Evening gazette, Saturday, March 21, 1896 · page 5

 
 

 

 

. been a squeezing of short sellers in cotton.

- unusually small last week. and for two

 

‘in wheat has been weak though rather

' importance.

 

 

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ABsonu-rnw p

y no FMECOVERY

. The General Tendency of Business Is

Not Very Encouraging.

THE CAUSE OF DEPRESSION.

Dealers Bought More Than They Have
Been Able Yet' to Sell—Short Cotton
Men Caught -—A Weak \Vheat
Market—Failures of the Week.

NEW YORK, March» 21.—R. G. Dun 8;
00. ’5 weekly review of trade says:

Movement toward better things is still
the exception. There is better business in
shoes and small industries, and there has

But the general tendency of industries and
prices is not encouraging, and those who
were most hopeful a month ago are still
waiting not so hopefully for the expected
recovery. Causes of continued depression
are not wanting. Bad weather has out 03f
much business, especially in country dis-
tricts. Some failures of consequence have
caused special caution. Foreign contro-
versies are accepted as the explanation of
some selling in London of American se-
curities. But the root of the business is
that in many departments men bought
more and produced more when prices
were mounting and everybody was rush-
ing to buy last year than they have yet
been able to sell. That the buying was of
a nature to anticipate actual consumption
many months they were fully warned,
but they had more hope than observation,
and went on piling up goods. Some are
engaged today in the same hopeful antici-
pation of a demand which has not yet ap-
peared.

The anxieties about the currency have
gone out of sight, and though treasury re~
ceipts do not equal its expenditures there
is no loss of gold by export and not much
loss of reserve. Merchandise exports in
two Weeks of March have been 9 per cent
larger than last year, while imports were

weeks 14 per cent less than last year.
Commercial loans are greatly restricted
by apprehension regarding important fail-
ures, especially in groceries at the west
and in clothing and textile manufactures
at the cast, but are on the whole sufiicient
for legitimate needs which are limited.
Stocks have declined an average of 80
cents per share for railroads and 64 for
trusts, although earnings reported for
March thus far show a gain over last year,
and for the second week were relatively
better than for the first. Obstructions to
recovery are not to be sought primarily in
the investment or the money market, but
in the industrial reaction after the unnat-
ural expansion of demand and prices last
year. _
An Anomalous Condition.

There are too many who are willing to
let last year’s prices and hopes be buried
with 1895. It is a striking fact thzit the
only great industry which is now rapidly
gaining in business is the one in which
prices have been generally cut down to
last year’s lowest figures, and the boot and.
shoe makers had a reason for hesitation“
in the price of leather, which still averages
6 per cent higher than a year ago, though
hides are 13 per cent lOWer, having again
declined the past week about 3 per cent.
If the manufacturers get narrow profits on
money, they are at least doing a business
which will keep most of the works in oper3
ation, though since Jan. 1 shipments from
the east have been the lowest in ten years
except in 1894. The woolen mills have
different conditions, and with prices al-
ready reduced below last year’s lowost
average, with wool 5. 3 per cent higher
than it was then, they are not getting
business enough to keep works in opera-
tion. Clothiers have taken many foreign
goods. They have failed to market all they
produced last fall. and they have to carry
a host of retailers whose stocks are not yet
sold. Sales of wool were the smallest in
any week for years, and in three weeks of
March have been 9,897,400 pounds, of
which $4,751,000 were domestic, against
17,105,876 in the same weeks of 1892, of
which 11,886,626 were domestic.

A sharp decline in the prices of cotton
goods is the comment of mills on rising
cotton. Goods now average lower than
since May 1895, having declined 4.21 per
cent for the week, print cloths to 2 % cents,
which is only a sixteenth above the lowest
price on record. The accumulation of
goods in the face of slack and rapidly di-
minishing demand has brought the clos-
ing of one of the largest mills, and others
are considering. The iron industry shows
but a slight average decline in prices, as
combinations still insist upon the highest
prices of last year, and the demand is nat-
urally curtailed.

Short Sellers Caught. '

Speculation in cotton has caught short
sellers in trouble, and just because they
thought prices must go lower the shorts
are forced to put them up. Such a rise
may go on without regard to supplies or

demand. but neither the government re- .

port of last week. nor the fall in goods
and closing of mills gives reason to expect
more than a speculative rise. The market

stagnant, but the weight of facts is felt,
as western receipts for three weeks of
March have been 8,982, 481 bushels against
5,624,929 last year. Atlantic exports,
flour included, also show a decrease
amounting to 4,048,064 bushels for three
weeks against 5,097,018 last year.‘ The
movement of. corn continues very large
and priceshave declined 1 cent forcash.

A troublesome feature of the situation
is the stringency in commercial loans, not
because of scarcity of money, but because
banks are disturbed by failures of some
The classified returns for
two months separately, which are given
this week, will cast much light on the
condition of different branches of trade.
Failures for the week we're 261 in the
United States against 278 last year and 49
in Canada against 35 last year.

 

‘ Women as Lay Delegates.

WILLIAMSPQRT, Pa., March 21.—The
Central Pennsylvania Methodist Episcopal
conference this ‘afternOon voted to admit
women as lay delegates to the general
conference by 152 to 52. The proposition
to' reduce the representation to the general
conference passed by a vote of 216 m a. '

 

“ THE PRESIDENTIAL RAGE.

I
Sayings and Doings of Friends of the
Various Candidates.

CHICAGO, March 2l.—D_aniel M. Done-
gan, wiskinskie of the Tammany Hall
society, arrived in Chicago. The object
of Donegan’s visit to Chicago is to engage
quarters for the Tammany delegation to
the national Democratic convention in
July. In speaking of the position of Tain-
many men in the convention he said that
they were all’enthusiastic for W. C. Whit-
ney, but that Mr. Whitney had declined
to allow his name to be used. When asked
if an'efiort were made by Tammany to
urge Whitney to run if there was any
likelihood of his acceding to the demand,
Mr. Donegan said:

“You know that Tammany is a power,
and the presidency is a big thing. I would
not- be surprised that, now that the pos-
sage of the Raines bill has increased our
prospects of carrying New York at least
50 per cent, Mr. Whitney would consent,
or at least accept the nomination.

“If Mr. Whitney does- this,” be con-
tinued, “you‘ could not keep Tammany at
home. All will ‘bllmb on the train and
come to the convention, but if not, I do
not think we will have over 300 in our
delegation to Chicago. We have not talked
of a second choice. About Carlisle’s can-
didacy? Well, to tell the truth, we don’t
know anything about it. We don’t know
he is running. We want Whitney, and I
think he will be the man.” -

Sawyer Says McKinley.

DULUTH, March 21.—-Ex-Senator Saw-
yer Of Wisconsin is in the city in connec-
tion with a laWSuit. Discussing the pres-
idential contest, he said:

“I think McKinley will be the Repub-
lican nominee. The Wisconsin delegates
will be for him of course. Minnesota, I
suppose, will be for Davis, but I think that
McKinley will be second choice. I believe
that if a split comes after the first few
ballots, McKinley will gain strength. The
Pennsylvania, New York and other large
delegations will not swing solidly when
the break comes, but McKinley will get
his share of them, and with the large orig-
inal strength he will have, I think he will
secure the nomination.”

Clarkson's Mission.

PORTLAND, Or., March 21.——James S.
Clarkson of Iowa and party have arrived
here from San Francisco. Speaking of'his
trip west, Mr. Clarkson said, “I am on
my way to the state of Washington in the
interest of William B. Allison for presi-
dent.” \

Will Double Track Its Road.

CHICAGO, March 21.—So greatly has the
business of the Illinois Central increased
between Chicago and points north of the
Ohio river and New Orleans that it is no
longer able to get along with its present
facilities. Its export grain traffic from Chi-
cago and points in Iowa and Illinois to
New Orleans has more than quadrupled
during the last few years and is steadily
increasing. For this reason the company
has just decided to spend $1,250,000 for
double tracking the road the entire dis-
tance between Chicago and Cairo, Ills.

Implicates His Superiors.

DULUTH, March 21.—The jury in the
Stucky case came in with a verdict Of not
guilty. There is another indictment stand-
ing against Stucky charging him with
having stolen $11,500 from the bank on
Oct. 16. The sensational feature Of the
trial just closed was that Stucky went on
the witness stand and testified that his su-
periors in the bank gave him money to go
away and then sought to throw on him
the blame for a shortage in the funds.

Plimsoll . Dangerously Ill.

LONDON, March 21.—-Samuel Plimsoll,
the originator of the famous “Plimsoll
mark” to prevent the overloading of ships,
formerly member of parliament and at
one time president of the National Amal-
gamated Sailors and Fireman’s Union of
Great Britain and Ireland, and author of
“Our Seamen” and “Cattle Ships,” is
dangerously ill. He was born in 1824.

Want Bible Lessons In Schools.

CHICAGO, March 21.—Tbe Woman’s
Educational union has adopted a memo-
rial, which will be presented to the board
of education, asking for the compulsory
reading of Bible lessons in the public
schools. A copy of the memorial will also
be sent to every church and religious or
ganization in the city for signature.

Representative Robinson Renominated.

CHESTER, Pa., March 21.—The Dela-
ware county Republican -convention re-
nominated Representative J. B. Robinson
and indorsed him as a candidate for Unit-
ed States senator to succeed J. Donald
Cameron. Judge Thomas J. Clayton, a
Quay man, was chosen as delegate to the
St. Louis convention.

For Lower A‘s and Beer Licenses.

ALBANY, March 21. —- Assemblyman
Bondy of Syracuse today introduced a bill
providing for a special ale and beer license
at just one-half the rate charged for first
class licenses—i. 6., $400 in New York,
8325 in Brooklyn, $350 in Buffalo, Albany,
Troy, Syracuse and Rochester and others
proportionately. .

A Car Company In Trouble.
CARLISLE, Pa., March 21.~—The Carlisle
Manufacturing company, a corporation

manufacturing cars in this city, went into'

the hands of Sheriff Goodyear. Judg-
ments to the amount of $161,000 have been
entered against the company. One of the
judgment creditors is the Carlisle Deposit
bank.

Flood Scare at Bound Brook.

BOUND BROOK, N. J., March 21.—The
Raritan river got on another rampage to-
day, and for a time threatened the town
with a repetition of the recent inundation.
The river had been swollen, and the heavy
rain caused-it to overflow its banks. At
noon, however, it began to recede.

 

The liIunitoba School Bill.
OTTAWA, March 21.—After a continuous
session of 39 hours the house of commons
passed the second reading of the Manitoba
remedial bill by a majority of 18. The mo-
tion of Mr. Laurier that the second read-
ing be adjourned for .six months was de-
feated by a majority of 24,
We—atTIe—r‘ Forecast.
Fair; light westerly winds.
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illumination

A Proposition That It Shall Hereafter
Be by Popular Vote.

A PAVORABLE REPORT MADE

An Amendment. to the National Consti—
tution Will Be Necessary—Reasons
For Taking the Elections From
State Legislatures.

WASHINGTON, March 21.—Senator Mitch-
ell (Rep., Or.) today reported from the
elections committee the joint resolution
proposing an amendment to the constitu-
tion providing for the election of senators
by the direct votes of the people.

The report says that the committee has
approached the subject of the proposed
change in the" method of electing senators
with a full appreciation of the gravity of
the subject and of the importance of the
public interests involved. The objections
that are raised to the proposed change are
discussed very fully. The amendment, it
is held, does not in the slightest degree
trench upon the system upon which our
government is founded. The objection is
not tenable that any proposed change in
the mode of electing senators can be prop-
erly regarded as an attempt to deprive the
states respectively, as states, in their sov-
ereign or political capacity, of their legal
representation in the senate. It proposes
a change in the mode only by which the
states respectively and the people thereof
shall choose their representatives in the
senate. Why, asks the report, are not the
people the qualified electors of a state, the
proper mouthpiece of the state in the elec-
tion of senators? And if entitled to speak,
then why not directly and for themselves,
and not through their representatives in
state legislatures?

One weighty and principal objection to
the present system of electing senators,
says the report, is that the power and right
of the individual voter are hedged about
and circumscribed, his will is manacled,
his volition paralyzed; he cannot vote for
his choice. It carries with it the implica-
tion that the people. the qualified voters,
are, for some reason, unfit for the full exer-
cise of the elective franchise.

A Strong Point.

It is held also that the proposed amend-
ment is an enlargement of the right of
suffrage on the part of those entitled to its
exercise under existing laws, and it tends
to render impossible the use of imprope‘
methods to influence senatorial elections.
While it is possible that the inducements
of a wealthy and unscrupulous aspirant
for senatorial honors may reach and influ-
ence the majority of a small body in the
legislature, such a thing would be impos-
sible were the decision left to the great
mass of voters. Another objection the
committee finds to the present 'system of
electing senators is the great length of
time frequently consumed in the election
and the consequent distraction of the leg-
islative minds from business, to say noth-
ing of the strife, ill feeling and contention
that too often follow in the wake of such
contests. _

Another vital ‘objection to the present
system is that in the election of the mem-
bers of the legislature when such legisla-
ture has, as one of its duties, the selection
of a senator, every consideration is lost
sight of except the solitary one of how
candidates if elected will vote on the ques-
tion of the senatorship.

Public opinion, it is argued, demands
the change proposed. ‘ ‘The demand is loud
and emphatic, pronounced as it is im-
perative, earnest, as it seems to be al-
most unanimous among the great masses
of the people.”

Thetendency of public opinion, the re-
port concludes, is to disparage the senate
and depreciate its dignity, its usefulness,
its integrity, its power. If there is any
cause for. this tendency in the public
mind, it should be removed without de-
lay. The adoption of'the amendment will
remove prejudices now existing which are
rapidly becoming deeply and dangerously
fastened upon the public mind, will dissi-
pate all cause. excuse and pretext for un-
just criticism, and will tend to elevate
the character, advance the dignity and in-
crease the usefulness of the senate.

The “far Records.

WASHINGTON, March 21.—It is learned
that the subcommittee of the house having
charge of the sundry civil bill is seriously
contemplating bringing the publication of
the war records to an immediate close. In
order to accomplish this purpose it is pro-
posed to stop the publication with the
completion of the first series. which only
covers the campaigns of the war, and not
to proceed with the publication of the rec—
ords relating to prisoners of war, miscel-
laneous Confederate records relating to
the organization of troops, etc., which, ac-
cording to the original project approved
by congress ten years ago, was to compose
series two and three. Several of the vol-
umes for these latter series are already in
type, some of them have been stereotyped
and indexed.

New market For Our Products.

WASHINGTON. March 21.—'l‘he secretary
of agriculture is in receipt of a letter from
Boksburg,’ South African Republic, in
which the writer adduces several reasons
for the belief that crops in that section
this season will be a failure, and this to
an extent that will afford in South Africa
a favorable market for American corn,
wheat and flour. The writer states that he
sends to Secretary Morton a local journal
containing information of his statements.
This journal has not, however, come to
hand. The writer’s statements therefore
must be taken for just what they are
worth.

Inspector Kershner Dismissed.
WASHINGTON, March 21.—-The president
has approved the findings of the court
martial in the case of Medical Inspector
Kershner, who was convicted of perjury
and other offenses against the naval regu-
lations, and he has been dismissed from
the naval service. This case has been
pending before the president since last
spring.
Alleged Counterfeiters Arrested.
WASHINGTON. March 21.—A telegram to
Chief Hazen of the secret service states
that two men were under arrest at Sayre,
Pa., for passing counterfeit coin in Waver-
ly, N. Y. N o particulars are given.

One Day’s Government Receipts.
WASHINGTON, March 21.—National bank
notes received for redemption today, $238,-
189; government receipts from internal
revenue, $461,024; customs, $437,549; mis-
uellaneous, $25,301.

A Nationalist Elected.
DUBLIN, March 2l.——In the byelcction
just held in South Louth Mr. hit-Ghee, Na-
tionalist, Was the successful (alméniane.

 

 

A CHICAGO DANIEL.

~11 Slocum Can Walk to Canada In Ten
Days, He Will Be a Free Man.

. CHICAGO, March 21.,—Sydney A. Slocum
hasten days in which to walk to Canada.
He carries with him a certified copy of an
order from Judge Grosscup, giving him
immunity from arrest for that length of
time.

Slocum was a refugee in Canada. He
was wanted here, but his offense was not
extraditable, so his bondsmen resorted to
strategy, got him across the line, arrested
him, turned him over to the federal au-
thorities and were discharged of their

. bond.

Slocum applied for a writ of/ habeas
corpus, and Judge Grosscup heard the
case. He held that the man had been un-
fairly dealt with, inasmuch as he had been
extradited on one charge and then arrested
on another. He must have a reasonable
time, the judge said, in which to return
to the country from which he was ex-
tradited. Slocum said that he had no
money and would have to walk back to
Canada, so he asked for some order show-
ing that he had areas-enable time in which
to walk the distance. The court gave him
ten days and also set aside the release of
the bondsmen.

Slocum’s alleged offense was committed
two years ago in Peoria, 1115., where he
was charged with taking from the mails
copies of a Chicago newspaper, containing
what was declared to be an improper
story. It is also said that Slocum wrote
the story at the time. The publisher of
the paper in question was fined $200 for
publishing the story.

Militiamen's Serious Row.

FORT SHERIDAN, Ills, March 21.——Prl-
vate Daniel M. Call and Private A’llen,
Company A, Fifteenth United States in-
fantry, are in the post hospital wounded.
It seems that Call got the best of Allen in
a fistic encounter, and Allen said he want-
ed some water. Instead be procured a pis-
tol and shot Call. In attempting to disarm
Allen the pistol was again discharged, and
Allen was shot in the leg.

Train “’reckers at \‘c’ork.

WIl’JIAB-ISI’Ol-L'l‘, Pa., March 21.——Train
wreckcr's ditched a Pennsylvania railroad
freight train at South Williamsport today.
The engine and nine cars were demolish-
ed. The crew saved their lives by jump-
ing. Jeremiah Howard, a tramp,
was once deputy sheriff of Columbia coun-
ty, was arrested charged with being a
member of the gang that caused the
wreck.

 

Officers Charged W'ith Fraud.

CIIIOAGO. March 21.-—Rev. W. L. Tandy
and John C. Hibbets Of Cincinnati, prime
movers in the National Co-operative In-
dustrial association, were arrested today
on a charge of conspiracy to defraud, the
complainant being Eugene Carpenter of
Grand Rapids, who came to Chicago five
months ago to be the association’s indus-
trial manager.

\Vayne County Is Snowbound.

LYONS, N. Y, March 21.——Wayne county
is snowbound, .24 inches having fallen.
No trains from the vest have arrived, and
the southeastern trains are delayed. There
is no sign Of cessation of the storm, which
is worse in the northern part Of the coun-
ty, the roads being blocked and business
at a standstill.

 

 

Holy “'ar Proclaimed.

LONDON, M arch 21.-—-A dispatch from
Cairo says that the khalifa has proolaimed
jehad (holy war) against Egypt, and has
called all the dervishes capable of bearing
arms to enroll under his banners. Osman
Digna is to leave Kassala and join the
dervishes now mastering at Dongola.

Another Chinese Atrocity.

SAN FRANCISCO, March 21.—-—The steam-
ship Poru brings news from China that
the Presbyterian mission, 130 miles south-
east Of Shanghai, was raided by a band of
robbers. The Rev. Rufus H. Bent was
shot in the thigh and seriously cut in the
head. The robbers secured $300 from the
mission safe.

Damage by “’ind In “Vest Virginia.

HUNTINGTON, March 21.——A high wind-
storm passed over Hart’s Creek valley, 50
miles south of here. Buildings were blown
down, and great damage is reported.

The German Sugar Tax.
BERLIN, March 2l.—-The reichstag com—
mittee today concluded the first reading of
the sugar bill and fixed the import duty at
40 marks per hun..rcd kilos.

 

, The \Veuther.
Fair; cold wave; northwesterly winds.

FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
Closing Quotatio; of thelNew York Stock
Exchange.

NEW YORK. March Ltd—Money on call easy at
3lé@4}é per cent. Prime mercantile paper. 5@
8 per cent. Sterling exchange steady, with ac-
tual business in bankers’ bills at $4.87}é@
4.87% for demand and $4.?6}é'fib4.88% for 60
days. Posted rates, [email protected] and 34.88%73439.
Commercial bills, 34x6. Silver .certilicates,
68%‘(069cu no sales. Bar silver. 68%c. Mexican
dollars. 541%. Government bonds steady. State

 

bonds dull. Railroad bonds easier.
Closing prices: '
Atchi: on .......... 25 New England..... 45

N. J. Central. . . . "105%;
.\'orth American.. 5%
Northern Pacific. 1%

Bur. & Quincy” . . 76%
0.. 0.. C. & St. L. . 3535’;
Chesapeake J6 U. . 15:13

Chicago Gas ...... 64% Do. pref ........... 1%
Cordage ........... 4% N. Y. Central ..... 96%
Cotton Oil ..... ... 15% Omaha. .. ..... ' .. .. 39%

Ontario 85 West . . 14%
Pacific Mail.. . . . .. 25%
Reading. . . . ... . .. 10%
Rock Island ...... 70%
Silver Bullion..... 68%

Del. & Hudson . . .127
Distillers‘ Trust. . 17%
Erie .............. l49§
General Electric. 36
Hocking Valley. . . 16%

Lackawanna ...... 160% St. Paul ........... 76%
Lake Shore ........ 146 Sugar Refining. . .1155};
Lead . .. ...... 23% Texas Pacific ..... 8

Union Pacific.... 5%
Wabash pref...... 16%
\Vestern Union... 83%

Louisville &' Nash 50%.
Missouri Pacific.. 23
Northwestern . . . .103

 

 

General Markets.

NEW YORK, March 20.——FLOUR—State and
western inactive and nominal, irregular and
lower to sell: city mills patents,[email protected]fiz win-
ter patents, [email protected]: city mills clears, 34.154;
4.25: winter straights. [email protected].

WHEAT—No. 2 red opened weak and since
sold off sharply under big spring Wheat receipts
dull cables and absence of cables yesterday:
March, 69%@70c.; April. 69%0.

" CORN—NO. 2 weaker with wheat and under
liberal receipts: May. 35%uo35léc.; July. 36 5-16@
36léc.

OATS—No. 2 dull and tending downward:
May. 24%@24%s.; track. white, state. 25:11.290.

PORK—Dull; mess. $9.75.g,10.25; family. $10.50

11.

LARD—Dull: prime western steam. $5.45:
nominal. .

BUT’ ‘E R—Steady: state dairy, llfllZOCJ state
creamery, 1261.220.

CHEESE — Steady: state. large. 6@10%c.:
small, 6@10%c.

EGGS—Firmer: state and Pennsylvania, 11%
@12c.: western, 10%@11%c.

SUGAR—Raw firm: fair refining. 3%c.: cen-
trifugal, 96 test. 4 3-16c. bid: refined steady:
crushed. 5940.: powdered. 5%!!-

TURPENTINE—Quiet: 28%@390-

MOLASSES—Steady; New Orleans. 29®37c.

RICE—Steady: domestic. 3% 315cc J span. 3%
Guide. '

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THE EVEN 1N veg-GAZETTE-

PU NGENT PARAG RAPHS.

—She—"I‘oor felloW! Only one eye.
How come you to lose the other 2‘"
Tramp —"'A-looking for work, mum!”
—-Tit—Bits. ' ‘ ' '

—Shocl<mg Taste.——“Gamsby was a-
man of atrocous ideas." “Yes, the
wretch had red hair and committed sui-
cide with paris green.”—--Chicago Rec—
ord.

-Maud —~“What is the trouble be-
tween Alice and Kate ?” Ethel—“VVhy,
you see, Alice asked Kate to tell her
just What she thought of her.” Maud—4—
“Yes?” Ethel—"Kate told her.”——Bos-
ton Budget.

—A Woman’s Picture.——Lawyer—-
“You say the prisoner stole your watch.
that distinguishing feature was there
about the watch?” VVitne‘ss—“I't had
my sweethearts picture in it.” Lawyer
—“Ahi I see. A woman in the case.’ —-
Scottish American.

—The I:liom.—“Whyfcr eez it 2211:
a woman’s face eez use on zee silver dol-
lar in zis country?" inquired a. visiting
foreigner. “Because,” growled the 1111--
pecunious native, "it is the idiom of our
language that money talks.”—Detroit
Free Press.

—iEmin-3ut Physician’s Clerk—“Shall
I make out Mr. Young‘husband’s bill
and send It to him ‘2" Eminent Phy-
sician (a. 1:? an with a soft hcart)—“Weil,
no; not ye 1.. He seems to be in a seventh
heaven over the arrival of that baby,
and I hate to intrude on his innocent
joy."——~.\". Y. Weekly.

—“This," said the mother, in her best
instructive veice, as she guided the
child through the museum, “this is a
praying machine, used by the benighted
heathen." "I don't think that is half
as nice as having your praying done by
the preacher, like we do, do you, mam-
ma ?” asked the small girl.————Indianap—
olis Journal.

—“That’s a wonderful light that for--
eign scientist has discovered,” said
Hicks. “I t's so strong that if you let- it
shine through a pocketbook a camera
will make a picture of money in It."
“Jove!” said lYilbuI‘. “I‘d like to have
some of that. If it could make a picture
of money in my pocketbook I’d have an
easier time with my creditors.”—Har-
per’s Bazar.

IT SHOULD SHINE.

Simple Mixture for Keeping the Surface
of Furniture Bright.

It is a. most satisfactory state of af-
fairs and an evidence of careful and
dainty housewifcry if, when entering
the room, it is evidenced that the
chai: :c. Tables, cabinets and other pol-
ished furniture surfaces reflect the
light, glistening as with much careful
rubbing, and showing absence of dust
and grime.

There is no one of the housekeeper’s
duties that requires more careful at-
tention than the care of furniture sur—
faces. Dust will settle, dampness and
steam moisten it, and, though a. room
may be carefully put to rights every
day, some dust is bound to adhere, es-
pecially in corners and the crevices of
carvings and ornate work, that, if neg-
lected, presents anything but a. lovely
appearance. If there are children the
imprints of tiny fingers, so hard to keep
free from soil, are sure to adorn the
edges of tables and form traceries on
chairs and other household goods.

The aid Of a. cabinetmakcr every
month or so to clean the furniture
woud prove too costly, and the repeated
varnishings of such articles as require
it too much trouble; therefore, a clean-
er that will keep the furniture. looking
nice, remove the stains and soil, and
does not cost a great deal in time and
money is a. great boon to housewives.

To reach this end there is nothing
better than a. mixture of linseed Oil and
kerosene. Some furniture dealers use
linseed and turpentine, but it is not so
satisfactory, as after repeated u‘sing‘s
the turpentine roughens the polished
surface.

With a. flannel rag, dipped in a mix-
ture of two parts linseed to one of kero-
sene, rub the surface thoroughly. Let
it stand awhile, until you have rubbed
another piece, and then, with a perfect-
ly clean piece of flannel, free from oil,
polish until it shines to your taste.
This is an easy method of keeping fur—
niture bright, and it does not injure the
daintiest wood, the odor soon evaporat-
ing if the window is Opened.

If ihere is much furniture to~c1ean
and it is badly soiled, mix a small quan-
tity of the oils at a. time, so that it will
all be used, and u very soiled rag should
not be tolerated. Clean rags and a lit«
the clean oil at a time give better re-
sults. Then be careful to rub every
trace of. the cleaner from the furniture
or the result will not be what you de—
sire.

To clean fairly well the arms and
backs of upholstered furniture that has
become dingy, use a little gasoline.
Use clean flannel for this also, and after
dusting briskly with a. whisk broom,rub
with the flannel dipped with gasoline.
Then set in the air until the Odor has
evaporated. Polished or painted
fioors, grained or varnished doors, din-
gy baseboards, or any surface that re-
quires polishing, or that the house-
keeper desir-cs to shine, will do so most
agreeably if treated to a vigorous rub-
bing with the linseed oil and kerosene,
after first cleansing with soap and
water. -

Bronzcs and bent iron work. fenders
and grate fixings, all look brighter and
fresher for a little rubbing with oily
rags, and the room and its furnishings
that you have thus treated present a.
look of dainty, refined cleanliness that
is worth a great deal of work and infin-
ite trouble to produce—Chicago Inter
Ocean.

 

Embarrassing Situation.

First Usher (who was a rejected sui-
tor of the bride)-—I .can never keep
step going up the aisle.

Second Usher—Go up with me; I’ll
fix you. (As the. wedding march strikes
up) Now! Left—left—Jeft—left—

First Usher—For heaven's sake, shut
up! I know l'm left, but don’t tell the

 

I whole church about it.—Judg‘e.

 

'WESTPOBT.

 

M... Leroy Meeker is quite in with
rheumatism. ‘ ,. .

Charles W. Ball has'rented the Jack‘
son place on Riverside avenue.‘ . ,

Mr. and Mrs. William J. Sherwood
contemplate purchasing the Levi Coley
farm in Coley town. .

Mrs. Walter Smith. is visiting friend
in Brooklyn. . .

_ John Gorden and family have moved
Into the Martin “Lodge” house.

Rev. Kenneth MacKenzie has return-
ed from Richmond, Va.

The Choral Society will meet with
Mrs. William. L. Taylor this evening.

On Friday evening next Rev. George
Thompson ‘of Greenwich will preach at
the Union service, in i‘rinity church.

Mrs. Walter .Price of Brooklyn, who
is Visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs.
John W. Hurlbutl, inrecovering from
an attack of the mumps.

Yesterday morning while Conductor
Fred Plutt was‘ preparing his car for
service, he fell and broke his arm. Dr.
Day was summond and soon set the in-
jured member.

La Grippe Promptly Cured)
- S. T. \Viley, a well known school teacher
at Gibbon Glade, Fayette Co., Pa., says: a “I
am very much pleased to testify ,to the
efficacy of Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy,
one bottle of which I purchased of James
O’Neil, of this place. It gave me prompt
and permanent relief from a severe attack
of the grip. Since then, I have used It
whenever attacked by any throat trouble,;
and it has always efl‘ected a prompt cure.”‘
For sale by E. P. Weed, Druggist.
——-————<+

A Tailors" Strike Ended.
CHICAGO, March 21.—The strike of the
custom tailors is already practically over.

About ‘10 of the shops closed will open at
once, the contractors having signed the
contract drawn up by the men. The strike
began Wednesday with a reported number
of 2,000 1DV01T6d.

 

Coalfields In Cape Breton. i
ll/IONTHEAL, March 21.—Very large de-

posits of excellent coal have lately been
‘discovered at Loch Lemond, Cape Breton,
partly in the county of Richmond and
partly in the county of Cape Breton. Con-
siderable local capital is already invested
in that region.

An Oil Stove Explodes.
PHILADELPHIA, March 21.—An oil stove
in the chief Officer’s room of the British
steamship Titanic exploded while the ship
was lying at her dock here today. The
room was entirely burned out, and the
flames spread to adjoining rooms. 'The

ship was in danger for awhile. ° ,

Coal Trust Bills Reported.
ALBANY, March 21.—In the senate the
Coal trust bills were reported favorably
and put on the order of third reading. With
leave to have a hearing later,

 

 
 

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Salva-cn I; a Perfeclly Safe Remedy in Use.

REPORT BY THE DISTINGUISHED CHEMIST'

PROF. HENRY A. EDIT, PH.D., LL.ll., Ell,
Fellow of the London themical Society,
Member of the American Chemical Somety,
Chemist of the Medico-chal Society.
Author of numerous scientific works on Food,
Ventilation. Chemistry, etc.

“ NEW YORK, October 22, 1395.

“ Pursuant to request I have ex-
amined the preparation known as
SALVA-CFA and find the same to be
composed Of pcrfcctlv harmless and
efficient medicinal constituents, prin-
cipally of vegetable origin. Chemical
analysis demonstrates the entire
absence of any metallic poison, such
as lead. mercury, arsenic, copper,
etc., or their salts, as also the entire
absence of any alkaloid, such as
morphine (Opium), strychnine, etc.

“ It is not the och of the chemist
to point out the medicinal applica-
bility of any preparation, still, know-
ing the nature of the constituent
elements which compose SALVA-CEA,
[can say that the properties of the
same are so well defined that I am
justified in saying it should accom-
plish the work for which it is
recommended.

“ l have the honor to sign myself,

Yours respectfully,
HENRY A. MOTT, Pu.D., LL.D.”

SALVA—CEA is a positive remedy
for piles, colds—especially cold in
the head—all skin irritations and
chafings. It is antiseptic and ano-
dyne.

Two sizes. 25 and 5° cents per box.
A: druggists, or by mail.

Far dzgflgzatedpain and rfieumatixm ~’_ flee
jainis use Saliva-car, “Extra Strong. '
Said in tin: at 75 cent: eat/t.

Wwvvww» WW MWV M‘WWWW

THE BRANDRETH CO., 274 Canal St.. N. Y.

 

 

_ NOT GE

Special Told feeling.

The inhabi'ants of the Town of Norwalk are
hereby notified and warned that a special
town Ir eeting will be held in the Town House‘
in said Nor'walk. (‘11 Monday the 23d day of
March, 1896, at 2 o’clock in the afternoon. for
the following pur poses, to wit—

To repeal so much of the vote of said town
passed at its annual business meeting held on
the 20*h dav of January, 18.06. authorizmg and
directing the Se‘ectmen to cause to be im-
proved a' certain highway according to the
prov sions of Chapter CCCXV of the Pub‘ic
Acts of this State of- the year 1595, entitled
“An Act to Provide for the Improvement of
Public Itcads," as reads as follow 5. viz:—
“Illat certain highway kncwn as the Connecti-

"cut Turnpike beginning at the city line
"of the City of South Norwalk about 140
“feet West of Taylor Avenue and extend-
"ing Easterly as far as c n be done with
"the sum of money appropriated therefor,”
and in the place and stead thereof to designate
and direct some other highway or section of
highway to be improved according to the
provisions of said vote and public Act.
Dated at Norwalk. this 17th day of March
1896. -

IsAAc SELLEOK. Selectmen
Erase In Tnomrs. Town 0
FRANK H. MERRILL, Norwalk.

 

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