1 How Many
MStay?
Of the many brands of soap '
placed upon the market dur-
ing the past fifteen years,
how many are now in exist- J
ence?
has 5 stood ' the test of time.
It fulfils the exacting 1e--
1 quirements of the New Eng-
land housekeepers. __._1
NEW CAFE
RESTAURANT
ATTACHE D.
MIKE fiATCHFORD,
44 Wain Street,
The Best Wines, Liquors and Cigars.
11111111 11111111
Round Sirloin and Por-
terhonse Steaks, Sausge,
Pot and Rib Roasts
111111111 21.11 Pound’
All First Quality Meat.
J. W BOGAEDUS,
. 6 WATER ST.. VNORWALK
B la 2 o n
Soap Powder,
For Kitchen Use
'Excells all others.
Ask Your Grocer For It:
The following Grocers have 101; on sale: E.J
Finnegan. Main street; Brien, Cha
stret; M.- Abraham. Plattsville avenue: rs.
Harriet A. Northrop. Unionville: A. St ull
East Nor wa 1k; D. Rosen, South Norwalk; J.
June. Winnipauk: N. Driscoll. Westport
Fi'ed Scribner.A. A. Avison. Hu h Donnelly.
George Pomeroy, Chapel street, H. More-
house West avenue,D .Gormley, Spring H111,
Schachat, Harbor avenue. Schachat,
Franklin avenue. F. Bailwitz Jr. Bros., 30 Main
street; Buttery Bros. ., Belden Avenue; Anna
Lub rous. 20 Ward street; AnnaR Qurke, East
Norwalk: William Flynn, 25 Day street; 0 K.
Scofield, 170 Main street.
"SPECIAL sALE
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"Sailor Hats
NOWVREADY,
. llnlrimmed, lilo and Upwards,
Trimmed, 500 and Upwards,
FAWCETTS.
3 Water Street, Norwalk
.MEEKER 00.11. co.
GOAL, WOOD, BRICK,
LIME, 111111111, 111191111.
OFFICE WITH o. WARD SELLECK
WALL STREET. 1103er1.11.
examines
. Livery 3.1111 Sales Stable
wvuuwvu
Opposite Dsnbury Ind
- Norwaik Railroad depot
'Norvnlk, Conn. Stylish
Sina‘ e or Double Team
« with or without drivers
Sate horses for women
3 Iudchildrep. , . ~ .
, 11 SAUDI-3 HORSES '1A SPECIAL? v
, woman.
LORD RUSSELL C ..J
A7,. OAKEY HALL TELLS OF V10-
TORIA’S LEGAL ADVISER.
11. Ba Been in 'America' Twice. Wu
Counsel for Mn. Maybrick and Con-
ducted an Able Defence Though mm,
Losing the Case.
The arrival at this port of 9. lord
chief Justice of England was an event
beyond the common, notwithstanding
that we welcomed another a decade
" ago'inCOleridge. True, the individual
holding the exalted position was Our
guest in 1883 as Sir Charles Russell,
M. B, when destined to be Premier
Gladstone’s attorney general during
two administrations, but he had not
then gained the eminence he has since
attained.
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LORD CHARLES RUSSELL.
A. Oakcy Hall, in writing of his ac-
quaintance with Sir' Charles Russell
during his seven years’ sojourn in Lon-
don, says with reference to the latter’s
defence of Mrs. Maybrick: It may
seem strange k) the reader that if Sir
Charles Russell was so able and astute
as queen’s counsel, he did not acquit
Mrs. Maybrick. The answer is that the
evidence as to motiVe, possession of.
means, and exclusive presence at the
seat of crime was too overwhelming.
I speak from personal attendance at
her trial, in whiCh', as an old criminal
lawyer, I took intelligent interest. I
was impressed with the ability of Sir
Charles’ defense and the courage with
Which- he fought contentious points.
Really, he had only a chance to merely
erect fences and breakwaters, as well
as to rest on this standpoint, “It is not
for me to show innocence,as in France,
but for you, the prosecutiOn, under
Saxon law, to prove her guilty beyond
a reasonable doubt, and I am- here to
raise that doubt” But he could not.
There was her letter addre'sSed to an
admirer suggesting that her husband
was ill nigh unto death, which estab-
lished a base motive for killing the
latter. "There was the evidence 'ofhcr
feeding'him with her own hands, and
of poison found in the receptacle that
she had used. There was testimony
that she had possession of the cor-
responding poison. There was evidence
of her' callous, conduct while he was
snfiering the horrible pangs of poison,
and of unfeeling inten‘iews with the
medicals. That he died of poison was
not controverted. The only doubt to be
raised was on the question, did Mrs.
Maybrick administer it? The jury
said substantially, “Yes, you did, and
your metive was 'in order to marry
your admirer.” Sir Charles had in his
favor sympathy for her sex and the
doubt whether the dying man had not
poisoned himself. But as a legal spec-
tutor and perhaps a criminal expert, I
could not see any loophole for an ac-
quittal. Tried in any portion of this
country, under like evidence, even it
defended by an Ingersoll, a Howe, a
Choate or a Brooke, she would have
surely been equally convicted. I can
bear witness to the heroic and unsur-
passable methods of defense of Mrs.
Maybrick by Russell. And there never '
came anything to combat the proof of
guilt except sentiment in this country;
, much of which was ignorance founded
on the partial cable reports of the trial
as printed in the American press. True,
3 home secretary commuted from
death to a life imprisonment, but every
Englishman knows that this was be«
cause of the queen’s abhorrence of
capital punishment and of executing 11
Prior to her accession par-
don was a royal prerogative, but to
save her feelings early in her reign
that was changed to a commission
such as New Jersey has. In this May-
brick trial perhaps the most striking
manifestations of counsel ability were
the adroitncss and unflinching, inces.
sant watchfulness—l'ike that in a chess
player—of Sir Charles Russell“
Men Who Are Baked.
The men who work in the famous
porcelain factories of Limoges are
threatening to strike for higher wages.
The furnaces in which the porcelain is
baked are kept up to a terrible tempe-
rature, which, it is said, can not be
gauged by any instrument known to
science.
In this fearful heat the human salav
manders, clad in thick, fiieproof gar-
ments, their hands and ears well pro-
tected, have to work, passing from one
to another,chainwise,the porcelain arti-
cles as they come out of. the furnace.
Every five minutes the first man of
. the chain's-that is to say, the one near-
est the furnaceé-has to get out into the
open. He throws himself down, ut-
terly exhausted on a mattress placed-
for his convenience - near. the door. .
Then a boy gives him iced water to -
drink from a pitcher; and he falls back
on his mattress until his turn comes
round to take his stand again close to
the scorching blaze. The pay amounts
to two shillings a day. : . ,
A needle, be it ever so diminutive in
size, has to pass thrbugh about1 one
hundred and twenty operations before
it is ready for sale- ~‘
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Ff. .1 ‘y'iAL lNTRODUCTIONS
Rules of Etiquette That Prevail in We]!
Regulated: Society.
Regulations which govern the presen-
tatlon of men and women to each other
as members of society are based on'
common sense and necessity, although
every one unites to abuse them.
A hostess “would have time 'for noth-
ing else and Would be constantly absent
from her post to greet newcomers if she
insisted . upon :introducing all of her
guests to each other.
The trouble with people 1n large cities
is that this branch of etiquette 1s founded
.n English manners, and Americans
stop there instead of following up its
real meaning, which 13, that under the
zoof all are friends. If this were ob-‘
served, then‘ guests would talk gener-
ally, and things move more gracefully.
But surely a woman could introduce
her friends at dinner or a ladies’ lunch-
eon and not tax herself.
Nothing is worse form than indis-
criminate introductions. Members of
seciety should not force upon others
the people they themselves do not care,
to know, anda person should always
be asked if an acquaintance is desired.
True, it is not considered necessary to
acknowledge a. casual acquaintance,
‘but a little tact prevents all unpleasant-
ness.
On one’s “at home” day it is not good
form to present the coming to the part-
ing guest, especially if' they are women
who live in the same town. Calls would
have been exchanged or some common
friend have arranged their meeting if
there had been any reas'On or desire for
acquaintance.
Street introductions are also‘ super-
fluous. You maybe with friends and
stop to shake hands with people you
have not seen in some time, but if there
is no special desire ion your pa1t for
these people {to meet, it is much wiser
and politer not to introduce them.
In point‘of precedence in presenting,
them is none; only the younger woman
to the older and a man to a woman.
The woman in her own home should
always shake hands when a guest
' is presented; men should shake each
other’s hands. The Southern fashion
of a woman extending her hand to a
man is charming. It is now carried
out to some extent here.
At a ball the introductions should be
distinctly formal. Hand-shaking is not
correct; and here again common sense
comes in, for it is most awkward for a
woman to place flowers and fan while
shaking hands.
No man, when presented to a woman
at-ad'ance. should fail in asking for her
card. His introduction means a dance.
No form of presenting peeple is so
good as the simplest. “Miss Brown,
may I present my friend, Mr. Jones?”
is all that is most elegant.
. At any function less important than
a large ball, it is always pleasant to add
a- little nete of interest to the presenta-
tion, which breaks the ice and leads
the way for conversation.
These matters may seem a bit trivial
at first, but the omission of them does
not lead to pleasurable results.
THEY USE VENOMED ARROWS.
Warlike Indians on an Island Near Cali-
. fornia. V
An island 1n the Gulf of California is
inhabited by queer human beings. The
Ceris without doubt are one of the most
interesting tribes 'of aborigines to be
found on this hemisphere. They are
said to have fair skins and blue eyes
and bear no resemblance whatever to
the Indian tribes of the mainland or of
the peninsula. In former days they
made incursions upon the mainland,
spreading havoc along the coast, but in
later years they have kept closely to
their island home. They are extremely
fierce and warlike and use venomed ar-
rows infighting. The island is known
to be very mountainous, with innumer-
able rugged canons and gorges, where
the Indians ambush, and which renders
subduing them almost an impossibility.
Beyond the fact of the existence of the
Ceris tribe very little is known. Their‘
habits and language are said to be pe-
culiar to themselves, while their origin .
is a subject of conjecture. The island
shows no sign of vegetation from the
Gulf and their method of gaining asub-
sistence is unknown. Skippers cruising
in those waters carefully avoid th s isl-.
and peopled with blue eyed savages, -
and its ragged outlines which loom up
in the Gulf are shrouded in mystery.—
Oakland Echoes.
Dull Enough for Anybody. -
A correspondent of the Boston Tran
script thus describes Georgeto‘Wn, Brit-
ish Guiana: “In the hotels are managers
and oversee rs drinking ‘swizzles’ and
playing billiards. Thea ciga1 ette 1s uni-
versal. Everything and every one seems
languid and half asleep. No signs of a
struggle for existence. They live on
nothing and for nothing in particular.
Business is good, it is said, but there
are no signs of it. Clothing is expen-
sive, and they wear little. The heat is
terrific, and they drink ‘swizzles’ and
smoke. Backward and forward plies
the ferryboat from the east to the west .
coast of the slimy Dem‘erara. Ships of
every kind sleep beside the docks. In
the distance loom the smoking chim-
neys of" the sugar plantations. ‘Peace
and plenty’ is written on all. The blue
shadows sleep on the streets, and the.
hucksters sleep in them, lulled by the
buzz of the droning beetle in the leaves
above them. It is the hour of the mid-
day siesta... _ Toward evening the sea-
' wall is alive with people—a strong dike,
of massive stoneagainst which the sea
beats in va,in sending up huge bursts of
foam to startle you two levers from
their reverie as hand 1n hand 1n Guian-
ese style. they languidly promenade in
the rays of the setting sun.”
“Stammering is an awful affliction, "
remarked the young woman.
" 'Still it has its advantages, remark-
ed the young societ man. . ' “Fellow
doesn’t need more 13. an two or three
ideas. to keep him talking a whole even-
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‘QV
l MARY ELLEN LEAs: .
Woman Like, She is “’avering
Politics.
Mrs. Lease objects to being called
Mary Elizabeth or anything but plain
Mary Ellen. She is as paiticular about
that as she is on the style of her gowns.
Time was when Mrs. Lease was indif-
ferent to the cut of her clotheI. She
was a Populist then, undxvas regarded
as :1 Joan 'of Arc to that party. The
Bopulists were the plain people of the
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11' /' l/ I A“;
MRS. MARY E. lELlSl-l.
West, and Mrs. Lease accordingly,
dressed herself in a painful' y plain and
unbecoming manner. But because of
her’re’put‘ation acquired upon the po-
litical platform of Kansas, she soon be
came famous, and then . everything
changed. In the matter of fashion and
lack of fashion, Mrs. Lease went'from
one extreme to the other, and after the
Populist convention of 1896 she cut the
' party of her first love, so as to hob-nob
with the wealthy silver mine owners
who were asking that silver be coined
unlimitedly in the ratio with gold of 16-
to 1. Mrs. Lease, who had gained
fame with the Populists which, she
would not have won but for them,
spurned poor Tom Watson, the only
truly Populist nominee, and valiantly
labored under the banner of Demoe
racy. She' became more gay and in-
teresting the instant she divorced one
party and took up another,evcn though
it was a party of politics, and she will
become still more a person of interest
if future years bring correspondingly
great changes in her.
Water-Mpellant Walls.
To be able to make walls that will
entirely resist moisture is of great im.
portance in localities where the earth
is sodden and damp. Experiments
have been made with brick and sand-
stone saturated with oils of various
kinds. It is proven that raw and
boiled linseed 'oils are the best sub-
stances With which to treat such wall
materials. If bricks are as hot as they
can be handled with bare hands, then
dropped into oil and allowed to remain
there until cold, and placed where
they will drain and laid in a wall with
good Portland cement mortar, they are
practically impervious to water. Of
course, a great deal of expense attends
this work, but there are plaées where
nothing else seems to answer as Well.
For'ordinary cellars and walls Where
such extreme nicety of handling is not
required, a thick coating of Portland
cement mortar laid on smoothly and
washed over with several coats of al-
most all Portland, will secure the ut-
most dryness and cleanliness. The
qualities of Portland cement are not
fully appreciated by the average
householder.
Truly a “'ise Elephant.
“Spéakin’ about animals, to my ex~
pericnce the elephant is the smartest
of the whole caboodle,” said the ex-
circusman. “I remember back in ’56,
when I was‘ with Barnum, ole Emp’ror
showed one day he could read.” “Oh,
come off.” “I won’t come ofi, neither.
An’ I’ll prove it to you in about two
minutes. Well, as I was sayin’, the
old fellow got into a scrap with the
royal Bengal tiger, an’ ’fore we could
get ’em separated he got his trunk
purty badly clawed up. After the
scrimmage .rwas over, Emp’ror he
breaks loose and starts down the
street on a dead run. ‘I-Ic’s goin’
wild,’ somebody boilers. ‘Don’t you
believe it,’ says I. Now, where do you
suppose that there elephant went to?” .
“Went straight to the surgeon’s, I sup-
Say, can’t you get up a better
yarn——” “New. He didn’t go to no
surgeon’s, netheh. He went straight.
to a little portmanteau shop which had
the sign out that said, ‘Trunks repaired
while you wait.’ Of course, he had
made a mistake, but what do you ex-
pect of a poor'dumb brute?”.
An Invention'to Save DIanySteps.
If one has ever registered a letter at
the postoflice he can appreciate the in-
vention of an automatic registering-
machinc. The New York postofficc is
just now trying such a device. If
one wants to register a letter, he first
drop a dime in the slot, which instant-
ly raises the two metal flaps, revealing
two apertures. - The left hand hole is
about five inches long and four inches
wide. A piece of paper is pressed
against the hole,_on which the name
and eddiess of the sender of the lette1 .
are to be written.Unde1neath are the
name and address of the receiver. The
sender (hops his letter in a small slot,
presses down the two; flaps, pushes
the lever until a bell rings. After
this a receipt falls into a box on the
left hand side of the machine. The in-
ventor says that a customer can pay
for and receive a registry blank and
deposit his letter within ten seconds.
If a piece of had money is used it can
be traced to the letter deposited With
it. The department, if it accepts this
invention, will put a number 0f the in-
struments in hotels, drug storcs and
other frequented places. -
Exquisite little cups made of glass in
the form of flowers, for "serving Shel“
bet and ices, are: a beautiful addition to
.hc table accessorieI.‘
l
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FASHIONS FOR EHYLDREH.
Inn-clues for Dress and Pia’v “'11; '1 . (5.1,11'
- ' the Styles for A 11.11: a.
(By Special Arrangement with TheI- ..Y S11...1
Frocks for the very little ones 1' re
worn much shorter and fuller than 1:151.
year. .Another old fashion seen again
i'stto have the'shoes of different colors;
tomatch the stockings or dress. For
the older children skirts ofysx:17;c er
covert coatings with pretty," «rainbric
blouses made with large 1' “ 1:5: edged
with lace or gendered fiiils .11 .. just‘as
popular as with their eldeis.C-1cnm'
serge and alpaca are V..lso made cs-'
pecially fer wearing with these blouses. ,'
Fancywash flannels in pompadour pat :
terns are nice for cycling or tennis. .»
Banded waists are very popular for
girls of from 9 to 15, and becoming to
growing girls when the more childish
empire style appears unsuitable. Nuns’
veiling is very popular just now for the
little folks’ garments, and it is shown
in such dainty colorings and is so in—
expensive that it is a charming substi-
tute for the more expensive cashmere.
The exquisite embroidered muslins and
lawns which are used for festive occa-
sions are as elaborately and expensive-
ly made as the evening gowns of
adults.
A pretty flown frock of white wash
silk is cut with a square yoke and trim-
med with double-frilled epaulets of fine
embroidery. There are frills around
the neck'and elbow sleeves, and bows
and long ends of white ribbon on either
side of the chest. The hat is of drawn
white silk muslin, with a full crown
and a wide, fluted brim, edged with em—
broidery. It is trimmed ‘with bows of
white ribbon.
years may wear a frock of pink and
White silk. It has a bell skirt trimmed
above the deep hem, with a band of
grass lawn embroidery and a full bod-
ice, bagging over the
belt. The sleeves have a puff at the
top, partly covered by a fluted collar
of grass lawn, embroidered insertion,
and edging. A white straw hat, elab-
orately trimmed with pink ribbon, or a
, yellow straw trimmed with chine rib-
' V bon may be worn with it. A gown of
embroidered muslin may be made on
apricot glace- silk, or a new tone of
green called poussc dc lias, or white
taffeta, with small pinked flounces
placed one above the other, forming a
full ruche over the embroidered over-
dress.‘ This is fastened about the waist
with a scarf of white silk muslin, With
a narrow plaiting. The scarf must be
four yardsdong and half a yard wide,
with bow at the back and ends falling
to the hem of theskirt. A pretty little
gown of grass lawn, with a yoke of
gnipure over pale pink, has an edge
of guipnre on the hem. ' The short
socks and, slippers are both ,pink to
match .the silk slip.
His Position in Life.
Two friends met recently after many
years’ absence. The one said to the
other—-
“Well, old chaai, and 110W have you
been getting on in the world2" ,.
“wen, ” was the reply, “as a failure
I have been a distinct success. But as
a sncceSs I have, been a complete fail-
ure.” ,
‘ Thedei' Ideas.
“'I'he1e' goes a spank' team,” re—-
marked Willie Brown to
as the two boys’ methers walked dov'vn
the sheet together. —Bo1’falo Express
Q ‘when a boy. striking a deuce.
A‘ little girl ,of nine -
broad draped
mm‘y Jones -
‘ Nt the Provérblaii'éallor'is' Yarn _
An Old Salt Speaks 1n
. A 7‘ Norwalk. 1
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The life of a sailor has many ups andl ‘
downs.
smile the briny deep are not appreciated”
'by the land lubbers who know not- what
The hardships of the man who
it is to struggle with the elements to
keep above water, it takes brawn and
muscle and good conSt1tuiions to stand
it. While men, even the hardiest', when
they return from nautical life find the
exposure has left them with a legacy
as a constant reminder of the past. And
often when a J oily Jack Tar is relating
an experience, the back that has car-
ried him through it all is burdened with
a far heavier burden. Our representa-
two had a pleasant chat the other .day
' with just such a man. A sailor for thirty
years. ‘Ihomas Counev, by name...a
Norwalk citizen, residing .at No.73
Harbor avenue. He has also held the
position of dockmsster or ten year
, and to add to the difiicul ies he has has
to contend with, he tell from a tree
This ac.-
cident leit him with back trouble; and
the life on the water with its hardships
added their share until he found back-
ache was more or less a steady thing,
coming on from time to time. Like
most people. he did not understand that
it came from the kidneys, but reading
that Doan’ s Kidney Pills outed back-
acne: he got a box at Hale’ s drug store
and was surpnsed to find how quickly -
they acted. “Why.” says Mr. Cooney,
‘ they simply cured me, and you mav
he sure I have a good word for. Doan’ s
Kidney Pills, they have done such good
work for me. I shall be glad to tell
anyone about it who wishes to know.”
It’ s like a case of mistaken identity.
Mr. .Cooney did realize that it was
kidney ache and that his kidneys were
in] ured, not his back. That exposure
had simply increased the kiduev com-
plications 11’ s easy for Doan’ s Kidney
Pills to cure such cases.
For sale by all dealers, price 50 cents,
or mailed by Foster-Milburn 00.. Bulf-
glto, N. Y., solo agents for the United
“teas
Itching Piles, night’s horrid plague,
is instantlv relieved and permanently
cured by Doan’ s Ointment. Your deal- '
er ought to keep it.
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SARATUGA ‘
SARATOGA‘
Genuine Saratoga Water in
block-tin lined barrels direct
from the celebrated Spring, is
for sale on draught {at Had-V
den’s, corner W111] 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.
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WATER
FOR THE
Stomach,
Bowels, V
Liver and
Kidneys.
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Electric ears to Hotel, every twenty
minutes. '
JOHN E. O’SULLIVAN,
Disney-3'. ,
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Norwalk Chronicler