J I - , . C . THE Ev EN 1.), a o AZ more ’ THE YEAR BY ' UBSCRIBIN ‘ FOR THE, WEEKLY EAZETTB . AND N. l. WEEKLY TRIBUNE. 30m PAPERS Sent to any Address 6, , non ; . ,One k— Dollar! ' Address - All Orders to ,“ Gazettelr '8 o" WOMEN VIEW SNAKES ALSO HANDLE THEM IN A SURPRISINE , WAY AT THE SHOW. Their Hereditary Repugnance for the Sex- pent Destroyed Apparently by Famil: iarity-—Entertainment Provided by tin Visitors. . The'New York snake show as a wriggling rival of the hbrse show. made a record for itself. It was about the weirdist thing New York has see; in many a day. The snakes themseivm were not so remarkable. Plenty o: New Yorkers. who have occasional lit tle snake shows of their own. havn scen‘funnvier specimens. But the ex- hibition at the Grand Central I’alac'. didn’t have to depend entirely on .1.~ reptiles. \Vomen hate snakes and low horses. but they helped the snake show along with the same fervor they devoted to the I'IOI'SB Show. Some men, as before said, have grown so used to seeing queer snakes that plain common serpents. with no appendages excepting rattles, hurt. them. Anything less spicy than a green and violet specimen with a tilt. bcrtigibbet head. sapphire wings and a fantail seems tame to their-jaded ap gpetites. These eccentric specimens art not; uncommon in New York. Bu; While plenty of men know a snak. when they see it and even when the) don’t see it. not one man in a miliim has ever beheld his wife amiably ju': gling with the serpents he saw u- with those he thought he saw. He llrlu to go to' the snake show in order I: realize this vision. After he had seer. his wife tickle the boa under the chin and heard her talk baby talk to the cannibal king, he wanted to ask smur- body to introduce him to her so that he could get acquainted all over again. i _ The hall where the exhibition was held suggested a warm summer day in Tophet. Thermometers were not pro vided, but any one especially anxious to be on the safe side would have guessed that. the mercury would hustle up to 90 degrees without. loss of than. The snakes liked it. The fifteen baby rattlers stood on their tip tails and . stuck out their tongues inthe friskiesl kind of way. In the middle of the af- ternoon the big snakes got a live l_'.‘ll apiece and testified their appreciation of'the favor by 'acting their prettiest. But the most interesting exhibit wa~ the crowd. At first the men and we men peered into the boxes saying “Ugh!” and “Oh, my!” and tapping on the glass to rouse the snakes inside. Pretty soon some woman says to Mr. Higby: "What kind of a snake is that big one?" - “A boa constrictor." “Oh. my! How long is he?" “Eight feet. He is getting ready to shed his skin. That‘s the reason he's so dull.” “Oh, my! How can you tell when he is going to shed?” . “By his eyes,” and Mr. Higby calmly opens the case, which contains the boa with four smaller snakes, slaps the others lightly in the face to make them keep away, and hauls out the great coils of the constrictor. The crowd stares and when Mr. Higby lays the big snake on the floor the people edge respectfully away. The other day when the boa was put on the floor a man was standing at an- other case with his back to the crowd. The movement of the people back of him as they edged away made him turn around and brought him face to face with the constrictor, which was perfectly free. The man didn’t make a sound. but plunged madly-through the crowd, almost up- setting two or three men who hap- pened to be in his road. Of course. everybody laughed and the man came back rather sheepishly. An incident like this generally start- ed the real show, and from that time some of the snakes were scarcely in- side of their cases. Men and women walked about in the crowd with the serpents twined about .their,,arms and necks, or holding‘Jone in a mass of knots among the’itingers'of one hand. It was the commonest thing to see a well dressed womanvgo up to a snake.- which some one was holding and stroke it with her bare hand. “Did on ever touch a Inak h f s y ' e e 0" _At that instant the old .bird came. now?” the reporter asked such a wo- man. , ‘ (INO'H “Why do you now?” “Well, if it won‘t hurt this man it won’t hurt me.” . : “But how about the repugnance wo-f‘ men are supposed to have for snakes?” ‘WVell, I was curious. to know how: it would feel, and ,Ifsiippose my \curi-L osity overcame, my repugnance. Really}. it isn’t unpleasant to touch them.” closing her fingers around the Inakc and passing her hand up and down. “It’s cold. but it is perfectly. dry. I alwayI had an idea they were slimy." “Doesn’t that beat all?” a man said as the woman turned away. “What gets into women. anyway? Why, I brought my wife and my little four- year-old boy here yesterday afternoon and inside of half an hour my wife . was patting the boa on the head while my boy wasfipulling its tail.” The manager of the show around beaming placidly. “This is the easiest show I ever had stood ' to rung”.he said. It just runs itself. Let some or the women play with the snakes and the men and the rest or , the women stand around and watch. ' and it's all they ask. I hadn't any more ldeagthut this was going to turn into a, sort of. free-found affair than I had that the snakes would grow feet and walk around the ball. The only trouble is to keep enough of-thesnakeoM in the boxes to have a few forpoéph to look at that way. - I’ve had to lain] . are for in a circlr' ' _ ,down on the cat. -ment_'s struggle, the bird beating her, wings violently in the cat’s face and Jubilant .which laIted some minutes. I never saw this before, though I have seen if the rattlers and copperheads ‘Danger; If I didn’t, people would be inviting a Coroner‘s inquest by trying to pick the rattles off the tails for souvenirs. "Well, I have one other trouble; that’s so. You see, we have to give." the snakes live rats to eat, and some people raised a howl about it. It is kind of pitiful to see one of the little fellows crouched down in a corner. his hairjust standing on end. waiting to be made a meal of. But, you see, I‘m between two tires. I’ve got to let the rats be killed and eaten by the snakes 01: I’ve got to let the snakes starve to death for lack of the rats. And there you are.” - THE DEPARTMENT STORE OCTOPUS. Book Dealers the First to Be Driven Out. of Trade in the Metropolis. The great revolution which the de- partment store has made in the dry goods trade is indicated by the publi- cation by one of the' largest dry goods houses in New York of a. bulky cata- logue of books which it offers to its customers. This company, as is well known, has long been foremost among the great wholesale dry goods houses of the country. - A frontisbiece in the fat octavo pamphlet is a ph-o-tolithograp-h of the. company's "publishing or book sec- tion,” and it depicts a wareroom which in the size and the magnitude and multiplicity of its contents is exceeded by those few'of the greatest publish- ing houses of the. country. The pres face to the catalogue announces that this company. only lately confined to the dry goods business. will supply “every book issued by any publisher." This is a revolution which affects not merely the dry goods trade. but also and seriously the trade of the re tail bookseller in all parts of the Union. It is practically driving him out of business, for the department store, with many varieties of goOds from which to make a profit, has ad- vantages over him with which he can- not competc. lie complains that the department stores. as purchaSQrs of great quantities of books, get special discounts from publishers, but that is inevitable. Such large buyers obtain them in every trade. The manufact- urer, always eager to sell-his wares. is ready to make concessions on pur- chases of so great magnitude. more especially when, as it is so often the case with the department stores. they cash. Moreover, the margin of profit. a small and special dealer must charge in order to keep his head above water is not required by the great and miscellaneous dealer. This gives the department store peculiar advantages in the matter of books, for in their wholesale prices the dis- count fro-m the nominal retail price is unusually large. It then. the large buyer obtains a further discount be- cause of the magnitude of his orders, he can get his full average of profit even after cutting prices considerably below the list prices advertised by the publisher. That a great dry goods house of wholesale supply should have made the distribution of books one of itI most important features, suggests that the retail bookseller is likely to be ut- terly driven to the avail by this revo- lution and evolution of trade. It sug- gests also the fact that, because of the small profits now obtainable from dry goods alone, the large variety of wares offered by the department store has been made necessary for a dealer seek- ing anything approaching a large ag- gregate of profits. A Blackbi rd's Strategy’. Most birds are very courageous, and‘ when the young birds are threatened with danger. the old birds will do all in their power to aid and protect them. A lady who takes a great interest in birds and their doings. relates a touch- ing story, which well illustrates this _ characteristic. “Early one morning,”_ she says. “i was called to the window by a great noise among the bird folk of the gar- den, and saw the following scene: A young blackbird was standing, fascin- ated by a cat. who was crouched un- der 3 bush ready to spring on him. An old blackbird, on a maple tree clou by. was uttering loud and agitated cries, and there was a general. chirp- ing bf anger and sympathy from other, birds all around. After a few sec- ‘onds the cat sprang on the young bird. There was a mo? peeking at her eyes. Then the cal jumped back toher bush, the young ' bird made» off with long hops. and the old one flew up to-the‘ maple, amid a chorus of ‘ . commendation. a. robin come quite close to a cat stalk. ing another bird. and scold and flap his 'Wings in her face."—Golden Days. ,Merely a Matter of Yesterdiy. Mr. Gladstone had such a. good mem’~ ' ory himself thalt’ he was inclined to be impatient. witlilthosc who'had not. Ar. . a dinner in London a few years ago’ he was sketching, to the delight of the company. a. stirring scene in the House of Commons in the early forties. Lord Granville was a guest at the dinner, and was in the Commons at the time of the events to which Gladstone re- ferred. “Did you take part in the di- vision?" asked Mr. Gladstone of Lord Granville. “I’m sure I don’t know,” replied Lord Granville. “I can’t re? member whether I, did or not.” “Not remember.” fairly shouted Gladstone. “why, it was only forty-eight you-I m!"-—Syracuse Standard. _ Learning How .t“ Pluck. . “Pluck is the secret of success ill Wallstreét.” . “Well, I’ll give muggy .000.“ you’ll toaclime yourimotbod of plucking."-—Broollyn Life. tuuf' WORTH KNOWING Thousands have found a. friend in Bacon’s Celery King. If you have nevenused this great specific for the prevailing maladies, Dyspepsia, Liver Complaint, Rhumatism, Costiveness, Nervous Exhaustion, Nervous Prostra- tion. Sleeplessness andvall diseases aris- ing from derangement, of the stomach, liver and kidneys, we shall be pleased to glve you a package of this nerve ton- ic free of charge. Large packages 500. and 25c. Edward P.‘ Weed, Norwalk; Mrs.'Scott Williamson. Daricn. When the Southern veteran pinned a Confederate badge upon the manly breast. of the president be fairly beat the president, at. his own game. Sure- ly, the Union has been restored! If Jeff Davis should now rise from his grave and- wave the Stars and Stripes it. would not. astonish us.—New Haven Palladium. RHEUMATISM CUBED IN A DAY “ Mystic Cure ” for Rheumatism and Neuralgia radically cures in 1 to 3 days. Its action upon the system is remarkable and mysterious. “It removes at once the cause and the disease immediately disappears. The first dose greatly ben- efits. 75 cents. Sold by Edward P. Weed, 38 Wall street, W. C. Baur, 55 Wall street, Druggists. Norwalk. “There Life is a Joy. The Osage Indians are probably the wealthiest people per capita on earth, are aristocrats and 'scorn manual la- ? bor, according to Agent Pollock’s an- nual report to the Interior Depart- ment. They own over 800 acres of land for each man, woman and child, each receiving an annuity of over $200 in cash. As an illustration, if an Indian and his Wife have eight children, the an- nual cash- income of the family is over $2,000. Rather leading his white brother in this respect, he prefers the conveniences, luxuries and dissipa- tions of village life to agricultural avo- cartion. He loves to sing and dance and rest, and he has plenty of money to support his family in idleness.— Philadelp'hla Times. ' ._.-"__._1'_‘--‘»- Good for the Stomach. The greatest drawback to cod liver oil has always been due to its proclivities of disturb- ing the stomach. thing of the past, as Vinol contains all the curative principles found in cod liver oil, but is entirely free from the stomach-disturbing fat. ‘ Mr. Graves, a. prominent chemist of North- ampton, says in regard to this subject :— “Cod liver oil was a. valuable remedy where it could be administered. In some cases it was beneficial because the really valuable medicine that was a. part of it was so truly efficient that it was in itself able to over- come the distressing effects of the obnoxious and stomach-disturbing oil which enveloped it. Because with Vinol you have done away with the fat or grease, you have succeeded in eliminating all objectionable features in con- nection with cod liver oil.” ‘ We in our own experience have been able to learn the truth of the above statements and know Vinol to be as much better than cod liver oil inits old form as it is more pleasant in its taste and odor. Yours very truly, Special Vinol representative. . PLAISTED’S drug store. So. Norwalk £09141 DIRECTORY. NORWALK POLICE DEPARTMENT Chief, Thomas Bradley; Captain, Wallace Dann. - Headquarters, Water street. -7— SOUTH NORWALK POLICE DE- PARTMENT. Chief, William Vollmer; Captain, George W. Gladstone. Headquarters, Haviland street. - NORWALK FIRE DEPARTMENT. Chief Engineer, J. T. Prowitt; First Assistant Engineer, Fred. W. Smith; Second Assistant Engineer, Thomas S. Murray; Fire Inspector, George H. Al- ion. SOUTH N ORWALK FIRE MEN T Chief Engineer, Edward V. Baker; First Assistant, D. W. Harford; Sec- ond Assistant, George W. Bogardus; Secretary Department. Andrew J. Crossman. PUBLIC LIBRARIES. City of Norwalk—Librarian, Miss Dotha. Stone Pinneo, 20 Wall N. South Norwalk—Librarian, Miss Angeline Scott, 103- Washington, S. N. DEPART- ‘ . PHYSICIANS * 'AND“ aSURGEONS; Allen, Lauren M., 15 Wrish'n., S. N. Allen, Sarah‘E, Mn. 11 New, E. N. Baker, Frederick “R, 12"-F. P., E. N. Baldwin, Arthur H.. .83} Wall, N. Bean, Wright,B., 6 W. ave, S. N. . Benedict, George W., 25,.W. eve, S. N Bohannan. Chas. 0., 64 S. H.. S. N. John 9., 64" S. H.. S. N. Bahama. ‘ .311”, F. (1., 67 Riversido.ave., E. El. Bath. W (3., Jr Warn, 8. N. Darnell. ancient, 76, spam, 8. N. 01“"er Nod? S. Main, 8. N. ‘ Column, *1. H.. 55. sum, S. N. .DoWolfo, D. (3., .64 Sglloin, S. N. Dumortier, John, 9 .Wash’n, S. N. Fail-child, J. 8., Winnipauk, Gums,- W. 0....59. Wall, N. Gregory, James G., ;5 _W. ave, N. Higgins, Royal L., .55 W. r.ve., N. ' "Hitchcock, Dexter, ’16 W. ave, N. “Hitchcock, Walter, 089 Wall, N. Huntington. S. H.. 129 Main. ~N. Kennedy, John T.,‘18 S. Main, S. N. T McGonegal, G. R... 59~West ova, N. .Pudm, E. v. Do, 35 No ”an, 8- NI Peck. Eli 1., 68 Gregory ‘5'. R, E. N. Phinney, L. N., 26 W. ave.,'N. Schavoir, Fredk., 9 Wash’n, S. N. Sharer, Henry C . 10 Wash’n, S. N- Smith, Edwin E., "Kennett," N. Tito, V. 'G.. 2 Burbank, S. N. Tracey. William 'J.. 23 W. Ive" N. CHURCHES.- Firnt Baptist—Pastor, Rev. Frank E. Robbins, 71 must ave. N. First Baptist—Pastor,-Rev. F. V. At- kinson, Main street. Rowayton. _ ‘ South Not-walk Baptist--Pastor, Rev. Richard 0. Sherwood. 7 West ave. S.- N.- First Congregational—Pastor. Rev. Thomas K. Noble, corner Park and Lewis titres-LI. N. . _ Congregauonab—Paotor, Rev. Gerald H..Board,_Wost street. “action North Main and West svonr ' Swedish " Bethlehem Conn—past nr Rev. Otto Swanson, Riverside avenue With Vinol this becomes a. ' German Evangelical St. Peter’s“ gulsor, Rev. Mr. Kohler, North Mai:- street, S. N. St. Paul’s Episcopal—Rector, Rev. B. Bond, East avenue and Church a ., and Chapel of Our Holy Savior, Berk- ley-street. N. Grace Protestant Episcopal—Reef: , Junction Belden avenue .3: Cross street, N. Trinity Protestant Episcopal—Ree" or, Rev. F. W. Norris, Fairfleld ,avem--~ corner of West street., S. N. East Avenue Methodist Episcopal-»— Pastor, Rev. Arthur J. Smith, Ens. avenue corner Henry street, E. N. . Norwalk Methodist. Episcopal—Pa:.« tor, Rev. F. A. Scofleld, Welt avenue coirner Mott avenue, N. irst Methodist Episcopal—Pastas. Rev. A. S. Kavanagh, West ave., S. 1“: West Norwalk Methodist Mission- ._ Pastor, Rev. Isaac B. Brown, West. N. Methodist Episcopal—Pastor, Re‘ . Henry C. Whitney, Main corner M9“ avenue, Rowayton. African Methodist Episcopal—Faster '- Rev. I. S. S’ands, 15 Knight Itreet, N. St. Marys R. C.—PasLor, Rev. Job J. Furlong, West eve. corner Chapel l St. Joseph’s R. C.-—Pastor, Rev. J. . - Wxidters, Music Hall, S. N. vent—Pastor, -——-- - Va ' 1. avenue, E.‘ N. ’ n de Christian Union Associ' —-— -' Norwalk. ation We Union Church Society—Cranbury. “ SOCIETIES, ASSOCIATIONS ' 21pm? Wheel Club, 51 Main N. Em " mer can Le inn Innon. a. N. g of Honor. 92 Wool.» A. 0. H.. Division No. 1 18 W D. of E., Ladies’ A ' ' ' ’ 18 Wall, N. “ml-mm 1" A. 0. K., of M. C., Pio Gazette Building, N. neer cam. . O. K., of M. C., Pal " t 10: Washington, s. N. “tine a“ rion Singing Society Mad' ' gatgolic Club, West avenuesobll, S. . . . ., Bish ’ ' ' lsgVall, N. on McMahon Councr Club,‘l\l.R" Norwalk Chapter, Centre D. of H., Louis ton, S N. Germanla inf-Iton, S. N. at Trimmers' Associat‘o R.IIRngt;gis,dWa(.)shington, S. Nil. G. 1 ve rder ' Wilshington, S. N. Heptasophs, . O; R. M., Un - ' lngton, S. N. can Tribe, 118 West: Independent 0. R. M - ' 102 Washington, S. N. Schiller Stamr K. of 0., Wall, N. K. of H.. 118 Washingt K. of R, Olive 011' S' N. Washington, S. N. Branch Lodge, 8 K. Of Go E. I 7 fl ington, S. 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M Defender C ., ouncil, N. watljk B. of C. & J., of America, Nor U gotaaleazettc Bldg, IN. . . . ., She ‘ GaCzette Building, lgman Commander: entral Club .57 West avenu ’ n e, N. Woman 3 Exchange. 57 West ave . x: N St. 1 MASONIC. .ohn’s Lodge,Masonic Bl Old Well Lodge” 29, s. ,Main,ng.o~.Nl?. Washington Ch . Ionic Bldg.l N apter, R‘ A“ M" M“ Butler Chapter, 20 s. Main, 3. N. Clinton Common Ionic Bids. N. dam. 1" T" m o 0131) name we. ur Brothers Lodsorlfl W I Ilather Lodge, 1304Wash1ngtg'n,~S. N Encampment...16 Wall. N. Colfax Encampment, S N Eureka Rebekah" ' ’Lo‘dgfii30 Wash- .Nprwuk Lodge , o. ' " 83 Washington, 3. N. w. o. 0‘ '0' F" m melanomas or AMERICA. Court‘Mahackemo, 83 Wash'n, s. N Court Nanak, Gazette B’l’d, N. Star of Columb ' m, s. N. 18 Circle. 83 Washing inm. 8. NI , , a . ROYAL ARCANUM Pomona Council, Water, S. N. Sherman Council, 126~Waah’n. S. N mm... Crtégfuryf}. T. Washington Lodge ”W‘go'ffiu. City Mission Room 3 k v. w. c. 'r. 0.. City Mission and. .G. A. R. Buckingham Post, Wall. N. - m.Bnfltclxin‘gllaln.- W. R. 0., ‘1. A. it. as l . - '5 ' .,li;.'.'..g'1... Fowler Post, 3.; Mom tom‘s. N. * - ‘ “ -' Douglass Fowler Port 1‘ . R. t... A Washington. 8. .8. ~' 0. S.-Ferry Command. [MER' io'u v‘Va‘. .12 '_ «r
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