. a clincher, 300 or 400 per cent. WEEKLY NORWALK GA ZETTE NORWWGW’ ' 'Truth above all things.'= Entered in the Post Ofiice as a Newspaper FRIDAY, APRIL 9, 1897. The Battleship Iowa. Another success was scored for the new American navy in the official trial .trip of the battleship Iowa, the official figures showing a sustained speed of seventeen knots for a run of four con- secutive hours. This secures a bonus tther builders of $200,000 and raises the aggregate earned by the Cramps for the several war vessels built by them in bonuses for exceeding contract speed above two millions of dollars. The performance of the Iowa in its trial trip, while gratifying, was not surprising, for it has been the custom for a new war vessel to outdo its con- raet requirements so long that no one expects anything else any more. The only thing out of the usual order in the case of the Iowa is that it is the last of new naval steamers upon which. a bonus is to be paid. The achievement of the next vessel to make the speed test will be watched with no little interest, and if it fails to exceed the contract require- ments there will be no public dissap- pulnhment. ' —————4’ Other Relief Should be Furnished. Floods, fires and tornadoes are de- structive agencies that some times get clear beyond human control and cause loss and suffering that cannot be re- lieved by local authorities. The deg structive flood in the Mississippi valley furnishes a case of this kind at the pres- ent time, and the President was fully justified in recommending and Con- gress in promptly appropriating the sum of $200,000 for the relief of the vic- tims of the flood. While it is not ordinarily the duty of Gangress to make relief appropriations, the present is an extraordinary occasion to'which local relief measures are total- Jy‘ inadequate. It is better, therefore, that Gingress strain a point than that men, women and children be allowed to die of exposure and starvation. The local authorities should not, how- ever, accept the prompt action of Con- gress as a pretext for resigning the whole burden of flood relief to Con.- gress. State and local relief should be furnished to the utmost limit, the gov- ernment appropriation being applied solely to relieve urgent wants, which cannot be relieved in time otherwise. _.___._.... Parted. “Doubtless the pleasure is as great of being cheated as to cheat.” 80 said a sage, and he was justified in so say- ing by the apparent eagerness of hu- man beings to be gulled. Lately those who find pleasure in being taken in, have had some glittering invitations to enjoy themselves. These invitations have come from. New York and they cordially invite those who receive them to make money in Wall street with ab- solute certainty and safety! by taking advantage of a system that cannot fail. One of these invitations contained the followxng: “Speculation is no longer a lottery, but a science whereby, through the mediumpf carefully formed rules and conditions, one can enter the financial arena andlaccumulate wealth on the same mathematical principles that are followed by an architect who plans a building.” Then followed ap- peals to the imagination of persons un- familiar with Wall’streetzspeculation.l Reputable brokers were already re- ferred to, and the announcement made that all of the firm’s transactions were on the New, York Stock Exchange. As was premised on sums of “$25 and up- wards.” Most dupes began by sending $25 to try it, and for a time, until they were “well in,” would receive fine "dividendr." Some m1ght write to well knownfiirokers, but if they received any reply' it would merely be that the concern was unknown. Others would write to the Stock Exchange—the sec- retary has§rccevedmany such letters— and learnthat the :firm had_no.connec- t on with the. Exch1 '19 ‘. Bull j. sands invested their money without any‘. investigation. Now thelconcern' that sent out there invitations has“busted’ andlmany of those who have accepted its invitations are wondering whether they have had fun - enough for their ‘1- money. There isn t much use in warning those who are inclined to accept suchfiinvila- tions as the one set forth above. Fools and their money are. soon parted, :and those who are in the business of parting them know their business, remarks the New Haven Journal and_Courier. I . years’ POOR OLD NANCE. TOO MUCH LIGHT AND FREEDOM 'FATAL TO THE MINE MULE. She Couldn’t. Live Under Ground and be HaPPY. and “’as at Last Bought bv the Men and Enabled to View Green Pas-V tures Once More. In many of the bituminous coal mines of western Pennsylvania the useful mules never see the light of day from the time they are lowered into the mine until they become unscrvice- able through old age or sickness. Mules confined in mines undergo some wonderful changes. The short hair with which the body is covered attains an exaggerated development. Hearing does not seem to be affected, but the sense of smell grows, very acute. When released after confinement the mules some- times go totally blind. “The old mules,” said an old miner to a Mail and Express reporter, “just pine aWay and die. - “It was just five years ago,” he went on, “that old Nancy’s carcass was hoisted out: of the Hogback Mine and three hours after buried on that ridge. It was a sad day for the boys. Old Nance was considered the wisest crit- ter in this district. She was a favorite with the boys, and had many admin able traits that were uncommon among her class. Nance was so well known and so sensible that we allowed her to run at large. She learned to slide the wooden bolt that fastened the barn door, and came and went as she pleased. Nance seemed to know the general rising hour of the miners, and at 5 o’clock every morning she would go galloping down the narrow little streets of the town, braying for all she was worth. The miners all knew that it was time to get up. Nance was :11— ways prompt in sounding the revellle, and alarm. Nance's days of freedom were ab- ruptly ended one day in the spring.r of ’92. Two of the mules in the mine died. Mules were scarce, and the mine oflicials concluded that Nance should spend the remainder of her life in an underground home. “You never saw such a change in a. mule in your life. All the life seemed to ooze out of he1. She was limp and wretched. Thole was actually tons in her eye. You couldnt get old Nance to do enough work after that to pay for herkeep. and she was such :1 favorite :1111o11g the boys that to lay 11 whip 011 her menu-t fight on the spot. "The result of it was that we raised 11 collection and bought old Nance, re- solved that she should spend the rest: of her days in green pastures, and there was rejoicing among the miners when old Nance, by this time a. mere skeleton, was placed in the bucket and started on her journey upward. When Nance was within fifty feet of the surface she picked up her ears and began stamping on the bottom of the bucket. I and two other miners were in the bucket, and we expected every moment the bottom would be kicked out and send us all to eternity. "The effects on old Nance when she caught the first streak of sunshine were wonderful. She broke loose when the top of the shaft was reached. She wabbled around like a drunken per. son, keeping up a succession of brays that awakened the whole neighbor- hood. The light of day blinded her, and she ran against every obstacle in her irregular course. She finally came to an open field and galloped and prauccd across it like a boy returning from school. Two hours afterward we found her in the stall that had been her home before she began arduous duties in the mine. Old Nance was stone dead, and I believe to this day that joy following her liberation caused her death. “Mules and horses cut all kinds of capers when released from mines 21f< ter long confinement, but there is not a case 'on record that beats that of old Nance.” Her lVlouth. It is said that a certain English por« trait painter has almost as great a re- putation for joking as .for taking ex- cellent likenesses. One evening he was speaking ofn beautiful young girl whose portrait he. had just finished. “Her features are exquisitively moulded. I have heard." said a friend who had seen neither the portrait nor the original. “Beautiful forehead and eyes,” re- turned the artist. concisely; “hand- some nose, finc chi-n, mouth like an eleplmnt’s." "Mouth like an elephants!" echoed his friend. in dismay. “What a. ter- rible misfortune! 'Do you mean that it is so enormous and,— Whut do you mean?" “Only that it is lined with superb ivory, madam." returned the artist with his usual gravity. No Desire for Possessions. John- Campbell tells a story about the cross-examination 0f :1 bad-tom- pcrcd female in his court. She was an Amazonian person. Her husband. ob- viously the weaker vessel, sat shoop- ishly listening. The opposing. attorney pressed :1 wrhzin question rather ur- gently, 11: .1 sold angrily: “You needn’t 1111111: ’10 catch me. You tried that once before.” The lawyer said: “Madam, I have not the slightest de- sire to catch you, and your husband looks as if he was sorry he did.”——The Green Bag. ' billlfi . Glaring Favoritism. “Don’t you wont to get 111 this Na- tional Encyclopaedia of Prominent People—cost you only $25?” “No, sir; don’t like the way it is run—look at George Washington and John Quincey Adams getting in fur nothing.”-—Chica.go Record. . many . f TH E EVEN W o. ' GAZETTE: CHECKER-BOARD BU SINESS DIRECTORY. Q "NORWALK Fire Insurance 00. In Successful Oper- ation Since 1860, No Outstanding Claims. Safes For Rent. mmus 81011:» IN Safe Deposit Vault OF THE NATIONAL BANK or noawanx, GAZETTE ADS. BRING GOOD RESULTS G. Ward Selleck, BEST GOODS. TEAS and COFFEES 18 WALL n l' l I t i ”I- i Frank '1‘. it...“ I DENTIST, 8 West Avenue. Geo. W. Raymond, DEALER IN nSt aple and Fancy Groceries AND Provisions No.9Maln St. ENTERPRISE Bottling Works, 7 Wall Street. FIIE Al is AID [ASER EXPRESSLY son FAM- [LY USE. Mail orders receive prompt attention. NASH 81 VANSCUY 1 —Dealers in— I Caocaanv, CHINA AND GLAss WARE. PLUMBING. STEAM AND GAS EITTIII. ‘ ‘ Cor. Main & West is sf an, N0 nWA LK. or , COSTLY THINGS. “'ay People All (Du-r the World Spend Their. )Imtcv. Inte1esting pnraglnphs comm 01.1 by the Chicago News: The costliest building of mo loin times is the State Capitol, of Albany, N. Y. Over‘$20,000,000 has been ex- pended on it. The biggest price overpaid for a horse in America was $125,000, given by J. Malcolm Forbes, of Boston, for Leland Stanford’s Arion, a trotter. ' A buff Leghorn pullet exhibited at a New York chicken fair in 1892 was valued at $100. The Shah of Persia has a tobacco pipe worth $400,000. In the year 1635 a tulip bulb was, Sold in Holland for $2,200. It weighed 200 grains. The largest sum ever offered or asked fora single "diamond was $2,. 150,000. which .the Nizam of Hydera‘ bad agreed to give Mr. Jacobs, the famous jeweler of Simln, for the 1m periol diamond, considered the finest stone in the world. The costliest rugs in the world are owned by the Shah of Persia and the Sultan of Turkey. Each possesses a mat made of pearls and diamonds, val- ued at over $2. 500, 000. The Carleton Club, 1 t ndon. owns the largest mat 01 mg eve1 111:1:13. . ~.-i~--.r 'Ihe costliest crown is that worn by the Russian Czar on ceremonial occa sions. It is surmounted. by a. cross formed of five magnificent diamonds, resting upon' an immense uncut but polished ruby. The ruby rests on eleven large diamonds, which in turn rest on a mat of pearls. The coronel of the Empress is said to contain the most beautiful collection of diamonds ever massed together. The largest price for a cane was bid at an auction in London of the walk- ing sticks which were once the prop- erty of George III. and George IV. It was £18, or $90, and was given for a walking stick of ebony, with a gold top, engraved “G. R.” and with a crown, and also containing the hair of the Princesses Augusta Elizabeth, Mary Sophia and Amelia, and in- scribed, , “The Gift of the Princess Mary, 18043? The most expensive royal regalias in the world are said to be those of the Maharajah of Baroda, India. First comes a gorgeous collar, containing 500 diamonds, arranged. in five rowsx some of these as large as walnuts. A top and bottom row of emeralds 01 equal size relieve the lustre of the dia- monds. A pendant is composed of a single brilliant called the “Star of the Deccan;y and there are aigrettes, neck- laces, bracelets, rings and chains to match. The Maharajah’s own special carpet, ten by six feet in extent, made entirely of pearls, with a big diamond in the center and in each corner, cost $1.500.000=.- __._ .1 “ac-w- Edgar Buttery, N u rsery man , NORWALK, CONN. Trees. Shrubs and Plants. Strawberry Plants 8. Specialty. Brandy Wine. Rio and Marshel. 300ther Varieties. Office, 6 Water St. Nurs’ ys, Broad River. Send Your Order to IIIIIT 81 ZELIIFF, When You Want; a NiceFresh Fish 60 Washington St. SOUTH NORWALK. THIS SPIGE . IS GOIITIIAGTEII FOB BY GARDIIIER & IITGIIELL. C HIL DREN’S Wagons, Garts, Barrows, Hoops, Garden Sets, ' Kites, Marbles, Tops, 811:. School Supplies. We have the biggest Tablet in town for 5 cents. Ileal Estate and Steamship Agent. ,. JOHN T. 5 mm srnrrr, HERE’S YOllll HAYES, NORWALK. GHAIGE. A fine building lot on Wilton ave- nue. I; you intend to build, look at this before purchasing. Water, gas and sewer on the avenue. Will be sold at a Bargain. .W. H. BYINGTON, ’ Real-Estate and Insurance Room I ._ Gazette 'B’l’d. EMBIISSIIIG FRED A. WALTER, A MAKER 0F ND DEALE 1 HARNESS Altar}? HORSE GOODS Repairing of all kinds done at sho1 t not-ice Harness made tc or der a specialty 31 IIIAIIV L ’l. NORWALK. - - CONN. I PIEI. “03’- Real German Lager, 0n draught and in Bottles. —AT— BATGHFOBD’S, 4-4- M ain Street. W , Wholesale and Retail W . . BYI NGTON GOAL. Dealer 1n INSURANCE. 1.11000 3111': smf Ann Hum I". Sazeile Building. MASOIS’ BUILD- ING MATERIALS MANUFACTURER 013‘ CE W "IT -:- PIPE Office and Yard 3'1 to 41 Water Street. .S. B. Wilson, Carpenter and Builder. STEAM Mlll. l. YMTI OFFICE. 92 Wall St- Norwalk. Conn. 1 . P ' t' , P A: “I "AI-KI" Higgigg. K: s‘brmin- ‘ mg and Hardwood carpenter - . Finishing. and Bullder, 50 gubozlf". .. . venue SAVIIIG AID PLAIIIG Norwalk, Con’n. Send for book con- taining samples. 76 Franklin Ave... NORWALK. CONN. PARLOR BAHBEfl-i-SHOP, E. S. LEOBOLD. 47 Main Street. TRY WEED’S SODA WATER 38 Wall St. Job Printing? or EVERY DESCRIPTWI nxnonrnn it run GAZETTE OFFICE _ DONE AT THIS OFFICE. "‘fi/Etna Life Made the-‘FollowinglGainslin thelYear l896: INSOBAHOEv' ..colrlnr. Increase in Income, $ 1 .0578 I 6.28. Increase in Assets, $ I 997,234.42. Increase in Surplus, $I98,8l6,8l. Increase in New Life Business, e l 598,668.00. Increase in Life Insurance in Force, $5,608,680.00.- Increase in Accident Insurance in Force, $2 1 736500.00 Increase in Accident Premiums, . $ [75,085.72—01' 62 per cent. Increase in Ne of Life Insurance written in Connecticut, $3 I 0,642.00. Increase in total Life Insurance in Connecticut. $472,569.00. . From the increased Surplus the usual increase of dividends to policy-holderswill be paid in l891, making the Twenlv-Fitth Regular Annual Increase of Oivulends to the insured, and a record unparalleled in the history of lits' Insurance. Notwithstanding the material' Increase of new business on which the expense in Life Insurance' 1s. chiefly incurred, the ratio of expense to income on the Life bushm :oi this company, excluding the Accident busmess, IS somewhat 0112!? at last year, ‘and is 23 per cent '33,, than the average expense of the ten leadihg‘ i'purel, mutual” can is: for the Year l895. Their figures for IBOG have not been published. MORGAN G. BOLKELEY, President. J C. WEBSTER, Vice-PreS. J L. ENGLISH. Sec. H. W. 81‘. J OHN.‘Actuary. ' (LE. GILBERT, Ass" t. See W. C. FAXON, Ass’.t Sec; Accident Department. G. W. R.USSELL,M D... Med. Director. JAMES CAMPBELL. M.D.. Med.Ex. E. E. HALLOCK, General Agent, 5Hnbinger Bld’g g., New Haven. J. l. HUTC‘HINSO’N, General Accidc nt Agent, Hartford.
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