._ In“. _ . . walk and its allied territory, is such to a limited supply. NORWmGAZE’I‘TE. .. l'rufh above to“ things.’ f _ Entered in the Post Office as a Newspaper FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1896. THE WEATHER—Forecast for to- day: Slightly warmer weather and light winds with' fr0st lo- night. On Saturday, fair to partly cloudy, warmer weather and fresh easterly to southerly wind-, and on Sunday partly cloudy, with slight temperature changes, fol- lowed by rain. Divide the Town. It is very evident that alGreater N or- walk must long remain a’theory - rather than become a condition. The friction between upper Norwalk and South Nor- that it never can be eradicated. We believe that cmsolidatiou would be best, but we also believe that Eneither end of the town will forge ahead while working at cross purposes. Under these circumstances the best way would be to let South Norwalk and its friends de' part in peace and carve out their own destiny. Upper Nor walk, by going it alone, might be able to display some public spirit, and its spirit of rivalry, freed from interference, might do many, things that it would not do now. And South Norwalk likewise freed from its fear of upper Norwalk, could do its own sweet will. All this may seem treachery to the cause of consolidation, but there is no use of demanding the impossible, and we are not so sure but that it would work well to divide the town. The town of Derby was torn by the strife between Ansonia and Derby, but the town was divided and now each town goes it alone. We may be wrong but we are not so sure but that division would be the best solution of our pres . ant d ifieulty. ‘ .fi Plain Truths For Farmers. The advocates of cheap money tell the farmers on ever- hand that the de- cline‘ in agricultural products begun mth the decline of silver and has. kept pace with It, and that they will be re- stored to prosperity by the free coin- age of silver. It is not true, and mo.t of the men who declare it know it to be false. Even when silver was declining rapidly, the price of wheat had gone up close to a dollar a bushel regardless of the value of silver, solely because the wheat, like silver, is governed by the inexorable laws of supply and demand. During the last thirty days wheat has advanced 13 cents a bushel, and silver has been steadily declining as wheat has been advancing. When wheat was worth 13 cents less a bushel than it is today, the silver dollar was worth 53 cents. To day ,wheat is worth 75 cents and the silver dollar is worth a very slight fraction over 50 cents. Wheat has advanced because of the failure ofh the Russian crop; because there is a foreign demand for our sur- plus. Silver has declined because every country using gold and silver money together has all the silver it can main- tain, and the free silver countries are all too poor to buy it. The farmers of 'the country are suffu- ing from two causes. The first is the over-production of wheat,- the second is the lessened ability of our industrial classes to consume it. A reduction of 40 per cent. in the Russian crop of wheat has reduced the London market Wheat at once ad- vanced in market value solely because there is not enough abroad to feed the people and our surplus is drawn upon. In 1885, when this country was enjoy- ing a high tide of prosperity, the aver- age annual consumption of wheat for every man, woman and child in the country was over 6 bushels. This year the average consumption per capita will be but a small fraction if any over 3 bushels. Thu°, for want of ability of our industrial people to find employ- ment and command good wages, the consumption of wheat in this country is reduced 2000,000,000 of bushels. The farmers can have no prosperity excepting when all classes and condi- tions are prosperous, and when con- sumption of agricultural and other in- dustrial products reaches the highest degree. This is always the case when labor is employed and well rcquited, and it never can be the case when la- bor is not employed at fair wages, for the reason that workingmen must then live more cheaply and cannot consume Silver Down—Wheat Up. The recent sharp advance in wheat co-incident with a fall in silver is quite in line with the experience of the last month and annihilates the theory that the price of silver is inseparably linked with the prices of farm products. ' Government assay bars fell to sixty- five and a half cents an ounce. At this price the bullion value of the silver in a silver dollar is fifty and a half cents, so that if the advocates of free coinage were successful we would have a dollar worth about fifty cents. Every claim made by the silverites has been promptly refuted by this event. Silver goes down because the demand is not equal to the supplv, and wheat advances because the demand exceeds the supply. The farmer must see that the prices of his products are not dependent upon the fluctuations of that govern all other commodities. HAP AND MISHAP IN AFRICA. I M. GASTON DONNE'I‘ is preparing an expedition into the Sahara in search of the survivors of the Flatters mission. Large sums of money have been sub- scribed in Paris to help him. IN the ancient ruins near Buluroayo, in South Africa, a. great find of antique jewelry and gold work has just been made; over two hundred ounces have already been taken out. 'KHAMA, the Bechuana chief, who was Lo Bengula’ s principal native enemy and led a contingent of fifteen hundred to aid the British in their fight against the Matabeles, is about to visit England. NEWS is received in London of the death of Makololo, one of Livingstone’s most faithful followers in Africa. from 1851 to 1864. What makes his taking off five widows to mourn him. Two FRENCHMEN, M. Versepuy and Baron Romans, have left Zanzibar, with twenty-eight Europeans and a. large body of native carriers, to ex- plore Mounts Kilimandjaro and Kenia. and the country about Lake Rudolph for the French government. PUBLIC OFFICIALS OF ENGLAND. SIR WILLIAM HARCOUBT has taken to driving mules; he rides through the New Forest in a phaeton drawn by a. pair that has been presented to him. WILLIAM KENNY, Q. 0., who was re- a. rare thing In Ireland. licitor general, is a. Scotchman and practiced medicine before becoming a. lawyer. His appointment makes the number of liberal unionists in the gov- ernment fifteen. AMONG the new members of the Eng- lish house of commons is the Indian career. He is the son of at Bombay merchant and has been a lawyer and an editor in England anda. judge in India. HENRY M. STANLEY made his first impression in the house by a fierce on- slaught on Sir Charles Dilke and by saying that England should evacuate Egypt, but not before the Soudan had been reconquered. His style in speak- ing is declamatory, bluff and effective from its earnestness. _— KINGS AND QUEENS OF EUROPE. KING CHRISTIAN of Denmark is the oldest European monarch, while King Alfonso of Spain is the youngest. QUEEN VICTORIA saves her dining- room carpet at Balmoral by covering the space around the table with strips of drugget that will wash. ANOTHER king who finds himself hard up is the ruler of the Belgians, who is trying to dispose of some of his real es- tate to a cash purchaser. QUEEN VICTORIA once wrote some verses which were forwarded to a pub- lisher under a nom de plume, and were promptly returned “with thanks.” AFeII Cutting Remarks! A Good, \Varranted AXE for $1 .0 0. Best BRADLEY AXE, $1 .25. Extra Handles, 20 and 25c. Hatch ets. 25c. First-class Buck Saw, 500. H. H. WILLIAMS 17 Main St. Mrs. means... meanest WILL REOPEN SEPTEMBER 29, 1896. ALL APPLICATIONS For admission should be made at Hillside at an early day. the full products of the firm. silver, but upon the same natural laws ' the sadder is the fact that he left forty-- cently appointed Solicitor general for Ireland is a. Roman Catholic unionist, RR. R. B. FINLAY,Q. C., then new so- . Bhownagree, who has had an unusual- TH E EVEN IN C. oAz E ’ T. CHECKER-BOARD BUSINESS DIRECTORY. NORWALK PII‘O lIlSIlI'OIIOO CO. In Successful Oper- ation Since 1860, Safes For Rent. VALIIAILES STORED IN Safe Deposit Vault OF THE NATIONAL BANK Ol‘ NORWALK, 1113033113 . ’ ‘ .- THIS OFFICE. H No Outsranding Claims. BRING o. Ward snack, BEST GOODS. TEAS and COFFEES . . 18 WALL ST. GAZETTE ADS. GOOD RESULTS Frank T. Hyatt DENTIST, “ 8 West Avenue. ENTERPRISE Bottling Works, 7 Wall Street. FIRE MES ”AID MEIR EXPRESSLY FOB ram- ILY USE. Mail orders receive prompt attention. TREES! TREES! TREES! Call at 58 Belden Avenue, if you are no- ing to set out trees thls fall. All stock warranted to live. Edy Ir Buttery, 58 Belden Ave. 25 years foreman of Hoyts’ Nurseries. ~ w. H. erNoIon stunner. Onto Riddle Otiiiiig. I ' Painting. Pa er Hanging. Ks. somin- ing and Hardwood Finishing. G. l. PLATT, 52 Wilton Avenue, Norwalk. Conn. Send for book con- taining samples. PARLOR DARBER-r-SIIOP, E. S. LEOIBOLD. 4-7 Maln Street. TRY WEED’S SODA WATER 38 Wall St. . .- . got 15...“... EVERY orsommor EXECUTED AT .THE ‘ ' GAZETTE OFEIOE» oonnronour -' uuunrr, Ilaviland Street. RECEIVING BASKETS From which collections are made twice daily, are at the following places: Benedict, W. A. & 00., 114 Washington 5' .reet. Bodwell, H. E., 75 Washington street. Comstock Bros.,14 South Main street. Sturtevant’s, 51 and 53 North Main street. . Johnson, Edward (2., 193 Washmgton street, [Bridge.] Gorham, E. E.,10 First avenue, East Norwalk. Pinneo’ s, 49 Wall street, N orwalk Also at Elm Grove Store, from which a daily collection will be made. Our DrIvers Will be Glad to Can Whenever Notified. OOIIIIEOTIOIIT - LAUNDRY! llaviland Street. Southorwalk, Conn MEEKER COAL co, GOAL, WOOD, BRICK, LIME, OEMEIII, TILE PIPE. OFFICE WITH a. WARD SELLEOK WALLSTREET. NORWI. LK. ‘Raqund a Son. Successorsto George H.3aymcnd. Furniture Dealers an a General Funeral D t era. 46 and 48 Main Street Norwalk 0t Residence, Berkeley Place, fl TelerhoneNo. 7 7-4 Is shOwing the Finest and Largest Line at Shoes, Ever placed on sale, for the Fall of 1896, in N orwalk. In Hanan It" Son’s well-known line, we Wish to invite your inspection of the following styles of Toes in Shoes. Bull Dog Palenf Leathers, Bull Dog Enamel Leathers, Royal Toe in both Self and Patent Leather. flew Enamo'Oalfwifh Double and Single Soles, ‘ and are only a few of the many new styles we have added to our immense stock of both. Ladies’ and Gents’ Fine Shoes. I A full line of TIIIIIIIIS, BIOS. MAOIIITOSIIES and RUBBER- THE HITE SHOE STORE Our Winter Tan, “Dull Dos Toe with Double Sole and Rope Siileh around the Edge,” I ls-simply Perfection itself. These Goods are strictly UP-TO-DATE, OLOTlilllfi. Your Stone-shined free at the LEADING SHOE STORE. 3 Gazelle BI. ildinr. And bring your JOB WORK to the GAZETTE office and see how well we can satisfy the most fastidious. bring the copy and wewill fix it up to draw trade to your store; Should you wish to advertise in this paper
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