,. ii l' i 1‘ m Actual mum it goose-o- ~ WWI-than any other brand, ‘ Absolutely Pure ROYAL BAKING POWDER (20., NEW YORK. LocAL AND OTHER NEWS. Mrs. George Low of Westport ave- nue is seriously ill. A daughter has been born to Mr. and Mrs. Thomas O’Brien of Merwin street. . ' Miss Suszl F. Jarvis of Bridgeport has been visiting her mother, Mrs. W. H. Jarvis of South Norwalk. The Industrial League of the FirstM. E. church were entertained last even- ing at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Arnold on Bayview avenue. Miss Laura Bradley is visiting Mrs. M. W. Kellogg. —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 t Stephen Kerkiss is moving fromRuth- ford, N. J ., to South N orwalk. Commissioners on the estate of the late Mrs. Ellen Sherwood are to be appointed at the Probate office on Mon- day next. . Regular meetingsof the fire com- panies willb’e held next Tuesday even- ing. ' __‘_____ The Grace church industrial school inet this morning. | District deputy Baldwin installed the officers of Sherman Commandery, U. 0. G. 0. last. night. Refreshments were served. -—7Prof. M. S. lttosen, the well-known oculist Optician, can be consulted at his office in the parlors of the Mahackemo Hotel, South Norwalk, Tuesday from 9 a. m. to 8 p. m. Eyes examined frfee. f5-t . = Mr. and Mrs. George Voorhees have been entertaining Mrs. Edward Weed of New York city. . Mrs. Thomas .0- Rogers, of N orwalk, will reside with her brother in Dan- bury' during her husband’s absence in the Klondike. Miss Annie Crandall, who has been visiting Miss Hattie Hubbell, of West avenue, has returned to her home in Brooklyn. '» ,MissViola M. Byxbee, of Pleasant . .avenue, who has been’ill of the mumps -.thepast week, is much improved. " ' Mr. and Mrs. William Mosher. 0f Rowayton have sailed for Daytona, -.Florida, on the Clyde Line steamer . Comanche. - —Eastman Kodaks and supplies at Rigg's Drug store. J 7 ti Rev. A. S. Kavanagh, of the South Norwalk Methodist church, will lec- ture in St. Paul’s church, Waterbury, on Thursday evening, February 3. ‘ The Rev. John Fleming of Poquonock , Conn, will probably be appointed pas- tor of St. Mary’s church, Bethel, made vacant by the death of the Rey. Father O’Connell. William Abendroth entertained a party of friends at his home on Wash- ington street last evening. The Mayflowers and Old Wells open- ed a pinochle tourney last night at the headquarters of the former. There will be Whist at the Central 4 club Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Drake of Mount Vernon and Mrs. George Burr of New ' York, came to Norwalk to day to at- tend the funeral of Mrs. A. A. LaDue-, which took place at the home of her son-in—law, William A. Pryer, this afternoon. SETTLES NERVOUS BANKRUPTCY. Investigation shows that men who succeed are men of brains ——strong nerves—great will-power. Ordinary *food cannot supply the vital forces which people with active brains and bodies require. Bicola Pills feed the nerves-emake the mind bright, mus- cles strong—make flesh and blood and give perlect healthto men and- women. THE TURNERS OF‘PHILADELPHIA make Bicola Pills. J. E. Buckley, chief clerk National Hotel, .Washington. D. C., testifies that he was all run down—was a shadow of his former self—Bicola Pills gave him wonderful relief—he gained over twen- ty pounds after using them. , .1 Norwalk Agent, E. P. Weed. South Norwalk Agent. R. E. 'Plaisted. ‘ 3 Warners’ultle Liver Turners—A very small pill. Turns your liver. Cure '- siok headachez— billiousness - indiges- . ,tlon. ' ' - , humanism“ grodobaltiug powder ' . site. THE GREAT Joke OF PARIS. "The Perpetrator of It Made $2,400 by His Obstiliaoy. Paris has been laughing over a com- edy in real life, entitled “Le Locataire Recalcitraint,” or “The Obstinate Ten- ant." M. Dauphin insisted on occupying'his -. flat on the fourth floor when all the rest of the building except a modicum of wall had been removed. When he_ finall'y'went away,_it was with pecuniary profit. Early in July the owner of a house in the Avenue de Clichy decided to pull it down and build another on the The occupants of the various flats accepted notice to leave on Octo~ ber 15. Subsequently the landlord found it would be to his advantage to have the house pulled down at once, and he offered his tenants $200 com- pensation apiece if they would remove before July 15. All agreed except one, M. Dauphin, a law- yer’s clerk, occupying -a flat on the third floor in the back of the house. He stood onhis rights and de- clined to budge before October 15. Nevertheless, the contractor was call- ed in and his men began to pull down the premises. The gas and water were cut off, and the whole of the front part of the house was demolished, but the lawyer’s clerk remained obdurate. Then the workmen attacked the back of the house, and took off the roof and all the floors above the third. M. Dau- phin's ceiling suffered a good deal, but much be spread a tarpaulin over it and ap- peared as contented as ever. Then the staircase between the ground and the second floor was re- moved, but the tenant replaced .it by a ladder. Fully appreciating the humor’ of the situation, he hung out a placard bearing the words, “Comfortable flat to sub-let.” Occasionally the “Plaster Hermit,” as he was dubbed in the neighborhood, would take his after- dinner cup of coffee outside his front door and beam upon the crowd be— low. The contractor was obliged to lep work, and for three days M. Dauphin remained in undisputed possession of the ruins. The proprietor was forced to come to terms. M. Dauphin pocket- ed $2,400 compensation, and retired with all the honors of war. . A MYSTERIOUS 4-YEAR WONDER. A New York Boy with Phenomenal Pow- ers of Memory, _ Lavender Richardson, a four-year- old New York boy, is a mystery in point of mental development. In ap- pearance and action he in no way dif- fers from other little boys of his age, but in his correct answers to questions that puzzie most grown people he is a marvel. . ‘ It is related of him by his parents that when he was twenty-two months old be commenced to talk plainly, and that then they were astonished to hear him repeat facts he had heard told with an accuracy that would have been amazing in, persons of much greater age. When the boy was three years old he had memorized the names of the capi- tals of all the European countries. His feats of memory were not like those of the parrot, for his knowledge appear- ed to be so judiciously arranged in his mind-that he could utilize any portion of it whenever occasionlrequired. Then people who were told of his marvelous powers of memory began to test them, and speedily found out that the stories they had 'heard 'were true. Everything told :the boy' seemed to be retained by him without the slight- est change, and the result of the men- tal training, constant ,questions, ac- companied by the ceaseless imparting of information, was to soon make him a veritable encyclopedia. Statistical, historical, Biblical, psychological, po- liticalland other queries he answered without hesitancy. Where he gained all his information was another mys- tery. . As the months have passed physi- cians whose curiosity has been excited lied by the boy’s strange feats of mem- by the boy’s strange feats of mem- cialists have subjected him to various ' tests. None of these,» however, has been able to detect any indications of the physical degeneration that as a rule, invariably follows such remarka- ble mental developme'nt. Learned men from various Eastern colleges have visited the boy for the purpose of satisfying themselves of the truth or falsityw of the - remarkable statements made concerning him.-~ New York Journal. Lord lruflerin a Diplomat. ‘ A writer in, commenting on the len- dency of some of our United States cousins to indulge in :‘tall talk," re- , calls-an incident that occurred in Mon- treal at the time that the press of the United States was threatening that. the 55,500,000 awarded to Canada by the Halifax arbitration would not be paid. . Lord Dufferln had just got. back from a visit to Washington.,'l"here had been objections raised in Congress to pay- ing the money. Lord Dufferin saw that a joke would rolleve the strain. He looked round the large banquet- lng hall of the Windsor Hotel and re- marked with pretended solemnity: "No, gentlemen, I have not brought it back in my pocket. Our $5,500,000 of fish money was not'handed‘tn mm across the counter by the President." He went on to say that he never even looked as if he wanted it, so con— vinced was he that all was right.— Montrcal Herald. A good old preacher down in Indiana was a little bit confused over his an,- nouncement: “Remember our quarter- ly meeting next Sunday. The Lord will be with us during the morningsery vice. and the presiding elder evening." a.— o .- .-- in the * ‘into the shallow water. - and, so to speak, in full dress. when she was on some crooked scheme' CLOTH GOWN WITH WIDE COLLAR FROM HARPER’S BAZAR Cloth Gown With Wide Collar. A smart little indoor gown of a very simple model, and one that might be copied in the spring materials, is of cloth. The skirt measures three and; a half yards around the foot. It is gored, but not exaggeratedly so, and , the fullness in the back is gathered», The back of the waist is all in one. piece stretched tight over a fitted lin- ing, and has a little basque, which shows below. the belt. A cut paper pattern of the waist, skirt, and sleeves is issued by Harper’s Bazar, where the gown appears. The belt is of black satin, laid in folds and fastened in- the centre at the back with three small buttons. The front of the waist is bloused and has a turned-over wide ' square collar that extends over the sleeves, which are very small. The collar is made of shaded pink velvet on which are designs in guipure lace, and there is a narrow edge Of silver braid all around. There is a square yoke, of which only a little shows, made of shad- ed green taffeta, and the high stock- collar is also of tucked green taffeta. At the back of the collar is a small arrangement of velvet edged with lace. The skirt of this gown is trimmed with I three bands of black fancy braid. nit/sin BRlEF. Canada will institute a system of ' naval patraol on theGreat Lakes. ' A receiver has been appointed for the Chestnut Street National Bank of Phil- adelphia. The location of gold near Golden, Co]. was revealed to a man in his dreams. » ' ' ~ ' The Canadian manufacturers have ,. . petitioned the Ottawa Government" for a. higher duty on bicycles. ’ Fire destroyed four stores and-a. half . . dozen- offices and smaller buildings at Somerset Ky, yesterday. Loss $100,— 300. . -Phiiadelphia ministers intend to . : ' arouse the city, through public meeté lugs; against the toleratlon of hundrsds .yf disreputable resorts they have 'dis- 1 f Both the method an :results when covered. Circus Bill by Dirié‘eley. Washington, Jan. 29.—The Ways and Means Committee has reported favor‘ - ably Mr. Dingley’s bill remitting the duties on Barnum’s show when it re« turns to the United States. PUMPlNG on. FROM THE SEA“. . At Times the Wells Are Surrounded by Water and the M en Work on Platforms The only Spot in the world where oil is pumped from the sea is' on the Pacific coast below Santa Barbara, Cal. The oil-bearing strata reaches out in- to the ocean, and the drill scaffolding, looking like windmills without the wheels, crept nearer and nearer the edge until finally many of 'them were planted in the water. The work was . started at extreme low tide, and finally the tail scaffolding appeared twenty or thirty feet from the shore, seemingly rising from the sea.' Three wells at low tide are in the water, and at flood tide are completely surrounded, the men working on platforms of various heights, which they ascend when work- ing as the sea rises. The drill is worked in the water by an engine on the. beach, the fuel being the oil pump- 'ed' up, this engine working several weeks. At present the most daring well scaffold stands in six feet or more ‘ of water at high tide, and there isa rumor thatothers will be pushed out Undoubtedly the entire coast in this vicinity overlies an oil producing stratum. Off what is : known as Moore’s wharf, half a. mile. out, oil rises to the surface in several ' places—Scientific American. -' .Queen Bess" Handwriting. Queen Elizabeth wrote often to Caths erine de Medicis and her sons. Eliza- beth’s signature was always majestic, But intent the body of the letter was the merest shorthand. It must have been trying to read her letters.’ ‘They had to be read to be answered.- But they generally heat about the bush, and Were involved, unless she was in a passion. Then she went'straight and swift to the point, and the handwriting ° was as clear as "her words.-.-I;bndon Truth. I; .1 . _ ‘1‘. . 1‘ w . \ "x x 5‘" Kauai ONE N OYS Syrup of Figs is taken; it ispleasant andfrefreshing to the taste, and acts gently yet’promptly on the Kidneys, Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys- tem effectually, dispels colds, head- aches and fevers and cures habitual constipation. Syrup of Figs is the only remedy of its kind ever pro- duced, pleasing to the taste audac- ceptable to the stomach, prompt in its action and truly beneficial in its effects, prepared only from the most healthy and agreeable substances, its ‘ many excellent qualities commend it to. all and have made it the most popular remedy known. _ Syrupof Figs is for sale in 50 gists. Any reliable druggist who may net have it on hand will pro- cure it promptly for any one who wishes to try it. Do not accept any substitute. ;- CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP (20. 8A” FRANCISOO, CAL. . UUI8VILLE, KY.’ NE W YORK. ”.7. .Eye Testing Free! Classes for_‘the Masses! DR. HUGHES, OPTICAL EX PE RT. l .M'ill (J‘iv‘c His Personal Attention to the Correction of . :Difflcult Defects :of Vision. ' 3 DAYS OF EACH WEEK, Tuesdays, ..W_elneslays all Tlllll‘lll‘clls, mrrn’ve PROPER LEN sEs. Cure Insomnia. Vertigo, Hallucinations, Epi- lepsy. 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Q! : Sold In All Colors by Grocers and Druggists, or mailed free for 15 cents; . : Address, The MAYPOLB SOAP DEPOT, 121‘nuane Street, New York. 3 ‘ cuesuooooooooooooooooooooooooooouococoon-no.0: _ Olsen Brothers’f ' WHITE SHOE STORE. - ‘lnnual Jan. and Feb. Sale of up-to—date Shoes! “The Balance of Our Entire Stock of Men’s $3.50 and 34 Shoes” »——-—IN— \V inter Tan, Bulldog 'l‘oe,at $2.48. Bulldog Toe, Lac 3 and Button worth Enamel with Double Sole, at $2.48. $4 and $5,311 6'0 in this 581° at $138 . . a pair. Box Calf, Bulldog Toe, at $2.48. ' 100 prs. Misses Shoesmorth $1.25 Patent Leather, Double Sole, Bull and $150 at 390 a pair. dog Toe, 2.48. ' 200 prs Ladies’ Shoes,wozth$l.50l \Ve have also made Sweeping all sizes. and the latest Toe Shapes, Reductions in all our stock of Ladies’ at 980 a pair. up to. date Shoes. ‘ We have given away the Gold and Ladies Fine Calf Shoes, Lace and now we propose to, offer you the Button, Ladies’ Fine Box Calf, Lace greatest bargain sale of shoes for [the and Button, Ladies” Fine Enamel, next 60 days ever held in Norwalk. " Olsen Bros.’ White. Shes Store, 3 GAZETTE walnut, -. - uonwm, noun. Warranted Solid Gold. Beautiful Chased Holder. l$l.0 You may think it; cannot possess merit or durability, the price is so low; but the “Lincoln” is a $2.50 pen reduced to $1 00. It is durable, always ready to “go" but never drips, the ink flowing steadily and uniformly. Thev ate in use in this office, giving the best of satisfaction, and they are in use in the ba 5, insurance and business offices and among all classes of users of pens in Norwalk and vicinity. Orders are received from all parts of the country. - ' Samples to be seen and orders re'ceived- at the GAZETTE OFFICE. 1 REIG '1‘ LL BETWEEN NORWlLll,-SOUTHNORWALl AND NEW YORK. PROPELLERS CITY llF llllllWlLK, VULUAN aulElGLE. Leave Pier 23, E. R. Beekman St, New York, at 3 p. m. (Saturdays Except- . ed.) Leave Norwalk .9 p. m.; South Norwalk, 10 p. m. (Fridays Excepted.) Freight received from 'i a. m. to 5 p. in. Upon application to the agents, the City of ,Norwalk, Eagle and Vulcan will be sent for special lots of freight any-— where in New York er its vicinity. All persons are forbid trusting any of the employees of the boats of this line on account of the owners thereof. _ . *cW0004}vvvvovvvv000090090090009000090000¢ 0009931: <> . Venom . 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