fr.—
Cats’fvfth‘théfi'ootfiacne.
-The sagacity of the feline race is
so clearly evinced in rthe following
anecdote, that we give it space in
closing this article. Mr. Tiedemann,
the famous Saxon dentist, had a. valu-
able tortoise shell cat that for days
did nothing but moans Guessing the
cause, he looked into its mouth, and
seeing a decayed tooth,'soon relieved
it of its pain. The following day there
' were at least ten cats at his door—~
the day after, twenty; and they went
on increasing at such a rate that he
Was obliged to keeps. bull-dog to drive
them away. ,
But nothing would deter them from
coming. 'A cat who had the tooth-
ache would travel any number of miles
to reach him. It would come down the
chimney, even, and not leave the
realm till he had taken its tooth out.‘
His feline patients became a nuisance
at last; he was never free from‘them.
However, being one morning very ner-
vous, he accidentally broke the jaw
of an old tabby. The news of this
spread like wildfire. Not a single
cat came to him afterward. .
Monroe’s. Tomb Despoi'led.
The widespread discussion of the
Monroe doctrine in connection with the
Venezuelan matter has caused unusual
public interest in the tomb of the au—
thority'of this declaratiOn. This has
recalled the fact of the removal of the
name plate of President Monroe. This
robbery was committed some time ago.
It was of bronze and about 13x18
inches. It is possible that the thief
thought the plate was silver, and there-
fore of considerable value. Monroe’s
tomb is in the northwestern part of
Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond,
and near by the grave of President
Tyler, and within a few rods of the
last resting place of Jefferson Davis.
Education Pays.
Farmer Hayrix: My boy wants me
to send him to college; but I don‘t be-
lieve the results is wuth the money.
do you?” '
Farmer Konshock: Yaas. My cou-
sin Jake’s boy, he went to collidge and
-growed sich a head of hair and sicb
a lot of muscle that he’s making $250
a week as the “Wild King of Mada-
gascar,” and only has to show twic?
a day.«—Cincinnati Enquirer.
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“ The kind Boss makes his Biscuits with. "
PURE, STRONG. RELIABLE.
_. Is the verdict arrived at by
Chemical Analysis of
05 BAKING
. POWDER
1 Economy, Health and, Satisfactory
‘ Res‘ults attend its use. '
MANUFACTURED BY a
C. D. Boss a SON, New London, Conn.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
OFFICE OF
COMPTROLLER OF IHE CURRENCY,
WASHINGTJN. D. 0.. Au ;. 21, 1 9 2.
WHEREAS, by satisfactory evidence pre-
sented to the undersigned. it has been made
to appear that THE CENTRAL NATIONAL
BANK in the Town of Norwaik. in the County
of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, has
complied with all the provisions of the “Act
of Congress to enable National Banking Asso-
ciations to extend their corpirate existence
and for‘ other purposes,” approved July 12th.
1882. .
NOW. THEREFORE, I, George M Corfin
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 Con-
necticut. is auth :rized to have succession for
the period specxfied in its amended articles of
association, namely until close of business on
August 21, 1916. '
PA..-
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IN TESTIMONY Wnnnnor, wit-
ness my hand and Seal of office
this twenty-first day of August
1896.
GEORGE M. COFFIY.
Deputy and Acting Comp-
troller of the Currency.
N0. 2342. 322526
S. B. WILSON,
PRACTICAL CONTRACTOR
AND BUILDER.
Estimates cheerfully given. Large buildings
a specialty. Contracts taken in
any part of the country, '
STEAM Mlll. AID YARD, OFFIGE,
8 GROSS 81., 92 WA“. 81'
Norwalk, Conn.
WPlans and Specifications fuanished.
SCHOOL - SUPPLIES.
The Schools will open again
soon. J est bear. in mind the
LARGEST and BEST line or
Tablets,
Pads,
Pens, .
- . a ,
Pencl Is.
Slates,
Everything used in the School
can be found at
J O H N T. H AY E3
No.15 MAIN STREET. NORWALE.
- Best Goods. Lowest Prices.
. Piano, Lessons.
we. GEORGE w. BRADLEY. (daughter
of the lateWm. R. Nash.) gives eflicent
an satisfactory instructions on the. Piano at
In! home 310.193 limo "reet.
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CHINA’S EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM.-
(Jl‘. i hirer: Learn Little More Than They Did
Twa Thousand Years Ago.
They have no conception of learn-
ing as understood in the West—for
mathematics, chemistry, geology or
kindred sciences, an-dof universal his-
tory. Indeed they have a very imper-
fect knowledge of geography. ’Ilheir
curriculum of study embraces the
Chinese classics and philosophy, the
theory of government, and Chinese-
poetry and history. It vis the stand-
ard fixed two thousand years ago, and
has undergone little change in the.
succeeding centuries. says the “Gen-
tury.” >
One of. our diplomatic representa-
tives tells of a conversation had with
one of the most distinguished scholars
and highest oflicers in the empire, in
which they canvassed their respective
systems of education; and he reports
that his Chinese friend had never
heard of Homer, Virgil or Shakes-
peare; knew something of Alexander
having crossed the Indus, had a
vague knowledge of Caesar and Napo’
. icon, but none whatever of Hannibal,
Peter the Great, Wellington or other
modern soldiers; and he was ignor-
ant of astronomy, mathematics or the
modern sciences. When the Ameri-
can ,Minins-ter expressed surprise at
these defects 'in Chinese education,
the mandarin replied: “That is your
civilization, and you learn it; we
have ours, and we learn it. For cen-
turios we have gone on satisfied to
know what we know. Why should we
care to know what you, know?”
.Yet it must be conceded that Chi-
nese scholars and oflicivals are usually
men of decided intellectual ability,
and they cannot be set down as un-
educated because they have not fol
lowed the curriculum of study marked
out by European civilization. It is
a Source of natural pride that they
possess a literature and philosophy
older than any similar learning of the
West, and which even at this day are
not obsolete, but exerc-iSe an elevat-
ing moral and intellectual influence
on a vast multitude of the human fam-
ily. ‘
But no one of his race more than
Li Hung Chang recognizes the defects
of the national system of education.
Largely‘through his influence, the Em-
peror has established at Peking a col-
lege with a full faculty of foreign pro
fessors for the instruction of chosen
Chinese youths in the European lan-
guages and modern sciences, with a
view to training them for the diplo
matic service. So he has also estab-
lished at Tientsin, for the last twenty- ,
five. years, his viceregal residence,
schools for military, naval and medical
education, manned by European ,in-
structors; and his example has been
followed by other viceroys.
CAPTURING .ELEPHANTS.
Men, Horses and Tamed Elephants Are
Used in the Chase.
A small army, consisting of about
five thousand men and three elephants,
and a few horses, take part in the
hunt, and they carry tents and pro-
visions just as if a campaign against
a powerful enemy were in progress.
When the pad marks of an elephant
are found he is steadily tracked
doWn, and as soon as he is found, a
trained fighter of his own species is
urged against him.
’As a rule, he steadily retreats upon
sight of his pursuers, and rtheir ob—
ject is to press him so as to fire him
out. He then stands at bay, and the
tug of war commences. The oppos-
ing animals butt at one another with
the heads down, and should one show
his flank he is quickly brought to
earth. .When finally conquered, the
wild elephant is pressed by his' pur-
suers toward water, of which he is
so much in need after his exertions
that his hind legs can be shackled as
he drinks. He is then kept attached by '
ropes to other elephants until he
gradually gets accustomed to bondage,
and 'in a few months he is completely
under control. The sport is a blood-
less one and the elephants when cap-
tured are most kindly treated.
\ AFamily Reunion. 1 i
As the eminent after-dinner orator
sat down, the thin young man with.
the nose glasses arose and said:
“Delightful as this occasion is to all'
of us, to me it is fraught with a higher
and holier joy than comes to the rest
of you. I have just made the discovery
that the eminent speaker is my great-
grandfather.”
They scanned him critically, but he
presented no evidence of being over-
come by potations. He continued:
“The incident the gentleman has just
told as happening in his own expe-:
rience is one that I have Often heard
my grandfather relate as an experience
of his father. Knowing as I do, the
perfect veracity of both, the eminent
speaker and my grandfather, the state-
ment 1 have ,just, made I make with
full confidence in its correctness.”
And all were silent.
‘ Keep Yourself Well in Hand. .
Good temper ministers to success
in all undertakings much more largely
than we imagine. It gives a'quiét
and undisturbed mind favorable to
concentration of energy. How can
one whose feelings are continually
ruffled and whose temper is roused to
irritability or anger pursue his work
with the attention it demands, or
make decisions which require the un-
divided and earnest use of all his
faculties? Nothing can be more es-
sential to success than the full com-
mand, of the powers; but ill-temper
in all its forms makes this impossig
ble. '-
Mrs. Mamma—“If Lord Forgivus asks
you to marry him you tell him to
speak? to me.” Ethel—“Yes, mamma.
—bu-t if he doesn’t?” . Mrs. Momma--
“Then tell him that I want to speak
to him."-—Truth.‘ .. .
. for an answer.
A WONDERFUL TAhE OF CHAUNCEi’.
He Admits Its‘Trum, Except in Four
" “Minor” Points. .
In denying a story concerning the
New York Central Railroad during
last week, Chauncey M.— Depew said
that'he had no more idea how- the
story originated than he had how an-
other story originated which was
printed all over Europe while he was
abroad recently. He said the story as
printed was as follows: 1
“It 'wasmany years ago when Jenny
Lind paid her historic visit to America.
She was to sing in Albany, and tickets
sold for a great price for. those days.
On the evening that she was to sing.
just before going to the concerthall, a
messenger boy brought her a telegram.
She tore it open, and, the boy waited
She glanced up, and
seeing that the .boy was a brightreyed
little fellow, asked im if he did not
like music. He replied that he did.
She then asked him if he would not
like to hear her sing. He replied that
he would, but that he did not have the
money to buy a. ticket. She was so
taken with his bright face and general
appearance that she gave him a. ticket.
Many years later, When the great diva
was living quietly at home, after her
retirement from the concert stage, a
gentleman visited her in her beautiful
European home; he sent in his card,
and in a few moments the great singer
came out to meet him; he said to
her: - -
" ‘Do you remember some years ago
upon your visit to America you gave a
poor messenger boy a ticket to go and
hear you sing in Albany?
"The di'Va thought for a moment,
and then recalled the incident clearly.
Then the stranger replied feeling-1y:
“ ‘I am that boy; I am Chauncey M.
Depew. By diligence and devotion to
duty I have made my way along in the
world. I am now President of the Chi
cago and Northwestern Railroad. A1-
ways in my struggle through life your
voice, an angel voice it seemed to me.
has rung in my ears and spurred me on
to a better and nobler life. I owe all
to you, for the pathetic pleading 01
your wonderful voice pierced my boy
ish heart and roused a latent ambition
to be worthy of such a friend. Today
I come to tell you that to you I owe all
that I am.’
“The great man shed a tear, and she
sympathetically grasped his hand and-
told him how glad she was that she had
been an instrument in building up and
ennobling such a gr ind nature. Then
a beautiful and holy friendship sprang
up between the greatest in the world of
music and the greatest in the world of
finance and literature and politics, that
was only ended by her death.”
“That was the story,” ‘said 'Mr. De—
pew, “as I heard it everywhere. Fi-
nally the neWSpapers sent men to me
for my version of the platonic attach-
ment ‘mtween myself and the famous
singer. I said to them that the story
was at: )lutely correct except in several
minor 1‘ .ints. In the first place, Inever
was a messenger boy. In the second
place, I never saw Jenny Lind in Amer-
ica. Thirdly, I never saw her in Eu-
rope, and in the fourth place I am not
the president of the Chicago and
Northwestern Railroad.
that I admitted that the story was all
true.” ' ’
An‘Indian Dawn.
The dawn‘ in India is made noisy
with the notes of birds, and the sounds
of men and women astir. The daylight
in all the occupations of the peasant is
so precious that not a moment of it is
wasted. Although some artisans, such
as wood carvers and workers in metal
labor in the evening by thelight of dim
lamps, it is necessary for the farmer
and the field laborer to rise with the
first call of the kin gcrow, as the East-
ern sky begins to whiten.
The smoke curls upward from every
cottage, while the morning meal is pre-
pared; the cattle are turned out of the'
yards and driven to the pasturage on
the hills by a few naked children armed
with sticks; figures are seen in the half
light like ghosts, wrapped in white
sheets, and. gliding, the men one way,
and the women another with brass pots
in their hands, to the scenes of their
usual ablutions. Some are squatting
outside their huts cleaning out their
mouths with finger and apiece of bam-
boo, others smoking or “girding up
their loins,” and twisting their turbans
before starting out to work.
As the first rays of the sun gild the
mango blossoms, all the men are on
their way, and unless it be a day for
weeding the crops, or for gathering the
harvest,when their presence is required
In the fields, the women begin their
daily task of cleaning the house, plast-
tering the floor with cow dung, and
sprinkling the threshold and portico
with wood ashes in symbolic patterns.
l‘hen' they start with the water vessels
and the children of the family for the
tank or pool where they all wash both
their bodies and clotheskand carry back
water for household wants. Some, if
they have leisure and substance, are
carrying ofierings of fruit and rice to
the temples of Devi or Lakshmi, where
the bell is "ringing out to attract the
Eaithful.—Gentleman’s Magazine.
The First American Flag.
There seems at last a reasonable cer-
tainty that the Betsy Ross house‘ will
be purchased and preserved in this :
city as a treasured historical relic.
Many had fearcd that this quaint old
building, where the sprightly widow,
Betsy Ross, fashioned the first Ameri-
can-flag, would fall before the march
3f public improvements, because a. few
months ago Councils declined to ap-
propriate money for its purchalse. But
Schuylkill Council of the Junior Order
of American Mechanics made a move to
acquire and present the building to the
public, and sets a good '- example by
pledging $1,000 toward the necessary
$25,000. This is not the first occasion
an whichthis council has taken the ini-
tiative in the performance of commend-
able and patriotic work; in this, city.——-
Philadelpma Ledger. _ W 1 ,
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Outside of I
it"; Views of Life.-
ual life,” says the 'peSsimis't, “because
we can explain the present existence
upon no other theory than that it is a
punishment for sins committed in a
previous state.” - I " '
“And I,” says the optimist, “accept
the ‘theory of eternal life because it
seems. to me reasonable to expect a
chance in a future state to correct the
blunders I committed in this one.”—
Chicago Times-Herald.
“WW
. Chicago Right In It.
The Princess of Wales and Mrs. Chat-
field-Taylor, of Chicago, own diamond.
tiaras which are just alike.
The tiara may be taken apart and a
portion of it used as a pendant, or it can
be made into a necklace or divided in
two for bracelets. - In fact, it is a whole
jewel box of jeweh’y in one. It cost
$15,000.
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The Sister-to-YOIi Racket Played. .
“Did you propose to young Dash-
leigh last night?” asked Miss Rose-
bud.
“Yes,” replied Miss YellOwleaf.
“What did he say?” '
“The brute! He said he would be a
son to me.”
Baby’s Best Friend—Mother. Next—Dr
Hand’s Colic Cure.
Hand Medicine Co.—“By request of my
wife the undersigned writes you ‘that
baby‘s best friend is her mother,’ and
next best is Dr. Hand‘s Colic Cure. USed
same for past months. it is impossible
to wrixe our appreciation of your prepa-
ration and do most cheerfully request all
mothers to use same for their little. ones.
Our baby is now teething. W. Lincoln
Barnard.” Sold by all druggists, 25c.
W. 0. Holmes expects soon to take a
trip to Chicago, and may decide to lo-
cate there.
Would be Saved.
BRIDGEPORT, CONN., May 3, ’95 -—Dr.
Hand—Dear Sin—“I have used Dr.
Hand’s Teething Lotion and found it all
it is represented. I have had no trouble
at all with baby during his teething; it
has helped him so much, he teases to
have it used on his gums. If every
mother would use it they would save the
little ones a great deal of suffering.
Yours respectfully, Mrs. Harry Browne,
614 State street.” Dr. Hand’s Teething
Lotion sold by all druggists, 25c.
The sound money democrats of
Bridgeport will hold a. parade next
Thursday night.____
' Old People,
Old people who require medicine _to
regulate the bowels and kidneys W111
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 appetizer and ends
digestion. Old People find 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.
Insurance companies threaten to
double rates in Danbury or cancel poli-
cies because they believe the local fire
department is incompetent.
‘ Two Lives Saved.
Mrs. Phoebe Thomas, of Junction City,
I11. 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 Francrsco,
suffered 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, tn at prove the wonderful eflicacy
of this medicine in coughs and "colds.
Free trial bottles at E. P. Weed’s Drug
Store, Norwalk Monroe’s New Fa-
naan. Regular size 50c. and $1.00.
Main street, , at a point near what is
known as the Deacon Lockwood hill, is
in a bad state of repair. The evil ought
1n. ‘
Relief in Star Hours.
,Distressing Kidney and Bladder dis,
eases relieved in siz hours by the “New
GREAT SOUTH AMERICAN KIDNEY
CURE.” This new remedy is a great sur-
prise on account of its exceedingprompt,
ness in . relieving pain in the bladder
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.
Sold by E. P. Weed, Druggist. Norwalk,
Conn. -’
James 0. Foster and Miss Marie 009,
'H. Wyatt.
Bucklln’s Arnlca Salve.
The Best Salvein the world for Cute
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers Salt Rheum
Fever Sores, Tetter, Chappsd Hands
Ohilblains, Corns and all Skin Erup
tions, and positivelycures Piles, or no
Payrcquired. It is guaranteed to give
perfectsatisfaction,or money refunded
Price25 cents per box. For Sale by
E. P.Weed,,Norwnlk and Monroe, New
Canaan. .. ‘
ruz )r at Durbeck’s, is. cutting a dash
With friends in New York. He is ex-
pected home again to-morrow.
The Best Remedy for Bowel Com-
, plaints.
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 suffer-
ing terribly from cramps, yomiting and
.purgein . I was delighted Wlth the prompt
relief a orded by. Chamberlain’s Colic, Chol-
era and Diarrhoea Remed .—_A. M. Em-
LAND, Editor and Proprie , r of the Weekly
' Globe,
Weed, Dru
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to be remedied before cold weather sets
were married on Saturday by Rev. A. .
Philip Castellafih,—a knight of the
Mendom Mich. Forsalehy B. P.‘
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