"exzeeesve-
i
Stick to
in Welcome.
New England housekeep-
ers are too wide awake to be
fooled into buying inferior
soap more than once, just
because there is a present
given with it.
On washing-day they want
Only the best Soap; 'next day
they buy their own present.
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SARATocAiV
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.
I Lnstrine.
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OF '
MEAT.
Round, SirlOin and Por.
terhouse Steaks, Sausge,
Pot and Rib Roasts
Reduced' 26. a Pound
All First Quality Meat.
J. W. BOGARDUS,
6 WATER ST.. NORWALK
NEW CAFE
RESTAURAN T
ATTACHE D.
MIKE fiATCHFORD,
44 chaz'Iz Street,
The Best Wines, Liquors and Cigars.
Horace E.Dan_n,
EXOELSIOB
,LWGI‘Y and Sales Stable.
vvwvuvw‘.
Opposite Danbury and
Norwalk Bailread depot
Norwalk. Conn. Stylish
Single or Double Team
with or without drivers?
Safe horses for women
andchildren. .
BABDLE ‘HORSES 'A SPECIALTY
. . ‘ ‘
PLAY 152;}.an EAR. '
BLIND cove PLAY THE NATIONAL
GAME WITH ENTHUSIASM.
The “Wish of the Bali" is the Important
Factor of the Game, and Sound Take!
the Place of Sight. Catcher Site on
the Ground and Wears a. Mask.
As a matter of very strange fact,
blind men can and do play baseball, and
derive a very considerable amount of
pleasure as well as physical benefit out
of the national game.
In the Kentucky Institute there are
two regularly organized nines, between
which there is the fiercest rivalry, and
the institute pennant is highly prized,
and will be bitterly contested for.
Professor R. B. Huntoon, of the Ken-
tucky school, describing baseball among
the blind, makes the astonishing state-
ment by way of preface. that among
the boys and young men, who must go
through life in darkness there is a fond-
ness for athletic exercises, and an am-
bition to excel in feats of physical pow-
er almost as deep founded as among the
students of the universities. ,
The baseball game differs, of Course,
.in many of its details from the regular
games played by the youth of America.
The diamond is not of regulation size,
but is of regular form. The distances
between bases is but forty feet instead
of ninety.
The catcher sits on the ground, well
back from the home plate, and to guard
against injury, he wears a mask and a
chest protector. His position is such,
that when a pitcher delivers the ball it
strikes the ground just between his
knees and is taken on the short bound.
The batsmen takes his position at the
plate, with a heavy flat bat, somewhat
like those used in cricket. The umpire,
who must be a man of unimpaired
vision, calls, upon the pitcher to get
ready, and then clearly sings out “One,
two, three!” At the word three. the
pitcher must loyally deliver the ball.
He pitches in the slow, underhand way,
peculiar to the game twenty- five or
thirty years ago, the idea being to de-
liver a ball that can be hit by the bats-
man, who, standing there in the dark-
ness. with a sharpened sense of hearing
and a wonderful conception of the time
that must elapse before the ball reaches
him, is prepared to strike.
Baseball writers often refer to “the
whish of the ball as, like an arrow, it
fairly split the space over the home
plate.”
To the quickened sense of .the blind,
‘ this“whish of the ball” is a reality, and
it is astonishing, guided by this refined
development of the hearing faculty,
how often the ball is struck by the bats-
111311.
If the batsman should miss, the ball
bounces into the catcher’s lap, and is at
once returned to the pitcher by a single
toss with a precision which is wonder-
ful. When the ball is batted, the um-
pire calls out quickly to the fielder in
whose direction it is traveling, and he,
guided by a sense of hearing, either
catches the ball or follows it in its
course through the grass. Six strikes
are an out. In fielding, any number of
bounds are permitted. 1f the batted
ball is a “hot liner,” and traveling
straight for an infielder’s head, the um-
pire shouts a warning and in such cases
the endangered player ducks or falls to
the turf. "
It is possible, in fact the ball is fre-
quently fielded to first in time to put
the runner out. When throwing to
first the asssisting player, who is guid-
ed by the voice of the baseman, calcu- -
lates the distance with nicety and
throwsthe ball so that it strikes the
ground a few yards in front of the base-
man. The latter hears it coming and
' usually gets it without further assis-
tance.
Running bases was formerly a diffi-
cult thing. There were then three trees
on the diamond, toward which the run-
ner ran with outstretched hands. Bags
have since been substituded for bases,
and the .runner is guided by the voice
of the baseman, who is required to
shout “First, first, first.” In like man-
ner the other bags are won. Once on a
base the runner is pretty sure to get
home, unless his side dies at the home
plate. Six outs puts a side out.
Naturallythere’s no approach to sci-
entific ball playing, but under all cir-
cumstances it is astonishing to note the
frequency of clean hits, while the base
running and fielding are at times almost
marvellous and present a most wonder-
ful development of the sense of hearing
in an effort to compensate for theloss
of sight.
Trick Horses.
The cleverest tricks ever performed
by a horse are writing his name on a
slate, performing on a harmonium, and
playing a game at nap. Last year, at
the Aquarium, London, a remarkably
clever horse, named Alpha, gave a per-
formance which included all these
items. Some time ago at the Crystal
Palace a horse was shown capable of
understanding two languages, French
and German, and by means of signs was
able to answer any questions put, such
as the Lnumber of persons occupying
each set in the audience, and the num-
ber of each sex; it could also add up
with ease {a sum marked on a black-
board and state the exact time indicated
by the hands of a watch.
How to Call a. Man a Thief.
“Do you remember,” asked the young
lawyer and promoter, “that you once
said that I would never be rich? I
rather think I am on the road to riches
at last.”
“I never said you would not be rich,”
answered the elderly cynic. “I only
said you would never have any money
of your own, and I still say so.”—Indi-
anapolis Journal.
According to. the author of an Eng-
lish book entitled “Criminal Statistics,”
authors, editors, and journalists fur-
nish a larger proportion of criminals
than any other profession. In France
the notaries are the greatest rogues.
I T HE» EvasINO
EXILE‘D ev FEAR-
Eight Years This Man Has Avoided the
Father of the Man Be Killed.
“There are some people of such unre-
lenting purpose that when they once
register a vow to do a certain thing
no human agency can cause them to
alter their resolution,”
Rice of Arkansas. “Here is a little
story taken from life, every incident of
which came under my own observation.
The facts are truly stated and can be
easily verified. About ten years ago, in
a little Southern town, two friends of
mine, a young man and a manof mid-
dle age, had adifliculty, and the former
fell dead, pierced through the heart
with a bullet from a revolver. The
blame all rested with the deceased. He
came of a highly respected family, but
he had fallen into convivial habits, and
when drinking was very ugly. Time
and again he had made threats against
the man who had killed him. Friends
of the latter told him of the threats and
begged him to avoid a meeting, which
he did whenever possible. At last it
came to a. question of killing or getting
killed, and he obeyed nature’s first
law. ‘
“A jury would have cleared him be-
yond, all doubt if the case had ever
come to trial, but it never did. Instead
be forfeited his bond of $8,000, and the
cash was paid over by my hands. The
man who did the killing left for parts
unknown and has never returned. Why
did he not stand trial? Simply because
the father of the deceased solemnly de-
clared in the presenCe of all his towns-
men that if John —— was acquitt 3d of
slaying his son he would become the
son’s avenger. He would kill his son’s
slayer. The old man was never known
to break his word. His courage was of
that desperate kind which feared noth-
ing. Nobody doubted that he would do
just what he said, so I advised John to
clear out, and as there had been enough
killing, he went. Ten years have gone
by and the old father has never re-
lented. He stands ready to-day to
make good his oath. Argument and
persuasion are useless, and a good man
is forced into banishment as long as the
other lives. He is getting very old now
and his health is feeble. His stay on
earth is short, but until he goes the sen
tence of exile stands.”—Washington
Post. -
INTRODUCED T0 APPLEJACK.
A Young Kentuckian’s Experience with
a. Jersey Intoxicant. .
There is a young doctor in the gradu-
ating class of one of the medical col-
leges of this city who now has a high
regard for the accomplishments of New
Jersey in the manufacture of intoxicat-
ing beverages. He is a native of Ken-
tucky, and a few days ago. in company
with three of his classmates, he visited
a farmer located just outside of Cam-
den, who endeavored to make things
pleasant for the boys. The jug of ap-
plejack was passed around, and the
Southern Esculapius, after a prelimi- '
nary taste, filled his glass full of the
tempting beverage: No amount of ex-
planation on the part of his friends
could change his determination to take
a big drink.
“I have been raised on whiskey,” he
said, “and I know what I am doing.
You need not be afraid of me taking
more than I can carry.”
Each time the jug went around he
insisted on a full glass of applejack.
When evening arrived it was a sad pro-
cession that moved toward the ferry.
The host had to hitch up and carry the
Southern gentlemen to the boat, and
his friends had to put him to bed at his
boarding house, and it was several days
before he could stand any one walking
heavily over the floor, and a week be-
fore he was up'and about.
He looks forward to a sweet revenge
this summer, as he has ordered two gal-
lons of applejack to take home for his
friends.-—Philadelphia Record.
A Story with a Moral.
CHAPTER I.
She was a woman whose age might
safely be pronounced “uncertain,” and,
as she stood at- the counter fingering a
half dozen pieces of dress goods by
turn, it was evident that she was in the
throes of uncertainty concerning some
question of becomingness or what not.
“Is it for yourself or a young lady?”
asked Roggs, the clerk, desiring to fa-
cilitate the sale.
The lady’s hands dropped to her side,
and as, in a moment, she walked away
with a curt “Sorry to have troubled
you,” Roggs was left' to ruminate on
the unstableness of the female mind as
he waited for another customer.
CHAPTER II.
Once more there was a woman of un-
certain antiquity at a dress counter. It
was a virtual repetition Of the scene in
the last chapter, except that this time
the brisk and nattily dressed Toggs was
the salesman.
“Is the dress for yourself cr an old
lady ?” asked Toggs with innocent ur-
banity, and directly the young man
might have been seen dextrously hand-
ling the yard measure. ,
' CHAPTER III.
Our two heroes are now middle-aged.
Toggs is a partner in the great firm in
which he once held a humble clerkship.
He dines on terrapin and quail on toast,
while Roggs, in a. shiny backed coat
and shabby shoes, walks the streets.
wondering why he never had any luck.
-—-New York Sun.
0N0 Wonder.
Stranger—Your City Hall is quite im-
pressive, but it lacks warmth of.color.
It gives one an impression of chilli-
ness.
Philadelphian -— Chillinessi Well,
rather! It cost about $16,000,000 in
cold cash l—Philadelphia Press.
Bectified the Mistake.
“Carrie, I thought your physician
told you that you were not strong
enough to ride a wheel?”
“Yes, but then I went to another doc-
tor.”-—-Chi:a2‘o Record.
,1
said George
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BICYCLE NOVELETTB.
A Smile in Bloomers, or, the Searcher all
‘ the Wreck...
CHAPTER I.
The sun wasscorching on the River-
side drive. '
So was I.
The biking copper didn't try to catch
either of us.
He was resting in the shade. '
CHAPTER II.
A pretty girl whirled by.
She was in demi—bloomers.
And she smiled.
That smile had hooks on it that grap—
pled my very soul.
It sent my heart dancing up around
my nectie. It filled my head with
strange lights and bewildering
thoughts.
There was heaven in that smile.
And there was—well, trouble.
CHAPTER III.
I looked back at the disappearing di-
vinity. .
She was waving her hand at me.
A moment more and I would have
whirledmy wheel about to follow.
But just then—#—
‘ ! I I I I I I'
? ‘2 ? ‘2 ? ? ?
CHAPTER Iv.
When I regained consciousness in the
hospital I felt very bad. .
The kind nurse explained tome as
tenderly as she knew how that I had
run into a four-herse brewery wagon
and that 'most of the injuries sus-
tained in the collision had been allotted
to me. « '
And it all happened three days ago.
CHAPTER v.
And the pretty girl?
Don’t mention her!
When I go scorching now I wear
blinders—Evening World.
MRS. ELLA WHEELER WILCOX.
AFamous Woman of Verses who Began
Her Career at Eight Years.
One of the best known women in the
United States is Mrs. Ella Wheeler
Wilcox, who says that “she plunged in-
to literature at the age of eight,” and
. who—although she does not say so—has
been successfully plunging a great deal
‘ since. .
9 She attained her first fame by some
'1 extremely ardent love verses, which at-
I treated scarcely less attention and criti-
oism than Amelie Rives erotic novel,
I “The Quick and the Dead.”
MRS. ELLA WHEELER WILCOX.
Mrs. Wilcox has shown great facility
in putting into well chosen words some
of the common thoughts which nearly
everyone in the world has felt some
time or other.
Her poem beginning, “Laugh, and the
World Laughs With You,” is familiar,
not only for its excellence, but for the
contest -it raised concerning its author-
ship. She is engaged now on three new
books, one of which, a dramatic story
in verse, she expects to be her - greatest
achievement.
WHAT CULTIVATION—Doss.
’)rought is Ameliorated by Thoroughly
Cultivating the Soil.
Cultivate was the word Mr. T. B.
‘i‘erry left with us two years ago. Cover
'he earth with a finely pulverized soil to
'_)I‘6V6DI; the evaporation of the mois-
nre in the soil, and in being fine and
r0 serve as a Sponge to attract moisture
from the atmosphere.
Prof. Atwater experimented to find
ant the value Of cultivation in the con-
serving of moisture and gives us these
igures': .
From heavy soil not stirred the loss
)5 water was 1.66 inch, while from the
same soil stirred as in frequent culti-
vation the loss was 1.26 inch, or a sav-
ng Of 4-10th of an inch. On light soil,
vhile the unstirred lost 1.31 inch, the
stirred lost but .70. a saving slightly
If ever 6~10th of an inch‘. This was for
—-. period of 16 days. From this it will
is noticed that light soil has about 60
)61‘ cent. greater ability to withstand
erught than heavy soil. In an extreme-
y dry season the economy of moisture
'nough to save a crop of corn, or, at all
events, a very large percentage of it.—
Philadelphia Ledger.
Tennyson’s Prophecy ofDeath.
“In the life of the late Poet Laureate,
which the present Lord Tennyson is
preparing, it would be interesting,
writes a correspondent of the Westmin-
ster, “if particulars were given con-
.:erning the poet’s premonitions of
death. Just about a year prior to his
decease the late Lord Selborne, Lady
Wolmer, wife of the present- Earl, and
other friends were visiting AldWOrth
House, Blackdown. Tennyson and his
friends were admiring the beautiful
surroundings, and Lord Selborne turned
to his host and said:
“ ‘You ought to be happy here.’
“ ‘Ah I” said the poet, ‘1 have only a
byear to live.’
The company attempted to dislodge
the thought, but Lord Tennyson stuck
to his warning. Subsequent events jus-
tified his reply. ' I“
In the West.
Tourist—I see that the editor of the
creasing out here.
Native—Oh, he's a crank!‘ In speak~
ing of crime, he counts in shootin’ af~
fairs that I know myself Was dead fair
. and square on bozh sides.---‘Puck,
)y cultivation is undoubtedly great.
Daily Bonanza states t -at crime‘is in- .
WHAT IT MEANS. '0 b
Norwalk Is Learning It—Learnlna' It
Fast—Proof Not Lacking.
Everybody has it.
That Tired Feeling.
Don’t know what it means.
Keeps you awake at night.
Destroys daily comfort.
Wearies the body. Worries the mind.
You would shake it off. '
You would be healthful and strong.
So you car.
If you go at it right.
First learn what it means.
Some say it’s had blood.
Others say it’s a lazy liver.
They’re all wrong.
Tired feeling means tired Kidneys.
Just as lame back means Lame Kid-
neys.
And backache means kidney ache.
How do we know it? ‘
Because Dean’s Kidney Pills cure it.
And they are for kidneys only.
How can we prove it ?
Because Norwalk people say so.
Here is a. case in point.
Mrs. White wife of A. C. White the
batter, address. No. 47 River- street.
. Mr. White says. “My wife took Dean’s
Kidney Pills.”
“l‘ook them for backache.”
“Found them just as represented.”
“Is much improved. ’.’
“Dean’s Kidney Pills did the work.”
“Got them at Hale’s drug store.”
Dean’s Kidney Pills are for sale by all
dealers; price 50 cents, or mailed by
Foser—Milburn Co , Bufl'alo, N. Y..
sole agents for the United States. "
For Itching Piles, irritation of the
genitals, or itching in any part of the
body, Dean’s Ointment is worth its.
weightm gold. No matter how long-
standing the trouble, Doan’s Ointment
.will not fail to give instant relief.
All?"
P. w. BATES’-
42 WATER STREET,
you can find as fine an assortment of
Munumentalicnemuwnrl
As can be found in any Yard in the
State. Look it over and get prices
before going elsewhere.
J. D. Jennings.
UN D EkTAK F R
t Knight street. opposite
street Rallway Depot
BELL A1 OFFICE.
I I LIGHT PARCEL and
LIIIJKWIIIIII , PACKAGE DELIVERY
Cheap rates, Will also take orders for .mes
wager service in New, York. Goods called
or and delivered to all parts of the town,
orders received at E: P. Weed’s Drug Store.
Wall Street, With telephone connection un-
'3“ n n. LOCKwooD. ,_
‘ CENTRAL-NATIONAL ' BANK."
26 WALL ST., NORWALK.
OBPORATED SEPT. 1. 1876.
APITAL. - - - - - ‘ - $100.00c
we M. HOLMES. President.
. L. Berna, Vice-President!
WILLIAM A. Cunrrs. Cashier
DIRECTORS :
08615 M. HOLMES. , H. E. DANN,
h. CUNNINGHAM, J. T. PROWIT'I“
l. L. Berna, S. H. HOLME
J. Coners.fJR.
Discount Day, Saturdav-
noun HOUSE ‘ ‘1 ,
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GREGORY’S POIN I".
NOW OPEN FOR THE SEASON OF 1896.
Shore Dinners,
Rhode Island Olam Bake. i
Bathing, Boating, Fishing.
Electric cars to Hotel, every twenty
minutes.
JOHN E. O’SULLIVAN,
M a nager.
MEEKER COAL CO.
COAL, WOOD, BRICK,
LIME,‘OEMENT, TILE PIPE.
OFFICE WITH G. WARD SELLECK
WALL STREET. NOBWZ LK.
Piano Lessons.
RS. GEORGE W. BRADLEY. (daughter
of the lateWm. R. Nash.) gives efiicent
and satisfactory instructions on the. Piano at
her home No. 193 Main =t-reet.
'ADAMS’
B la 2 o n
Soap Powder,
ForKitchen. Use
- EXOELS IILI. OTHERS.
Ask Your Grocer For It.‘
The following Grocers have it on sale: E. J .'
Finnegan, Main Street; P. J -. O’Brien; Chapel
stret; M. Abraham. Plattsville= avenue: Mrs.
Harriet A. Northrop. Unionville; A. Stull,
East Nor-walk; D. liosen. South Norwalk; 'J.
L. June. Wmnmauk: N. Driscoll. Westport’.
Fairiield Bounty National Bank. ‘1 ~
44 Wall Street, Noruiam; 0mm.
NCORPORATED, 1324. Capital. a»...
sown: o. KEELEB President.
DAVID H. ILLEB. Vice-President.
L. C. GREEN. Cashier
DIRECTORS .
EDWIN 0. KEELEP.‘ Moses H. GLOVEB
DAVID H...III1LLEB, A. J. MEEKEB,
F. ST. JOHN Locxwoon, Tnnononn E. SMITH ‘
IRA COLE. Cues F. ansu‘nm.
Accounts of Manufacturers
’Indrvrduals solicited.
Safe Deposit Boxes free to Depositors.
Merchants and
Boron POINT
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SOU TH NORWALK, CONN.
A. Charming Summer Resort on Long Island Sound.
FIHE HOTEL!
FIHE BATHIHO HOUSES!
OEHERAL ATTRAOTIOHS!
Every facility for providing for large excursions.
RotOn’ Point Improvement 00-.
OW’NERS AND
PROPRIETORS, .
J. FINKENSTEIN, Manager.
Towle Vault Light Company,
MANUFACTURERS.
VAULT LIGHTS. SKYLIGHTS #
..
' ANDPATENT LIGHT DESIGNS.
3' Factory:
48: names invents.
“snow-- ..
Office:
In ELH STREET,
”new rm.
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