V' ' NORWWGAZE’ITE.
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.FBIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18.1896.
THE WEA [REEL—In New England
to-day clear weather Will prevail, with
slight temperature changes and fresh
to light southwesterly and westerly
winds. On Saturday, in both of these
sectIons, fair and warmer weather will
prevail, with light variable winds; and
on Sunday partly cloudy weather. with
nearly stationary temperature, followed
by rain and northeasterly winds.
Lowest Prices on Record.
Corn and oats the past week have
broken all previous records on the New
York and Chicago exchanges.
On the Chicago Board of Trade,
September, or cash corn, sold down to
19% cents a bushel, andS ptember cats
at 14% cents a» bushel. In New York
they sold at 25% and 19 respectively.
The lowest price of No. 2 “cash” corn
last year in Chicago was 25 cents a
bushel, in December. The highest
‘ price touched during that year was 55%
cents in May. The lowest price of No.
2 “cash” oat-I in Chicago last year was
16% cents, in December. The highest
price last year Was 31:}, in June, or
more than twice the figure that oats
are now selling at. _
In May, 1892, “cash” corn ran up 40%
cents to $1 a bushel in Chicago, and
“cash” oats in April, 1891, sold at 57%
cents a bushel. \
As the freight rates from most grain
producing Western States to Chicago
are somexhing like eight cr ten cents
per 100 pounds, it means that the
farmers got only fourteen or fifteen
cents a bushel for their corn and ten or
eleven cents for their oats.
The unprecedentedly low prices fit
these products are due to the enormous
crops thatrhave been raised this year
and prospects of their being gathered
without injury from frost or rain.
"Many claim that the farmer will not be
repaid for the cost of raising his corn
and oatsif’he sells at present prices,
and that he would save money by turn-
ing coxn'instead of coal, as many are
saidgto have done last year, when there
was a crop Of 2,151,000,000 bushels, and
in 1891, when ihe crop was 2,060,000,00".(
The present low prices of corn aid
oats as well as wheat, are stimulating
exports. Foreigners have had large
orders in this market during the last
week. Exports of wheat last week
(flour included), from both coasts of
the United States, were 3,369 862 bush-
els, and of corn 2,527,000 bushels.
These heavy shipments are calculated to
have a beneficial effect in keeping down
eaghange rates.
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Farmers are Men of Sense.
Vermont is an agriculIural state, and
so largely is Maine, and their protert
against free silver and Bryanism is a
fair indication of the Way the farmers
are tending upon present issues. John
M. Stahl of Illinois, secretary of the
Farmers’ National congress of the
United States, in the North American
Review for September, gives an esti-
mate of the American farmers which is
creditable to their intelligence and un-
doubtedly a fair representation of their
knowledge of the interdependence of
industries. He says;
“Farmers understand the interdepen-
dence of industries. They know that
any policy, whether it relates to the
tarifi' or the currency, that reduces the
output of factories and the business of
merchants, must lessen the purchasing
capacity for farm products; that any
measure that banks furnace fires and
lowers the wages of workingmen, must
lower the prices of beef wheat and
wool. Asa shrewd businessman, as”
well as. a patriot, the farmer should
have every spindle’i’hum, a merry fire
at every forge, and every workingman’s
pail well filled. _
“He agrees with the silver mono-
. metalist that our great need is money
in circulation, but he believes that to
get money in circulation we must have,
not more activity at our mints so much
as increased production at our factories
under a protective tariff and more con-
fidence in our financial integrity.
There is as much money in circuaticn
to-day as there was in the years imme-
diately preceding 1893—years of unex-
ampled prosperity—save the gold called
across the sea by the fear of foreigners
that we ‘will reach a silver basis,
and the goldhoarded at home because
of the same'fear in this country. The
money still exists, but it is not circu-
wanaLRARonwamaloAznrrnT“
unwise tariff legislation has stricken
down American industry and created
d'strust, and because those that have
much of our money’fear that if they
pay it out for stocks or bonds, or loan
it to the manufacturers or merchants
or investors they may have to receive
in payment scarcely more than one-E
half of its value. What we need to get
more money into circulation is not so
much more money coin d, as a greater
demand for money to pay wages and
the, restoration of confidence in the
money we have."
Monroe’s To'mb Déspolle'd.
The widespread discussion of the
Monroe doctrine in connection with the
Venezuelan matter has caused unusual
public interest in the tomb of the au-
thority of this declaration. This has
recalled the fact of the removal of the
name plate of President Monroe. This
robbery was committed some time ago.
It was of bronze and about. 13x18
inches. It is possible that the thief
thought the plate was silver, and there-
fore of considerable value. Monroe’s
tomb is in the northwestern part of
Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond,
and near by the grave * of President
Tyler, and within a few rods of the
last resting place of J eiferson Davis.
Killing Oafiaai’rfiiguea
Of the various chemicals used for’
killing Canada thistles, common salt
has proved most satisfactory. If used
alone, it must be applied with a liberal
hand—sufficient to kill all vegetation.
In connection with stock, however, par-
ticularly sheep, aless amount—usually
a small handful upon each plant—has
been found efiective. The salt kills the
plant at the point of contact, as well as
all other plants which attempt to start
at that place, while the constant tramp-
ing of the ground by the stock so com-
pacts it that other plants are not apt to
start from the roots. I have seen com-
plaints that mulching was not an efiec-
tive remedy, but am inclined to think
the operation could not have been thor-
oughly done.--A. A. Crozier.
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source of Ivory.
African ivory is now conceded to _be
the finest. The first quality of this
comes from near the equator, and it has
been remarked with regard to this fact,
that the nearer the equator the smaller
is the elephant, but the larger the
tasks. ‘
The ivory from equatorial Africa is
closer in the grain and has less tenden-
cy to become yellow by exposure than
Indian ivory. The finest transparent
African ivory is collected along the
west coast between latitudes 10 degrees
north and 10 degreessouth, and this is
believed to deterioratoin quality and to 7
be more liable to damage with increase
of latitude in either direction. The
whitest ivory comes from the east
coast. , It is considered to be in best
condition 'When recently cut; it has
then a mellow, warm, transparent tint,
as if soaked in oil, and very little ap-
pearance of grain or texture.
India ivory has an opaque, dead white
color, and a tendency to become discol-
ored. Of the Asian varieties Siam is
considered to be the finest, being much
superior in appearance and density. The
ivory of the mammoth tasks is not very
much esteemed, particularly in Eng-
land; it is considered too dry and brit~
tle for elaborate work, besides which it
is very liable to turn yellow. As a mat-
ter of fact. the largest tusks very rarely
leave Asiatic Russia, being too rotten
for industrial purposes.
The Texas Afloat Again.
NEWPORT, Sept. 18. — The battleship
Texas, which grounded while entering
the harbor, was pulled OE at 1 :40 a. m. by
four tugs. There was no rock under her,
and she is uninjured without doubt. Her
going ashore was due to a misunderstand-
ing of orders in the engine room. It is
said that the port engine was not reversed
when it should have been. The Texas was
aground about seven hours.
An Express Train W'recked.
HAMILTON, Ont.. Sept. 18.—The Brant- '
ford express on the Toronto, Hamilton
and Buffalo railway was wrecked a. short
distance from the western limit of the
city. The engineer, James Facer, and his
fireman, George Johnson, were instantly
killed. '
Ex-Chief of Police Sentenced.
Los ANGELES, Sept. 18.—W. B. Ken-
nett, former chief of police of- St. Louis,
who shot and killed Detective Lawson
here about a year ago, has been sentenced
to 15 years in prison.“
List of Patents.
List of Pac‘eu a method from the U. S.
Patent Oliic», luesday, September 16.h
1896 for the State of Connecticut, fur-
nished us from the Olfioe of Earle &
Seymour, S nlicitors of Patents, 868
Chapel Sn. New Haven, Conn.
- C. H Curtis, Derby &C. E. Atwater,
New Haven, cupper. ‘
H. A. House, Bridgeport, anchor.
C. Kraul, New Haven, dividers.
W. W. ShaIler and H. P. Chapman.
assignor to Comstock & Cheney Co.
IVUl‘leD, automuic machine for pro-
ducmg piino aCiIOLI parts.
L. C. Smith, aeSVELIOI‘ to Yale &
Towne Mfg Co , Stamford, sash fasten-
er. Two patents.
E Stockwmi, assignor to Yale &
Towne Mtg. 00., Stamford, time lock.
Sumo, pernutation lock. - '
W. I1. Taylor, ass gnor Yale & Towne
Mfg, Co. Stamford, pin lock.
DESIGNS.
H. 0. Hart, Unionville, knife or fork
handle. ‘
J. L hes, asss‘gnor to Scovill Mfg.
Mfg. (‘o., Waterbury, gas burner.
W. H. T
To‘wne Mtg. 00., Stamford, padlock
case. ‘ - -
E. J. Toot, New Haven, saddle pom-
mel plate. ‘
H. L. Wallace, assignor to B. Wal-
lace & Sons Mfg. Co. Wallingford, huh-
dle for knives, forks, etc.
W. S. Ward, assignor one-half to E.
W. Twrtchell, Plantsville, bicycle crank
hung up the lite-blood ottrade because kshaf‘. Two patents,
\gri.,,:,'. ,3; _j;
aylor, assiguor to Yale & '
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WHEREAS. by satisfactory evidence pre-
sented to the undersigned; it has been made
to appear that THE CENTRAL NATIONAL
BANK in the Town of Norwalk. in the County
of Fairfield and State 'of Connecticut. has
complied with all the provisiondgof the “Act
of Congress to enable National Banking Asso-
ciations to extend their corporate existence
and for other purposes,” approved July 12th,
1882.
NOW, THEREFORE, I. George M. Corfin,
Deputy and Acting Comptroller of the Our“
rency, do hereby certify that THE CENTRAL
NATIONAL BANK. in the Town of Norwalk
in the County'of Fairfield and State of Con-
necticut. is authorized to have succession for
the period specified in its amended articles of
association. nainely until close of business on
August 21. 1916. I
IN Tas'rmour Wnannor, wit-
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ness my hand and Seal of office
{ L' s. } this twenty-first day of August
r-Y' 1896.
GEORGE M. COFFIN.
Deputy and Acting Comp-
' troller of the Currency.
No. 2342. assess ‘
S. B. WILSON, '
PRACTICAL CONTRACTOR
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a specialty. Contracts taken in
any part of the country.
STEAM MILL AID YARD, OFFICE,
8 GROSS SB, 92 VIAll ST
Norwalk, Conn.
Widens and Specifications fuanished.
Raymond a. Son.
Successorsto George H. Raymond.
Furniture Dealers and General Funeral
Directors.
46 and 48 Main Street Norwalk Lt
Residence, Berkeley Place.
Teloxbcne No. 7 9-4 "
Piano LeSsons.
RS. GEORGE W. BRADLEY. (daughter
of tne lateWm. P.._Nash.) Rives efficent
and satisfactory instructions on the, Piano at
her home No. 193 Main street.
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