New York Annuance’rflent. i, Hefner’s Furniture. Reasons why you shou d buy it in prefe1e11ce to any other. 4 (1). Because it is the best Fuxniturc thatcan be produced, bonh 111 medium and finest grades; 12). Because 0111 assoxtmcnts are unequalled; 13). Because our p1ices are the lowest at which goods of standard quality can be sold. Novelties fol theHolidays. These comprise thousands. of a1- ticles, from the inexpensive Rocker, Easy Cl121i1'o1 Writing Desk, to the :most quuisite Dressing Table 01' Cabinet. Thosedesirousofselecting useful, han isnme 111d ever welcome. Holida‘ Gil'ts will find ample 0110108 in our va=. t s' .,ock and at all prices plainly markml R. J. Homer & Co., Furniture hiokers and Impon ters. 61- 65 W. 2‘ id St., New York (Adjoining Eden Mulee.) Homes .11 Co ’5 est..blishment' 15 one of the sights of New Y01 k s—Newspaper Comment. lace Gunains Watches, Clocks, Tea Sets, Toilet Sets, and m an y other FREE useful articles 3113?. $5.00, $7.00 and $10.00 orders. Send this “Ad." and 15c. and get i lb. Brs'r TEA. imported, and new illus- trated Price-List. Great Induce- ments. THE GREAT AMERICAN TEA CO. on and a; Veaey 52.. N. v'.. P. 0. Box 139. PAINS There are different kinds of panes. but the panes we mean are window panes and we have that kind. Then we have putty to hold them in. Hope you don’t feel pained after we have taken the pains to. tell you about our pines. We have also prepared paints, lead and oil. H. H. WlLLIAMS. 11 11111111 31111121. 110111111, calm. Norwalk Hotel. Newly Renovated. Ema . -le 11f Table Boar}. SUNDAY DINNERS 1'0 11 1 to '2 p. m. a Specialty. 50 Cents. ‘3 LI A. W. Hotel. or??? l‘wo Lines Trolley Cars pass the door. l. G HAMILTON,- Proprietor. w. H. HAYWARDGtco. 111111111 1111 1111111111 109 East capitol Street. WASHINGTON. D. C —— 1111,31 lij n ' classes of chums prosecuted. 1......” the interior Department. .141-“4fld pension claims a specialty ‘- .rvruepond ‘llct‘l ”Hated. -. zlEllE’S YOUR GIIMIGE. A fine building lot on Wilton ave nue. _ at this before purchasing. Watergate and sewer on theavenue. Ninth:- sold at a Bargain. w. H. vacrou, Re .1 White and [insurance Room !. GazetteB ""6. FALL AND WINTER SUITING TR )USERS $5.50 UP. Old Suits made to look as good as new. Repairing, Alteiing, Cleaning and Pressing a Specialty. , a Fit and Workmanship guaranteed. FRANK COCA, 49 Main Street, ; -‘:Norwalk. If'you' intend to build, look, ’__—. LANGLEY, AERONAUT + ,. 310‘VERNMENT RECOGNITION OF l".;i FLYING. MACHINE PLANS. Ills Investigation of the Yl'oblern of 3p. chanical I‘light— The Flight of Thron- Quarters of a Mile Made by His Harbin: the Longest on Record. The recent determination of the ted “States“Board of Ordnance to 11:1- prop1'iate3$25,000 to develop the idv‘. 0f Secretary S. P..Lang1ey, of the Smithsonian Institution in the con- struction of a man- -carrying, powcr~ :11 iron nacroplanc is an cv idencc of con. fidence in the future efficiency of the apparatus to which Profssor Langley has devoted many y'cals that must be extremely gratifying to him. The decision of the Board of 0rd— mince to institute further investiga- tion was influenced by the value in time of war to reconnoitre the eno- my's position and to drop high explo- sives from above, the value of which is appreciated by all strategists. and one that has led some nations to c):- perimcnt with balloons, as this coun- try did during the recent war. 'Bul— loons have not, however, realized all the hopes that have been entertained rgarding them. When the subject was recently 1111.. 1191' discussion by the Board, Professor Langley appeared before it and gave his opinion in regard to making fur- ther experiments, explaining the work- lngs of his own machine, and telling in the most concise manner of the pro- gress made in aerial navigation in Ger- many and France, where he went last summer and became familiar with the state of the art. The official statement is made that he has consented to give the Board the benefit of his knowledge and experience on the understanding that he is to receive no remuneration for his work, it being his ambition to :lonate his services to the cause of sci- ence and his country, as an evidence 3f which his machine has not been pat- ented and with his consent never will be. ‘ Prof. Langley’s invention was per- fected in 1895.'and a short successful [light was made with an aerodrome in the spring of the year, but he was re- luctant at that time, for reasons oh- vious to those who have followed the story of mechanical flight from its be- ginning, to make his success public, and it was not until a year later that the world was taken into the confi: [lence of the great inventor. 011 May 6. 1896, his aerodrome made two success- ful flights, which were witnessed by only a few people, but fortunately by those who understood and had sympa- thy with the project. and whose testi- mony was universallyaccepted. Among thOSe few were Alexander Gra-ham' Bell. who subsequently wrote an inter- esting paper concerning his observa- tions when the Langley '111achin. made a flight of three-quarters of a mile, the longest known. After only a few years dcvotcddo the problem of mechanical flight, Pro— fessor Langley succeeded in surmount- ing several obstacles that had hereto- fore been considered insurmountable and in producing a machine the incon- testablc point in regard to which is that it will fly and is susceptible of being steered; But his experience 1'.» cords many failures, and four ma- chines werc built before he made one that met the requirements of free flight. After many unsuccessful at.- tcmpts to launch the'fourth aero- dromc, he was finally gratified by sec- ing his machine soar like a great bird through the air, and from this time on the problem of launching was solved. 111 an article published in “The Aer- onautical Annual,” Professor Langley makes graceful allusion to those who were associated with and assisted him in his work. Dr. Carl Barns and J. Elfrcth W'atkins, the latter of, whom is still associated with him in the work. Professor Langley’s aerodrome looks in flight like a huge bird: its propor— tions. howevcr. are greater than any known inhabitant of the air. ineasur— ing from tip to tip of its wings four- teen feet. It is built almost entirelv of steel and driven by a steam engine. Its Weight. including everything ir carries. is about forty pounds. Th" method of piopulsion is by twin screw propellms. and there is no gas or any other aid for raising 01' keeping it up in the air exccplt its internal energy. The machine here referred to, however, did not car1y any passengers and was only a working model. It remained about two 01' three minutes. Flies Took the Ship: Bhds Took Thom. A most remarkable tale of the sea is that related by Capt. Languill 01' the British steamer Kensington. which arrived in portffrom' So-urabaya. Java, with a heavy cargo of sugar; The Kensington Sailed from this port 'over two months ago. The wealth- er was extremely hot even fora trop— ical region. When five days out the steamer passed through a vast area of seaweed, the home of millions of dra— goon flies. Hardly .hadthe vessel‘s prow touched the seaweed when the flies,_at«tracted 'l1y the savory fumes of the cargo, the deck. The'y gathered in great aunrbers. They penetrated the wicker sugar bags. They attacked the crew. stinging the men about the fece and hands in a frightful manner. For five days the dragoon flies continued their onslaught. driving the men «to desperation. ' ‘ Then there came an unexpected res- cue. A flock of b‘oatswajn birds; the ' foe of the. dragoon fly, circled and wheeled above the unfortunate steam- er, then. swooped down upon it. In a‘ shout time the birds had cleared the, Kcnsington of the meta—Philadelphia I‘lmee. a .. .. I511:- pbsequies. began to ‘swarm about WONDERFUL Wonk. if This Had Happened ' in. $113 Francisco More Than One Reader Would Dispute It. The average man is a doubter. It is due to this fact, coupled with necessity, thatsuch rapid strides have been made in mechanics and science. Curiosity and investigation are necessary in ev- ery busmpss. Without it failure is the inevitable result. Nor-walk people are asked to investigate the following: it is a simple thing to do. The par't inter- ested is a South Nor walk citiz He doesn’t live in Detroit 01 New Y ork. Ask Chas. E. Warren, son of the well-known oyster planter, George N. Warren, of N0. 2. Chestnut street, South Norwalk, if the following is not literally true: I had backache and weak kidneys from early childhood. I tried all kinds of remedies, but never received any permanent benefit until I com- menced using Doan' sKidney Pills. My father had been usinu them. and was so pleased with the lesult thatl was induced to try them. I am satisfied that they are all that is claimed for them. They cu1ed my backache. am glad to recommend them to any one who suffer ed at times as I did. ” Glendening & 00.. the druggists, have scores of custome1s who testify Just as emphatically about the 1esults received flom Doan’ s Kidney Pills as Mr. \Narren’s son Drop in and see them. . Doan’s Pills for sale by all deal- ers. Price 50 cents. Mailed by Foster- Milburn (‘10., Buffalo, N. Y.,sole agents for the U. S. Remember the name Doan’s and take no substitute. Queer Funeral Mistakes in Blaine. There have been some queer mis- takes made, of all kinds, but this is one of the most unusual and undesir- able, although no real harm was done: A man, one time prominent in profes- sional life of this city, died. He was a member of a certain society in this city, which sent representatives to the funeral. The members of the organ- ization were notified of the death of their fellow member by postal cards sent out by the Secretary. One of the cards was addressed to and delivered at the late residence of the dead mem- ber, inviting him to attend his own A similar incident was, if anything. worse. A member of a se- cret society died and his fellows were notified of his death and the time and place of the funeral, as usual. A card was delivered at the address of the dead man, directed to him in his own handwriting! He had been the Score tary of the organization and had ad- dressed sets of postal cards to the members at his leisure. When a mem- ber died, a set of the addressed cards .Were sent to the printer, who printed the name of the deceased member 011 the back with the other matter used in the notice. So when the Secretary died his assistant or successor sent a set of the cards to the printer, so that the dead man was sent one addresscll by his own hand. —~Portland Express. Buttons Extensively Used. It is officially announced that buttons will be extensively used wherever pos- sible, and that they will, as a rule, be of considerable size—not always round, but oval, square, and oblong also. Cameo effects, it is said, will reappear, some of‘these buttons surrounded by a circle of Rhinestones or very fine-cut French brilliants. Buttons with buckles to match of real gold and real silver will be used. Many years ago the craze for.,cheap buttons reached an extrava- gant height, from three to five dozen sometimes. trimming a. single gown, and tons 0f metal buttons were manu- factured to supply the demand. Nowa- days, if buttons are worn as ornaments, they must be artistic and valuable. The cheap, showy kinds have departed to the limbo to which wax flowers, wool mats, shell ornaments, and crochet an- _ timacassars are banished. Yokes and Guimpel. Ladies‘ cloth, very light in. weight and of exquisite velvet-like surface, in ivory or cream-white, geranium or mil- itary red, pale dahlia, or old rose, or- ange, and fawn color, is much used for guimpes or yokes on tailor costumes of 1 broadcloth, and when a. lighter fabric is preferred, tucked corded silk or crys- tal bengaline in similar colors is used. Some of the cloth yokes are left plain; others are overlaid with an entire sec- ond yoke of open- w—ork silk applique, passementerie, or braiding. 0n evening toilets, nets, soft Liberty satins, India silks, chiffon, and crepe de Chine are variously used for yokes or guimpes, and many times the sash or folded girdle and little sleeve puffs are formed of corresponding material. -.—————————-——-—-—-‘ The chick that feathers slowly 1’s, as a rule, hardy and can stand more hardships than others, for the reason that its slow feathering does not tax its vitality. When fully matured. such chicks become. better feathered than the others and endure the winter bet- ter. Asiatics are slow in getting their (feathers, but the Langshans take on their plumage a. little earlier than the Cochins or Brahmas. Slow feathering is an advantage rather than ,otherwlse. THE KID-11111? filter the blood and sift the acids and impurities from it. When the kidneys are diseased. the blood be- comes impmc, and then 1heu- matism, dropsy,111emia and 0the1 diseases follow. To cure the kid- neys, they should be stimulated with reverse uosrmee' STOMACH . 311115113 HEALTHY, smears ms- EASE MAY ATTACK 111m,- 1 . l [s DANCING, A SIN? \ .IERSEYCITY MINISTER HAS IN- AUGURATED ACLASS. Elie Acts Have stirred His Brother Clergy- men to Severe Criticism, Erom '“ihieh He Logically Defends Himself and His Blotives. There is a great flutter ~ of excite- ment in church circles in Jersey City. I‘here 'is an elaborate controversy go— ing on, which has spread all over the United States. The question in dis- Dute isz—Is it or is it not immoral for a. church, not only to countenance :1 landing school, but to practically fath— er such an institution? And the an- swers have come from all par-ts of the country, from Maine to California. Both par-ties to the arguments have warm adherents in every city, town, village and hamlet whose inhabitants are interested in church work. The inception of the whole upris— ing was the establishment of a danc- 'ng class last January by Rev. E. E. Stoddard, D. D., rector of St. John’s Protestant Episcopal Church, in J erscy City Heights. This experiment proved so successful that the school had been continued this fall, and one on the same lines was opeiied by Rev. John L'. Scudder, pastor of the First Con- gregational Church. Dr. Swaflicld, in his sermon, said:— "I look upon the modern church danc- lng school as one of the devil‘s mis- sions of amusement, and the gilded saloon as another.” “In the worst days of Rome. it was a. disgrace for any man to dance. A Roman philosopher said that 1a man who danced was either drunk or a fool. The Mohammedans denounced lancing, and the Koran expressly pro- hibits this. This custom of dancing borrowed from a bad age, and is not approved by being smiled upon by the L‘hristian Church. The modern dance :ends to drag young people down to )erditiOn. Its tendency is not to puri- fy, but to disgrace, and it interferes with the usefulness of the true child 1f God. To this rather sarcastic criticism, Dr. Scudder replied by an open letter nthe Outlook. in which he said:— lcgular instructions ,in dancing 1nd occasion-11:1 receptions where danc- 1ng is allowed are and have been feat:- u‘res of 0111' People’s Palace. work 11 lower Jersey City for years. This movement is nothing new. It is no: 3onducted by either of our churches. )ur church on Jersey City Heights is 1 family church and needs nothing of this kind, but the Tabernacle is locat :d an- dowu town in the tenement house district, and is surrounded bv saloons, gambling hells and brothels. [t is Dre—eminently an institutional zhurch and is adjusting itself to its enviromcnt with conscientious c0111- :non sense. “In conjunction with the Tabernacle, and yet in no sense a part of it. we have erected our People's Palace, which is a secular institution, ope 'at- 3d, however, under. religious auspices. It does not stand on consecrated around. It has a separate treasury and board of managers. The object of our Peoplefs Pal-ace is to lift the people living about into a higher life by methods that are eminently prac- tical. “It operates a day nursery. This summer it gave over 14,000 free baths In its swimming tank, it gives indus- trial traiuirng. and it provides a real refuge from temptation by supplying innocent amusement. It has gym- n-asiums‘, bowling alleys, billiard tal)— les, a Schuffleboard, a theatrical stage and other diversional facilities. “Among other things, we give les— sons in dancing. Showing young peo- ple ‘ho1w,’ ‘when,’ and ‘wi-th whom’ to dance. Dancing is allowed on public occasions, and the best people in the church are present to see that every- thing is done decently and with order. We are extremely particular and painstaking in guarding this pastime. There lrave' never been any impro- prieties or scandals. Everything is kept sweet and clean. “0111' position is thisz—As God has placed us in this district to save the people from the hurricanes of temp- tation about them. as the people will go to saloons to play billiards, to the variety theatre to enjoy dramatic en- tertainments and to public halls in order to dance, the only way we can wean them from these resorts is to compete directly with these question-1 nble institutions and give innocent amusement'to the people under condi- tions that are healthful and uplifting. [f the people of God do not supply these amusements the children of the levil will.- "Young people " ' "-1 there is no stopping 1" annot dance in their 1 have no pianos, ant 11y of them only eiglu They flock to. cheap 11.. ‘ where. there are all sorts .....11ions of, men and women. There many of them‘ lance to perdition. Now, if they must lance we think they should dance the other way. W'e are wrestling amuse- ments from Satan and using the-m in the service of God. And if we fail to do this the Almighty will hold us responsible ““ince the erection of our People’s Palace six magnificent ecclesiastical flu-b houses have men built in Jersey City by the Catholics, and they are seeping so many young men from the saloons that the grog shops are having' 1 hard time in this city and are com- plaining bitterly of decrease in pro- tits. - “New, should not Protestants be as wise as Catholics? What theProtes- zant churches should do is to sit in sackcloath and ashes andbeseech the Almightv he. ‘G’nrg'hve ‘1‘—9L". cm. ‘Mni-z narrow policy and failure to use good generals-hip in their warfare .wlth sin.” \ 1 ,w ‘EVEBYTHIN 111 THE... CANDY LlNE 1111111233.; m Fancy and Mixed Candies, Chocolates and B011 Bons of our own manu4 facture. Christmas Tree Ornaments, Cornucopias, Candy Canes, &c., ‘Wholesale and Retail. SPECIAL PRICES To CHURCHES. Lane’ 3Purc Ice Cieam Always on Hand. . HUYLER’S CANDY ”a. Specialty. LANES' RESTAURANTS, at the Depot and 87 Weshington St, South Norwalk. ‘ OPEN ALL NIGHT. ‘ Christmas Gifts \ FOR EVERYONE. A larger stock than" ever. A11 endless variety of Toys - of every deScription. Games, Dolls, Drums, Sleds, Wagons, Carts, Everything. Choice line of Books, Wheelbarrows, by popular authors. Photograph and Autograph Albums. I‘- Picture Books, Paper and Linen. Catholic Prayer Books, Pearl Rosaries, V&c. Our Prices are. ALL -RIGH T. You are cordially ‘ invited to call and inspect the, Stock Whether you buy or not. @‘Come early- and have the best. . JOHN T. HAYES, BMAIN STREET, NORWALK. l 1
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