportion was 5.28 per 10,000 men, in 1895 it was 4.22. Lieut. Gen. Valeriano Weyler de Nico- lau, marquis of Tenerifie, is the full title of the governor general of Cuba. He is fourth on the list of lieutenant generals, above whom are six captain generals of the kingdom, and is now 57 years of age. In commemoration of the victories won by the Japanese troops in China, the Buddhists of Kioto, Japan, will erect a gigantic bronze statue of Buddha in that city. It will be 120 feet in height, and the cannon captured by the Jap- anese during the war are to be used in making the image. ‘ FUNNY WAIFS. In Washington.——Visit0r—“Is that one of your statesmen?” Resident— “Oh, no; he’s a sen ator.”——Puck. “You don’t seem to boast much about your ancestors?” “No, I’m too busy fixing things so my posterity can brag on me.”-—-Chicag0 Record. “Do you believe in hypnot-ism?” “Well, I can't say positively. But if there is nothing in it, I can’t explain why a large number of marriages oc- cur.”-—Truth. “I doesn’t wunter ‘scourage nobody,” said Uncle. Eben, “but or lot er folks fohgits dat true repentance consists in not doin’ it over again.”—Washington Star. ‘ Tourist (in the mountains)—“Shall I be safer here on foot or on your mule?” “On my mule, of course, for I shall be careful that nothing happens to it.”— Fliegende Blatter. J inks—“What’s the cause of all this twaddle about elevating the stage, I’d like to know?” Filkins—“Want to get it above the level of the women’s hats, I suppczu ."—Brooklyn Life. “Well." said Snaggs, “I think many dogs ban 3 more sense than their mas- ters.” “'fes,” chimed in Craggs. “I have a dog like that myself.” (And yet he couldn’t make outwhy theylaughed.) —Tit-Bits. THOUGHTS ON SPRING. Even a spring chicken is a. delusion and a snare. , If you have fiannels to shed, prepare to shed them in July. " Spring is the seasonwhen poets and livers get out of order. Spring poets are the great propaga- tors of pulmonary complaints. In the spring the young man’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of cough mix- tures. The most efiete monarchy of modern times is the one presided over by the May Queen. , Possibly it is because spring is the youth of the year that it is so disagree- ably fresh. “ , “Sweet spring, full of sun and bloom- ing roses”—sore throats and blowing noses. The'kvell-known poetical reference to spring as an “ethereal’mildness” was promulgated long before the. introduc- tion of the weather bureau. That “tired feeling” incidental to spring is greatly aggravated by reading spring poetry in one column of a news- paper and the weather report in an- other.—N. Y. Sun. ' ROUND ABOUT ENGLAND. The roof of the Crystal palace, Lon- don, contains 14 acres of glass. Cast-iron pennies are in circulation in Birmingham. They are remarkably good counterfeits. The deer parks in England exceed 300. The largest in the kingdom is Windsor. In the 29 years in which Dr. Barnardo, of England, has been engaged in his hu- man labors 22,000 waifs and strays have been rescued. Of these over 6,000 have been sent to the colonies. .Thirty-eight centenarians were re- corded in Great Britain last year, 15 men and 23 women. The oldest was Mrs. Henry, of Gortree, who died at 112, leaving a daughter of nine. In the last ten years the St. J ames‘ Gazette has kept track of 378 centenarians, of whom ' 143 were men and 235 women. _ ODD‘CUSTOMS‘OVER THE SEAS. In Russia the principals in aduel par- take of breakfast together before go- ing out to fight. There is a village in the canton of Berne in Switzerland named Montavon, where all the inhabitants have the same , family name, which is also the name of the village. I , .The Italian beggar must receive a li- cense to escape a challenge from the police. There are 12,743 licensed mem- bers of the confraternity in King Hum- bert’s realm. V Dogs not being'allowed in German railway carriages Berlin owners of pet dogs have taken to using black leather hat boxes for their conveyance, ' the sides of which fall out on pressing a button, leaving the dog free. when the guard has +1xrn erI his back, ‘ Dr. Hand’s Colic Cure. Old People, Old people who require medicine to regulate the bowels and kidneys will find the true remedy in Electric Bitters. This medicine does not stimulate and contains no whiskey nor other intoxi- cant, but acts as a tonic and alterative. It acts'mildly on the stomach and bowels, adding strength and giving tone to the ' organs, thereby. aiding Nature in the performance of the. functions. Electric Bitters is an excellent appetizer and aids digestion. Old People find it just exact- ly what they need. Price fifty cents and $1.00 per bottle at E. P. Weed’s Drug Store Norwalk and Monroe‘s New Ca- naan. ' The Stamford base ball team which is to play the NorWalks at Norwalk Park next Saturday is said to be an exceptionally strong team they having defeated theiMount Vernous and played two exciting games with the Cuban Giants. ' Try Allen’s Foot-Ease, b A powder to be shaken into the shoes. At this season of the year your feet feel swollen and hot, and get tired easily. If you have aching feet, new shoes or tight’ shoes, try Allen’s Foot-Ease. It cools the feet and makes walking easy. Cures and prevents Swollen and sweating feet, blisters and callous spots. Relieves corns and 13111110115 of all pain and gives rest and comfort. Try it ten-day. Sold by all druggists a11d shoe stores for 25¢. Sent by mail for 25c in stamps. Address, Allen t Olmstead, Le Roy. N- Y- Wb: 11 Rev. 8. B. Pond sailed for Eu- rope be left his dog in the care of Charles Gehebe. Surday night, some one stole the canine, and now Charley is wondering how he will explain mat- ters to Mr. Pond when he returns home. Is'clief in Six Hours. Distressing Kidney and Bladder dis- eases relieved in siz hours by the “NEW GREAT SOUTH AMERICAN KIDNEY CURE.” This new remedy is a great sur prise on account of its exceeding prompt ness in relieving pain in the bladder kidneys, back and every part of the urin ary passages in male or female. It re lieves retention of water and pain in pass ing it almost immediately. If you wan quick relief and cure this is your remedy Sold by E. P. Weed, Druggist. Norwalk Conn. ' The Merwin street shirt manufactory will shut down on Friday and the em- ployees given a months’ vacation. Rheumatism Cured 1n 0 Day. “Mystic Cure” for Rheumatism and Neuralgia radically cures in 1 to 3 days. Its action upon the system is remark- able and mysterious. It removes at diately disappears. The first dose greatly benefits, 75 cents. Sold by N. C. Bauer and Edward P. Weed, Drug- gists, Norwalk. Jan-sly The annual meeting of the Nor-Walk Fire Insurance Company was this morn- ing adjourned until July 29th. Tum Lives Saved. 7 'Mrs. Phoebe Thomas, of Junction City, Ill. was told by her doctors she had Con- sumption, and that there was no hope for her, but two bottles of Dr. King’s New Discovery completelycured her and she says it saved her life. Mr. Thomas Eggers, 139 Florida St., San Francisco, suffered from a dreadful cold, approach- ing Consumption; tried without result everything else, then bought one bottle of Dr. King’s New Discovery and in two weeks was cured. He is naturally thank- ful. It is such results, of which these are samples, tn at prove the wonderful efficacy of this medicine in coughs and colds. Free trial bottles at E. P. Weed’s Drug Store, Norwalk and Monroe’s New (‘a- naan. Regular size 50c. and $1.00. Catherine Tracey widow of John Tracey has received a pension through the agency of Stiles W. Curtis. Bucklln's Armca Salve. The Best Salv. if the world for Cuts Bruises, Sores, T :cers, Salt Bheum Fever Sores, Tetter, Chopped Hands Chilblains, Corns and all Skin Erup tions, and positivelyoures Piles. or one Payrcquired. It is guaranteed to give perfeotsatisfaotion,or money refunded Pric025 cents per box. For Sale by E. P. Weed, Norwalk and Monroe, New Canaan. Dunn’s livery stable buildings are be- ing painted red with white trimmings. Commodore S. B. Wilson and a party offriends are out on the steam launch, Minnetts, for a sail to-day. mother’s Delight With Hand’s Colic Cure HAVERHILL, Mass, 11-30-’95.—Hand Medicine Co.—-“I Wish to say that I pro- cured a sample bottle of Dr. Hand’s Colic Cure and am delighted with it. My baby is now four months old, and has suffered every ' day of her short life with col- ic. I have tried almost everthing ever heard of, but can truthfully say that any- thing I have tried cannot compare with Yours respect- fully, Mrs. G. G. Miller, 38 Arch St.” Sold by all druggists, 25c. ' Coronor Roach has healed a bad break in the Orchard street water main. Miss Katie Goldrick is visiting her sister in Daubury. William J. Nash is seriously ill at his home on Fair street. -- Advertise in the (infirm. Price List of Chamberlain’s Medicines. Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diar- rhoea Remedy. The most successful medi- cine in the world for bowel complaints, 25 and 50 cents er bottle. Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy. Famous for its cures of coughs, colds, croup and whooping cough, 25 and 50 cents per bottle. Chamberlain's Pain Balm. For rheuma- tism, lame back, sprains, bruises, cuts, burns, scalds, frost bites and chilblains, 25. and 50 . ”cents per'bottle. For sale by E..P. Weed, L druggist. once the cause and the disease imme- . i \ Now is . ime ' TdSond in Your Advertisement m3 [ing Trade. THE EVENING A ETTE IS TIIERIEIIT IEDIIIII TIIRIIIIITH “iii-6H. T0 REAGII THE REAIIIIIG PIIBLIG. . 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