A temperance drink made from the choicest roots and herbs ; has a delicious flavor, pleasing the most fastidious palate; quenches the great— .. est thirst. The extract is 2: sold everywhere, and is easily and cheaply prepared at home. WILLIAMS & mansion 00.. mm. Hartto I'd. Conn. IIERE’S YOOR ORINOE. 'A fine building lot on Wilton ave- nue. If you intend to build, look at this before purchasing. Water, gas and sewer on the avenue. Will be sold at a Bargain. .____.. ‘w. H. evmcrou, Real Estate and Insurance Room I. Gazette B’I’d. YOU KNOW “A Good Thing” when you see it—ealmost every one does. The line of Suitings I am of- faring for I ‘ $l6.00 and upwards are each and every one a good thing. Just a matter of choice for the dif- ferent tastes. The assort- ment includes all kinds, light and dark—a fine collection. Pants, $3.50 FRANK coco, 36 Main St., Norwalk. Cleaning, Repairing and Dyeing. DORLON'HOUSE G’REGORY’S1OINT. ————— NOW OPEN FOR THE SEASBN OF 1897. SHORE OIRRERS, . RHOOE ISLARO ,OLAhi CAKE, BATI'IIRO, BOATING, FISHING. Electric cars to Hotel, every twenty minutes. a E. I3’ 3'] L LI VAN, Manager. DAVID W. RAYMOND Funeral Director nil Enlalmer 39 Washington Street‘South Norwallr _ Residence.Manackemo Borer Piano Lessons. RS. GEORGE W BRADLEY (daughter of the late Wm. 3. 241111111) gives effluent and satisfactory instructions on the Plane. t her home No.19?! \lain anree' HALE BALSAM -- / 25C}? Ask Your DruggiSt 'RT llOllE. Don’t go out of town to have your Awnings made when you can get them right here at home just as Cheap. 'If. you want a canopy for a party or a wed— ding, I will supply-it at two hours’ notice- / A letter or postal card ---will receive prompt at- iention. P. E. CALLAI-IAN,. V Awning Maker; 53 Close st, Norwalk. presume you know what your , ,THE WAY ITIGOEIS.‘ ' When Tom and Bill were'baby boys Infant Bill . Was fretful squally, full of noise-— Homely Bill— Redheaded and it was a fact , From morn till night his parents racked To keep his neck from being cracked-— Troublesome Bill. _ - As he grew older folks would'say' Lazy Bill, But naught he’d care, it was his way. Shiftless Bill. 1 He’d spend his time in idle joys, And put his jobs on other boys. Poor fools that followed his decoys— Scheming Bill. And when the boys to college went, ,. Foolish Bill To grinding work no interest lent, Hopeless Bill: While Tom was quick and apt to learn, And said bright things at every turn, That made the slow with envy 'burn— Sluggish Bill. School life was done. with all its joys. , Thankful Bill; And business life claimed both the boys—- A chance for.Bill- Tom made a noise—a stir—you Know. _ But somehow never seemed to go. While close-mouthed Bill raked in the dough Knowing Bill. The years have come and gone away . For Tom and Bill. . Tom keeps a set of books each day. And Bill Has office hours from 10 till 2, He's looking for new worlds to do, He owns a block, a. bank or two—- Inoomprehensible Bill. ' —Al Dunlap. HER CREDENTIALS. Herbert Savin was reading a letter. He scowled as 'he read, and interrupt- ed himself by various petulant excla- mations,‘such as “0h, pshaw!” “Fine arrangement, on my word.” “The idea!” “Great heavens, a baby?” and even'stronger eitprcssious of displeas- ure given in such :1 tranquil rage that possibly the recording angel blotted them out with a tear. For herbert had a big, generous heart. and as soon as he had finished reading the letter it had warmed toward the poor mother less baby w'hvcm his sister had adopted and was now sending to him by :1 new nursemaid. The letter gave one res-ding it a con- firmation of the idea that language was invented to conceal thought. “She is such a dcar little thing,” it ran on, “and l 25.18 1191 er li1 ed out be fore—not the baby, but the maid—and I am sure you will like her—not the maid, but the b5,.l.:~y-—a.:1d her farther was a country minister or something and the family lost 1111 their property, and I know you will have patience, dear, and not choke her if she cries—- the baby, you know—and I will try to be home in a week—if not sooner.” “How like my erratic sister,” said Herbert. "Here she sends me a peri- patetic orphan asylum, and expects me to be delighted I must inform Mrs. Daniels, and she will probably give no tice.” He rang the bell for the housekeeper. He gave her his sister's letter to road. After all. the house and all therein, belonged to her; they had simply to obey orders. “A baby!” said Mrs. Daniels, in much the same tone as she might have used in speaking of a crocodile. “Of course it will be a nuisance at first to have a baby in the house,” said Herbert, “but I dare say it’s a nice lit: tle thing. And I say, Margaret. put them both in the furthest guest cham- ber—the terra. cotta room~until my sis- ter is here. It’s far enough away, so that visitors will not be disturbed if the baby should cry. But I don’t think it will,” he added, hastily. “I wonder if she will come like the wolf 011 the fold, bringing the cub with her,” asked Herbert to himself; “I suppose the correct thing will be to send the carriage to the depot to meet the train. TWO o’clock! By George! that train is now due. I must rush Owen off at once.” So the coachman was dispatched to the train, but scarcely had the sound of the ‘horses’ feet died away on the avenues when a hack drove up to the house, and Herbert, who was just go- ing out, saw that the baby and its nurse had arrived. He ran down the steps and opened the door of the can riage. “I am very sorry,” he began, there was a misstatement about the time. My sister wrote that—” Then he stopped. He could not go on with the fabrication when a pair of clear, radiant eyes were looking into his. “You are Mr. Savin?” asked the maid, as she handed out a fluffy buns dle, whence a faint murmur proceeded. “Yes. But I shall expect you to call me Mr. Herbert,” he said “I shall do nothing of the kind," was the surprising response, and then Her- bert, who had just had his ears meta.- phorically bOXed, noticed a daintily- shod foot on the carriage step, and a rather tall young woman jumped lightly to the pavement in a manner I that "indicated a perfect familiarity with carriage deportment. “If you will bring the baby into the house I will relieve you of‘it, as you don’t seem to know what to do with t it,” she said, and Herbert meekly led the 131.11 y “I will send for the housekeeper, and she will take you to your 1001i). I duties are, and it will uotbe necessary for me to explain them. thing you need you can mention it to Mrs. Daniels. You will find [her very kind.” , “Then you have not engaged a nurse for the. baby?” said the girl, pushing back the masses of ruddy hair from a very attractive face. “No, my dear—I beg pardon—Miss~ “but ‘ If there is any- ' l r i-«lt l l l way and ushered her into the li- . —you have not mentioned your name.” ‘ l The look she gave him was withers "lug. Then she walked out of the room Iplished friend of his sister, to engage such a girl as that and bring tier here? She’s too fine for the place.” , He did not see her again that day, but the baby Was dressed and sent d-,o1vn and he experienced, a degree of astonishment when he saw in it that he was not prepared for in the least. In the first place, 'it was a perfect cherub in its appearance, with the Sweetest and most appealing smile, dimple of the cherubic order, and golden hair that fiuffed- about its face like an aure- . ole. In the morning he sent for the young woman. She came, and proved to be more attractive by the cruel light of day. Her dress was of elegant cut and finish, and set off her stately form to advantage. . “You wished toIspeak to me?” she said, and Herbert thought he saw a gleam of amusement in her face, and it made him angry. “I merely wish to ask you—to—know 9’ It was not easy to say what was in his mind, with those eyes looking at him from under their level brows. “I would like to know ' how Mrs. Roberts—my—sister—happsned to meet you and Secure your valuable services in the—your present capacity.” He had stammered and halted as the expression in her face changed from amusement to anger, and then to con- tempt. “You wish to see my credentials?” she asked presently. “It is customary,” he answered. “I think Ali—I beg pardon, Mrs. Rob- erts, is the one to demand credentials,” she replied. “You are not what you seem to be; you are masquerading,” Herbert‘re- torted hotly. ’ “I think you wm be satisfied when your sister returns; that will be to- morrow. Until then I have nothing to wsay, and I will not desert my charge.” Herbert tried another tack. “As the baby is to be a fixture in the family, I suppose I must order a per- ambulator to take the little thing out for an airing. Or you can go with Mrs. Daniels and make the selection your- self.” , The girl laughed—yes, actually laughed in his face. He was, furious at his own discomforture, and rushed on to destruction. '2 “And since you do not seem at all prepared for filling your position in a suitable manner, I would suggest that you wear the customary black dress and white apron and cap of the regu- lar nursem-aid; it will define your po- sition in the family.” If he expected an outbreak of wrath he was mistaken. A pained look came into the refined face, and tears started in the overcharged eyes. But she an- swered in a calm voice. “I object on the principle to the uni- form of domestic service, and do not intend to wear it. we will wait, if you please, until your sister is here'be- fore'we make any plans,” and she swept from the room like a young prin— cess, with her head thrown back in regal disdain. But an» hour later she c‘ondesccnded to accept his offer of the carriage and horses to take baby for a ride, -,and accompanied by Mrs. Daniels, drove to the Park. Then an incident occurred that had all the elements of :1 tr. o'edy in it. A horseback rider, one of the gilded youth of the city, but a good fellow withal, and a great friend and chum of Herbert Savin, rode up to the Roberts carriage at a gallop and nearly flung himself from the saddle in order to grasp the extended hand of the girl sitting there. Herbert caught the words “Nellie, darling!” in an incredulous, but most loving tone, and a pang of jealous an- ger disturbed him, then there were sudden cries, the mad rush of fright- ened horses, and the carriage in which the girl was composedly sitting was whirled away at a breakneck run.‘ Herbert spurred his horse at a pace that equalled that of the runaways. and at the same moment a mounted policeman dashed off in pursuit, and the team 'wasstopped before any dam- age was done, but Herbert had the in- explicable chagrin of seeing Gould Lor- raine clasp the form of the frightened girl to his heart and hearing him say,— “Thank God, Nellie, you were not hurt.” I,. ‘ “Gould, dear, I was looking for you; that is why I came to the park.” she answered, returning ,his caress. lloomy as a stone pillar, Herbert’ stood, trying later to soothe Mrs. Dan- iels and help her adjust. 'the baby, when he found his faculties. But it was Gould Lorraiiie that was the astonished person now. “When did you come? you doing in that carriage? you not come home?” Those 11 ere the questions the young nan asked, and at each one the intona- tion in his voice grew st1'onge1 and more indignant. “You know I met Alice Savin—Mrs. 1 What are Why did Rober'ts—abioat'. afi' er ou1 school days,‘ _ , said \ellie, in iesponsc to her broth- er’s questions. “1 chanced to visit the some friends on the way home, and she askedvme, or, rather, bring the baby she had adopted home with 111e, and left the maid to come with her. I had no idea her brother was at home; she did not speak of him to me.” , . So this was the charming, accom- Eleanor Lorraine, whom he had never chanced to meet. ure could not have been planned. But all’s 11 ell that ends well. The timely arrival of Mrs. l'obeits with the genuine nursemaid relieved Miss , Lorraine of any further responsibility. and went in search of .theahousel-rc’cper l and in due time Herbert was forgiven. herself. _ "‘1Vhew!” said Herbert. for 5 daughter. By George! “A minis- she must carries 1.91 sell I be -1 kihgs daughter by the way she. ' What possessed All?” I and her bachelor brother together. . I. And neither of them ever kne‘w that unpleasant experience was one of the deep- -laid Schemes of that “erratic’ 1115. Roberts to bring her dear friend 1; ‘ion’s fancies materialize ve1'1y I offered, to' A mole complete cliscon1fit-_' SLEEVE HAIS LITTLE FULNESS. The New Way of'Monnting a' Glow" Add, ' Much to Its Beauty. (By Special Arrangement with the N.Y. Sum. As the season advances Dame Fash rapidly and it may be recorded to her credir that dress, in its best form, has never been prettier or more becoming that it is now.‘ ‘ The dominant note in all the fashions this season is the use of thin materials Have what you Will; if it is only trans parent enough to Show a gleam 01 color from the lining, it will pass mus ter. The muslin gown is decidedly out of fashi-on’s specialties, and has a lead ing, place among her favorites. Th1 new’ mode of mounting some of thesc simple gowns is a development in tht art of dressmaking that adds much u” 1 their beauty, as well as expense. F01 example, a skirt of colored chilfon in dainty apple green is first hung over one of white tafieta silk, and over this. is the real dress of white organdie, as plain or as much berufiied with lace as you wish. The soft, delicate tinge of green gives an exquisite effect, espe- cially under the embroidered muslins so much worn. . . l": -\\¢ $411255”? 1' .. Eifiklf ‘1‘," ,47 (mil ‘iimflfl‘ 416 Mr. A .. n ;“,_.—-.M-’ W\ Q's. 1457:!“ files ”I Ev.- 4 ( \\. 147:9... The sleeves of all the thin gowns are more or less trimmed with tucks, in- ser’tio-us and shirriugs, from the wrist to the pufi at the top; but the latest of all is the sleeve which has no puffs or hills, and is simply an easy fitting, close sleeve, increasing a little in size toward the shoulder in proportion to the arm. It is trimmed on the entire length to redeem the plain effect, but it shows which way the wheel will turn as regards our sleeves in the au- tumn. Some of the latest evening gowns have long transparent sleeves of chiffon, or net slightly Shirred, and close at the top, with no frills, pufl’s or drapery, the flat efiect being re- lieved somewhat by bows of ribbon on the shoulders. A yoke effect fifteen inches (loop around the hips is one of the season iii-odes 11111ch is effectively carried 011'. in strip-ed linen, fiounccd with pink and lined with pink silk. This yoke is 11'. mle 0f altcin..ting bands of lag-e i11- ~:1\lti0ll and tucked 11 lute moussel'm ale sole. belOw which the skirt hang.» f12' ‘l and plain. gatheied on with a lir- '11- hmdi 11g. The full bodice, mater-1 ' 121311111 ;1' ol: 9 has a wide draped ball or" I~IIz~l~‘:‘ si‘k and a cravat of the mousse trimmed across the ends 11 itl1 lac“ ' . , It CAKE OF TOILET SBAP IN EVERY PACKAGE. \ QUEER LIBRARY F REAXS. Funny Requests for Books that Amuse the Employee. . Once in a. while the clerks in the pub; lic library get hold of a good joke through the ignorance of people who come there to take out books. It was not long ago that awoma-n 'Who was anxious to, join the Daughters of the American Revolution came there to look up her family history and get her facts and claims ready to submit to the Committee on Membership. 'She went about it in rather a queer way. After looking'aboiit aimlessly through the in- dex for a time she discovered “Loss- ing’s Family'History of the United States.” She wrote her request for the book on one of the cards provided for that purpose, and was quite indignant with the clerk who handed it to her be cause it did not contain what she wanted. . It was not long after this incident that another woman, who, from her dress and appearance, the clerks thought might be literary, wrote on one of the cards a request for “The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table.” “ ‘Hol‘mes’s Autocrat,’ do you want?" politely asked the clerk. “011, I don’t care whose it is,” was the reply. “I only want to find out it it is proper to use toothpicks at the breakfast table.” Another request for a magazine which the applicant said was called “Brain” kept one of the clerks busy hunting half an hour before he discov~ ered that what was wanted was the magazine called “Mind.” Still another clerk was shocked the other day by a request for Washington Irving’s “Ala. bama.” The clerk mildly suggested “Alhambra.” FIREMEN WATCH FOR EACH OTHER. Habit of Vigilance That Prevents aCom: rade’s Danger Being Overlooked. There is a. system in the Fire Depart- ment by which the men can keep track of, one another. The rule is for the men of each company to look out for the men of that company. ' This makes it comparatively easy for the men to keep track of one another, for there are rarely more than a dozen men in a company, and each man in it knows about where his comrades are working at a fire. The custom among the men is to keep constantly inquiring for one another. If Jones hasn’t happened to see Smith for some time, he immedi- ately asks the first man of his com- pany that he comes across where Smith is. If that man can’t tell,- the inquiries go on, and so a man can ’t be missing for very long without his com- rades knowing it. Then it is an easy ~matter to traCe Smith to the last task he'was ordered to do, and as a rule he is hauled safely out of danger. From constant usage the system has become almost perfect, and the cool courage that it has developedhas made the de- partment one of the finest in the world. The men will risk everything, and go against the most tremendous odds to save a comrade. A splendid, exhibition of nerve was given at a fire in New York not long ago when fiieman after fireman de- scended into a freezing cellar,f full of black smoke, to try and save a young fireman who was finally taken out dead. Men who were brought to the surface fainted away, and on recoveu tug insisted immediately on going down again after their comrade. They finally got him out, but not before five rescuers had failed to accomplish any- thing, aud had been hauled out uncon- scious’—New York Sun. . Slighted. . FOUr-yeanold Barbara went to church with her two sisteis and came home crying. “What is the matter, dear?" in- quired her mother. “He preached a whole ssermon— about—\I- Mary and Martha,” subbed Barbara, “and—never said—a w-wo'rd about me.”——Gh.icago Tribune. Quite a, Resemblance. Rural Bagges—Say, Tats, do you know why we’s like slot machines? Tramping Tatters—-No, I don't. Why is we? Rural Ragges—’Cos we never work. w—N / _ FOUND HIS WIFE AIF’II'ER'O‘JLYEARS. A Tale That Proves Fiction is no Stranger . Than Truth. A romantic story developed recently . at Wilder’s, Ind..— by the arrival of William Easley, living near Elkto'n, Ky., to claim his wife after an absence of nearly forty eight years. Easley left his wife, a bride. of fif- teen months, and a. babe in the cradle in 1849 to seek a fortune for his fam- \ly. He sold his property, and with $1, 000 started overland for the Pacific coast to prospect in the mines. He took up a claim, and letters to his wife told of promised success. He was gone a year when his letters stopped. The wife did not despair, but months lapsed into years, and still Eaeley was not heardfrom. Mrs. 'Easley1 after ten years of waiting. concluded that her husband was dead, and five years later she again married and moved to Indiana. Her second husband died in 1896, leaving the widow in indigent circumstances. , Easiey having learned that his wife, whom he believed dead. was living, and the sequel was that he found the bride of his youth in Wilder. Easley said he received advices in California that his wife was dead. He went from Oallfornia to Todd county, Ky., where he is the owner of a. large farm, 1nd where the aged couple will spend their declining years. ' SERVA'N'TS’ IN JAPAN. 1 No Care for the Mlltreu of I Hones in I That Country. Servants are very cheap and very good in Japan. The, foreign house- wife has nothing to do; and she lives like a queen. The Japanese cooks are far better than most American cooks, and '20 a month will pay the board and salaries of the help of an eight- room house. A certain foreign, resi- dent in Tokio, who lives as well as a millionaire‘Would in. the United States pays his cook $5 a month; his butler gets $2.50, and his gardener and sec- ond girl get about the same. These servants all board themselves, and the cook does the marketing. The house rent costs less than $20 a. month, and a coachman could be had" at $5 a month more; There is no trouble in getting good servants, and they watch after their. employer’s interests, and see that he is cheated by none other than themselves. Jap families pay still less for their servants. Only a flow of the mid& class-have more than one servant, and among the poor the wife does the cooking and entire work of the house hold. Some families, however, have a woman to cook and do general housework, and such women are paid from $1 to $2 a month, and are lodged and fed. They generally receive a pre— , sent of a dress fromthe mistress at New Year’s and in midsummer, each costing from $1. 50 to $2, and they ex- pect to get a cent or two three times a week for bath money. —Cllicago In- tor-Ocean. More hnd More. “Jeremiah,” she said to her husband, who dislikes pets, “you know that you think a great deal more of that dog than you used to.” “That’s true ” “I’m glad to hear you say so " “Every might now he refuses to let me think of anything else."——Wash- in‘gton Star. Kerriga'n—Phat’s good for a cowld? Casey—«Boy yez got th’ proice uv two hot whiskeys about yez? Kerrigan—Oi hov not. Casey—Will, thin, Kerrigan, ut Wud be a. mercy not t’ tell yez. —P.unch. " A bee is never caught in the rain. and you will notice that ants, wasps and spiders will prepare’their nests against the cominz of a storm many hours in advance. A Question of Priority. Simonsbee—I have a. chance to mar. ry two gi-;rls one is pretty‘ but a mere butterfly, as it were, and the other. though plain, is an excelleiit house- keeper.‘ Mr. Russell of Chicago-Take the crafty one enema:- THE ORIGINAL Stamped u BOSS” Always the Same .jn lr'o' o ,, . . ..... lights the way and stays lighted. 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