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~“Truth above all things.’
FRIDAY, AUGUST 9, 1895.
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Terse Tales of. the Times.
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, —P¥iotiires framed by Hayes,Ma1n St
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'llllS‘iB the month of celestial fire-
works.
-—Leg of Lamb 12110.. Buttery Bros.
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Danbury is threatened w.th a water
famine. ‘
There will be a band eoncert on the
Green, to-night.
There willbe a special meeting of the
Iron Moulders Union to-night.
Danbury hat manufacturers antici-
pate an unusually prosperous season.
——All brands of flour, $4. 75 per 112M”
600. per bag. N. Y. Store.
The Westport Savings bank has $31. -
21 unclaimed deposits for twenty years.
The funeral of the late Father Hughes
will he held to-morrow morning at 10:30
o’clock.
William H. Lane, a veteran of Com-
pany I, 12th C. V.. is dead at Bridge-
port.
——Bargains in Tooth Brushes, Hale’s.
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A Bridgeport barber is giving boys
in that city a hair cut today, for five
cents each.
The Grand Lodge of Sons of St.
George of Connecticut, meet-s next
Tuesday at Ansonia.
——For Colic, Hale's Cordial. J20 tf
Box 58 of the fire alarm service re-
fused to work. yesterday. It is being
placed in repair tulay.
Julia A. Brown aged 55 years, wife of
John A. Brown, died at her home on
Greenfield Hill, Wednesday.
The Y. M. C. A. base ball team will
play the Independents at the Fair
grounds, tJ-morrow afternoon.
-—New potatoes only 18c. per peck.
N. Y. Store. 2t
The Boston Store always awake to the
times, ofi'ers exceptional bargains in
their gdy, to-day. Read it and be con-
rinsed:
—r-3-n~ps 4-.“
A Main street merchant exchanged a
pound of bologna for 300 cucumbers
this morning and then distributed them
among his customers. '
A new publication may shortly
make its appearance in Stamford. It
will be an Italian journal devoted to
, the interests of Italians.
——Iohn T. Hayes. the. newsdealer has
removed to No. 5 Main street. Make
note of the fact. tf
Entrance examination for the Storrs
Agricultural college will be held in
Dan-bury on Thursday, August 29th.
Read their ad. in this issue.
John Silk an iron moulder, died at
his home on Spring Hill, last night,
aged about 27 years. He was a mem-
~ her of the Iron Moulders’ Union.
W.A. Benedict & Co. have made a
great reduction in the price of clothing
and are offering bargains that will
ast‘onish you. Read their ad. in this is-
sue.’
"Lean” Sherwood who was arrested
yesterday for an assault on Mrs. Emily
' Walters was sentenced by Judge Hub-
hell to three months in the Bridgeport
jail. '
F—Sh. steak 3 lbs. for 25c lit-Buttery
Bros., 58 Belden avenue. 2t
The case of the state vs. Lewis Swel-
zer will probably be tried in the Town
Court, to-morrow. The prisoner is
charged with having made a murderous
assault on John Barthel.
A new skiff belonging to James Lyon
was stolen from Butler’ s Bluff early
this morning. The boat is described
as being 14 feet long, painted white on
inside, green outside, and named
“Alice.”
—Free on Saturday, 1 lb. best cream-
ery butter with 1 lb. of60c. tea. N. Y.
Store. 21.
Frank James was found int.:xicated
in an outbuilding back of the Baptist
church, by Ofiicer Bartram, last night,
and was locked up. This morning,
Judge Hubbell sentenced him to thirty
days in jail with casts.
—Prilne roasts 130. Buttery Bros" 58
Belde'n avenue. 2t
The New Ganann water-works system
is nearly completed, With the reservoir
nearly full, :Water Will be turned into
the borough-mains in about a week,
but a short distance more of pipe—lay-
ing 1.111111111310111 will be done.
——For Cramps, Hale’s Cordial. J20“.
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Harry Wilder, of Tarrytown, a first- I
class machinist, has accepted a situa-
tion at the Norwalk Iron Works and is
moving his family to this city to-day.
A number of Gr.A. R. men, not mem-
bers of the regiment, accompanied the
Fifth C. V. veterans and their wives to
Roton Point to-day, and sat down to
dinner with them.
“Sim” Keith has been chosen as one
of the Connecticut delegates to the
National Railway Postal Clerks con-
vention to be held at Chicago, Sep-
tember3. '
—For Bowel troubles, Hale’s Cordial.
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Postmaster Monroe who was badly
injured in New York a few weeks since,
and has been confined in a hospital in
that city ever since, was removed to his
New Canaan home yesterday.
Chief Bradley was advised by Chief
Bowman of Stamford this morning, to
look out for a dark brown mare, with
gray in flank, 4 years old 15:. hands
high, weight about 900 pounds two
white hind feet, scar on inside hind 11n-
kle, and sear of about seven stitches un-
der mane, stolen from Stamford:
SOUTH NORWALK
Water at the Knob 72°.
The Sword Fish Club meets to-mor-
row night.
There will be a dance at
to-morrow ni .rht.
Don’ t forget the Rm): 1 e’ s excursion
to Pleasure Beach on Sunday.
W. A. Benedict & Co. announce a
great cut in prices of clothinz.
Attorney Taylor is absent from the
city attending to legal matters, to-
day.
Henry Tilly, the artist carriage mak-
er, has turned out a new pic wagon for
James E. Elle.
Butler Lodge will attend the fiftieth
anniversary of Rippnwam lodge, Stam-
ford, on October 1.
Darien ofiicials are negotiating for
the old Stamford hoik and ladder
truck and hose reel.
The Standard Oil company has pur-
c'iased land in Waterbury for another
(1 stributing station.
The steamer Medea is on a cruise
with fifty members of the Sons of
Malta from Stamford.
The tug General A. E. Burnside,
which was burned to the water’s edge,
after leaving Wilson Point, three
weeks ago, has been towed to New
York by the wrecking steamer John
Fuller.
Skinned noses are becoming fash-
ionable in this city among the medical
fraternity. Yesterday afternoon. at
Gregory’s Point, Dr. Kennedy, while
diving, can: in contact with a. rope
and now wears a scar on the bridge of
his nose in consequence. Last night
Dr. L. M. Allen, in order to be in the
swim, ran against a door in his barn,
and today carries his nose in mourn-
ing.
The summer residents on the Roway-
ton side of Darien are very desirous of
having the old wooden bridge at the
head of the creek replaced by an iron
one. They are willing to bear part of
the expense, but think the town should
contribute towards the improvement.
Old-timers are not in favor of it, so a
Special town meeting will be held to-
morrow to vote on the resolution ask-
ing for an appropriation.
It was not a crowded house that
greeted Tony Pastor at Hoyt’s Opera
House, last night. but the audience
made up in enthusiasm what they
lacked in numbers. From the going
up to the ringing-down of the curtain.
there was fun and plenty of it. Tony
Pastor has lost none of his old time vim
and renders his songsin that inimicable
way that has made his name famous
among the footlight artists. He Was
supported by a wonderfully strong
company which it would be hard to im-
prove upon. The musical act of Joe
and Jack Binns and the Irish. servant
girls, as presented by John and James
Russell, were worth going miles to see.
The game of ball yesterday between
the South N orwalks and Edgewoods at
New Haven, was won by the South
the Knob
Norwalks by a score of 3 to 2 after a,
fierce contest of twelve innings. The
New Haven Palladium says: From the
constellations which shed their base-
ball brilliancy during the twelve in-
iugs, the work of one star shines out
with peculiar luster. Will Lauder the
Brown University shun-stop, Who at-
gued with Carter’s curVes to the extent
of a home run and a three hugger in
the Yale series. Lauder made all three
of South Norwalk’s runs, taking big
chances, and hammering out a three
bag ger to help accomplish the feat
He also accept1d eleven of the most
difficult chances at third base. It was
a stonewall infield that. South Norwalk
presented. Lauders and Hoff caring for
thirty-eight. fielding Chaucer} with one
error.
Smallpox Among NegrooColonlsto.
EAGLE Pass, Tex., Aug. 9.—-Dr. Evans
reports 1 15 cases of smallpox at the quaran-
tine statlou. Three deaths occurred among
the lot of 65 returning negro colonists.
The Fire Record. _,
1110111011, 0., Aug. 9.—The Fearen
Lumber and Veneering company’s saw-
mill was burned; loss, $28,000.
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THE DEFENSES OF CANADA.
An Army Officer Secretly;
Study Them.
The War Department is about to make
a. third attempt to learn something of
the topographical and geographical sit-
nation in C..nada with a view of pre-
paring to meet cenain situations which
may be presented 3 '11ould Grea . Britain
attempt to invade the United States
from the Canadian bor..e1.
If the tw 0 countries ever come to war,
Canada w ill be the most probable base of
operations for the British troops, and it
is proposed to gather data 'showing the
exact strategical impo1'11trnce of ceitain
points in the Dominion w hich would be
selected by Great Britain as the base of
operations.
Three months ago the Secretary of
War detailed an ofiiccr to go to Canada
for this purpose, and he had just began
to gather valuable information when an
old Admiral of the navy, whose daugh-
ter he had married. gave away the fact
that an officer was in Canada on a Gov-
ernment mission, and the result was
that the officer was recalled for fear that
his identity 'to the Canadian officials was
knoy'
Later, a. second detail was made, and
this officer was promptly frustrated in
his efforts through some friends, who
méiitiolied the fact that he had beerl
chosen to study the fortifications and
military strength of Canada.
The War Department has now detail-
eda third officer, who will shortly be on
his way to Canada, and it is believed
that he will succeed in reaching there
without the intent of his visit being
known. This officer will travel incog-
nito, and no one outside the War De-
partment officials will know the purpose
of his visit. The result of his investi-
gations will be reportel to the depart-
ment, and it is expected that full par-
ticulars will be received of the real mil-
itary situation which would be present-
ed on the northern frontier should the
United States and Great Britain again
come to blows.
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The Explanation of It.
A little Jap was on trial in the police
court for defrauding aninnkeeper. He
had testified in his own behalf that he
had paid his room rent for a menth.
“How much did you pay?” asked the
prosecuting attorney.
The little Jap sat and stared at his
questioner.
The query was repeated.
“Quarter of ’leven.”
Everybody glanced at the clock and
observed that the time was correctly
given.
“Yes, it’s a quarter to eleven, but I
want to know how much room rent you
paid.”
“Quarter to" ’leven,” repeated the J ap.
“You don't understand. How- much
money did you pay?"
“I tell yo... quarter of ’Ileven.” '
The quest? u was repeated in various
forms, but 1--..t was the only answer the
J hp Would give, and he grew more ve-
hement with every repetition.
He was locked in a padded cell in the
Receiving Hospital and examined hé-
fore thee Commissioner-s of Insanity,
a" 1L
‘f’hdll Au
for his room.—San FranciSco Post.
An Old Soldier‘s Experience.
Speaking of grewsome things an old
soldier told me yesterday of the most
affecting parting he ever had' in his life.
It was parting with himself, or rather a
part of himself. He was in an engage-
ment before Petersburg, and had the
misfort us to come in contact with a
pieCe 0 broken shell, which exploded
near him, and which succeeled in shat-
tering his leg.
Amputation was necessary, and
shortly afterward he was lying in his
tent. Ashe looked up he saw a. cart
piled up with legs and arms of others
who had been unfortunate in the en'-
gagement, and right on top he recog-
nized his own leg.
“It was a sad parting.” he said “to
see a part of you going away never to be
returned again. I can never tell you
what strange feelings came over me.
and to this day I can see that fine black
horse hauling my leg away to its last
resting place.”——Pittsburg Dispatch.
Improvement, in Field Cannon.
The improvement in field cannon has
kept pace with that in small arms. It
is doubtful whether troops can be held
in column or mass formation within
two miles of an enemy firing the present
modern breech-loading field guns. The
extreme range of these 3.2 and 3.6-inch-
caliber field guns is over five miles,
and when a suitable smokeless powder
is found they may throw a projectile
eight miles. Had McClellan had these
guns when his lines were five miles
from Richmond, he could have ruined
the city. ’ 'No troops can live in front of
them when they are rapidly discharg-
ing schrapnel, two hundred bullets to
the case; and they can defend, them-
selves without infantry support, and can
be captured only by surprise. or when
their ammunition is exhausted—Gen.
Fitzhugh Lee.
A Personal Text.
There occupies the pulpit of a. well-
attended church a. clergyman who still
recalls, with mingled feelings, the
sharpest rebuke that was probably ever
administered to a person in public. He
was at that time inclined to what his
father—a much-respected rector and a
Low Churchman—regarded as Ritual-
ism, and, in order to prove that the High
Church service was less sinful than the
old gentleman appeared to imagine. he
begged him to come and see and hear
for himself. At first the rector de-
clined, but ultimately consente’ on con-
dition that he should be allowed to
preach the sermon.
Permission was readily given. 011 the
appointed day the Evangelical clergy-
man ascended the pulpit stairs, and to
his son’s chagrin gave out as his text
the words: ‘Lord, have mercy on my
son, for he is a lunatic. ”—London Tele-
graph.
was learned that he paid $10. 75 .
DISCIPLINE IN THE NAVY.
Lord Collingwood Would Upliold it at
All Hazards.
Vice Admiral Lord Collingwood is de-
scribed by his biographer as a man of
simple firmness and justice. He was
said to be the finest disciplarian in the
navy.
“I know your character, well,” he said
to a dangerous mutineer, who they sent
to him to be tamed. ' “If you behave
well in the future I will treat you like
the rest, nor notice here what happened
in another ship; but if you endeavor to
excite munity. mark me, well, I will in-
stantly head you up in a. cask and throw
you into the sea.” He had no trouble
with that man.
He paid particular attention to his
midshipmen, considering it a point of
honor with himself that not one should 1
leave him unfit to pass for promotion.
Yet it was his inflex rule to uphold the
authority of every officer. whatever his
rank, with the same severity as his own.
If a. midshipman made complaints
against a. man, that man was unfailing-
ly ordered for punishment the next
day, but meanwhile Collingwood took
the lad aside and suggested to him the
propriety of asking grace for the cul-
prit when he should be brought
out.
“In all probability the f ult was
youi's, ” he would say, " but a isther it
was or not, I am sure i: would go to
your heart to see a. man old enough to
be your father disgraced and junished on
your account.”
So the midshipmrtn interceded, the
Curtain with some show of reluctance,
pardoned, and discipline was upheld. On
the other hand he unfould not even per-
mit his officers: i'o- address :1 1111111 as
“You, sir,” 0:1 t'..c ground that it was
unnecessarily discourteous and con-
temptuous.
“If you don’t know a man’s name,”
he said. rather dmplying that an officer
ought to know his men by name, "call
him ‘sailor.’ _”——Youth’s Companion.
WHAT IS A CLASSIC.
The Only Test is the Common Consent of
Humanity.
The aristom acy of . books includes no
volume lacking the vitality of good
breeding. . A book, therefore, before it
becomes a classic. must be selected by
the common consent of critics, it must
have distinct-ion, purity and artistic vi-
tality. '
There can be no question in this case
if we agree that time and the consensus
of critics throughout a long period shall
make up the judgment. ‘This century
settles the claims of last century’s claim-
ants. Always bear in mind, however,
that the forum in which the case must
inevitably be tried is that wherein the
governing law is not mere contempoary
taste. The classic is the immutable, the
ancient, the eternal. And yet the pres-
ent moment begins an eternity. A clas-
sicpf the long future may fall apparent-
1y. dead born from the press of to-day;
We may be too near sighted. to make out
its -cre..entials. ~ ~
The classic, then, is a work proven by
time, distinguished by superiority and
having the imperious pOWer of original
authority, soundness and purity of sub-
stance, which constitute a. model of ex-
cellence in' conception and workman-
ship, not merely for one day or period,
but for all time. —Chautauquan.
A Good One at Last.
"You know, boys, little people have
sharp cars. and they are notet all back-
War} about telling any little scraps of
1-31 1.1. tion they pickup. This pecul-
71123 led a good many parents to
- to s with: 5 words when their
4ch' '11 Ire: re .'.'e present. Of course
11.. it ,m .t of thin: ri 1 of no avail after the
g 491$; is r: to spell. Well, Mrs.
211:1" t.:. ’ an} I are in the spelling stage
11:1..3111‘. little Freddie is often very
much 111;. 3 iificd by our remarks to each
other. .
“Last night We ha' on: new minister
to dinner, and Fredd‘. . etched the good
man‘helping himself very liberally to
biscuits. He thought it a good oppor-
tunity t 1 put into use thefamily verbal
cipher, feeling perfectly certain that the
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minister would find it unintelligi-
ble. So he called out:
“ ‘Mamma!’
“What is it, Freddie?” asked my
wife.
“ ‘Mamma. isn’t the m-i-n-i-s—t-e—r a
p-i—g?" spelled out Freddie. triumph-
antly.”-—-Harper's Magazine.
The Alternative “'83 Cheaper.
A middle-aged man of tall and slen-
der build and earnest cast of counten-
ance stepped into a hatter's shop on
Jackson street yesterday morning and re-
moved the wrappings from a. soft
felt hat that he carried in his left
' hand.
"How much will it cost to have this
dyed "a light gray to match my hair?” he
inquired
“It will cost you at least a dollar,” re-
plied the batter.
Thecaller wrapped it up again.
“I won’t pay it,” he said, decidedly.
“For 35 cents I can get my hair dyed to
match the hat. Good day, sir.”—-Clii-
cago Tribune.
Life.
First Age—Sees the earth.
Second Age—Want it.
Third Age—Tries to get it.
Fourth Age—Concludes to take only a
large piece of it.
Fifth Age—Is still more moderate in
his demands.
Sixth Age—Decides to be satisfied
with a very small section.
Seventh Age—Gets it.—J,udge.
now It Was Arranged.
' Remember, Maud, I am no more
Plain Charlies Brown. but ‘Mr.’
Unless you will consent to be
My wife and not my Sr.’
And Maud consented then and there, '
And Charlie Brown then Kr.
~Halifax Herald.
‘ Strayod.
Mary had a little lamb, {I
It. followed her each day,
Till Mary put the bloomers on,
And then it ran away.
~Louisiann Times;
GOLD WATCH ES.
——_—.
There Are Thousands of Jewish Watch
Dealers, but No Watchmakers.
The manager of one of the largest
watch factories in the United States says
that while his company have a very
large number of Jewish customers who
buy watches at wholesale for their
stores. there is not in the country a
single watch factory of Jewish pro-
prietorship.
A large part- of the retail trade in
watches is in the hands of Jewish
dealers, whose purchases from the fac-
tories amount to millions of dollars a
year, but they leave to other people the
business of manufacturing them, which
is supposed to be a very prefitable in-
dustry.
There are certain kinds of watches
which can be manufactured only by ex-
isting companies. as t'zeir mechanism is
guarded by patents; but there are
other watches no part of the works of
which is patented. :In the making of
American watches machinery is em-
ployed to an extent unequaled in any
foreign country. The factory manager
eye that in the delicate and compli-
cated processes through which a stem»
winder watch is made not far from four
thousand distinct mechanical operations
are involved, besides other work which
does not come within the scope of
mahhinery:
In several of the largest American
watch factories the operatives are num-
bered by the thousand, and include both
men and women. It is surprising for
one who is unacquainted with the busi-
ness to learn that there are single fac-
tories in the United States which have
manufactured as many as half a million
watches in‘a year, and sold them, too.
Canine Knowledge of Human Speech.-
No dog lover requires proof that his
canine fiiends understand human
speech, and he is always ready to ac-
cept new evidence in favor of a. theory
already held. Knowing this fact, a cor-
respondent relates the exploits of a.
sailor dog appropriately named Jack.
His master was the captain of a. fish- '
ing vessel sailing from Provincetown.
Jack had often been his master’s com-
panion in his voyages, but on one occa-
sion it was decided that the dog must
be left at home. The eve of the cap-
tain’s departure had come. The dog lay
dozing beside the fire, and gave no sign
of interest when his master said in or-
dinary tones: “We must shut Jack up
in the barn to-uight, or he will try to
follow me in the morning.” .»
Presently Jack barked to be let out,
and no one thought any more about him
until bedtime, when he was to be made
prisoner. Then no Jack was to be found.
In vain were whistling, calling, coaxing
and scolding, and at last the puzzled
master gave up the search.
The next morning the captain started
before dawn on his long tramp to the
neighboring port. There his sailors
were waiting to row him to his vessel,
which was one of a. large fleet lying in
the harbor at some distance from the
- . _ - As they drew near his own ves-
:91 the captain Was astonished to see the
familiar head of Jr ck watching his ap-
proach with evident interest, and proba-
bly with varied emotions.
The dog’ s appearance had been as
great a mystery to the sailors during
the night as it was now to the captain.
Shortly after midnight they had been
startled by a whining and scratching at
the vessel’s side. and had been delighted
to find their friend Jack begging to be
taken from the water to the deck.
There is no reason to doubt that the
creature had fully understood his mas-
ter’s purpose, and determined to fore-
stall it. How be accomplished his long
tramp to the port, swam across the
harbor, and, in the dark was selected
his master‘s vessel from the large fleet
of similar craft, I leave it to some
master of canine psychology to explain.
I simply state the facts as I know them
to have occurred—Youths Companion.
Nature’s Beverage.
The weary teetotaller riding along a.
dusty white hot turnpike in Kentucky
came to afarm house with a. well sweep
in the front yard and a man sitting in
the shade by the gate.
"Good day,” saluted the traveller.
“Can I be accomodated with a drink
here? I am very thirsty.”
“Certainly.” was the hospitable re-
sponse. “What would you like to
have?” '
“Nature’s beverage, of course,” re-
plied the teetotaler, somewhat shocked.
“All right,” said the native, taking a
bottle of corn juice from his pocket and
handing it over. “There’s about a pint
in t re and plenty more in the house.
Help urself.”
Public Office for Riches.
The honorarium which the Chinese
Government paid Mr. John W. Foster
for his diplomatic services is said on ex-
cellent authority tobe between $50,000
and $60,000, and not $250,000, as first re-
ported. On the occasion of Mr. Fos-
ter’s first meeting with Li Hung Chang,
the latter asked the American ex-Secre-
tary of State:
“You have held many ofiices?”
“Yes, quite a. number.”
“And you are not rich?”
”N0 is
“You have a queer country,” re ed
the Viceroy, “I cannot understand u.”
The Bicycle and the Piano.
There is one redeeming feature about
the bicycle craze; the father who buys
his girls one each has no money left to
buy a piano.—Atchison Globe.
Sure of Him.
“Isn’t be rather fast?" asked the anx-
ious mother.
"Yes, mamma, in one sense of the
word. I don't think he can get away.”
——Indianapolis Journal.
Kansas's corn crop this year will be
about 400,000,000 bushels, the biggest
the State ever had. Nebraska, too, ex-
' pa. .s to make a record, if present indi-
217.0113 hold out, with the largest crop
-.. -r-. -:331 11 the State.
Cucumbers
Green Apples
Watermelons
Have no terrors for the stomach pro-
tectcd by SANFORD S GINGER. It
is so essential to the preservation of
health in the summer season, so pure
in its composition, so delicious to the
taste, and so potent in saving doctors'
bills, that it is folly to be without it.
Avoid substitutes. Ask for SANFORD’S
GINGER and look for owl trade mark on the
wrapper. Sold ever here. Poms DRUG AND
CHEM. Conn, Bole roprietors,Bostcn.
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