+ FREE J BUTTONS! ELEGANT BUTTON FREE WITH EACH PACKAGE Sweet Caporal Cigarettes MAKE A COLLECTION or BUTTONS. 7 Every dealer is supplied with a large variety, from which each pur- chaser of a package of Sweet Caporal Cigarettes is entitled to a choice free. I I LIGHT PARCEL and LUITKWWI] S PACKAGE DELIVER! Cheap rates. Will also take orders ior mes cougar service in New York. Goods called . or an Orders received atE P. Weed’s Drug Store Wall Street. With telephone connection un» '3?“ .o ,E Locnwoon. ATV P. W. BATES" 42 WATER STREET, you can find as fine an assortment Of, O , Mfllflllfllifllitfifliflfllflll Willi As can be found in any Yard in the State. Look it over and get prices before going elsewhere. W. H. HAYWARD 8:, CO. 'Penoton Attorneys and Solicitors, I09 East Capitol Street, WASHINGTON. D. c “ All classes of claims prosecuted before the Interior Department. Rejected ” pension . claims a specialty. Correspondence solicited; «7 unnusonnntnnn ‘ — unnun‘ I warn MALT EXTnAcT. , II SUBSTITUTE FOB soLIn-Toon. Highest percentage Extract. . Lowest percentage Alcohol. An efiectiveTonic. An agreeable Beverage.“ A mild.Stimu- lant. Just .what physicxans w111 pre- scribe for Nursing Mothers. Convales- cents and victims of Insomnia or Nerv- ous Disorders resulting from Impaired Digestion and OverWork.. ~ For Sale and Delivered Anywhere Lone Island Bottling 00., 280-284 Bergen St. Brooklyn. FOR SALE BY EDWARD P. WEED. PRIVATE . ‘ Instructions given In ' some. I at the pupil’s home. CLASS Now fo.ming, and ap- plicants desiring to _ join should apply at once to Prof. Geo. Yoerger, - South Norwalk, oi" at this ofiice. III) "III IIIIIIW. - , ' C ‘ g. p That you can save money by buying your Meats " , and'FIshat v , F. W. SIII‘III’S. . 55 MaInStree everything First Class. .Iosguaevsmucs ddelivercd to all parts of the town,, I /'_.n _,_.__.-___._-._.._ _.____.__..__ Q .THE SENATOR’S BLUNDER. How He Unintentionally Securedn Clerk- _ ship for a Constituent. Back in the 70’s, when Zach Chand- ler was at the head of the Interior De- ’Westem States came to Washington to try clerical life in one of the depart- ments. Hespent' several days taking in the sights of the capital, then went up to the Senate one afternoon and sent in his card'to Senator Blank. The Ben- ator responded promptly. had the vis- itor shown into the marble room, and for some time they sat on asofa together talking of home news and the home crops. Then the young nian broke the ice by informing the Senator just what kind of a place he wanted—didn't care much what department it was in. “Come up to my house about 8 o’clock to—night,” said the Senator, “and we’ll talk the matter over.” Promptly at the appointed time he pulled the door bell and was ushered into the library, where he found the Senator puffing a cigar. “Ah! good evening, Mr.-—; I was just thinking of you,” said Senator Blank. “I have written a strong letter to Secretary Chandler requesting himto give you a position in the Interior De partment”—picking up an unsealed let- ter and handing it to the young ofiice- call at his office and present it about 10 o’clock to-morrow morning. I have also mailed the Secretary at little personal note, letting him know that when I want anything in his ofiice I want it bad.” The young Westerner was bowed out of the room with smiles and a. hearty handshake. At his hotel he sat down to think over his good luck; then he thought of the Senator’s letter, and pulled it’ out of his pocket and read: “Dear Chandler: Some time to-mor- row morning a. young citizen of my great and glorious State will call on you with a strong indorsement from me for a clerkship. I have no earthly in- terest in him, so I turn him over to your tender mercy. Let him down easy. Yours, BLANK.” The young man drOpped the letter, and a‘big sigh struggled up from under his watch pocket. “I wonder what he said in the little note he mailed to the Secretary?” thought the young candi- date. Then he realized that the Senator had given him the wrong letter, and he at once determined to call at the Inte- rior Department the next morning and see what the next chapter would bring forth. .- About’i‘IO o’clock the next forenoon the colored messenger showed a young man into Secretary Chandler’s ofi‘ice. “Senator Blank told me last night he had written you, and. advised me to call on you this morning,” said the young gentleman. "Ah, yes.” smiled the Secretary, good naturedly, picking up from his desk an open letter and glancing over it. “The Senator speaks of you in the highest terms, and is’very urgent in his request for your appointment. Wait a. mo- ment,” and touching a. bell, he sent his messenger for the chief clerk. After a moment’s conversation with the chief clerk the Secretary said: “You are fortunate. There is a. twelve-hundreddollar' clerkship made vacant by resignation this morning, and I have ordered your appointment to the place.” A month later Senator Blank was walking through the Patent Ofiice, and in the corridor met the new clerk in his ofiice coat. The Senator was surprised and a trifle disconcerted, but he shook hands with his young friend and said he was glad to see him there. “Well, I’m glad to be here,” re- sponded the clerk. “And, Senator," putting his hand inside his vest and looking squarely in the other’s eye, “right in my inside pocket I keep that little personal note you thought you mailed to Secretary Chandler tell— ing him when you wanted a thing you wanted it bad.” 1 ' Explanations were unnecessary. The Senator went out of public life and died long ago, but the clerk manages to squeeze along through the hard times on his $1,800 a year.——Washington Star. Mr. Batbbun and His Insomnious Ram. A Mount Morris correspondent of the Rochester Post-Express writes that Lon Rathbun and wife were awakened the other night by a noise in the house. The next instant the footboard of their bed was struck with a thud and split clear off. It was their ugly ram, which had broken loose and entered the house. A minute more and the washstand re- ceived an impact from the ram’s horn which brOke the pitcher and cracked the bowl. By this time Mr. Rathbun had got one log into his trousers.- Be fore he could complete his toilet the ram got his horns mixed up in them and tore them badly. Then Rathbun struck a match. Then the ram struck him, the match went out and so did Rathb'un. The ram butted him out Of the cham- ber, which is On the first floor. Secur- ing a fence board, Rathbun pounded the brute ,into submission and tied him up until morning. I Ineligible. “Have you ever loved George?” . "No, Maud, no. I swear by all-——-" "Never mind that. If you say it, I believe it, but I cannot be yours. ' A man who has lived as long as you have without ever loving must be inately a ‘ woman hater; and I shall never marry a woman hater. Good evening, Mr. Jones. Maria (calling the maid), you may send Mr. Wilkins up. a I am disen- gaged.”—Harper’s Bazar. another, sun Thinks So. “You used to say you thought heaven sent me to you,” she said tearfully after I littlefamily jar. 1 ' ' “I see no reason to change my mind - about that now,” he returned. / » I, _ “Really!” she exclaimed delight- edly. . p , , “Certainly,” he replied, “as a punishs ment.”—-¢Chicago Post.” , W. ' . ‘ partment, ayoung man from one of. the. seeker, “and I would suggest that you- AN AUTHOR DIES IN POVERTY. Percy Gaunt Wrote “The Bowery" and ' Many Other Catchy Songs. _ “Dying in a country boarding house at Palenville, in the Catskills, among strangers and without money.” Such was the telegram which the offi- cers of the New York Actors’ Fund re- ceived from the wife Of Percy Gaunt. Percy Gaunt was the author and com- poser of more than five hundred songs, among them- being the most popular songs of the day. He wrote a dozen plays, and at one time was supposed to be well off. Gaunt became musical di- rector for McKee & Hoyt, and in con- junction with the latter wrote the little comedies which afterward became pop- ular. Among these were the “Trip to “Milk White Flag,” “Runaway Colt,” Chinatown,” “Temperance Town,” “Bunch of Keys,” “Rag Baby,” “Par- lor Match,” “Contented Woman,",,“Mid- night Bell," “Texas Steer,” “Black Sheep,” “Brass Monkey,” “Tin Soldier," and “A Hole in the Ground.” Some- times Gaunt wrote the music, some- times thehyvord's. . The song “The Bowery,” was one Of these joint productions. It was pub- lished and the demand for the words alone exceeded 100,000 copies. Gaunt received big royalties from the publish- ers. Then in conjunction with Charley Hoyt Gaunt wrote “Reuben and Cyn- thia” and “The Widow,” neither of which startled the town. “Out for a Bucket” was one of the songs that Gaunt wrote, both words and music. Though it had a big sale it never be- came popular. His greatest successes were his minstrel songs. Of these probably the most popular was “Push Dem Cloud-s Away,” which was whis- tled‘and sung in every hamlet and town in this country and in England. Here is part of it: If you want togit to heaven onthe nickel- plated road. Just puSh dem clouds away; . Bring along all yer baggage and check It to de Lord. When you push dem clouds away; If the train am a-speedin" and you can’t catch on. When you push dem clouds away; You’re a GOOD dat’s gone, and wuss dan none, When you push dem clouds away. enonus. Just push! Don’t shove! Just push dem clouds away! Keep a-pnshin’ an’ a-shovin’ an’ a-pushin an’ a-shovin’. Till you push dem clouds away. > There is no way knowing just how many copies of this sopg have been sold, for the ’ publishers never kept track of it. But when it first appeared, four years ago, the public picked it up and kept it going at a rate that swelled the publishers’ bank account so that an agreement wasentered into by which Gaunt agreed to sell all of his com- positions to the one publishing firm. A_N. ECONOM'C TRIUMPH. Sea Soup as Food for the Fish that Inhabit Salt \Vater. In the heart of its own domain, the' sea is devoid of vegetable life; to all appearance it is a foodiess waste; yet the herring shoals disappear into the deep Atlantic and return in good con- dition, oily and exuberant. What have they lived on in the meantime? Not on smaller fish caught in the chase, for even if these were present in suflicient quantities, the herrings travel in a serried shoal a mile square and perhaps thirty feet deep, crowd- ing oneanother to closely to admit of a free chase after food. The expla- nation lies in the universal presence of those microscopic creatures that in some parts of the Atlantic are so thickly massed in the water as to dis- color its surface and afford abundant food for the whale. These are now known to pervade every drop of sur- face water in numbers comparable to the motes in the air. For the pur- poses of the herring and countless other fish, the upper waters Of the sea are in fact a nutritive soup, :1 food exactly suited to their needs. These microscopic creatures are the basis of all the life of the ocean.- They multi- ply at an amazing rate, increasing from one to four hundred thousand a year. Their existence is one of the greatest economic triumphs of nature. They dispose of the refuse of the sea, and keep its waters sweet. Dead an- imal‘and vegetable matter feeds them, and they, without further machinery, are converted into the food-fishes of the world. ’Rastus's Birthday. The oddest birthday celebration Of which we have ever heard is thus de- scribed by a gentleman who has late ly traveled through the South: ' In the northern pOrt of Georgia I came upon a negro cabin, and as I approached, it became evident that some extraordinary commotion was going on within. In fact, shouts and yells of terror succeeded one another so rapidly that I hastened to see what could be the trouble. As I drew rein before the door, half- a-dozen ragged pickanin-nies ran out. All but one of them were screaming and crying at the tops of their voices, while the odd one, as merry as the others were said, began tumbling cart- wheels and standing on his head. At this moment's. man, evidently the head ”of the household, appeared in the door- _ way, and ‘in answer to my inquiries gave me the following exclanafiOn oi the mystery: . “Yer see, sah, dis. is ’Rastus’s birf- day,” indicating the one whose joy- ful antics I have just mentioned. “Now, I’se powerful hard up jes’ at presen’, an’ didn’t hab' no money ter celebrate in do usual way. An’ it jes’ bruk me all up ter see de res’ habin’ jes' as. much fun on ’Rastus’s birt- day as jRastus was habin’ hisself. So, times bein' so hard, do only way I could see was ter gib der res’ all a lickin’, , an’ dat kinder raises ’Rastus ‘ up ober de adders!” A quarter flung to ’R-astus proved a charm that raiSed-him still higher, and'drled the tears of the others in an instant. .4,- ‘ ' , JTHE.EVENING; \ . 4 THE TURKISH onions. - Ln Acute Condition of Ami!" Confronts ‘ ‘ Great Britain. BIRMINGHAM, Sept. 28.—The Post today says that, at the expressed desire of the czar, important communications upon the Armenian question‘ have passed between the Marquis of Salisbury and M. de Steal, the Russian ambassador at Lendon, in which certain points have been agreed upon to form the basis for a consultation be-‘ tween the czar and the Marquis of Salis- bury. CONSTANTINOPLE, Sept. 23.—It has been. learned that disturbances occurred on Sept. 18 at Gumushmaden, in the vilayet of Kharput. owing to an incursion of the Kurds. No details have been received. Troops have been sent to the scene. Ten Armenians were murdered at --Angora on Sept. 19 on account of an outbreak of fire at that place. ‘ . LONDON, Sept. 23. —The Berlin corre- spondent of The Times quotes a Constan- tinople dispatch to the Vossische Zeitung from a person whom it describes as an un- usually well informed correspondent, who is said to have been able to evade the’cen- sorship of the Turkish officials, and who says: “Last Wednesday and Thursday ev- erything was ready for a general massacre of Christians should the European war- ships attempt to pass the Dardanellcs. Forty-eight.guns Were placed in position on the heights above Porn, and the Turk- lsh fleet in the harbor was cleared for ac- tion. The street patrols were composed‘ exclusively of palace troops, while the So- patschis and Kui'dish cavalry, though ap- parently unarmed, loitered' in the streets awaiting the word of command. ” A dispatch to The Chronicle from Con- stantinople says that Gaze’s and Cook’s tourist offices there are closing. ‘ p The statement of John Lowles, Conserv- ative member of parliament for the Hag- gerston division of Shoreditoh, at a meet- ing called to express sympathy with the Armenians, to the cheat that he was au- thorized by the foreign office to say that Great Britain was confronted by an agree- ment between the three central powers of Europe and that it Great Britain attacked Turkey it would mean a European war, caused a sensation, and a number of vig- orous protests against inaction upon the part of Great Britain were made by the more hotheaded of the assemblage. But the cooler heads were in the majority, and when the meeting adjourned Mr. Lowles had succeeded in impressing upon his au- dience that discretion under the present circumstances is a far better policy for Great Britain than a useless display of valor, which might within a short time place the existence of the British empire at stake. Fighting In Macedonia. LONDON, Sept. 23.—-A dispatch from Athens to The Daily Telegraph says that 200 insurgents have defeated a battalion of Turkish troops near Grevena, in Mace- donia, and that 100 Turks were killed, the rest being completely routed. RUSSIA AND KOREA. The Former Practically In Charge of the Latter and Japan Is Left. LONDON, Sept. 23.—The Times expresses the belief that Russia and Japan have agreed to a joint protectorate in Korea, Russia virtually taking the position there that China held before the war. The king of Korea will quit the Russian legation, where he has been 'since the as- sassination of the pro-Japanese ministers, and will return in triumph to the palace. This arrangement, The Times asserts, will be carried out simultaneously with Japan’s evacuation bf Korea.’ The Times editorially regards the fore- going arrangement as a‘. great‘diplomatic victory for Russia, “who,” says The Times, “thereby obtains virtual ascend- * entry in Korean afiairs, leaving Japan only a nominal share in the control, with the bare satisfaction of saving appearances and of gaining time for a final solution in the future. Japan has missed one of the main Objects of her ambition by impa- tience and by an incapacity to deal with the situation. ”- Tynan and Our Government. WASHINGTON, Sept. 23.-—So far as Ty- nan, or No. 1, is concerned, the extent of the intervention of the United States government in his case will be to see to it that he has an opportunity to exercise all of the rights conferred by treaty. The \Veather. Fair; cooler; northerly to northwesterly winds. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. Closing Quotations of the New York Stool! Exchange. NEW YORK, Sept. 22.—Money on call firmer at 5 per cent. Prime mercantile paper nomi- nally 7@9 per cent. Sterling exchange heavy, with actual business in baukers’ bills at 84.8334 @4.83% for demand and $4.81}[email protected]}§ for 6( days. Posted rates, [email protected]}§ and 34.845»: @4.85}é. Commercial bills, $4.80. Silver cei- tificates, 65W}§o.; no sales. Bar silver 65%0. Mexican dollars, 50%c. Government bonds firm. _ State bonds dull. Railroad bond: :11. Closing prices: Atchison ..... .. 11% Bur. & Quincy ..... 67% -C.. 0., C. & St. L.. 2534 Chesapeake & 0.. 14 N. J. CentraL....102 _ North American. 4% Northern Pacific 12% Do. pref.......... 2051 Chicago Gas ....... 60% N. Y. Central.... 92}: Cordage ............ 434 Omaha.... ...... . 36;: Cotton Oil ......... 14 Ontario & West. 13}: Del. & Hudson....122 PacifictMail...... 13}: Erie ................ 1 Reading ...... .... 1792, General Electric.. 27% Rock Island...... 609:, Hocking Valley... 13 Silver Bullion.... 6601 Lackawan‘na......154 . St. Paul.......... 7092 Lake Shore ........ 45% Sugar Refinery..lll9: Lead ........ ' ....... 21 Texas Pacific.... 6% Louisville & Nash. 40% 6 Missouri Pacific... 1954 Northwestern ..... 98% Western Union.. 83}: Union Pacific. . . . General Markets. NEW YORK, Sept. 22.—FLOUR—-State and western, stronger and fairly active; city milh patents. [email protected]; winter patents. [email protected] city mills clears, [email protected]; winter straights [email protected]. .WHEAT‘NO. 2 red opened strong and active, ‘ i i on higher cables, lessvworld’s shipments that expected and strong northwestern markets October. 67@67y4,c.; December. 68%@69 3-160. CORN—No. 2 was dull. but steady; Novem- ber, 271430.: December, 280. OATS—No. 2 neglected; track. white. state 20@30c.; track, white, western, 20@300. PORK—Firm; mess, [email protected]: family. $10G! 11.50. , . LARD—Steady; prime western steam, $3.90 nominal. BUTTER—Firm; state dairy, 10@14c.: statt creamery, ll@15c. CHEESE — Steady; state, large. 7@9}./;c. small, 7@9V4c. _ EGGS-Firm; state and Pennsylvania, 17140. western, 14}é@169§c. ‘ ’ SUGAR—Raw quiet; fair refining. ”40.: con- trifuga1,196 test, 3c.: refined quiet: crushed ‘ 5%c.; powdered, 5c. - TURPENTINE—Firm; 26®26}é0. MO LASSES—Firm: New Orleans. 29@370.‘ RICE—Steady: domestic, 3W0; Japan. 4&1 4c. TALLOW—Steady: city, 83-16@3y40.; coun! ~ try, 3 5-16@3§§c. ~ . HAY '— Quiet; shipping, 65@60c.; good a choice. 70@750. , , , t; A zn on: " Wabash pref..... 139: ’ I C HILDREN ought ‘ to ' brighten a mother’s daily cares and help her to be strong, cape. bio: and cheerful. It is’nt right for mothers to feel, the burden of life growing ‘heavier and heavier, year by year because of child- bearing and child-rear- ing. That shows some- thing is wrong in the. mother’s hysical con- dition. here is some unnatural weakness in her delicate organism which disqualifies her for (motherhood. When this. is wrong , everything is wrong.. . A woman’s physical - life is wrapped up in . the special organs of > ‘ her sex. When these . - L’ are restored tohealth . ,- -1 and strength the whole -' ,_ .. ‘ ‘ woman becomes healthy and strong. Dr. R. V. Pierce of‘ Buffalo, N. Y., has made a life-study of this problem of restoring health and strength ‘tO-women. His “Favorite Prescription” is the most successful remedy that has ever been known forwomen’s eculiar ailments. Its sale exceeds the com ined sales of all other medicines for women. It cures the most obstinate uterine diseases. It goes directly to the internal or anlsm which is the real seat of all the trou ice. It imparts vigor and health where they are most needed; heals ulceration; stops the weak- ening drains ; promotes‘regularity; restores muscular power to the ligaments, thus cor- recting displacements of special organs in the only natural way. ‘ Complete information regarding the “Fa- vorite Prescription ” and tes- ' timonials from. hundreds who have used it, are embodied in Dr. Pierce’s Common Sense Medical Adviser, a standard medical work of £008 pages, _ profusely illustrated, which will be sent free On receipt of 2x one-cent stamps to cover _ cost‘ of mailing only. This ’ ' work is a complete family doctor book and should be read by both young and Old. The profits on the sale of 680,000 copies at $1.50 has rendered possible this free edition. Address. World’s Dispen- sarv Medical Afgociatipp; Bgfi‘aloLN: Y entire—no.” unotonnn noon, so WALL 31:. NOR WALK.“ CORPORATED SEPT. 1. 1876: CAPITAL. ' ' ' ' ‘ ' SIOO-OOC GEORGE M. HOLMES. President. E. L. Borax, Vice-President. WILLIAM A. CURTIS, Cashier DIRECTORS : GEORGE III. HOLMES, H. E. DANN, P. L. CUNNINGHAM. J. T. Pnowrr'r E. L. Borax, S. H. HOLMES, J. Gousms. J n. Blseonnt Day, Saturday. DAVID . W. RAYMOND Funnel Director antt Enintroer 391 Washington Street 'South Norwalk Residence. Mahackemo Hotel. > a. . PRINTING » .1 , - Department. _ A A, .' W080 TO THE WISE Merchants, M anutacwt ers, Lodges and Socoeties will consult their own Inter- ests by giving us. a call. REMEMBER—If you have work to do, write to us. (lor Reputation to ~ Put to floor 4 instruments. ' SCHLEICHER & son? ’ Just one mis- take and we are hurt. That isthe' Reason Why r I i no . . " “l, "1 I ARE WHAT T‘HEYARE. 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