"i My baby sister had a. rash, causing her in. tense suffering. We had doctors, and tried everything, without a cure. It would scab or er, crack open, a watery matter would ooze out and the scab fall off. We procured a. box of Currents (ointment), a cake of Cunoum SOAP, and CUTICURA RESOLVENT, and she was entirely cured without a scar being left. Miss LILLIE CHASE, Bristol, Vt. er‘snr Conn T31: fluent. —Warm baths with Cm- c1111.; SOAP, gentle anointing: with Cnrrcunn. the great skin cure, and mild doses of CUTICUBA Basement. Sold throughout the world. Pow-ran DRUG AND Call- 0032. ,Props..BoIton. How to Cure Every Humor.“ .. , TEA SET FIIEE, Toilei Set, Watch, ‘ Murdoch and many oihir HOUSEHOLD AHTIBLES with 85. 00, 8‘7. 00 8!. 010.00 orders of our celebrated Teas, Coleen, Baking Pow.- der, Spleen and Extracts. Great Induce- n’ento. Something entirely new. Teas, ~20 cent—5 and upwards, Cofl‘eee, 10 cents and upwards. SPECIAL TERMS '1‘0 AGENTS to get up clubs. Fun partlcn' ster- Free. 8.1.. THE GREAT AMERICAN TEA 60., 31 end 33 Vesey St.. N. Y.. P. 0. Box 289. Fawoe it’s Millinely Parlors. 33 MAIN STREET, ‘NORWALK. special-Sale oi ‘ TRIMMED HATS. ALL THIS WEEK. . ELEGANT TRIMMED HATS, $|.98;up. FLOWERS, FEATHERS, RIBBONS and All Novelties. @Call and see us and you will be de- ighted with the Bargains YouWill Get. 1111s. w. FAWCETT, Agent. 'When out driving why not haVe an .eye to COMFORT AND STYLE ? It costs you nothing extra at the EXGELSIflII LIVERY MID SALES STABLES. Our turnouts are all first-class,inc‘.ud ing the latest up-to-date 11111111111 Canines 8100111111 Special care taken for Weddings, Re- ceptions and other occasions. Drivers in livery when desired. OSCAR H. BANKS; (Successor to H. E’ Dann) Teams delivered and called-for' 1n any part of the town. Telephone call, 81- 3. Piano Lessons. as GEORGE w BRADLEY. (daughter of the late Wm. 3. Nas h.) gives eflicent and satisfactory instructions on the Piano at her home No.193 Main strum HOME NEW A Pleasure at Last. WWW“ W“! WASH ES..._ AND DYES ATW ONE OPERATION ‘ IZ'ANY COLOR. The Cleanest, Fastest Dye for Soiled or Faded Shirt Waists, Blouses, Ribbons, Curtains, Under— ‘ . linen, etc., whether Silk, Satin, Cotton or Wool. ~S ., 1 Sold in All Colors by Grocers and Druggists. or mailed free for 15 cents: q. . 91mg, mammwsmpnepon, . 127va9 Street, M York. b NOW 1011 111111113 New Some. Points About The Revenue Measure. BUSY TIMES r011 orriorss Beer, Cigars, Tobacco and Telephones Are Among the Articles Selected to Contribute the Stamp Taxes Will Go Into Effect on Government —- The July 1—How the Revenue Will'Be Collected. New York, .June 15.——-Man-y inquirers beset the internal revenue offices at No. 114 Nassau street yesterday seeking in- formation regarding the workings of the internal revenue office in collecting the additional revenue tax made nec- essary by the war. As is well‘kcown, many of the increased rates of taxa- tion became operative yesterday. The tax on beer and ale, fixed at $2 a bar— rel; tobacco, fixed at 12 cents a pound; cigars, fixed at $3.50 a thousand; ciga- rettes, at $1.50 a thousand, went into effect yesterday. Only the stocks al- ready in the hands of retailers, or sa— loon keepers, escapes the tax, and the brewery that began operations yester— day without a. barrel of beer, having loaded the cellars and store rooms of its customers to their utmost capacity to effect this, will escape taxation on its manufactured product, and will on-_ lye have to pay upon that yet to be pro- duced. Stamp Taxes. 'The stamp taxes will go info effect on July 1, and it will be necessary to stamp each bank check, manifests of express packages, telegraph messages, indemnifying bond, life insurance. policy benefit insurance, fire insurance, lease, mortgage, passageto foreign countries, patent medicine, perfumery and wine. The internal revenue office has large quantities of beer and to- bacco stamps on hand, and they will be used before any call is made for new stamps. Over each of the new «printed stamps will be stamped in red ink a distinguishing mark to show it has been bought under the increased price. After all that are now on hand have been used upa new series will be furnished by the treasury depart ment, probably distinguished as “the series of 1898." Cigar and tobacco dealers who called at the revenue offices yesterday were informed that their stock on. band would be taxed at half the rate fixed by law for cigars and tobacco. This, of course, is in accordance with the law. Collecting: Taxes. The chief deputy, David .S. Wendell, answered qucsrions yesterday in the absence of the collector, John A. Ma- son. He said that he had no knowl- edge of what increased force would be necessary to collect «the taxes. No preparations had been made as yet, he said, and nothing ,would be done un- til 8. «schedule of regulations was re‘ ceived from WashingtOn. Copies of this will be placed in the hands of die vision superintendents, and they will notify the different persons and firms affected by the tax. It is presumed that dealers in articles upon which the tax goes into effect immediately will read of its provisions in the papers and that they will prepare an inven- tory of their stocks. As soon as the collector’s force has been increased suf- ficiently to allow of «his notifying the dealers, it will be done. This will be the official notification, but the tax will be reckoned from yesterday wheth— er the taxpayer, was ofljcially notified yesterday or not. Upon receiving the dealer's inventory the deputy «collector will investigate its correctness and af- fix the amount of tax. Telephone Taxes. Just how the telephone tax is to be collected puzzles the office, which has, not gone very deeply into the subject anyway, as such details of administra— tion will be settled by the schedule of regulations expected from Washington. It is presumed that the sworn state- ment of the telephone companies will be accepted, and that messages cost- ing fifteen cents now, will, after July 1, cost sixteen cents, the company sim- ply adding the one cent tax to be paid by thecustomer. Thus, it is thought, the companies will 'have no object in submitting other than a correct state- ment of its messages. h. Bequests of Elijah A. Morse. Boston, June -15.—Ex-Representative Elijah A. Morse’s will makes a num- ber of public bequests, amounting to $40,000 in all. They were 'as follows: American Missionary Association. $5,— 000; American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, $5,000; Mount Holyoke Female Seminary and College of South Hadley, the income to be used for the education of indigent, worthy, and deserving young women, $5,000: Massachusetts Home Missionary SOCI- cty, $5,000; Massachusetts Homeopathic Hospital, $5,000; trustees of the Con- sumptives’ Home, founded by Dr. Chas. Cullis, Boston, $5,000; Evangelical Con- gregational church of Canton, the in— ‘come only to be used in the support of preaching, $5,000; First Baptist church of Canton, income only to be used 111 support of church, $5,000. The rest of his property, real and personal, is left to his wife, his three sons, his brother and nieces and neph- ews. ' Tcas Purchas 11 in Ca-uad 1. Montreal, June 15.—P1‘acticallv the whole surplus stock of teas in the hands of Toronto wholesalers has been bought up by United States firms. and shipped across the line, in order to avoid the ten cents a pound war tax levied bv the United States govern— ment. Colonel Sewell, the United States consul at Toronto, during two or three days passed bills of ladlng showing 2,100 packages, valued at $23,910. haval Reserves Mus: ere-l in. New York June 15.——V\ 01d has been received at Admilal Erben’s office in the Army building that the work of mustering «the Second Naval Battalion into the service is completed. The men were mustered in at the Thirteemh regiment armory in Brooklyn. Out of the baitt-alion’s full strength of 320 men only 197. were taken. _To-day at 2 o’clock theeFirst Naval ' Battalion and the First Sgparate Na- val division will be mustered-in. . TROOPS WELL EQUIPPED Addeen. Tillinghast states Ve-w Yoil: Volunxee1~A1e “loll PI‘OVith J‘Ia . ' Albany, June 15—11113-1112111 Gene *ai Timing-hast says that he is surprised to see the attacks made by Chaplain Mad isOn C. Peters of the Ninth regiment, New York city, on the condition of the state troops, and especially his own regiment, as have. been reported in the press. On the first day of June General Tii-_ . linghast received an unsolicited letter from Colonel G. James Green, com- mrandant of the Ninth regiment, which spoke of-the condition of his men in camp at Chickamaug-a. This-letter was received some days before Chaplain Peters made his first arraignment of the state militarvlauthorities for not properly taking care of. the state’s sol- diers. After reading the criticism the adju- tant general wrote to Colonel Greene and asked his permissionto make pub- lic part of his letter or June 1. He has 1eceived the necessary permission and made public this portion of the letter. “We have already got our camp in excellent shape and in a couple more days will be quite settled. The men are cheerful and happy, and the officers united and enthusiastic. W'e «have much to be «thankful for as the two regiments (First Arkansas and Second Kentucky) in our brigade had prac- tically nothing when they arrived, and it was awful to me to see the condition in which their respective states sent them here. “They had neither uniforms nor arms, tentage nor cooking outfits, and it was pitiful to see the guards march- ing past, armed with sticks. I think it is criminal, and New York is deserving of all our praise for the complete man- ner in which she sent us out; Our greatest dis-comfort has been the lac‘r of water, but ~to-day men are laying a water main in front of our camp and by nightfall we-wil-l «have all the wa- ter we need. We" have had no sickness, except such trivial ailments incident to change of water, etc.” General Tillinghast said further that he had taken special pains to see thaf the Ninth 'went «away from Camp Townsend properly equipped. When they got orders at 3 o’clock one after- noon to get away. at 5 o’clock the next morning. they were not completely equipped with choking utensils. It was too late to express them from New York, so they were packed in trunks, checked and sent in charge of a. man from New York city. They arrived 'at camp four hours before the regiment left. BLANCO FAILS AGAIN. Futile Atte1npts to Entice 0111' Ships Under Havana-'5 Guns. Key West. June 15.—-Capta-in General Blanco has apparently not yet aban- -0'ned the hope of luring the American warships within range of the Havana batteries. He tried it again on Fridav morning last, but with no better suc- cess than in his previous attempts. Advices received here yesterday are to the effect that five Spanish ship's ran «out to «the mouth of Havana bar-v her on thedav mentioned and headed in an easterly direction. The versfl": of the blockadingsquadron were lying well off shore. Upon sighting the Spaniards they ran in a. short distance and opened fire on them. The volley of shot and shell brought no response from the enemy, but the quintette of ships speedily turned tad and, hugging the shore under the bat- teries, ran back into the harbor. Th American shi ps, howe\ er did not ac- cept the bait,‘ and made no further at- tempt to molest them. The character of the Spanish boais could not be posi- tively fixed on account of the distance. but the American officers say one or two were small gunboafs of the class which has been manoeuvring all along the north coast in futile efforts to dim: the American ships within the fire of the Spanish batteries. Monday afternoon three of the Ha- vana batteries, the SantaClara bar- tery and Sand Batteries No. 1 and 2. opened fire upon one of the aux?“ ':' gunboats which was cruising closely along the shore. About half a dozen shots were fired,.none l'mdun. r11y oth- er mark than the Sea, :lmough sen- eral dropped too close for comfort. The gunboat made no reply, but hur- ried out of range and reported the attack to. the flagship of the blockading squadron. No attempt at retaliation, however, was made. MANILA’S GOVERNOR READY TO QUIT He “’ould Have Surrender-ed to Dewey Ere This but for the Army’s Opposition. Hong Kong, June 15.——The Spanish governor of Manila. wants to surrender to Admiral Dewey, but his army will ‘ not allow him to give up. Several pro- posals by him Ito-yield have been met with indignant opposition. by «the army. The army is holding out on the ex- pectation of reinforcements from Spain. Wounded in a French Duel. Paris, June 15.—-Count Boniface d»: Castellane, who married Miss Anna Gould of New York, fought a duel yes- terday with M. Henri ‘I‘urot of the Pe- tite Repu-blique Francaise. Thre1 rounds were fought with swords, and M. Turot was wounded in each round, twice slightly, and the .third time se- verely, in the right forearm, thus end- ing fie due-l. The dispute which led to the‘meeting grew out of M. Turot’s comments upcn an act of infanticide committed by a servant in the count‘s household. lIIrs. Porter Goes to the fron‘. “Washington, June 15.—Mrs. J. Addi- son Porter, the wife of the secretary to the president, has joined the Red Cross Society .and has left Washington for Tampa. Mrs. Porter goes-to Tam- pa as chief of the staff of Miss Clara Barton, and she ill] go to Cuba if nec- essary. The Red Cross party which left here was composed of Miss Bar- .ton, \lrs. Porter, George Kennan and several trained nurses. Senator Aldrin-h Reelected. Newport, R1 1., June 15.—..Ur1iteu States Senator Nelson VV,'Aldrich, Re- publican, was re-elected by the leg-is- lnature yesterd-ay' on the first ballot. The vote was as follows: ' Senate—Nelson ' W. Aldrich 35, E. Benjamin Andrews 1. . House—Aldrich 61, Andrews 2. L. F - Garvin“gr 1. - CRUELEST KING «OF MODERN TIMES. He Caused, Every White Man Who Enter- cd-Ifiie City to be. Killed. The most bloodthirsty villian-unhung ' is the king of «Benin, in Africa. He used to slaughter his subjects daily, for amusement, but when he massacred a-party of unarmed British negotiators, his reign ended. His palace was partly built of hu- man bones, and surrOunded with count- less numbers of them. The British sent an expedition to Benim and an- nexed the country and the palace. This king has been responsible for more needless 'bloodshed and sheer cruelty than any other savage living. Benin, his capital. city, deserves well the title bestowed on it of “The City of Blood.” Happily, this ghoul is no longer at large. He is in the hands of the British officials on the Gold Coast. The British take a great deal of cred- it to themselves for putting an end to the brutal reign of the king of Benin. Probably they had more moral justifi- cation in this case of an attack on a native state than is usual. Benin, the city, is an extremely’in- teresting place in a gruesome way. No white man had ever been there and left it alive, before the British' expedition went. The king’s palace was ap- proached by an avenue of poles, on the top of which were skulls. The door- way was made of human leg bones. Flies are very numerous in Benin. The king had a rooted aversion to them. Unlike most of his subjects, he wore a. garment that covered the Whole of his body, except his face and hands. Two slaves were always on guard with fans to keep flies away from his ma- jesty. If a fly succeeded in alighting on an «exposed part of his majesty’s person, the two slaves. were executed on the spot. When You \Vrite to the Queen. The paper on which letters to Queen Victoria arewritten must not be fold-. ed. No communication which bears evidence of having «been creased will ever fall into Her Majesty’s own hands. The proper method is to write on thick, glossy white paper, and to de— spatch the missive in an envelope which fits it. Any folded communi- cation never reaches the Queen, for the simple reason that she never looks at it. All such letters are opened by the Mistress of the Robes, and as a I rule, their contents never get beyond I her, or, if the letter is of importance, - it is returned to the writer with the directions how to forward it.—New York Herald . :- For two. 7/ ,1, \ \" . thority in Cuba. iant tOI‘l. , I Egom receipt of or- 3 der to Jan. 1, 1899' HARPER s WEE is beginning another era in its existence. The Congress of the United States has declared that Spain must at once relinquish its au- HARPER’S WEEKLY, whose pictorial history of the last war marked , an epoch in American illustrated journalism, will, with enormously increased facilities, be each week an accurate, concise, and authentic , PICTORIAL HISTORY OF THIS WAR \Trom now until peace is assured. A brill- staff of artists and correspondents will represent the WEEKLY at the front. Rufus F. Zogbaum. Frederic Remington, Carlton'l‘. Chapman, W. A. Rogers,T. de Thul- strap. and others W111 accurately portray the en- gagements in which our Army and Navy may participate, as well as happenings at Washing- Among the WEEKLY’S special corre- spondents will be Caspar Whitney, John R. Spears, John Fox, Jr.,0. K. Davis, and Harold Martin, following our Squadrons and Armies. In order to bring this matter home to every good American. the publishers will send, pre-I paid, HARPER’ S WEEKLY from Receipt of Order to Jan.1,1899 s2. 00 ' HARPER s. BROTHERS . Franklin Sq., 11. Y. City 6 dollars. KLY yours and others had read it, how much gnud'it might have done.’ and we will do the rest. 3 7 0U read this advertisement. :1 If it had been Send in your adv. Bates', on application. 29c Imported; Organdies , I mo. 5 _—-‘E BOSTO STORE $2.91!. . Printed Dolled swrss,19c W FAIRFIELD COUNTY’S GREATEST SI‘URE. main—— ANOTHERGREAT EFFORT to 018411 UP SPRING STOCKS. A“ SLAUGHTER of ailor Made Suits anHSprinsz Jackets. Spring Jackets. $12.001all silk lined Kersey’s and coverts $7.00. . $15.00 silk lined fly-front jackets, $850. $2.00 and $3.00 children’s $1.50. School jackets, 980. Bicycle Suits. $12.00 all wool bicycle suits, reduced to $6.00. 20 crash bicycle suits, $1.75. _ Separate crash bicycle skirts, $1.50. reefers. Dress Goods. 15 ps. 49c dress goods, 250. 4 ps. black brilliantine, the 50c kind, 35c. f Tailor Made Suits. Our many tailor made suits now worn in N orwalk and vicinity testify to our claim that they are perfect fitting. All $13.50, $16.50 and $18.50 suits will go at one price, $10.00 10 misses’ suits, 12 to 18 years, were $12.00 will go at $6.00 Shirt Waists. ' $1.50 shirt waist reduced to 980. 50 dozen fine waists for 50c. 30 dozen good waists, 391:. that Ice Cream Freezers. 3 qts. ones, $1.98. ' Porch Screens. All sizes, from 42c to $1.98. r 5 ps. _75c, illuminated serge, 50c. 500 fine wool checks, 25c. $1.00 black brilliantine, 50 in. wide, 50c. 50c beyadere stripes, 25c, Linen, 'Pique and Crash Skirts. 30 crash skirts, were 980, this week, 50c. ' 25 white pique skirts, 98c. 30 crash skirts, trimmed, $1.98. 25 duck skirts, black, trimmed with white, white, trimmed with black, $1.98. 60 all linen tucked skirts, $2.25. Hammocks. 98c to $3. 50. Two Day’s Sale”! 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