How Many
I! Stay? '
Of the many brands of soap
placed upon the market dur,
ing the past fifteen years,
how many are now 1n ex1st-
ence?
has’stood the test of time.
It fulfils the exacting re"-
quirements of the N ew Eng-
land housekeepers. g ._
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SARATOGA! '
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 Gents per Glass.
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Round, Sirloin and Por-
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Reduced 20. a Pound
All First Quality Meat.
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BREAD LOST, THEN THE BATTLE.
A Good Story of Lee’s Last Stand and Ma.-
hone’s Charge. .
“Charging is the last resort of brave
but bafiled commanders,” said a local
critic of military affairs, “and it almost
always results disastrously.”
Thirty-one yenrsago the affairs of the
. Confederate army of Northern Virginia -
were deeperate enough to warrant its
brave commander, Gen. Robert E. Lee,
to resort to charging. So it came to
pass on the morning of the 25th of
March, 1865, he made a break through
the Union lines and opened the way to
City Point, which, if he could have
reached and held,would have prolonged
the civil war for at least another year.
The preliminaries were well arranged.
First of all a hundred men appeared in
front of our picket line and announced
themselves as North Carolina deserters.
They were all armed, but the officer in
charge of our picket welcomed them,
and told them to bring in their guns, as
Gen. Grant'had issued an order com-
manding his quartermasters to pay for
all guns brought in from the rebel
ranks. '
So this hundred of armed men were
graciously invited to march in behind
our pickets. When once there they
turned suddenly upon the astonished
Union tr00ps and requested them to sur-
render in words too impolite to print.
And the picket had no choice but to
obey.
In the rear of the picket line stood
forts Haskell and Siédman, garrisoned
by the Fourteenth New York Artillery,
several of whom belonged in Utica. In
the early dawn of that mild March
morning the sleeping membersof the
Fourteenth were awakened by the
sharp “Yi! yi!” of the rebel troops,who
pounced in upon them 10,000 strong or
more. ,
They were under the command of
Gen. William Mahone, of Virginia.
After capturing the Fourteenth they
were to move forward to City Point.
But here an obstacle arose that nei-
ther Mahone or Gen. Lee had foreseen.
That obstacle was our supply of food.
It was utterlyimpossible to get the Con-
federates, who were actually starving,
beyond our soft bread and coffee, our
fresh beef and salt pork. The whole
body paused and went to eating, drink-
ing and making merry without ' regard
to the conclusion of that familiar say-
ing, “For tomorrow we die.” It was
all in vain that Gnu. Mahone threat-
ened and swore and coaxed his men.
They simply would not stir till they had
satisfied their appetites.
This pause was the salvation of the
Union army. It enabled not only the
majority of the Fourteenth to escape
from their captors, but allowed the
other divisions of the Ninth Corps to
come to their relief, so that when the
rebels were ready to advance they found
the way ,blocked, and they were com-
pelled to retire from the scene of their
victory and their breakfast table back
to Petersburg badlv beaten, and carry-
ing with them nothing but very full
stomachs.
The foregoing is 7‘ brief but truthful
account of Gen. Lec’s last charge. In
a little more than a week from that day
he evacuated Ric's mond and Peters-
burg, and in less than another week he
surrendered his entire army to Gen.
Ulysses S. Grant—Titles. Observer.
A Bishop’s Experience.
Bishop Esher. the well-known divine
of the Evangelical Association, took a
ride on a'Western express train the
other day, which would have a very
funny side were it not for the fact that
the BishOp’s advanced years made, the
experience a rather dangerous one. He
occupied the pulpit at Grand Prairie,
111., on Sunday evening, and later went
to the Wabash sir: ion, to take the
night express for Chicago, where he
had an engagement the next day.
Arriving at the station just as the
train was leaving, the bishop hurriedly
mounted the steps and. turning, waved
his hand in farewell to his host on the
platform. Then erdeavoring to pass in
'to the car he found himself facing a
door of the vestibule closed and locked
which he had not noticed before. He
knocked and shouted, but the sounds
were lost in the rumble of the train and
he failed to arouse the porter.
Finally the bishop settled himself on
the steps of the car, after the manner
of an ordinary ride-stealing tramp. Un-
der ordinary circumstances he would
have been released from his unpleasant
quarters in a few minutes, but unfortun-
ately the train happened to be late and
was going through to Chicago without
stOpping. It was nearly an hour and a
half before the bishop, covered with
cinders and chilled through, was res-
cued from his place on the car steps.
The Home of a ‘Iaiue Family.
Down near Jonessort the hulk of a
schooner lies high and dry on the
shore. [t is slightly careened and the
timbers are not sound enough to take
a swim in the surge. Yet they can
stifily breast the wind and the sweep of
the rain. The schooner is stranded in
a lonely cove, and doesn’t look very in-
viting, yet the family of a lobster fish-
erman dwells here in great comfort.
They have converted it into a sort of
a seaside rudder grange. ’Tween-decks
has been partitioned off, windows have
been cut through the deck hull and
funnels protruding through the deck
carry away the smoke from the two
stoves. Within, this extemporized
home is fairly cosey, even if the floors
do have a. tilt to starboard. The chil-
dren have lots of fun rolling marbles
down the incline, and as. the lady of the
house always sweeps “down hill” her
work is greatly lightened.
A Table of Gems.
Among the Sultan’s possessions there
isatoilet table, the top of which is
made of lapus lazuli, and the feet of
which is claw shaped, the clav’vs being
made‘of diamonds, emeralds, rubies and
carbuncles. Big diamonds hang down
edge cf it there is a deep fringe of. dia:
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COURTSHIPS OF QUEEN BESS.
England’s Virgin Queen Bad Many Low
Afi'alrs.‘
The following from the New York
Herald’s review of Hume’s book on the
courtships of Queen Elizabeth show:-
how love and politics were mixed in the
sixteenth century:
There is nothing more amusing, in its
peculiar way, than a detailed account
of the love affairs of Queen Bess. She
was one of the vainest, as well as one of
the ablest, women that ever lived, and
while .311 England may be proud of her
reign, Englishmen cannot help laugh-
ing at the love affairs which she was
everlastingly getting into, and which
her Ministers had to get her out of. She
could have married whom she would.
not because of her beauty, nor yet be-
cause of her goOd temper, for she had
neither the one nor the other, but be-
cause she had a throne, and pretty,
nearly every noble gallant‘ in Europe
thought'he had' a good chapce to sit
upon it.
It is probable that Elizabeth and her
Ministers really made use of the fact
that the Queen was willing to marry, if
she could discover the right person, for
political purposes. It is a queer thing
to say, but it is nevertheless true, that
England really benefitted, politically,
by letting the world know that her
Queen would accept a. good offer from a
good quarter. The Queen’s hand in
marriage was a part of the game which
English diplomats played a generation
and a half. But, besides the national
benefit, Elizabeth got an immense
amount of fun out of it. She was un-
doubtedly in love several times, but
several times more she pretended to
love, and then in good time got rid of
nor adorer.
Almost as soon as she was born, Hen
ry entered into negotiations to marry
her to the little Duke of Angouleme,
and when she was nine. years of age he
wanted to betroth her to the Duke of
Arron. When she was eleven an at-
tempt was made in the direction of
Philip, of Spain, who was then seven-
teen.
When she became Queen, some
thought the Earl of Arundel would be
the happy man, while others believed
that the Earl of Westmoreland would
be successful. “Every day there was a.
new cry raised about a. husband.” The
candidates were almost as numerous as
the candidates for the Presidency of the
United States in 1896.
Elizabeth delighted to say that she
had no purpose to marry, but at the
same time she encouraged every eligi-
ble person to offer himself, and seemed
to find a good deal of enjoyment in the
game. .
THE LUCKY RABBIT’S FOOT.
A Jeweler Sets the Darkey’s Luck Bringer.
Gold for the Whites.
A Broadway jeweler recently dis.
played in his window a. number of rab
bits’ feet. His patrons did not know
what they were for, so he wrote on a
card, “Wear one for luck.”
It is a custom which originated with
the Southern negro. There are rabbits’
feet and rabbits’ feet. To have any
value it must be the left hind foot of a
rabbit caught in a. graveyard—if beside
a. new grave it is invincible—at the full
of the moon.
The negroes do not bother about
mounting their treasures, but carry
them, plain in their pockets; the old
mammies often tie theirs up in their
turbans.
One rabbit’s foot was mounted very
handsomely in gold, twined with a
gold serpent, which is the emblem of
wisdom and craft, and. according to
the Egyptian custom, should be worn
over the left breast.
A much smaller one had a tiny silver
tip and was used as a stick pin. An-
ather was a watch charm.
’Of course, if you or I wore a rabbit’s
foot, it is not because we are supersti-
tious; it is just a fad. When we pick
up a pin that is pointing toward us, it
is not that we believe any nonsense
about its bringing us luck but we fancy
we might need that pin before night.—
Evening Telegram.
An Apology,
A man who has a reputation for be-
ing very careless as to his toilet was
elected Town Clerk in one of the small
towns in this State some time ago, and
the local paper thought it would be a
good joke to announce that—
“Mr. Makeup, will wash himself be-
fore he assumes the ofiice of Town
Clerk.”
On reading the notice Mr. Makeup
was furious and demanded a retraction,
which the paper accordingly made the
following day, in this fashion:
“Mr. Makeup requests us to deny that
he will wash himself before he assumes
the office of Town Clerk.”
And still Mr. Makeup was , not
pleased. How hard it is to satisfy
some peoplel—Our Girls and Boys.
What She Might Do.
Haughtily the New Woman arose.
She trembled.
She gasped.
Her breath came in short pants.
So 'did she. ,
“Sir-r—r I” she said, “you have afront-
ed me? You have abused me and 1—1
feel it.”
She swept disdainfully from the
room.
The Old Man had offered to pay for
her dish of oysters.
So she felt insulted.
This is a wholly imaginative story.
In reality ~the New Woman does not
act thus about that bill for oysters.
But why doesn’t Shel—Fresno Repub-
Iican.
Bleacher Boardman—Kelly ought to
have been out on that slide-in from
third base.
Oscar Rider—Why?
Bleacher Boardman—His captain had
paved the way with banana skins.—
Puck.
“That Miss Dawson is a stupid look
ing girl.” '
“Yes,isn’t-she?” '
“Somebody, ought to per-:ua-l a- n to
wear eye shame—Chicago chJJl'd.
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eooo' 51'on OF SHERIDAN-
A Proposal. 3 Burglar Alarm, and an
~ Armed Papa.
The subject under discussion among
a Lenten group was on “How Men
Propose,” and the following was told
of the brave and daring “Phil” Sheri-
. dan of the time when he asked the all-
important question. Sheridan was led
to telling the tale by reading a news-
paper eulogium which said of a famous
general, “He never knew fear.” “Lit-
tle Phil,” the hero of the famous ride
from Winchester, laughed and Said:
“Then he never snuffed a candle with
his fingers.”
He was asked to give some experi-
ence to confirm his theory, and he told
the following story:
He had been enjoying many an even-
ing with the lady of his choice, but one
particular evening he made up his mind
he must and would know his fate be
tore his call drew to a close.
It was a warm summer evening, and
they sat and talked long of moonlight,
music, love, and all the subjects that
lovers talk about. It grew late. Pater-
familias came in, thought all the fam-
Ily had retired, so he looked the door
and carefully put on the burglar alarm.
At length the young man found he must
go, but, alas! he hadn’t found the ne-
cessary courage to propose. ‘
The young lady accompanied him to
the hall. Standing with his back to the
outer door, he put the question, and, to
his unutterable joy, she whispered a
consent. Stretching out his arms to
clasp her to his heart, he accidentally
struck the burglar alarm, and it went
off seemingly with hammer and tongs.
[mmediately the father appeared at the
tread of the stairs, a candle in one hand
and a revolver in the other, which he
pointed directly at the young man’s
need.
The little general said, in telling the
story:
“I thought, had I come through the
Civil War alive to be shot in a hallway
at midnight as a burglar? My knees
smote together, but I recovered myseli
enoughuto say, ‘Don't shoot, it is I.”’
His father-to-be recognized his voice
and lowered the revolver. Years after
:hey had many a hearty laugh over the
midnight tableau.
RIDES A WHEEL OF GOLD.
Lillian Russell Has a Gorgeous Bicycle to
Match Her Hair.
An enterprising firm of Western bis
:ycle manufacturers have presented
Miss Lillian Russell, the prima donna,
with a golden wheel. This is the sec-
)nd presentation of the kind to the
singer. About a year ago one of the
Dig Eastern concerns made her a pres-
ent of a machine which had the solid
carts plated with gold. But the latter
present is by far the most valuable.
The manufacturers themselves are
:he authority for the statement that
chis bike cost complete $1,400. Every
part of the wheel which could be plated
aas three layers of gold, and the value
)1" the bullion used in the plating pro-
gress was $800. During the recent bi~
3ycle show at Madison Square Garden
:he wheel was exhibited by the firm,
out the fact that it was to be presented
:0 Miss Russell was not generally
Known.
Every part of the wheel has Miss Rus-
sell’s name engraved on it. This even
extends to the delicate spokes, each of
which is emblazoned with the owner’s
name on the triple plating of gold. The
gold is not of a brilliant color, but of a
iullish tinge. This, however, is not in
:licative of its fineness. The makers are
willing to swear that the metal is the
genuine stuff, and that it will last for-
ever, or at least as long as Miss Russell
:ares to ride a wheel.
Miss Russell wishes it positively un.
ierstood {that she does not wear red
bloomers, as some one has maliciously
said. She says she does not intend to
wear bloomers at all, though she has .
no personal objection to their use as a
bicycle costume. For herself she prev
fers a divided skirt, which falls to about
six inches below the knees, where it is
met by boots laced up the front to. the
knee. A derby hat, and her costume is
complete.
A FEW PERSONALS-
Senator Quay preserves every letter
that he receives, as well as cOpies of all
those that he writes. His large collec-
tion of papers is kept in careful order,
under a system of classification of his
own invention.
Here is a specimen of Speaker Reed’s
philosophy: “The uncertainties of life
give the greatest zest to our experience.
It would be a very stupid world if every-
thing turned out as expected.”
Mrs. Mary E. Lease, speaking of John
J .1 Ingalls, of Kansas, says: "I don’t
reallybelieve there is any danger of his
being elected United States Senator. ]
will say, however, that the Republicans
might do worse.
prevent his election.
Conan Doyle, who goes to the Soudan
as a war correspondent, says that the
delights of newspaper work are equal
to anything that successful novel-writ-
ing begets.
DEER FAR AT SEA.
A Buck Found Swimming Ofl‘ Shore by
Rhode Island Fishermen.
According to a Forest and Stream
correspondent Ben Lewis and Joe Side.
linker, codfishers of Tiverton, R. I.,
found avlarge buck a mile and a half
from Sachuset Point, R. I., bound for
Navesink Highlands, and going at least
five miles an hour. They stunned him
with a paddle after a hard chase, and
then took him to Providence, where
they sold him.
A number of like instances have been
reported in the past fifteen years—six
or eight, perhaps—where deer, like this
one, were voyaging apparently from
one pasturage to another.
Bears, also, have been found swim-
ming \miles from land, in both fresh
.mu saltwater. It was the traveler’s
{IISTlnCEthal} was working in them. .
I will not attempt to .
WAS A REVEIJATION '
To Her And. Many Others In Nor.‘ DOBLON
walk. I .
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It 18 always a revelation to every
sufferer from kidney complaints. Sur-
prise and gratitude are the'impressions
it leaves behind. Medicines have come
and gone, some with merit, others with
none. - Curessprmg npinthe papers like
mushrooms but are soon declared toad
stools from lack of profit. The people
lived too far away. Facts are wanted.
_Whom have you cured ? That is what
is wanted. "Tell me of neighbors that
haveufoundrefref and I will believe
you. Thatis plain English. The dis-
ease may have a Latin name, but any-
one understands pain. Anyone would
rather have relief from backache than
toknow the Latin name for it. - And
still it is well to know the cause. Nine
times out of ten it comes from the kid-
neys. That’s why Doan’s Kidney Pills
are so successful with all kinds of bad
backs. What proof have we of this
success? The only satisfactory proof
fpégpnd—Eorwalla testimony. A Nor-
a y as goo reason
of Dean’s Kidney Pills. to speak well
. We‘refer to Mrs. Alex. C. McLean
who livesat No. 18 Maple street. Mrs.
McLean rs well known to Norwalk peo-
ple being the wife at the popular man-
ager of a big New York jobber’s Drug
House. She has been a sufferer for
two years and a half, was under treat-
ment With a Brooklyn specialist who
claimed she had chronic Bright’s Dis-
ease, She got Dean’s Kidney Pills at
Hale a drug store and began taking
them. Mrs. McLean says: “I do not
care to go into the details of my case.
Doan s Kldney Pills are helping me
andIfeel very much better. I have
great confidence in their merit.”
Doan s Kidney Pills are for sale by
all dealers. Price 50 cents per box, six
boxes for $2.50. B y mail on receipt of
price by Foster—Milburn Co., Buflalo,
N. Y., sole agents for the U. S.
Why continue to pass your nights in
scratching and your days in misery?
Doan’s Ointment brings instant relief,
and permanently cures even the worst
cases of Itching Piles. It never fails.
Chilton Paint,
Every gallon of paint made by the
Chilton Mfg. Company is mixed and
ground in pure Linseed Oil. 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.
H. H. WILLIAMS
17 Main St.
SPECIAL SALE '
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Sailor Hats
NOW READY.
Unlrimmed, We and Upwards, A
Trimmed, 50c and Upwards,
‘ FAWIIETTS.
3 Water Street, NorwaIk
P. W. BATES’
42 WATER STREET,
you can find as fine an assortment of
llouoololllloooloyWork
As can be found in any Yard in the
State. Look it over and get prices
before going elsewhere.
LIGHT PARCEL and
LUUKWUUD'S PACKAGE DELIVERY
Cheap rates, Will also take orders for mes
souger service In New York. Goods called
0; and deliyernd to all parts of the town.
Orders received at E. P. ,Weed’s Drug Store.
Wall Street. wrth telephone connection un-
.0. o E LOCKWOOD.
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HOUSE '
GREGORY’S POINT.
row OPEN FOR THE susoo or 1896. _
Shore Dinners, -«
Bhode Iéland clam Bake. ,
Bathing. Boating. Fishing.
Electric cars to Hotel, every twenty
minutes. .
JOHN E. O’SULLIVAN,
Ma nager,
MEEKER COAL CO.
GOAL, TODD, BRICK,
LIME, CEMENT, TILE PIPE.
OFFICE WITH c. WARD SELLECK
WALL STREET. NOBWI LK.
BI 31‘, "2 o n
Soap Powder,
For Kitchen Use
Excells allothers. -
Ask Your Grocer For It.
The followrng Grocers have it on sale: E. J.
Frnnegan. Mam Street; P. J. O‘Brien. Chapel
stret; III. Abraham. Plattsville avenue; Mrs.
Harriet A. Northrop. Dnionville: A. Stull.
Last Norwalk; .D. Rosen, South Norwalk; J.
‘. June._W1nnrpauk: N. Driscoll. Westport.
Fred Scribner. A. A. Avrson. Hu h Donnelly.
George Pomeroy, Chapel street. ‘. H. More-
house. Wesn avenue, D. Gormley. Spring Hill,
E. Schachat, Harbor avenue. D. Schachat.
Franklin avenue. F. Bailwitz & Brns.,30 Main
street; Buttery Bros. Belden Avenue; Anna
Lubrous. 20 Ward street; Anna R Qurke, East
gggfiaigi; William Flynn, 25 Day street; 0. K.
170 Main street.
DRINK
HATHIIRN
SPRING
WATER
FOR THE
Stomach,
Bo wels,
Liver and
Kidneys.
FOR SALE BY
Tho Holmes, Koolor 8.8311301: Co
Piano Lessons,
8. GEORGE W. BRADLEY daughter
MBof the lateWm. R. Nash.) gités eflicent
and satisfactory instructions on the Piano at
her home No. 193 Main street.
PLYMOUTH ROCK ICE.
Stores and Families Supplied.
Lowest Rates.
J. D. Jennings.
UN D ERTAPI. l? R
' 1 Knight street-opposite
Street Railway Depot
NIGHT BELL A1 OFFICE.
Factory: ‘
4m ., innloos, avenue, V
' snooxm.
Towle Vault Light Company,
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MANUFACTURERS.
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INDPATENT LIGHT DESIGNS.
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