fie Royal' 1': the‘ighest grade baking powder
"been visiting in town.
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known. Actual tests show it goes one-
third further than any other bro-Id.
Absolutely-Pure '.'
ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO.,‘ NEW YORK.
LocAL AND' OTHER Mats.
Miss Mary Hard of. Bridgeport, has
been visiting Miss Laura Pollard of
Winnipauk.
Members of the Central club are
playing Whist at the club house this
afte1 noon I ‘ .
I A daughter has been born to Mr. and
Mrs. A’. C. Cuneo of South N01 walk
I
Miss Alice Keele1'=of-IVVilton, has
,.'——Eastman Kodaks and supplies-at
.Higg’s Drug store. J 7 t
Miss Louise Smith of 'ISaugatuck
' . spent Sunday with Miss Florence Brown
of Spring st1 eet South Norw alk.
Miss Ma1 y Bennett of New Haven, is
' - 1 isiting he1 parents 1n 'South Nor walk.
J ohn Hadden of the Hotel Preston
is convalescent of an attack of lumbago.
.A. Malmo continues to... improve at
' 5.3 1115 home on N o1'"h Main street.
The funeral of theInlate Miss Anna
' . LO’ Brien was attended from St. Joseph’s
church, this morning. The inte1 ment
,11'as in St. Mary’s cemetery.
-Don’t forget ‘-‘ The Heart of Chicago”
at Hoyt’s Theatue to- night.
—A copy of the lucky tickets drawn
at A. H. Hoyt 8:. Son 5 for the gold last
night follows:' fir st N o 276: Dsecond,
5256; third 6359; fourth,- 6350. J I1 tf
. Now is-the time to subscribe for_ the
WEEKLY GAZETTE and Weekly New
York Tribune. Both ~papers sent to
any address for $1.
VVashburn’s minstrels 'will be at
- Hoyt’s Theatre to-morrow night.
_ Attorney E. M. ‘Lockwoodis confined
. to his home by an ulcerated tooth.
Elder L. F. Reynolds. of Fair Haven,
I' Mass”, conducted .the services at the
._ Advent ChriStian church yesterday.
~—Try a bottle of Rigg’ s Syrup, of Tola
Tar and Wild Cherry, the quickest and
safest cough remedy known, 25c and
50c per bottle. J 7 thI
Mrs. Charles Dann of Wilton has
'. been: spending a few days in East Nor-
‘ waikfi :
Mrs Géorge Stevens of New York,
has been visiting her parents, Mr. and
"Mrs. W. O. Merritt of Riverside ave- fl
' nne, East N orwalk
Mrs. Hi1am Gorham of South Nor
' walk has been visiting her son Lee
G01 ham of Bethel.
M-iss Bertha 'Kirkwood of Danbury
has been spending a few days with
Miss,Be'ssie Rider of East N orwalk.
——Prof.' M. S. Rosen, the well- known
' oculisr. Optician. can be consulted at his
1
office in the parlou's 0f the Mahackemo
'Hotel, South N 01 walk Tuesday from
' 9 a. 111. to 8 p.111. Eyes examined free.
f5I-tf.
. The live cod sloop Flash left port at '
_ South Norwalk, yesterday!
TheiIeI will be a regular meeting of
Douglas Fowler Post, G. A. R. to-nIigIht.
—~_l_,_.._
Fred. Grumman of the greater New
York spent Sunday at his home on
Maple stl eet.
George R. Merrill of Yonkers, spent
Sunday with relatives in town.
The. ' Inasmuch" Circle of .Y'King’s
' Daughter’s of the Norwalk Methodist
church will hereafter, meet on Satu1-
day aftelnoon, Ian,,d until further an-
n6unce1n‘ent,a't 3 o’Lclock The next p
meeting will be with Mrs. A. Avison,
of Main- street, Saturday, J anuai y let.
At a meeting of {the board of direc-
tors of the First National bank of South
Norwalk the following officers were
"elected: President, -Russell Frost; Vice-
Ipresidr lit, Alden Solmans; Cashier,
. (I/‘halles.x E. Ferris; Teller, Louis Beers.
-IN OLDEN 'lIllIES
People overlooked the importance 'of
permanently beneficial effects and were
satisfied with transient action; but now
[that it IS generally known thatSyrup
" ' habitual Constipation,
'of Figs will permanently overcome
well-informed
people will not buy other laxatives,
which act for; a time, but finally injure
the system Buy the genome, made' '
, Stamford gentleman.
' manufactor y,
- ands of other
iféttv Thievery.
The hard of W. F. Fillow, the pedé
Idler, on School street, was broken in-
to Saturday night and a quantity of old
junk stolen, a portion of which has
since been found secreted in a clump of
bushes not far from the Center school
house.
They are liable to be arrested on the-
-' charge of burglary.
‘
Ir
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Albert tMorehouse addressed the Ep—
worth League Sunday night at the NorI-
walk Methodist Episcopal church. Mr.
Morehouse is the oldest member of the
League, being almost ninety years 0
age. The meeting was one of unusual
interest and was largely attended.
v
,Dame Rumor says that Mrs. Emily
’13. Matthews, the‘pOpular real. estate
agent of this city will sh0rtly we'd. a
The,GAZETTE in
advance ‘wishesthe present Mrs. Mat-
thews the full amount of happiness of
which she is so richly deserving. 1
Contractor Lyon expects to finish the
slating of the north tower on the“ new
Methodist church at South Norwalk,
to- -m0rr0w.
George Ward Selleck is critically ill
at his home on Camp street. '
aAlvin Nickerson Who was inju1 ed in
' an elevator one day last week at the
. Mathewson & Co. shoe
is reported as doing
nicely at his home on Orchard street.
The firm has done and continues to do
all' 1n its power for the comfort and re
covery of the lad.
Lounsbur y,
The Hartford Rubber Works has
presented the Stamford Midgets with
tires for their new Orient tandem.
AA:
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A PECULIIAR SECT.
They Believe in Running Away to Some
Lonely Place \Vhen About to Die.
A curious sect in Russia is that
known as the Runners, because its
members run away like a. sick animal
to some lonely spot to die when dis-
ease overtakes them. Another is
known as the Runner-Smotherersh.
When any member of this extraordina-
ry sect is seized with a mortal or sup—
posedly mortal illness, instead of be-
ing allowed to run "off to die he is put
out of the'world by a woman whose ti-
tle is the smotherer. The ceremony is,
for safety’s sake, generally performed,
not in the victim’s house, but in. the
common praying 1'-,00m a secret room
c0nvenic::tly situated to escape the
prying eyes of authority, and provided
with numerous exits in case of a sur-
prise. VV'hile psalms are sung and the
censer swung, the old woman who usu-
ally holds the honorable office of
smotherer' performs her task with a
small cushion held over the sick per-
son’s nose and mouth, the body being
afterward secretly buried in some re-
.mot'e spot, whither it is conveyed un-
der 3. load of some innocent matter,
such as hay. -—New York Tribune.
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AI Curious Stone.
One of the most curious stones in
the world is found in Finland. It is a
natural barometer, and actually fore-
tells probable changes in the weather.
It turns black shortly before an ap-
preaching rain, while in fine weather
it is mI'ottled with spots of white. —New
York-I World.
Mu'ot 'Mean 'ani'ness. .I
Old Harding—Well, I guess that
young Dabsley’s determined to marry
Our Lib, in spite of everything.”
Mrs. Harding—Why do you think so,
Jeremiah?
Old Harding—Way, you know, she
sang to him and played the. piano
I'night before last, and here he is again.
', All Depended on Him.
“Will you think at me when, I am
gone?” he asked.
“I shall- be glad to ". she replied
with a sigh, “if you will make it pos-
sible. ” .
Then he went. —I-IChicago Evening
Post. , i
I Going ,to the Dogs.
“Terrible th’ way these yere furriners
is gettin’ control 0’ this kentry!”
"Yep?”
“Yep! Jes, be’n readily a list 0’ fel-
le'rs that’s be’ u naturalized, an’ every
blame' one wuz a furriner!”—New York
Journal.
a
I Cruel Old Man.
' lie—~17 id you tell your father that
I would kill myself if I couldn’ t have
yen? .
She—Yes. '
- I—-—Ie -Wliat did he say?
She He said that settled it. You
011ldn’ t have me.—--C1I1icag0_ Nani. '
K
THDBNS T0 SIT. UPON.
Many people gather thorns by failing
to heed the warning sent out by diseased
kidneys—coated tongue—parched skin
— feverishness—dull dragging pain—
general feelin of M'earineSs is sure
evidence of ki nev and bladder trouble.
Take Utah Kidney Beans at once—they
will cure you—theyl‘hgve cured thous-
TURNERS OF
PHILADELPHIA make Utah KI 1 d n e y
Beans.
E. B. Samuels, County Clerk of Hick-
man Countvi, Clinton, Kentucky, testi-
fies, that he suffered f0r- years With hor-
back, kidneys and
rible pains in
bladder—was t1- ted by many .ppysil
cians— , IIey gave im 00 relief—he got,
lIy stand alone——
says, complete.-
recommends
so that "a could hair,
Utah Ki' ' Beans,
ly cured him; He gla ,-
them to all summers ‘ . .
Turners’ Lime 1,111.1- To'jgrs—A. vex-y
Turnsryrur li ,. A true
Anmfter ill pep '
small; pill.
The thief- 0r thieves gained an .
« ent1 ance by breaklng in a window.
[craved lives. Such is the
IC ANN 'IIB ALB 011 H AYTT
RAG'EM NT 0Fo ARKFSTAFRICAON
FTHE wEsTERN :HeMlsPHERF.
' VoocluuismI in Its “' oist 101111. the Rely?"
_ ion of the People of .tlie Interior—Ibo
Great Ydlluw Snake as Tli'eir Object, of
of “’oiship.
-I-Iayti is little more than a fragment
of darkest Africa c'los'e by the shores
of the United States“ its inhabitanfs
being largely given up to the pxacticeof
the infamOus rites of voodoo, While the
cannibalism incidental to that primi-
live form of supclstitious wolship pre—
vails to an aStonishing ex'
p10vince. .,
S0 slight 1110 the 1'el..ti0ns commer-
cial 01' otlimwisc, which connect Hayti
with the United States that such mat-
ters have obtained little publicity in
this country The Worship ol: the
'Great Yellow Se1pent,with its inciden-
tal antl11'0p0'pliagy,as practiced on the
island, has attracted only" occasional
“press notices,” as it were. Yet, there
is evidence to prove that scores, if not
. nund1cds of human Vict'ims, nearly all
”Of them children, perish annually. The
Whole republic is actually rotten with
this strange moral disease, and the best
'authorities who have written about it
assert that the government itself sup-
ports the abominable cult, using its
sectaries as a secret police.
The ‘people of IIayti—the mass of
them, that is to say—bane advanced
very slightly beyond the absolute sav-
Iagery of then African ancestors. The
latter, whenimported in the eight-
eenth century as slaves to work on the
great sugar estates, brought with them
their religion,which—variously known
as “‘Voodooism, “Obeahism,” “Fetish-
ism, “Ju- Ju” and “Mumbo- Jumbo"—is
one of the most ancient faiths in the
world. Practically all of the natives of
the Dark Continent, barring the M0-~
hamm'edans, believe in it. The wor-
ship of the serpent is its most conspic-
uous feature, and the Great Yellow
Snake—a harmless specie of Ophidian
indigenous to Hayti—was promptlyr
adopted as a god by the imported ne-
groes. It is supposed to be an incarna-I
tion of the arch fiend.
The religious idea of the savage is
the propitiation of the powers of evil,
lest they injure him This requires
sacrifices, and the most acceptable sac-
rifices, from the 1iew point of the flood,
is a living human being. In‘ Hayti.tlle
Great Yellow Snake is never'thorough-
ly satisfied unless gorged with human
flesh, and infants are particularly'ac-
ceptable. Hence the flequent slaugh—
terings of childlen in various provinc-
es of the Black Republic. particularly
at certain seas-.ons 1 .
'lhe population of Hayti is about
1,000, 000, and consists almost exclu-
:sively of blacks, With haidly a' trace of
white blood. - To- -day it is almost
as African as the most remote interior
of the Dark Continent.
ion which exercises a most p0werful in
fluence all over the West 'Indies even
the best educated white people being
A brotherhood of sorcerers and pol-
soners extends all over Africa.
fraternity is of most ancient (origin,
and concerning many things they pos-
sess unusual knowledge. In particular,
they are acquainted with vegetable 'and
mineral poisons, including some drugs
unknown as yet to :fscience. By means
of certain mysterious décoctlons they
‘11'0 said to be able to produce; insanity,
paralysis, idiocy, or slow decay of body
and mind in a victim. In Africa these
priests of Fetish commonly act as 30-»
tret police. for the native chiefs, Smell-
lng out as Witches any persons Whose
destruction may be desircd. The same
brotherhood runs the machinery of the
Voodoo faith all over the West Indies,
and it is represented in many cities of
the United States by “doctors”. who en-
ioy a large "practice” among the col-
ored people, their prescriptions con-
sisting mainly of I“love potions,"
‘Spells” to destroy enemies. “hoodoo'
:harms, and other “material" 0f witch-
:raft.
In Hayti this system of superstition
ls knownas Vaudoux, the word signi-
fying an 1111- powerful and supernatur-
11 being, namely, the Great Yellow Ser-
pent. All knowledge past and present
. dwells in the reptile, but its will can
only be communicated Ithrough ' its
priests and, priestesse’s. These person-
ages are generally distinguished bya
peculiar knotting of their curly wool,
which must be a work of considerable
labor. COmmonly they lead most do-
tenor 111'—
spire‘d by the priests that few women of
;he lower ordel dare resist their ad-
vances: Next '10 unrestriéted licentidus-
0e53, the highest happiness from the
rum and in this luxury the offerings
of his followers enable the witch doc-
10rI to indulge to his heart’s content.
In Africa the sacrifices to Obeah are.
ilways of human beings; in the West
[miles the influence of the whites has
brought about the substitution ofI
thicken cocks and goats for such pur-
11059.le Jamaica, during the last
twenty years, only two instances of
mono sacrifice in voodoo worship
have coine to light. On the other hand
she killing- of children by the negro,
’anatics of Haytl is extremely edmfiion‘,
tnd no recent government on the isl-
IItnd cared to grapple. with the evil.
indeed, a late Prime Minister was him-
sell! one of the brotherhood of witch-s
loctors, and in 1867 the President of,
zhe republic, Salnave, ”joined the fra-i
lernlty for political reasons, bathed
those"! in the blood of gents, took part
.11
Flfintal to :the “adored” rites, and even
T H 13 12v 1. N 1 No.1...
out inseveryI- '
Here is the .
true Western home 'of Obeah—a relig-:
infected with a dread of its mysteri- .
I ous and truly diabolical powers
Their '
view- -point of a bad negro is unlimlted . '.
the most lawful debaucherl'es incl-r (1
manhood humai‘r fictions, it is alleged.
. «fieuafieache in fig! ' (,1 l8! .
MURDESS OR DUTY!
iheuf? 11‘...ng and Deputies that 'A' 3.
swel- for the Shooting of Mine’rs.'
1551,3339‘03- Pa.
ha: leached counsel
I'El 5le -.ha-'. the
m: 4epumes .or the shooting of the
rioaous 5'1; k'ers at Lattimer on Septem-
l): f 1'.] las'
barre nex: week Tuesday. January 25.
Both on account of the 50013.1 and
ousiness standir got many of the eighty
*e'p" ties under cHndictment,’ and the
'11. es..ons of law and feet involved. the
trial 11". 'll be the most notable ever held
in this State“;- The counsel on both
sides are the most eminent that can
be procured, and Judge "Lynch, who
for the defense
15% '
. SHERIFF MARTIN.
will probably preside, has the reputa-
tion of being a very able jurist. La.“—
yer Troutman, of the defense, in speak—
ing of the case to your cor1esp0ndent,
said:
"It is impossible to tell how long the
tiial will last. W e have only a panel of
sixty talesmen to draw from. Besides
the challenges for cause' we have twen-
ty peremptory challenges, so you see
the panel could be easily exhausted be-
fore a jury “as found. ”
“In that case, what would be done?”
"We could go out among the specta-
tors in the court room or anywhere
else for jurors, until. we'found a jury.”
Asked what he thought the Outcome
of the trial would be. Mr. Troutman re-
plied.
“I do not see that it can possibly be
anything but an 'vauittal. You see
the vei’sion of the deputies of the af-
I
fray has. not as yet .been heard, for '
by my advice they have kept their
mouths shut
“The questions of law involved are
of great importance to the legal mind.
Many will crop up that have not as yet
been satisfactorily passed upon. by any
legal tribunal.”
As’ Mr. Troutman is an old law yer of
.gleat and varied :'perience, his most
notable case probably being his coni
duct as prosecutor of several of the
Molly Maguire trials, his opinion is en-
titled to considerable weight.
Some of' the questions which will
'hav'e to be passed upon are those in-
volving the ’rights and powers of a
sheliff in a strike, the rights of strikers
Ito march about from place to place and
an- adjudication upon the question what
does and what does not constitute a
public highway. .
The latter point is regarded as being
perhaps the most important one: The
strikers contend they 'were on a. pulillc
highway vwhen they were fi1ed upon,.
and upon this point Judge Lynch laid ’
considerable stress when charging. the
Grand Jury that indicted the-deputies:. ‘
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BENJAMIN BUTTERWORTH DEAD.
. . _ . e . - -
CommissionerIoffl Pgtents (Had Gone to
Georgia'for His Health. ' .
Thomasville, Ga. ., Jan.
Benjamin Butterv10,rth Commissioner
of ,rPatents, who came here several
weeks ago with a view to recruiting his
health after having been taken serious-
ly ill in Ohio, died at 3.15 p. m. yester-
day. Mr. Butterworth’s wife and chil—
dren were at his side when he died. He
1hadI been suffering from pneumonia,
but death was due directly uraemic
convulsions.
By the death of Major Benjamin But-
terworth one of the most conspicuous
characters is removed from social and
official life at the national capital. He
Was born in Warren County, Ohio, on
October 22, 1839, of parents who were
members of the Society of Friends. He
studied law in Cincinnati and was ad-
mitted to the bar in that city.
In 1883 he was appointed Chief of the
Patent Office by President Arthur. Al-'
though thé greater portion of Major
Butter-worth’s time'during 111s latter
years was spent at Wasningfa‘n, where
he had built up a. large law practice
and owned much property, his appoint-
ments to political office have been cred:
ited to Ohio.
He was known throughout the United
States as an able parent lawyex and a
stench Republican.
His first appearance at Washington
was as a member of the Forty- sixth
Congress from the First District of
_Ohio._
Congresses —— Forty- -se1-' enth,
ninth, Fiftieth and Fifty- first.
In September last a sensational and
erroneous. report 11' as. printed to the ef—
fact that Major-Butteerrth, while on
a visit to Atlantic City, had been as-
saulted and 1ol)bed by thugs. At the
‘time of the alleged assault the stalwart
Ohioan was at Vva'shington, and the
publication of the rumor caused him
, great annoyance.
'Forty-I
Mr. Gladstone on' Strikes. '
London, Jan. 17. -.——Mr. Gladstone con-
Itinues well and cheerful at Ca nes. A11
:Ie'minent person who was lunching re-
cently with him asked Mr. Gladstone
‘ fwhat was the g1 eates-t danger threaten- '
.ing 'Grea‘t Britain—“as it France, Ger-
many, Russia or America? ‘None of
them ” was the reply of the statesman;
‘ the only dange1 I foresee is from the
'trades unions and their attendant
strikes.” .
Profit in Football.
New Haven, I.,Conn Jan. 17. e—Playing
football game‘s on college grounds is a
big success. Yale and Har'vade made
‘813 000 apiece' .prlo it off theix game at
.-'Ca'mbridge, the total receipts being
about $35, 000. The figures for the Yale—
Princeton game here Show the total 're-
ceipts were, 328 3913," I17; the expenses $4 -
231. 35, leaving t e; at receipts $24 165. 42.
Each college ,
share for the
Berlin. Jan.- 17..
Steadi'ly improvmg
again good humore
3: a.
Jan. 17. elnformaticn
trial of Sheriff 'M'artin '
would be called at Wilkes- " "
1.7 ——Maior "
He served- during four moreI
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