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JElfllllliSI UNIERTAKER ! No. 7' MAIN STREET. mom BELL AT ounc- 1 . son, of \Vcst avenue. LOCAL AND OTHER NEWS. Thc‘annual meeting of thc‘ stockhol- ders of the National Bank of Norwalk, to elect-directors, will be held on Jan- uary 10. The polls will be open from 11 1).. Into 12 1h. Secretary F. H. Quintard, of the South Norwalk club, has issued invita- tions to the membe1s of the club to at- tend the smoker of the Norwalk club, next Tuesday evening. Alfred A. Hodson, of Lowe street, has returned from a trip to Philadel- phia. There will be a rehearsal to-night, of the Christmas cantata, to be present- ed at the East Norwalk Methodist church. - " Dick ” Fitzgerald, of the U. unteers, is in town to-day. S. vol- L. A. Libby and C. F. McGee, of Hartford, are in to 2m to-day. . __._.___ J. H. Arnold, of Newark, N. spending a week in Norwalk. J., is “1'. F. Bryant, of East avenue, re- turned, yesterday, froma. visit to his mother. Mrs. George ‘Parketon, of Southington. The C. E. society of the South l\’or- walk Congregational church is plannir g to give a musical tea, next Tuesday 211- teruoon and evening. Tea, cake and cream will be served. Washington Lodge, I. O. G. T. will give afair at their hall, Tuesday and Wednesday evenings. Music both nights. Carryall will run from Nor- walk hotel at 7:30; Mrs. John W. Fact is quite ill at her home on Taylor avenue. The regular meeting of Lincoln Council was held last night. Arrange- ments were completed for the proposed visit to Leeds Council, of Stamford, next Tuesday evening. MIs. 1V. .Stuitevant, of Elmwood avenue, has returned from a Visit In New York. Mrs. M. Lauder, of West street, is on the road to recovery from her recent serlous illness. The Henlickers will dine on oysters and beans at Captain John S. L’Hom- medicu’s, Rowayton, on the 2lst. Mrs. James L. Dyer is seriously ill at her home in Winnipauk. A large stuffed turkey attracted at- tention this morning, as it floated un- der the \Vall street bridge. The male chorus will assist the choir at the Methodist church services to- morrow evening. The funeral of the late Mrs. Nicholas Sloan will be attended to-morrow after- noon at 1:30 o’clock, Rev. S. R. Pond officiating. The interment will be in the family plot at Wilton. In the case of Emma thaley vs. Charles Nichols. Judge Frost in the town court, this morning, awarded judgment for the plaintiff to recover $58.35 damages, with costs amounting to $12.94. The Matinee Whist Club was enter- tained Wedncslay by Mrs. R. G. VVil- The club prize was won by Mrs. C. A. Harstrom. The guest,s prize was won by Mrs. Francis Leonard, and the consolation prize by Miss Louise B. Woodward. Mr. Zehm will give another organ recital, with special request prog— ramme, in South Norwalk Congre- gational Church on Wednesday, De- cember 14th. In order to accommo- date the, general public. the recital will be given in the evening. The admission will be free, but a silver onllection will be taken. Harry Pepper will assist at this recital. A switch engine jumped the track at the Consolidated railroad freight yard in South Norwalk. Thursday night. The damage done was slight. 7 —Job printing at. the GAZETTe office The Helping Hand Circle will give a. Naval entertainment in the lecture room of the Norwalk Methodist church, Friday evening, December. 30. Mess will be served by the messmates. I——<§>—————-—-— Unclaimed Letters. The following" letters remain un- claimed at the Norwalk post office, Dec. 10th, 1898: Miss Estha E. Bryan, O. H. Cum- mings, Fred Gibson, Mrs. Alta Hoyt, Mrs. R. W. Rogers, Andrew Veich, Miss Elizabeth VVahley. B. S. KEITH, P. M. In the matter of women’s rights Ala vsslnia is far ahead of Europe 111111 America. According to an authority the house and all its contents belongs to her, and if the husband offends hcl she not only can but does turn him out of doors till he is duly repentnn-t and makes amends by the gift of :1 cow or the half of a camel—that is to say, halt the value of a mmel. On the other hand, it is the privilege and duty . of the wife to abuse her husband, and she can divorce herself from him of pleasure, whereas the husband must show reasons to justify such an act you his part—Chicago Times Herald. two dog watclies. THE “BELLS” ON BOARD SHIP. How the SaiJormen Keep Track of the Time of Day. Every one who has read stories of: the sea has wondered why sailor's keep time by “bells” instead of by hours. The “sad sea dog” of the tale says, “It’s eight bells, and 1111’s well," and the reader wonders why he calls them “eight bells,” instead of the hour. There are people who think “eight bells” is 8 o’clock, and so with all the hours told off by bells. Art sea “bell" is equivalent to o'clock on show. .1 bell is struck every half hour. The day, beginning at 111111- night, is divided into watches of four hours, except the watch from 4 to 8 o’clock p. m., which is divided into A full watch thus consists of eight half hoursand its progress is noted by the number of strokes on the bell. For instance, be- ginning at inidnight,‘ the end of‘ :1 watch, the bell is stluck eight times hall’ past 12 is one bell, 1 0clo1k is two bells, 1: 30 o’clock is tlnec bells. o’clock is four bells, 3 o’clock is six2' bells, 4 o’clock is eight bells, and so on. The bells, except the odd bells. arc struck in pairs, thus: Three bolls are struck clung-clung, claug. Four bells are struck clung-clung, clung-clung. It isa pleasant diversion on ship board to hear the officer of the which strike the bells on the bridge and to hear them answered by the bells in the fo’c’sle, and all over the ship.— Chicago Inter-Ocean. \ THE REINDEER MOSS. It Flourishes in New England as \Vell as 11 Lapland and Siberia. Though the common name of this little plant of a gray tint is reindeer moss—eludonis rungifernia—it really belongs, says the Boston Transcript, to the family of lichens. These are a little lower in the scale of life than the mosses, which have roots and leaves, and may grow flat upon the surface of the trees, rocks or ground. or may, as in the present case, grow up in numerous thread-like parts. The reindeer moss is very common hi the old pastures and open woods of New England where the soil is poor. Indeed, it often covers 'the ground so closely with its compact masses, that it would seem as if cows put out to pasture would find it a hard task to get a suflicient quantity of grass for their daily meal. It fairly tinges the ground with a. whitish gray hue. When dry it is quite brittle and very pretty, its stem-like parts being hollow like little tubes. They branch out and stand up some four or five inches high. After a rain this lichen is soft to the touch. It makes 11 beautiful addition to :1 fernery, where it needs no cure. The reindeer lichen grows in other parts of the world as well as in New England. It covers the barren plains of Lapland and the northern parts of Siberia, growing well where nothing else would. There it forms the principal food of the reindeer, from which fact it has received 1111: name of reindeer moss. “my His Heart “’35 Light. He gazed with unsceing eyes out of the window and whistled softly with a time broken 110w and then by :1 smile that crossed his bearded lips. The young,r girl directly opposite: thought him handsome, and ascribed his preoccupied air to romantic rea- sons. And the older woman who sat with her glanced sharply across from time to time. to see what the young man meant by rudely whistling in a public conveyance. But the looks of youth and age were alike lost 011 him, and after awhile he turned his face toward the light and sang with such hearty untunefulncss that his specta- cled neighbor felt bound to remon. strute. “Young man.” she said, grimly. “have you hired this car for your owu use?” He stared at her blankly a minute, and then flushed to the roots of his hair. “W'as—wus I singing?” he tioued shamefacedly. "You were making a horrible noise," she replied, fartly. Then he laughed a wholesome, honest guffaw, and lean ed forward confidentially. “The joke‘s on me,” he owned. the truth, my baby has just. cut :1 tooth, and—11nd I was thinking how cunning the little chap looked when he grinned." The war light faded in the woman’: eyes and a smile touched the corners of her mouth as she beamed on the young father and questioned with deep interest: “Upper or udder?"——Chicago Jour~ nal. (11105 “Toll Largest Map in the “’01-”. The Ordnance Survey map of Eng- land contains over 108,000 sheets, and cost in preparation $1,000,000 a year for twenty years. The " seale varies from ten feet to one-tenth of an inch to the mile. The details are so minute that maps having a scale of 25 inches “show every hedge, fence, .wall, build- ing and even every isolated tree in the country. The plans show not only the exact shape of every building, but ey ery porch. area, doorstep, lamppost. railing and fire-plug."——New York World. Wit for the Occasion. Nora—Ah, Pat, 0i can’t foind wor- mds to tell yez how much Oi am in- debted to yez for this lovely watch. Pat—Sure, Nora, an' it’s meself that is lndebt for it dape enough for both av usl-Jeweler's Weekly. Mrs. Church—“I hardly ever see Tom Backslld at church any more—- he must be falling from grace.” Mr. Church-H‘Well, he wdn’t land with much of a t-hump."——Puck. .— .1- nun—o... “we..- x :APAN AND THE PHILIPPINES. Hot New Minister to This Country Silent ‘ on Reported Offer of Purchase. W'ashington, D.~-C.. Dec. 10.——The statement- of Senator Kyle of South with the president, that Japan had of- fered to buy the Philippines for $200,- 000,000, is greatly discredited in official circles. , , I . At the Japanese legat'ion the em- phatic statement ismade that no such offer has Come to the knowledge of the legationg This is the official diplomatic statement, but it was learned further on the best authority that Japan had government are aware. never Submitted any proposition to buy the Philippines, and had no intentiin of doing so as far as the officers of this It may be accepted as certain that the president has no intention of sur- rendering to any foreign power the newly acquired possessions of the Uni- ted States in the far East, and that it would be useless for any country to of- are not in the market. The story that Japan has made the offer is probably an outgrowth of a. similar rumor that gained currency during the early period of the war, shortly afterDewey’s victory at Manila bay. It was reported at that time that the United States would dispose of the is- lands to Japan for a monetary consid— . eration. Emphatic denial was made of. the story in Washingtin and in Tokio. 'VVhat was stated then is now repeated that Japan wants the United States to maintain exclusive control over the en— tire Philippine archipelago. The friend- liness of Japan toward the United States has been plainly manifest re— cently, and the entrance of :this govern— ment as a factor in the eastern situa- tion is regarded as more valuable to that country than her possession of the Philippines with the United States holding no territory in the east. One of the officels of the Japanese le- gation said that while Japan had plen- ty of money to spend she was net look- ing around for opportunities to dispose of two hundred million. This was a diplomatic way of denying the state- ment of Senator Kyle. New York, Dec. 10.—Sultaro Komura, the new Japanese minister to this coun- try, who is staying tin this city for a. day or two, was seen yesterday in his apartments in the Waldorf— Astoria in regard to the rumor that his govern- ment had offered to purchase the Phi- lippine islands from this country for $200, 000, 000. Mr. Komura denied any knowledge of any such offer, and begged to be ex cused from discussing the possibility that his government might contemplate such a step. Atlanta’s Peace Jubilee. Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 10.—Attorney gen— eral Griggs has notified the committee that he will come to the peace jubilee on December 14 and 15 with a party of New Jersey men, including Adju- tant General William Stryker, Hon. VVllliam Hancock, state comptroller. and Colonel Oliphant, aid to General Stryker. It is believed that the jubilee will surpass the celebrations held recently in the North and West, the signing of the treaty of peace making it the first real peace jubilee. The ladies of Atlanta are taking an active part in the affair, and many re- ceptions have been arranged for the iadies of the presidential party and oth— er prominent women. The Army and Navy League has sent out a number of invitations. Among the acceptances received is one from Miss Helen Gould. Apartments for the president and the members of his party have been reserv- ed at the Kimball. The Anti-Scalping 8111. Washington, D. 0., Dee. 10.—-There is an excellent chance for the passage of the anti-scalping bill by this Con— gress. It passed the House on Wednesday and went to the Senate Thursday, Where, instead of being referred to a committee, it was laid on the vice pres- ident’s desk. The reason for this is that a similar bill has already been reported to the Senate by Ithe interstate commerce committee of that body, and as it has a. place on the calendar it can be called up and debated without losing the time in a. committee. If the bill passes the Senate the dif- ferences between the House and Sen- ate bills can be fixed up in conference and then be soon accepted by both the branches. Mr. Grace Dines Igleslas. New York Dec. 10.-—W. R. Grace on Thursday evening entertained at din- ner a number of friends in honor of President Igleslas of Costa Rica, who is now sojourning in this country in search of health. The affair, which was of a. purely social nature, was 11618 in the large privat.1 dining room of the Metropoli— tan I-Iotel. Theie were about thirty covers laid and all of the guests were seated at one big oval table. At the head of the board sat the host, at his right the guest of honor, and at his left Minister Calvo of Costa Rica. .Many prominent men were among the guests. Federal Bankruptcy Law. Milwaukee, Dec. 10.-—Judge Seaman upholds the federal bankruptcy law and declares in an opinion that it al— vests the state courts entirely of juris- dlcflion in insolvency cases. Judge Sutherland, of the superior court. held, a few days ago, that he had exclusive jurisdiction in insolvency proceedings commenced before him prior to the commencement of proceed- ings in the federal courts. Judge Seaman declares that the state counts are absolutely without jurisdic- tion in such matters. ‘ The Occupation of Cuba. Havana, Dec. 10.—The United States transport ‘Mlnnewaska arrived here yesterday and is now lying alongside the San Jose Diet. .. General Humphrey and his staff want on board of her soon after she reached this port. The Spanish transport Forgas sailed for Santander, Spain, Thursday even- mg, with 1 487 Spanish troops aboard other. ‘ Dakota, following his recent interview» fer 3‘ ’00, 000, 000 or more for them. They MllllNllll BWSTORE Main Street. Opposite the N. Y. Grocery Store. Elegant assortment of trimmed Hats Bonnets, Walking Hats, Turbans, Sail- ors, etc. All are cordiallyy invited to call. Ladies own Material made and trim- med by first class New York milliners. MRS. W. FAVVCETT, AGT. 1111111515 111111 1111111113. A fine building lot on Wilton ave If you intend to build, look one. at this before purchasing. Watergas and sewer on the even ue. w1II be sold at a Bargain. w. H. evmc‘rou,’ Real 1111111115 and Insurance Room I. GazetteB ’l’dJ ’- w. H. HAYWARD a. co 1.111111 1111111111 and "311111111111 109 East Capitol Street. WASHINGTON. D. C 11'! classes of claims prosecuted Defnre the Interior Department. lielected pension claims a specialty ' hurruspondence solicited. 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