- subject of the hour. ‘ berl Were added to this society at their North street. "and Bertha Dufiee have returned to ' South Norwalk, after spending a week with. Miss Dorothy Lewis, of Well ave- ' . hue—Danbury News. “too“. out "crass News. Miss Edith Wilson, of Belden avenue, is visiting friendsin New York city. The Ocarina club will hold a mas- querade ball in the club house at Broad -- River next Thursday night. Walter Jennings, son of M r. and Mrs James O. Jennings, of'Gerard place, is sick with appendicitis. The Friday afternoon club were en- tertained by Miss J ulita Hatch at her home on West avenue, yesterday. A son has been born to Mr. and Mrs. Charles N. Fitch of Ansonia, formerly of South Norwalk. 2 The annual election of officers of Grace Chapter, Brotherhood of St. An- drew, will take place Monday night in the Guild room. ——Prof. M. S. Rosen. the well-known oculist Optician, canbe consulted at his office in the parlors of the Mahackemo Hotel, South N orwalk Tuesdays frOm f5-tf ‘ 9 a. m. to 8 p. m. Eyes examined free. O The chorus of boys for the First Methodist Episcopal church Christmas . entertainment will meet at Fred Force’s, 95 South Main street this af- ternoon at 4 o’clock. The Woman’s Auxiliary of the Y. M. C. ‘A. met at the residence of Mrs. J. C. CroWe yesterday afternoon, and made _ arrangements for the reception to be held in the’Y. M. C. A. rooms on Eliz- abeth stleet, South No1walk, Monday evening. visited Russell Hart of Stamford friends in town yesterday. Mrs. Lillian Sherw OOd—ITGIVkllk 11 ill sing at an entertainment given bv St. John’s Mission, in Le“ isboro, on next lYednesday evening. .- ___...__-._ «Fine cut glass at Plaisted 5. Alabama, that sweetest of all south- eln plays, will be presented this after- noon and evening at Hoyt’s Theatre. Trade-marks and labels of Standard goods ale sometimes ingeniouslV 1mi- tated. Remember this when you go shopping. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Richardson and Edwin Fox, of South Norwalk, will ad- dress the meeting in the Broad River chapel, Sunday night at 7:30 O’clock. The Y. W. C. T. U. are meeting at the home of Mrs. G. F. Waters of Day street, South Norwalk, this afternoon. —~’A large amount of fancy chails, couches, white and brass bedsteads, Morris chairs, from $5.00 to $18. 00. Call and see them. at Raymond & Son’s Open eveningS" Mrs. Hattie Mason of Litchfield, has been visiting Mrs. David E. Hughes of Mott avenue. The finishers at the Crofut 6r. Knapp } hat factory propose giving an enter- taininent for the benefit of Stephen Cralin, at an early date. Eugene M. Tolles proposes building a row of houses on Meadow street, f01 which plans have already been furnish- ‘ed. The moulder’ s have resumed work at the Richardson 8: Morgan factory. —-We find ourselves with too many extension tables which we have mark-: ed way down in prices. Dining Chair's very cheap. Just received a new line ‘ of Sideboards, from $9. 00 up. at Bay- mond & Son’s. The Hanlon Brothers are in receipt of two car loads of sleds which they propose giving away. A new dog has been added to the of- fice fixtures at John H. Ferris’ coal yard. Mrs. Jennie Sabine of Utica, N. Y., is a. guest of her brother, Dr. H. W. Warnes of South N orwalk. A special meeting of the Epworth League, known as an “echo meeting,” will be held 1n the Norwalk Methodist .chulch Sunday night at 6 o’clock. Echoes from the convention will be the. Sixteen new mem- monthly meeting last night. ‘—Ladies’ Wool Alaskas, 65c. Men’s Wool Alaskas, .753. Men’s Buchell Artics, 75c. Men’s Storm r11 bers. 750. Ladies’ Wool 1 ed shoes, 690. Ladies’ 1 to 2 heeled rubbers. $105 in gold flee at A. H. Hoyt & Son’s D43t A civil-service examination is being held at the Council rooms in South Norwalk to-day, of three applicants for .POst office clerkships and two of car- riers. Miss Eliza Stanton, of Norwalk, is visiting Mrs. Robert A. Lake, of Town Hill avenue. Mrs. Addie Warren, of Norwalk, is a guest of her sister, Mrs: E.‘ J. Thomas pf Clifton street. Miss Minnie Taylor of East Nor-walk is vis- iting her cousin Miss Cassie Taylor of The Misses Katherine - ' for her a reputation. ' had been waiting for their coal came Success in Business. A Washington modiste, who enjoys the patronage of many fashionable women in the official set, said recently that she doted her success exactly» from the time she hit upon,a little idea that being a. novelty immediately won “One night,” she went on to relate, “I _.wa.s finishing up. a. gown for a senator’s daughter, and though I had tried hard to please my young lady, knowing if I succeeded it would be the means of increasing my business,‘ the thought came to me that lf I could make 11p the package and send it home with some stamp of in- dividuality about it, it would b feather in my cap. At that mOme ta 1 was sewing hang-loops on the waist, and the g1 eat idea flashed through my brain. I jumped up, seized a candle and made for the cellar. Arrived there, I grasped a. hatchet and knocked of a barrel hoop. Dividing the 'hoop‘ in half, I hurried back up stairs with my embroyonic waist holder. .It did not take me long to cover the curved stick with some pieces of material left from the gown and attach a ribbon and bow. It made a. very dainty and useful accompaniment to the gown, and my customer was delighted. Wasn’t it a happy idea?‘ Why, I never [send a gown home now without a pretty waist holder to match, and I put sachet powder in the hangers to in- crease their attractiveness. You have no idea how quickly the news spread that “Miss was such a clever dr‘essmaker with such original idcas._“ I honestly believe my little barrel hoop creation procured me my present large business.”—-Washington Star. ORIGIN OF THE CAKE WALK. Formerly a Marriage Ceremony but Its Significance Now Lost. The cake-walk proper hadits origin ,among the French negroes of Louis- liana more than a century ago. There is little doubt that it is an offshoot of some of the old F1 ench country dances. It resembles several of them in fOIm. From New Orleans it spread over the !entire South, and thence North. It was found of convenience to the plan~ tation negloes. They were not wed- ! ded by license, and it was seldom that the services of a preacher were called At a cake- walk a man might le— gitimately show his preference for a woman and thus publicly claim her lfol a wife. In efiect the cake- walk was not'different from the old Sco‘tch marriage, which required only public acknowledgment. from the contracting Iparties. So this festival became in some sense a. wooing, an acceptance or rejection and a ceremony. This ex- plains its popularity with the blacks, outside of its beauties, with the ac- companiment of music, which is com- petent at all times to command negro support. Cake-walking has improved,_ as do most things that are constantly practised. It has lost its old signifi- :cance in the South. Negroes now get married, when they marry at all, in white folks fashion. It has become, however, a pantomime dance. Pr0p- erly performed, it is a beautiful one. The cake is not much of a prize, .though the negro has a sweet tooth. —New Orleans Times-Democrat. 1 HORSE WlTH AN EYE FOR BUSINESS | (11d Hector “'ouldn’t Allow His Master’s Sickness to Stop \Vork. A lemarkable display of animal sag? aclty was given recently in Kenslng- ton‘ by the horse driven by old Harry Fiddle, an itinerant coal dealer. Harry 'has been a small dealer for years, and many a. bucket of coal he sells to cus- tomers of twenty years’ standing. Hec- tor, the old bay horse, has been owned by Harry for several years, and, al- though he is old and lame, the animal serves his master well. Last week, while out with a load of coal, Harry was taken sick, and, leaving his six- year-old- grandson on the wagon, he went into a friend’s house to rest. Now, Hector evidently got tired of waiting, for when Harry, who had become very sick, came out with his friend to be driven home the team was gone. Late that afternoon the grandson came home with 'an empty wagon and ex- piained that Hectorhad gone over the regular route, and that the people who cut. and took what they wanted and paid for it. 'Harry became very ill and was confined to bed for over a week, ‘but the supply of coal never stopped, las Harry’s oldest son would load the wagon before going to work and the team would be sent in charge of the Little boy. It has been proven since that old Hector never missed a cus- tomer along the route, and he is now pointed out as a remarkable horse. --—'3hiladelphia Record. ..w .1 Tall Fish Story. ONE WOMAN’S wn'. ‘ ‘ 2,. ii ‘ How an Idea Added Mnt'erlnlly- to flex 1 THE TiCHBDRNE DOLE. £- A :0;- ing \Vomani’l Energy and In Fire- bruml the Gainers oi Ihls’Chai‘l’ty. . Visitors to the Isle of Wight have, no doubt,- heard cf the Tichborne dale, but probably few know anything of 4 its origin. The old manor-house where the charity originated is at Lymer- stone not far from Brook House, the lesidence of Sir Charles Seeley. Not much of the old mansion remains at the present time. It appears that sho1tly after the conquest the King he- stewed it on.a. family who adopted the name of Limer‘stone. In the time of Henry I, Sir Roger Tichborne .mar- ried Isabella, the heiress of the Lim- erstons and the foundress of the famous dole. When the Lady Isabella, after a life of great charity, lay dy- ing, she prayed her husband to- set aside for the poor as much land as would enable her to institute a dole of bread to all comers to the gates of Tichborne on every successive Lady Day. Sir Roger, so says the tale, took a brand from the hearth and promised her as much land as she could encircle while the wood was burning. She caused herself to be carried from her bed to a place still pointed out and began creeping on her hands and knees. Before the brand was con- sumed she had encircled several acres. still known as the Crawles. Since then the Tichborne dole has never ceased to be distributed. —London Tel- egraph. Wants to Make Sure. A Huntington woman will let her husband go to Alaska in the spring if he will draw up a paper to the effect that if he hasn’t returned in three years it means that he will never re- turn, and that she is at liberty to mar- ry again. She doesn’t want any of the Enoch Arden, business in hers.—.—Ty- rone Times. ‘ Tobe Sure. “But I thought your husband was such an active man?” “Active! If it weren’t for me,l don’t believe he’d 'get 11p in time to go to bed." ‘ “Ah, well! , That’s better than some husband-s, you know, who scarcely go to bed in time to get up."-—Harper’s Bazar. Proof. The Senior Member—«By George! Clarkso-n, you seem to think you’re the boss here! Clarkson—Not at all, sir. The Senior Member—Well, you talk so blame stupid, Truth. why do then ?-—- CURRENT HUMOR. "‘I thought you said, Grumpy, that you would never allow your wife to ride a wheel ?"’ “So I did, but she happened to hear of it.”—Detroit Free Press. “I thank you, sir, for your kind per- mission to call on your daughter.” “Remember that I turn out the gas at 10 o’clock.” “All right, sir; I’ll not comebefore that time.’f—Harlem Life. The Cabman—“Gimme your bag, lady, and I’ ll put it on top of cab. ’-’ Mrs. Oatcake (as she gets in)—-“No; that poor horse of yours has got enough to pull. I’ll carry it on my lap.”-—Judge. . - ' I ' “When a man gits ter feelin’ dat dis world kain’t git along wifout ’im,” said Uncle Eben, “he giner 1y settles back and loafs in a way dat doesn't leave no possible chance ob his being missed. ”—Washington Star. Hicks—eI suppose that it is a bargain between Dick and Miss Sparker. They seem made for each other. Wicks—Yes; as soon as they met, he made for her and she made for him. —Boston‘ Transcript. )’ “I came to tell you, said an Osage City "tenant to his landlord, “that my cellar is full of- water.” \ “Well,” responded the landlord in- ‘dignantly, “what do you expect to get for $10 a month-11 cellar full of beer. ” —Wichlta Eagle. “You are charging me- most hor- rible prices,” complained the prospecx tive Klondiker. “It is just this way,” said the Seattle merchant. “You either strike it rich iii or freeze to death; so, either way you. won’t miss the money you are leaving-j behind.”——Pittsburg Chronicle. “Don’t cry, Buster,” said Jimmyboy. after the castrop'he. “Napoleon didn't cry every time his brother hit him ac- cidentally on the eye.” “I know that,” retorted Buster. “Na- poleon did all the h-ittin’ on the eye hisself.”—Harper'-.s Bazar. Moses Junior—“Fader, a shentle- man in de shop wants to ,know if dat all-wool non-shrinkable shirt will The following is vouched for by F. ivl.=1kett, who lives in Leflore ‘co‘unty, .‘.ilss., near Cane Lake. went out a a marshy place that had dried out on account of the continued dry weather, to dig fish bait, and while digging. with a grub hoe, to his great surprise, instead of finding fish bait, he dug up a fine fish that weighed three pounds, and upon examination he found that ’11 the m1_d for 100 yards around there was a great quantity'of trout, white gercll and bass. Mr. Makett carried 10an a half bushel of the fish, and. now, instead of digging bait, he goes out every morning and digs a mess _ of fine bass. The fish are under the surface about ten inches—Memphis Commercial Appeal. Hendly. -—“ So you take stock in that yarn? Why, I wouldn’t believe that story if I told it myself?" ' cowgage—“Well, in that case, neith- Mr. Makett ‘- l'ew mornings ‘ago to /' er would I.”-——Bostop Transcript ~, ' v. 1, shrink?" Moses Senior—“Does id fid him?" Moses Junior—"No; id is too big.” Moses Senior—“Yale; id vill shrink!" -——Tid-Bits. “Do I understand you to say, pris- oner, that you knocked him down be— cause he called you a dirty liar?" 7 “Yes, your honor. I couldn't stand it. If there is one thing I always prid- ed myself on more than anything else, it is my cleanliness."—Chicago Tri- bune. _. “I want,” said the excited Chicago woman- at "the telephone exchange, ‘my husband, please, at once!” “Number, please ” said the polite operator. “Only the fourth, you impudent‘ thing!" snapped back the fair tele- phone'r; and when the operator failed to check a slightly. audible smile the bell lang off viciously. ~Cincinnati Sommelcial Tribune. 2 ' . _NORWALK, - - - “OWTor-‘noour Fill a bottle o1-.—common glans with ~urine and let it stand twenty-four heurs; ~11. sediment or settling indicates ‘ ‘ an unhealthy cendition of the kidneys When urine stains linen it is evidence Of kidney trouble. Too frequent desire to urinate or pain in thé back, is also convincing proof that the kidneys and bladder are out of Order. WHAT TO DO. There is cemfort 1n the knowledge so often expressed, that Dr. Kilmer’ s Swamp-Root, the great kidney remedy fulfills every wish. 1n relieving pain in the back, kidneys, liver, bladder and every part of the urinary passages. It corrects inability to_ hold urine and scalding pain in passing it, or bad ef- fects following use of liquor, wine or beer. and overcomes that unpleasant necessity of being compelled to get up many times during the night too urin- ate. The mild and the extraordinary effect of Swamp-Root is soon realized. It stands the highest for its wonderful cures of the most distressing cases. If you need a medicine you should have the best. Sold by druggists, price fifty cents and one dollar. You may have a sample bottle and pamphlet both sent free by mail. Mention THE GAZETTE, and send your address to Dr. Kilmer & Co. ., Binghamton, N. Y. The pro- prietors of this paper guarantee the genuineness of this alfaii. 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