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, multimillionaire“.
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reincarnation-mot.
bistro.
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was mine Ilm
50m Noawaanmon.
FRIDAY. HAY 18. 1894.
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SAVE THE ELM TREES.
~ Contributions will be received at the
allies of Tun Evasion Saarinen tor a
fund to be used in saving Norwalk’s
noble elms from the ravages ot the elm
tree beetle. The following contributions
lulatore Almanac tor res-marrow.
Bun Blessl Sun Sets High This law Tide
at an at 7:00 at 10:08 at 4:50
Lowest Point of the Thermometer.
The lowest point of the thermometer for the
twenty-four hours ending at noon to-dsy was
60 3 above sero: highest. 03° .
New York Harald Weather Forecast.
The weather today promises to be generally
cloudy. slightly warmer and foggy. with some
rain. Tomorrow it promises to be partly
oloudmprsceded by fog and rain. with slight
temperature changes.
, “om Sleuth."
“Old Sleuth" is Harlan Page Halsey.
He lives in Brooklyn and until recently
was a member of the board of education.
Hols worth nearly $1,000,000, and of that
sum “00,000 was earned with his pen.
It is not likely that there is another liv-
inawriter of any sort who has earned
more and few who have earned anything
like as much. ‘
“Old Sleuth‘s” fame is quite equal to
his earnings. To be sure, there aretbou-
sands and tense! thousands or persons
who have never read any of his stories,
and he is not reckoned “one of us” by
the literate of America. but the name
“Old Sleuth" is known as a synonym for
language is spoken by high and low. rich
and poor, learned and ignorant. There
is probably no other character in litera-
ture or the drama, not even excepting
Mr. Pecksnifi or Uriah Heep. Falstafl or
Bottom, Becky Sharp or Don Juan. men-
tion of which will bring to mind more
quickly the precise type of humanity em-
bodied in its personality.
Twenty years ago Mr. Halsey was a
"struggling journalist." Some one asked
him why he did not contribute to the
cheap story papers and the dime novel
publishing houses. Halsey thought on
the suggestion for a day or two and then
adopted it. Since then he has written
over 150 long stories, besides any number
of short sketches. his total output in the
score and more of years hehas been writ
ing being more than 175,000 closely writ-
ten pages of manuscript. Now he pro
poses to try his hand at a higher grade
of literature.
Be is dissatisfied with the work he has
done and wants to play to the orchestra
and dress circle of readers instead of to
the gallery. Perhaps he may succeed.
The reader of his‘ new books need not
know that they were written by thesame
bud that penned the “Old Sleuth" sto-
ries. but all the same it may be that that
hand, so long used to the dashing. slash-
ing phrases of the dime novel, will be
found incompetent to trace the soberer
words that are needed in real literature.
The costumes and the surroundings of
his hero may not be those of ”Old
Sleuth,” but the voice and the gestures
may be his so unmistakably that the
higher public to which the writer now
proposes to appeal will have none oi him.
Inareoent interview Mr. Halsey or-
W great sollcltude as to the public's
view of the moral status and influence
of his stories. 8o says they are replete
with moral lessons. Doubtless they are.
H. also says that many oi the bricks that
II considered immortal are also in»
moral. Again he is right. Mr. Halsey
inakss the mistake that so many besides
ltitnhave made~thst goodness and great»
ans are insurable; that education and
rdnsment are always incentives to purer
thoughts and better lives; that the work
of genius is always elevating. Because
entertain-ks my laws fallen: many
have followed the leadership of superior
“hilly into by and forbidden paths
lull!!! to intellectual and literal min.
units 7 mar .
«who mhbxmm
lag-dhsnsepportedhhaforsnnsay
mar-same Farm Inn.
smnmmmm
satin ladsn abandoned tarnhlsw
“mafiawm‘nlm'
torssongisspure lament ottheini-
nineties.
Inmoetcsssswbsre farmingla New
England does not ones-stair equivalmt
lerthe toil andcspitsl invaded thsfault
iswitbtbefarmer. Hehasnotusedbis
brains to good advantagmandln some
easeshe has been reluctant to use his
hands. The farmer who pursues the
same methods as hlsgrandfstherdidwill
not get satisfactory results: neither will
the manutaotorer nor the merchant.
There is verylittle land in NewEngland
that cannot be tilled With a rssultaht
lair profit, provided it be put. to the best
use. But it does not pay to grow that
which there is no demand for, nor that
whichcanbersiaedooper cent cheaper
elsewhere.
Uniforms For Women.
It is the “hello girls” of Jersey City
who are the lawst feminine complsinere
against the injustice of the tyrant man.
They are indignant because the “super"
has issued an order that hereafter they
must wear only black when on duty.
Truth to say, these young women have
some cause for complaint. Their protest
is not altogether against the wearing of
aunitonn dress, as have been the pro-
tests of so many of their sisters in dry
goods stores and in various branches oi
domestic service. The “telephone ladies”
of Jersey City object to the new rule
mainly, so they say, because it has been
promulgated so late in the season, after
many of them have procured and pre-
pared for wear the muslins, and the lawns.
and the Challis that when properly made
and worn upon the person of a telephone
girl or any other American girl look so
charming and are undeniably more com-
fortable to the wearer during the heat oi
the summer. Now, if the order stands,
these young ladies will have to buy addi-
tional working dresses of black, reserving
their lighter, cooler, more bewitching
gowns for wear out of hours and on Sun-
days and holidays. Many of them say
they cannot adord so extensive a ward-
robe, aud all the world knows that the
telephone company is not likely to suit
the compensation of its girls tothe regu-
lation as to costume put forth by an ex-
change manager.
But there is some probability that a
part of the opposition to the wearing of
black gowns only by the young ladies in
this case comes from an antipathy to the
idea of showing by their dress that they
are working girls. In this country the
theory that all are by right equal has
taken deep root. and the notion of mak-
ing actual inequality evident by distinc-
tions of attire is repugnant to many per-
sons. Shopgirls have been known to
strike rather than wear uniforms. Many
nursegirls refuse to don the white cap,
which their mistresses and in fact most
persons think so becoming. esteeming it
a badge of servitude, not to be worn in a
free country like America. and the
scheme for the adoption of a "business
dress for business women" fell through
because the business women themselves
did not propose to advertise themselves
to be such by their garb.
But the positive repugnance of the fair
sex to uniformity of attire is not shared
by all the men. Soldiers and sailors, po
linemen and firemen, railroad men and
messengers, coachmen and Tootmen—
they all don the regulation uniforms, the
wearing of which unmistakably pro
claims the occupation of the wearer,
while not in any manner detracting
from his self rennet or the considers
tion with which he is treated by his fel-
low men.
New Zealand Land Laws.
The pioneers of New Zealand appar~
ently began their task of making a new
nation by avoiding what seemed to them
the mistakes of the old ones. One of
these mistakes was the grabbing up of
great quantities of land by speculators.
Accordingly a law was passed that no
body should own more than 010 acres of
first class land or more than 9,000 acres
of second class land. There is now no
general property tax. The taxes are im-
posed only on land and incomes. In ad-
dition to the culinary land tax an addi-
tional graduates} one has been applied to
rich and large real estate properties
which, in spiteoflhe iandlawmentloned.
have come into the hand of separate
owners. 'Every legal impediment has
been placed in the way of holding great
landed estates. , -
Land is held id New Zeeland in three
ways: i. it maybe bought outright oi
the government. 2. It maybe leased,
with privilege of purchase at any time
within 25 years. it. it may be leased in
perpetuity. When it is taken with the
intention of purchase. the holder pays to
the New Zealnnd government a yearly
rental of 0 per cent of the farm's cash
value. ll. however. it is taken on per-
petual lease, the holder pays an annual 4
perosntrentsl. Theperpetuityleasesmo
called. run 090 years. Stated improve
mentsare required to he placed upon the
land by its occupier. The policy of the
nation is distinctly to encounge small
farm.
. Thumb "iridium“ oireprs-
natives msbls lttoprocssdwith
badmhyeoontinginsqnerainlsdif-
fmti‘rsrathetadoptedhyfipsahsr
Bead. Kallesdhimsslfoountsdiua
qssremwhsatasubsrswus
used to have a line position in a iacmry,
be," said my friend, the new bill col-
“an.
sthinl’ennsylvsnia lastweehsnd
had omssion tovisit Germantown. That
used to be one or the busiest ieetlons of
thooonntry. It is tall or factories, which
usedto be all running full time. and
many of them overtime. in 1802. . But
the fear of free trade played havoc with
Germsntown. its stores and its wage
earners. Thousands of hands have been
idle or working only on part time, and
many of them have not had a dollar to
spend in a retail store for months, being
dependent upon tulle! societies and soap-
house Organizations for their very exist-
once.
While in Germantowu I met a friend
and asked him how things Went. Ho
and I was astonished to hear him say:
“Times have been very bad with me.
I lost my job at the factory because it
closed down, and I have been trying to
keep up the payments on our nice borne
for my wife and children by working
as a bill collector. There has been
plenty of business in that line, but it is
hard work to make shoe leather because
the people have no money to pay their
bills. ” ‘
“I am indeed sorry to hear this, ”
was my reply, “but is there no chance
of your factory resuming?“
“I don't like to think when that will
lector. “I would rather think of the
troubles of other people than my own. "
"Are the people here in distress and
trouble with all these factories, emblems
of industry, around us?” I asked.
“Yes," he said. “they are emblems
of idleness now. I have just left a sad
case. Let me tell you about it. ”
“(.‘ertainly. ” I said. “Tryn good do—
mostic cigar. " He lighted up and be-
“A few years ago a humble tailor
came to Gerumntov‘vn. He had a few
hundred dollars saved up and rented a
room in the mill district where he could
do work and take odd jobs of repairing.
He had an industrious wife, who assist-
ed him, and they got along nicely, add-
ing to their savings.
"Finally he had his window enlarg
cd and bought a few portions of pieces
of cloth at a time, with the note-teary
trimmings. and paid cash for his part
chases. He did well and was able to
buy a whole piece of cloth from the
manufmtturcr. and as his custom in-
creased he bought several pieces at the
some lime. Ills trade was among the
mill hands; he gave them good satis-
fanzliini and had quite it ”it‘ll Iittlo busi-
lit-M, lwr'nnillg mum and more prosper-
ous mm: y your and always paying
pronquly for all his purchases.
",1. l‘lvr the panic of last summer he
lv'l':'lllt‘ smucwhnt slow in his payments,
«I .- m ‘.i an extent that the cloth house
321,: 2.! last sent me to collwt their bill
and l.) such information as to tile cause
his falling behind. ..., 3: 9h
“He explained that some of the mill
omrators in the district in which he
was located won- liis customers. They
had onion-«l suits of clothes to he made;
the mills haul shut down; they were
thrown out of mnployiucut and Won-
unable to take the clothes they haul or-
dered. They asked him iocnrry the gar-
ments {or them until the mills started
up and their circumstances immune
brighter.
”The cloth and trimmings that lit'
had purchased wcrohnnging in his store
in the shape of suits of clothes that had
been made up for build “(‘0 orders; his
customers had been unable to take the
clothes; he was without payment for
them. Therefore he was cramped for
menus to inn-t his obligations to the
cloth house. That is about the whole
story in a few words, and it illustrates
the condition of many thousands of oth-
ers similarly situated, many of whom I
am now daily formal into contact with
through my new business llli a bill col-
lector. "
“It is a hard case indeed, " I said
"it shows how the loss of work affects
the manufactunsr in the round of trade,
a condition that will be worse instead
of better if the Wilson bill becomes a
law and allows large foreign imports-
tions to mine into our markets. Our
mmmfiwtnmrs must make less goods
and our men must. work has. Free trade
must always cmik the tailor's goom "
ll. Trusses.
New York. April 20.
Ilefom and After Election.
We have had enough rlwap alien laborers
flocking hero to lake the employment of our
own worklngmsn. *New York lit-raid. Aug. 20.
Mill.
This was The llurnld'a opinion he-
foru the last prmidontinl «Tuition, when
fishing for Vittwl. lint during the last
ill months The Herald has not dorms
thing to give back "llm employment of
our own Worklngnwn." lt advocates
larger importation» of fon'ign goods.
which only help "to take the oniploy-
ment of our own workingniuu. " It adm
Villllll'll free ship» to take labor from the
workers in our shipyards, anything that
will injure the United States-u and take
from it "the employment of our own
Workingmen. "
The. Fruit» ol Protection.
"When Freedom from her mountain height
Uniurlsd her lisnner to the air."
She vowed to keep Home’s heart hstone bright
And to protect the loved ones illel‘e.
"llenesth these starry folds.” she cried.
”rh‘ oppressed or all the world shall meet.
And rich and peer shall. side by side.
learn Liberty's allegiance sweet."
but at her word across the land
The ' ilrss inflamed thallium.
And tal. with kindly basil.
hail sneer labor to the light.
Each latest industry built up .
its home and homes for all whose skill
And faith and tell filled Pleuty's out
And trade the Nation drink at will.
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wuw'mrmrm
lavlrsasss marines
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STORE,
NORWALK, CONN.
Terrific Slaughter in llry Bonds.
‘ The Bottom Knocked 0ut of Prices. ,
Now is Your Opportunity.
w WE HAVE JUST PURCHASED AT THE
BIG AUCTION SALE IN NEW YORK, 25‘
CASES STAPLE GOODS. AT AWAY UNDER
MANUFACTURERS’ PRICES.
Note These Values
Domestics.
5,000 yds. best Ginghams, dress styles, all this season’s
make, sold everywhere at 1211-0. ' We start them Saturday
at '
Glc -
121lc
10c
100 (102. all-linen, heavy Huck Towels, imported to sell
at 17 0., each
50 doz. extra large Turkish Towels, regular 25-06111;
goods, genuine bargain at
Carpet Department.
Specials for Three Days.
Five pieces all-wool Ingrain carpets, 7 5-cent quality, per
yard, .
All-wool Ingrain Samples, each,
Remnants of best Tapestry Brussels, in pieces from 10
to 25 yds., per yard,
Lace Curtains, beautiiul designs, a great bargain, per pr.
House Furnishings.
Extra Values for This Week.
8-inch all-wool Dusters,
120-foot Clothes Line for p
3 French China Festoon Plates,
0 bot. best Household Ammonia,
Six-quart Sprinkling Can,
Six-quart Porcelain Kettle,
Cloak Department.
The balance of our Spring Jackets and Capes are offer~
ed, this Week at a Great ReductiOn—«Prices almost out in
two. We can suit all tastes and fit all pocket-books.
Ladies’ and Misses’ Covert Cloth Capes, Good value
at $3.98; reduced this week to
49c
25c
50c
490
290
29c
29c
29c
29c
29c
$2.19
TELEPHONE CALL. 57-4.
TIIE - snsnu asrun,
tornarllnn and Wall Struts llorwtlk.
Norwalk Chronicler