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A JOKE ON BERNHARDT.
The Audience Hurt Because 5319) Was
Shy One Turk.
As Bernhardt pastels seem to be in}
order this week, here’s another. Sarah
was playing at Marseilles ‘in a spectacu-
lar play in which she made her entree
accompanied by six Turkish slaves. A
line ’on the programme announced that
these six Turks would accompany Mme.
Bernhardt, but when the time came for
them to go on one 'of the youngsters had
mysteriously disappeared. There was
no time to hunt for him. Sarah mus-
tered the five in order and made her en-
trance with a grand flourish. 'The
house was crowded, but not a hand
clap greeted her as she appeared. Then
a still, small voice in the gallery mur-
mured something in an indignant tone.
Fifty voices immediately took up the
strain, and in ten seconds more the
whole of the gods were chanting one
phrase over and over at the top of their
lungs. , -
In five seconds more the whole house
was shouting {the same phrase. Bern-
hardt, gnashing her teeth with fury,
strained every nerve to catch what they
were complaining about. She knew the
phrase began with “Manque,” but the
rest of it was lost in the general hub-
bub.
“What is it? Have I dropped any-
thingé Are they drunk or am I mad?”
cried arah to the other actors, as she
clutched apprehensively at her clothes.
For a full minute the tumult continued.
Then the great actress, muttering
things beneath her breath, rushed like
afury downto the footlights. In the
front row the actress had spotted one
man who was not taking part in the
hullabaloo.
Pointing at him, the actress exclaimed
sternly:
“You seem to be the only sensible
person in the house. Tell me what an
earth they are kicking up this row
for?”
The man rose, bowed to the actress,
and remarked in very bad American-
French:
“Madam, you are shy one Turk.”
ANOTHER OCCUPATION FOR GIRLS.
The Bicycle Brings an Opportunity to
The Stylish Maid of Good Figure.
The American girl is quick at grasp-
ing every opportunity and turning to
her own advantage the inventions of
the superior sex, The bicycle fad has
opened up a new way of earning her
livelihood. The young woman “bi—
cycle promoter” does a flourishing
business.
The only capital she needs is a good
figure and stylish appearance. This is
as necessary to her as to a cloak model,
and on the same principle. After she
learns to ride gracefully a leading bi-
cycle academy employs her to spin
airlly and jauntily in the class most
patronized by the smart set.
Every one thinks her a patron and
pupil of the school, and they fancy they
can learn to ride as well as she in the
marvellously short space of time that it
The
“truth, the whole truth and nothing
but the truth,” but fortunately for her
_ conscience she does not have to swear
to .it, and the would-be cyclists believe
ittrue. .
The next thing she does is to have
some manufacturer pay her a commis-
sion to ride his wheel. There is a bond
of sympathy between cyclists, and on
the road or resting at the academy,
often the little formality of an intro-
duction is dispensed with. Whenever
anyone speaks to her, incidentally she
mentions that her wheel is the most
satisfactory for a woman, and she has
tried a dozen.
Every man near her makes a note of
it. and determines to buy his sister.
wife or sweetheart one of that make.
If she is clever, she will tell him that if
he calls for‘ Mr.’ Blank at the ofiice of
the bicycle company he will find a
splendid salesman, and one who will
take great interest in his purchase. In
this way the firm manages to keep
track of her commissions. '7
Next she turns her attention to a
tailor who makes a specialty of cycling
costumes, ora firm which has patented
one.
Here she gets a big commission, for
every woman will think she will look
as well in the gown, that the hat will
sit as daintily on her head, that her too
slim ankles will look as well turned
.as those of the model.
A DUMMY PITCHER.
A Kind of Gun that Forces Curved Balls
. Over the Plate.
Prof. Hinton, of Princeton, invented
.a mechanical device for which no bet-
ter name can be found than the “dum-
my pitcher.” It is intended to take the
place of a human pitcher in baseball
practice. The device is not yet perfect
ed, it being Prof. Hinton’s idea to have
it light enough to be raised to the shoul-
der and aimed like a rifle.
As at present arranged, the machine
tilts up and down on an axle, but Prof.
Hinton intends to alter it so that the
barrel may be revolved. in the groove of
a circular ring, somewhat like the cyl.
inder of a revolver.
Five fingers project from the muzzle,
and make the curves by revolving the
barrel. One finger is wrapped with
‘ coarse shark skin, and the friction gives
the ball a twist. The signal to the bat-
ter for the discharge has not yet been
attached.
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A Celtic Quip.
Is it you or your sister whom I have
the pleasure of addressing? There’s such
a striking resemblance.” _ '
“You are addressing me, dear ma
dam” ,
“Ah, that’s what I supposed.”—Le
Monde Comique. '
Convincing.
A certain professor, on being asked
what he knew on a certain subject, re-
plied:
“Nothing; I have not even lecture
upon it, sir.”—Tid Bits. "
I ' .- "in E" E VIJEN INc v‘oA’II-fi‘
SOUTH NORWALK. f
The South NorwalK Office of the Gazette Is at the store of New-
man 85 Pinney. No. 12 North Main Street, where Advertisements and
orders for Job Prlnting, as well as
Homer M. Byington, Manager.
Items of NeWs. can be left with
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Water at the Knob-68°.
The harbor now abounds with fishing
and sailing parties.
Leon W. Washborn’s circus will come
to this city a week from Friday.
Dr. J. M. Cohurn, of South Mafn
street, is spending the day in New York
city. _
The improved conditions of halting
are already making our local skies
brighter.
Johnnie Brummer our popular barber
is “tickled to death” over the arrival
of a bouncing baby girl at his home.
Mr. and Mrs. John Scott, formerly
of this city, have rented a cottage at
Bell Island for the summer and will
spend the warm weather at that popu-
lar resort.
Howard Mossman, of West avenue,
starts for a cruise in the Emerald next
Friday. John Maxwell the owner of
the fast schooner Yacht is a classmate
of Howard’s at Amherst.
South Norwalk can boast one of the
best painting, papering and general
decorating firms in this or any other
city. Of course reference is had to
Messrs. Newman & Pinney.
Among the boats that attended the
Seawanhaka Yacht club races yesterday
were Senator John H. Ferris’ launch,
Eva L., George Van Alstyne’s Ward
V., Ben. F. Andrews’ Fannie and
Thomas Benedict’s Marguerite.
The Governing Committee. of the
Norwalk Yacht club held a meeting he
the club house on Hickory Bluff hot
night. No important business was
transacted and they adjourned “all“. 4
o’clock next Saturday afternoon at ti 9
club house.
The ladies of the Knob Outing club
held their regular whist tournament at
the' club house yesterday afternoon.
There were seven table in use and s )me
very close games were played. Mrs.
Edward Selleck succeeded in winning
the first prize and Miss Emma Lock-
wood carried the body pr'ze home with
her.
Harry Coburn, sonof Dr. J. M. Co-
burn, was riding his wheel on South
Main street yesterday. Suddenly at
the corner of South Main and Munroe
streets a little black and white dog
started for him. The little animal got
his feet caught in the spokes of the
wheel and was crushed against the
frame. Harry stopped and set the dog
free and continued on his way. He
says that every spoke in the hind wheel
of his “bike” is loss and he thinks the
dog will die from the injuries received.
He was not at all to blame for the ac-
cident and felt rather sore over the in-
jury of his wheel. However, he thinks
himself lucky that he did not take abad
fall.
Howard Seymour a thirteen year old
boy, was sitting in front of F. Kocour’s
tailor shop on North Main street about
8:25 o’clock last night when he discov-
ered that the building was on fire. He
immediately gave the alarm and Morti-
mer Hartwick quickly rang the bell, to -
which the fire department promptly*
responded. It was found that the fire
was in a partition and among some cloth
in the back part of the store, and the
firemen smashed in the front doors and ‘
gained entrance, and extinguiseed the
flames with a fire extinguisher. Mr.
Kocour told a GAZETTE reporter this
morning that he closed up the store
about 8 O’clock and went home and did
not know anything about the fire until
it was all over, 'when he was notified.
He also said he had 31,700 insurance
with Coolidge & Lynes, but did not
think this would cover his loss. Mr.
Kocour has been in hard luck lately,
having beep ill nearly all of last winter,
and now this loss is added.
All Affidavit. _ _
This is to certify that on May 11th, I
walked to Melick’s drug store on a pair of
crutches and bought a bottle of Chamber-
lain’s Pain Balm for inflammatory rheuma-
tism which had crippled me up. After us—
ing three bottles I am completely cured. I
can cheerfully recommend it. —- CHAS. H.
W ETZEL, Sunbury, Pa.
Sworn and subscribed tobefore me on
August 10, 1894.—WALTER SHIPMAN, J. P.
For sale at 25 and 50 cents per bottle by E.
P. Weed, druggist. '
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Appropria—tcly Named.
Hoax—What is Chisler going to
call that statue of his representing-a
young man in tears?”
Joax—He calls it “Crossed in Love.”
Hoax—Oh, I see. Chisler cut him
out.~—Pbiladelphia Record.
He Could Master One.
“Don’t you think, Harry, you could
induce one or two boys to come to Sun-
day school?" ' .
“I kin bring one along,”he replied,
“De udder tellers in our alley kin lick
me.”-—Household Words.
Feminine Comment.
. _._..._ ..
“George says there’s bound to be bolt-
ing in the convention.”
“Yes, {I suppose that’s to hold the
planks in the platform.”——Chicago Re
cord.
Civic Federations have recently been
organized in Cleveland, 0.; Detroit,
Mich.; Galesburg, Ill.; Ashland and La
I
Crosse, Wis. . ;,
A TIGER HUNT IN INDIA.
Fate or a Guide who Did a FDHUIFJIVA-
Thing in the Jungle.
In Outing, Dr. J. H. Porter C" ~~ 3‘2»
his Indian‘ guide, ,Who showed 1:12: .
tiger as a lean, black, wolf-like 13.31..
whose name was Sikunder Singh, win.
was a monomaniac about tigers.
There are said to be stylish tigrz-s and
others not stylish. The 10rdly fig: =r- is
the man eater. He is at once the her:
and the aristocrat of the race. and others
he roams the cattle killer must be silent
for the man eater, though sprung from
the lowly rank of wild beast hunters
and rises through the middle classes of
cattle killers, brookslnot the boastingln
the roar of an inferior. It is in the ab-
sence of cattle during droughts that thv
cattle killer turns to man flesh. H.-
fears men but will not become animal
hunter again, the pride of the race is
against it. /
When the tiger has killed a steer and
fed thereon. he goes to where the kar-
inda grows thick and lies in the nullab,
lazy with the meat in him and sleeping
lightly. It is here, as he takes his nap,
that the hunters find him It is for the
hunter’s desire to have his tiger fight,
to turn and charge the ones who seek
his handsome pelt, but Porter’s tiger
knew better.
“Stripes” bolted and with cool judg-
ment sneaked from place to place, like
a still hunter, aided by a coat, which in
the jungles is protectively colored, and
away he went up the gully, galloping
like a horse, his soft paws making no
sound.
A stifling cloud of dust arose from the
brittle grass raised by the trampling el-
ephants. The deadly Indian sun beat
down and turned the landscape black in
the eyes of some of the less hardy ones.
In the shade, which was soon reached.
a troop of monkeys showed the way. A
tiger can hide anywhere, and in the
heavy cover, one must look as for a
needle in a haystack, far and near. The
tiger was found at last in the jungle’s
edged. A shot aimed at the beast hit
him in the side, far back, a-wound that
made the beast a dangerous one. There
was a pretty how-de-do. The tiger
would kill .if it got a chance, and the
heaters went into trees. Singh got off
the elephant and started after the tiger
afoot, angry at what he called the de-
pravity of men.
Of all things ahunter can do, hunting
a wounded tiger on foot is the most
reckless. In cover the man afoot is at
the beast’s mercy. Sikunder Singh was
out of sight. Suddenly there was a
long fierce snarl in the bush and the rus-
tle of a heavy body; then arose a long,
quavering cry of mortal agony. All
knew what it meant. The elephants
were goaded forward, and wild yells and
frantic screams arose from all sides, the
elephants joining in the pandemon-
ium.
In a little clearing was Singh in the
mouth of the tiger, his thin arms and
legs tossing as the tiger drew back. No
one would shoot through the human
shield into the tiger. But at the left a
man got a flank shot. Dropping the man
the tiger sprang at an elephant’s face,
tearing it down by the head. The hunt-
ers came together about the two and a
bullet broke its neck. The tiger weighed
600 pounds.
The huntsman who would have been
the first to denounce so foolhaady an
act as his own, never spoke coherently
again. His spine was crushed.
The Tramp was Cheeky.
A benevolent lady in a Michigan vile
lage undertook to fill a hungry tramp
who came begging to her door. The
saucy fellow found fault with the vict-
uals, laughed at the “patent leather
pie,” and ended up by remarking that
he never expected to fully recover
from the damaging effects of that meal.
When the husband‘ came home at night
and heard the story he was mad clear
through. “You cowardly chump,” said
the man to his son, “when you heard.
that critter talking that way to your
mother, why didn't you 'come and tell
me. I’d a walloped him.”
“I heard him, pa, but I was in the
back yard and thought it was you. He
went on just the same as you when the
grub don’t suit. I didn’t think anybody
else would have the cheek to talk to
mother that way.”—‘Detroit Journal.
Epidemic of Paper Pillows.
The latest health fad, according to
Good Housekeeping, is paper pillows.
The paper is torn into very small pieces
and then put into a. pillow sack of dril-
ling or light ticking. The pillows are
very cooling in hot weather, and are
said to be superior to feather ones.
Newspapers are not nice to use, 'as
they have a disagreeable odor of print-
er’s ink, but brown or white paper and
old letters and envelopes are best. The
finer the paper is cut or torn the lighter
it makes the pillow.
Relentless.
“Can't you make the front entrance
wider?” asked one of the trustees, in”-
specting the plan of the proposed new
church a little closer.
“N Ot unless you build on a wider lot,”
answered the architect, decidedly. “If
the ladies are afraid of muss‘ing their
sleeves in a six- foot doorway they will
have to go through edgewise.”—Chicago
Tribune.
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 per 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.
druggrst.
é TAX COLLECTOR’S
NOTICE is hereby given to all per-
sons liable to pay taxes to the town of
N orwalk, in the County of Fairfield and
State of Connecticut, on the Assess-
ment List of 1895, that I willmeet them
to receive said taxes, at the following
times and places, to wit: '
At the store of W. S. Hanford, East
Norwalk, (Down. Town) on Tuesday
September 1st, 1896, from 10 o’clock
forenoon, until 12:30 afternoon. .
.At the store of J. C. Randle, at ‘Win-
nipauk, on the afternoon of Tuesday,
September 1st, 1896, from 3 o’clock
until 4:30 o’clock-
At the store of Alphonzo Dibble, at
South Five Mile River, on the evening
of Tuesday, September lst, 1896, from
7:00 o’clock until 8:30 o’clock.
At the oflice of the Collector, Room
N o. 1 Masonic building, in the City of
N orwa-lk. in said town of Norwalk, on
Wednesday, September 2d,1896, from
9 o’clock forenoon. until 3 o’clock after-
noon, and from ’7 to 8 o’clock in the
evening.
Mr. Stephen Comstock, of Comstock
Bros, Norwalk, and Mr. J. M. Layton,
at his office, Railroad Place, South Nor-
walk, are authorized to receive taxes
for me.
paid after the let day of October, 1896,.
interest at the rate of NINE PER CENT
wrll be charged from the 31st day of
August 1896, .until the same shall be
pal .
GEORGE B. Sr. JOHN,
. ' Collector,
In and for said Town of Norwalk, on
the List of 1895.
Dated at Norwalk. Ct., July 8, 1896.
NOTICE.
NOTICE is hereby given to all per-
sonsliable to pay taxes to the City of
Norwalk, in the County of Fairfield
and State of Connecticut, that the
undersigned, Collector of Taxes for
said City, on assessment list of 1895, has
received a warrant from the Mayor for
the collection of the tax laid by said
City, March 2, 1896,0n the ratable es-
tate liable to taxation therein; that
Said Tax is Payable July Isl,
And that he will be present at the
Council Room in the Fairfield County
National Bank Building, every week
day from 9 a. m. to 12 m., and from 2
to 5 p. m. from July I, 1896 until Sep-
tember 1, 1896. Saturday evenings
from 7 to 9 o’clock.
Also, that upon all of 'said taxes re-
maining unpaid after the lst day of
August, 1896, interest at the rate of
nine (9) per cent. per annum will be
charged from the 1st day of July, 1896,
until the same is paid.
ADDISON A. Burrs,
Collector of 0in Taxes, List of 1896.
On all taxes which shall remain un- '
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' N.Y.., N..H. a. H. R. R-
ONE MORE SEASIDE
Popular-I: Excursion
’ . i To
NINNNNINSNII PIER
MONDAY, JIILY 20th,
BATE our use.
LIMITED EXCURSION-The number of tick-
ets Will be STRICTLY. LIMITED to ayOId over-
crowding of_ the train. Purchase in advance
and avoid disappomtment. on .the day of the
excursmu. Special excursron tickets good, 20-
ing and returning. only on Special tram on
above date.
SPECIAL EXPRESS TRAIN—Leave S outh
Norwalk 7:56: Westport.s:03. DueNar-
ragansett Pier at 12:20 noon.
. No Change of Cars. .
Returning Special Express Train wril leave
Narragansett her at 4:35 p. m., thus affording
ample time for sight seeing, ocean bathing,
etc.. etc., and a return home at a seasonable
hour.
C. H. PLATT, GEO. L. CONNOR.
Gen’l Super-'d’nt. Passenger Traflic M’g'r.
C. T. HEMP
Gen’l Passenger Agent.
CENTRAL NATIONAL BANK,
26 WALL 812, NORWALK.’
ORPORATED SEPT. 1. 1876.
APPEAL, ‘ ' $1000“
sun M. Homes. President.
- L. Bevan. Vice-President.
WILLIAM A. CURTIS. Cashier
DIRECTORS :
ones M. HOLMES. H. E. DANN.
L. CUNNINGHAM. J. T. Paowrr’r
x. L. Berna. S. H. Bonus
.1 . Cousms.fJn.
Illscount Day. Saturdiv-
MISS BAIRD’S'
INSTITUTE-
Norwal, Conn.
25TH YEAR.
15th Year in Norwalk.?
BOARDING AND MY SGHODL
Primary. intermediate, academiciand college
preparatory classes. Specialists employed for
physical culture, elocution. music. art and the
languages. Careful attention to morals and
manners. A limited number of day pupils
and special students admitted. Send for cir-
cular. Early application desirable.
Miss Baird is at home to visitors on Thurs-
day and Friday of each week until 5 p. m.
MARTIN El
k ' PAINT a
SOLD UNDERGUARANTEE.
Actual cost less than has per gal-
NNN PNINI
ful the American Knight of the Brush
uses none but Longman Martinez’
Paint. which is unexcelled. ‘
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Is what the
Redskin uses when
he is looking for
fight, but for male.
ing the home look
bright and cheer-
For Sale by the
1‘ South NorwalkHardware'Coq
24 SOUTH MAIN STREETJISOUTH NORWALK,’.CONN
For sale by E. P. Weed,-
l2p_NO’rth Main Street.
Importan t -:- Notice 2
i i A Great Sale of ‘
WALL PAPERS.
$3,000 Worth'of Wall Paper will be Sold AT COST
During‘the next Thirty Days.
. Newman &‘ Pinney. '
BRIDGEPORT,
The . . . . 1
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@ompaifiy.
ONLY
FOFI
JULY
Does our remarkable offer hold
good—making Dress Skirts free. The
offer is too liberal to continue in force
avery great length of time, too un-
usual, too costly advertising. - .
For the benefit of those who may
not have read our proposition we re—
peat it: You buy any Wool dress
goods here that costs 390. ayard or
more, together with lining and thread,
and we will make them up into dress
skirts free of charge ; .will cut, fit and
tailor-make them for nothing. You
can choose your material from our
entire stock of wool dress fabrics.
Fans, enough for everybody almost,
and for all sorts of prices; from the
wee Empire to the standard sizes.
Odds and ends of choice Dress
Trimmings at great reductions.
Now's the time to buy cheap if you
happen to need any. I I
We also happen to have a very
‘ attractive line of Embroideiies at at-
tractive prices. And Laces. Seems
as though no time has ever been
more favorable for such buying than
now. -
Men’s club and string Ties in the
fullest variety we have ever shown;
big assortment. ' '
Wash Ties, 6 for 25 cents—3 for
25 cents—2 for 25 cents. Tubular
Ties, were 25c, 'now 13c. or 2 for a
quarter. Silk ties at the same price
—13c. or 2 for 25 cents—made up
in band bows.
Silk-finish Moreen—a new fabric
for ladies’ underskirts; comes in a
‘fast-black’ with just enough stiff-
ness to set the dress skirt out nicely
—20 cents a yard. '
Linens for waists and suits.
ens for children‘s dresses.
‘ STRIPED, 12.1, to 290. yd.
CHECKED. 129,. to 290. yd.
PLAID, 12% to 290. yd.
Which means-—
Our 19c. goods now 12$.
29c. goods now 19c.
50 and 75c. goods now 290.
Lin-
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