m, AN osrpld'cws eras-mos. ., Autopsy on a Dead Ostrich Discovers Junk Shop. . . The post-mortem examination of on of the flock of ostriches dwned by Bur num & Bailey, which was, on exhibition at the Central Park menagerie, revealed a surprising Condition of its interior. The small boy is supposed to carry around 'in his pockets. a wonderful col lection of articles, but the stomach of the huge bird contained an even more varied assortment. The digestive capa- bilities of an ostrich are even greater thanthose of a" Harlem goat, and it is ,less particular as to what it swallows. The-ostrich, 'which was dissected by a taxidermist, G. Rowley, a few’days ago, had in its stomach the following articles: One wooden Clothespin; two pieces of glass, the bottoms of beer bot tles; a mouth harmonica, five inches- long and .two inches wide; a metal skate key; the ferrule of an umbrella, with a piece of the stick in it about four inches long; an ordinary brass door key, five inches long; a woman’s black horn comb; a woman’s silk handker- chief; two pieces of coal, about an inch thick, and three stones about an in'ch thick. with. some cabbage, grass, lettuce,- celery,“ccinmon dirt and a- few minor pieces of vegetables. , The ostrich did not die from the ef- fects of the junk shop in its stomach, but from tuberculosis. The bird will be mounted in the museum, and per- ' haps the collection may be framed near by, not to point out the evil effects of indiscriminate eating, but to show the use to which an ostrich’s stomach may be put. ‘ The Downward Rub Makes Wrinkles. “Never ‘rub your face downward,” said the physical culture teacher. “It drags the muscles down in a way that nothing else can do, and hints at old age and the attraction of gravitation, and all sorts of other unwelcome things. That drooping effect. too, makes you look sad and sorrwful, and no matter how you feel, you know, you ought to, as the photographer says, ‘assume a pleasant expressionh Always pat the face after washing it anyway, instead .. of rubbing it, using a soft towel and with upward pressure.” Accomodating a Lafidlord. , “I like the house,” he said, “but it" is too large for. my family, and I would want to rent it in conjunction with an- other party.” i “I don’t know about that,” replied thelandlord dubiously. “I would much pre er that the house be let alone.” “Very well, then, I will let it a] he,” and a little later he was looking a an- other house.-—Harlem Life. r-e—A- .—. - W" ' EMA‘ m...‘«--r::r;s If not,‘ you have missed half the fun of bein thirsty. 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"A DANGEROUS BIRD. of Blue Herons. “Some of these days, ” said the ’long- shore hunter, “I "expect to open my daily paper and see a headline some- thing like this, ‘Killed by a blue heron,’ and I’ll tell you why. The blue heron is a big, powerful bird which has al— ready badly disfigured the faces of sev- ' eral men. .The men have wounded a bird, and then. thinking to capture it alive,- they went up to it. Why, I would'as soon try to kiss a wounded grimly. , - “The birds grow as tall as six feet and have necks like a fish rod and. just- the kind of muscles to move it the quickest with the moststrength. “They- could drive their bill points through, a quarter inch panel. “The hunter goes up to the bird and sees it lying there leoking as innocent» as a robin, with only- a. wing broken.' ‘What a fine-pet it would make,’ the fool hunter thinks. Then hepi‘cks the bird .up and. starts for home in a wagon » or a boat, with the bird between his knees. ” ' , - ' " “The bird’s letter"‘S."’ All-of a sudden the bill shoots up and gives the man a gash alongside the eye three inches long... That is, what has always happened so far;..:The wounded bird has.missed its aim, but sometimes, and you. want. to remember it, this feathered 'spearmani will drive its bill fair into its enemy’s. eye, and like a steel umbrella stickthe' point of the bill will penetrate the _ man’s brain. , ' ’ “‘I guess the bird’s aim has always been spoiled by the pain of its ,wounds, and so manya human life has been saved. I donit monkey with wounded bitterns or cranes—well, scarcely.”— New York Sun. No Rip Van Winkles Wanted. This story is told of Mr. Joseph Jef- ferson; ' A number of years 'ago he played a onenight' engagement in' a small In- diana town, appearing in. his favorite part. The ‘hotel at which he stayed was infested by an Irishman “recently landed,” who acted as porter and gen- eral assistant. Judged by the deep and serious interest which he took in the house, he might have been clerk, lessee and proprietor rolled into one. ‘At about six o’clock in the morning, Mr. Jefferson was startled by a violent thumping on\his door. .When he strug- gled into consciousness, and realized that he had left no call at the office, he was naturally indignant. But his sleep was spoiled for that morning, so he arose, and soon after appeared be fore the clerk. , “See here,” he demapded of this indi- vidual, “why was I called at this un- earthly hour?” “I don’t know, sir,” answered the “I’ll" ask Mike.” The Irishman was accordingly sum moned. Said the‘clerk: call for Mr. Jefferson. disturb him?” Taking the clerk by the lapel of the coat, the Hibernian led him to one side, and said, in a mysterious manner: “He were shnoring like 'a horse, sir, and Oi’d heard the b’ys saying some thing about how he were once after shleepin’ for twinty years, so I says to meself, ‘Moike, it’s a-comin’ onto him ag’in, and it’s yer duty to get the creat are out 0’ the house instantly.’ ”—Har- per’s Magazine. His Fish Story was True. “The afternoon, when we were in the Indian Ocean,” said the Captain, "I no- ticed a shark swimmin‘g round. the ship, and I didn’t like it a bit. Yea know the superstitition to the effect that a following shark presages the death of one of the ship’s company. He sailed around us all the next day, and the next after that, and I deter- “‘Mike, there was no Why did you minedto catch him and quell my un . easiness. , “We baited a hook, and after a short time captured and killed him. Then we cut him up. Do you know what we found in that shark’s inside? Noi Well, a newspaper, unopened, and it will surprise you, as it did me, when I tell you that it was addressed to my- self.” . A shout of great laughter went up from the Captain’s audience, who winked at each other unblushingly. He, however, took all the bantering in good part, and when the jeers were ended he said: “Now, gentlemen, I’ll tell you ‘how it happened. I found that my children had been Skylarking the day before in the cabin. They found among the mass of reading that had been brought on board some unopened newspapers ad- dressed to me. They had been throw- ing these nev'vspapers at each other, and one of them went out of the perthole. The shark saw it, of course, and .gob— bled it down, and that was how it hap- pened. yourselves the/truth .of my story.”— London Answers... L . ' ' . Drives Instead» of Champagne. It is customary among moSt civilized nations, when launching or christening a vessel, to break a bottle of cham- pagne ,or other wine over her bows. The Japanese, with their' usual thrifty notions, do not believe in this unneces sary Waste], When thg'y christen a ves- .~el, instead of breaking a bottle, they izberate a number of pigeons. At the christening of the Yashinia, the largest and most powerful battleship . ever con- szructed for the Japanese navy. which took place a short time ago at the E13» wick shipyard, on the Tyne, this un- csual sight was seen. Madame Kate,I the wife of a member of the Japanese imbassy, christened the vessel- and let .oose the pigeons- at 12113333195 time; th-i, .-.-ou_ld be interesting to'kn‘ow what, the ,' cousin .Irzgin’, meaning .- and intention of the, .V ' « Suszom was. , The Hostess—71 suppose there is no 21- e o. asking you to stay for‘din'ner? «v _____ :‘l"—.\TOB in that way—Cleveland” flan; nailer.‘ _ A . l . i What will Happen Some'Dayto a Huntel I ‘l i l' I neck is drawn back like 3. Now, gentlemen, judge, for RIVAstF ‘LfoNo-‘Aeo. _ An English Romance Culminates in a Chi- cago Street Car. They sat at the forward end‘of the car. I oscillatted about at the end of feet a greater number of times than on those of the lady who sat opposite them. . ' _ ' ‘ Both were quite elderly. One of them was well known in Lake View politics, led the little aspiring municipalty under its protecting wing. My attention was ~ first attracted to what they said when theLake View man asked the other if he had ever been in Sporham, Kent. “Just once, was the reply. “I was born and raised in London, and well do I remember the only time that I was in Shorham. That was, let me see, some- thing over 58 years ago. I am now 76. unimportant events of our younger days are remembered throughout our: entire lives, isn’t it?” , The other assented, and he continued: "‘I was then serving an apprenticeship with the firm of which my father was a ,member. We were just clearing up the odds and ends of a large contract down .in Shorham, making alterations in the residence of a Mr. Ratclifi‘e. That is where I first fell in love, and it was love at first sight. My enslaver was a lady’s maid, and seemed to be a privilege char- acter about the house. ever seen; I was simply enchanted. When she was out of my, sight I was disconsolate, and when she came near where I was at work I was in such a flutterthat I nearly collapsed and Went all to pieces. . I did nothing all day but wander about the house in the hope of seeing her. Once or twice I got my courage up sufficiently to speak to her, but was Wholly incapable of an extend- ed conversation. Occasionally I thought that she looked at me with considerable favor, which made me supremely. hap- py for the moment. ‘ “This state of affairs had lasted three days when, as I stood at an open win- dow in the upper part of the building waiting for an opportunity to catch a glimpse of my enchantress. she sudden- ly came into view in the garden below, closely followed by a rascally young gardener, a rather handsome sort of a chap. “Catching her about the waist, he and then turned and fled, and she after him, both laughing as if it were quite pleasant. Do you know, sir. I don’t be- lieve that I ever had anything so upset me in my whole life. ,To think of that blessed rascal of a gardener boy actual- ly kissing the lips of that picture of lov- liness seemed too much for me. Really, don’t you know, I would have been put i o a seventh heaven by a touch of her i. ' I “he thought of that chap’s presump- tion was maddening; I could have kill- ,ed 11.11 on the spot. Yes, sir, I had a momentary pleasure in the thought that service. intention, my uncle, one of the firm, walked in, having come from London to see what progress I had made with the work. I was then in for it, and no mistake, “as I had really done no work at all. I was sent home that afternoon and have not seen Shorham from that day to this.” ‘ “Well, I’ll be blowed,” said the Lake View man, “if that doesn’t beat the re— cord. In your place I believe I would have made a special trip to Shorham for head, just for consolation. You must have been awfully cut up about it. But I say, you know, if it is not too late, we might get off the car and have a go at one another now. “I am the gardener boy you refer to, and, now since you speak of it, Iremem- her a young fellow whom I thought to be foreman on the job at the time the alterations in Ratclife’s house was being made. I never saw him work and I used to envy his good clothes. I sup- pose that was you. Well, well, if this isn’t a surprise. I must take you home with 'me to- night and introduce you to my wife, your fair enchantress of 58 years ago. Mind, though,” laughed he, “I will have no love making.” “Well, bless my soul, if this is not re- markable,” exclaimed the other. and they shook hands two or three times over. ‘ , Truth is stranger than fiction, mused L as these two whom fate had so wide- ly separated for 58 years, and then so strangely brought together in a Chicago street car, got 03 at Diversey street and went out into the night, arm in arm.— Chicago Inter- ocean. ‘ ‘ . Defense of the word Lady. There’s A a great deal of jabber in ‘Woman,’ ” and in disparagement of the word “lady.” But “lady” is' also a good old Saxon word, dignified in its origin and in all the meanings which attach to it legitimately. It is descend- ed from the Anglo Saxon “hlaefdie.” “Hlaf” meant loaf. It is similar in sound to the old English word of Sean- dinavian ' origin, “daie,” meaning a maid, from which we get our modern English word "dairy.” , The first in the list of meanings attached to the word “lady” in Webster’s dictionary is: “A woman who looks after the domestic affairs of 'a family; a mistress; the fe- male head of a household.” The fifth is: “A woman of refined or gentle man- ners; a well-bred woman—the feminine correlative of ‘gentlem‘au.’ " ineers and fleers and jeers. The preju- dice against “lady” has arisen from its unauthorizedmisuse—Wilwaukee'W'is “Mr. Insite, give. the class your ideao! optimist and pessimist.” ., y , “Yes, sir; anoptimistis a, man who pessimist is a man; who is miserable .' when he’s happy.”—Chicago Record. c the strap, trying not to step on their. before Chicago reached out and gather. It is surprising how some of the little-- _ Surely: there is'nothing in this word to warrant “I.thought her the prettiest ‘girl I had ' gave her a resounding smack on the lips I would be hanged for doing her that .. Before I had the opportunity,, however, to carry out' my sanguinary * the purpose of punching that gardener’s praise of “that good old Saxon word ' i is happy when he is miserable, and}: = Globe, Mention, Mich. l _‘rfliriimfi¢sfisirrciBazaarsniiaiz*ap I. , QM. lisoflev , , .. Old, people: who require . medicine to ., regulate the bowels and kidneys will find the true remedy in Electric Bitters. This medicine does not stimulate and contains no whiskey nor other intoxi- cant, but acts 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 Bitters‘is an excellent a petizer and aids digestion. Old People nd it just exact- ly what they need. Price fifty cents "and $1.00 per bottle at, E. P. Weed’s Drug Store Norwalk and Monroe’s New ,Ca- naan. The Driscoll building on Harbor avenue has been connected with the sewer system. . . - Two Lives Saved. ' Mrs. Phoebe Thomas, of Junction City, Ill. was told by her doctors she had Con- sum ,tion, andthat there was no hope for er, but two bottles offiDr. King’s New Discovery cbmpletelycur'é'd her and she says it saved her life. Mr. Thomas Eggers, 139 Florida St., San Francisco, suffered from a dreadful cold, approach- ing Consumption; tried without result everything else, thenbought one bottle of Dr. King’s New Discovery and in two weeks was cured. He is naturally thank-' in]. It is such results, of which these are samples, tn'at prove the wonderful efficacy of this medicine izl coughs and colds. Free trial bottles at E. P. Weed’s Drug Store, Norwalk and Monroe’s New (‘a- naan. Regular size 50c. and $1.00. Tl e Sunday evening services at St. Pam‘s church, hereafter will commence at 7:50 o’clock. Relief in Sins Hours. : Distréssing Kidney and Bladder dis- eases relieved in siz hours by the “New GREAT 5061‘}: AMERICAN KIDNEY CURE.” This new remedy is a great sur- prise on account of its exceeding prompt, ness in relieving pain in the bladder,r . 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 immediately. If you want quick relief and cure this is your remedy. hold by E. P. Weed, Druggist. Norwalk, Conn. George Sturges of Weston drove his fast black, "William G.”. at Seaside Park, Saturday, in 2:29.11. Mother’s Delight With Hand’s Colic Cure HAVERHILL, Massi, 11-30-’95.—Hand Medicine Co.——“I Wish to say that I pro- cured a sample bottle of Dr. Hand’sColic Cure and am delighted with it. My baby is new four months old. and has suffered every day of her short life with c013 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. ' ' EdwardPartrid‘ge’,‘a'graduate oi the Harstrom military school, enters the freshman class, atCornell,‘ the present week. ‘ ' ‘ Try Allen’s Foot-Ease. _ A powder to be shaken into the shoes. At this season of the year your feet feel swollen and hot, and get tlfed easily. If you have aching feet, new shoes or tight, sh‘oes, try Allen’s" Foot-Ease. t cools the feet and-makes walking easy. Cures. and prevents swollen and sweating feet, blisters and callous spots, Relieves corns and bunions’bf all pain and gives rest and comfort. Try it to-day. Sold by all druggists and shoe stores ,for 25c. Sent by mail for 25C in stamps. ' Address, Allen S. Olmstead, Le Roy, N. Y., Ward Gregory goes to New Haven . this week for examination for admis- sion to the Yale Sheffield Scientific school. __ ' I Shake .lnto 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 come and bunions. It’s the greatest comfort discovery of the age. Allen’s Foot-Ease makes tight-fitting or new shees feel easy, It IS a certain cure for sweating, callous and hot, tired, aching feet. Try it to-day. Sold by all drnggists and shoe stores,“ 25c.‘ Trial package free. Ad- ress, Allen S. Olmstead Le Roy, N. Y. Miss John. B. Lockwood who has been visitingher sisler Mrs, Frank Hubbard, at Bad Ax, Michigan, is expected home ' on Wednesday. - . ‘ Mother’sFi’Id Nothing to Equal .093 Hand 3 Colic Cure. ' WATERBURY Conn., 4-2-’96—Hand Medicine Coz—Dear Sirsz—“I am using Dr. Hand’s Cough and Group Medicine and Colic Cure for my children and find nothing to equal them. They work like magic. I would not be without them ‘in my house. The little ones love Dr. Hand’s Colic Cure and cry for it ;.it relieves them almost instantly. Mrs. Frank Smith, 22 Wood St. At all drug- gists, 25. __ ' The exterior of the Norwalk Hotel is to be repainted for-the first time in thirteen years. Work will commence some timethis week. 1 ‘ » BueKl-In’s Arhlca Salve. The Best Sercin the world for Outs Bruises, Sores, Ulcers. Salt ,Rheum Fever Sores 1 Tetter,‘ 'Chapped Hands Ohilbleins, ours and. all»; Skin Erup tions, and positivelycures Price. or no Payrcquired. . It isgnaranteed to give. perfectsatisfautionmr money refunded Price25 cents per. box. For Sale by E.P.*Weed, Norwalk and Monroe, New Canaan. - ' - The Republicans of the Second Con- gressional District willnominate their candidate for congress in a convention ' at Middletown, 30th l‘inst. No opposi- tion to the renOminatiou of Mr. Sperry has developed. ‘ ' The Best , Remedy for Bowel .Comu It gives me pleasure to most' heartily recommend Chamberlain’s Medicines. advertised them for a long time before I had occasion to use them in my own family. 'At ’the time referred to, the patient was: sufi‘er-_ , ing rterribl from cramps, vomiting and. ‘ ' was delightedwith theprom t , f . fgdgfhssé'rded by Chamberlain’s Colic, Cho .. era angiarrhogaPRemedy.—%til. grim]? LAND "toran ro ne‘oro e ee y , 1 ' ' p For sale by'E. P. WeedDmggist. .- ' .. , I, : or hum. » / 7‘ IS THE RIGHT MEDIUM TIIIIIIIIEIi i‘iIiIIlII. - T0 IIEdIiII 'I'IIE BEADIIIIi PIIBLIG. . 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