," . > .’ .5. 4 .‘.}, r. ', ; 15;”: .- M7,... .. ' f _ . "m, 3 1. :g‘ 1;. NORWAWGAZETTE “If!!!” «that r mil things.’ _ Entered in the Post (mice as a Newspaper FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19,1897. ‘ That Confiscatory Tax. A Buffalo man gave his three sons $1,500,000 just before he ~died, and now the assessors are after the, inheri- tance tax on each share. The law ap- plies to gifts made in expectation of, death, and the only thing to prove is that the donor was in a physical condi- itiomtomak‘e him anxious. way to evade the tax appears to be to give away the property at a time when the espectation of life seems excellent, and there is no doubt that there are plenty of Norwalk sons and daughters who will heartily approve the idea. ‘ -‘ V Hartford’s a Big Postage Buyer. The receipts of a government post-of- ii‘cs‘ cannot always be gauged by the of the city in which it is located, Here in Boston 312’.) an ys the Providence Journal. New} England, for instance, stands, of course, first in the profitable- ness of its postal business, and Provi deuce comes second, but the third city, in this respect is net New Haven, which stands third in population, nor Worcester, which is fourth. Indeed, we have to go down to eighth or ninth place in the list to find the town whose post-office comes next to Providence in Hartford, though containing 70.000 people, receipts. but little more than brought the government a ' net income in the last fiscal year of $174,145.85, while the figures for Providence were on1y$198, 226. 22, although this city is than twice as lalge as the capi- tal of Connecticut. New Haven follows with $140,509.56, and Worcester, with $30,000 more people than Hartford, straggles on behind with only $109,- 927.47. Boston being a population center disproportionate to the number IDOl'G of inhabitants within its corporate borders, is far and away the leader east of the Hudson. Its net receipts last year were no less than $1,510,405.90. ‘——-———‘0.0>——-——— Foolball Defended. A Chicago alderman named Plotke proposed an ordinance as follows: Section 1. It shall hereafter be un- lawful for any person or persons to as- semble for the purpose of witnessing or playing, taking part or engaging in the game known as football any where within the corporate limits of the city of Chicago. Section2 Any person or persons who shall violate any of the provisions of Section 1 _of this act shall be pun- 1shed by a fine of not less than five ($5) dollars or more than fifty ($50) dollars for each offense. ‘ Prof. Stagg of Chicago university, the famous pitcher of the Yale nine at- one time, replies to the alderman by saying that he never saw a football game anl‘. continues; Alderman Plotiie knows a thing or two- He knows, for example, that foot- ball and other sports are bringing a new race of Americans into the active pur- suits of life. Football does not make cow- .ar ds of young men: it does not make ep politicians. it does not make boo diea a (let men. A foot ball man in politics is dangerous to the rule of the gentry who “train” on bad whiskey and im- pgove their “wind” by running for of- fice. The young person who has had to win his way‘ across a. football fieldM will: two or three hundred pounds of brawn-banging from his neck is not: to. be discourged in politics by the au- tagonism of the ordinary type of bar— room politician. N o podgy Plotke can sit upon him who has breathed con- tentedly under a ton or two of real men. . Mr. Plotke is in earnest. He is no joke. 'He‘ means what he says. And he ought to be in earnest, for the more football men take a hand in the game a of politics, the more Plotkes there will i be on'the‘politieal hospital list. Mr Plotke’s ordinance came up be- fore the Chicago City Council Monday night, and there were (1‘2 votes against and 5 for the ordinance. -»-<o-->—«—— Lies About Cuba. The stories of starvation and death in Cuba are horrible even to contem- plate, and there is but little doubt that. they contain ,thetr’uth, but in a greatly exaggerated form. In fact, all reports from the ill-fated island mustabe taken '\ with a; grain of salt, for~experience has demonstrated the/fact that both sides i For last summer it was asserted ' are given to gross exaggeration. instance, that ten thousand American citizens were starving in Cuba, but I this government placed ample funds when - number came forward to, claim The only ‘ for their relief 1n the hands of Consul General Lee, not one-tenth of that it. About the same time General Weyler submitted a Falstaflian report to his government, in which he claimed to have killed more than three times as many insurgents as were ever enrolled in the Cuban army, to say nothing of eleven colonels who were slain in what proved to be only a skirmish with an insurgent battalion. Of course there was some excuse for Weyler, for this was abOut the time that he‘w‘as threatening to ride his new Kansas City stud across every lawn from Florida to-Maine, and it may be readily understood how his imagination could have deceived him into the be- lief that he had reached Kentucky, while in endowing the slain Cubans with the recuperative power of Harry Hotsp‘ur at Shrewsbury he was but fol- lowing the example ofthat other equal- ly veracious and valiant general, Sir John Falstaff. All of; this and much more might be cited as examples of the untrustworthy nature of Cuban neWs, but the stories of slaughte1, '. famine and starvation bea1 upon theii faces the stamp of ex- aggeration, from the fact that if they are true the island has lost more than double its normal population since the beginning of the war. This theory is untenable, for Cuba has received com- paratively few volunteers for her armies, and it is a well established fact that the losses of the Cubans in battle have been slight, and they now have the most numerous and best equipped army in the field they have had since the commencement of the war. ____‘...,_____ Three Advantages of Football. The Rev. Charles J .' Cameron preach— ed in the Fourth Presbyterian church, Cambridge, on Sunday on “Athletics and Christianity.” He said, in part: “There is a loud cry to-day in some quarters as to the brutality of football a 1d other sports. As an old football player I will say that there is no bru- tality about football. Mark three things in regard to that game: First, for months the eyes of these men were fixed on a definite goal; second, to the reaching of that goal they have :bent every energy of mind and body. If for no other reason than this alone, foot- ball and ether athletic games are inval- uable. Third, to reach that goal— with a wisdom which the wisest on earth cannot do better than imitate—they have been ‘temperate in all things,’ they have undergone the severest training, they have submitted to all manner of reStrictions in food and man- ner of life; and in the end they have come on the field as nearly perfect men physically as they canllbe made. And that means mentally and murally sound also. The steps by which men rise to supreme and spiritual power are iden- tical with those by which physical suo premacy is reached. . And to him who haseflves to see, there is no more elo- quent sermon than he reads on a foot- ball ficld.’-’ " ' ' FEMININE CHAT. Tnanksgiving goodies are being sold at the swell grocer’s. Petticoats g1 ow more elaborate as gowns more sombre are worn. It is~noticed that many women have traveling wraps. Soft velvet hats are preferably used by swell women who find the stiff ones more trying. Many smart day gowns of red cam- el’s-hair are worn by women who dots on the rich warmth of that color. There are many eountry houses still Open, and in them there will be the gayest sort of doings, on Thanksgiving. The sound of running water in vari- "ous tubs is as good as an alarm clock , to the woman in a hotel who'has left herwatch at home. ‘ Some of the plaid ties worn with dark cloth gowns look as though every inl 11e1r composition. To have a train move off when your foot has just touched the platform is infinitely pleasanter than to have it 1 pert mm in that way when you have a foo'lon the station platform. Bath robes are not generally consid- ereu things of beauty, but they can be male so if you are to judge by one in black and white. 21. perfect imitation of 8111:. hide his diminished head, for new golf is the rage, and the sign: “Willie Dunn‘s Golf School,‘ ' floats in the breez- c in the most. aristocratic section ofl ‘iftli avenue, New York city. adopted the Tartan plaid golf capesfor '. color in the rainbow'had been utilized ermine lined throughout with pale blue . And now the bicycle teacher must . I". Pnradoxical. M1.s.Swelllngton"-Are,you sure this s“ the fashion? ’ Mediate—Out, madame! Ze ver' lat- st. Mrs. Swellington—(still doubtful)— lueer! It looks well and feels comfort- ble. - —.Judge An lmputation Resented. Major Bloodgood—Did‘ she openly :ha’ge yo'with a fondness fo’ watah? Colonel Bourborn—Not openly, but she kep’ callin’ me “duckie” until nah self-respec’ made me break 0.11 Lbs engagement—New York Journal. BLUE PEOPLE BRIGHT. 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To thi number will be credited-each day the number of papers sold. ‘ At the close of business on the evening of December 24, the aggregate of the sales of each numbered seller Twill be on record in the business office of this paper and the prizes will be awarded. In this distribution of ChriStmas gifts not only the boys,but the girls now selling the GA- ZETTE may take part. Any bright lad 0r lass can compete for the prizes on the same terms offered to those already on the list. All that is necessary is to apply at the GAZETTE counting room, give the name of the applicant and receive a number. The appended list of prizes speaks for itself. News boys and news girls in striving for them will not merely be working for the prizes but making more money than ever before. It IS a great chance for bright boys and girls and there 1s little question of the way they will The Prize List. 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W Any News Boy 0:1 News Girl bringing $1.00 to this ofice as a new subscription ; to the ‘ wanna? GAZETTE an NEW YORK WEEK- LY TRIBUNE will be credited with 50 at... for every subscriber Obtained. -:-‘ . ‘ Help the Newsboys and Nengirls to win the, Prizes by buying a GAZETTE everysnight.
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