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LOCAL AND OTHER NEWS.
There will be a meeting of those
interested in the formation of a society
for the preservation of relics of Co-
lonial days, to be known as “The Nor-
walk Historical Society,” at the Con-
tral club to-night.
Among the many pasters on the
Democratic city ballets Monday were
forty-seven for councilman-elect, A. H.
Hoyt.
Jesse Pollard and wife, left for
French Greek, Iowa, yesterday, to pay
Mr. Pollard’s father a visit. The lat-
ter is over 83 years of age.
Another limb from the aged elm at
the drive entrance to Elmenworth fell
last evening.
John Grifien of Watertown, N. Y., is
visiting his son, T. B. Griffen on River-
side avenue, East Norwalk.
John Slavin was taken to the Re'
formatory school for boys, yesterday.
‘ Most of the Nor-walk lawyers are at-
tending courtin Bridgeport, to-day.
Thomas Smith was arrested on the
charge of vagrancy, yesterday. He
claimed to hail from New Haven.
Miss Meda Adams of Taylor avenue,
is visiting Mr. and Mrs. Claude E. Hal'-
vey, of Danbury.
The wedding of Stewart Marshall
and Miss Ella Dauchy of South Norwalk
takes place to-day.
The funeral of the late Mrs.Susan M.
Austin, wife of Rev. Samuel J. Austin
will be held from the Congregational
church of Darien this afternoon at 3:30 ~
o’clock.
A. Womgn of Eaculty.
“It was the morning after the battle
of Lexington that Mrs. Pond, the wife
of Colonel Pond of West Dedham,
was greatly astonished at seeing a‘
company of about one hundred men
stop in front of her house. She soon
discoverpd that they were totally ex-
hausted, having marched all night,
and that on empty stomachs. '
“They were in great haste for some-
thing to eat, but Mrs. Pond, not hav-
ing expected them, .was totally unpre-
pared. NVitIi a woman’s wit, however,
she rose 350 meet the emergency. With
{the aid of a woman and a hired man
she filled an enormous kettle full of
water and placed it over the. fire to
boil, so that she might make some
hasty pudding.
“There was a store not far off, and
here some of the soldiers helped them-
selves to earthen dishes and pewter
spoons, while others milked Mrs.
gond’s ten cows, and still others stir-
red the pudding. The two servants
meanwhile collected all the milk avail-
able around the neighborhood. Within
an hour; the meal was served, and the
soldiers, refreshed and cheered,
marched on to their destination.”
Duinb Ben- tor Children.-
As soon as a child is able to manage
them, he should be given a pair of light
dumb-bells and taught .how to use
them. He should exercise with them
night and morning, this will expand
the chest and improve the figure. Girls
need constantly watching that they
carry the body straight and the head
erect. A child that is given to lolling
about should be encouraged to lie rath-
er than' sit, the former position will do
much to keep the back straight. But
nothing is so good for a child’s health
and proper. development as plenty of
exercise in. the,open air.
A\Novel Jacket. .
A rather unique costume turned out
by a fashionable court riere combines
both style and original y. “ The mate-
rial is a. rich Cuban red ladies’ cloth,
trimmed with narrow black braid.
The novelty lies in the jacket, which
is made with a bolero effect in the
back, and tabs reaching below the
waist in front. Double reveres adorn
the top of the jacket, the under one of
the ladies’ cloth and the other of white
satin, caught in place by a large fancy
button. The sleeves are close fitting.
Sixteenth_Century Miracle,
A sixteenth century traveller visited
a French monastery, where he ’was
shown what was asserted to be the
skull of John ' the Baptist. .With
some surprise the traveller said;
. “Why, the monks of —- monastery
showed me the skull of John the Bap’
'tist yesterday.”
“True,” said the exhibitor, not a
whit disturbed, “but those monks only
possess the skull of the saint when
he was a young man, while ours is
his skull when he was well advanced
in age and wisdom.” .
—Live-Merchants keep their name.
before the Public. An Advertisement
' board the dispatch boat Dolphin.
from Manila.
LAUNCHING THE ILLINOIS-
A Great Crowdl’resent at Newport News
to witness it _
Newport News, Va, Oct. 5.——Newport
News was thronged with‘visitors from
far and near yesterday, who came to
witness the launching of the battleship
Illinois.
Chicago and Washington were rep-
resented by large delegations of promi-
nent men and women, and the nearby
cities and villages sent thousands of
spectators.
A conservative estimate placed the
crowds of visitors at fully twenty thou-
sand, and it was believed that fully
thirty thousand persons witnessed the
ceremonies. The battleship was put in
the water at about 12.30 p. m.
Among the prominent persons from
Washington ,was Assistant Secretary
of the Navy Allen, who came from
Portsmouth, where he had been in-
specting the navy yard. He was on
The steamer NeWport News brought
'down from 'Washington the following
'invited guests: Commodore and Mrs.
M. T. Endicott, Captain A. S. Crownin-
shield, Paymaster General Edwin Ste-
wart, Engineer-in-cmet George W.
Melville, Surgeon General W. K. Van.1
Reypen and wife, Chief Constructor
Philip Hichborn and wife, Captain
Samuel C. Lemley and Mrs. Lemley,
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson and
:his daughter, Assistant Secretatry pf
,War George D. ,Meikeljohn, Martin
{Knapp and J. D. Yoeman and their
:wives.
Governor Tanner’s party arrived at
Old Point at ten o’clock on Monday
night. .
The preliminaries began at ten o’clock
and the official party passed through
the immense throng gathered around
the red hull of the Illinois at 10.30.
.The weather was fair. The hour set
for the launching was 11 a. m., but it
,was 12.33 p. m., before the vessel slid
from the ways. Miss Nancy Leiter of
Chicago named it the Illinois.
The dimensions of the Illinois are as
follows: Length on load water line,
368 feet; beam, extreme, 72 feet 2 1-2
inches; draught on normal displace-
unent of 11,525 tons, 23 feet six inches;
maximum displacement, all ammuni-
tion and stores on board, 12,325 tons;
maximum indicated horse power (esti-
mated), 10,000; probable speed, 16 1-2
knots; normal coal supply, 800 tons;
coal supply, loose storage, 1,200 tons;
full bunker capacity, 1,400 to 1,500 tons;
complement of officers, 40; seamen, ma~
rines, etc., 449.
The main battery will consist of Tour
thirteen-inch breech loading rifles, in
Hichborn balanced turrets, oval in
shape, and placed in the center line of
the vessel, and fourteen six-inch rapid
fire guns. The secondarybattery will
consist of sixteen six-pounder rapid-
fire guns, four one-pounder rapid-fire
guns, and two field guns. She will car-
ry four torpedo tubes.
The armor. belt, which extends from
the stem to abaft the after turret, is
to be 16 1-2 inches thick at the top and
9 1-2 inches thick at the bottom, ex-
cept at the forward end, where it will _
be tapered to four inches at the stem.
CHINESEZEMPEROR’S PLOT?
It is Reported That He Planned to Have
the Dowager Empress Removed. no;
London, Oct. 5.-—A dispatch to the
Central News from Shanghai says that
the emperor, trusting to the loyalty of
Yuan Shiskai, gave .. written orders,
which he placed in Yuan’s hands, to
have troops brought from Tien-Tsin
to surround the palace of the empress
dowager and remove her to a place
where she would be unable to interfere
with his majesty’s reforms.
Yuan showed the orders to the vice-
roy of Tien-Tsln, who immediately in-
formed the empress. ? '
Her majesty immediately ordered the
emperor into her presence. She accus-
ed him of want of filial piety and of in-
gratitude, concluding her denunciation
of his conduct by showing him the or—
der which he had given for her abduc-
tion. '
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The emperor was crestfallen and
ashamed to say a. word in his own
defence.
The empress told him there was only
one way to clear himself, pointing at
the same time to a cup on a stand
nearby. '
The emperor took the cup and swal-
lowed its contents. It is presumed the
cup contained poison. '
This is 'one of the numerous stories
of the alleged suicide or assassination
of the emperor, but it is still as im-
possible as it has been from the first‘to
say whether the emperor is alive or
dead.
Saw the Battle of_ llIanila Bay-
New York, Oct. 5.-—The Nova Scotian
ship Jane Bun'ill arrived yesterday
Captain Robertson said
that his ship was at anchor in the har-
bor of Manila on the morning of May
1 when Dewey sunk the Spa i'sh fleet.
”We had no intimation '0 ar,” said
the captain, “but we were awakened
early in the morning 'by the boom of a
gun. Rushing 0 de k, we saw the
American fleet s earning toward the
Spanish men war. It was a grand
sight to see the Yankees polish them
off. They battered aw until break—
fast time, af‘ter whic‘lfih‘ey went at
tli’em again hammer" d tongs, and
soon finished them. I heard afte‘r4
wards that only one Spanish shell
struck. That hit the Boston’s funnel,
but failed to explode.”
Filipinos Make Their Request.
Washington, Qct. g5.—Agoncillo, the
delegate of Aguinaldo’s so-called re-
public, called at the state department
yesterday, accompanied by his secre-
tary, Lopez. ‘They wanted to see Sec-
retary Hay, but he was at the cabinet
meeting, so they sent their names to
Second Assistant Sficretary A-dee.
Mr. Adee \and the Filipinos had a
long‘talk about the request (if the dele-
gates to be permitted to represent
Aguinaldo before the Paris peace com-
mission, but the result of the effort
cannot be ascertained.
Kaiser Frederick Lowers Record.
Southampton, Oct. [Sr—The steamship
Kaiser Frederick of the North German
Lloyd line arrived at this port yester-
day and proceeded to Bremen.
She made the voyage in about six
days and ten hours, against her pre-
vious best time of nine days, two hours
and six minutes. The -oflicers were
greatly pleased that the shiphad de-
veloped something like her, true speed.‘
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GOOD OLD PROFESSOR.
Hie Knowledge Rather Unpleasant to
Bags Around at All Times.
It has never ceased to be a cause
of regret to the good Mrs. Pnrvenu
that she had the professor at her little
gathering of local literary lights.
“There’s a teapot that was used by
William the Conqueror,” she an~
nounced, with pride, as all the visit-
ors gathered" about and discussed the
prize in linshed tones of voice.
“But, dear madam,” said the pro-
fessor, with whom truth is given pre-
ference to every other consideration,
“they never brewed tea in England
until some years after William I. came
to these shores.” ~
Mrs. Parvenu ignored the interrup-
tion, but the teapot was soon put
away, and now it has another history.
“Here is a pipe that one of the
Caesars smdked in the ninth century,”
she'declared, triumphantly, and she
looked severely at the professor.
“But, my good woman,” he declared,
“tobacco was unknown then, and for
centuries after. Someone must have
imposed upog you.”
The pipe was put away with a
slam, and from beneath a pile of silk
patches in a sewing hag~ the angered
lady produced a book. ,
"There,” she nnounced. Ii strident
tones, “is a Bible that belonged to my
great-great-grandmother. I hope that
modern wisdom has not learnt that all
were heathens in her time, or that the
golden rule was not discovered until
the good old lady had gone to her re
ward.”
But themprofessor looked judicially
at the title-page, and said the book
was printed in 1876.
Spain Really the Gainer.
Spain, in reality, loses little by this
war except some ships. Cuba she had
proven worthless to herself and to the
rest of-the world. The Philippines
were rapidly approaching the same
condition. Since the war began she
has not sent a soldier or a musket
to Cuba, and she has some of the
soldiers already there returned to her
on a pass. She spent some money in
tolls for the passage of her fleet
through the Suez Canal, but the crews
can say with the old Whaler captain
in the story, though they did not “get
any oil,” they had “a mighty fine sail.”
Her colonies have never been in the
true sense outlets for superfluous pop-
ulation, nor yet commercial feeders.
They have been a source of deep
seated civil corruption. Spain has a
large, industrious and thrifty home
population and adiversified territory,
part of it agriculturally productive,
pzll't rich in minerals. Her coast pop-
ulam’on are admirable sailors, and she
is favorably situated for commerce.
If she -will abandon her _ medieval
methods there is no reaSon why in ten
years she should not find herself more
prosperous than she has been since
the fifteenth century—Hartford Cour-' '
ant.
American Women and Gray Hair.
Is it true that the hair of American
women turns gray much earlier than
that of the women of other countries?
There are those who make the asser-
tion. It is, too, say these, a more
thorough gray. While the locks of an
English or French woman will late in
life show a few “basting threads,” the
head of an American woman at a
much younger age will be quite
blanched, or at least frosted. To two
things may the cause of the tendency
be ascribed, American air and Ameri-
can atmosphere—terms not' -at all
synonymous. If the former turns our
leaves, why should it not turn our
hair? While what the latter may ac-
complish through the agencies of ice
water, hot bread and worry needs no
comment. Early gray hair, as a rule,
means inability to cope with nerve-
destroying things. It is declared to
be largely a matter of temperament.
That it should be a characteristic of
American women is in keeping with
most other traits of our race—liar-
per’s 'Bazar.
Beauty After hglty.
A bright woman, wheulrlpplauded re
cently for her g00dness,vbegged her
friend to let the matter drop. “For,”
she said, whimsically, “though I do
try to do good from some really high
motives, yet I have a reason for try-
ing which I am afraid is a low one.”
"What do you mean?" inquired her
laughing friend. “I mean that I once
heard, many years ago, that beauty
after 50 depended not on features, but
on character. Like all women, I de-
sired to 'be beautiful, and, as Provi-
dence ha! denied me the ‘features'
necessary to secure that result in early
life. 1 determined to make the attempt
to be beautiful at 50. 1am 85 now,"
she concluded, merrily, “and I must
con-fess that I see no signs of this In-
dian summer loveliness, but I still try
to be good.”
These friends treated the matter as
a iest, but there is really sense and
truth in the saying that beauty in later
life, in either man or woman, is de-
pendent upon character far more than
upon form or colon—The Churchman.
Dates n‘ Biz Inventions.
The air brake was invented by
Westinghouse, 1874; the torpedo by
Bushnell, 1777; watch, byPeter Helc,
1477; thermometer, by Drebel, 1609:
telescope, by Lippersheim, 1‘ 08; print—
,ing, by Gansfleisch, 1438; cotton gin,
by Eli Whitney, 1793; microscope, by
Jansen, 1590; lithography, by Sene-
f-elder, 1798; lightning rods, by Frank-
lin, 1752; gunpowder, by Sclnvarz,
1320; balloon, by Montgolfier, 1783;
barometer, by ’l‘orricelli, 1643.
The Civilian's Regret.
“The soldiers will sobn be done will:
camp fare,” remarked Old Bullion.
affixing a revenue stamp on another
check, .“but hard tax will be scrvco
out tot‘he ‘rcsr of us for years to,
come.”—~Chicago Tribune,
.\,‘,,‘- “J. QW‘ Eva—um
'1 H E E v E N1 Not. A ZE T. 'r' E , .
SHERIDAN AT THE MILLINER’S-
His Gallantry to an American Woman in .
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I Paris During the Commune.
i er, conquered his shyness.
time of the Commune he was in Paris
with his aide-de—camp. There was also
Storming at the same hotel a charm-
ing American woman with whom he
was slightly acquainted. The prison-
ers had been liberated and were rush-
ing madly through the streets. The
order had also been given that all win-
dows and shutters~ must be kept
closed. Shut in her dark room and
hearing the noisy rabble below, the
woman became greatly alarmed.
“There is but one thing for me to
do,” she cried, f‘to insure safety. I
will put myself under the care of the
,American' general.” ‘ .
She, therefore, sent her card to
Sheridan, who at once called and of-
fered his services. He also advised
that she should join his party in the
morning and get away to London.
Still she appeared distressed. Finally
she cried: “It is my bonnets at Vi-
rot’s. They were to have been down
today. How can I go and leave
them?”
The general grasped the situation
and ofiered his arm to escort her to
the milliner’s. Happily, it was not
far off. Ever afterward be delighted
to tell of his pleasure at seeing such
an array of dainty headgear. He had
never been at. a milliner’s before.—
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
Dead Before she ‘Vas Hanged. _
“I wonder,” said a gentleman who,
on account of family connections both
North and South, had exceptional fa-
cilities for get-ting inside information
during the civil war, “that Colonel
Chris Rath, who hanged the murder~
ers of President Lincoln, never made
reference to the fact that Mrs. Sur-
ratt was dead when she was hanged.
He must have known it. Why the
fact has been suppressed so often I
do not know. Mrs. Surratt had re-
markable control of her emotions. She
bore up under most trying circum-
stances and gave way only in the
solitude of her cell. She never fal-
tered as she was led to the gallows
and ‘appeared to retain her self con-
trol better than Powell, Herold or At-
Zerott. Her iron will never relaxed,
but her heart gave way under the
awful strain. She died in the arms of
the priest who was comforting her,
and he held her lifeless body while
the noose was adjusted and the trap
sprung." , z
A Verdictvby a Georgia Jury.
The Atlanta Constitution tells of a
curious verdict rendered by a Georgia
:jllI-‘y in a case where the guilt of the
prisoner was clearly established
It was not thought the*jury would
be ten minutes in recommendng him
for the penitentiary, but twelve hours
elapsed before the twelve men filed
into court again, when a verdict of
“Not Guilty” was read, to the aston-
ishment of all.
“How could you bring in such a
verdict after the evidence ?” asked the
judge.
“Well,‘jedge,” replied the foreman,
“he’s a man of large family, and lost
one leg and two sons in the war."
A Severe Test.
After many ineffectual attemps, he
finally succeeded in awakening his
wife, who thrust her head out of the
window and asked:
“Is that you, Sam?”
“Yesh, m’dear.”
let you in.”
“Nome, I’m pudectly shober.”
“Then pronounce Cienfueges for
me.”.
“Sh-she-shen-few—shenfew”
“That will do, Samuel Higgins. You
are drunk, and I won’t let you in.”
“But, m’dear, (lass the way the
Spanish pronounce it.”
Experimenting in Banana Flour.
The next dietetic fad is going to be
banana flour. Manufacturers are ex-
perimenting in this circction, and
promise soon a meal that will keep as
long as wheat flour and make a much
more nutritious bread. As already the
craze for whole-wheat flour is pass:
ing, this new albumen will undoubted-
ly meet a quick welcome when it
comes. The use of the banana has
developed its great value as an article
of food, and the great army of banana
consumers are prepared to accept eag-
erly its further development—New
York Evening Post.
Teeth illnde of Paper.
The paper teeth made in Germany—
that is, artificial teeth for human use,
manufactured from paper pulp instead
of porcelain and other materials that
are usually selected for making our
imitation masticators—are said to be
very satisfactory. It is distinctly du-
rable, and not being brittle,'does not
chip Off. The moisture of the month
has no effect upon it, it retains its
color perfectly, and is lighter in‘ weight
than porcelain, and cheaper, of course,
to make.
Thrift.
Parker—“My wife has the most ex-
travagant idea's of economy.”
Barker—“HOW so?”
“She sent me ‘a. telegram last week
while I was in Philadelphia that cost
me a dollar; and a 'half, just because
there were only three of my stamped
envelopes left.”——Life. .
To Pass a. Plugged Nickel.
_ “What made you give that blind man
a plugged nickel?”
‘fPeople will take it from him when
they' wouldn’t from me.”—Chicago
.g Record, ‘
“You’ve been drinking, and I shan’t-
) .
Spiced Ber‘b Ymecar.
This is evaluable addition togsauces
and salads, and a. few drops added to a _
General Sh ‘d _» b b ame 01 d- j mince or hash will give it a plquant:
, eri an, as e ec At th i flavour.
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Put into a clean dry bottle
one tablespoonful of finely-chopped
chervil; one tablespoonful of tarragon,
also chopped; one shallot, minced; one
dozen peppercorns; a salt-spoonful of
celery-seed, and one clove of garlic;
pour over the herbs and spices half a
pint of the best French vinegar; cork
the bottle tightly ‘and seal it with
wax. In a. week or ten days strain the
' vinegar through muslin into another
bottle. It should be shaken two or
three times while the herbs are. being
steeped in it. _ ‘
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Dr. Jobu' 'Holl’s' Burial.
New York, Oct. 1.—Fina1 arrange-
ments for the funeral of the Rev. Dr..
John Hall, late pastor of the Fifth
Avenue Presbyterian church, are com-
pleted. . ,
The body of Dr. Hall is expected to
arrive on the steamer Etruria, which
is due here to-day.
The funeral services will be held in
the church on Tuesday afternoon at 3
o’clock, and on the following day the
body will be interred in Woodlawn
cemetery without further public cere-
mony.
A Homeii'ke Hotel.
Grey—They say the hotel. is very
homelike.
Greene—Yes; t ee cockroaches
glided across the reakfast table the
first morning, and then youshould
see the nicks in the crockery—Boston
- Transcript. ..
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to depositors, from the earnings of the
Six months ending Sept. 30th, 1898.
The same will be entered on pass
books and paid 0n and after Oct. 10th,
1898. VICTOR S. SELLECK, F .
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