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LOCAL AND OTHER NEWS.
Miss Kittie BrOtherton of Merwin
street, has gone to Southington to spend
three weeks.
The Misses Gussie and Belle Cooper
have returned to Brooklyn after a visit
with Mrs. Laramie of Westport avenue.
Mrs. F. D. Lawton and family ofBay-
view avenue are visiting in Stony
Creek.
—Coal $5.00 per ton, delivered. I
ought to have that price patented. B.
Harris. . ’ J 16 2t.
Miss Carrie Gorham of Maple street,
is visiting friends in Pittsfield, Mass.
An adjourned meeting of the city
council will be held this evening.
The music at the Methodist church
yeste1 day was of an unusually attractive
nature
—Prof. M. S. Rosen, the well-known
oculist Optician, can be consulted at his
ofiicc' 1n the pa1lors of the Mahackemo
Hotel, South N orwalk Tuesday from
9a. m. to 8 p. m Eyes examined free.
f5-tf
Arrangements are being. made for a
grand outing to be given by the Blos-
som club on August 7th. It will in—
clude athode Island clam-bake.
Work on the Isolation hospital at
the County Children’s Home is already
under way.
A South Norwalk city meeting will
be held at Arion hall to-night to take
action in the matter of appropriating
$10,000 for the, .r'epaving or the lower
end of South Mam street to a point
near Woodward avenue.
Rev. J. L. Guernsey of Bridgepmt,
occupied the pulpit of the South Nor-
walk Methodist church Sunday. He
will continue to do so during the
absence of the .tpas 01‘, Rev. A. S.
Kavanagh who' 15 sojourning at Cottage
City,1 Martha’s Vineyard for a few
weeks.
The officers of Colfax Encampment,
I. O. O. F. will be installed this even-
ing by District Deputy Lang of Stam-
for.d
J. Irving Dibble and his bicycle left
town for Greenwood Lake this morn-
ing. To-day is the commencement of
Mr. Dibble’s two weeks’ vacation.
The Norwalk Union band will meet
to-night and expect to transact impor-
tant business.
The Golden Rule Circle, Kings
" Daughters, of the Norwalk Congrega-
tional church, will meet to-morrow
afternoon at the home of Mrs. J. F.
Paddock on Camp street. Members
will make no mistake if they bring
their mite boxes with them. i
It is reported that a market is to be
opened in the rejuvenated stores in the"
Fox building on Main street.
Mrs. Charles L. St. John and infant
son, of Fairview Terrace, are sojourn-
ing at the Pioneer House, Lake :Hopta-
tcong N. J. __
The Misses Millie and Ethel Wilcox,
of Arch street, have gone to Crescent
Beach, R. I., to spend several weeks.
The Altair bicycle club of Danbury,
are now in their new quarters and will
be glad to chCOme all N orwalk riders
whenever in that city. ’
William Stevens of Summerville,
N. J., isa guest of his brother J. H.
Stevens at Bell Island.
A regular meeting of Buckingham
Post, G. A. R., will be held. to-night.
Allen D. Hall rode his red, white
and blue bicycle to Danbury yesterday.
Theodore “Speeler” Smith is suffer-
1, ing from a severe attack of rheumatism.
He is unable to close or open either of
1 his hands, and his feet are suffering
from a mild attack of the same com-
plaint. ‘
Frank McCoy ls undel a1 test on the
charge of intoxication.
Russell Hudders of New York, is a
guest of Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Norton at
' Rock Cliff cottage.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Newkirk are at
Asbury Park for a brief sojourn. '
Miss Jessie Smith, of Bethel, is
. visiting friends in East N orwalk.
TAKEN IN 'NOBWALK.
The Sun- Makes ,Fun: of Commodore
" Schley’s Photograph.
The photographs of Commodore
Schley taken in full uniform, which
are now on exhibition in shop windows
and for sale at book stores, says the
New York Sun, are a cause of anguish
\to his family and friends, who are
unanimous in saying that they are the
worst likenesses of the Commodore ex-
tent. They were taken last summer in
a little Connecticut village near which
the Schleys 'had a summer cottage, and
were the result of a family pilgrimage
to the local photographer for the pur-
pose of getting a picture of the Com~
modore’ s compa1atively new grand
child.
When the youngster had been duly
‘ taken the suggestion was made that
the grandfather take his turn in the
chair, and the wily photograph man
amended this with an appeal to the
ICommodore to come some other day in
full uniform, As the family had no
picture of him in uniform of recent
date they supported this amendment,
and Commodore .Schley, after some
resistance, for he has little courage be-
fore the raking fire of the camera, gave
in. A few days later the photographs
were taken, and when they were sent
home there was a chorus of criticism
- from the family. Even the baby wept,
it is said, upon being confronted with
the counterfeit presentment. As for
the original, he contented himself with
saying, “I told you so,” and thought no
more about it.
But it turned out a great piece of
business for the photographer, for as
soon as the war broke out pictures of
the principal naval officers were large-
ly in demand. The photographer, be-
ing an honest person, wrote to Mrs.
Schley for permission to use the like-
ness, and she forwarded the letter to
her husband, but it did not reach him
for a fortnight, and meantime the
shrewd Yankee up in Connecticut,
fearing that somebody might get in
ahead of him with another picture, put
his on the market and profited greatly
thereby. Now it confronts the Schleys
and their friends on all hands, while
the Commodore, fighting at the front,
he 15 about to return.
There' 1s one failly good llkeness of-
the Commodore in circulation, but it
represents him in civilian’ s clothes
One of the family was at a book stere
in this citya few days ago, and the
"salesman show ed 'he‘r both pictures.
“Why don’t you put away those
,dreadful pictures of. the Commodore,
salesman. “Nobody would buy it.- The
public wants its heroes in costume.
We sell 'twenty of that picture for
every one of the other.”
-—The Pioneer of the Klondike.
Mr. Joseph Ladue, who was summon
ed to Washington recently for a con-
ference with the Secretary of War re-
garding the means of furnishing relief;
to Dawson City miners, has sold a large
number of his choice lots in Dawson
City, some of his best placer claims,
and a magnificent quartz mine, besides
his rich timber limit, including a saw-
mill which is earning $1350 a day net,
to the Joseph Ladue Gold Mining and
Development Company of Yukon. The
directors of this company are among
the most conservat ve and prominent
men in the financial circles of New
York. Those who are interested in
the Klondike should read the notice of
the new company printed in this issue.
The Uncas Haylofters will meet this
evening.
Miss Eva Franke and Mrs. Harry
Simpson have returned from a trip to
the Catskills.
7
Miss Jennie Stevens, of Bethel, is a
guest of Mrs. James L. Brundage, of
Main street.
Edward Chasmar led the Epworth
League meeting of the Norwalk Meth-
odist Episcopal church Sunday even-
ing. The subject was Exhortation to
Earnestness. -
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur 'H. Thiele, of
Fairfield avenue, are in New York
city.
Eleanor B. Hoyt, of Norwalk, is vis-
iting her sister, Mls. C. A. Whitney,
in Nutley, N. J.
. Miss Daisy Diver of Bridgeport, spent
Sunday the guest of friends in South
Norw.alk
Miss Mabel Hamilton, of the N or-
walk hotel, has r turned f1 0:11 a trip to
Lake Waccabuc.
New and attractive signs have been
placed in the Windows of the City Na-
tional and Savings banks at South N or-.
walk. They are , by all odds the
neatest signs on Washington street.
M1s. W. A. Pry01, of Riverside Ter-
race has arrived home from a trip to
Bullington, Vermont.
Miss Annie Monohan of Jamesburg,
N. J ., is visiting at the summer resi-
dence of M. Ratchford 1n Winnipauk.
The Robert Emmett club will meet
this evening
. York city.
little dreams to what distressful glories
Remember the Maine.
“Like a thief in the 'dark,
With an electric spark, _
It was done in the night by Spain;
But in God’s bright light
In an open fight,
Dewey made them ‘remember the
Maine. ”’
TO NORTH BEACH.
A Sunday Excursion on the Belle Horton
July 24th.
The steamer Belle H01 ton will make
an excursion trip to North Becca next
Sunday, leaving her wharf at South
Norwalk at 10 a. to. Leave North Beach
at 4 p. m. The fare for the round trip
will be fifty cents. '
There was a goodly crowd on the ex-
cursion given by the same boat to New
Haven yesterday.
A-"
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-. Bell Island Personals.
Charles H. Wilcox and family, of
Danbury, are occupying their cottage
for the summer.
Mrs. H. M. Ives and family, of 38
Balmforth avenue, Danbury, are spend-
ing several weeks at the Island.
Frank W. Hodge, John F. Wood-,
ruff, George L. Eastman and Frank
Moore and families have returned to
Danbury from a sojourn here.
Mrs. Emma L. Smith,fof Danbury,
is at Bell Island chaperoning a party of
N orwalk young-ladies.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred W. DeKlyn and
son Harold, of Danbury, have returned
from a visit at Reton Point and in New
Good Music.
Charles E. Miller, of the General
Theological Seminary, who is spending
his vacation at his home in this city,
assisted Rev. G. M. Gilbeth last even:
ing at the Chapel of 0111'. Holy SaVlout,
he cenducting the choral portion of the
ct vice, and will continue to do so dur-
ing the absence of the rector, Rev. S. B.
Pond; .The large and well-trained sur-.
"shé said, pointing to the Connecticutl‘Phca choir, under the dlrectlon 0f
article, “and sell the good ones;?.”; , .. .-:
' “The one in plain clothes ?” saidth-e"
Prof. Pooley, is doing excellent work.
and the attendance at the services is
unifOrmly large
>
__ Will He Accept?
A meeting of Co. D, C.N.G., will be
held at the armory to-morrow evening,
for the purpose of nominating a caddi-
date to succeed Captain Go'rman re?
signed. Reporter “Rob.” Mitchell has
a geod chance for the office if he
ch00ses to accept. " ' -
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"selectm‘en Out of Town.
Selectmen-Merrill and Lynes are in
New York to-day and the office is in
sole possession of Selectman Thomes,
as the clerk of the board Miss Clara
Rider also commenced her annual va-
cation to-day.
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Recent Deaths.‘
Michael, son of Mr. and Mrs. Michael
McMullen, died at his home on Wilton
avenue, yesterday aged about 25 years.
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Corporal Howard Bloomer and Musi-
cian Harry Richmond of Co. L, Third
regiment now in camp at Niantic are
in town to-day.
Miss Irene Merrill of South Norwalk,
is visiting friends in New York.
The steamer Belle Horton had quite
a crowd of passengers on board, as it
left the South Norwalk Wharf this
morning. ‘
Annie Marie, the infant daughter 'of
Antone and Karen St tbell of South
Norwalk died Saturday. ‘
Contractor Ephraim Thomes is driv-
ing spiles for the foundation of the
proposed new Podmore building on the
Washington street bridge. -
A. J. Nutting’s tandem turnout at-
tracted attention on the city streets
yesterday.
The condition of James W. Storey
remains about the same. He is a very
sick man.
Mr. and Mrs. James H. Bundle of
East Norwalk, wheeled to New Haven
on their bicycles yesterday.
Louis E. Reynolds of East Norwalk,
pedaled into New York 5 ate and back
1 on his bicycle, yesterday.
Miss Len a.Waters and Miss Minnie
Mather, of West Norwalk, have. been
spending several days with relatives in
Long Ridge.
,Mrs- Eliza;LCotter-Britton of New
York, and her‘ daughter Minnie are
the guests of Mr. Frank Foster on Wil-
ton avenue.
JUST A TIGER STORY.
'A Man‘s Narrow Escape From Furnishlnp
a Square Meal. . g
The shlkari was a little stunned by
the tiger’s onslaught; he recovered
consciousness, however, in a few min~
utes, when he found himself lying 011
the tiger’s hack and in full sail toward
the heart of the jungle.
Fortunately, he Was not seriously hurt,
as the tiger had gripped him by the arm
just above the elbow. There he lay quite
helpless; what was he to do? Any
movement on his part might have made
his condition far worse; so he lay per-
fectly quiet, and shut his eyes as if he
were dead. Soon the tiger arrived at
his den, which was no more than a hol-
low sc00ped in the sand at the foot of
a large tree. There the tiger deposited
him and covered him over loosely with
some sand. Luckily for him his face
was uppermost when he fell, other-
wise he would have had no other alter-
native between death by suffocation
and death from the tiger if he had
dared to move. As it was, he could
manage to breathe gently, and even to
have an occasional glimpse under his
eyelids.
After this operation of partial burial
the tiger ran ahead a few yards, but re-
turned instantly, as ifhe had some
misgivings in his mind. Seeing, how-
ever, all safe, be bounded forth, but
again returned to make assurance dou-
bly sure. He kept up this method of
self persuasion for a few times, till,
feeling quite certain about the matter,
he finally went away on his mission,
After waiting a few minutes to see
that the tiger had really gone, our shi-
kari sprang up and climbed the tree
just over the den, and hid himself w'ell
among the leaves. He had not long to
wait for the denouemcnt, for the tiger
soon returned, accompanied by a ti-
. gross and a couple of cubs (like a gen-
erous and exemplary h_usband and
father, the tiger evidently scorning to
eat on the sly).
They came along with many a joy-
ful -catlike gambol in anticipation of
thermal: feast, and found the den—-
empty! Such a lamentation over the
lost dinner then arose as was never
heard before in the whole animal king-
dom; in fact, the tigers persisted so
leng In their piteous cries, that our
shikari began to have some doubts as
to the righteousness of defrauding the
poor creatures of their hard-earned
wages; but he was prevented from of-
- . ’ferihg himself to them in a moment of
misgfiided magnanimity by the thought
of his own wife and children, whose
claim upon him was obviously higher.
-Cornhill Magazine.
PROFESSOR CAMERON’S HAT.
Mischlovdous Student's Convert It Into
i 4,; Bigttonlrulekflnuquets
Hen
fesso! The Greek Ianguage ahd lit-
stature at Princeton University fora.
great many yea1s, and like many of his
vocation, is a man of marked peculiar-
ities. One of his eccentricities is to
wear an old plaid shawl over his shoul-
dé’rs, summer and winter, and a. hat of
unique pva‘ttern 1.111111. always been a
mystery? Where Prof: Dameron gets his
hats, No dealer in the latitude and
longitude of'Princeton keeps them in
stock, and there is a tradition among
the 'Istudents that the professor pur-
chased a quantity many years ago and
always has a supply to draw from when
he needs one.
As‘ long as any one can remember it
has been the practice of each class dur-
ing the second term of the sophomore
year to steal Prof. Cameron’s hat and
cut-it up into little square pieces, which
are distributed among the students and
worn by them‘in the buttonholes of the
lapel-s of their coats like badges
or bouquets. The' professor ex-
pects it and takes it good-naturedly.
He makes no particular effort to pro-
tect his preperty, but one day in- each
vear—and it is often the coldest of the
winter—he iscompelled to go home
from recitation bareheaded or wrap his
old gray shawl around his old gray
head. The next morning, if the pro-
fessor takes the trouble to glance
around the class room, he can identify
the fragments of his hat pinned to the
coats of his pupils, but the trick is so
old and the professor is so accustomed
to it that he treats it with indifference.
The Power of His Eye. ‘
It has been told of .Van, Amburgh,
the great lionvtamer, that on one occa—
sion when in a bar-room he was asked
how he gained his wonderful power
over animals. He said: , -
“It is by showing them that I am
not in the least afraid of them. and by
keeping my eye steadily on theirs. I’ll
give you an example of the power of
my eye. You see that fellow? He’s a
regular clown. I'll make him come
across the room to me, and I won’t say
one word to him."
' Sitting down, he fixed his keen,
steady eye on the man. Presently the
fellow straightened himself up, rose
fromfhis seat and came slowly across,
to the lion tamer. When he was close
enough he drew back his arm and
struck Van 'Amburgh a. tremendous
blow over the chin, knocking him clean
over the chair, with the remark:
“You’ll stare at me like that again.
won’t you!”—Golden Days.
I
How He Know.
E “Begorra, an’. it’s hat-rd to colllct
noney these days." “Is you bin tryin’
to c’lect some, Mr. Murphy?" “Divil a
lint; but there’s a plinty tryin’ to col-
iict from me.”—-Truth. '
C“Now, Thomas,” aid a certain Bish-
op, after taking his ' servant to task
one morning, “who is it that sees all
we do, and hears all we say, and knows
all we think,rand who regards even me
in my Bishop’s robes as but a vile
worm of the dust?" And Thomas re-
oiled, “The missus. sir." —Tit-Bits.
’ .
-~ { ~ Sleep Is Only a. Habit.
. 1
Glay‘Camei-ovn has been RYO‘:
'n
Mr. Edison has adopted the theory
that sleep is only the force of habit,
that if they but try, men-can get along
without sleep precisely as they get
along without. stimulants. He ac-
counts fopthe sleep habit as follows:
.“The truth is that this habit of
sleeping originated when there was no
such thing as a good artificial light.
People could not read, they had no way
of amusing themselves. at night, so
when darkness came there was nothing
left for them to do but lie down and
lose themselves in oblivion.
“Now that we have the electric light
and other means of illumination, the
world is sleeping less and less every
year. By-and-bye, gradually, of course,
the time will come when an hour or
two of rest will be enough. Then peo-
ple will find that they have been wast-
ing valuable time. It. is all right for a
man to change his work or seek some
sort of diversion, but that is very easy
to do by changing work and varying
the subject of study.”
This is precisely in line with the
philosophy which holds that men are
only what their environment- makes
them. In support of his theory Mr.
Edison relates that when the phono-
graph had to be finished in a certain
number of hours in order to be in Lon-
don on a certain day, he worked con-
tinuously for seventy-two hours with-
out a minute of sleep, and so did all
of his assistants but one or two.
His chief assistant says that Mr.
Edison has gone on for years, working
hard with little rest, merely dropping
down occasionally for a rest of an
hour, or, perhaps, only for ten minutes,
and then coming up again, apparently
as fresh as if he had had a long boll.
day. .
Just Spout It.
In a certain class of divinity students
there was one member who was gener.
ally acknowledged to be slow. His
fellow-students called him dumb. For
certain reasons, however, the young
man received every favor.
Shortly before the final examination
those in charge of the class were talk~
ing the matter over with 'the Bishop.
It was agreed that, in spite of the fel-
low’s singular ineptitude, he would be
permitted to pass if possible.
“If he can answer one question,"
said the Bishop, “I’ll ordain him."
The' instructor-ln-chi'ef accordingly
primed the stupid student for the
event. '
‘ “You need. answer only one ques-
one will be easy. But mind you don't
say anything else. Promise me_——not
another word, or you ’11 be certain to
get yourself Into trouble.”
The student promised, and the in-
. .rstructor went upon his way rejoicing.
littlelater the youth,was ushered in-
f--_£c_.§,;tho Bishopjs presence.
“Who was Saul?" asked the Bishop.
"The first King of Israel, '-'- answered
the student, quickly enough; and amid
the congratulatory smiles of the in—
structors, he prepared to depart. But
just as he reached the door, he turned
and added, “Subséduently called Saul
of Tarsus."
“Mother." said Miss Dolly Newrich.
‘can’t father afford a. seat In the Sen-
lte?”.
“A seat?" echoed the good lady.
‘cornfully. "Mydear, your father in
lab enough to have a. Whole sofa. If
e desires it?! . .
: » M
_ Only Three Languages In Use,
According ‘to a Russian linguist,
English, Russian and Chinese will be
the only three languages In use two
the whole of Continental Europe and
of Asia, with the exception of China,
will have adopted the Russian lam
guage. English will be spoken in
Great Britain, Australia, Africa and
America, and Chinese will be the lan-
guage of the Celesflals and the Oce-
anic Archipelago. There are at pres.
ent 860 distinct languages spoken—89
European, 114 African, 123 ' Asiatic,
117 Oceanic and 417 American, while
In the Russian Empire alone sixty dif-
ferent tongues are found.
lion," said the instructor, “and that”
hundred years from now. During the.
twentieth and twenty-first centuries ,
CITY—TAXES
Notice is hereby given to all persons
liable to pay taxes to the City of Nor-
walk, in the County of Fairfield and
State of Connecticut, that the under-
signed, Collector of Taxes for said City,
on the List of 1897, has received a war-
.rant fr om the May01 for the collection
of the tax laid by said city, March 7th,
1898, on the ratable estate liable to
taxation therein, that -
SAID TIX IS PAYABLE
JULY I5, l8”,
And that he will be present at the .
Water Commissioner‘s Room, in the.
Fairfield County National Bank Build-
ing, evel‘ y week day frbm 9 a. m., to
12m.a1‘:1d from 2 to 5 . m., and even-
ings after J uly15th, 1898, from 7.30 p.
£8980 9. 00 p. m., until September lst,
Also, that upon all of said taxes re-
maining unpaid after the 15th day of
August, 1898, interest at the rate of 9
per cent. per annum will be charged
f1 om the 15th day of July, 1898, until
the same is paid.
ADDISON A. BETTS,
Collector of City Taxes. List of 1897.
'BOTD-N POINT-
GROVE!
Grand .
OPEN AIR
Exhibition of the
WARGRAPH'
at Roton Point, ..
July 19111 and 26th
Commencing at 8.19 P. M.
40 Realistic -Wa'r Scenes
Direct from the Seat of War, and
20 Animated Pictures. 5‘
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.711.- .
Band Concert Every Evening.
Programme Changed Nightly.
Everybody. Free.
,..,-r, 21.,-
DOFIOHHOHSQj
Gregory’s Point. , .
Shore‘Dinners.
Rhode Island Clam-bake;
Bathing, Boating,Fishlng
@Electric cars to Hotel every twens
ty minutes, connecting with all trains
outheNY.N.....H&HRRand
branches. .
0 ’SULLIVAN,
MANA GER-
JOHN E.
my duty.
at a reasonable price.
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All the best grades of
NOT IN THE COMBINE.
Althoughurged to join I believeit is my duty to STICK TO THE
PUBLIC, who has stood by me and I will not Shirk
YES OR NO!
If it had been yes, you. would have to keep warm with $6. 00 coalnext
win of. It was no, s ) I am going to help you, fight Jack Frost with Coal
{I have bought a large quantity of coal at a low figure. You shall have
Ham coal $5 111111, Delivered.
“Engage your winter’ s supply now, to be delivered when you want it.
If you want soft coal for steam purposes, I can also make you happy.
;,:;:With Good Coal, Fair Dealings, and Honest Weight,
I am sure to gain new customers with each day.
the coal. 6 barrels of wood, 81.00. Phone 31-5,
B HARRIS;
Two Yards: Water Street South Norwalk and Rowayton.
Careful drivers to handle
Norwalk Chronicler