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hows. Actual testsohow it goooooo-
third further than any other brood.
Absolwutely Pure
RDVAL BAKING POWDER 00., NEW YORK.
LOCAL AND OTHER NEWS.
Mrs. Charles Gale of South N orwalk,
Spent Sunday with Mrs.'Herbert Slau-
son of Pound Ridge.
Mrs. T. K. Noble is recovering from
her recent severe attack of grip.
The annual meeting of Bethany
Chapter of Trinity church will be held
to-night.
The house in Courtlandt place recent
ly occupied by General Frost, is being
fitted up for John W. Beatty and his
prospective bride, Miss Anna Wood-
ward.
A son was born Friday to Mr. and
Mrs. Woodbury G. Langdon, of Fifth
avenue, New York, whose summer
home is at Half Mile Island.
Rev. A. S. Kavanagh commenced a
series of pictorial sermons last evening
in Hoyt’s Theatre. The subject is
Pilgrim’s Progress, which -is illustra-
ted by three large pictures.
—-Prof. M. S. hosen, the well- known
oculis‘t Optician, can be consulted at his
office in the parlors of the Mahackemo
Hotel, South N orwalk Tuesday from
9 a. In. to 8 p. m. Eyes examined free.
. f.5-tf
‘ Our Brothers’ Lodge, 1. O. O. F. ex-
pects to confer the initiatory degree on
several candidates to-night. A
A card party will be held at HOpe
Hose headquarters tosmorrow night.
The Paulist priests will hold a mis¥
.sion in March at St. Joseph’s church.
5 George Govern, night clerk at the
Lane restaurant is on the sick list.
—:Sleighs new and second hand. For
sale and to rent. Luther M. Wright.
_- F. 1 tf.
”Printer. “Ed” Seymour has secured a
situation atFreeman’s printing office.
H. Quittner proposes erecting a num-
‘ ber of cottages on Elv avenue in Whis-
tleville at an early date.
Norwalk carpenters are bidding on
the construction of a building at Stam-
10rd ' .
. Douglas Fovvler Post, G. A. R. will
hold a regular meeting tonight.
——The demonstration . of Egyptian
1 embroidery on rug work at the Boston
Store, Norwalk, is of special interest to
the ladies.
See adv. situation wanted.
John Miesh Of South Norwalk, is
carrying his right arm in a sling; the
result of an injury to his wrist by an
' iron barrel hoop.
J. Irving Dibble, secretary at the J.
H. Ferris coal office is still on the sick 1
list.
The condition (if Mrs. Ann Butter v
11 hois ill at the home of her son- in-
law, James H. Stevens in East Norwalk,
is reported as being much worse.
The
even
city councils
1113;.
will meet. this
The Entre Nous club will meet at
Dr. Lauren M. Allen’s on Washington,
street to-morrovw evening.
. One of the numbers, at the Union
Veterans Union entertainment which
takes place this evening will be a banjo
5010 ‘11; Miss Eva Collins.
G. A. Casey, of Derby, is spending
the week with Mrs. Sarah La1rigan
and daughtei of Haviland street, South
Norwaik.
A 5011 has been born to Mr. and Mrs.
" James Louder of Wiltoii avenue.
' small
SETTLES NERVOUS BANKRUPTCY.
Investigation shows that men who
succeed. a1e men of b1aius——strong
nerves —-g1eat will- -powe1. Ordina1y
food cannot supply the vital. forces
which people with active brains and
bodies1equire. Bicola Pills feed the
nerves-~--make the mind b1ight, mus-
cles strong——1nake flesh and blood and
give peifect health to men and women.
THE T URNERS or 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 ove1 twen-
ty ounds after using them.
orwalk Agent, E. P. Weed. South
-Nor1valk Agent. R. H. Plaisted.
Turners’ Little Liver Turners—A very-
pill. Turns your liver. Cure
sick headache— billiousness -— indiges-
tion.
Tho Royol' to the highest grade bolting powder .
“ tricity in taming his beasts.
-A combos MAIL SERVICE.
(sinau Boat Carrying '.the Letters, In-
trusted to the Mercy of the Waves.
St. Kilda is the most westerly island
1f the Hebrides, lying isolated in the
Atlantic some fifty miles to the
west of the main. group. For nine
months of the year that island is out
11f from communication by boat or
steamer with the outside world.
Its inhabitants "are a hardy Celtic
‘ace, who live in a. rather primitive
Way, and who speak only the Gaelic
anguage.
During their long isolation through-
1111; the-winter months they endeavor
'0 send word of their welfare to friends
in the mainland by committing to the
sea some roughly constructed “mail-
mats.”
A piece‘of wood some two or three
feet in length is hewn into a roughly
thapen hull. A cabin is then hollowed
mt amidships, for the purpose of hold-
:ng a strongly secured tin canister,
11111) which the letters destined for
:1‘ansmission have been placed.
The canister, having been covered
with oiled cloth, is placed in the cabin
which is then roofed in by a piece of
wood nailed to the deck, a layer of
ailed cloth being also securely tacked
aver the cabin roof.
. In order to attract the attention of
my One who may subsequently chance
:0 pick up the little boat, the legend
DPEN is carved in rude letters upon
2he deck.
In case of the boat becoming water-
'ogged, a small buoy is attached, by
means of a stout cord, to the prow of
the curious little craft, which is then.
'aunched into the sea. ,
A strong sea current runs from St.
finds in a northeasterly direction to-
vard the mainland, and by it the boat
is borne along, and is usually cast
ishore on one of the larger islands
apposite, or the mainland, in about a
‘01'tni'ght, but sometimes these mail-
aoats, having rounded the North of
Scotland, have been washed up on the
shores of the Orkney and Shetland
rslands.
When discovered, the letters are for-
warded to the responsible authorities,
who see them safely transmitted to
:heir respective destinations—Pear-
;on’s Weekly.
SOME QUEER PEOPLE.
Peculiar Customs 01 Certain Tribes of
Indians.
The Tsimpseans are composed of the
rollowing tribes: The Crow, Bear,
Whale, Frog, Wolf, Beaver and Eagle.
Each of these represents a family tribe
torresponding to the Clan Campbells
1f Scotland or the Nakamuras of.Ja-
can. Each tribe has its own crest, as
in Japr n at this day. A member of
1he Wolf tribe has the wolf for his
nest, and a Bear has the moon and
:tars’; showing his celestial origin.
An Indian may not marry one of his
own crest, but he may marry into any
1ther clan excepting an allied tribe. A
Crow may marry into any clans ex—
:ept the Frogj the Frog into any but
Lhe Crow, the Whale any but the Bear,
the Bear any but the Whale, the Bea—
ver any but the Eagle, the Eagle any
but the Beaver, and the Wolf, being so
lifferent from. all in ancestry, may
marry into any tribe. -
Suppose a. Wolf marries a Crow wo-
man; the children are all Crows. They
are named after the mother, not after
the father. In quarrels between two
Lrib’es, as the Wolf and CrOw, the chil-
lren, being Crows, would be forced to
join their mother against their father,
and he would fight against all Crows,
including his own family.
_ A Crow is a member of a Crow fam-
lly, or crest, to such an extent that
when in a distant village he would so-
icurn with a Crow household,and would
there be treated as a veritable son or
brother. If in the village there were
no Crows, then, as the Frogs are close-
ly allied, he would go to them and re-
ceive the same treatment as if he were
1 Frog. So among all other allied
crests, the same loyalty is maintained.
——The Chautauquan.
An Up-to-Date Indian Girl.
Lucy Nicolar, daughter Of the late
loseph Nicolar, of the Penobscot tribe,
is an accomplished bicycle rider.
is just coming into her teens, and is
a young miss of marked beauty, and
wherever she goes with baskets or
lndian exhibitsgiany a. young Ameri-
can who looks upon the Indian maiden
feels that the land of the Penobscots
must be “the land of handsome wo-
men.” Just now Lucy is receiving
private instructions that she may en-
ter the Oldtown High School. Her
instructor ‘tells me that she is bright
in her studies and that mathematics is
her forte. Lucy is perhaps the most
proficient piano player on the island,
being. the owner of an instrument. She
also sings pleasingly. But the skill
of the tribe is not forgotten by this
young member, for she can make
baskets, etc., as well as some of the
older ones. The mother of Lucy is
one of the finest looking members of
the t1 ibe a w.oman respected by all
who know he1.—Lewiston, Me., Jour-
nal.
Electricity to Tame Wild Beasts.
Perzon, the great French, lion tamer,
his success to the use of elec—
When a
wild lion or tiger was to be tamed
live wires were first rigged up in. the
cage between the tamer and, the ani-
mal. After a time Perzon would turn
his back, and the wild creature would
im ('ll'dlllV make a. leap at him, but en-
cc1‘.‘nte1ing the charged wires, Would
1e1-e11e a paralyzing shock sufficient
to Lenorize it forever.
0 wed
,“How would you define repartee?"_
_ “Repartee is the brilliant remark
you didn't think of in time."——Puck.
'old of Whittier the poet.
.- en, Bathsheba. by name.
,‘I have;‘written some lines myself,”
THE CZAR’S WATCHMAKER.
Ho Constructed a Timepiece In Eight.
Hnul‘s.
John Curzon, a Polish mechanic,
v1ho was picsented with a gold medal
[111 his inventions, peiformed a most
catiaordinary thing when he succeed-
r-- :1 in manufacturing a complete watch
ii the space of eight hours, and from
Eaterials on which another watch-
-‘ would have looked with con-
says an exchange It appears
.‘ziat the Czar of Russia, hearing of
the marvelous inventive genius of
Curzon, determined to put him to the
test, an'd'forwarded him a box con-
taining a few copper nails, some wood
ciiippings, a piece of broken glass, an
old cracked china cup, some wire, and ‘
afew ciibbage board pegs, with a 1e-
quest that he should transfcirm them
into a timepiece. Nothing daunted,
and perceivinga golden opportunity
of winning favor at the court, Curzon
set about his task with enthusiasm;
and in the almost incredibly. short
space of eight hours had dispatched a
wonderfully constru'cted'watch to the
Czar, who was so surprised and de—
lighted at the work that he sent for
the maker, conferred upon him several
distinctions, and granted him~a pen-
sion. The case of the watch was made
of china, while the works were simply
composed of the odds and ends ac-
companying the old cup. Not only
did it keep good time, but only re-
quired winding once every three or
four days. This remarkable watch is
believed to be still in the possession
of the Russian royal family.
DESIGNER OF OUR FLAG.
‘Iis Grave, Long Unknown, Is at Last
Located in Greenwood Cemetery.
After years of search the grave 'of
lapt. Samuel Chester Reid, U. S. Na-
ry, who designed the present American
lag, first hoisted on the Capitol in 1818
ms been located beyond a doubt in
ireenwood Cemetery,;Brooklyn.
When Capt. Reid designed the flag
:here was a. dispute as to whether or
iot a stripe should be added for every
ltate. He suggested the addition of a
tar, and also the words ‘_‘E Pluribus
'Jnum.” ' '
Capt. Reid also designed the codeof
:ignals, established the present light-
iouse system and the-Sandy Hook pi-
ot system. He was at one time 001-.
ector. of the Port of New York. He
vas given a vote of thanks by Con-,
gross and a. sword and a vote of thanks
1y the State of New York for saving
len. Jackson’s life at the battle of New
:lrleans. —New York World.
Anecdotes of Whittier._
The following amusing anecdotes are
A little-
;irl, who was staying at the same,
iouse with him, and of whom he was,
'ery fond, asked him to commemorate.
n verse the death of her favorite kit<
Without,,a.§
noment’s hesitation the poet recited,
olemnly, “Bathsheba, to whom none
1ver said ‘Scat!’—No' worthie’r cat
Ever sat on a mat 0r caught a rat,
lequiescat!” The same little gi11 had
‘. pony who broke his leg, and again
he poet was called upon to comfort
Ihe child with some poetic sentiment.E ‘
’ he said, “but I can’t think how'to fin-
sh the verse." “What did you Write?
asked Mr. Whittier.
o the right, he kicked to the left,
tablespost he struck it. He brokep‘his:
eg short off—” And then added-"Mn
Whittier, “And then he
iucket." During the war a Quaker
fiend, who was a shipbuilder,,a*skcd
’ Whittier’s advice—as to building war—
. 1ccasion to
She -
ihips. At first Whittier did not com-i
nit himself; but, as the shipbuilder
vas leaving, he remarked, ‘5"1'110111as,
f thee builds ships, I advise thee to
Ise the best timber, and build them
itrong.”
Unjustly Accused.
Lord Eldon, so the story goes, bad
discharge a
vhom be suspected of purloining his
IOI‘II.
In a. few days after he Iecelved a
etter from a merchant inquiring into
he man’s character, and his 10-. dship’s
'eply was that he was sobe1 and a
mod coachman, but he entel tamed
auspicious that he had cheated him.
The man came next morning to re—
urn thanks to his lordship for pro-
:uring him so excellent 21 place.
“My master,” he said, “Was content
In find I was sober and a. good coach-
nan, but as to cheating your lordship,
1e thought the devil himself could no:
lo it.” ' . ,
Annual Sales over6.ooo.000 Boxes
again" ',
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POE BILIOUS AND NERVOUS DISORDERS
such. as Wind and Pain 1n the Stem
Giddiness. Fulness after meals. Head-
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of Heat. Loss of Appetite. Costivenoss.
Blotches on the Skin. Cold Chills. Dis-
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“My pon-y kickedi .
The;
kicked 111 e; _
coachman
few moments into a compact
‘ 1113111, S'I'UREKHOUSES.
ICACHES on WHICH THE TRAVELER .
. RELIESFOR FOOD ON His REUTRN.
The Natives Never Disturb a House Ex-
oopt in 8.01130 of Great Necessity—:They
Are Built ' to Keep the Animals from
the Edibles. ' '
As more and more news comes piece-
meal from the Arctic regions and each
new detailed map of the world has
fresh lines and names put, upon it in
-l:ho nearly blank'spaces marking the
frozen zone, there is not a little inter—
'est felt in those primitive, temporary
structures of the explorer without
Which a. trip in the icy wilds would
seldom be p0ssible—the caches .of the
North. The books, the magazine arti-
cles, the lectures of the. explorers of
fame, rarely do more than casually
mention these storehouses of their ex"
peditions, and thus few realize the part
the caches play in Arctic work. And
still less is known of their actual con-
struction. .
Unlike other monuments of civiliza-
:ion and exploration, they leave no sign
behind them once they have ceased to
be of practical use. A heavy fall of
snow or a Windstorm comes and tears
:heir last remnants to pieces. On occa-
1.ions samething of this sort happens to
.1. cache even while it is serving as a re—
pository and is being depended upon
by some slowly toiling party far away;
Peary was unable, on retracing his
steps on one of his Greenland journeys
'10 find several of the caches he had
:arefully established and plainly mark- ,
2d. Snowstorms and gales of wind had
Jbliterated every sign of them, and no
amount of searching was of avail. Had
the Peary party at this juncture not
happened to fall in with plenty of game
starvation would have been certain.
,A cache is an Arctic storage ware-
house, made to keep'provisions in until
they are wanted. The word is the
French word cache, meaning simply
hiding-place. A hiding-place is pre-
zisely what it ls, for while men are not
to be feared on the score of theft in the
Arctic lands animals of all sorts are.
The great white bear that abounds in
:hese regions will readily sniff out food
1nd any supplies left behind, need to be
hermetically sealed.
Thus the cache is the first outpost of
zivilization in the far North. When
'.he Hudson's Bay region was being tra—
versed. and explored for the first time
38.01185 were set up everywhere. Now,
:he region being a fairly well-known
{21nd, permanent supply posts in the
r‘orm of tiny villages, of perhaps but
:wo or three buildings, have been es-
:ablished. and men are to be found set-
tled there the year round.
The great Northern belt of the land
)f perpetual ice circling the Pole has,
710w,ever none of these permanent set-
.lemnts, though year by year the Dan--
sh Government is planting new supply
Lillages still further north on the
snowy coasts of Greenland. These
Danish villages are intended primarily
'-or the benefit of the Greenlande‘rs, but
.10 explorer is ever turned away from
:heir hospitable doors. Food is given
him: outright, if he wishes it, or he is
illowed‘to buy it at'cost prices Each
rear sees the extension or these Danish
,v1llages further- nOrth, mainly on the
vest coast, really the only habitable
tar-t; of.- the island. . .
Once beyond the laSt of these villages
1n exploring party must plan its own
food supplies. This it does by estab-
ishing-— these caches along its line of
patch. An Arctic expedition moving
overland practically always intends to
return by the same :_route.
Even in
ass days of compressed foods, the
weight of several months provender for
1 large party is considerable. In cach-
es'it is, therefore, stowed along the
routeseveral days’ journey apart. .
What is simply a hole in the ground
.3 first dug, a. matter of extreme diffi-
3ulty at times. Then, painfully dig-
ging elsewhere, earth is biought to
:he surface and a' quantity of this is ,
lumped into the hole. Ice is melted
1nd the water from it pouied upon the
>arth, the entiie mixtuie f1 eezmg in a
mass.
this is the bottom of the cache. 'On
t the provisions the party want to put
1side for. "a future day are laid, so
nany pounds for. each man, carefully
:alculated. There should be just
enough to support life comfortablyum
il the next cache is leached on the re-
;urn, .with two or three days iations
war for emergencies. :1.
With stones, ice and snow the walls
1f the cache are now built up, water be-
ng pouied over the. snowy structure
aermetically to seal it. It is a. point of
ionor, among even the poorest natives,
wt to rifle a cache unless in cases of
:he direst necessity; but the provisions
nust be kept safe from the bears.
PrOperly built the structure is impreg-
iable, and it needs the work of pick-
1xes to tear it open. '
It is marked by anything that the
axplo1ers can spare 01 find in the vicin-
ty, generally by a staff of wood. In
Siberia the tooth of a mammoth is not
tnfrequently used: Despite this pre-
rautiOn, however, many caches can
1ever be found again.
If rendered provisionless in this
Uhildrenand Fans in China.
Almost every'child in China has a
fan. of its own. .They are the play;
:hings of Chinese babies, as children
in this country delight in rattles. Chi-
nese nurses amuse their young charges
with their fans, which they are never
without. The children learn to handle
their fans very expertly, for the fan in
2119 bands of a Chinese has a certain
language of its own. Rich and poor
ilike, every boy and girl must have a
Ian. A poor little Chinese boy who
nas scarcely a. whole garment and who
rarely gets a. good meal Will still have
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Annual Jan. and Feb. Sale of up-to-dateihoesl
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