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Dann, E'xosnsroa Liverv and Sales Stable ' Opposite Danbury and Norwalk Railroad depot! Norwalk. Conn: Stylish Binnie or Double Team with or without drivers Safe horses for women tndchildren- o SADDLE HORSE S A' SPECIALT Y L \ a PARADISE For, «regimes. Such Is the GloriOus and Hospita- ble State of California. There the Impecunious Tourist Revels in Salubrions. Climate, Beautiful Scenery and Plenty of “Hand-Outs.” California, as we have often said, is the tramp’ s paradise. The vagrants of the union know this so well that un- less the blessing of our climate be oil'- set with severe artificial disadvantages the state will become each year the win- ter resort of the greater multitude of traveling loafers. We are already cursed with more of these pests than the law officers of the interior seem able to handle. Tramps’ camps have become a winter institutiOn in south- ern California. These colonies of lazy and worthless bummers are outfitted with tents. They beg and steal from the surrounding inhabitants, who are afraid of them, for arson, robbery and murder are 1ent1eful possibilities when a t-r amp colony is refused what it asks. So deter mined are the unpleasant strangers to li1 e without work that they adopt a military organization and are ready to give battle to the rural p0- lice. Near Riverside, the other day, the officers who descended upon one of the camps were routed, horse, foot and dragoon, after a. brisk engagement. In earlier days, when mining and not ag- riculture engaged the people, Cali- ~fornia would have disposed of such militant bummers with rope and pistol. But farmers are of a peaceable spirit, and their occupation isolates them. How comfortable the tramp’s life is made for him here, how easily he man- ages to exist without toil, was interest- ineg revealed by the recently printed narrati1e of a voung man who, as a "hobo,” made the trip from San Diego to San Francisco. His experience shows that money is not necessary in Cali- fornia to a man who makes up his mind to be a tourist. There is still an un- limited supply of tender-hearted peo- ple who 11 ould rather take the chance of encouraging mgrancy than run the risk of withholding help from worthy men seeking work—~a character, all- ways assumed by the tramp, of course. This amateur and a companion loitered on their.j0urney for over a month and never went hungry. They were taken for the genuine article by the real tramps they met, and also by the po- liece of the towns and villages, thus gaining a perfect insight into the life. In Delmar, for example, they were told that if they could induce the con- stable to arrest them they could get a ,“floater”—that is to say, be housed over night in the jail and floated on- ward in the morning, stayed by a good breakfast. “I am told,” relates the young man, “that in some of these places the tramps are sentenced to ten days, but the constable lets him off, gives his a couple of dollars as an in- centive to leave, and charges the coun- ty one dollar a day for the ten days.” By stealing rides and begging at houses the pair made pleasant prog- rcss. Not only subsistence, but social attention, it seems, are the agreeable portion of the moneyless tourist in southern California. As witness: “At Carlsbad we were in great luck. My chum did some chores round a house and the lady'took us both in. We got a wash, a good meal, a bed and spent the evening playing the piano and cards. Nextmorning the lady put up a big lunch for us, and jumped the blind baggage car when the train came along.” Sleeping in barns and haystacks by , night, begging for food during the day , walking for pleasure, and taking the cars for speed, the adventure proceeded joyously. Professional tramps were encountered ‘in large numbers. At Gosheu there was an encampment with a captain in command and a negro servant to do the cooking. The com- pany slept in tents, and regular details were sent out to forage. The com- munity called itself} the “Sons of Rest,” and had for its motto the sybaritic sen- timent: “Fools and Mules Work.” The amateurs found that they gen— erally could get work when they asked for it, but, like the regulars, they were 'under no necessity to labor. Charity abounded, and they pursued their way without hardship. Since novices could ..‘1 1 ”"1353 @7321.) NFL 1"? must be pleasant, indeed. ‘It is not wonderful that the tramp looks down with contempt on the workingman who drudges for a livelihood that is to be had without exert-ion. We have no snow here, practically no winter, and the tramp comes to us in the assurance that there is a picnic awaiting him. He will come, and bring his comrades with him, while the peo- ple and the officers of the law remain as kind as the skies. That each town is anxious to pass the vagabonds on to the next, and will even offer them a re- ward to go, is natural enough tunder present conditions, which ‘ are dis- graceful to a civilized state. So long as we have this want of concert, this anarchy, this army of tramps will in- crease. Yet there is no sound reason why the evil should not be abated, and even turned to profitable account. There are 57 counties, and all save a few of them need more'roads and bet. for roads. It ought not. to be difficult- for the several boards of supevisors to put themselves in communication with one another and come to an under- standing. If this were donebif every tramp arrested should be given the full penalty of the law against vagrancy and compelled to work on' the roads during the entire term of his sentence, a solid advantage would be reaped, and the tramps kept away from California in future. 'Pending such action as this by the authorities, the duty of the individual citizen is clear. Charity t0 the unde- serving is a wrong done the deserving. Every tramp supported in idleness is an encouragement to better men to abandon honest 11 ays —San Francisco Argonaut. THE EVE do so well, the lot of a skilled loafer SHE- WENT TO THE. OPERA. | Terrible. Experience Her Love of Music Caused the Parson's Wife. It was the person s fault- A clergy- man with a music-101mg wife ought to know better than to go out of town to a missionary cbnference just on. the eve. of a season of grand opera at home. Perhaps he .never thought of it. Clergymen are not subject to the temp- tations which beset the rest of man- kind. Besides, he knew nothing about music. One tune was like another to him, and, on the only occasion when he went to an orchestra concert he fell asleep in the middle of the second move— ment _ of the symphony and never waked up until the shrieking 0f 1 the Valkyries smote his cars at the close of the programme. So the parson went away with no misgiving. To tell thci truth, the parson’swife had no pre- monition that she would fall from grace. She meant t-o-be good. It chanced that several worldly people called on Friday and Saturday. World— ly as they were, they loved music just , as much as she did, and they could talk of nothing but the opera. all going. They had‘ hoarded uptheir- money and bought their tickets, an}? heaven would open Monday night at eight sharp. The person’s wife began to wish that the opera company would stay away. Then she wished that it would come and that her husband was a d-0ct0r or a lawyer 011 abroker, or any- thing so that she might be justified in going. Alas! who is strong to stand in the hour of temptation? She hail hardly wished the last wish when her husband's brother, a worldly, amuse.- ment-loving fellow, came in. “Say,” said he, “come to the opera Wednesday night. J im’s away and all the church folks will be at prayer meeting, and nobody’ll know the difference. ‘ Sue and I are going Monday and Tuesday, but she saps she doesn’t care a rap for this ‘Acdea’ or ‘I—dea,’ or whatever you call it, and she said she knew you’d e11- joy it.” “Oh, you know I would, Fred, but would it be right?’ “Right? Of course. do you good.” “But you know James thought he would be home by Wednesday in time for prayer meeting.” “Well, I‘ll fix that. Look over your apparel and come along. I’ll call for you at about half-past seven.” The person’s Wife had many qualms during the next few days. She said to herself over and over again that there is nothing wicked in opera, unless it is the ballet.‘ She hoped there would be no announcement of a ballet, but there would be one nevertheless. She wanted to know what the shocking thing is like. She was relieved rwhen she found her— self in the balcony of the music hall lVednesday night with not a soul any- where about whom she knew. Present- ly two persons brushed past them and sank into the next seats, and then she heard :1 familiar voice cry: “Why, Sister Goodman! You here!” Alas! for the parson’s wife,‘ two of the stanchest members of the church were there beside her. There was nothing for it but to brazen it out. They were just as culpable as she was. "Yes, I’m here. I just couldn’t stay .111.11,’she said. “And jou Why are y on not at church?” 4 1 - -1 “Well, we couldn tstay £111 ay, either,” said Brother Baldwin. II c saw that the person’s wife was somewhat ill at case, and when the curtain desccndeul on the first not he diverted himself at her expense. “Dear me,” said he, “why it looks as though most of the fathers in Israel were lime to- night. ” “What? V1 hut do you 11111111. ”’ as ked the scaudalized pmson’ 5 wife. “Why, way OVL‘I‘ there I see Brother Siddons, and there’s Father Blodgett down there in a box, und———” “Where! whore?” cried the parson’s wife clapping her opera glasses to her eyes. “You don’t mean to say Father Blodgett 12011111 come to the opus, of all things!” “Look out! look out! he's squinting up here and he’ll see you!” The person’s wife involuntarily ducked. Indeed, the opera was well- nigh finished before she was assured that the venerable churchmen whom Frother Baldwin had pretended to point out were not in the audience. And she was glad,_f0r she did not think that the ballet would have been good for them. When she got home whom should she find there but the parson himself, who had arrived by a late train. “Goodness, my dear," said he, looking at the clock. “What an extraor- dinarily long meet-ing to-night.’ ” “Yes,” said she, lookng at her hus— band’s brother in agonizing appeal. “It was long.”.~—Bufl‘a10 Courier. Come on. It 11 ' Delightful Blundering. A little boy in the course of his read- ing lesson came to the word “widow,” and called it “window,” a word more familiar to him. . Theteacher,-who was acting as examiner, corrected the blun- der, and then, wishing to improve the occasion, put the question: “What is the difference between ‘widow’ and ‘window’? The boy’s answer beg-an: “You can see thrdughawindow, but—” and, then stopped. The amusement 'plainly visible on the teacher’s face prevented this miniature Sam Weller from completing the contrast. Now, the blunder here, so far as it was a blunder, was entirely due to the teacher. He did not mean to impress on his pupils the transparency of a window as contrasted with a widow, but the difference in spelling between .the two words.——Blackwood’s Maga- - zine. Still Throwing It Up. Mrs. McSwat (looking over the pa- per)—Billinger, here is an article about women barbers. One of them says you have no idea of the nerve it takes-'to shave the throat of a man who has a big Adam’s apple. ‘ Mr. McSwat—I don’t wonder. It ought to fill a woman with remorse every time she sees an Adam’s apple.— Chicago Tribune. They were 1 ING GAZETTE OF NEW YORK. RICHARD A. McCURDY President. Assets Liabilities - . Surplus 1 . Total Income . ‘~ amen in clear “ ingll u. t 3!. 195. . $221,213,721 33. 194,347,157 .58 1116151 Paid} Policy-holders in 1895, Insurance and Annuities in force, Net gain in 1895, actually issued and paid for in cash Is lncluded. I have carefully examined the foregoing [Statement and find the same to be correct. 1 CHARLES A. PRELLER, Auditor. From the Surplus a dividend will be apportioned as usual. Report of the Examining Committee. Ultiue u the Mutual Life Insurance company of New York, At a meeting of the. Board of Trustees of this Company, held on the 18t h day of December last, theundersigned were appointed a Committee to examine t‘lc Statement for the year ending December 31st, 1895, and to verify the same by com- parison with the assets of the Company. The Committee have carefully performed the duty assigned to them, and hereby certify that the Statement is in all particulars correct and that the assets specified therein are in possession of the Company. In making this certificate the Committee bear testimony to the high character of the investments (1' the Company and express their approval of the system, order and accuracy with winch the accounts and vouchers have been kept, and the business in general transacted. H. C. Von Post, ( harles R. Henderson, James C. Holden, February 11,1896. Robert Clyphant, , Wm. P. Lizon, Committee J. H. Herrick. ) ' ROBERTA. GRANNIS, Vice-President. WALTER R. GILLETTE. General Manager. ISAAC F. LLOYD, Second Vice-President, .WILLIAM J. EASTON, Secretary, WILLIAM P. SAN DS, Cashier EMORY MOCLINTOCK 3* JOHN TATLOCK, J 3., Asst. Actuary. .17 ' CHARLES A. PRELLER, Auditor, HENRY E. DUNCAN. Jr., Cor. Seoy. ALBERT KLAMROTH, Asst. Secy. FREDERIC CROMWELL, Treasurer. IOHN A. FONDA, Assistant Treasurer. JAMES TIMPSON, 2d Asst. Treas EDWARD P. HOLDEN, Asst. Cashier LL.D., F. I. A., Actuary. WM. W. RICHARDS, Comptroller. HENRY S. BROWN, Asst. Comp. JOHN C. ELLIOTT, Superintendent ofDomestic Agencies, EDWARD LYMAN SHORT, Gen. Solicitor. GUSTAVUS ‘3. WINSTON, M. D. MEDICAL DIRECTORS ELIAS, J. MARSH, M. D. GRANVILLE M. WHITE. 11. D. 1 JCEN w. NICHCLS. V ’ New Haven, General Agt. for State of Connecticut. A. n. CAME. Local Agent $26,866,563 75 $48,597,430 51 . — $23,126,728 45 $899 07,4 453 78 $6], 647, 645 36 51‘: NOTE— Insurance merely 1m ftcen, ls discarded from this Statement as wholly misleading. and only insurance 1 annual L71-
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