' ’_ wager service in PETS “ON BOARD SHIP. 'IIow Rare Birds and Animals Come to p . This Port. Sea captains who come to this port have the fondness of their fellows for odd pets. The skipper of one of the slower trans-Atlantic boats has a tame dove who keeps up a perpetual cooing in his cabin. Goats are the favorites on board the Mediterranean tramp steamers. Besides, their milk and flesh are much esteemed in a pinch by the sailors of Southern Europe. Quite a brisk trade has grown up out. of this penchant for collecting animals and birds in the travels of oflicers and men. There are several shops near the bridge that rely chiefly on the contri- butions of the tars for their stock curi- osities. Naturally most of the pets come from Asia and the South Ameri-' can and West Indian ports, and so the shops are located along the East River wharves where the vessels from those ports are docked. Was Misinformed. Humor has a way of cropping up in the most unexpected places, and news- paper men, probably because they have more to do with the world than other people, their business being to tell the world of the world’s doings, have seen this fact demonstrated time and again. The other day the city editor of a New ~ Orleans paper heard that a prominent citizen had dropped dead, and he prompt-1y assigned one of his reporters, a quiet, dignified man, to go to the res- idence and "secure facts from the fami- ly of the deceased from which to build an obituary. The reporter reached the residence in due time and, compos- posing his features until they had as- sumed an expression of proper sadness, rang the bell. The door was opened be a gentleman, who asked what was wanted. . “I am the representative of the—,” said the reporter, “and I. want some facts about the life of Mr. So-and-So.” “What do you want with them?” “We wish to publish his obituary. He dropped dead an hour or so ago.” “Well,” said the gentleman who had answered the hell, “he may have done so, but that’s the first he has heard of it. I am Mr. So-and- So.”—New Or- leans Times-Democrat. , Fifteen Kinds of Kisses. V The monks of the Middle Ages divided the kiss into fifteen distinct and separ- ate orders. ' , l—The decorous or modest kiss. 2.—The diplomatic or kiss of policy. .3.—The spying kiss—to ascertain if a woman has drunk wine. 4.—The slave kiss. 5.—-The kiss infamous-ha church pen- . ance. - 6.—The slipper kiss—practised toward tyrant. . 7.—The judicial kiss. - 8.-——The feudal kiss. 9.—The religious kiss—kissing the cross. 10,—The academical kiss—on joining a solemn brotherhood. 11.-—The hand kiss. 12.-—The Judas kiss. 13.—The medical kiss—for the pur- pose of healing some sickness. l4.——Tne kiss of etiquette. 15,—The kiss of love—the only real kiss. ' Determined to Win. “Weyler will win in Cuba yet. He is a most persistent and determined man.” “What has he done now?” “He has sent to Spain for more tele- graph operators in order that he may increase the number of his victories.”-- Chicago Post. ’ f “ The kind Boss makes hfs Biscuits with." . PURE, STRONG, RELIABLE. Is the verdict arrived at by Chemical Analysis of P ‘ PDWDER Economy, Health and Satisfactory Results attend its use. , MANUFACTURED BY '0 C. D. BOSS it SON, New London, Conn. AAAA .l. v vvv ‘r ‘- vvvvv v A!!!" P. W. BATES’ 42 mm STREET, you can find as fine an assortment of lunnmsntallcemeteuWurl As can be found in any Yard in the State. ,Look it over and get prices before going elsewhere. NIND LRIINDRY. 26 MAIN 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. MARY CLUNE. J ._ D. Jennings. UNDERTAKFR .1 Knight street. opposite street Railway Depot ' BELL ‘41 oF’FIoJc. LDDKWDDD’S LIGHT PARCEL and , PACKAGE DELIVERY Cheap’rates, Will also take or are for mes . New York. Goods called lot snddehyernd to all arts of the town, i Orders received atE P. eed’s Drug. Store Wall'Street. with telephone connection un- 'can dine up near the clouds at any JAPANESE COMPETITION HARMLESS So Says Hoshi Tom, the New Japanes Minister.to this Country. Hoshi Turn, the newly appointer Minister from Japan to the Unite. States in an interview on political an. economic questions, said: _ Japan has made wonderful progres- in all lines of manufactured products. but I do not think that the country can be called a rival of the United States. Our factories are still in their lnfancy and it will be many years before We can really beset: to be competitors of the United States. As regards the recent war. I do not believe that the war feeling has entirely died out; what you would call patriot ism is still manifest throughOut the country. . . As regards Korea, it is true that both Russia and Japan have a watchful eye over it, but it is an independent coun try. The relations‘between Japan and Russia. are most friendly. America, and by America I mean the United States, has always had a warm place in the hearts of the Japanese and we have for everything pertaining to the United States a most warm and en-. thusiastic feeling. There is no danger in the world of Japan“ becoming a foe to your industries. SWISS SCHOOL LAWS ARE STRICT. They Are Also Sensible and Tend to Make Good Citizens. Primary education is compulsory throughout Switzerland, and no mercy is shown to people who attempt to keep their children away from school. In Solothurn are not even allowed the option of having their offspring edu- cated at home or in private institutions, says the Pall Mall Gazette. Considera- ble trouble is taken, however to ar- range the school hours with due re- gard to general convenience. In sum- mer the classes begin at 7 o’clock in the morning; thus, when the children have done working with their heads, they still have time enough to work with their hands. They have their holidays, too, in the autumn, so that they may be able during the harvest to help in the fields. Not only is primary education free, but in poor districts food and clothing are distributed at public ex- pense among such of the children as need them. RESTAURANTS HIGH AND LOW- OnoJI‘wenty Feet Below the Street, the Other Three Hundred Above. The hungry man 'in New York can eat in a restaurant twenty feet below the surface of the ground, where a course dinner is spread for 8 cents, or he price within the range of his purse. The restaurants of Gotham range from basements on the Bowery, in Chinatown, and in the Italian quarter, to first class relectories on top of the sky scraping office buildings downtown. The restaurant farthest removed from terra firms. is known as the Eyrie,~ and is located on top of the American Tract Society Building, on Nassau street, while the one nearest the nether regions is situated in the sub- cellar of an old, mansion at No. 34 Mulberry street. To climb to the Eyrie, a man would haveto take at least 414 steps in the stairways alone, if he walked, and as many more to reach the ground, a good day’s exercise in itself. In fact, a per. son who had no appetite might work one up by such a climb, and then di- gesta good dinner by walking down again. As yet, this idea has not become popu- lar, hungry men preferring to reach the restaurant by means of the elevator. The main elevators run to the twentieth floor, after which it is necessary to as- cend a flight of stairs, where there is a car to take passengers up to the top story, in which the restaurant is 10- cated.——New York Journal. The A'inrade Honorable. Grosbinet has a violent discussion with a gentleman who has called him a “por- cupine.” “Withdraw that expression!” howled Grosbinet. “N ever I” “I’ll call you to account for it.” “As you please.” Grosbinet (simmering dowu)—“Come now, you really must withdraw some- thing.” . “All right,” said the other. withdraw ’upine.” And Grisbinet walked off as content as you please—Le Petit Liegois. tilill Because it is made from the choicest roots and herbs—that's why. too. its body and life are so much ahead of other, so called, root beers. It excels any other temperance drinks and is far more healthful than any alco— holic drink. A bottle of extract will make 5 gallon, of delicious ‘ ' ' ‘ - 9 l , WILLIAMS a CA‘RLETON co., . announcers, field. - urns. I “NIAGARA BRIDGE. ’ IT WILL BE ONE OF THE GREATEST WONDERS OF‘THE WORLD. \lts Span will Exceed that of the Famous Ends Bridge of St. Louis by 320 1...... It will Take the Place of and Be Built Overthe Present Suspension Bridge. The new metal arch bridge at Niag- ara Falls will be noteworthy in two re spects. The new bridge is to be built over the old suspehsion structure with- out interruption to the traffic on the latter. The span from end pier to and pier will be 840 feet, making it the largest arch span in the world. The length of the principal existing all met- al metal arches, on the authority of the Railroad Gazette, are: Louis I, Oporto, Portugal, 4566 feet; Garabit, France, 542 feet; Pia Maria, Portugal, 525 feet; Eads Bridge. St._Louis, 520 feet; Washr ington Bridge, New York, 510 feet; Paderno, Italy, 492 feet, and Rochester Driving Park, 428 feet. The suspension bridge now in use, which has been familiar to all visitors to the great natural wonder for forty years, will be kept in place until- the new arch is ready, as it would be im- possible to construct false works over the Niagara gorge to sustain a. struct- ure of this class. The span will have a rise of 150 feet from the level of the piers at the skew- backs to the centre of the ribs at the crain of the arch, which point is 170 feet above low water. The depth of the trusses is ‘36 feet, and they will be 68.7 inches apart. . The bridge will carry one floor, 46 feet wide, divided longitudinally into three parts. On the middle portion, which is 22 feet 9 inches wide, will be two trolley tracks. Each side of these tracks will be a roadway for carriagesS feet wide, and outside of these, raised 6 inches from the level of the roadway, will be footpaths. The construction of this remarkable span is from the plans of L. L. Buck, engineer of the new East River bridge, between New York and Brooklyn, and the author of the plans by which the railroad suspension bridge at Niagara was replaced'by an arched bridge. The approaching or flanking spans will be 190 feet long on the American side, and 210 feet on the Canadian side. The total metal in the structure will be about 4,000,000 pounds. Every confi- dence is expressed in Mr. Buck’s ability to carry out his plans. The replacing of the railroad bridge 5y another with- out an hour’s interruption of business was one of the engineering feats of the decade. Those who have not seen the great structure at Niagara which it is intend- ed to replace will hardly realize the stupendous character of the undertake ing. lnngine the task of replacing the simples: -;»rt of bridge without inter- rupting naific, and then add about 1,000 per oer... to the difliculty. This will give something of an idea of what con- fronts engineers and builders. , In an undertaking of this nature the slightest error might be productive of infinite disaster. Every measurement must be accurate to a hair’s breadth. Every portion of the great arch must perform its particular share of the great combination that will be one of the marvels of the world. The \Valk of “’omen. “How women walk" has recently been the subject of discussion in 3. Pa- risian journal. According to this am thority, the palm must be awarded. to French women. The English women, it states, does not walk;‘ she travels. Her limbs appear to be moved by the engine of a steamer, and her feet have the proportiOns of an Atlantic liner! Concerning the gait of women of other countries, this interesting. journal goes on to remark that the German is heavy—~one feels the earth tremble beneath her tread; the Spanish woman “prances,” the American resembles the pendulum of a clock, the Italian wo- man “skips,” the Russian “skates," the Dutch woman “rolls,” and the Belgian tramps about. Now, although these remarks are un- gallant and uncomplimentary to our own nation particularly, we cannot but own that there is a certain amount of truth in them. Numbers of women do not seem to care how they walk so long as they cover the distance they wish to traverse somehow. But if they could only see themselves as they appear to a casual onlooker, how very differently they would comport themselves! How often is a pretty face and figure spoiled by a stoop of the shoulders and a wrig- gling, bustling walk! Jersey Cows. There are more Jersey cows in Amer- ica than there are in Jersey, and yet there are more cows in Jersey than in any other similar area. England has twenty cows to every hundred acres. Jersey has fifty- eight; but then, every farm there has its cows, and the farms are small, ranging from three to fifty acres, the reason being that the old Nor- man laws that still prevail in the island .prevent the accumulation of property. Parrot Gave an Alarm. While Simon Clock, a Newburg far- mer, and his family were engaged in prayer recently, atramp quietly entered the open door of the kitchen and, seat- ing himself at the breakfast table, pro- v ceeded to enjoy a feast. A parrot, that hung in its cage, alarmed the family, who were in an'adjoining room, and the farmer discovering his unbidden guest, compelled him to pay for his breakfast by three hours worksin the In the forests of Java a species of spi~ der has been discovered which produces webs of such extraordinary strength that a sharp knife is required to sever them. . Three hundred Harvard Students fought and defeated 100 policemen at Cambridge. tion. Great ‘is higher‘educan Distressing Kidney ’ and Bladder dis- eases relieved in sizhours by the “NEW GREAT SOUTH AMERICAN KIDNEY CURE.” This new remedy is a great sur- ' prise on aCcOunt of its exceeding prompt- ness in reliéving pain in the bladder, kidneys, back and every part of the uriu-' ary passages in male orfemale. It re- lieves retention of water and pain in pass- ing it almost immediately. If you want quick relief and cure this is your remedy. gold by E. P. Weed, Druggist. Norwalk, onn, J. N. Ssrles, wife and daughter of Brooklyn, are theiiguests of Mr. and Mrs. William Mitchell of Issues Plane. Mr. Series has been a New-York letter carrier for the past thirty years. Mother’s Delight mih Hand’s Colic Cure HAVERHILL, Mass, 11-30-‘95.—Hand Medicine Co.—“I-w15h 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 sufiered every day of. her short life with col- 10. I have tried almost everthing ever heard of, but can truthfully say that any- thing I have tried cannot compare with Dr. Hand's Colic- Cure. Yours respect- fully, Mrs. G. G. Miller, 38 Arch St.” Sold by all druggists, 25c. ' Officer R. N. More-house, yesterday, served notices on property owners in- terested in the Council committee’s as- sessment of benefits and damages, advrsing them of the healing to be held at the (.‘nuncilBooms on Monday even- ing, July 27th. Marvelous Res-11‘s. From‘ a letter written by -Rev. 1. Gun- derman of Dimondale, Mich., we are permitted to make this extract. “I have no hesitation in recommending Dr.King’s New Discovery as the results were almost marvelous in the case of my wife. While I was pastor of the Baptist Church at Rives Junction she was brought down With pheumonia, succeding La Grippe. Terrible'paroxysms of coughing would last hours with little interruption and ,it seemed as if she could not survive them. Afrieud recommended Dr. King’s New Discovery ; it was quick in its work and highly satisfactory in its results.” ‘ StOre, Norwalk, and Monroe's, New Ca— naan. Regular size 50c and $1. The price of gas in Bridgeport has been reduced to $1.25 per 1000 feet. Try Allen’s Foot-Ease 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 come and bunions of all pain and gives rest and comfort. Try it to-day. Sold by all druggisls and shoe stores for 25¢. Sent by mail for 25c in stamps. Address, Allen S. Olmstead, Le Roy,‘ N. ‘Y. Town clerk Herbert B. Smith reports 955 (grammes as having been fully regis- terc . ~ Shakelnto I'our Shoes Allen‘s Foot-Ease, a powder for the feet. lt‘cures painful. swellings of the joints and instantly takes the sting out of corns and bunions. It’s the greatest comfort discovery of the age. Allen’s Foot-Ease makes tight-fitting or new shees feel easy, It is a certain cure for sweating, callous and hot, tired, aching feet. Try it to-day. Sold by all drnggists and shoe stores, 25c. Trial package free. Ad- dress, Allep S. Olmstead Le Roy, N. Y. The dead elms in front of theWiIliam K James place on Wall street are be- ing razed. Electric Bitters. Electric Bitters is a medicine suited for any season, but perhaps more generally needed, when the languid exhausted feeling prevails, when the liver is torpid and sluggish and the need of a tonic. and alterative is felt. A prompt use of this medicine has often averted long and per- haps fatal bilious fevers. No menicine will act more surely in counteracting and freeing the system from the malarial poison. Headache, Indigestion, Con- stipation, Di? ziness jreild to Electric Bit tere. 50c. and $1 *0 per bottle at E. P. Weed’s Drug Ston, onrwalk, and Mon roe’s, New Canaan. On Monday ii—e;I;—Giles A. Gregory will enter the employ of Druggist E. P. Weed, on Wall street. BlucKlln’s Arnlca Salve. The Best Salvein the world for Cute Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands Ohilblaius, Corns and all Skin Erup tions, and positivelycures Price. or no Payrequired. It is guaranteed to give perfectsatisfaction,or money refunded PriceDfi cents per box. For Sale by E. P. Weed, Norwslk and Monroe, New Canaan. The case of the State vs. Mrs. Anna Anderson comes up in the Town Court to—morrow. ' Mother’s ,Ij‘ind Nothing to Equal Dr. Hand’s Colic Cure. WATERBURY Conn., 4-2196—Hand Medicine Coz—Dear Sirsz—“I am using, Dr. Hand’s Cough and Croup Medicine and Colic Cure for my children and find nothing to equal them. They _work like magic. I would not be Without them in my house. The little ones .love Dr. Hand’s Colic Cure aud cry for 1t; 1t relieves them almost instantly. Mrs. Frank Smith, 22 Wood St. At all drug- gists, 25. _____.._. ' John T. McManus and Robert Mc- Cormack ofthe New York store, will go to Lake Wsccabuc next week. The people have long since learned that the most disagreeablemedicines are not nec~ essarily the best. In fact, as a rule, they are not. \Vhat is wanted is something mild and sure, such as Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. That is really pleasant to take when reduced with water and sweetened. Then it is acknowledged everywhere to be the most successful remedy in the world for bowel complaints. Ask any number of druggists for the best remedy they have, for diarrhoea and fully nine out of ten will recommend Chamberlain’s. In speaking of this medicine, Mr. B. B. Bufl‘um .of Friendsville, Susquehanna Co., Pa., says: “We have used it in our family for ain in the stomach, colic and diarrhOea an found 4, Relief imam Hours. , .- Trial bottles free at E. P. Weed’s Drug I .it‘tobe a mostefl‘ective remedy.” For sale: lbyE..If‘.Weed,druggist. T . I l O... I - , To Send-in Your Advertisement 1 or 3' ring Ilade. EVENING wtum IS TNE RIDNT NEDIIINDTNRDIIDN WNIDN TD READN TNE READING PUDLID. The Only Eight-Page One-Oent Paper in the Norwalks. a Value uf‘anAIAtlveAItipmn - vvvv DEPENDS on THE PDGKETS or THE PEOPLE \ wno ”READ IT. invrnnsmnrs m me name GAZETTE, ARE arm n mos: wno HAVE new In " SPEND.
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