’1'.
Main Street.°B§3§L€e
‘ »
G. A FRANK];
THE HAIR CUTTER
N o. l Gazette Building, Norwalk. .
HOT AND COLD BATES.
HENRY'HUSS.
7 Restaurant, Gate and Smoking Boom,
GRAND CENTRAL DEPOT,
_ £211 Street and 4th Avenue, New York
Entrance "from waiting room of New onrk.
ew Haven .35 Hartford fiailroad.
Wm
Lockwood
.3 ,Real EState, Insurance and Investmen
Securities.
——-—-MON
Insurance Placed in First- Class Companies.‘,‘,
Office—Corner Main and Wall Sts. .. Norwalk - ‘
J f.-Belden Hurlbutt, . f
Listener anu” Counselor at Lee
‘_' ROOM 4, UP STAIRS,
Gazette Building, Norwalk, Co
Alex. 8. Gibson,
:7 tof the First Congregation l Chm ch
Org anis Watei bury, and Teacher 0%
Pianoforte, Organ and
Musical Composition.
P. 0. Lock Box. NORWALK. CONN.
TNA INSRUANCE CO. ., of Hartford.
Incorporated 1812. Charter Perpetual.
Capital and Assets, $8, 902,2'2.64.
Insures against loss and damage by FIRE on
terms adapted to the hazagd and consistent
with “191““ °f ”midiliusgm a n'IEREILL
‘
Sole agents for Norwalk and vicinity.
The Nurualt Fire Insurance Cu.
Has now Completed its
32d SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS YEAR,
And has not outstanding a dollar of unpaid
losses or claims for losses. No sound omn-
pany insuresfor lessG
B. 1 Sr’. JOHN.
J. BEAVAN. Pres.
GEO. l’..Cow1.Es, Secy
FURNITURE.
Geo] H. Raymond,
Furniture Dealer,
Has removed to the new and commodious
store few doors above his old stand and
stocked it with NEW GOODS of the LATES
STYLE and FINEST FINISH.
IGEO. H. RAYMOND, Agent.
Furnishing Undertaker and Embalmer.
Treas. ;
I give my personal attention to laying out
and furnishing every thing necessary for the
interment of the dead.
Residence, No. 3 Berkeley Place, Norwalk.
Telephone communication with residence-
FURNITURE.
A Full seocn of Furniture of all kinds.
Parlor and Bedroom Sets,
A Specialty.
DAVID STOW,
South Nurwalk.
HENRY TILLY,
CARRIAGE MAKER,
so UTH NOR WALK, CONN.
—Manufacturer of—
Faruilr Carriages, Vietnrrasnuunies re
ALL KINDS OF REPAIRING.
l
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ATBONIZE THE OLD RELIABLE
15.1mm.S EXPRESS COMPANY,
Low Rates. Prompt Delivery
Branch Office, N01 11 alk, at Morris Benedict
Main Office t Depot, South Norwalk. .
x L. HUNT. Agent.
o. E. WILSON
LGeneral Insurance and Real Estate lat
MONEY T0 LOAN
S‘tocks, Bonds, etc., .8011 ht and Sold, an
Loans Negotiated at owest Rates of
1 Interest.
ROOM 3, GAZETTE BUILDING
NOR WALK. CONN:
w. n. MEEKER, ,
. Plunhinu, Steam and Gas Fitter
I . {scorn NORWALK. CONN.
aditary Plumbing and. Ventilation and Low
Pressure and Steam‘Heating, a Specialty.
_ PLUMBEBS’ SUPPLIES. »
W" E E K L Y
ASE-BOND THOUGH-TS- BETETH
M. Bourgeois ‘ is“_ to 1 Remain
issuer H H H s"
A'Go'od Judge
of tobacco
always uses
as it is
Purest and Best.
S. W. Gregory,
LIVEBY, BOARD, FEED, SALE
AND EXCHANGE
STABLES
14 Knight Street, - - Norwalk.
Alarge stock of new] purchased and care
fully selected Teams, arriages, &c.
Coaches, Carriages and Saddle Horses fur-
nished at all hours. .1 Careful drivers when
desired.
Omnibusses. Wa onettes. Coaches. Rock-
aways, Phantoms an Light Road Carriages.
Telephone Ca11.tt’120
ETER L. GUIGUL, Flor1st and Nursery
man, Uuion Avenue, north of Union
Cemetery. Norwalk Conn. Dealer in Green
House and Hot‘House and Bedding and Vega.
table Plants Fruit- and Ornamental Trees.
Shrubbery, 'Vines, Cut Flowers. always on
hand and all sorts of designs in flowers ar-
ranged order
WGrading rand refilling cemetery plots
attended to.
SpeeralBargaIns
BanquethLamps,
Central Draft
Table Lamps,
FancyVace Lamps,
Library and
Hall Lamps,
F. J. CURTIS
&CO’S‘
A bill was passed in the Legislature
yesterday Increasing the annual appro-
priation of the State Fireman’s asso-
ciation to $8, 000. '
If there ever was a specific for any
one complaint, then Carter’s Little-
Liver Pills are a specific for sick head-
ache, and every woman should know
this. Only one pill a dose. Try them.
The girl whose eyes are dazzled by
an engagement ring can’t be expect-
ed to see many faults 1n the giver. For
{the tlime it. may be said she’s stone-
but
\ Always avoid harsh purgative pills.
They first make you sick and then
constibated. Carter’s Little Liver
Pills regulate the bowles and make
you well. Dose, one pill.‘
The Gilbert & Bennett manufactory
at Georgetown employs 175 \men, and
the weekly pay roll averages $2, 000 per
week, and the output amounts to about
$500, 000 per year.
The friends of legitimate sports will
have an amendment D'ofl'ered 1n the Leg-
islature exempting enclosed parks from.
the provision in the pending
against pool selling in all its forms.
Two young lovers in Stamford are
keeping Lent by denying themselves
the pleasure of spending two evenin s
a week together. This will probab y
result in their marriage soon after Eas-
ter Sunday. _
Dr. Hale’s Household abutment.
ls the finest remedy' 1n the world. It
absolutely cures Catarrh.
Neuralgia and Rheumatism. Cures
Piles like magic. Cures Salt Rheum
in the most soothing manner. Cures
Inflamed and Granulated Eyelids.
Cures Coughs and Colds. Can be taken
internally. ,A positive Specific for
Pneumonia. Cut ts, Bruises,- Burns,
Chilblains, Sores of long‘ standing.
Corns and Bunions are cured quickly
different from all else; superior “‘30 8;.
else; it has no equal:
boxes. Large size cheapest. ~Sol’d at
bill;
It cures,
EB. Hale’ a drug store; --f' s .
in the French Cabinet.
HIS FRIENDS 'InnucEn ‘ "elem
neconsrnen.
Yesterday’s Session. of the Panama
waa
PARIS, March 16.—Yielding to pressure
011 the part of his colleagues, M. Bour-
. geois will reassume the oflice of Minister,
. > . of Justice, which he resigned in order to
_ answer the charges made by Mme. Cottu,
and which he regarded as reflecting upon
him.
There was but a small attendance at
the trial of Charles de Lesseps and his
fellow-defendants in the Assize Court.
Counsel resumed their addresses. If.
Lagasse contended that the Government
had shrunk from proceeding‘hgainst all
the offenders concerned in the case, and
he argued vehemently that the scandal
would not cease until the whole truth
would be revealed. M. Rousselle spoke
in a similar tone.
The Advocate-General delivered an
earnest address in behalf of the prOsecu-'
tion, and energetically defended the
course of the authorities. He maintained
that the Government had done the best it
could to bring everything to light, and
he denounced Charles de Lesseps as hav-
ing used artifices to throw dust in the
eyes of thejury in a similar manner to his
use of artifice to obtain subscribers to the
Panama lottery bonds. The Advocate-
General contended that the evidence con-
firmed the guilt of the defendants.
He justified the course which de Frey-
cinet, Floquet, and Clemenceau had pur-
sued, and maintained that the charge
made by Charles de Lesseps that M. Flo-
quet had demanded money from him
was untrue. The speaker then turned hll
attention to Fontane and Blondin, both
of whom he denounced in strong terms.
He then declared that the explanation
made by Sans Leroy that he had reinvest-
ed 200,000f. of his wife’s dowry at just
the time he was charged with having ac-
cepted-that sum from the canal company
for changing his vote on the Panama
Lottery Bonds bill would not hold water.
The Advocate- General demanded that
the defendants, Deputy Dugue de la
Fauconperie and ex-Deputy Gobron,
should have the punishment meted out
’ to them as would be imposed upon
Charles de Lesseps.
M. Gobron arose and declared that
proofs of his statements and of his inno-
Cence would be found in documents that
had been placed under seal.
The Advocate-General replied that
everything M. Gobron could bring for-
ward would be duly considered. He then
reviewed the testimony of . Antonin
Proust, whose first denials of the charges
against him had been equivalent to a.
confession of guilt. Proust, he said, like
.Gobron and Dugue de la Fauconnerie,
had yielded to the vicious methods which.
the Panama. Company, when driven to a
corner, had used without hesitation to
avoid the otherwise inevitable crash.
KILLED FOR - 'A TEST.
A Girl strangled by a Fanatlc'Who would
Raise Her From the Dead.
Sr. PETEESBURG, March 15,—An Ana-
baptist fanatic has been arrested in La-
trig for having murdered a girl of 14
years. He had been preaching before a
roomful of people in a private house 0011— ,
conning his power to raise‘the dead.
At the end of his sermon he strangled
the girl, with the consent of her parents,
in order that he might demonstrate his
pretended ability to bring her back to
life.
After prayers and exhortations had
continued for two hours, the parents of
the girl became convinced that 'he was an
lmpostor and complained to the authori-
ties.
PANAMA SCANDAL - SUBSIDING.
Less Interest and Excitement Shown in
Paris Yesterday.
PARIS, March 16. ——There was a small at‘
tendence yesterday at the trial of Charles
De Lesseps and his fellow defendants in
the Assize Court. Public interest appear-
ed to have waned with the close of the
testimony in the case, and the court;-
room, with its diminished audience and
comparative quiet, presented a ~marked
contrast to the throngs _ and demonstra-
tions of the earlier: ’da‘ys‘of thetrial.
Counsel resumed their addresses.
FOREIGN NOTES.
A fire in Tokio, Japan, on the last Sun-
day 1n February destroyed 250 houses.
It' 15 said Chile and Peru will ask Swilz.
erland to act . as arbitrator in their dis-
pute. .
Lord Gormanston, Premier Viscount of
Ireland, has been appointed Governor
General of Tasmania. .
Prayers were read in all Prussian
churches for the safe accouchement of the
Princess Frederick Leopold, sister of the
' Empress.
King Humbert has written a letter to
Emperor William thanking him for his
intention to attend the royal wedding in
Rome next month. -
Six anarchists were arrested in Barce-
lona, including the owner of the shop
where an Italian was killed by the explo- '
slon of a bomb he was loading. .
Austrian, Swiss and German CathOlics
have petitioned the Pope that he call an
international conference to take steps to
abolish gambling at Mont Carlo.
Hermann Hildesheim, a Manchester
shipper, has failed for $400, 000 His fail-
ure is ascribed to his connection with Lip- '
man of Dundee, his father: in- law.
The Belgian Antirslavery society ha!
written to the Secretary General of the
Belgian Ministry Of Foreign Affairs, im-
ploring that diplomatic action be taken
to stop the supply of arms to Arab slave
traders in East Africa. > ‘
The trials of oflicials of the Anglo?
Australian Bank in Melbourne, which
failed in 1892, have resulted. in-- Staples,
the 'chairman .11-rte. bank. being- sen- .
’tenced to penal servitude for five years, ,
Notwddd, the auditor, to penal- servitude?-
foi- -t-wo years, and Haroldaon, the 'ac-,
500w countant to six months’ impruonrnent. '
.4
Advertise 111 the GAzErrE.
.,A Courtship Scene
"parlor; "
of the coal fire—the supply of coal was -
LonALKeGAZE
\
WOMAN WAS EMANC! A511.
in the Dru-I- c -
‘Vonsan’s Rights.
It was many years hence and the
movement for the emancipation of wonu
an from the thraldom of ages had beu.
crowned with complete success.
Two-persons were sittingdn the front
Even in the dim, uncertain-light
not yet exhausted—it was plainly evi-
dent that they were a slender girl, a
brawny youth. She was on her knees,
with clasped hands and tearful eyes. He
was on the sofa, with downcast mien and
many a hot, tumultuous blush.
“ I may confess 'my love!” she ex-
claimed passionately. '
His big brown mustache twitched no-
ticeably and he swallowed the lump in
his throat.
“Why so cold?” hotly demanded the
kneeling woman.
And then, acting upon the sudden im-
pulse, she seized his hand and contem-
plated through blinding tears the cal-
louses upon the muscular palm.
“ Be mine, ” she urged.
The young man was much distraught,
and his lower register bass voice trem-
bled when he at last spoke.
“ It’s so sudden,” he faltered, and ner-
vously fingered the hem of his coat.
She sighed.
" Edwin, you must have suspected.”
“ No,” he replied simply. “ It is not
the place of a man to suspect. It is for
us only to await the asking.”
In adoration she gazed upon the agi-
tated figure before her. . Fairly intoxi-
cated with the vision she forgot herself
for. the moment. With a sudden move-
ment she threw her arms around the
shrinking form of the youth, and in a
moment would have imprinted a kiss
upon the dewy lips.
With a frantic effort he freed himself.
“ You stop!” he fiefcely cried, “ or I’ ll
scream.’ _ _ ..
“Edwin.” AL»- , . ,
. “ Go away from me.” 921’
“ DO you dismiss me forever?” ‘
“ I do. GO. ” "
As she left the mom she crushed her
spring hat over he1 eyes and groaned.
People who met her on the street noticed
that h or face was pale and set and that
she was muttering bitterly.
It was many years hence, and the
movement for the emancipation of
women from the thraldom of ages had
been crowned with complete success.—
Detroit Free Press.
Quite Possible.
A phy sician had, as presiding genius in
his culinai y department, a negro wom: .11
of a social disposition, but of a some-
what irascible temper. One night a
youthful admirer, who was accustomed
to make frequent evening calls upon the
ebony Maria in her kitchen, prolonged
his visit to a tiresome length. After
Maria had worn out every topic of con-
versationof which she was mistress, she
essayed to give him a delicate hint as to
her mental and physical weariness by a
prodigiousyawn.
Through some miscalculation as to'
the stretching capacity of her mouth,
however, she: dislocated her jaw in the
process.
The doctor was hastily summoned
from above stairs by the distracted
young man, who stood diflidently in the
background while Maria’s jaw was put
into working order again.
The first use she made of her recovered
power of speech was to turn wrathfully
upon the trembling visitor, and say, in a.
tone of withering scorn :
“ P’raps de nex’ time yO’ goes a~callin’,
an’ stays an’ stays till de lady gapes an’
sufiiocates her jaws, yo’ll tak’ it fer a
hint dat it’s ’bout time to be a- -gwine
home "’-Youth’ 5 Companion.
Perpetual Holy Lumps.
Cademus makes mention of a lamp,
which, together with the image Of
Christ, was found at Edessa during the
reign of the Emperor Justinian. 4 It was
set over a certain gate and sealed so as
to exclude all air. The seal testified that
these details were carried out soon after
the crucifixion. When opened by the
soldiers of Cosroes, King ,Of Persia, it
was found to be burning Gs brightly as '
when first enclosed, over 500 years be-
fore. The Persian forces broke down
the shrine and poured out the oil that
was still in the lamp, an act which is
said to have been followed by a great
' plague.
At the time the old monasteries of
England were demolished a lamp was
found in a tomb which was supposed to
have been burning since about the year
300 A. D. How these things were ac-
complished is a mystery, but it is sup-
posed the Romans knew how to resolve
gold into an oil, a few ounces of which
would suffice to burn a thousand years.
If such an art was ever understood it is
now irretrievably lost. — Philadelphia
Press.
The Benieflts of Sen. Voyages.
The sanitary effects of a sea voyage
“are very- decided. First is the ocean
climate. Sea aii- stimulates the appetite,
improves digestion, assimilation, secre-
tion and excretion. The glandular folli-
cles and organs of the alimentary system
are awakened to.a high state of func-
tional activity. Relaxed muscular tissue
becomes firm, the heart is invigorated,
the circulation 15 carried on more active-
ly, respiration is deepened, the pure air
inhaled promotes aquickened oxidation
and tissue change, the skin grows soft
and blooming, the tone Of the, nervous
_ system is raised and a cheerful state of
mind induced. The traveler gains flesh
and strength, sleep is sound, lassitude
vanishes and irritable nerves become
firm.-—-London Lancet.
What Ailed rum.
Mistress—Well, Bridget, and how is
your husband?
Washerwomen—Share, an’ he’s all
used up, mum.
Mistress—Why, what ails him?
Washerwoman—Indade,th1n,mum.
t night he liad sich bad dreams that
..I he c‘Ouldn’t shape a wmk [all night, mum.
-Lif_e.-
Read the GAzn'fru'.‘ I
1L- _ -.
ran assume an runners.
A CUSTOM WHICH HAS
_SlNCE EARLY TIIMES.I
Tuli‘amans or Chou-ms to Ward of! Evil.
Greeks and Romans Always Wore
Amulets—In India a. Variety of Gems
are Used—Queen Elizabeth’s Charm. ‘
Who wore the first amulet it would
be impossible to say, but the adoption of
a talisman to ward ofi evil is of very
ancient origin.
Phylacteries, the Gr Leek word for amu-
lets, were worn by the Israelites, to
which allusion Is madein the Scriptures.
These phylacteries were a. narrow strip
of parchment, on which were written
passages from the Old Testament. This
strip was placed In a small leathern box,
and bound to the left elbow by a narrow
strap. There was a smaller phylactery
for the forehead, the box for which was
about an inch square.
The word amulet is of Arabic origin,
and implies a. thing suspended. Amu-
lets were of various kinds. The moOn-
stone found in the desert of Arabia was
worn as a talisman against enchant-
ment by the women, who suspended it
around the neck. It was a white, trans-
parent stone, the time for searching for
it being midnight.
In India. a variety of gems and stones
are used as amulets. The most common
,is the salagrama, a ,stone about as large
as a billiard ball, and which is perforated
with black. This is supposed to be
The person who possesses one of these
stones is esteemed highly fortunate; he
preserves it in a clean cloth, from
whence it is sometimes taken to be
bathed and perfumed. He believes that
the water in which it is washed, if
drank, has the power to preserve from
sin. Holding it in his hand, the dying
Hindoo expires in peace, trustingina
stone rather than in the living God. =
The modern Egyptian is a: believer in
the Evil Eye, to avert which he hangs
around the neck charms supposed to pos-
sess a magic power.
worn by children, and consist of little
tin or leather cases, which inclose words
either‘from the Scripture or Koran, if
the children are of Moslem parents.
their charms. They hung little cases
around the neck which' contained a
charm, generals not disdaining the same.
Augustus thought it would bring him
good luck to wear a piece of the sea- calf,
and, therefore, neveI went without this
tnli man
In Greece the priests sell sick charms,
consisting of pieces of paper, on which is
written the name of the disease from
which the person is sufiering, and these
are nailed to the door of the chamber.
Pliny tells us that any plant gathered by
, a river before sunrise by a person, if un-
seen, tied on the left arm of an ague-
patient, without his knowing what it is,
will cure the disease.
Queen Elizabeth, during her last ill-
ness, were around her neck a. charm
made Of gold which had been bequeathed
clared that so long as the queen wore it
she would never be ill. The amulet, as
was generally the case, proved of no
avail; and Elizabeth, notwithstanding
her faith in the charm, not only sick-
ened, but died. During the plague in
London, people wore amulets to keep off
the dread. destroyer. Amulets of arsenic
were worn near the heart. Quills Of
quicksilver were hung around the neck,.
and also the powder of toads.
It was not at all unusual for soldiers
and others who were exposed to danger
to wear talismans by way of protection.
A story which gained credence is told of
a soldier in the time of the Prince of
Orange. He was a Spanish prisoner,
and, on being condemned to be shot. it
was found that he was invulnerable.
The soldiers stripped him to see what
kind of armor he wore, but it was dis-
covered that he was not protected in
that way, but an amulet, on which was
the figure of a lamb, was found on his
person. This was taken away from him
and the shots took effect.
In 1838 a beautiful locket, forming :a.
,small padlock, was found in digging a.
grave in a churchyard at Devizes, Wilt-
shire, Eng, This was a charm, and be-
ing valuablé was buried with the owner.
Louis Napoleon, who believed himself,
even amidst exile and poverty, destined
to that throne which the prest1ge Of his
name and his cunning c'oup d’etat en-
abled him to reach, was not without his
superstitions. In his will he says:
“With regard to my son, let him keep
tached to ,my :watc .” This talisman
had no power to turn aside the fatal
spears Of the Zulus ; and the young Na-
poleon met a sadder fate than his father’s
worst fears could‘have imagined for him.
What were known as anodyne neck-
laces,which were beads made out of roots
necks of infants to ward off convulsions.
The Chinese wore pearls as a charm
against fire; and in some countries the
posed to protect from disease—Detroit
Free Press.
Quaint “feather Signs.
quaintly expressed. In J odhpore the In-
habitants declare that when rain is com-
ing the chameleon changes color, snakes
climb a tree, the sparrow sings, the
north wind blows, the fish swim on the
water surface.
If at sunrise there are stripes of red
light in shape of fish,’ or at sunset red
rays diverge from thelWest, “ rivers shall
have foam ”—i. .e., much rain will fall,
says the Detroit Sun. When the ‘ north-
east wind blows in August, the east
wind' In September and the sea wind in
October, the crop is twenty annas (i. e. .,
satisfactory) in Novembel.
If there are many clouds and flashes
of lightning on July 18 “ clean your
granary and only keep enough grain for
feed and plow.” as the year will be good;
but if the wind blows strong on July :8
1 “famine will prevail and man will cat
‘ man.
GAdvertise 1n the. GAZETTE. “
‘
OPREVAlLED '
found only in Gandaki, a river in Nepaul. .
These are usually;
Even the Romans were not without '.
her by an old woman in Wales, who de- ’
as a talisman the seal I used to wear at~_
agate formed an amulet that was sup-I‘
Weather warnings in India are very'
of white bryony, were hung around the ~
-. The Latest Styles or
Menu _- Cards,
Dance «Orders
Ball Tickets,
aneurrron earns,
WINE - LISTS.
Shun Hangers,
\Nedding
Invitations,
Business Cards,
Visitinu Barns
-- AT THE—-
flail Gazett-
Church and
1 SPECAL‘I'Y .'
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