or. m-“ I , ‘ ' l T’ ' i, 1 By True I. . .... ‘m Merit. Only can any article attain such a nigh standard of favor among t. e peopleas that enjoyed by “warm . For years no, other soap in New England has ever .' approached it either in sales or quality. It has proved its . value over all substitutes: It is soap, all soap, and nothing . but soap. ' * TIME *- __ FOR anas. We have some nets for them . . Price 25 cents. Something new in COVERED BASK- ETS. Good for picnics, fishing, etc. on LOCKS, I5’aml 25¢ a Pair. H. H. WILLIAMS 17 Main St. IDAIS’ azon Soap Powder. For Kitchen Use lExcel.ls_all others. , Ask Your Grocer For It. The following Grocers have it on sale: E. J. Finnegan, Mam street: 1’. J, O‘Brien, Chape.I stret; M. Abraham. Platts'ville. avenue; Mrs. Harriet A. Northrop. Umonvr e; A. Stull East Norwalk: D. Rosen, ISO-“t Nor-walk; J. . June. Winnipauk: N. Driscoll. Westport Fred Scribner, A. A. Avrson. Hu h Donnelly. George Pomeroy, Chapel street. . II. More- house West avenue. D. Gormley, Spring Hill, E. Schachat, Harbor avenue. Schachat. ‘ Franklin avenue. F. Bailwitz & Bros.. 30 Main street; Butter Bros, Belden Avenue; Anna. Lubrous. 20_ ard street; AnnaR Qurke, hast Norwalk; William Flynn, 25 Day street; 0. K. Scofield, 170 Main street. SPECIAL SALE ——or—— Sailor Hats Now READY, llnlrimmed, Inc and llpwards, Trimmed, 50c and Upwards, ‘ FAWSETTS. 3 Water Street, Norwalk -MEEKER COAL 00. con, (wool), BRICK, ’ LIME, CEMENT, TILE PIPE. OFFICE WITH G. WARD SELLECK WALL STREET. NOBWA LK. Horace E. Dann, EXCELSIOh Livery and‘Sales Stable. "WV" w wuuuw‘. Opposite Danbury and Norwaik Railroad depot Norwalk. Conn. Stylish Single or Double Team with or without drivers Safe horses for women sndchildren. .‘ SADDLE HOR SESIIA SPECIALTY nears reun unmet. A, fine building ,lot on Wilton ave- nue. If you intend to build, look at this before purchasing. ’ Water, gas and sewer on the avenue: Will be sold at a Bargain. w. H. vacrou, lleal Estate and Insurance, " Room i. Cai’zettefi’l’d. e .5 r. BLANDO‘ ' S‘f’tfiiiemsiip. DICTATOR 'or: VENEéUELA. . AnAmusing Story of an Amei‘ican's Di- plomacy. Showing How He Got a Val- uable‘Conces'sion from President Guz- man Blanca. . ‘ A gentleman who went to Venezuela some years ago to secure a contract from the Government tells an interest- ing story of his experience with Guz- man Blanco, who was the autocrat oi that country. For three or four months he was kept dangling around the Ca sc Amarilla (the yellow house), in which the President resides, and finally told Guzman that he wanted a final answer. Guzman turned to him with some im‘ patience and said: , “Come to my country home at Anti- mino at 6 o’clock tomorrow morning and we will then try and close the mat- ter up.” . , ‘ “I’ll be _ on hand, your Excellency,” was the reply. ‘ The next morning he was called at four, galloped out to Antimino, and was atthe Dictator’s residence before the clock in the parish church struck six. To his surprise he found 20 or 30 people waiting to be received, and some of them men of importance, while the President sat upon the porch sipping his coffee and reading his paper. It was considered a dreadful breach of etiquette to interrupt the great man when he was reading, and there was not a person in the. company who dared to do it. They simply stood around or 'sat by where he could see them and awaited his, sum- mons. up to the porch and said: “Good morning, General.” Guzman Blanco looked up in surprise from his paper, but the Yankee, know.- ing his temper and peculiarities, did not wait for him to speak. “In my country. General,” he said, “it is not the custom to get up early, but it is also a point of honor to meet an engagement promptly, and you see I am here on time.” ' “Have you had your coffee?” asked Guzman. , . "Yes, sir; at the hotel a few minutes ago.” . “It must have been miserable stuff. You ought to taste mine. I use none but what I grow on my own plantation, and always carry it with me, no matter gto what part of the world I go,” and ringing the hell he ordered a. .cup of 00399 and a roll for his caller. “I wish my people were as prompt as you. Our great fault as anation is pro- crastiuation. If we were as energetic as your countrymen Venezuela would he said, and with that they went into business" For an hour the details of the conces- sion were discussed, and, being agreed upon, the President dictated to his stenographer the terms of the contract. Then turning to his guest, he said: _ “My secretary will write this out and ‘ tomorrow we will sign it.” “I Would prefer to have the document signed now,” replied the Yankee. “You have just said that the fault of your people was procrastination, and I pro- pose that we avoid it this time.” The secretary looked up in amaze. ment. He had seen men sent to the cal- aboose for less, and evidently expected that the Dictator would call a. police- man to take the Yankee in charge. Guzman was a little angry at first, but seeing that his guest was not abash— ed, smiled and said: “That is a neat way of applying my philosophy to your own interest. We will wait until the document is Efin- ished and sign it here.” . Handing a cigar to the Yankee, he lit one himself and sat down for a chat while the secretary was writing. In a. moment or two the Director General of Police tapped on the door and said that he wanted to see the President concern- ing a matter that required his instant at- tentiou. “You will have to wait until I am through with the Yankee,” was the Dic- tator’s reply; “he is teaching me the way they do business in the United States.”—Chicago Record. MISS MEARS, SCULPTOR. A Girl of Twenty Years Adorns the Wis- consin Capitol. Miss Nellie Mears, of Oshkosh, Wis., is the girl who has ’conceiVed and exe- cuted the heroic statue to be placed on the Capitol Building at Madison, Wis. Miss Moore is only 20‘ years old, and the work is remarkable, in view of her age. She won her fame first at the World’s Fair. She took for the subject of this statue the figure of a woman and an eagle. The eagle is of course “Old Abe” who attained national fame by his service in a Wisconsin regiment. A Cape May Phenomenon. A recent despatch to the Philadelphia Dodger from Cape May had the follow- ing: A remarkable atmospheric phe- nomenon occurred early this morning over the ocean. The frosty air there was filled for some twenty feet deep with ice crystals, thefrozen evaporation of the warmer water of the sea. All the fleecy, flaky characteristics of drift- ing snow were present. On this bank the shipping of the offing seemed to glide in and out of the bay like figures- on the mimic stage. The sun. had as- cended some thirty degrees above the horizon before the novel ‘sight disap- peared by the melting of this attenuated rences in the Gulf Stream, where the warm water of the ocean is evaporated and frozen near its surface, on frosty mornings when the air is still. _ Au Adventurous Spirit. “Hello, Billy, where’s your wife?” “She’s gone On a whaling expedition up in the nurSery.”—ChiCago Record. A Diana, of Maine. _ Mrs. Bowman Amos, of Blanchard, Me., has shot a large deer and. trapped five foxes near her home this winter without aid from anyone. A. YANKEE HUSTLER. SHOCKS THE » But the Yankee marched boldly ’ be a. richer and more productive nation,” . snow bank. Seamen note such occur-. DOLLY . ON WORDS. She cheermny Enlightens McAllister ' " .Mcllhenny. McAllister McIlhenny was plunged in thong t, but he was safe, for it wasn’t over his head. ' - Only over his heart. , . He was revolving in his mind what to say to the beautiful Brooklyn belle he had loved last and was still loving. In other words McIlhenny had wheels -emotional wheels. After a long time he shook himself fiercely and hissed between his firm set teeth: ' v “She shall be mine, I swear it.” Then he set forth on his heart’s jour- ney and ere long.he was seated beside her on an elegantly upholstered fau- teuil. . “Miss Dolly,” he said after the usual meteorological references had been mu- tually cited, as is the custom when two persons meet, “I love you with a love that passes understanding.” She looked down at his feet and realized how great his love for her must be. ' ‘ “Why, Mr. McIlhenny,” she exclaim- ed twitteringly as a bird twitters. “Yes, Miss Dolly—dear Miss Dolly— dear Dolly—darling dolly,” he went on in a succession of emotional explosions, “and you can set my throbbing heart forever at rest if you will.” “How, Mr. McIlhenny?” she murmur- ed. “By fanswering a question with one little word—only one.” “Oh, how funny, Mr. McIlhenny. What is the question?" " “Will you be mine, dearest?” It was , very sudden and Dolly‘ was scarcely expecting it, but she didn’t lose her head. ' . She merely dropped it, as maidens do when they are proposed to.” “And will one little word answer so important a question,” she asked almost tr‘emulously. McIlhenny was a creature of impulse, but he did not intend to let his impetu- osity ruin his cause if he could prevent such a' catastrophe. He might unwit- ' tingly have given an opportunity to her to say “no,” but he was too careful for that. So he hedged. ' . “Only one little word, darling,” he whispered, as he slipped his hand over to take hers,” but there must be three letters in it.” The beautifulbelle hesitated for an in- stant; then there came to hersoft blue eyes a look of se'raphic triumph; a melt- ing as of all the grosser elements into the other; a soul of a saint, the glorified submission of a woman’s heart to the, blissful tyranny of its master. At leasl that was the way it struck McAllister McIlhenny as he held out his eager, pleading hands to her. “Nit,” she said; and McAllister Mc- Ilhenny cursed every three-lettered ‘word in the English language—New York Sun. SHE WOULDN’T ARGUE. And So She Preserved Her Health and Good Looks. She had a merry eye, a lineless forehead and a wicked red mouth, though her hair was touched with sil- ver. ‘ Asked her secret of youth, she thought a minute, then said smiling happily: “If I have one it is I never argue. Never, under any provocation. You see, I don’t hold any belief -myself in any way that needs confirmation, and I found out long ago that in argument yourself was the only person you could ever succeed in convincing of the right- ness of you view. “Then there is the further fact that the points most usually argued are those the. arguers know nothing whatever about. That, you can’t deny, is wear- ing—hearing people dogmatize over things whereof their ignorance could be cut with a knife. ' “Nor do I ever exert myself to set them right; Like Rachel of old. I ‘sit upon the secret’ and say nothing. I have my reward, too, the people whose pet de- lusions I respect, go about telling every- body I am one of the brighest and best informed women they know.” Another of Lincoln’s J okes. This is a brand new Lincoln story and true like all of this series: ' President Lincoln reached Meade Sta~ tion, near Petersburg soon after a seri- ous battle in which about 2,000 Confed- erates were made prisoners. General Meade was on the President’s left and Colonel George D. Buggies on. his right. On their way to headquarters they rode to a point where they could see the large assemblage of prisoners. , With the prisoners were many colored ser vents and laborers. - “Mr. Lincoln,” said General Meade, “I guess Buggies did not overestimate the number of men captured.” Mr. Lincoln checked his horse, delib- erately surveyed the field full of Gor- don’s disarmed men and the contrebands and said: “Yes, General, the number is there in black and white.”—Chicago Times-Her- ald. e ’ Meaning of Precious Gems. Most of the principal stones now worn have their significance. heavenly thoughts; diamonds, as re- pentance, innocence, light, purity, life and joy. Emeralds denote success in love, faith, victory and immortality. There is a great diversity of opinion as to the meaning of the opal. While some consider it portends ‘ good fortune and hope, others still deem it unlucky. The turquoise denotes success and numerous friends; the pearl, purity, innocence, humility and tears, while the amethyst signifies sobriety and temperance.- A Gloomy Prospect. . “You. have an immense amount 0! bay,” observed the visitor at the Clover Meadow Farm. "Ya-as,” said Farmer Redneck, “but. there ain’t a dang thing}! feed it to but bicycles.”—Judge. ’ \ Sapphire, as ' ‘ matter. ' quirer. T N N 1:3 VT: E N1? N ‘ G men E WAS ADAM . 65 FEET TALL? A Chicago Man’s Theory of the First Man , ‘ and His Stature. . ' 'At various’times within the last few years assertions "have been made by many thinkers that Adam and the ante- .diluvian people were of extraordinary height, but many other thinkers (who have never thought . much about the matter) have laughed at the assertions and cried “boshl” I, too; am of the opinion that there was something more about Adam that wasfextraordinary be'~ side the number of his years, says a correspondent of the Chicago Times- Herald. To prove the same by a course of mathematical reasoning, we will take Noah, whose life was twenty years lonv ger than Adam’s, and who is quite as well known for his generosity to the human and animal races. According to Genesis Noah lived ' 950 years and then died. The average life of manta-day is seventy years. - It is a. well defined rule in nature that animals, bipeds and quad- rupeds live about three and one-half times the number, of years required for their individual maturity. Thus man in this century matures in twenty and- dies at the age of seventy years: Dividing the age of Noah by three and one- half, we find that he reached his maturity in about 270 years. The average man of to-day at maturity measures about five feet and weigh» about 125 pounds. Five feet in twenty years is equivalent to three inches in one year. Applying the same, rule tr. N oah’s maturing years, we find: that at his maturity he was sixty-seven feet tall and weighed 1,375 pounds. It stands to reason that if Noah was so great it: body that the originator of the rec. must have been equally as large. Rock oning backward the line of descent is so follows: Noah, Lanlech, Methuselah Enoch, Jared, Malralaleel, Cainan Enos, Seth and Adam, and there wer. giants in those days. HONEY AS A FOOD- It is Easy of Digestion, Beneficial in Some . Cases of Disease. Probably most people considerfioney- as the equal in value for food of on; sweet sauce—no better, no worse. Al should know that it possesses one grea superiority—ease of digestion. Th nectar of flowers is almost wholly can- sugar. The secretions added by th~ bees change this to grape sugar, and so prepare it that it is almost ready for a; simulation without any effort on tlr part of the stomach; in fact, Prof A. J. Cook once styled honey “digested . nectar.” It will be readily seen the honey is a very desirable food for those with weakened digestive powers. I! a person is very tired, “too exhausted to. eat,” it is astonishing how a few tastes of honey will act almost like magic. Almost no effort is required to make 1' ready for a'Ssimulation. Persons suffer ing from some forms of kidney trouble will find that honey is a much more beneficial food for them than is cane sugar. 'In eating comb honey, many strive to eject every particle of wax, fearing that, as wax is- indigestible, nightmsrc' and other troublesome consequence \vill follow an indulgence in, warm Lis- cuit and honey. It is true that bread is more easily digested than warm bis- cuit, as the latter is inclined to “pack" in chewing, but it may surprise some to know that comb honey is really an aid to the digestion of hot bread or his- cuit. The philosophy of the matter is that the flakes of wax prevent the pack- ing, while the honey readily dissolve out, leaving passages for the gastric juices to enter the mass of food. The flakes of wax are indigestible, that is true, but when warmed are perfectly smooth and soft, and will not injure the most deliCate‘ membrane; in fact, they act as a gentle stimulant, and are ben- eficial in some forms of alimentary dif- ficulties. The unpleasant symptoms from which some suffer after eating honey may often be removed by drink ing a little milk. ' Demoralizing Efl‘ect of a Gown. “If I want to make use, of it," c.1- claimed Miss May Robson, “I have ‘A Woman’s Reason’ for going to the bad. In that play, you know, I played the part of a sporting spinster. You saw my clothes, I suppose? They didn’t look to'be very much. Just two plain tailor-made sporting-looking gowns. But perhaps they didn’t cost. .PliewE Well, the play ran three weeks and here I am with those sporty gown: m my hands. If I wore them to the" Twelfth Night Club they would turn me out, on the ground that no men were admitted. If I wore them on Broadway I’d get either $10 or ten days There is no alternative for me in this I’ve never played the races in my life, but I shall have to begin next summer just to see if I can’t get even: for those gowns.”—Evening Sun. Question. “Why is'it,” the Cumminsville sage inquired, 'with the air of one pleased with. the sound of his own voice, “why is it that the man of 40 or thereabouts can realize so_ well how old he is when he is- talking to a youth of 18, but seems to forget all “about it when he meets a girl; of that age?” —— Cincinnati En- For Boston Use. Higbee-What are you doing with that old “First reader?” Poeticus—I’m writing “Woodman, Spare-That Tree” in words. of five sylla- bles for the Boston public schools;- Philadelphia Record. _______....___.__. Letting Elm Dowu Easy. . He—May I call you mine, Agatha? She—This is lea year, Willie, and- you should know .t at in matters of this kind "during ’96 it’s manners for men to wait until they’re . asked. Wiener Caricaturen. . . - _ John Alden o, In John 13. House. John Alden, the ninth of that name. is living in John Alden’s house'at Dux- bury. Mesa, which was built in 1660, and in which the. original John Alden livedduring the latter part of his life. \ HOENTGEE RAYS MAY' BE‘ lFELT. Tesla Says Investigation Has Confirmed His Long-Standing Belief.‘ " The Roentgen rays—the Wonderful X rays, as commonly called—which have astonished the world by bringing light out of dark places, even illuminating the human 'body, are now declared 'to be material particles by no less an au- thority than Nikola Tesla. . . . Mr. Tesla has been led to take this »view for some time from the results 01. experiments which he has been con- ducting in his laboratory. But now he comes forward without hesitation and says that the electri 1a] conditions with- .in the tube from which the rays issue produce absolute particles. They are material as cannon balls; infinitesimal tual material‘which bombard the glass. and any object which may come in line with their motion. And this motion is no insignificant thing, and would make- the mostrapid moving cannon ball ap- pear to stand still, for Mr. Tesla says his experiments show.» them, to move at a velocity of not less than sixty-two miles a Second. In the measurements he uses he Calls it “100 kilometresn second.” \ \“ PROFESSOR ROENTGEN. Mr. Tesla further says he can feel the effects of these particles striking against his eye, and has noted the sensation produced when they come in contact with his brain. Mr. Tesla make! public his conclu~ 'sions in relation 'to the Roentgen rays; 'in a letter'to the Electrical Review in "which—after. referring to Professor Roentgen’s theory that the rays were longitudinal waves of ether—he says: “After along and careful investiga- tion with apparatus excellently suited for the purpose, capable of producing impressions at great distances, and after examining the results pointed out by other experimenters, I have come to the conclusion, which I now find cour- age to pronounCe without hesitation, that. the original hypothesis of Roent- gen will be confirmed in two particu- lars—first, in regard to the longitudinal Character of the disturbances; second, in regard to the medium concerned in their propagation. ' “There is but little doubt at present that a cathodic stream within a. bulb is composed of small particles of mat ter, thrown off with great velocity from the electrode. The velocity probably at- tained is estimable, and fully account- able for the mechanical and heating ef- fects precinced by the impact against the wall or obstacle within the bulb. It is, furthermore, an accepted view that the projected lumps of matter not as inelastic bodies, similarly to ever so many small lead bullets.” THE LADDER OF FAME. The World Demands that if You Can’t Fly You Come as Near it as Possible. The American people are constantly growing more and more independent, and the person who does not learn to depend on his own resources will find himself in a sorry plight. like the Union soldier who came run- ning into camp pursued by the rebels, and when questioned by his command- ing officer as to why he was running he replied, “Running! Golly! I was run- ning because I couldn’t fly.” The per- son who does his best under the cir- cumstances will succeed in the end. The master mechanic was at one time a cobbler, but he learned to cobble well. The general superintendent was the 'boy who came to the house without even the rudiments of a common school education; but with a lofty ambition, and by improving the early and late hours in self study, he arose to the highest place the 'house aiforded. The ladder by which you will ascend to thehigher and more agreeable plains of action is self-constructed. The stand- ards are independence held together by rounds of knowledge gained through. earnest efifort—this is theladder of edu~ cation and the measure of fame which many fail to build staunch enough at the'base. Young friend, you may fold away. your talents in a napkin if you choose; the world will not openly reprove you. She will not urge you to climb for the treasure, but she knows right well if you don’t climb the ladder, and the res. lentless old tyrant will punish you with tireless lash because you did not ascend round by round and contribute to'the storehouse of the common good; be- cause you lived beneath your privi- leges; because, for yourself, you did not covet the best gifts. She will shun you on the public streets when she would have met you with smiles. She will dangle poverty before you when you might have sat do’v’vn to her ban- quet an honored guest. Yes, the world wants you to’climb this ladder; she wants your best, and will show you her lash if you do not construct a lad- der to‘ surmount the difficulties of life. “Be not simply good; be good for something,” said Thoreau. Nothing else will bring fame so quickly. There is no surer bread winner, and climbing half way. and attenuated, it is true, but the no >_ .Norwalk citizen, Birth or be ‘ along this line, famewill meet you." A slates- sum. M: the Proverbial Sailor’s Yarn An Old Salt Speaks In Norwalk. 2 The life. of a sailor has many ups and downs. The hardships of the man who Balls the busy deep are not appreciated by_ the land lubbers who know not what it is to struggle with the elements to keep above water, it takes brawn and muscle‘and‘eood constitutions to stand it. W bile 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 Jolly Jack Tar is relating an eXperience, the back ,that has car- ried him through it all is burdened with afar heavier burden. Our representa- t.ve had a pleasant chat the other day with just such a man. A sailor. for thirty years. Thomas Coonev, by name,- a _ residing at No. '23 Harbor avenue. He has also held the position of dockmaster for ten years, and to add to the difficulties he bashed torcontend with, he fell from a tree when a boy, striking a fence.” This ec- eident left him with back trouble, and ' the life on the water with its hatd'ships 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 til-.t Doen’s”’deuey Pills cured back- acne he got a box at Hale’s drug store and was Surprised to find how quickly they acted. “Why." says Mr. Cooney, “they simply cured me, and you mav be 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 injured, not his back. That exposure had simply increased the kidney com- plications. It’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.. Buff- alo, N. Y., solo agents for the United States. Itching Piles, night’s’horrid plague, is instantly relieved and permanently cured by Dow’s Ointment. Your deal- er ought to keep it. :'gth/ ‘J‘WATERO’? , SARATc on , SARATOC-A! Genuine Saratoga WaterL 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 Sam- toga, and is dispensed in‘pre- cisely the same conditien in which‘it flows from the spring at Saratoga, and is sold at 5~ cents per Glass. DRINK HAlHllllN snmc ' WATER FOR THE Stomach, Bo wels, Liver and Kidneys. FOR SALE BY The Holmes, Keeler talent to Donor HOUSE now OPEN FOR THE SEASON or 1896. Shore Dinners, I lilrode leland Glam Bake. Bathing, Boating. Fishing. Electric cars to Hotel, every twenty minutes. , ' . JOHN .E. O’SULLIVAN, Msnsgeu ‘
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