hammamwhpfld Werner—so. na mam-trout. M moose cell. OH. Blush “I...“ Well street. Norwelk: telephone Wtcamou should in ellcaase be use memo alarms. Bum Neawanx. Don. 'M HONDAY. HAY 81. 1%. M SAVE THE ELM TREES- Contributions will be received at the ‘ odioeof TH! Evsmso Sunrises for a fund to, be used in saving Norwalk’s will! elm: from the ravages oi the elm , tide beetle. The following contributions ‘ have thus far been received: Mmmpauy............ , Taylor& Golden......... ..L .............. 10.00 I-LWcodward ........................... 1000 . Gash... .. . in) Robert thBureu“ ... .. 10.00 ...—... . Total ................................... $51.00 New York Herald Weather loreceet. The weather today promises to be from cloudy to partly cloudy. with slight tempera- ture changes. preceded by rain. Tomorrow it promises to be warmer and generally fair. Lowest Point of the Thermometer. The lowest point of the thermometer for the twenty-four hours ending at noon to-day we 1 44° above zero: blehest, 60°. Miniature Almanac for To-morrow. . “a: algal Sun Sets lHigh Tide ILow 'l‘lde . at 7.1.. at 0.18 . at 6:47 ' Adllotione ore Famous Family. ‘It was not until seven years ago that the uniform good fortune that for so many decades had fallen to the lot of the four famous brothers of the Field family began to fail. Then Cyrus W., “the man who laid the cable," whose fortune was so great that he was known as a multi- millionaire, lost his fortune and became comparatively a poor man, Jay Gould andltussell Sage, according to current rumor, benefiting by the crash in Man- hattan which caused the failure. ,Still Cyrus W. Field was not out down. He had enough to live on, his home was a happy one, his daughters were well married, and his sons were prosperous. In 1800, when his golden wedding was celebrated, his three fa- mous brothers—David Dudley, the writ- ..er of codes; Henry M.. the editor of The Evangelist, and Stephen J., United States judge—were all present, and though one of the quartet had lost his money life seemed full of comfort and happiness to all four. But in less than a year after Cyrus W. Field's wife, Mary Bryant Stone, sicken- ed and died. Her funeral was hardly over when the disastrous failure of the firm of Field, Lindley, Wiechers & Co., whose leading partner was Cyrus W.’s eldest son, Edward M., was announced. A few days later Alice Bryant Field, an unmarried daughter. Went crazy and had to be secluded in an asylum. Mrs. Dan- iel A. Lindley, another daughter, was presently taken ill, and in a few months ehedied. All these misfortunes would have broken the spirit of an ordinary man, and it was at one time rumored that the mind of Cyrus W. Field had given way from the strain. But it was met so. He rallied and again looked the world in the face, hopeful that his troubles were at an end. And so they were, in a sense, for in July, 1802, he died. In December of the same year Edward K. Field was adjudged insane, and his time since then has been mostly passed in asylums and jails. The wife of Cyrus W.. Jr., brother of Edward M. Field, de- sirens of doing what she could to help mend the family fortunes, braved the speech of people and went into the mil- liuery trade. it availed nothing. Though she devoted a vast deal of energy to the business. it 80011 failed, and she lost a sum of money that was more to her in her days of adversity than ten times as much a few years before. Then came unexpected but a few days ago the death of David Dudley Field. and now Cyrus W. Field, Jr., is serious- ly ill. Only two of the famous brothers are left, and when they are gone the glory, of the family will go, too. for neither will leave was or daughters who can maintain it. Is anything in current annals sadder than the sudden decadence of the for- tunes and the happiness of the Fields? Don‘t Be Too Hard. It was not enough that Sarah Grand, author of "The Heavenly Twins." mould cruelly but deftly excorlate the maleportlonof tbehumen race in'l'be North American Review for lurch. ‘m‘pl‘llflmlllrdhdmem ids peer, miserable carom showered with it. marks of her «thumps and with the defects of his moral turpl- tnde end his netnrel pudllanlmity,» ,usmoorsn new mortals. With n tongue “that Hath likes an» ' ,peetandstinmthiiks anadder,”shepro- euthtellusthetmanuwhcwu'm of ill-m by the way”--eeo see theep» ”In W‘WW. MWDW‘ wmm~ end aeverlitl - - it. rummshuleiiee ‘ inaneweewithhialiile.” Right sliced for when a mmmmmuuur cfawemanwesllabletobeoaliedupon that our mothers have been women for a mood many years past. and in consider etion that in our sane moments we still think agood deslof thecppoeits sex, we would like to continue at the old stand awhilb. We want to slay the dreadful mouse while Flore stands on the chair. to hold the umbrella over the head of Minnie and be drenched. to shoe the fierce mulley cow away from Hand and stand while Blanche site. We are poor. miserable "critters,” but don’t be too hard 0n us. The progress of woman suffrage is one of the signs of the times. but much more significant is the advancement of the sex illustrated by the banquet held the other day in New York by the Women’s Lew Alumna; association. The intricacies of law have hitherto put the sex at a disad- vantage in technical matters; but‘the opening of a new field of information for them will be a future panacea for the eflects of the old maxim that ”ig- norance of the law excuses no one." Let the good work go on. The more fields in which we train the rising gen- eration in the true education the better. It is well to keep up with the latest rulings in etiquette. and for this reason we here record the decision that it is bad form for a divorced man or woman to take part in social functions for the space of three days after the death of the former husband or wife. It is stated that Cl women to 30 men place themselves under treatment for the reduction of superfluous fat. ' A Commendablo Spirit. (Antonia Sentine‘.) The Norwalk Tramway company has offered a liberal subscription, if other citizens of Norwalk will join with it in raising a fund to fight the elm tree worms or moths. Norwalk hassome noble and majestic aims and this is a piece of public spirit which is commendable. Ansonia hasn't so many of these hand- some trees, but what it has it should take care of.We are glad to note a general move by property owners to protect their trees, and we wish it might become wiversal. Our trees are at once our solace and our pride. Let us do what we can to keep them alive and healthy. Shirts at 73 Cents a Daren. It is found at a ruril shirt factory that shirts of white muslin and 2,200 linen may be produced at 73 cents per dozen. Each shirt passes through the hands of seventeen operatives, and each woman employed averages about one dozen rom- plete shirts per day. The greater part of the cost of production is the element of labor. and while the average pay is nec- meerily under 73 cents per day, some of the workwomen make a good deal more, while the superintendents, cutters, and the like, are well paid. Machinery, in this instance, has enormously increased the power of labor and raised wages.— New York Sun._~__~’_~_k The L. A. W. Committees. L. A. Tracy, chief consul of the Con- necticut division. L. A. W., has announc- ed the standing committees for the year, as follows: improvement of highways, George F. Booth, New Haven; J. M. Bir~ mingham. Hartford; rights and privi- leges, E. Livingston Wells, Bridgeport; Arthur Perkins, Hartford; W. H. Sexton, New London; rules,D. J. Post. Hartford; 0. W. King,Msriden, A. H. Schumaoh. er, Hartford; racing. James J. Green, Hartford; A. ll. Carlisle. Hartford; J . B. Atwater, Derby: touring, Dr. W. 8. Put- ney. Milford; W. R. Gilbert. Welling- ford; transportation, F. N. Kinney. New Haven; 1.. H. Sweet, Hartford; E. J. Thomas, Norwalk. Water for Bidgefleld. The Ridgelleld Watercompany has been formally organized. The company is chartered with £25,000 capital. with the privilege of increasing it to 850,000. The following gentlemen are the direc- tors: C. S. Andrews. 0. B. Mason, Den- bury; lease 0. Wright, North Salem; Edward H. Smith, Hiram K. Scott. John mophy. J.” .. Gilbert. Ridgelleld. The directors have elected these oillcers: Presideiitim. B. Smith; treasurer. C. S. Andicwszeecretery, E. 0. Brass. Operv ations will be commenced this year. The water will be obtained from Round lake. it will be necessary to operates pumping plant, as the vlllegels as high as the lake itself. W..M.E.W‘..W,M_.n .. .... The llespltel Belem Repeated. The entertainment by the various Sum day schools of the town, for the benefit of the hospital, was repeated Saturday afternoon. with equally as good success at on Friday night. The little folks as- In quittsd themselves finely, doing credit noiculytothemeelvee.bnttothoeewhc have so faltbfallydrilledthemtbeput». new». Misthefrequeutelww-: stethsrsweealargeettsadaoce. ,Aetheehugthef abelldlogdspende upon the column! its foundation, ac heelthdepeudeupontbeecndidonofthe sinus. 'l‘o enpel impurities and cease mural until it hernias visors-teed lite-giving. We Win.“ :etpowerful uddeetlveuedlcineta 811m.“ OVEMOME m use malty-r sohmau.llh..w / m lead an! aunt no (frame. laws-we Irv-i Street W” WMtrolefWeterwos-ks. One of the most embarrassing ques tions that confront many cities been solved by Springfield. Illa. wb h dedicatedonths firetdayof lnetMaroba newly elected city hall costing 350.000 without adding to the bonded indebted- ness of the city and without raising the funds with which to pay cash for the investment. Operating under the state law known . as the general incorporation act, the city of Springfield was hampered with the constitutional inhibition against eu- oeeding the maximum rate of taxation. and the annual. assessments of property for taxation were so rsduwd each year by the state board of equalization as to males the total revenues available for city purposes too low to admit of in- cludinga building f d with the cur- rent expenses That t1 ecity has found the way in which to overcome such ob- stacles and by sodoing has today a msg- niilcent public building makes the plan adopted for its erection haVe something more than ordinary interest in these days of “town booming." On the 0th day of February, 1893, the plan which was subsequently adopt- ed was mopoeed to the city council by Edward W. Payne. a young business man. He suggested that the city of Springfield stop paying rent and build its own home through the assistance of a local building and loan association. In order to make it possible for the city to undertake the project in the way pro- posed Mr. Payne offered to organized syndicate of citizens who should sub- scribe in their own names for enough shares of stock in a local building and loan association to furnish all the need- ed capital. This syndicate. he proposed, should cooperate with the city council in the adoption of plans, the awarding of con- tracts and in the active work of super- intending the construction of the build- ing. They were to be reimbursed for their outlay by the monthly payment from the city treasury of a snmof mon- ey slightly in advance of the aggrtuguto expenditure the city was then making for the rent of dingy and unsatisfactory quarters for its public ofllces in a norm her of old buildings in different sections of the business district. At the end of 10 years the aggregate of these monthly ' payments should be sufficient to return to the syndicate their original investw mcnt in full, with a reamnablc addition for interest on the use of the money. The plan was accepted, and the building is the result. in order to make their promeition the more tempting the syndicate represent- ed by Mr. Payne scoured an option on the most desirable site in the city for such a building and offered it in con- nortion with the main prilpflslllllll. The city council had previously prclxu'od the way for the ultimate erection of such a structure by wtablishing nsinking fund to furnish the money for the purchase of a site, and it had available for that purpose the sum of $10,000, which it paid to tho syndicate for the title to the land on which the building now stands The property was deeded to the city. subject to a mortgage which source the syndicate against any loss of its invest- ment. The result is that within a few days more than one your after the plan was first formally proposed the city is making payments on its permanent home. The city is also negotiating for a municipal electric light plant for light. ing the streets and to furnish light to private cons-tuners, and it is mnfldcrlng the same plan by which the new city hall was built as the solution of a prob- lem similar to that with which the council was confronted when it under took the building project. It is propuusl also to rtxiuirv private corinirdtions ask- ing for public franchises to pay annual- ly into the city treasury a percentage on the gross 1’inle of the business; they enjoy from the use of the city streets. It is expected that this policy will eventually lift the bundml indobtmlness of the city and reduce tho rate of turn tion for local government canses to a point below the rate in nuuiy cities which give franchises away and get no return. In behalf of this policy it is claimed that it is fair and just both to the company that asks for tho haunt the streets and for the citizens. and also that it eliminates the element of selfish- ness and gives the citizens a direct and pcrsmml interest in the financial sums-m of the companies which furnish necessi- tlcs to the public. By assuming direct control of tho waterworks system lost your the city of Springfield has made that branch of the municipal service more than self sus- taining. and the revenues derived dur- ing the first your of that coaxirol give positive assurance that in a few years the low rates charged for water will yield revenue «though to pay a large share of the bonded debt and help in the reduction of the rate of taxation. causes Which Promote 0mm of Towns. The chief muses which promote the growth of townamd cities are primarily their location as entropots for the prod- ucts of industry and consume They become great and populous become they arses situated as to furnish convenient caskets for the exchange of products. Becoming centers of labor and trade. tennis-in Weill,“ om: lam g materi er» ant kinda brought from Mount di- recdanmdleng distances. rezone senescence sins-intimation verse STORE, NORWALK, CONN. .. , i Terrific Slaughter III in Bonds. The Bottom Knocked [Tut of Prices. Now is Your Opportunity. WE HAVE JUST PURCHASED AT THE BIG AUCTION SALE IN NEW YORK, 25 . CASES STAPLE GOODS. AT AWAY UN DER, MANUFACTURERS PRICES. Note These Values: Domestics. 5,000 yds. best Ginghams, dress styles, all this season’s make, sold everywhere at 12.}0. We start them Saturday at Gic 100 (107.. all- linen, heavy Huck Towels, imported to sell ' at 170., each 12%;; 50 (102. extra large Turkish Towels, regular 25-09mm , goods, genuine bargain at 1°C . Carpet Department. Specials for Three Days. Five pieces all-wool Ingrain carpets, 75-cent quality, per yard, All-wool Ingrain Samples, each, 25c Remnants of best Tapesti y Brussels, in pieces from 10 to 25 yds., per yard, 50c Lace Curtains, beautiful designs, a great bargain, per pr. 49c House Furnishings. Extra llalues for This Week. 8-inch all-wool Dusters, 120-foot Clothes Line for 3 French China Festoon Plates, 6 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 pocketbooks. . Ladies’ and Misses’ Covert Cloth Capes, Good value at $3.98; reduced this week to 49c 29c 29c 29c 29c 29c 29c $2.19 u TELEPHONE CALL. 57-4. TllE - IOSTON -» STORE, corner llaln and llall Sirens Norwalk. d
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