’3
T HE *E VENI No (A 243 TI E
fflow Many w"
Stay?
Of the’many brands of soap“ .
placed upOn the market dur-
j ing the past fifteen years,
hOW many are now in exist-
ence?
I
has stood the test of time.
It fulfils the exacting re-
quirements of the New Eng-
1 land housekeepers. __.
TIME-
FOR CRABS.
We have some nets for them .
Price 25 cents.
Something new in COVERED BASK-
ETS. Good for picnics, fishing, etc.
OAR LOGKS, I5 and 25¢
a Pair.
II. H. WILLIAMS
17 Main St.
SPECIAL SALE
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Sailor Hats
NOW READY
Unirimmed, “It and Upwards.
Trimmed, 50c and Upwards,
‘ FAWGETTS.
3 Water Street, Norwaik
MEEKER COAL CO,
GOAL, WOOD, BRICK,
LIME, BEMENT, TILE PIPE.
OFFICE \VITH G. WARD SELLECK
I
WALL STREET. NOBWA LR.
Horace E. Dann,
EXOELSIOB
leerv and Sales Stable.
WVWWV“W‘\
“Opposite Danbury and
Norwalk Railroad depot‘
' Norwalk, Conn. Stylish
Single or Double Team
with ,or without drivers
Safe horses for women
sndchildren. .
SADDLE HORSES A SPECIALTY
HERE’S YOUR iiilliltli.
A fine building lot on Wilton ave-
nue. If you intend to build, look at
this before purchasing.
Water, gas and sewer on the ave11uc.’
Will be sold at a Bargain.
W. H. BYINGTON, -
Real Estate and Insurance
Room I. Gazette B’l’d.
couc, . ,
A. cusps, .
DIARRHIEA,
And all Bowel Troubles
Promptly relieved with
HALE’S
SAFE coInIAL
Large Bottle 251eeuts.
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At all Druggistyij ' '
, the total of 278.
POLITICAL FORECASTS
The Predictions 01‘ Johnson and Gros-
venor Differ Widely.
NEITHER CAN SEE DEFEAT.
The Figures Upon Which They Rely to
Support Their Claims—An Effort to
Be Made Shortly to Straighten
Hatters Out In Idaho.
at.
CHICAGO, Sept. 22. —Speaking of the
Democratic- Populist fusion in the- west
and south and the present outlook for
Bryan getting enough votes to win, J. G.
Johnson of Kansas, a member of the na-
tional campaign committee at Western
Democratic headquarters, said today:
“When Senator Jones and his associates
began the headquarters work of this cam-
paign, a line was drawn around a number
of states which could be depended on to
cast their electoral votes for Mr. Bryan.
Then a few more states, which we could
not be sure of, were added, making the
total vote more than enough to elect our
man. In this latter class of states the sil-
ver sentiment has been hardening steadily,
and the results of' our organization werk to
date give no indication that McKinley can
carry any of these states that we are con-
centrating our work upon. I would not
like to name these states, because it would
leave the impression in some minds that
we had cast oflz‘ certain states not included
and which are not lost to Mr. Bryan by
any means. '
“It is only necessary for us to carry two
big western states, such as Minnesota, In-
diana, Iowa or Illinois, to turn the elect-
oral vote over to Mr. Bryan. For my
state, old and experienced politicians in
touch with the work and sentiment in ev-
ery township say if Bryan carries Kansas
it will not be by less than 20, 000 majority.
I see Missouri is claimed by the Republic-
ans. We learn that the gold Democrats
are going to vote for Palmer, and the Pop- -
ulists are united in support of our ticket
Then Mr. Kerens comes to the Republican
headquarters and tells Mr. Hanna the state
is gone. That is a fair illustration of how
things have been going with us since We
came here. Notwithstanding what Gen-
eral Grosvenor says, we stand as good a
chance of carrying Ohio as Illinois. Cap-
tain McConville of 'our speakers" depart-
ment tells me that by Oct. 15 we will have
the enemy in as close a corner as they ever
Were in their lives, and he knows some-
thing about his state.
“The Republicans have to win nearly
every trick that is in the game, and we
don’t. It is not extravagant to say that
Mr. Bryan will carry every state south of
the Ohio and Potomac and west of the
Mississippi. That being true, any two
states out of the states north of the Ohio
river and east of the Mississippi will elect
him. Only in two states—South Dakota
and Oregon—are there Bryan and Watson
electoral tickets, and they were given un-
der an agreement with the Democrats.
_ There is no more danger of Bryan losing
Texas than there is of his losing Arkansas.
Any man who talks to the contrary must
be afiiioted with McKinley insanity. The
southern men I have talked with simply
laugh at the idea of McKinley carrying
Louisiana.’ ’
General Grosvenor's Estimate.
ATHENS, 0., Sept. 22.—-The following
is the estimate of the electoral vote given
out by General Gresvenor:
The six New England states, with 39
electoral votes, will go to McKinley, so I
make my table as follows:
New England.. ..... 39 Wisconsin........... 12
New York.......... 36 Iowa ................ 13
New Jersey......... 10 Minnesota ...... 9
Maryland ....... 8 South Dakota ..... . 4
Delaware ............ 3 Kentucky........... 13
Pennsylvania ....... 32 Oregon ............. 4
West Virginia....... 6 Washington ......... 4
Ohio ................. 23 California ...... 9
Indiana.. . 15, -—
Illinois ..... .24’ Total ..... ..... 278
Michigan ............ 14 '
He e is a total of 278 votes, 'or 54 more
than sufiicient to elect, all of which are
practically sure for McKinley.
I now come to some states which are
still in doubt, but which, under the high
tide of Republican success now sweeping
over the country, will be almost sure to
vote for McKinley; if not all of them, at
leasta very large proportion of them:
Kansas ............... 10 Wyoming ..... 3
Nebraska ............ 8 —
North Carolina. . . . . .11 Total .......... . . .. . . .35
North Dakota... . . .. 3
Here are 35 electoral votes, from which
McKinley will surely receive enough to
make good any accident that may befall
There is a reasonable
probability that McKinley will carry one
or more of these states:
Louisiana ............ 8 Virginia... . . . . . . . . 12
Tennessee. . 12 —
Missouri... . . .17 Total ................. 64
Texas ................. 15 ‘
I concede to Bryan and Watson or Bryan
and Sewall or whoever it may be at the
right time:
Alabama.. . . . . . . .s ..... 11 Montana... . . . ........ 3
Arkansas ............. 8 .Nevada .............. 3
Colorado ............. 4 South Carelina ...... 9
Florida ............... 4 Utah ................. 3
Georgia .............. 13 . -—
Idaho ........ . ........ 3 Total ...... ..... ...... 70
Missisippi ............ 9
These are practically sure for the oppo-
sition, although there may be a possible
dispute even along that line.
I put my estimate upon the facts within
my own personal knowledge of the rapid
and mighty change in public sentiment
that has been going on ever since the ac-
tual campaign of 1896 began. I believe
that the vote of Arkansas, to which our
opponents are pointing with pride, is more
significant of coming results in the middle-
and western states than is even the mag-
nificent victory in Maine. . '
The fact that a state like Arkansas, with
the character of whose elections we have
become so familiar, exhibited such a splen-
did increase of Republican votes and such
a significant decreaseof Democratic votes
is in the highest degree important, and a
relative increase of Republican votes in
the other states of the middle and west
would give us practically a solid vote.
N o‘ sensible man can shut his eyes to the
fact that the McKinley tide has been rising
since about Aug. 1, and that the ratio of
its increasing power grows greater every
day.
The entire campaign is suggestive of'
1872, when in July and August there was
grave apprehension that Greeley might be
elected. Yet in Novemter he was over-
whelmingly and disastrously defeated.
' The Situation In Iowa.
BOISE, Ida., Sept. 22. —A call has been
issued by the silver Republican state com-
mittee reconvenlng the delegates to the re-
cent silver Republican state convention in.
this city next Saturday, Sept 26. The call
recites the fact that conditions have
changed since the convention adjourned,
"5
making it imperative that the Convention '
reassemble.
This was the convention that indorsed
the principal nominees of the Democrat-
P'op'ulist fusion convention after the sil-
ver Republicans had been refused recogni-
tiOn on the latter.’ 5 state ticket.
This action was originally taken with
the belief that the national Democratic-
rnd Populist committees could secure rec-
)gnition by the Bryan Republicans here.
Two attempts have been made by the na-
iional committee to adjust these matters,
but these efiorts have entirely failed.
Secretary Walsh of the Democratic na-
tional committee spent four days here the
last week trying to combine the silver
forces. His efforts failed. on account of the
‘ uncompromising attitude of the Populist
committee. He will return soon, when be
Is hopeful of accomplishing his object.
' In case a union is not arranged on an
equal basis the ,silver Republican conven-
tion will undoubtedly withdraw the Pop-
ulists from the state ticket. This action
ls rendered necessary because the Populist
party is bitterly fighting the Bryan Re-
publicans throughout the state, refusing
to recognize them upon any basis in the
county convention.
By dropping the PopulistsIfrom the
state ticket the silver Republicans will be
able to poll the full silver Republican vote
for Bryan and a large proportion of the
Democratic vote for the silver Republican
combination on the state ticket.
Titles {of Parties.
BOSTON, Sept.,,22Z—-Coionel William M.
Olin, secretary of state of Massachusetts,
has just rendered a decision to the effect
that in this state the names of electors of
the Palmer and Buckner ticket cannot go
on the ballot under the title of “National
Democratic. ” The law says in effect that
In the case of “nomination paper” candi-
dates the name oi the party of which the
dominating faction is a wing must pre-
cede and describe the other word used in
the name.
The Exact Vote In Maine.
AUGUSTA, Ma, Sept. 22. —Complete offi-
cial figures show the Republican plurality
for governor to be 48,377 in atotal of 123,-
768, Powers’ (Republican) vote being 82, -
764 and Frank’ s (Democratic) 34, 387.
The total of the four Republican congress-
men’s plurality is 49,538.
AN AMERICANS FLIGHT.
Arrest In Switzerland ofan Assistant Li-
brarian of Congress. .
LONDON, Sept. 22. —A dispatch from
Bern, Switzerland, says that George F.
Curtis of Washington, one of the assistant
librarians of congress, was arrested by
mistake at Grindelwald, about 35 miles
from Bern. He was believed to be a crim-
inal who was wanted by the Swiss police
and was arrested by detectives stationed
at the hotel. He was put in jail at Inter-
laken, was searched, all his money and pe-
pers were seized, his baggage was ransack-
ed and he was kept in prison until a di-
rector of police arrived at Interlaken from
Bern and Mr. Curtis was released. In
addition to his passport he carried a circu-
lar letter of introduction from Secretary of
State Oiney. He has lodged a complaint
against his treatment with the consul of
the United States, who is now making a
thorough investigation of the matter.
Opera Singers Injured.
ST. PAUL, Sept. 22.—Severa1 members
of the Gran Opera company engaged a
tallyho to ride to Minnehaha falls. The
vehicle was overturned and all the occu-
pants were badly shaken up. Four were
seriously hurt. Miss Blanche Vanolan
sustained a had cut over her eye and her
nose was disfigured. Miss Verona Miller
suffered a contusion of the hip. Miss Cora
Chapman’ s ankle was badly sprained
hank Pruette was caught under the tally-
ho and seriously injured.
The P. and B. Decision.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 22. -—In the United
States circuit court today Judge Acheson
rendered an opinion refusing to grant the
motion asked “for by W. W. Kurtz and oth-
er bondholders of the Philadelphia and
Reading Railroad company to enjoin the
managers of the company from executing
the decree of the foreclosure sale of the
Philadelphia and Reading railroad prop-
erty. The complainant is the holder of ten
first mortgage bonds.
Town Swamped by a Cioudburst.
ROCK SPRINGS, Wy. ., Sept. 22. —A
cloudburst flooded the town and swamped
the floors in the First National bank and
seven or eight of the leading business
houses, fllling all cellars and completely
covering the Union Pacific tracks. The
sh of water down through the'town was
so sudden that no time was left for getting
merchandise out of the cellars. The dam-
age, it is thought, will be $50,000.
Wouldn't Register the Bermuda.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 22.-—Information
has reached this city from the president of
Liberia stating that he had refused, under
any circumstances, a Liberian register to
the alleged fliibustering steamship Ber-
muda. The Liberian consul general in
New York has held the matter under ad-
visement since the Bermuda’s arrival
there.
The Vacheron Case Postponed.
ALBANY, Sept. 22.——When the county
court convened today, the case of former
Assemblyman E. F. Vacheron, indicted
for accepting a bribe of $2, 000, was
called, and ex- Judge Reilly, one of Vac-h-
eron’ s counsel, asked for a postponement.
An adjournment was agreed to until the
November term of the court.
A Candidate In Trouble.
ATLANTA, Sept. 22.—A special from
Tailapoosa to The Constitution says: W. .
A. Golden, Populist candidate for sheriff
of Haralson county, was arrested, charged
with attempted assault on the wife of J.
J. Pope, Populist nominee for the legis-
lature. Golden says that he is an innocent
victim of a plot to defeat him.
Seven Hundred Happy Toilets.
YONKERS, N. Y., Sept. 22.—About 700
employees of the carpet mills of Smith &
lions in this city went to work- today.
They had been out of employment during
the past three weeks. The members of the
.firm stated that, the market was over-
stocked, and this was why the mills were
closed.
Seaboard Restores Rates.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 22.—-The Seaboard
' Air line today filed a notice of the restora-
tion of 'all passenger rates on its lines to
take effect Oct. 1. The competing lines
did not meet their reductions in passenger .
rates. All rates are now restored except
'on the Chesapeake bay.
An American Honored.
BRUSSELS, Sept. 22. ——The first commis-- '
_sion, just appointed by King Leopold, for
the protection of the natives of the Kongo
State includes Dr. Sims of the American
Baptist mission. .
OLD ZIMMERHAOKCE’S PHILOSOPHY.
My son, there is just one-thing you
can do that nobody else can, and that
is to make a man of yourself. No one
can do it for you.
It Would surprise some of these peo-
ple ‘who only/talk to hear themselves,
if they would attach a. cyclometer to
their jaw for half a day.
If some people knew, ’what others
said about them they would never
sleep a wink, some from pride, and
others from rage and chagrin.
Where is the man who wouldn’t give
half he is worth to be able to get away
with peanuts and green apples with as
little discomfort as he did when a'
growing boy? .
There goes a busy fellow. He is a.
ball player and a tenor singer, so it is
base ball six days and a tenor haw!
the seventh. .
This is the season when the average
editor lays his shears and glue-pot on
the copy pad, and bids them edit his
paper until he returns, whichthey do
without giving the proper credit to the
paper from which they clipped. ' ‘
A Lima man dlsiocated his shoulder
by turning over, in Ibed. Served him
right. Let him lie still. Why not do
his turning overibeforc he gets into
bed. A man should go to bed to sleep,
not to practice acrObatic feats, and
perfect himself for the Circus ring. It
is all right for a man to “turn in”. to
bed, but “turn- overlie" and “flip-flaps"
after he is in bed are entirely out of
place, and before-his shoulder gets well
this Lima man will probably coincide
with our view 'of the case.
The green apple crop and the small
buy are now trying to settle their old
scores. The boy gets in his work day~
times, and the apple does nights. The
apple always gets knocked out, and
sometimes the boy does. ”The battle
has raged at intervals since the dawn
of history, and there is no prospect of
a cessation. The boy has some power-
ful allies now in the shape of colic
cure, ginger tonic, etc., but still the lit-
tle apple manages to hold the fort in
good shape. It will have to be a mat-
11:1 of ..- 'lbillalion if the war is ever
bought to a close, for the apple will
In v c1 give up and we all know by ex-
pericuce that the boy won’t.—Dans~
ville, N. Y., Breeze.
.._._ _—_
THE OLD MAID’S BONNET.
Remarkable Decorations as a Result of a
Trip to the Sea Shore.
Biooklyn has rightly been called the
home of families. Nearly every ma1
ried man has a big family in the City
of Churches, and he has usually a
healthy, wholesome, jolly sort of a
wife who has become the Brooklyn
type. °
Ten married women with twenty ha
b'ies went for their annual dip at Go-
ncy Island. They started early in
the morning, with luncheons, and had
a splendid time all day long.
They started for home about '5 in
the evening, and all took a comforta-
ble leW-going car, which lazily rolls
through Bensonhurst, Bath Beach
and other quiet suburban districts.
There were on board two impert-
ant characters, one an old maid with
a new bonnet, and the other a child
with a new crab.
Every woman in the car and nearly
every child promptly went to sleep.
Even the conductor, when the motor-
man’s back was turned, took a: snooze.
The little child with the crab let loose
its gI‘ip upon the old tin can where
its pet lazily wa‘s taking in the sun,
and the can rolled over in the car.
The old maid who sat next to the
child took her bonnet off and rested
it' upon. the floor of the car on a clean
white newspaper. Everybody slept.
Just how long, nobody knows.
At the upper end of Fulton street
the old maid suddenly awoke and put
on her bonnet and left the car. As
she walked quickly down the street,
it was noticed that she had a new
decoration upon her bonnet, and the
baby cried all the way home.
Ever Obliglng.
, Young NWife—“John, mother says
she wants to be cremated,”
Young Husband—“Tell her if she’ll
put on her things I’ll take her down
this morning.”——Texas Siftings.
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' —s'
,eeroaa PAPER WAS‘INV'ENTED.
TSorne Interesting, Facts Regarding Early
. Manuscripts.
The invention ‘of paper was, per:
haps, more useful to the world than
that of printing. It vastly increased
thespread of knowledge, making pone
sible the possession, upon the pay-
ment of a few, cents, of knowledge,
which in the fourteenth century, the
day of rare and costly manuscripts,
could only be» procured upon the: pay-
ment of a large sum-of money.
In the ’most ancient times Writing
was used for rare occam'ons only,
and a rock, a tablet or stone, or a
plajte cf metal was the receptacle.
Mm wrote. upon stone tables. The
works of Homer and Hesiod were
said to have been first written on
plates of lead. And ancient docu-
merits on copper are still within India.
Some persons are of the opinion
that the first writing was upon thin
pieces of wood. From their conven-
ience this seems probable. Such
boards were used at an early period
by the Greeks and Romans and Were
frequently covered with wax, lwhich’
was, of course, more easily written
upon than the bare wood. Where
wax was used errors were readily
erased by rubbing with the blunted
end of the piece of metal which
served for a pen. To make the writing
more visible it appears that some black
substance was smeared over the sur-
face of the white wax and remained
in «the scratched marks.
Leaves of trees were used very early
by the Egyptians, and probably by
the Greeks. The Hindoos continued
the use of this material until within
a few centuries. Even at the present
time books of leaves are not uncommon
in the south of India. and the Island
of Ceylon. The leaves of,some Asiatic
trees, from their size and smoothness,
are admirably adapted for books. If
we may judge from the name “leaf”
being still applied ate; the paper of
books, we should imagine these leaves
to [have been formerly the principal
material in use.
Theatrical Managers To-Dny.
A vast and disproportionate army of
theatrical managers—men whose 'dar-
ing desire is to see their names in two
by four letters, and their faces in five
colors, on the advertising boards—has
sprung up by the opportunity thus af-
forded for the exercise of the art of
getting something for nothing. By im-
perceptible degrees the position of the
actor has been entirely changed. Once
he was a person who possessed a certain
power, and was entitled to a certain con-
sideration.
He knew how to act, and what was
necessary toward the making of a good
play. His opinion was deferred to his
judgement sought. The commercial
prosperity of‘ the old time agent has,
however; made that member arrogant
in these regards, and he now no longer
defers to the experience of the man who
plays. The latter must conform his
conduct to the direction of the box omce
man, and much and great is the dissat—
isfaction resulting from this reversal of
functions. Not the least important of
the dissatisfied parties is the public. It
seems, without knowing why, that there
is something wrong with both actOr and
play, and it naturally blames the actor.
He is the one responsible to it. No
agent can represent the actor in his
work.
If the actor is blameworthy for help-
ing to break down the rational organi-
zation of the theatre, the manager is
equally so for thrusting himself into the
actor’s place and presuming to dictate
how and what plays shall be performed.
Does it not always happen that the
pleasing power of any given play or set
of plays is referred solely to the actors,
and do they not eventually become the
actual controllers of the theatre, ,no mat-
ter how assiduously the agent of their
work tries to keep his name in print as
the head of “my theatre” or o “my
comp any?”
Fast Enough in All Conscience.
Irate Customeré-“You said this cloth
was a fast color, yet it faded out in
two weeks after it was made up."
Dealer—“Well, I don’t think you
ought to expect it to fade anw faster
than that." '
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v rite for catalogue of choice premiums.
‘has steadily grown in favor With the best families
and most careful housekeepers. ‘ .
The splendid cake of Toilet Soap in every package,
is only one of its many charms.
: The J. B. WILLIAMS 00.. Glastonbury. Conn.
guitars of Williams Famous Shaving Soaps.
RT
, A cOmbination or leavenmg agents that are pure, strong and pre-eminently
' satisfactory in their ac
which is "The [rind Boss makes his biscuits wit
' Over 3,ooo, 000 pounds sold in the past year testify to Jtlzezr pepularity.
MANurAcrunras G. D. BOSS & SON, New LONDON, CONN.
tion, has resulted in
and has for 32 years.
THE REASON WRY.
Every Why Has a Wherefore and '
"“3 Well to Look for it at Times. '
hIn these days peOpie want to. know
Whys and Wherefores.
The 19th century man is a natural , I
skeptic.
The why and wherefore of such is
plain.
facHe reads statements of supposed
ts
He Is told that every ailment of man-
kind can be cured.
He has an ailment and tries some
panacea.
It fails; he tries another with the
same result.
Such experiments make him look asa-
ance at future claims.
Often the fault is his, but he don’t
see why.
He may have a backache or perhaps
a lame or weak back.
He used a plaster or linimente, they
relieved him for a time, but failed to
cure the trouble.
This 13 ms fault; the why is that he
did not know the wherefore of his
aches.
Had he known that the kidneys were
the cause?
That backache generally means kid-
nev ache?
That the kidneys must filter the blood
constantly.
’ihat failure to do so immediately
effects the back.
That backache' 1s only .the first step
toward the many kidney disorders.
Urinary troubles follow.
Retention of urine.
Excessive urine. .
Diabetes—Bright’s disease.
Doan' s Kidney Pills are a positive
specific for all kidney complaints.
Plenty of Norwaik proof of this.
Mr. G. S. Partrick, Notary Public,
No. 127 Main street, save: * “My wife
got a box of Doan’s Kidney Pills at
Hale’sdrug store. for a severe back-
ache she was suffering from. She
found quick relief and she thinks
Doan’ s Kidney Pills are a good thing.”
For sale by all dealers. Price 50
cents per box, or six boxes for $2. 50.
Sent by mail on receipt of price bv"
Foster—Milburn Co. 11 a o, N. Y.
Sole agents for the United States.
Are you a snfi‘erer from that terrible
plague,_Itch_ing Piles? Doan’s Oint-
ment wxlibring you instant relief and
permanent cure. Get it from your
dealer. ,
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SARATDGA
SARATocAI ,
Genuine Saratoga Water in
block-tin lined barrels direct
from the celebrated Spring, is
for sale on draught at Hadr
den’ 8, corner Wall and River
Street. a
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 Genie per Glass.
DRINK-
HATHIIIIN ' ‘ ‘
SPRING
WATER
FOR THE
Stomach, .
Bo weis,
' Liver and
. Kidneys.
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DORLON HOUSE
GREGORY’S. POIN I.
NOW OPEN FOR_ THE SEASON DP 1896.
Shore Dinners,
flIcrle Island Glam Bake.
Bathing, Beeline. fishing. .-
Electric cars to Hotel, every twenty I ‘
minutes. .
JOHN E. O’S‘LIILIVAN,
J hiding“.
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