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TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
OFFICE OF
COMPTROLLER or THE CunRENcr.
Wssnrxarox. D. 0.. Aug. 21, 139 i.
WHEREAS, by satisfactory evidence pre-
sented to the undersigned. it has been made
to appear that THE CENTRAL NATIONAL
BANK in the Town of Norwalk, in the County
of Fairfield’ and 'State of Connectiéot. has
complied with all the provisions of the “Act
of Congress to enable National Banking Asso-
ciations to extend their corporate existence
and for other purposes,” approved July 12th.
1882. - ‘ ‘- ' ‘ ‘
NOW.THEREFORE, I, George M. C-orfin.
Deputy and Acting Comptroller of the Our-
rency, do hereby certify that THE CENTRAL
NATIONAL BANK. in the Town of- Norwalk
in the County of Fairfield and State of Cone
necticut._is authorizedto have succession for
the period specified in its amended articles of
association, namely until close of business on
August 21. 1916. '
M. In TESTIMONY Wnannor, wit-
' ness my hand and Seal of oflice
I“ 5‘ this twenty-first day of August
"Y" 1896. ' ,
GEORGE M. corms.
Deputy and Acting Comp.
troller of the Currency.
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I make them up in the
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Piano Lessons. -
as. GEORGE w. BRADLEY. (dau hter
of the late'Wm. R. Nash.) gives e cent
no satisfactory instructions on the. Plane at
her home No. 198 Mam street.
POLLY’S AWAKENING."
’ leading a great crusade against wrong, ,
' other side of the wall that skirted the
friend, one of her teachers in the
tie regretful' sigh. “Their mothers are
"sick, or 'busY, 'or So tired ’that they
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BY .MARY F. BUTTS. .
Polly longed to be helpful. She had
dreamed ever since she" was a little
Lot in pinafores of being a missionary
Harriet Newell; of going to nurse
on the burning plains of India, like‘
wounded soldiers fighting in a grand
cause, like Florence Nightingale; of
seemed little probability that these
like Frances Willard.» But- there
dreams would be realized.
At the age of sixteen she was just
plain Polly Hopkins, with a snub nose
and freckles. Not that she was an
ugly; girl; by no means. She was as
fresh and wholesome as a peach that
ripened in sunny gardens. Her figure
was good, her teeth were white and
even, and her, hair, though it was un-
deniably red, was rich'and abundant.
Bur Polly was dissatisfied with the
likeness reflected by her little look‘
ing. glass. She adored great black
flashing eyes,: and raven locks, and
pa‘llo'r, ”and classical features. No-
body would ever take her for a hero"
ine, she was sure. She was, in her
Own estimation, much better fitted to
be a milkmaid. ‘
But Polly suddenly- began to lock
less in the glass and more at her duty
as daughter and sister. She had been
to the village circulating library one
day, and was returning through the
one. long Street ofBakcrville on~her
way to the little red cottage where
the Hopkinses lived. She had “The
Wide, Wide World” in her hand, and
wasreading its first pages with the
same interest that girls used to feel
forty years. ago in the fascinating
story. Suddenly she heard her patro-
nymic pronounced by an unfamiliar
voice.
“Hopkins?” said another voice.
“Yes,” was the reply, “George Hop-
kins. He’s a limb, and’ no mistake. I
Shouldn’t be at all surprised if he was
concerned in that postoffice business."
There was a chestnut tree on the
street, and somebody was looking for
nuts, unaware that the conversation
was being overheard. _
Polly’s heart seemed to stop heat-
ing for an instant, then to go plung-
ing on as if it would suffocate her.
That postoflice business! Well she
knew to what the gossip referred.
The postofiice had been robbed not
long‘before of an insignificant sum,
five or ten dollars, and it was cur-
rently reported that certain boys were
implicated in the afiair.
Polly had a staunch and wise
High School, " Miss Weymouth. To
her she went with her trouble the'
next day. School was over, and Miss
Weymouth proposed a walk.
“We can talk as we go along,” she
said. “The fresh air will help us to
a wise conclusion. One is always a
little more sane under the open sky,
I think.” .
“I am glad you have waked up,”
said the teacher, Suddenly. »
“Wake up!” echoed Polly.
“Yes, from your dreams of far-away
exploits, of missionaring, and preach
ing, and nursing imaginary heroes."
“Don’t you believe it is a noble thing
to be a missionary?”
“Oh, yes, by all means; but not nec-
essarily a foreign missionary. The
home field has its claims, top; press-
ing claims, in many instances.”
You mean there is work for me to
do at home,” said Polly. Then she
told Miss Weymouth all she had
heard. '
“George needs a sister,” said the
lady, looking intently in Polly’s anx-
ious face. '
“Tell me,
can I do?”
“Fascinate him. Make home bright,
so beautifiil that it will eclipse every
other place. Has he any special
tastes?”
“He likes chess, but it’s the pokiest
game, I think; I never have patience
to play it; and he Used‘to be always
fussing With his flute till I made so
much fun of him he gave it' up. He
likes animals, too; he would bring
home every miserable cur that hap-_
pened to follow him, if I would let
him. He seems to have a taste for
misery in general. You should see
the gamins he used to pick .up and
make friends of! Oh, I fear his tastes
are not very high.” .
“Well, you must try to get hold of
him through his tastes, and then re-
fine them if they need refining. So
far, you have not told me anything
very terrible. I should think him a
kind-hearted boy who is so lonesome
and strange at home that he has gone
outside to seek for companionship.”
“Oh! Miss Weymouth!” exclaimed
the convicted would-be missionary.
“There are many such boys, more’s
the pity,” said the teacher, with a lit-
Miss Weymouth, what
have no strength left for the boys;
and sisters ‘ are - occupied with new
gowns and hats, with their friends,
their studies,’the>last novel, or”—
“Longing to teach Indian children,”
broke. in Polly, her defenses quite an-
nihilate'd. ‘ ' '
When Polly reached home she found
George in possession of the sitting
room, surrounded by a group, of boys
whom she did not altogether approve,
the whole party smoking cigarettes.
She was greatly annoyed, but she
wisely hid her feelings, and began at
once playing the part of the smiling, ’
courteous hostess. Ignoring ' the. un-
combed heads, and unbrushed shoes,
the soiled linen, and not overclean
hands and faces, she got out the pho-
tographs that her Uncle George had
sent her from Germany and Italy,
and before she knew it had entered
upon a very interesting lecture about
cathedrals, bridges, towers, ruins, etc.
parted, book in hand.
. observed.
Then came her album of famous .men ».
and women, and the boys listened and - »
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~ r n E E VENING
looked till dull eyes brightenedI-and.
heavy brows took: on a new look .01
gentleness and intelligence.‘ The' cig-
arettes ‘disappeared one by one, hats
and caps were dotted," and many a.
shame-faced glance was cast on hands
and feet unfit for the surroundings
and for the young lady’s company.
When the entertainment was over
the boys Showed very plainly, though
somewhat .uncouthly, ,their pleasure
and gratitude. Then a.‘ bright idea
flashed through Polly’s brain.
“How would you like to form your-
selves into a club, and meet here once
a week, for the present, at least?”
“That would be jolly l” was the sense
of the meeting.
’ “We ’will have some illustrated pa-
pers, “and gmake scrap books.” said
Polly, “and: if _ you like, I will get
some books” of- travel out of the li-
brary, and we can take turns read-
ing.”
Jim ’Albright remarked, his 'face
getting red as he Spoke, that “it would
be a goOd deal of trouble for Miss
Polly.” . .
“But I wish you to pay me,” she,
replied. ; '
At this Master George, looked rather
indignant, as if there was something
mercenary about the business. Ted
Act n frowned and exchanged glances
wit the others. _ _
Polly ran up to her room and
brought down her little writing desk.
Shelsat down and wrote out rapidly
on anti-cigarette pledge; then she
called the boys around her.
“I wish you to pay me by signing
this pledge,” She said. f “George will
sign first,” and she rose, giving her
seat to her brether.
As George had not formed the snick-
ing habit, and was already ashamed
that his sister had seen him with a
cigarette in his mouth, he readily
wrote his name. His example as
leader was powerful with the others,
and of the four all signed except A]
Carter, who didn’t feel sure that he
wished to be led round by the nose
by a girl.
Polly talked over the matter of the
club with her mother. without detail-
ing her fears for George. She gained
rather a reluctant consent for the
meetings, by promising that they
should be quiet and orderly, and not
exceed two hours in length.
“Two of the boys have no mothers,”
said Polly, _as a final coup; “and if
' George”—
.“Yes, I know,” said Mrs’. Hopkins,
“if George were in the place of those
boys I would wish somebody to do
just what you are doing. We don’t
always put ourselves 'in other people’s
places, more’s the pity.”
Polly dressed herself in her new
blue gown and jacket, put on ‘a
jauniy little hat atop of the bronze
braids, without looking too IOng in
the mirror, and started .out to find
her girl friends. She had not walked
far [store she met them face to face.
“Good!” called out Cla‘ra. “Wewere
just on our Way to your heus‘é.””{We
are going to Johnstown tomorrow on
the 9 o’clock train, and we want you
to go with us. We will have luncheon
together, and no end of fun in the af-
ternoon, and get home by supper
time.”
The blood rushed to Polly’s cheeks.
A week ago she would not have hesi-
tated at the proposal; but her anxiety
for George and her plans for him and
his friends had already worked a
change. She knew instantly that a
higher self had awakened in her, ‘an-
tagonistic to such an outing as that
planned for the morrow; but she‘ut—
tered no criticism; only told the girls,
as they walked along, of the new club
and of her need of their help.
“I think,’ she said, ‘:‘that if you will
come, prettily dressed, and chat with
the boys, and one of you pour choc-
olate, it will be just splendid!” Then
she went on totell about'the books
that she hoped to get, and ended it by
saying:
“How jolly it would be if we could
subscribe for two or three papers and
magazines just for the club!”
“IVhy,” said Maud, “our trip to
mcrrow, if ,we take it, will cost us a
dollar and a half apiece; that Would
make, . including Polly, four dollars
and fifty cents apiece to the literary
fund.” So it was; decided; and all
three went rummaging through the
book collections at Clara’s and Maud’s
for spare volumes that could be de-
voted to the service of the boys.
The first club meeting was an event-
ful Occasion. 'No unblacked shoes nor'
uncombed hair, no soiled hands nor
uncared-for nails appeared. There
were some honest blushes—always a
good sign—when the members were
presented to the iris who had come
to help entertain hem, and more than
one resolution made to work hard and -
save money for new shoes or hats or
coats, or whatever was most needed
to make the young fellows presenta-
ble on terms of self respect.
Miss Weymouth, who had come to
spend the evening with Mrs. Hop-
kins, peeped in when the affair was
in full swing.
“I shall never forget that picture,”
she said, “those bright, winning girls
giving all their attention, exerting all
their charmsto help and strengthen
boys who had already begun to drift
slowly downward.”
“How things growl? said Polly,
rather obscurely, as the last boy de-
4 “-One would
think our club had been organized
- Eminent“:
~12 is like puttifig a seed in the
earth. As soon as it is in we may be
sure that many. an unseen force will
come to its aid,” said Miss, Weymouth,
who had come into the club room'unfl
A hind? of _‘soap bubble {is the 2,500,-
000 of an inch in thickness, and that
is absolutely 'd'ens'e when compared
with the average campaign hand
'Shake _ ~
SOUTHERNERS APPLAUD THE FLAG.
A Suggestive, Incident in 3 Savannah
-« Theatre Ten Years Ago.“ .. ’
-More than ten years ago. a slight but
significant incident occurred in Savan-
nah, .Ga. Between the acts of a the-
otrical: performance there was occasion
to drop a large national flag from the
'fiie's' above the stage. This was done
without ceremony, merely in prepara-
tion for the ensuing act, but as the
heavy folds unrolled and 'gave the Stairs
and-Stripes to the light, such a cheer ‘
went up 'from‘ the audience that the
house was shaken to its foundation.
Savannah is a censervative city, slow
to forget and tenacious of old ideas.
Here, it anywhere in the South, the
war prejudice would be strong, and yet
the mere’presentation of the silent em-
blem of the nation called forth such a .
4 ringing, cheery response of loyalty that
any suspicion of the South’s good faith
must have been shamed into silence. '
Even today men are not lacking who
will-assert that the patriotism of the
South is shallow and grudgingly given
only upon compulsion. Southern or-
atOrs and writers from time to time
protest against this insinuation, -but
without materially changing the opin-
ions of the skeptical, for'it is easy to
say that such. spoken and written utter-
.ances‘ are insincere or inadequate. But
the spontaneous expression of a hetero-
geneous multitude is a bit of testimony
which cannot be gainsaid. And there
has been an overwhelming amount of
such testimony uponthe occasion of the
tear which the old Liberty Bell made
throughout the South. Not alone in
Atlanta, its destination, but all along
the route, every" stop made was the
signal for an outburst not unworthy of
comparison with the scenes of the me
morable day when it proclaimed its
brave tidings—Philadelphia. Citizen.
' . His Versatility: V
‘ T urist (in Oklahoman—:1 should not
think that piano tuning would be a
very lucrative occupation in this region
—pianos are not very plentiful here.
are they? ‘ ' , ’
Piano Tuner—Well no; but I‘make a
pretty fair ' living by tightening up
barb- wire fences on the side—Puck.
'A' Northern Outdage.
“What impressed‘as the most remark-
Sble thing you saw while‘on your trip
:hrough the South? -
"A live chicken running at large in
he streets of Charleston.”— Chicago
Tribune. , ' '
Old People,
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’smNew Ca.-
naan.
' There wasa brilliant display of the
Auroa borealis, or Northern lights, at
an early hour this morning. The police
at first mistook the sudden lighting for
a big fire in the Northeastern part of
the town. »
Two Lives Saved.
Mrs. Phoebe Thomas, of Junction City,
Ill. was told by her doctors she had Con-
sumption, and that there was no hope
for her, but two bottles of Dr. King’s
New Discovery completelycured her and
she says it saved her life. _Mr. Thomas
Eggers, 139 Florida St., San Francisco,
sufl‘ered 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
weeks was cured. He is naturally thank-
ful. It is such results, of which these are
samples, that prove the wonderful efficacy
of this medicine in coughs and colds.
Free trial bottles at E. P. Weed’s Drug
Store, Norwalk and Monroe’s New (‘11-
naan. Regular size 50c. and $1.00.
Capt. “Joe” Hanford accounts for
the way Maine “went,” by saying that
all the Maine democrats voted this year
down in Arkansas.
Belief in Sta: Hours. .
Distressing Kidney and Bladder dis-
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GREAT SOUTH AMERICAN _ KIDNEY
CURE.” ' This new remedy is agreat sur-
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ness in relieving pain in the ladder
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.
gold by E. P. Weed, Druggist. Norwalk,
01m.
The insurance claim of $3,000 on the
loss by fire of the Augustus Whitlock -
place at Wilton, has been paid through
the agency of O. E. Wilson. ‘
Bucklln’e Arnlcn Salve.-
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Bruises, Sores, Ulcers Spelt Rheum
Foyer Sores, 'Ietter, .0 apped Hands
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Payrcquired. It 1s guaranteed to give
,perfectsatrsfaotronmr money refunded
‘Price25 cents per box. Fer..._.Sale by
E P. Weed, Norwalk and Monroe, New
Canaan.
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Rev. S H. Watkins arrived home
yesterday from his brief summer vaca-
(ion, to the joy of his parishioners and
basis of other friends
The Best Remedy for', Bowel Com-
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It gives me pleasure to most heartil
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advertised them for along time before I had
occasion to use them in my own family. At .
the time referred to, the patient was sufi'err . '
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purgein . was delighted with the prompt .
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