The Royal' :5 the highest grade biking powder
have. Actual tests show it goes one
third further than any other brand.
Absolutely Pure
ROYAL BAKING POWDER (20., NEW YORK.
LOCAL AND OTHER NEWS.
Miss Elsie Decker, of Riverside ave‘
nue, spent Sunday in Ansonia.
——Schlitz’s Milwaukee book beer on
draught at the Hotel Preston cafe.
I H. Joel Lowndes of New York, spent
Lincoln day and Sunday at his home in
SOuth Main street. -
Mrs. Mary E. .fVVaterbury of Grove
street, South Norwalk, is visiting
" friends in New York.
eMaj01' cigars are excellent quality.
The Emachke society of Miss Baird’s
Institute gave a play last night. Danc—
ing was enjoyed afterwards.
Mrs. Marshall Sears of Middletown
who has been a guest of MIS. Theodore
Knapp of South Norwalk has returned
home.
Henry Savage, formerly of Norwalk,
‘1 but who of late years has been engaged
in the coal business in New London,
{3 died in that city. The deceased was a
E. brother-in-law of Edward Barrett, of
E South Nor-walk.
.—--Sleighs new and second hand. For
-' sale and: to rent. Luther M. FVVJrigfht.
, t
’ The. Mayflower H. ‘& L. company
held their regular meeting at the truck
house last night.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward J. Weidener
' who have been guests of Mr. and Mrs.
John L’Hommedieu of Washington
street, were suddenly called to their
home in Bellp01t, ’ Mr. Weidener’ s
father having died in that place early
vester day morning. _»
a?
Mrs. Flora Dunning ,the aged'mother
of the late Rev. Homer N. Dunning is
very sci iously ill at her home in South
Norw alk. 1
1l——Prof. M. S. Rosen, the well- known
oculis't 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 free.
. _f5-tf.
Ezra Platt is repainting the resi-
dence of Mrs. Thomas Benedict.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Hawkins, of Sea-
side place, are entertaining Mrs. Tyr-
.rell and daughter, of Shelton.
Miss Lottie Woodward, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Woodward enter-
tained over Sunday at her home in
— North Main street, Miss Alice W. Hunt,
.teacher in Mrs. Mead ’s Hill-side sem-
inary; Misses Grace M. Seymour and
Ethel Slater, of South N orwalk, and
Miss Alice Keeler, of North Wilton.
—Schlitz’s Milwaukae book beer on
draught at the Hotel Preston cafe.
:‘Mrs. C. W. Stow, of Middletown, has
been spending a few days with her
mother. Mrs. S. D. Byxbee, of 11 Mad-
ison street, South N orwalk.
The quarantine on Dr. F. W. Dar-
mer’s home will probably be raised to-
day. , .-
The bazaar being held at Music hall
under the auspices of St. Joseph’s
ciety is meeting with excellent suc-
cess.
Charles Sanborn has secured a situa-
tion in Bridgeport.
Norwalk and SouthN or walk bonifaces
ill attend the second annual banquet
f Connecticut hotel men at the Atlan
ic hotel in Bridgeport, Friday night.
Adaughter was Horn yesterday to
fir. and Mrs. I’Villiam Hess of Main
treet.
How’s This?
We ofler One Hundred Dolla1s Re
ard for any case of Catarrh that can-
0t he owed by Hall’ s Catarrh Cuie.
F. J. CHENEY & CO. .Props. .Toledo,O.
We. the undéisigned, have known
.J. Cheney f01 the last 15 years, and
.- .lievc him perfectly ho11o1able in all
I usiness transactions, and financially"
ble to cam-1 out any obligation made
y theii firm
' EST at TRL’Ax. Wholesale D1 uggists,
oiedo O.
ALDING,K1NNAN & MARVIN, Whole-
:le Druggists, Toledo, 0.
Hall’s "atarrh Cure is taken inter-
ally,”acting directly upon the blood
(1 mucous surfaces of,the system.
rice 750. per bottle. Sold by all drug-
.16. Testimonials free.
’Hall’s family pills are the best.
:JI rnm1 Little Liver Turners~A verv
. lpill. Turns your liver. A true
’ , 've. An after dinner pill.-
‘Behnsons have large business interests
here and are perfectly reliable. .~
No Murder Committed. 1
Chief Vollmer was in receipt of a
letter yesterday f1 om Chief Harrigan
of St. Louis' in reply to one he had for-
warded asking as to the murder and
suicide of Mrs. Hayward and her hus-
band in that city. The letter stated
that no such murder had taken place
there. It was thought that the alleged
victims might be South Norwalk par-
ties by that name,
‘v
Should Have Been Apprehended
A colored man who was attempting
to drive a horse on Wall street last
evening was surely deservmg of arrest.
Fortunately for him there were 'no
officers about else he might have land-
ed in the station-house.
Is a Nuisance.
Complaint has been made to Chief
Bradley in reference to a nuisance
caused by Thomas S. Osborn keeping
two female canines at his home on
Merwin street. The chief has made an
investigation and Mr. Osborn will be
given an opportunity to make an. ex-
planation or abate the nuisance.
School Visitors to Meet.
A regular meeting of the board of
school visitors will be held to-night.
A
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To Work the First.
Old Well Lodge, F. & A. M. will
confer the first degree to-night.
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The funeral of the late Henry Brunz
will be held this afternoon.
‘
The remains of thelate Horace Bart-
lett whose funeral was held in East Nor-
walk last night were taken to Tarrya
town, N. Y. for interment this morn-
ing.
John -H. Light W111 lecture at the Y.
M. C. A. rooms, South N orwalk to-
night on “Talks and 'Talkers.”
William T. Wilson and son of Phila-
delphia have been guests of Alexander
Semple of West avenue.
The Central Whist club met at the
club house yesterday afternoon and
played a number of interesting games.
Miss Mabel Hoyt won the first and Miss
Maples the second prize. .
An inspection of the uniforms at the
Pioneer Hook and Ladder headquar-
ters will take place this evening.
See adv. gold rings lost.
The board of school visitors will
meet this evening.
P. McMahon of Danbury, is, visiting
friends in town.
Our Brothers’ Lodge, I. O. O. F. con-
ferred the first degree on six candi-
dates last night. The work was fol-
lowed by a feast.
Thomas O’Gorman, formerly of the
Boston Store Norwalk, but now doing
a large business at Providence, was in
town to-day.
The insurance on the house belong-
ing to Mrs. Isabel A. Bell on Cove
s,treet recently damaged by fire has
been settled by the payment of $11. 50.
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THE ICEL‘AND PONY. '
Essential to the People is Tliil
Tough Little Beast.
While there are camels in the desert,
llamas in Peru, reindeer in Lapland
dogs in Greenland, and caiques among
the Eskimos, Iceland will have its po
nies,.who on those “Pampas of the
North” will still perform the services
done by the mustangs of the plains 01
Mexico, the horses of the Tartars, Gau-
chos, and even more than is performed
by any animal throughout the world
Without the ponies, Iceland would be
impossible to live in, and when. the last
expires, the Icelanders have two a1-
ternatives—either to emigrate en
masse or to construct a system of high-
ways for bicycles, an undertaking com-
pared to which all undertaken by the
Romans and the Incas of Peru in the
Very
'same sphere would be as nothing.
~No Icelander will walk a step if he
can help it; when he dismounts he
waddles like an alligator on land, a
Texan cowboy or a. Gaucho left
“Ai‘oot,” or like the Medes whom P111
tarch represents as tottering on theii
toes when they dismounted from theii
saddles and assayed to walk. Ponies
are carts, are sledges, carriages, trains
in short are locomotion and the only
means of transport; bales of salt fish
packages of goods, timber projecting
yards above their heads and trailing
on the ground behind, like Indian
lodge péles,‘they convey across‘the
rocky lava tracks. The farmer and his
wife; his, children, servants, the priest.
the doctor, “Syselman,” all ride, cross
rivers on "the ponies’ backs, plunge
through the snow, slide on the icy
“Jokull” paths, and when the lonely
dweller of some upland dale expires,
his pony bears his body in its coflin
tied to its back to the next consecra-
ted ground—Saturday Review.
.1
w—do- _..
850,000 Mined in a Day in Alaska.
Vancouver, British Columbia, Feb. 11 ’
—A big gold find is reported on the
American side in the Yukon territory.
Fritz Behnson,o of Victoria, writes to
his brother Karl: “We have struck it
rich on an unknown creek across the
border; never before known to man. In
the crevices or the rocks in one day we
picked up 850.000 in coarse gold. The
can
THE EV NING
A STERILIZED BARBERSHOP.
. ._;_,___,-.__
Everything is Blade Aseptic, so That Lir-
E‘ase Germs Shall not Reach Customer:
W'hile investigators have been work-
ing to isolate the germ Wthh'Ca‘USCE
baldness, a practical preventive of the
ravages of this and other germs com-
mon to arber s-h‘ops has been put in-
to'operation by a Baltimore barber at
the instigation of a young physician.
“Then a customer is to be shaved he
reclines in, the chair and is enveloped
in a “gown,” as the barbers call it.
The barber then washes his hands
with soap and water, and, after rins-
ing them, dips. them in a chemical
solution to neutralize any germs which
may be lurking about his finger tips
or nails. Previously he has trimmed
his nails short and has buttoned close-
ly around his wrists the sleeves of his
working jacket.
Sterilized towels come from the dry-
. heat sterilizer in bunches of ten in a
linen cloth. One of these is pulled out
from the bundle by the aseptic hands
of the barber and deftly tucked about
the neck of the customer. Lather
rubbed up in a sterilized cup, with a
sterilized brush is applied, and a. ster-
ilized razor is used to scrape off the
growth of heard.
The freshly shaven face is washed
and dried with sterilized towels, and
powder is applied by dipping a steri-
lized towel into the powder and then
dusting it on the face. This does away
with the germ-breeding powder puff.
Sterilized brushes and combs are
used, so that nothing comes in con-
tact with the customer except it has
previously been through the sterilizer.
All the implements have aluminum
handles, so that they are not affected
by heat. They are furnished in num-
bers, so that as fast as one thing is
used it is forwarded to the sterilizer,
and does not touchanother customer
until, its possible burden of germs has
been removed.
Back in a corner of the shop are two
copper sterilizers heated by electricity
and in charge of a young man clad in
a spotless and sterilized apron. As
the cups, brushes, razors and combs
come from use they are put on a
marble—top table, from which they go
to the sterilizer. Each razor is strop-
ped before it is sterilized, so that it is
then in readiness for instant use after
remaining the specified time within
the hot precincts of the sterilizer
boiler.—Baltimore Sun.
A FEW FACTS ABOUT PERFUMES.
Flesh of. the Harem Favorite Permeated
\Vith Odors of Buluing Spice.
The costliest article of ancient com-
merce was the heart of aloes. Not the
medicine, but the heart wood of the
sacred aloe tree, fragrant with endur-
ing and inexpressible sweetness, a
treasure in which was paid the yearly
tribute cf kings, a perfume so exqui-
site and "esteemed that it was reserved
for the use of great potentates and
holy temples.
Eastern women perfume their per-
sons with the smoke of burning spices
till their flesh is penetrated with odors,
a practice kept up in the seraglio till
the flesh of a. harem favorite smells
likeone of those tablets of pressed per-
fume familiar in every collection oi
Turkish wares. : .. In later times, at cor-
onation feasts and civic triumphs like
those which graced the court 01
Charles of Bergundy, fountains o:
wines and perfumes were part of every
show, a boon to- be thankful for in
times when the common people were,
as Erasmus calls them, unwashed
“rammish clowns.”
At the entrance of Charles the Sec-~
and into London, sprays of perfumed
waters were flung upon the multitude,
and among the English and Italian no-
bility it was the custom to break egg-
shells fllled with perfume over the
heads of guests at dinner. The cus-
tom descends to our day in the per-
fumed crackers of French chemists
capsules of gelatine filled with scent
and wrapped in brilliant papers or silk
comets—New York Journal.
THE CALL FOR PORCUPINEQUILLE
Many Grou of Them Shipped to New York
and London.
“What may those quills be?” asked
the writer, pointing to several small
bundles of black and white spikes
which recently lay on the table of an
importing house in New York.
"They are samples of p01 cupine
quills,’-’_ said the merchant. They come
from India and also from Spain, and
are chiefly sold to fishing tacklfl
houses. These concerns polish anc‘
supply them with the necessary ple( e1
of cork to increase their natural buoy
ancy, and the quills are then purchas-
ed by anglers, who use them quite ex:
tensively for bottom fishing. Some oi
the black and white spikes are made
into penholders and pipe stems. They
are also largely utilized in making 11;.
- ornamental screens and fancy fans.
“The porcupine has to be hunted and
killedbefore the quills‘can be obtained,
and many thousandsof these animals
are slain for this purpose yeaxly 1 v-
ery “spike pig” carries from $1.50 to $"
worth of quills on his fretful be
The quills are carefully extracted
when dried they are packed in be
or crates and shipped to London
New York.
{22H}
They are worth from; St
to 57 a gross wholesale, and the 1.1.111-
ply is barely equal to the demand in
this country.”
Condensed milk is now put 11]“ it
cakes; flour is pressed in the shaf; e o '
bricks; we have frOzen meat 111- 1] cu!
fish in the shape of balls;
whiskey in the solid form, and
comes as a liquid—all of which near...
to indicate that living is being 11: ~
simpler in many -.respects But 1 .
is the scientist who can leducc
rent to a. siZe that will .not be t:
blcsomo to earn—3111111111013 Amc.
'folly, which furnished that“
. opportunity.
EXPENSIVE OESTINACY.
Four Miles of Road Built with Stone Con-
taining Gold Quartz.
Notwithstandingthe fabulous wealth '
of the Klondike region it cannot‘bcyast
of a road paved with gold, as can Cal-
ifornia. The Bear State has plenty of
extravagant citizens, but it remained
1'01 a widow and widower of Sonoma
0011th to commit the crowning act of
locality
with a public thoroughfare of the New
Jerusalem style. It was a case .01
sheer obstinacy.
John Johnson, a widower, of Bloom-
field, wished to improve the road from
his home to the village of Valleyford.
For this purpose be received permis-
sion from Widow Martha Jones to
take rock from a hill-side on - hei
farm.
While carting the rock he noticed
what seemed to be specks of. gold shin-
ing in the sunlight. Scenting wealth.
he sent samples to San Francisco to be
assayed and learned that the stone he
was building his road with was gold-
bearing quartz worth f1 om $8 to $10 a
ton.
Then he sought the widow and
pointing out the fortune which seemed
to be hidden in the hill, proposed to
share the cost and profit of develop-
ment. But the widow was coy finan-
cially as well as sentimentally. She did
not believe in Johnson or big gold-
mine yarn, and in the language of the
Bowery “trun ’em down hard.” He1
permission had been given to put the
rock on the road, and that was all she.
cared to have done with it.
Johnson was furious, but he saw his
The widow had given
the rock for the read—on the road it
should go even if it were worth $100 'a
ton. So all summer long Johnson’s
wagons worked until four miles 0]
,road werebuilt, but the widow didn’l
weaken—New York World.
A Fortune Made from Tasting.
There is a. celebrated cook in Lon-
don about whom it is said that he
makes an income of over £2,000 a year.
He is attached to no house.
This is how he earns his living: In
his own brougham he sets out towards
evening for the house of some rich man
who is going ‘to give a dinner at which
every dish must be above criticism.
Here he alights, and making for the
kitchen, goes through the process of
tasting all the soups, sauces and made
dishes, advising, when his palate sug-
gests, a little more salt here, a pinch
of herbs there, a dash of sugar in this
entree, a suspicion of onion in that sal-
mis, etc. .
This done, he pockets his ,fee of five
guineas, and drives on to the next din-
ner- giving patron who has bidden him
to his feast in this strange fashion.
His nightly list comprises many houses
all through the London season.
ONE ENJOYS ‘
Both the method and results when-
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing 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 and ac-
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.
Syrup of Figs is f01 sale in 50
cent battles by all leading drug-
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro-
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. Do not accept any
substitute. ..
0ALIFORIIII FIB SYRUP 00.
8A” FRANCISO . 0.4L. '
LOUISVILLE. IY. NEW YORK. MY.
' ;‘"50 Years’
Improvements In
Farmi____1_1g.” '
Published by the NEW YORK TRIBUNE.
Second Edition.
32 Pages, 18 by 12% inches.
A general review of the advances
and improvements made in the leading
branches of farm industn during the-
last half centur 1'. , .
Special articles by the best agricuh
turical 11:1'ite) s, on topics 'which they
have made their life studv.
Illust1at1ons of old fashioned imple-
IDGDIZS.
A Vast amount of piactical inf01-
mation.
(lies. ,, 2. .
A 1aiuable aid to farmers 11 ho de-
sire to stimulate production and profit.
Extremely interesting and instructive.
0ELY 15 CENTS A 0021', by mail.‘
Send your order to ’
run GAZBII'E. ;
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WASH ES AND DYES
The Cleancst, Fastest Dye for Soilcd
or Faded “ Shirt Waist‘s,
Ribbons, Curtains, Underlinen, ctc.,
whether Silk, Satin, Cotton 01' Wool.
AT ONE OPERATION
. . ANY COLOR.
Blouses,
, , elooooooooooooooo
Winter Tan, Bulldog Toe,at $2.48.
Enamel with Double Sole, at$2.48.
Box Calf, Bulldog. Toe, at $2.48.
Patent Leather, Double 8016, Bull-
dog Toe, 2.48.
we, have also made Sweeping
Reductions in all our stock of Ladies’
up to date Shoes. ..
Ladies Fine Golf Shoes, Luce .na
Button, Ladies’ Fine Box Calf, Lace
and Button, Ladies’ Fine Enamel,
3 111sz Bunmuo,‘
Olsen Brothers
WHITE SHOE STORE
Annual Jan. and Feb. Sale ”of up-to-date-Shoesl
“The Balance of Our Entire Slack of Men’s $3.50 and 34 Shoes”
Bulldog Toe, Lace andButton worth
$4 and $5,111] go in this Sale at $1.98
a pair.
100 prs. Misses Shoes,worth $1.25
and $150 at 89c a pain.
200 prs Ladies’ Shoes,worth$1.‘50
all sizes. and theilatest Toe'Shapes,
at 98c a pair. ' V
We have given away the Gold and -
now we propose to offer: you the
greatest bargain sale of shoes for the
next 60 days ever held in Norwalk.
Olsen Bros.’ White Shoe $1976.
nonwm.ooun.
$1.001
the “Lincoln” is a $2. 501pen
but never drips, the ink
Warranted Solid Gold.
Beautiful Chased Holder.
_"'| $1.00
-Y6u may think it cannot posseSs merit or durability, the price is so low; but "
reduced to $1 00. It is durable, always ready to “go” .
Wing steadily and uniformly. Thev are in use in this ' ’
ofllce, giving the best of satisfaction, and they are in use in the ha
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 beseen, .‘and orders received at the GAZETTE OFFICE.
1’:
JONATHAN B. BUNCE, PRES.
AROI'IIBALD A. WELOH, Actuary.
'EortygSeVenth Annual Statement
inn Mutual Lliimlnsurance 6011111111,.
OF HARTFORD, CONN.
\
JOHN M. 'HOLCOMBE, VICE-PRES.
CHARLES H. LAWRENCE, SECY.
JANUARY 1, 1898.
ASSETS. '
Loans on First Mortgages of Real Estate, $5,463, 730.12: -
P1em1um Notes and Loans on Policies 1n force, 727,159.38 ~ ~
Loans on Collateral. 6, 600. 00 -
Real Estate owned by the Company, 1,151, 228. 59 '
City and Municipal and Railroad Bonds and Stocks, Market value, 2, 925, 672.16
Cash 1n office, 57. 03’
Cash. Deposited-f 1n Banks, - 459,526.16
Interest accrued and due, . 147,181.41
Net Deferred and Outstanding Premiums, 172,818.49
Gross Assets, January 1,1898, WEI—{37;
LIABILITIES. '
Rese1 1 e 011 Policies in force at 4 per cent. interest, $10,183,846. 00
Claims by death Outstanding and notified 37, 774. 00 ,
Special Reserves and other liabilities 209,178.00 ' . '
31033019800
SURPLUS AT 4 PER CENT. $623,875.34
Policies in force, ’8.269. Increase in 1897, 2,288. Insurance in f01 ce, $46, 021, 069.
‘ Increase in 1897 $3,804,228P1em1um income, 81, 589, 531.
Inc. in 1897, $159, 303.
WILLIAM A. MOORE, Ass’t-Secretary. WILLIAM D. MORGAN. M. D. Medical Director. _
GEORGE S.'MILLER, Supt. of Agencies.
AIIIIITISINII
THAT PAYS
The Successful Merchants in Nor-
walk all advertise 111: The GA. VETTE,
.. because it keeps them in touch WlIih
t . ‘ ’
5, insurance” ‘ "
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