T.H‘ E E I RWALK M-HOTEL I. 6. Hamilton, Prop. No Everything Modern! Newly Furnished! New Management! AGENT FOR. flighland Brewing Company. EVERYTHING FIRST-CLASS. For Family or Medicinal use we have a fu[l supply of the Best Grade of Beer and Whiskies, including: BEER Pillsner, Export, and Bavarian Lager (steamed or plain.) . , ALES Golden Pale, Golden Dark. . Stock, Malt Extract, and Malt and Iron Bock Beer PORTER— Whiskies Finest brands for medicinal use. “Hunter,” “King William Scotch,” "Costair’s Rye.” “Pepper,” “Hermit- age,” “Taylor Kentuckyfl etc. I. G. HAMILTON. P. W. IATES’ 42 WATER smart, You can find as fine an assortment of laiuieilaliflemeieriwiri As can be found in anv Yard in the State. Look it over and get prices before going elsewhere BMW 81 BANKS Have just received Twenty=five First Class Horses! Specially Selected for this Market. A complete assortment of every kind and grade. They are thoroughly bro- ken in all harness and weigh from 1100 to 1750 pounds. REMEMBER, if Horses are not as guaranteed the purchase money wil «be cheerfully returned. OUR CARRIAGE ZREPOSITIRY contains the finest asso rtment of Car- riages and Wagons of all kinds, AT SPEGIALL'Y LOW PRlilES. RUNABOUTS, SURREYS, BUSl- NESS WAGONS, FARM WAGONS. &c. ~C ARMED WITH A Nothing you can take on your vacation will give an as much pleasure for as little money as a ill-ar- in 22 calibre. Our 1897 Model, Take-Down, usxng short long and long-rifle cartridges in the same gun is the finest pleasure arm made. Ask your dea er. . l93-page illustrated book of arms and ammunition free, if You will send stampts to pay postage to The Marlin Fire-Arms Co., New Haven, Gt. Send 15c. for sample tube of Marlin Rust-Repeller; W, (J \ ' [.1 9-- .— ~ -- i the Summer Girl is always surrounded by admirers. ”mo-«oiiwé coco-m HA R P E RTS Mills table to every dreisoiaker. For gowns in every issue are furnished two or more CUT PAPER PATTE R N S . The patterns have been ron'ounced the sim- plest made, and in pointo practical utility they ARE THE BEST ‘ One needs only to give them a trial to be convinced that they are the most convenient AND SIMPLEST Price—Waist, with sleeve, 25 cents: Skirt, 25 cents; Complete Costume, 50 cents. 10 Cents a Copy $4.- 00 It Y may HARPER 8r. BROTHERS, Plziilisncr‘. . NEW YORK, N. Y. mmowwao “broom-non our man - . PLYMOUTH ROCK ICE ~ STRIGTLY PllliEl . Stores and families supplied. Lowe rates. . ELsta 60., I I North Ave: Norwalk. NAPOLEON THE GREAT. no [I a Cat of High Degree and Had a MnrkelI/nluc at Five 'l‘hon- sand Dollars. People who admire cats say that they are the only domesticated animals which possess either character or indi- viduality. but even the most enthusias— tic cat lover would probably hesitate before valuinga cat at $5.000. Mrs. . Charles Weed. of Bound Brook. .\'. 3.. has a cut, however, which cut connois~ scurs say is worth that sum. The name of this cat is Napoleon the Great. and he is great. He’s a big. gray :lellow, with a coat as thick as a bear- tkin. but considerably softer. Na- poleon belongs to that brand of cat \ \ q '3. - of?» .;:1:‘ - I; I- “I | "1L6 (gall: I, .le l/ \K \ll )/( “Q l/ "i :.4 /\‘- .‘l NAPOLEON THE GREAT. (A Feline Aristocrat Said. to Be Worth $5,000.) known as Angoras. The breed is dis- tinguished for the length and silkiness of the fur, but also for the beautifully symmetrical markings which some of them possess. Napoleon is what a woman would call a “solid-colored” cat. lie is the same color all over, and is dcvmd of any blemishing variegations. Curiously enough, cat ianciers say. it is harder to obtain an animal all one color than one that is marked. Some of the most beau- tiful Angoras that ev_ . went on the show bench were pure white, with the exception of an evenly marked saddle or tiger yellow stripes. They were handsome, but they were not consid- ered half as good or valuable from a show standpoint as the somber Napo- leon, who in color resembles a battle- ship with its war paint on. Keeping a eat of the Value of Na- poleon the Great is no joke, for the animal, unfortunately, seems-to have no sense of the proportions of his value. He is just as likely to wander ofl' along the. back fence as any other eat of no intrinsic value. The owner of “Napoleon” does the best she can, and, so far, has managed to prevent her high-priced pet from either wandering or eating things -whjch are not likely to agree with the internal economies of a $5,000 cat. The trouble about a cat is that it cannot be compelled to do anything it doesn’t want to do. “Napoleon” has taken first prize at every show in which he has been en- tered. He is still quite a young cat. and his owner thinks the animal has many years of- prize winning yet to come. " HENRY CLAY FRICK. Head of the Great American Steel Combine \Vhich Is to Have aCap- ital of $600,000,000. Henry C. Prick, the man who will be the head of the billion-dollhr steel com- bine, is comparable only to the great manufacturer whose property he has acquired—Andrew Carnegie. Mr. Frick , is immensely rich already, and will be 1made richer by the new coalition of capital in the iron and steel industries. l- ‘3 Thirty years ago he was a poor book- : keeper in a Fayette county (Pa.) flour mill. He made his start in business by it 4 /,, r" J 1‘. ‘\I‘.\‘\‘ WP"! “‘ l '" ~ ‘ ii I . ll ”‘35”! \x‘s‘g: , , HENRY CLAY FRICK. (Head of the New Billion-Dollar Steel, Combination.) the purchase of a small interest in a coal mine near his home. The business grew steadily. 'In 1873, at the time of the panic, the future steel king was only 24 years old. The panic enabled him to acquire the while plant, and then he began to spread. He bought everything he could in the way of coal (at panic prices), and when the reaction came he found himself enormously wealthy. At 40 he was master of the coal trade. In 1878 he took in a partner, E. M. Fer- guson, of New York, and in 1882 the Frick Coke company was organized. Andrew Carnegie then became associ- ated with Mr. Frick in the coal and coke business, and for many years the two have worked together. Mr. Frick is only five feet four inches tall, blond and slight. He is alfable, generous, and, it need scarcely be added, has great ca- pacity for work and organization. Few captains of industry are his equal and none his superior. Huntington’- Mincral Wealth. Though the name of Collis P. Hunt- ington is generally connected with rail- ways, Mr. Huntington owns more coal mines than any other man in the Unit- ed States, if not in' theworld. dd———J—A~ ~ 3 I THE OLDEST WARsnip. “““ ' Ancient Schooner Which Did Service 4 in the \Vur ol‘ 1812 I: Still In Commission. Of all the ships that sail the seas there’s none can match the Polly. Un- like most [’ollys. this one is far from being pretty. She is a little roly-poly, stub—toed schooner, with thick planks, a strong frame and a bilge as square as a box. What she looks in beauty and grace she more than makes up in rugged usefulness. _ ' The Pelly is not only the oldest ac- tive vessel afloat that ever carried the American flag in a naval engagement. SHIP WITH A HISTORY. (Once Was a Privateer and is Still Useful at the Age of 94.) but she is also the oldest vessel in the American registry, havingubeen built in 1805, at Amcsbury, Mass.’ Although 04 years old, the Polly, barring accidents, is good for, many more years of service, and since she has been “new—topped" she looks as good as most of the coasters sailing out of Bangor. She is only 61 feet long, 13 feet beam and 6 feet deep, registering 45 tons. She was built of the best white oak, and the quality of her materials and workmanship is shown in her remark- able state of preservation to-day, after nearly a century of battling with the seas, lumber freights and British men- of-war. a It was in the war of 1812 that the P01- ly won lasting fame as a warrior. She was a privateer, and her log shows that in war she captured 11 British ships, all much larger than herself. Her guns were few and small, but she had a great crew. not in numbers, but in courage and seamanship. Once, while her captain lay sick in his berth, the Polly’s crew, contrary to orders, tackled a great British ship, with the reSuIt that the Polly was captured, but her master soon retook her, and ever since then (1814) she has sailed under the stars and stripes. Most of the Polly’s original timbers are still in her frame, and considerable of her original planking also remains intact. She is engaged now in coasting between Bangor and Boston, although her master, Capt. D. A. McFarland, of Portland, says she is fit to go any- where. MEDALS FOR FIGHTERS. British Government \Vill Distribute litany of Them in Illinois and Hex- Sistcr States. About 300 silver medals ordered by the British parliament will be sent to Chicago in a short time to be pre- sented to men who were once in the military service of Queen Victoria. Many of them live in Chicago, while the others have settled in various parts of lilinois and neighboring states, but in spite of the fact that they have cast their lot with the American republic, each man will be presented with a handsome souvenir of his former al- legiance. Themcduls' are for those who, serv— ing either in 'the British army or the FOR CANADIAN‘VETERANS. (Hundreds of These-Medals Will Be Sent to the United States.) - Canadian militia, took part in the de- , fense of the Canadian territory in the Fenian invasions of 1866 and 1870, when Gen. O’Neill, at the head of a force of Irishman, enlisted to strike at Great Britain by taking possession of Can: ada, crossing the border from the United States near Niagara falls. Both attempts were failures. Maj. Francis Lapoint, of 84 Market street, Chicago, served through both invasions. He has been notified by the secretary of the department of militia of Canada that the medals have been pmpared and will be sent to Chicago for distribution. Maj. Lapoint will for- ward to Canada. the names of all the "veterans who report to him and pre- sent their claims for the honor. A movement is on foot also to form an association in Chicago of Canadian vet- erans for' benevolent purposes and to keep up the memory of old days. 'The medal to be given is suspended on a ribbon from a silver bar bearing the date, “1866” or “1870,” or both if the recipient took part in both fights. The medal shows the British flag sur- rounded by a. wreath, with a' scroll on which is the‘ ' word, “Canada.” Maj. Lapoint‘ said ,he had not-yet been in- formed as to the date when the son- venirs will arrive. v nut n. G anbmln A STRONG ISTANCH'ION. It In Handy and Easily Made and More Comfortable Than Most Similar Contnlvnndes. An excellent and handy stanchion for cattle is shown in the illustration. The feed rack is made of vertical bars 11/2 or 2 inches, thick, bolted both at 'top and bottom between ctwo 'side strips. The stanchions are made the same as the other bars, or heavier if preferred, but bolted only at the bot-p EASILY NEADE STANCHION. tom, leaving the upper end to swing freely. When vertical, the stanchion is held in place by a block nailed be- tween the side strips on the right and a hinged strip on the left. In the cut this is raised, but when the stanchion is vertical it drops between the side strips and holds it steady. . Whenever desired, the notched strip may be raised, the stanchion pushed aside and ’ the cattleare free. Always be careful to leave just, enough space by the stanchion to admit of easy motion of. the animal’s neck—American Agricifl- turist. GRADING UP A HERD. It Must Be Done Systematicully or the Profits of the Dairy Farm \Vill Decrease. The average farmer may think he cannot afford to buy blooded stock, and there are plenty who confess this, but where is the farmer who cannot afford to grade up his stock by introducing a fine bull occasionally? The cost of a fine bull is not so great to-day that the average farmer cannot afiord to‘ pur- chase one whenever the‘herd needs new blood. But the man who is opposed to fancy stock is usually on general prin- ciples opposed to grading up’—‘—that is, in grading up where it will cost a. lit- tle, either in time or meney. There is no better investment in this age than in a blooded bull which will bring new life and power into a herd of cows that has been gradually run down. Most farmers hate to admit that their herd is running down. But it is so easy for the animals to degen- erate that most of us are caught nap- ping. The degeneration is not the re- sul‘t‘of sudden change. It comes on gradually and before we know it we wake up to the fact that our animals are not what they ought to be. To avoid such degeneration one must be on the watch. The herd needs a tonic, so to speak, or will go down hill, and before we know it. the damage is done, and it will require some hard work to recover the lost ground. The beginning of all the work must be withthe bull. A herd headed by a first—class bull can be made to do wonders. But the process of se- lection and weeding out must also be Observed. There will appear in every herd now and then animals that have no place there. They need to be killed ofi! or sold. Too much rigidness in this respect cannot be observed. The lack of it is usually the crying need of our dairymen. The cash sales of young bulls from herds that have been proper- ly graded will often more than pay for the cost of a new bull occasionally.— Farmers’ Guide. Bogus Sausages. A writer in the London Lancet dem- onstrates that sausages are made now- adays which do not contain meat at all. but only bread tinged with red oxide of iron mixed with fat. Schie'y 0i! Pike’s Peak. COLORADO SPRINGS, May 211+ Admiral Schley and party reached tl' summit of Pike’s Peak yesterday. brought a miniature of his flagship" Brooklyn done in flowers and placed itrin drydock, as he smilingly remarked, on the highest point reached by a railroad in the United States. The party were the guests of the Manitou and Pike’s Peak Railroad company. In the even- ing a public reception was given Admi- ral Schley at the Alta Vista hotel in this city, and the admiral was greeted by several thousand people. ‘ Headache for Forty Years. For forty years I suffered from sick head- ache. A year ago I be an using Celery King. The result was grat fying and‘surprlsin , my headaches leaving at once. he hea - no es used to return every seventh day, but thanks to Celery King, I have had but one headache in the last eleven months. I know that what cured me will help others.—Mrs. John D. Van Keuren, Saugerties, N. Y. ‘ Celery’Kln cures Constipation and all dis. eases of the ‘ erves,~Stomach, Liver and Kid- neys- Sold by druggists. 25c. and 500. 2 _.- . a, ,4“ r, a Is a magic cleanSer, and thexup-to-date , Laundrcss so: 3 : “ I can’t do my washing without it.” A tablespoonful cf Ivorine to a pail of water makes clothes as clean as the driven snow. A Cake of Toilet Soap in Evgry Package V . . supplies soap for Toilet, Bath, Iiand 'Nursery, ~ Wiping.) _ making Ivorine the’only kind that furnishes that ’I ' entire family with all the soap required. You only pay for the Ivorine; we give you the Toilet Soap. “ ' The J .B. 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" - Brazilian Balm. ‘ .No fatal disease of Grip was ever known where .tlllellll BALM was promptly used- lt kills the germs, arrests “the progress of the disease at once, and ‘takes all the evil effects out'of the syStem. Colds, .GripJnfluenza, Old Coughs, Asthma ' .Catarrh, PleuriSV, Bronchitis IT Is A PERFE‘GT‘REMEDY " , EDWARD. r. WEED, li‘all’flreét. , I‘ For Sale by ”
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