" NAPOLEON’S SWELL” FRIENDS.
Onhand Way in Which He Spoke .of m.
. Royal Correspondents.
_ The great Napoleon’s character was
a strange mixture'of eager desire to en~
joy the honors and glitter of royalty
and of contempt for those whom he
found upon thrones. It was as. if he
thought a crown the thing most of all
to be desired in the world, but had no
-respect for kings who had not them-
selves won their crowns.
at all attempts to prove that his own
blood was derived from royalty, and
said that his nobility did not go back
any further than his receipt'of his cor-
poral’s commission, says the Philadel-
phia Enquirer.
It is told that Bonaparte presided one
day in the French Senate, and, taking
out his pocket handkerchief. occident-
ally dropped several letters on the
door.
first to pick up the letters, which were
all finally gathered up and returned to
the Emperor in a bunch. ‘
“Oh, never mind,” said he; “they are
of no consequence at all; simply some
letters from Alexander and Frederick,
who tease me almost to death with
their trOublesome correspondence.”
'Alexander was the Emperor of Bus.
sis. and Frederick ' the King of
Prussia. '
“And, by the way,” Napoleon went. .
on, “Alexander—Asce—S-writes a better
hand than‘ Frederick. But (searching
his pock'ets_for another letter) Francis,
here, writes worse than either of
theme,” r ' ‘ ’ ' , -
Francis was the Emperor of Austria,
who. by the way. judging by the sam-
ples of Bonaparte’s handwriting that re-
main, certainly did not write a worse
hand than the great Emperor of the
French. And. at any rate Alexander,
Frederick and Francis, calling totheir
aid one George of England, were event-
ually able to write the doom of this_se-
vere critic of their correspondence.
_ Advertising on Trees.
One of the most disagreeable of spec
tacles along village streets and country
roads is. the sight of noble trees disfig
ured by flaring advertisements and no-
tices of various sorts. A splendid oak,
which commanded the landscapp long
before the Revolution, and arouses the -
sentiment of veneration in the mind of
any one who has a love for the beauti-
ful relics of the past , receives no re-
spect‘ from the village people. To this
tree a local tradesman attaches a hide-
ens advertisement of a clothing store.
Below that the advertisement of some
fertilizer, rudely printed on cotton
clotb,.flaps in the wind, offending the
.eyes of- human beings and frightening
passing horses.
Upon a great elm in a village green
are tacked all manner of announce-
ments—of local, concerts and meetings.
'of lost breastpins and jackknives, and of
auction sales. Its gray and venerable
sides are furrowed and defaced by the
nails driven there by several genera-
tions. Seeing a. tree served in this man-
ner, the correspondent of a contempc'
rary has proposed that a placard to read
as follows be added to the rest:
“Lost! The dignity of this tree,
through the disrespect pf the towns-
people!"
This ill treatment of, old trees- is gen-
erally the resiilt of thoughtlessness, and
not of deliberate intention, and it is
possible that such a placard might lead
people to think. There should certain-
ly be a convenient place in every vii--
lage for such announcements as those
‘ described; but that place is not, the
most graceful and venerable tree in the
town—mg. indeed, any tree at all."
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‘ When you are thirsty’a glass of
Williams’ Root Beer, so sparkling
and full. of life, touches the right
spot. ,You can .drink all you wish
without harm. Being made from
choicest roots and herbs,it aids diges-
tion-and promotes health. Don’tbein-
duecd to accept any other kind called
“ justas good.” Insist on having
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_ Hartford. Conn.
He laughed .
Senators scrambled to be the -
A DOMl'NlE TALKS OF OLDMAIDS.
A Somewhat Unusual Sermon by the Rev.
Mr. Sammls of New Brunswick.
The maiden ladies of New Brunswick,
N. J., are exceedingly pleased. The 0(-
casson is the ' selection of “Miriam"
as a subject, and his remarks‘thereo
to, in a sermon delivered by the Rev.
S. A. Sammis, of the Tabernacle Bap-
tist Church, Mr. Sammis is a bachelor.
His remarks caused the spinsters in
the front pews to beam 'with pleasure.
The preacher said: “I have no sym-
pathy for those wealthy girls who will
"go out into, the woods and pick up an,
isolated prince or a God~forsaken duke
and bestow large sums of money upon
them for their titles. I don’t care for
dukedom, princedom, or any other kind
of ‘dom.’ They find when it is too late
the mistake they have made and then
expect the sympathy which no one has
for them.” , ,
Mr. Sammls told of the part Miriam
played in the‘finding of Moses. He
spoke of the Egyptian princess, who
was, he said, an Old maid, in'taklng
the child. “If she had been one-of our
new women, she would have had a
poodle dog With a finecoat Spangled
with buttons in her arms, and Moses
would have stood no chance at all."
“Next,” said the dominle, “we'find
Miriam with the children of Israel in
the desert. After her triumphant song
‘she‘was'made a prepnetess. “Bad re-
sults came of it. She became ambiti-
ous. Then she became jealous of her
brothers, then slanderous, and was
finally punished by being afflicted with
leprosy. Here is a striking lesson.
Give a woman too much power and
you» will repent it_ Universal suffrage
would be an excellent thing were it
not for this. If the lady of the house
gets full control of domestic affairs,
you will soon see her coming it over
her husband in an alarming manner.
Just limit her power a little and all will,
go on pleasantly; but- give her com-
plete control and that settles it.”
NEW YORK’S FINEST. '
Commissioner Roosevelt Put-s Metal into
the Reformed Service.
The newly appointed police captains
of New York called on Chief Conlin for
instructions, recently, and were told
that Commis'siongr Roosevelt had
something to say to them. They wait-
ed until the Commissioner came on
duty.
“Each of you knows,” he said, “that
there are two things that the board
did not consider in your promotions—
religion or politics. I don’t care what
your re igion or politics are.
“Two kinds of police duty should
receive your careful attention, One is
the unending“ warfare against all
pOints of vice. ;.Th'e other you will have
before you by keeping steadily in mind
that this is a military service.
“Sooner or later we will have in this
city a time of great civil commotion.
riOt and disorder. Then your duty will
be that of a soldier. The least hesita-
tion will be tolerated no more than
cowardice in the field. If a police cap-
tain cannot handle his men so as to
control mobs and squelch disorder, no
other quality of his will count.
“One last word. There are always
stories afloat about bribery in the de-
partment. The honor of the force de- ,
mands that no policeman shall protect
another whom he knows to be guilty
of disgracing the cloth. If suchfthere
be we demand that you hand them over '
to justice_-for the credit ,of you and-
of us.” , . , - ‘
OLD ZIMMERHACKLE’S PHILOSOPHY.
Many a man finds himself “at sea”
who is a thousand miles inland.
You needn’t be afraid of the “big
head” if it’s the kind Daniel'Webster
had, " -
With truth for a guide and duty for a
motive no young man will go very for
wrong. . ~
Isn’t is fun to talk to a man who has
no Story of his own, he is anxious to
spring on you?
Many of us will doubtless continue
to use nickel tea spoons even after
free silver is voted, if it ever is.
Gubbins says he would just as soon
have the scum off the top of a pan of
milk as any other part. ‘
\Vhen you change a $5 bill you get
something smaller. When you change
your mind it should be for something
bigger and better.
The different microbes that prey 'up-
on the human system wouldn’t hurt. so
terribly if they only had more decent
and pronounceable names.
When this world can show half as'
much enterprise in attending to its own
alfairs as it does in poking its nose into
the affairs of othegs there will be mere
fun and less misery- '
The turnip used to be loved and re-
spected by all who knew it, but since
it got to, hobnobbing with that “smart”
set called horseradish, it is looked upon
with suspicion.—Dansville, N. Y.,
Breeze. ‘
- / one onUnéle John.
“Uncle John,” said little Emily, “do
you know that a baby that was fed on
in a week?” “Nonsense!” exclaimed
UnclevJohn; and then asked, “Whose
baby was it '2” = “It was the elephant’s
baby,” replied little Emily.-—The New
Moon. .
' which is
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A combination of leavening agents that-are pure, strong and pre-eminently
satisfactory in their action, has resulted in
“ The kind Boss makes hisbiswits wit ,
Over 3,000,000 pounds sold in the past year testify to t/{et'r popularity.
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and has for '32 fairs.
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’ever made money so fast.
J. D. ROCKEFELLER.
HE WAS A DREAMER AND EXPE-
RIENCED GRINDING POVERTY.
l‘o-day He is the “’ealthlest Man in Amer-
' ica and a Great Philanthropist. II.
Has $200,000,000, and Gives Away
$500,000 Annually. \
Whether John. D. Rockefeller sleeps
or wakes, whether in sickness or
health, whether dreaming away his
time on his yacht or idling, the days
away at one of his, many. country
memes, his income of $20,000 a day will
.pntinue. Shoud he sleep for only a
‘) the knowledge that he $14 richer
mu :1 minute before. Should he
.eep for. an hour, $833 roll into his
tiers in a trickling stream. Every
.orning when: he opens'his eyes he
finds himselfh$10,000 better off than
:i 'the previous evening; and this
cithout an effort other than a few
-'ours’ daily scheming to render his
vealth more secure, and to further
:isten the financial rivets andcleats
hat hedge his- golden granary. Yet
.ie was born poor and penniless, as far
as inheritance is Concerned. More
than that, he was not only poor, but
even his best friends would not ac-
cord him any credit for industry or
sagacity. He was a plain, plodding
bookkeeper; w. ....
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JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER.
John D. Rockefeller is of
parentage. His parents came to this
country shortly before the birth of
the future great magnate. The fam-
ily settled in the western part of New
York, on a small farm near Moravia.
Here the Rockefellers rapidly increas-
ed until the family consisted of fath-
er, mother, two sons and two daugh-
ters.
Among the neighbors young John
Rockefeller had the reputation of be-
ing a rather lazy boy, but even at this
early are he showed signs of the
strong \ ill, calm judgment and per-
severan-W‘ that have since made him
famous. '
It was in 1857 when John D. Rockex
feller, then a youn: man of nineteen,
met M. B, Clark, v be is now a mem-
ber of the elevator firm of Gardner,
Clark & York.
' The two young men rented a store
and went into the commission busi-
' ness on their own account. They suc-
ceeded in a moderate way. Rockefel-
ler continued to save his share of the
profits as he had saved his salary,
and in the eight years during which
aside something like $5,000.
Some time before this Rockefeller
had become acquainted with Samuel
Andrews, :1 porter in a commission
house further down the street. In the
course of a conversation one evening
Andrews expressed his belief that
there was a great future in the pe-
troleum business. Rockefeller had
always thought so, but had never be-
fore expressed an opinion. The con-
versation with Andrews gave the de-
ciding touch to Rockefeller’s ideas.
He also consulted with Clark, and to-
gether with Andrews-they built a lit-
tle petroleum refinery up the river a
short distance from St. Louis.
Thus the Standard Oil Company
came into being as a commercial en-
terprise, one of its originators a book-
keeper hardly more than a boy, the
other a porter in a‘ commission house.
The bookkeeper is now president of
the company, while the porter lives in
, :2 three hundred thousand dollar resb
i deuce. ~ . ~.
When Andrews retired from the
--ompany Rockefeller gave
{zillion dollars. A few days later
:lockefeller sold the Andrews stock to
"V. H. Vanderbilt for $1,250,000, thus
' -learing a moderate fortune on the
transaction. .
It was when the Standard Oil Com-
pany begun to be a concern of nation-
al magnitude that John D. Rockefel-
ler began to give away those magnifi-
cent sums for charity that have made
his name a synonym for benevolence.
fortune until-at present his gifts to
various .charities‘ range from $500,000
_ , to $1,000,000 annually.
elephant’s milk gained twenty pounds "
In all educational. history, however,
,the donations of Mr. Rockefeller to
the University of Chicago are” without
a parallel; Altogether they amount
to the gigantic sum of $7,475,000, and
it is among the probabilities that he
will give additional millions before he
dies. It is a Baptist institution, and,
as the millionaire is an ardent member
of that denomination, it is hisdesire
to see itamong 'the mos-t richly en-
dowed institutions in the World. Al~
ready donations received by the trus-
tees have aggregated $10,000,000.
Mr‘.’ Rockefeller once said before a
investigating committee
that he did not know how rich he was
by several milliOns. No other man
Although
much of his income is derived from
the oil business, his outside interests
bring him several millions a year, and
.s200,000,000 is a modcgt’estimate m
nia- wealth. -~ . ~ . ‘
him one.
They have increased with his growing
minute during an afternoon, he wakes ,
Scotch
the partnership~ continued he had put
. mash.
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- Old People,
Oldpeople who require medicine to
regulate'the bowels. and kidneys will
find the true remedy 1n Electric Bitters.
This medicine does not stimulate and
" contains no whiskey nor other intoxi-
cant, butacts 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
Bittersis-anexcellent a petiger and aids
digestion. Old People nd it just exact-
ly what they néed.‘ Price fifty cents and
$1.00 per bottle at, E-. P. Weed’s Drug
StoreiNorW-‘a‘lk- and Monroe’s New Ca-
naan. .5 1—.—
The‘sele,cfinen this morning appointed
George-W. "Gladstope special constable
at Gregoryls Point for today.-
-..i 3;. Two'MvesSaved.
Mrs. Phoebe Thomas, of junction City,
Ill. Was gtol'dbyuher doctors she had Con-
sumption, .Iandgthnt there was no hope
for her, but two bottles. of Dr. King’s
New. Discovery completelycuredher and
she says it ”saved her life. Mr. Thomas
diggers,- 139‘F1'orida St., San Francisco,
suflered, 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
week‘s‘wa‘s’ cured. ’ .He isuaturallythank-
ful. 'I-t'is such results, of Which theseare
sample's, -‘~tn at prove the wonderful efficacy
of this medicine in coughs and colds,
Free trial bettlesgat E. P. W’eed’s Drug
Store,_Nerwalk and Monroe’s New (‘a—
Regular size 50c. and 251.100.
army “:11 visit the stale camp at Nian-
tie and probably remain two days
Belief 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 i'mmediately.- If you want
quick relief ’and cure this is your remedy.
Sold by E. P. Weed, Druggist. Norwalk,
Conn. .
Constable Hunt placed two delinquent
dog owners under arrest yesterday
afternoon.
charged.
Mother’s Delight With Hand’s Colic Cure
HAVERHILL, Mass., 11-30-‘95.—Hand
cured a sample bottle of Dr. Hand’s Colic
Cure and am delighted with it. My baby
is new 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
Dr. Hand’s Colic Cure. Yours respect-
fully, Mrs. G. G. Miller, 38 Arch St.”
Sold by all druggists, 25c.
Waterbury, like! Norwalk, is much
troubled by the little red ants which
are overrunning the, pastries of the
Brass City.
Try Allen’s Foot-1f use.
A powder to be shaken into the shoes.
At this season of the year your feet feel
swollen and hot, and get’itired easily.
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 bunions of all pain and gives rest and
comfort. Try it to-day. Sold by all
druggists and shoe stores for 25¢. Sent
by mail for 25c in stamps.
Allen S. Olmstead, Le Roy, N. Y.
Dwyer’s City of Norwalk band took
a ride over the Street Railway line last
evening, and gave a delightful concert
on wheels.
snake Into Iour Shoes
Allen‘s Foot-Ease, a powder for the feet.
It 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-fittin g or new shees' feel
easy, ltisa certain cure for sweating,
callous and hot, find, aching feet. Try
it to-day. Sold b} all druggists and shoe
stores, 25c. Trial package free. Ad-
dress, Allen S. Olmstead Le Roy, N. Y.
Engineer Charles N. Wood and E. E.
Howes have returned from a fishing
trip with a catch that warrants them in
telling the truth.
Mother’s Find Nothing to Equal Dr. Hand 8
Colic Cure.
WATERBURE‘ Conn, 4-2-’96—Hand
Medicine Coz-Dear Sixs:—“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.
them in my house. The little ones love
Dr. Hand’s Colic Cure and cry for it ; it
relieves them almost instantly. Mrs.
gists, 25.
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steeds at the suction yesterday, were
Groceryman O’Brien, Mail Carrier
Bennett and Allan Wood.
Bucklln’s Arnie: Salvo.
The Best Salvein .the’world for Cute
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers. Salt" Rheum
Fever Sores Tetter, .- Chapped Hand's
Chilblaius, Corps and-all Skin Erup
tions, and posritivelycures Piles. or no
Payrcquired. It is guaranteed to give
perfectsatisfaution,or money refunded
Prireils cents per box. For Sale by
ER Weed, Norwalk and Monroe, New
Can: an. “d‘ ' .
Several cases of scarlet fever have
b sen reported to the New London
health authorities. j
plaints.
It gives me pleasure to most heartily
recommend Chamberlain’s Medicines.
occasion to use them in my own family. . At
the time referred to, the patient was sufi'er-
ing terribly from ’cramps, yomiting and
purgein . I Was delighted With the prompt
relief aflgorded by Chamberlain’s Colic, Chol-
era and Diarrhoea Remedy—A. M. EVER-
LAND, Editor and Proprietor 'of the Weekly
Globe,
, Weed, Druggist.
It is DNW assured that Major General:
Nilso A Miles leof 'the United States.
Medicine Co.-—“I Wish to say that I, pro- _,
If
Address,
I would not be without ,
Frank Smith, 22 Wood St. At all drug- ,
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Among those who purchased fiery
The Best Remedy for Bowel Com-
advertised them for a; long time before I had .
Mendon, Mich. For" sale by E. P. ,
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