HOUSEHOLD HINTS;
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If a pinch of powdered alum is stir-
red into the batter of which ginger
snaps are to be made the snaps will be
more crisp and brittle.
,;Hot lard can be tested to see if it is
at the right heat by putting in a small
piece of bread. If it browns immediate-
ly the lard is hot enough for frying.
.When old coins are worn so it is
. hard to make out the inscription, grad-
ually heat the coin, and in almost all
cases the inscription will appear so it
can be deciphered. . ~ "
.When a decanter becomes so 'dis-
colored inside that shot or fine coal will
not cleanse it, fill the bottle with finely
chopped potato peelings, cork tightly,
and let_ the bottle remain for three
days, when the peelings willferment.
'At the end of that time rinse the de-
canter out with warm water and the
stains will he found to have disap-
pe'ared.
In making glue, break the sheets in-
to small pieces, cover them with strong
'vinegar, and let them . soak a few
hours. Then heat to boiling. When the
glue becomes cold it should be like a
jelly. When the glue is to be used, the
‘ vessel containing it should be placed in
a 'dish of boiling water to soften the
glue.
Delicate Belleek cracker and cheese
sets now shown are greatly to be de-
sired by every housekeeper who wants
to have everything new for her, table.
The pale yellow fiinted china, the dark
yellow cheese and the crisp browned
crackers, together with some delicious
old-fashioned preserves, such as gin-
ger, orange, or peach, which are served
with cheese, all go to make an attrac-
tive-course for a dinner.
A Little Mixed.
Little Solomon—“Pa, der shentle-
mans says he vants a case mit der
eye-glasses he has joost bought.” Mr.
Levy (answering from the back room)
—“All right, Solomon; give dot shen-
tlemans a case, uudt tell him der
next time he calls we'll have noses
ready to put der eye-glasses on.”—
Eucli. .._ ,__
Bacon—“I saw Bloomer to-day. He
had his arm in a sling and was walk< ,
ing with crutches.” Egbert-“Riding
a bike, I suppose?” “No; not yet.
He’d been down to buy one, though,
at a dry goods store.”—-Yonkers
Statesman.
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WILL REOPEN
SEPTEMB_E_1_{_29, 1896.
EMMLICATION S
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THE LADY TEACHER.
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You can tell her by her manner
'When you meet her on the street.
For she walks as if she meant it.
Treading squarely on both feet.
If some friends should introduce you
You would know her by her talk,
Which is fully as decided
As the manner of her walk.
She is versed in many matters.
And she always has a. view.
‘Vhich she clings to in a manner
That would‘shame the strongest. glue.
But she is so sweet and Winsome
('l his her anger will allay),
You could talk with her forever
J ust to let her have her way.
*Columbus Dispatch.
A DEATH SENTENCE.
As a matter of habit he pulled out
his watch; he did not notice the exact
time, though he retained a general im‘
pression from the dial of a few hours
after midnight. «He did not recollect
ever feeling quite so uncanny before
in his life.
He had been looking over the para
pet of the bridge, and mechanically
counting the flickering reflections of
the Embankment lights, but turned
quickly at the sound of a woman’s
step. She was a queer sight as she
came steadily up the hill of the bridge
afoot. Her dress was dark and in no
disorder, but, though the rain fell
heavily, she wore not hat or cloak,
and carried no umbrella. Apparently
she was too preoccupied to see him,
for she almost brushed against him as
she passed, and yet made no sign. He
was too astonished at her weird ap-
pearance to stir or speak. What struck
him most forcibly was the brilliant
deep red of her hair, which glowed
purple in the rain-dimmed darkness
when she passed under a lamp. But
he followed her. .
Half way across the bridge she wav-
ered a moment as though undecided,
then turned rapidly and peered
down the way she had come. He hung
back in the shadow past the lamp that
lay between them. She seemed satis-
fied that no one was in sight. She
leant upon the parapet and with a
hand behind each ear to support her
head stared up the river.
Goring stood still in his bit of
shadow and watched her. It was
borne upon him with some insistence
that if she was not mad she ought
to be; also though she might be mad
as mad could be he had no prescrip-
tive'right to interfere nor any privil-
ege to prevent her ventilating her mad-
ness in the particular way she found
most pleasing. He tried to argue him-
self into the state of mind necessary
for interference. He knew that he
ought to persuade her to go home. If
she had no home (which to believe
was to deliberately shut your eyes to
her garments and more especially her
lack of them) he might stretch a point
so far as to present her to the care of
his housekeeper and hope humbly for
forgiveness. So argued Richard Gor-
ing, but in spite of it he felt as though
no power on earth could move him
from his place; he stood as tied to
the spot as a man with the sleep in
his eyes is tied to his bed. He was
half, half out of himself, his head and
eyes thought and saw, but his body
might have been over the bridge for
all the use he could spontaneous-
ly make of it.
Presently the woman sank on her
knees in an attitude of prayer. Her
eyes were wide open and her head
thrown forward, but tending upward;
it was an attitude eloquent of one
who prayed in a rushing flood of
thought rather than in any measur-
able words. Her movements seemed
to break the spell of inertia. with
which Goring had been contending.
He advanced from the shadow to the
light of the lamp. He stood there
scraping his feet against the wet
pavement; he was impelled by a ner-
vous wish to attract her attention,
After a moment of this he’ called him-
self a fool, and strode lightly up to
her. When he reached her he felt
more foolish than ever; she did not
move, and he had no manner of right
to touch her. It was a predicament.
He drew back a step. “Madam!”
he said, after clearing his throat audi-
bly. .
. She sprang up and faced him.
“The man!” she cried. “The man
has followed me! And I came here
alone to pray alone, here on the bridge
where there are no streets, and no
men, and no women. it was not far
enough.”
Goring put out his hand with a. de-
prcciatorygesture.
“No, no! You shall not ,touch me!"
she cried, shrinking back. The horror
in her open eyes sent him sick ,with
pity.
“Madam,”
l—e—"
With a low moan, like the crooning
of a woman troubled in her sleep, she
swept about, set her hand on the para-
pet, and vaulted it.
Goring, while he hung helplessly
over, was conscious of her shriek when
she felt herself falllng, the vanishing
purple glean: of her red hair, the al-
most imperceptible sound of the pas-
sage of her clothed body through the
resisting air, and the dull splash at
last. Each separate stage of the
thing came to and\went from him
clearly and distinctly. For a second
the place seemed flooded all about
with a flush of stmng light.
The body was never found. The po-
lce, whom he pestcred with inquiries
about it, treated him with the pee.
due a gentleman supposed to be sane,
but Were at length compelled to hint
that be bored them, wasted their
time, in fact. His friends imagined
most amiably that he had suffered
from nightmare. Although outwardly
he was still the Richard Goring of
old, the man who lived, inwardly he
.gzrew it to be true of himself that he
.ived less by just so much as his new
mob-gins tool; his life.
he began again, “may
Gradually the idea grew upon him
that .his life was wrapped up in the
life of the dead woman. He became
sure that in the opaque past of a form-
er state of existence 8. similar scene
had been enacted between them, with
a similar result. He imagined that in
at dead life, far back in the unthink-
able ages, the result had had a reason
and the effect a cause, itself the germ
of a since repeated history.
He imagined that the effect had
been improperly worked out through
his willfulness of stupidity; the his-
tory, he was certain, would repeat it-
self life after life, till the curse that
linked him with the Woman, and her
with him, was complete, and he was at
last enabled to save her from her fate,
thus achieving rest for her and for
himself. The worst was that now he
knew he. had one of_his best chances
and had let it slip; eventually he al-
most persuaded himself that the sin
of omission was nigh to being mur-
der. .
Wherever he went he carried the
burden of his memory and his theor-
ies, the few minutes of that night
were with him throughout his wak-
ing hours with a merciless persistence;
neither did they leave him when he
slept. There was always and forever
in his ears the moan she gave as she
turned from him, her shriek, the rush
of her skirts through the air, the sin-
ister splash below; there was always
and forever in his eyes the horror
of her stare and the purple gleam of
her wet hair vanishing downward.
Pfieople began to say that Richard
Goring looked tired and wanted a
change of air. Some went so far as to
tell him so, and he answered with a
grave smile that it did not matter, he
was onlv' waiting for the death sen-
tence. Thereupon, they would cackle
for mirth in the dread presumption
that he was poking fun at them.
Soon he was called to Bristol again.
At Paddington be secured a corner
seat in a first—class carriage of a cor-
ridor train. No one else got in; he
was alone in the compartment. The
train slowed up and stopped outside
Didco't Junction, an unusual perform-
ance, for it commonly kept to its pro-
gramme of running through to Bris-
tol without let or hindrance. There
was a stiff breeze blowing, but that
did not account to Goring for the
queer sound in the tilegraph wires.
He had heard the wires hum, and
knew the sound as well as any other
ordinary individual knew it. It puz—
zled him to find a reason why their
humming should be deadened by
now into a dull moan. He thrust his
head out of the window. There,
threaded and thick amongthe wires,
hung strand upon strand of human
hair! His mouth grew dry as he
looked, for -the hair was red and
shone purple in the sun. The wires
moaned miserably.
The train moved on again; as it did
so, the hair went from the wires, and
they hummed their true tone again.
the voice of the woman whispered in
his car:
“When my hair twines again on
the wires, there where you are—fol-
low me!”
However, he cursed himself for a
forgotten idiot, and fell to battling
resolutely with the leaders in that
morning’s paper.
His business in. Bristol town was
speedily done, but he accepted an in-
vitation to stay a few days with an
acquaintance who lived out in Clif-
ton. He was perfectly familiar with
the idiosyncrasies of the Suspension
Bridge, and had been for years, but
he had not crosed it since his expe-
rience at Westminster, which had
given him a cosmopolitan distaste for
bridges. He dreaded the. ordeal of
crossing the thing, should he have to;
it was forever tremulous, and had al-
ways given him a‘n odd feeling in the
knees when he crossed it. He recol-
lected the expanse of view from it
which attracted you uncomfortably
outward. He remembered when you
looked down at the people below what
ridiculously long giant legs they had,
with what small bodies poised upon
them, and how each huge ' stride
seemed to lever the little puppets up
in the air rather than along the path.
He had watched this entertaining ef-
fort for a while at a time in the old
days; now he would scarcely dare to
leave the curb side of the foot path.
In the end he was driven over in his
friend’s high dog cart: he Sat very
straight with his tongue pulled back
and the muscles of his throat taut.
It had come to the last evening of
his visit. After dinner the host pro-
posed a game of whist. There were
five of them, so Goring was able to
plead headache and ‘was let off. As
a matter of fact, he had no headache,
but he was consumed with an over-
powering desire to be out and walk-
ing. The house oppressed him.
He went out, leaving a message
with the servant that he would go
nowhere in particular, but would be
back in three-quarters of an hour. His
one conscious intention was born of
an absorbing longing to sit and listen
to the hum of stretched wires in a
wind._ He could hardly inform the
servant of this.
It was not long before he was sit-
ting on some wooden logs by the side
of the road at the end of the Suspen-
sion Bridge, and listening to the rush-
ing hum of the telegraph wires over-
head.
He sat there for more than an hour
withouttany noticeable movement.
Suddenly he drew. out his pocketbook
and wrote rapidly.
Presently he rose to his feet and
gazed intently» at the wires. “The
hair again!” he said. He walked to
where a lamp threw a fitful glare of
light upward; "Yes,” he repeated,
"the woman’s hair again!”
Then he paid the bridge toll and
followed her.—Pick-Me-Up.
I
But Richard Goring could have sworn '
'r H E E v E N1 no G A z E“: TE
Caught a Bicycle Thief.
Yesterday afternoon Constable More-
house accompanied by Thomas Hunt,
drove to Weston and placedayouug
cilored man named Tallman under at.
rest for having stolen abicycle. The
theft was committed at Wilton on 'Sep-
tember 27th. Tallman had been al-
lowed'the usa of the bicycle on pre-
vious occasions but on the above date
took it. and failed to return. A few
days later the wheel was located at
Nyack where Tallman had sold it. A
watch was set. for him and he was finally
apprehended as above. He wins taken
to Wilton for trial this morning.
Messrs. Bubbell & Wade of Bridge-
port report an unprecedented sale of
American flags. Last night they
filled an order for eleven large flags for
residents of this city and this in addi-
tion to several previous orders.
Mother, Have You a Baby .9
It so, get from your druggist to-day for
25cabottle of Dr. Hand’s Colic Cure.
Every baby often has distressing colic.
Dr. Hand’s Colic Cure gives immediate
relief by removing wind from the
stomach and quieting the nerves, giving
restful sleep. Mother, think of the
worry and anxiety this saves you. If
your baby is teething Dr. Hand’s Teeth-
ing Lotion for 25¢ soothes and relieves
all pain. Sold by all druggists.
John Huldridge who some two weeks
since suffered an injurv by a heavy
piece of furniture dropping on his foot
at Raymond & Sons store is still con-
fined to his home by reason of the in-
jury.
Mother’s Find Nothing Equal to Dr.Haud’s
Colic Cure; ,
WATERBURY Conn., 4-2-’96-—-Hand
Medicine Co:—Dear Sirsz—“I am using
Dr. Hand’s Cough and ~Croup Medicme
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 littleyones .lov‘e
Dr. Hand’s Colic Cure and cry for it ; 1t
relieves them almost instantly. Mrs.
Frank Smith, 22 Wood St. At all drug-
gists, 25. '
D. Hartley Weeks is wearing a gold
bug as large as a plate, while his side
partner, Fred Grumman, is content
with ayellow chrysanthemum nearly
the size of John Malone’s silver dog.
Your Bay Wont Live a Month.
So Mr. Gilman Brown, of 34 Mill St.,
South Gardnrr, Mass, was told by the
doctors. His son had Lung trouble, fol-
lowing Typhoid Malaria, and he spent
with doctors, who finally gave him up,
saying: “Your boy wont live a month.”
He tried Dr. King’s New Discovery and
a few bottles restored him to health and
enabled him to go to work a perfectly
well man. He says he owes his present
good health to the use of Dr. King’s New
Discovery, and knows it to be the best
in the world for Lung trouble. Trial
bottles free at E. P. WEED’S drug store,
Norwalk, and MONROE’S, New Canaan.
James E. Elle has sold two acres of
land to Charles Brown at Broad River,
and this morning Mr. Brown com-
menced the foundation for a new house
on the same.
Free Pills.
582;: your address to H. E. Bucklen &.
Co.. Chicago, and get a free sample box
of Dr. King’s New Life Pills: A trial
will convince you of their merits. These
pills are easy in action and are particu-
larly effective in the cure of Constipation
and Sick Headache. For Malaria and
Liver troubles they have been proved in-
valuable. They are guaranteed to_ be
perfectly free from every deleterious
substance and to be purely vegetoble,
They do not weaken by their action, .but
by giving tone to stomach and bowels
greatly invigorate the system. Regular
size 25¢. per box. Sold by E. P. WEED’S
drug store, Norwalk, and MONROE’S, New
Canaan.
A McKinley and Hobart banner has
been placed m Orchard street oppo-
site the Halenbcek residence.
Relief in Sir: Ham's.
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 exceedmgprompt,
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 13_ your remedy.
Sold by E. P. Weed, Huggist. Norwalk,
Conn.
Printed voting lists of the First
Voting district can be secured at the
offices of John J. Walsh and Coolidge
8:. Lynes.
Bucklln’sEAr-nlca Salve.
The Best Salvein the world for Outs
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers. Salt heum
Fever Sores Tetter, Chopped Hands
Ghilblaiue, Horne and all Skin Erup
tions, and positivelycures Piles. or .no
Payrcquired. It is guaranteed to give
perfectsatisfaotionwr money refunded
Price2509nts per box. For Sale by
E.P., Weed, Norwalk and Monroe, New
Canaan.
Messrs. George Stevens and Daniel
Evans wheeled to New Haven and back
yesterday. While in thht city they
were surprised to meet Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas J. Sterling who ‘were married
in this city the afternoon before. Mr.
Stevens and his friend Evans left for
New York’city this morning.
During the winter of 1893, F. M. Martin,
of Long _ Beach, West Va., contracted a.
severe cold which left him with a cough. In
speaking of how be cured it he says: “I
used several kinds of cough syrup but found
no relief until I bought a bottle of Cham-
berlain’s Cough Remedy, which relieved me
almost instantly, and in a short time brought
about a complete cure.” When troubled with
a cough or cold use this remedy and you
will not find it necessary to try several kinds
before you get relief. It has been in the
market for over twenty years and constantly
grown in favor and poglarity. For sale at
25. and 50 cents per >ttle by E. P. VWeed,
I druggist. I“ "
three hundred and seventy-five dollars
a
s.
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