II ' ADMIRAL SELFRIDGE R‘ETIRES- His Father, Also RetiredE'Is Now Ninety- 'three Years Old-wills Career. Washington, Feb. 5.-—The retirement of Rear Admiral Thomas C. Selfridge, of the United States Navy,which takes place at midnight to- night, is of unus- ual interest from the fact that it will place two officers of the same name, both rear admirals, father and son, on the retired list. The older Selfridge is 93 "years old, while the son will to- morrow reach his sixty-second year. The career of the younger admiral has been full of stirring and dramatic incidents. He has seen fiercer fight- ing and has been in more thrilling epi— sodes during the war than any other naval officer. ' On three different oc— casions his ship was sunk, and another ' ADMIRAL SE LFRIDGE. tune he was blown up with his boat’s 1' sew by a torpedo. He commanded the gundeck battery on the Cumber— land, when she was sunk by the Mer- rimac, the day before the latter ves— sel had l1e1 big fight with the Monitor. Thomas O. Selfridge, Jr., entered the navy as a cadet midshipman in Octo- ber, 1851, and was gradUated in 1853, at. the head of the first class sent out by the Naval Academy. under its pres— ent~ organization. He was the first officer to receive a diploma from the Academy. In February, 1860, he be- came a lieutenant, anfi‘ was ordered hOme from the African coast to the flagship Cumberland. He took part in the bombardment and capture of the Norfolk Navy Yard, and in the assault and taking of the Hatteras forts. Immediately after the sinking of the Cumberland, he was placed in command of the Monitor. Admiral Selfridge, Jr., was made a commander in the navy in 1869, and from that year until 1874, with four Vessels he had charge of the survey of the proposed interoceanlc ship canal across the Isthmus of Darien. H1: was made captain in 1881 and com- mander in April, 1894. He has always been one of the most pop- nlar officers in the service. Both he and his father, the old admiral, make their residence in this city, and both of their wives are living. ' LAKE SHORE RAILROAD SOLD. The Big Deal with the New York Central Goes Through. New York, Feb. 5.——The Lake Shore Railroad yesterday afternoon became the property of the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Company, ' The final arrangements for the trans- fer of the Lake Shore system to the control of the Central were made yes- terday morning, when the directors of the Central met to consider the propo- sition made some time ago for a union of the two roads into one system, to be operated hereafter ’as one road stretching from New York to Chicago. The directors ordered a. $100,000,000 gold collateral trust mortgage, bearing 31-2 per cent. interest and running 100 years, for the acquirement of the stock of the Lake Shore and Michigan South- ern Railroads The purchased stock will be used as. security for the mort- gage. No mention was made in the resolutions of _a sinking fund. The consolidation of the .New' York Central and Lake Shore companies creates a new system of 4, 080 miles in igfigth, representing direct, leased and operated companies. It fo1ms a com- plete and unbroken line from New 1110111510 Chicago. with diverging lines 111 this State, Michigan, Pennsylvana Indianafan‘d Illinois. The mileage'of the New York Central is 2,392 miles. The lines owned are New York to Buffao, 442 ,miles, and branches, 377 miles. The leased lines are: West 'hore,’ 425 miles; Troy and Greenbush, six miles; Spuyten Duyvil and Port Morris, six miles; New York and Har— lem,127 miles; New Jersey Junction, five miles; Rome, W'atertown and Og- densburg, 519 miles; Mohawk and Ma- lone, 173 miles; Carthage and Adiron— dack, 43 miles; Gouverneur an Oswe- gatchie, 13 miles; New Yorki Put- nam, 54 miles; ; Dunkiik ghany Valley and Pittsburg. 91 miles; Beach Creek. 140 miles: other leased branch- es, 202 miles. The company has 287 miles 'of foyr‘track. ONE-BATH-JN 20 YEARS. _W‘ealthy Connécticut Widow is Washed . by Force and is Dying. ~ Winsted, Conn., Feb. 5.—Mrs. Sam- uel Smith, a widow of means, was found living in squalor two weeks ago and is now dying as the result of a cold she contracted while receiving her first bath since her husband's death, more than 20 years ago. Mrs. Smith is eccentric. She lives in the upper floor of a two-story frame building.- Her-only companion was a large cat, which she had taught to stand on its hind legs and dance. The cat died two weeks ago. It was deemed ' necessary to ,renovate .Mrs. Smith’s house, and Henry 'Gay, VVinsted’s wealthy banker, secured the services of two nurses. It took one week to clean the -house, during which time “four loads of rubbish were carted away. The nurses gave the old wom- ai a thorough cleansing notwithstand- ing her. many protestations. Mrs. Smith, it is said, asserted 'it 'was the first time she had had any water on her body since her husband's death. erw Smith is worth several thousand dollars. Germany's Next Step. Berlin, Feb. 5.-Baron von Hammer- stein—Loxten, the Minister of Agricul- ture, at yesterday's session of the Pru- sian Diet, declared that American horses developed influenza after impor- tation. 'He added: “If the importa-~ '. nons increase we Shall certainly be uflICGd. to adopt; a suitable quarantine , an. order to protect chrselves ‘ :—- 01110110 111311. 1111111111. ».vlficé.i—Long‘ean's Maser?- In eve1 v case of chronic nasal ca- tar rh the. lining membranes of the nose are thickened and of a deep red color, while the superificial v eins are swollen and throbbing. In nea1ly every case we may find patches of a. grayish 001111, and 1n not. a few there is actual ulcera- tion with mom or less loss of substance. The secretion is thick, tough, of a oreenish cba1acter and when the de- 5 1 uction is vc ry lapid, of a fetid od01. Large collections of dried secretions may be ad herent. to the middle and sides of the nose. When inflammation has existed a long time and ulce1 ation has taken place, pu11form matter is se- 01 eted and (11 ops into the throat. This is one of the most dangerous features of the complaint. and this matter often descends into the stomach, causing fr e- quent 1 omiting and a. general derange- ment of health and finalh ends in ca— tarrh of the stomach. Nasal catarrh must be cured by local t1eatment, and 1n this, cleanliness of the nasal passages is the chief end and aim. The custom of habitually hawk- ing and snuifing should be immediately stopped: besides being disgusting, it is unnecessaiy and ploductive of positive injury ythe use of California Catar rh Cine perfect cleanliness of the nasal passages is secured and the peculiar prope1 ties of the herbs used in its 1310- duction not. only cleanses the mucous membrane of all puriform matter, soothing and allay" mg all inflammation, but also effectually destroy all forms of fungus which may glow in the thi oat 01 nasal passages. It has cuied cases of almost total deafness,1estored the ability to detect odors to persons 11110 had almost forgot ten 11 bat. an od01 was, and has cured cases that surely would have resulted in total blindness. Let no one who has suffered an y of the evils of catarrh, hesitate to secure a bottle of California Catarrh Cure, with full faith that he will obtain relief and cure. U ' It is sold by all dealers; 50 cents, three times as much $1. THEIR FEMININE VALET. the Attends to the Clothing of Four So- ciety Mon. _There are at least four men in St. Louis who will never be hampered and ‘done for” when they marry as they we now. One of them is a widower, :i1e other three are dyed-in-the-wool lachelors. They live in handsome 1partments in the West End, and be-_ :ween them they have a woman valet. lhe is a motherly-looking, middle-aged :reature, quite lady-like, and always is neat as a pin in her attire: She )robabiy does not see her employers 1nce a month. She goes to their rooms every day after they have left them, 1nd puts their clothes in order. She gets the laundry ready and delivers it o the laundry wagon on specified days. She is there when it is returned, sorts t, sews on missing buttons, darns the iilken socks, puts the handkerchiefs Jctwccn their scent bags, and regular- y once a week she cleans out the lrawers. When one of her charges leaves her 1 note, saying that he is going to the .heater or a party at night, she lays his lress suit out, puts the shirt ready, ad- lusts the buttons, varnishes his pumps, 11 fact, has everything so that all the nan has to do is to put them on. Next norning they are as carefullyput away. His various suits of clothes are brush- ed every day, and his valet doesn’t 1ave to be told when they should go to the tailor’s for fresh creases in the rousers and a. sponging of coat and vest. A moderate charge per week 13 made for the service by this woman, who makes really a good living out. of aer clever idea of “doing” for gentle- men—St. Louis Republican. A POSTMA.N‘ON STILTS. Getting About Made Easier in “Landes” of France. Between Bordeaux- and Bayonne lies that stretch of open country known as the “Landes.” A great part of this tract, which was formerly waste land, has been now partially reclaimed and planted with pine trees, which are cul- tivated for the sake of the resin that is extracted from them. The rest of it, however, remains wild and covered with gorse and broom. The villages and groups of dwellings in the “Lan- des” are very scattered, and in order to traverse the wide, extent of the plains with ease the inhabitants use stilts, according to “The London Graphic,” which are tied to their legs. Mounted on these the shepherds watch their'flocks in the brushwood, and can cross pools, marshes and peats without difficulty. They carry with them a long pole, which serves as a support when resting. The postmen,'-too, em- ploy this means of getting about. In winter time, when the “Landes” are covered with snow, getting about on stilts is, of course, difficult, and in or- der to obviate the inconvenience and to enable him to get over the ground without loss of time the postman has lately fitted to his stilts a kind of thin wooden skate, which enables him to walk on the top of the snow without sinking in. ' ‘ tho. The Dallli’a a NativAe of Mexico. The dahlia, named after the famous Swedish botanist, Dahl, appeared ear- ly in this century, and was as popular in the flower garden as, were the ca- mellias and fuchsias in the greenhouse, and still holds its own. This plant, which is a. native of Mexico, was prac- tically introduced into England by La.- dy Holland in 1804, as it had been lost since its first appearance some fifteen years previously, when LadyBute im- ported it from Spain. During the first forty years of its popularity double dahlias were all the fashion, and since «then the single ‘ varieties have had their'day, While at the present time‘ the new cactus kindsfholdthe foremost fl the entire our has T HE E V E 1111: (Sr.- GAZE T I‘E ' \ \ CHECKER-BOARD Busuvsss DIRECTORY. THE EVENING-0A2 5115' NORWALK F111 1111111111113 (10. In Successful Oper- 11.1.1011 Smce 1860, No Outstanding Claims: GAZETTE ADS. BRING GOOD RESULTS Sales For Boni- VAlIlAILES STORED IN * _ Safe Deposit Vault ' or THE NATIONAL BANK or NORWALK- (5. Ward Solleck, BEST GOODS. TEAS and. COFFEES 18 WALL ST. No. 9 Main St. lip-.1111; ’1). Hyatt DENTIST, 8 West Avenue. Edgar Buttery, N u rse r yman , NOBWALK, CONN. Trees. Shrubs and Plants. Strawberry Plants 3. Specialty. Brandy Wine. Rio and Marshel 30 other V111“ mules. omce, 6 Water St. Nurs’ys, Broad River. NASH 81 VANSGOY —Dealers in— Cnocumr. CHINA AND GLAss WARE. ’LIIMBIIB. STEAM AID GAS FITTING. Cor. Main 1% West 155 So. 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