THE EVENING GAZETTE.
ENTERED AT THE POST ‘OFFICE IN .NOBWALK
As A Newsraraa.
MAIL SUBSCRIPTIONS,
DAILY. one year. :3; six months. $1.75: three
months. $1.00; one month. 300.
WEEKLY. one: year. iniladvance. $1.00; six
months. 60c: three months. 350.
THURSDAY, MAY 14, 1896.
For a Bicycle Path.
That the bicycle has come and cgme
to stay, is a self-evident fact. With a
little more care and caution on the part
of its “scorcher” Jehus, its popularity
would be augmented among a class of,
conservatives and timid people. who
now look upon the flying wheel with
fear and trembling. In many places a
bicycle path or roadway for the ex-
clusive use of wheelmen has becn con-
structed and greatly enjoyed in the
health giving recreation. New Haven,
just now is in it for one of these paths
and why not Norwalk ?
There are in this town according to
careful estimate, not less, than two
thousand wheelers. Now if each one
would contribute a dollar or two apiece,
a fund sufiicientlylarge would thus be
secured to prepare an exclusive path
bed from St. Paul’s church to Gregory
Point. When this was completed, if
found to be a success as we believe it
would be, the path could be extended
around the river road from Gregory
Point to Roton Point.
Surely no more cool and romantic
shore line route could be desired than
this, by our grand army of enthusiastic
Norwalk wheelmen. Will not our local
._,clubs of wheelmen combine and move
:e'in this matter, and act at once? The
~. GAZETTE feels that it is doing a public
.service in its- earnest advocacy of im-
‘-\;proved highways in general, and one of
~ the beneficient results of the advent of
3!th bicycle, is the universal demand it
“4188 created for better roads.
The New Haven Palladium treating
on this subject, and urging the con-
struction of a bicycle path for the
wheelmen of that cllf, states that it
feels it is doing something which will
last, not alone as a mere wheel-way;
but in stirring up the people to com-
bined action in a matter of general
benefit. All the other towns, it says,
are moving in the direction of building
cycle paths. Some day there will be a
network of them upon which a man
may ride from one end of New England
to another without having to get off
and push his bicycle through sand-
heaps or mud.
Again we appeal to our. Norwalk
wheelmen not to let the other towns
and cities of Connecticut ,outdo them
in liberalitys and enterprise, but put
their hands, hearts and pockets to the
wheel of progress and start off with a
bicycle path for Norwalk.
Recusant, Recondite, Rodemeyer.
We greatly fear Congressman Hill
has omitted our usually genial and gen-
erous friend Rodemeyer of the News,
in his liberal distribution of Reed but—
tons. How else can we account for the
Nch’ mental disquietude, not to say
disgruntled temper, whenever our ef»
fusive Congressman is in evidence. The
very name of Congressman Hill seems
of late, to affect the News as the scarlet
bandanna stirs a taurus’ ire.
It was only a few brief days since,
that the naughty News mixed our Wash-
ington statesman up with two other
congressmen. Actually made three of
him, when as every one knows, that as
there is but one Chauncey Depew, so
there is, there can be, there need be,
but one and one only, of ou°r Congress-
man Hill. ‘
Here is what the News put upon a
long suffering publicz— "
“The resemblance between Mr. Hill,
of Connecticut, and Mr. Thomas, of
Michigan, is so striking as to puzzle all
those. who behold them from any dis-
tance, and it often happens that the
presiding officer in the House gets them
mired in a way that amuses the specta-
iors and does'himself no harm. On a
recent occasion, within a brief half
hour, Mr. Hill was recognized as him-
self, as the gentleman from Michigan,
and as a sort of extra throw-in, as the
gentleman from Wisconsin. An inno-
cent old lady in one of the galleries re-
marked: ‘That man must be helping
those other two fellows out.’ ”
But the above subtle charge of double
dealing, on the part of Congressman
Hill, is as nothing compared to ' the
splenetic assault made upon our Rep-
resentative in last night’s News.
After acknowledging its indebtedness
, *to our Congressman for a copy . of the
~ flommittee’s report on his Putnam Park
bill donating condemned cannon. &c.,
to that Connecticut preserve, with the
Committee’s brief amendment to the
jove-like brows and went off in this
dreadful way:—
“It is difficult to imagine what good
these condemned old cannon will do,
unless mounted, in case of an invasion
of the park by the rampant Bedding
steers or the riotous Danbury stars.
This gift of condemned cannon without
their condemned bicycles willlprobably
move the commissioners to request
Congressman Hill to see it" he cannot
get the committee’s condemned amend-
ment amended? '
‘The conclusion is irresistable, that
the artful Rodemeyer purposes to twist
around the erst radically Republican
News, into a rantankerous Democratic
“organ,” for purposes of the fall elec-
tions. Were it not so, how dared he to
lift this bit of wickedness from the Far-
mer's into his own editorial columns:—
“The lemonade man from Ridgefield
who was the most insignificant Governor
Connecticut ever had, and is generally
suppcsed to have paid the highest price
for the nomination, emerges from the
obscurity into which he has passed to
say that he is a McKinley man and that
no one has the right to ask McKinley
for his views until the time is ripe.”
~ Foresters Meet.
At the eighth annual convention of
the grand court of Connecticut, Forest-
ers of America, in New Britain yester-
day, the report of Grand Secretary P.
E. Hendrick, of Taftvilleg, showed the
membership in the state to be 10,976, a
gain of 2,056 during the” year. There
are 104 lodges, a gain of 17 since the
last report. .
The report of the grand treasurer
showed that the grand lodge controls a
fund of $71,981. The sum of $5,750
was spent for funeral benefits last year.
The receipts last year were $13,000 and
the expenditures $11,068, leaving a bal-
ance of $1,940 on hand.
Sale of Oyster Grounds.
The insolvent estate of C. W. Hoyt &
Son, consisting of oyster grounds, en-
gines, etc., have been sold at auction
by E. Burr, Jr., the trustee of the es-
tate. The oyster grounds brought a
very‘small sum and the estate will not
pay more than twenty cents en the dol-
lar. One tract consisting of 300 acres
sold for 8725.
Another piece known as Lot 31 on
the map consisting of 100 acres sold for
$103. Another piece of ground consist-
ing of 34 acres sold for $34.
0.
State Probate Assembly.
The quarterly meeting of the Con-
necticut Probate assembly was held at
the Capitol yesterday, Judge Silas B.
Sherwood, of Westport, presiding.
Eulogies were delivered to the memory
of the late Judge William B. Glover, of
Fairfield, and the late Judge Robert H.
Russell, of Stratford. Memoz ills of each
were ordered entered upon the records.
I.
Engaged.
The engagement of Miss Bertha M.
Wilson daughter oer. and Mrs. Oliver
E. Wilson of this city, to Mr. Charles
H. Colt, of Denver, Colorado, is an-
nounced.
A Difference.
The city of Bridgeport has donated
$500 to the G. A. R. Post of that place
to be used in proper observance of Me-
morial day. Where is Norwalk?
WESTPORT.
The funeral of Mrs. G. L. Jellifi‘, who
died at Asbury Park, will take place in
Wilton to-day. The remains will be
brought to Westpnrtpn the 1 o’clock
train. . .
Harry Gallagher, the four year old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Gallagher,
who reside over Hubbell Sr Bradley’s
store in Saunatuck, while playing on
afloat which is moored to the wharf
at the rear of the building, accidentally
fell overboard. His mother, attracted
by his cries, rushed to his assistance,
and succeeded in dragging him out of
the water.
When Mrs. Carson of Norwalk, went
up to Joseph Meyer’s to get the town
toundling yesterday afternoon, Mr.
Meyers would not let her have the
child. One of the selectmen was then
sent after it. Meyers gave as the reason
that he did not let Mrs. Carson haVe
board, buthe was finally persuaded the
town was good for the amount of the
bill, and the baby was brought away in
triumph.
Harry McDonough post, No. 63, G.
A. R. of Westport, met last Monday
night in Temperance hall. Rev. Father
Doyle of New York, will deliver an ad-
dress at 7:45, in National hall, on the
evening of Memorial Day. The sold-
afternoon by a detachment from the
post. Flowers will be thankfully re-
ceived. A committee of ladies will be
appointed to look after the decorations‘
in the hall. On Sunday preceding
Memorial Day, the: post will meet and
attend Christ church in a body, to listen
to an appropriate? sermon by Rev.
George Barhydt. 1 . .
bill, the irreverent Rodemeyer knit his-
it, that the town owed for four weeks’_
iers’ graves will be decorated in the
MICROBES 'lN CLOTH-
Germs and Bucrlli Have Been Found In
New Stockings and Gloves. '
“Microbia,” or the science of mi-
crobes, is becoming more and more an
exact study, and theories which lacked
confirmation a. few short months ‘ago
have now become medical facts. Per-
haps, says the New York World, the
latest discovery in the realm of bacteri-
tity of bacilli that are to be found in
cotton and woolen clothes. Herr Seitz,
21. savant and physician of Munich, has
vestigations of bits of cotton. and
woolen goods, and the result of the re-
searches, as he gives it out, contains
information that is startling and
worthy of careful attention.
Herr Seitz’s experimenting has been
eighth of an inch across.
discovered nine hundred and fifty-six
microbes.
cut from a woolen stocking. - In a
piece of like size cut from a. cotton
stocking he found an average yield of
seven hundred and twelve microbes;
These bits of cloth had all been worn.
stop here. He carefully tested bits of
a. glove that was quite new and fresh,
and had never yet been upon any band.
covered on the average, all the pieces
examined having been of the above
size. Other_ experiments quite as in-
teresting this German physician made,
with the result of formally establishing
the theory that microbes exist to a
greater or loss extent in all wearing-
apparel.
It must not be supposed, however,
Herr Seitz contends, that all the vari«‘
eties of bacilli found in blothing' are
breeders of dangerous diseases. Some
of them have been proved by science to
be quite harmless, but the mere fact
that microbes can and do exist in
clothes, and grow fruitful and multiply
there. is an alarming one. With this
theory made into a. fact, the peculiar
spreading of contagious diseases can be
traced much more easily and precau-
tions more readily taken. Accepting
the fact that nearly all clothing is the
seat of some type of bacilli, it is not
difi’icultto see how certain sporadic dis-
eases spring up. ,
One especially valuable bit of medi-
cal data has come to light through these
experiments, and that is' to the effect
that the bacilli of typhoid fever can be
preserved in wool, under ordinary con-
ditions, for twenty-five days. A Vigor-
ous application of this knowledge may
do much to ward off “typhoid fever in
future. . .
COOD lMlTATlONS OF AMBER.
Only Expert's Can Detect Them from the
Beat Article.
When a man buys a pipe or a cigar--
holder with a. mouthpiece, which, the
dealer declares is amber, the chances
are ten to one that the purchaser is being
deceived. This assertion may seem hard
upon the seller, but so clever are the
imitations of amber now in the market
that dealers need have little fear in
selling them, as none but an expert can
tell the false from the real. Celluloid
and amberine are the cheapest ,of' the.
imitations, says the New 'York" Press,
and no dealer would think of recom-
,mending them as amber to anyone who
appeared to know much about what. he
wanted. But with ambcroid it is a dif-
ferent matter, for, as this substance is
made from the amber itself, there is no
perceptible difference in its appearance
or properties. This is made from small
bits of amber ground fine and com-
pressed by hydraulic power. The proc-
ess is a secret possessed Only by a. few
manufacturers in Vienna. All the long
stems of a clear,
which give a. meerschaum or briar sc
fancy a. price, are made of amberoid,
excepting, perhaps, pipes of the highest
value. ’ The belief that the sure test of
amber is that it will pick up paper has
deceived many people, for amberoid
will do the same thing, as will amber-
ine, which is a. still cheaper composi-
tion made in England. Experts tell
celluloid at a glance, but anyone may
distinguish it by its smell of camphor,
which enters largely into its composi-
tion. Most of the amber sold comes
from along the Black sea. in Turkey
sand, is found the sea-green amber of
almost priceless value. This is chiefly
ticles are sometimes ' made from it.
Green amber is seldom seen in this
country. Black amber, used for jewelry
and inlaying, and milk-white amber are
also valuable. For many centuries
amber has been regarded with favor on
account of its supposed medicinal pro-
pcrties.
and odd is one made from the pinion'of
an albatross.
are about a foot and a. half - long and
hollow. They are sold in this city by
sailors who capture the large birds that
alight on’ the masts of ships at sea. '
Snatres'Tattdo-ed' by Sailors.
The sailors of the Gulf of Mexico and
the equatorial regions of the Atlantic
ocean amuse themselves, and also turn
an occasional honest penny, by captur-~
variety known as the lemon boa and
tors and designs. One of those living
manuscripts was recently exhibited at
Egyptian hall, London. Thousands of
these tattooed snakes are annually dis-
posed of at Rio do J anciro. The buyers
generally kill these snakes and either
skin them or preserve the entire reptile
in alcohol. Such specimens are highly
prized by both European and North
American collectors of Curiosities.
Sold a. Kingdom at Auction.
The recent sale at au'ction in Ham-
burg of the kingdom of Matupia is in-
teresting. This royal domain, which
lies in the South seas, was knocked
down to 2. Hamburg firm (it is a. posses-
only twelve thou sand marks, less than
three thousand dollars. The purchasers
intend to establish plantations. on it,
and to pension ofi' the king on. a salary
I of twenty-five cents a day. -l'
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done with pieces of cloth about one-.~
In the aver-r
age bit of woolen goods of this size be-
The pieces examined were.
But Herr Seitz’s experiment did not'
In that thirty-three microbes Were ‘dis-'
beautiful amber, .
and Germany. Here, buried in the:
covering" their bodies with tattooed let—-i
THE EVEN I NG , G A an r
ology is regarding the enormous quan4
recently made a. series of careful in?
rT
used for jewelry, although smokers’ are .
. once.
A pipe stein which is valuable -.
The bones from the wing“ _
ing both large and small snakes of the
sion of the German government) for:
~§ j 'Dateg§t~l\lorwallr this 13th day of Ma
‘sions of nature was displayed by the
. ous_ and_intoxicatiiia liquors. ale. lager beer.
" Rhine Wine and
SOWED. BY iTHE WIND.
How. Nature Has Provides! for the D15-
trlbutton of some Seeds.
Prof. F. V. Coville, of the agricultu-
ral department, lectured recently on
the “Natural Distribution ofSccds."
He said, reports the Washington Post,
there is a. distribution of seed caused
by the wind, and he cites the common
silver maple seed, which falls so thick
in this city late in the spring. The
wings attached to this seed permit its
'wide dispensation by the wind as it
falls from the tree. Another variety of
natural distribution was shown in the
Russian thistle, which is light and
takes the form of a. tumble weed, pass-
ing sometimes at the rate of a hundred
miles a day over the wind—swept plains,
and planting itself Wherever it lodges.
The milk weed was displayed as a fine
specimen of the variety of seeds spread
by the wind. This seed is so light the
atmosphere will carry it for many
miles from its mother plant. Water is
an important factor in nature’s dis-
tributiou, and he exhibited seed which
are supported on the surface of the
water until they mature sufficiently,
when they are broken from a. substance
like cork, which supports :them, and
sink to plant themselves in the bed of
a stream many miles away from the
plant. which sheds them.
Mistletoe, the speaker explained, is
sprbnd by the seed sticking to the bill
of birds when they endeavor to eat
it, and it is subsequently deposited by
them in their efforts to free their bill
on the limb of a. tree, where it matures.
One of the most remarkable provi-
spcaker. in the common Witch hazel,
which develops in a. capsule that opens
as the weather grows warm and the
seed within it pops out, shooting as far
as fifty and seventy-five feet away from
the parent tree, spreading the plant
in the most remarkable way.
I Aréouor was first distinguished. as:
an elementary substance by Albucasis,
in the twelfth century.
AT A RIPE OLD AGE.
THOMAS WILLIAM WII‘NIETT, who
died in Williamsburg, N. Y., recently,
in his ninetieth year, superintended the
construction of the isthmus railroad
from Aspinwall to Panama.
DB. WILLIAM HOTCHKISS, who died
recently in . St. Louis, was averse to
water for cleansing purposes, and rare-
ly permitted it to touch his skin. Some
of his acquaintances claim that he knew ,
the secret of longevity, and that his age
was one hundred and forty years.
DR. G. _ W. SAMPSON, who died at
Tiflin recently,~aged ninety-three years,
was the first white physician among
the Indians of . northwestern Ohio, and
was. also president. of the first medical
convention ever held in that state.
ANDREAS HAFTAS, the last veteran of
the Greek wars of liberty of 1821, died
in Athens lately at the age of one hun-
dred and sixteen. One of the streets in
Athens is named after him, and his fu-
neral was a public‘one. He had often
expressed the wish to' live till 1901, in
order to say that he had seen three
centuries. '
‘ ‘—why You Should Use a Gas Stove.
They are always ready.
The hardest part of starting the fire
is striking the match.
The moment you are through using,
the consumption of fuel stops.
They cook and bake everything (ex-
cept the girl) to perfection.
They are handsome, and there is no
ashes or dirt attending their use.
The Norwalk Gas Light Company
will sell you one at cost, and furnish the
gas to run one with at a reduced rate.
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During the winter of 1893, F. M. Martin,
of. Long Beach, West Va., contracted a
severe cold which left him with a cough. In
speaking of how he cured it he says: “I
used several kinds of cough syrup but found
no relief until I bought a. bottle of Cham-
berlain’s Cough Remedy, which relieved me
almost instantly, and in a. short time brought
about a complete cure.” When troubled with
a. cough or cold use this remedy and you
will not find it necessary to try several kinds
before you get relief. It has been in the
market for over twenty years and constantly
grown in favor and popularity." For sale at
25 and 50 cents per‘bottle by E. P..chd,
druggist. I ' -
Launch For Sale.
The fast'Steam Launch MINNETTA will be
soldfor less than its value. if applied for at
‘ S. B. WILSON.
92 WALL STREET. -
Norwalk Opera House
ALL NEXT WEEK.
.TleJiliaitimeli Ctlllltllll
OPENING PLAY:
A Man of the World
Positive Nightly Change.
People’s Prices, - 10c. 200 and 300
Tickets now on sale at Weed’s and Tomlin-
son‘s Drug Stores.
m0 the Board of County Commissioners
for Fan-field County. , _
I hereby apply for a. license to sell spiritu-
cider. at Fair View Hotel,
Bowayton. Town of Norwalk.
Myplace ot'_ busrness ]_5 not locatedwithin
200 feet in a direct line of a church edifice _or
public schOol house. or the premises pertain-
in thereto. or an 'post office or public library.
' Dated at Norwa k this 13th day of May, 1896.
BABCOCK & HUMMEL. Ap licants.
We, the undersi ned,,electors an tax-pay-
ers, as defined by aw of ,the town of Norwalk,
hereb endorse the application of the above
name Babcock & Hummel, for such license.
Dated a t Norwalk this 13th daytof May. 1890.
John Oldenschlager. William‘ A..- Hendnck.
Henry Stadler, J as. Toner. J as. itchel.
I hereby certify that the above named en-
dorsers are electors and tax-payers, as defined
bylaw. of the town; of Norwalk. 1096
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lerk.
NIE E. SMITH. Asst. Town
‘ the Kidneys in order—curing the
, Slightly Improved.
It was thought at the hospital! in
Bridgeport this morning that Allen S.
Grumman, who was so badly hurt by
theexplosion at the Aero works, was
somewhat better. '
That
Old Saw
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{We not. °‘
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‘SAp ounce of prevention is
_worth a pound of cure ”, is the .
cup of truth full to overflow-
ing. It Wont cost much to keep
your Kidneys from getting
clogged—'twont cost much to
cure that dragging Backache— »
curing the Bac ache is the pre-
vention of Kidney trouble.
Baker’s Kidney Pills
will cure the Backache and keep
diseased Kidneys when neglect
has worn them out is another
thing. There is no specific for
making new Kidneys. Keep-
diseasc away from healthy ones.
The Pills cost 50 cents at the
druggists. Bo about Back-
uche and Kidney trouble, free.
Baker Pill Ca, Bangor, Me.
WANTED.
ANTED—Carpenters. Three or four
good workmen. Apply to S. B. WILSON.
92 Wall street. m-11-1-w
WANTED—Situation to do general house-
work. Address D, care of this office.
1'0 BEN T.
To RENT—Cottage of six rooms. adjoining
residence of W .J. Fitch, Westport avenue. ,
Apply on premises. tt
ARPETS CLEANED with improved ma-
chinery and returned the, same day.
Lawn Mowers repaired and ground. All or-
ders by mail promptly attended to. STEAM
CARPET Worms. No.14 Knight street. m11-1w
HERE THEY ABEL
EDDY’S REFRIGERATOBS
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nonunion
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Prof. George Yoeiger, 1‘7
AT THE
nonmui orient House.
Friday Eve’g.Mayl5 *
A fine program has been
arranged, and several of
the best boxers of Connec-
ticut and New York will
appear.
Admission, ' - 50 Carats _,
.___‘...__.
Reserved Seats at Louis Potter’s, Nor-
walk, and Mahackemo Hotel, South
Norwalk. ' '
Strongly Built, Handsomely Finished ,and the Most
Economical Users of Ice. . z ,.
THINK OF THIS.
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Perfect Non-Conductor Packing. Cold Dry Air Circular
tion. Wrought-Iron Ice Racks. Absolute Dryness.
Slate Stone Shelves.
Zinc Linings.
' Double
Unexposed Wood
Inside Joints.
Cases. ,
VERY "ONE WARRANTED 'As REPRESENTED
South Norwalk
42 SOUTH MAIN STREET,
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Hardware 00., ' I
sourl-I NonALK, CONN.
7 .1 pLSEN BROS. ‘
Our display of new Tan Shoes, and Oxford for the spring
of ’96'beats anything ever shown in town for novelties, liber-
ality and splendor.
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They dazzle and bewilder you, and you will be the worst
disappointedpperson-in town it
you don’t come in and exam-
ine our shoes, whether you wish to buy. or not. The prices
as usual, THE LOWEST, at ,
OLSEN
BROS.’
3 GAZETTE BUILDING, NdRWALK.
YOUR FRIENDS ”ARE USING
PLAISTEI’S caucusrnrnv'
AND anocnnnnn rrs USE .
Get a Bottle at once, 25 and: '50 Cents.
LL DRUGGIsrs.
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