’ THEiEVENlNG GAZETTEl
ENTERED AT Tar. PosT OFFICE 111 NORWALK
As A NEWSPAPER.
MAIL S UBSCRIPTI ON 8,
DAILY. one year. :3: six months. $1.75; three
months. $1.00; one month. 30c. '
WEEKLY. one: year. nil-advance. $1.00; six
months. 60c.; three months. 35c.
SATURDAY, MAY 16,1896.
Alluestion of Judgment.
“ Judge not that ye be not judged,”
was the injunction of Christ in His ser-
mon on the Mount. It is very good ad-
vice, but is more honored in the breach
than in the observance, and more
especially among those who claim not
to believe in any judgment in a possible
hereafter '
We must believe in a Supreme Power
even when for the purposes of pleasure
I or profit, we declare otherwise. and this
belief crops out very often in the speech
and actions of the most self-deceived
agnostic—inadvertently, perhaps, but
a confession of faith just the same.
.A supreme power presupposes a su-
preme judge, and, as everything in life
proves that there is no death-merely a
transition, a succession of changes,
a hereafter in which humanity must
answer for sins done in the flesh—it is
not such a wild supposition after all.
In fact, it is quite the reverse.
The hereafter and judgment being
admitted, the question comes up as to
how one shall be judged. We know
what finite judgment is, how partial,
superficial, unsatisfactory and exaspera-
ting. All of us have experienced this
.sort ofjudgment, and those of us who
imave acquired some little stock of phil:
'osophy laugh at and despise it. Finite
judgment is wrong so often that it is a
every good thing for us that it is confided
entirely to, this world.
EInfinitejudgment sees below the sur-
‘fiface and will render its decision in
ostrict accordance with the true condi-
tion of things. It will not be swayed
by connecting circumstances, it will
not be biased by auv judgment that
- has been render-ec- 1... v ously by any
anther power. _ .
{it is said of certain prominent per.
'ssons who dispute the authenticity of
Scripture, deny the existence of God
and throw dirt upon the memory of
His only begotten Son who died upon
the cross, that they lead moral, upright
lives; that their homes are homeslhof
beauty, of charity and love, and that
the very essence of true Christianity is
exemplified in their daily walk. Per-
sonally this may be all very} true, but
there isa question as to whether the
supreme and final judgment may not
rest more upon our relation Eto the
world at large than in the narrow cir-
cle of our own personal movement,cen-
tered entirely in self. We may be
judged by the influencesIfor good .or
evil that. we have had upon others
weaker than ourselves and more prone
- to fall.
No matter how good and true and
purealife we have led in our own or-
bit, if our speech and'actions in rela-
b‘tion to the outside world have had a
woeful effect upon others, and mined
and wrecked their hopesj we may be
held toastrict accountability on that
’ awful day when the firmament shall be
rolled together as ascroll and the sea
shall give up its dead.
80, with the brilliant, polished, mag—
lnetic infidel, whose-home life has been
ibeautiful, but whose spoken and writ-
ten words have disturbed other homes
and scattered desolation and unrest and
unbelief among the weak ones of earth;
‘taken’ the Bible away from them, and
given them a glittering pebble in its
shattered the cross to which
the1 clung, without pomting out any
Other refuge from the gathering storm;
taken away from them the heaven
1,1311 3tur€~d to them at a Christian mother’s
knee, and left .them nothing but a
:gloomy grave and annihilation; driven
them to self-murder by specious argu-
ments in its defense—the supreme
judgment that is sure to come may take
into consideration all these things, as
well as the respectability of his private
life.
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Hope vs. Pioneer.
Arrangements have been completed
and the first of a series of games be-
tween the Hope Base and Pioneer
Hook and‘Ladder companies base ball,
nines will“ be played at N'or walk Park, ‘
on Memorial day. The game will be
called at 10 o’clock and all ladies will
‘be admitted frlze. The Mayor and
' Council have been invited and it is ex-
pected that the former will call “play. ”
The game promises to be an interesting
none.
.9.
'PERHAPS IOO KILLED.
Great Loss of Life in the Sweep of a Tor-
nado in Sherman, Texas. I
‘A tornado struck Sherman, Tex, at
4:30 o’clock yesterday afternoon, killing
many persons and doing great damage.
The number of dead is reported to be
100.
The path of the tornado was 150 yards
wide. It struck the city at the west
end of Post Oak Creek and swept in a
westerly direction for several blo‘cks
and then spread and spent its force.
The wounded will probably number,
fully one hundred mIore.
Hit With a Stone.
A report was current this morning
that some roughs from Danbury had
attempted to stop the express freight,
which passed through this city at an
early hour this morning, and failing,
had hurled a stone at the train striking
a brakeman on the head badly injuring
him. The railroad employees knew
nothing of such a report and inquiry at
the Danbury hospita1,where it was said
the injured man had been taken, failed
to confirm the story.
Taken Suddenly III.
I As Isaac C. Bouton was driving one
of the Holmes, Keeler & Selleck 00.
teams to Darien yesterday afternoon,
he noticed that one of the horses exhibi-
ted signs of being sick. He managed
by careful driving to’ get the team to
Darien, and veterinary surgeon Bates
was summoned and prescribed for the
horse, and later it was led back to its
stable in this city. It is suffering from
an attack of influenza, and is much
better to-day.
Norwalk Opera House.
The Julian \Comedy Company will
open their week’s engagement next
Monday night with the comedy drama
“A Man of the World.” A different
play every night. Look out for ladies’
free ticket.
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WESTPORT.
Miss Katherine Wilcox has returned
to her country residence on Compo
avenue.
Miss Hattie McGinty of Bethel, is the
guest of Mrs. William Williams of
Saugatuck.
Austin Wakeman of Saugatuck, has
been overhauling and putting the cup
defender None Such in commission for
the coming summer.
Albert Smith and family of Seymour,
moved to Saugatuck yesterday, where
they intend to residein the future. Mr.
Smith is a member of the firm of E. C.
Smith A: Go.
Henry Carr, who was charged with
assaulting Julia Hallie, pleaded guilty
and was sent to jail for three months
in the Criminal Superior court yester-
day. He laughed heartily on receiving
his sentence, not because he thought
it was «ridiculously low, but be-
cause he was hysterical over his escape
from prison. He had been in jail for
115 days awaiting trial.
Capt. George W. Masters of Bridge-
port, is building a launch for William
L. and Richard Taylor of this town,
which, when completed, will be one of
the neatest crafts ever seen in this
vicinity. She is 21 feet long and five
and a half feet beam. Her motive
power is a gas engine. All the material
about her will be the best that can be
put into a boat, and it is thought she
will be ready to launch about June 15. '
Westport was turned into an im-
promptu Venice for quite a time near
noon yesterday. The steam dredger
was working under the draw, which was
obliged to be kept open, and any sort
of conveyance except by boat was of.
course out of it. The river was soon
full of small boats, ferrying people
across from one shore to the other. In
one might be seen the representative
of the United States mail; near him in
a larger boat several ladies makinga
shopping tour; several business men
from Bridgeport in a third, and dozens
of others.
Ameeting of the different divisions
of the Sons of Temperance of Fairfield
county was held in Westport, Thurs-
day. There w'.sa meeting in the at-
ternoon. Afterwards supper was served
from 6 to 8 o’clock in Temperance hall.
In the evening an entertainment was
given in Toxuet’s opera house. Speeches
were made by Rev. J. Backus, Rev.
W. H. Wakeman, Lewis Hubbell of
Norwalk, of the Concord division, and
a representative of the Minnehaha di-
v1sion, which was followed by a vocal
solo by Frederick Beers, and a duet by
Edith Renoud and Eddie Cummisky.
The sunflower chorus was a very pleas-
ing feature of the occasion, and con-
sisted of alarge blue panel with sun-
flowers painted thereon. The centers
were cut out and the singers' faces ap-
pered as the centre of the flowers. The
singers were Misses Mary Graves, Rosa
Beers, Carrie Nash, Mrs. Fox, Fred
Beers, George Washburn, I. W. Post
andA. S. Hoyt. They sang “Down on
the Swaunee River” very finely, and
responded to an encore. Mrs. C. J.
Fox then rendered a vocal solo, “Kath-
leen Mavourneen.” There were tab-
leaux by the Band of Hope—“Jacob’s
Ladder,” “Gates Ajar” and the God-
dess of Liberty,” which were very' ef-
fective owing to the splendid manage-
HERE " AND THERE.
An Epitomefippenings of
Interest to the Public.
Garnered with Scissors gnd Pencil;
The Julian Company will arrive to-
morrow morning. ~
3:,The Arctics are playing base ball in
East Norwalk, this afternoon.
There were five fatal cases of cholera,
in Marseilles during the last week.“ ’
A special 'meeting of the Nerwalk
Club will be held Tuesday evening."
An adjourned meeting of the city
council will be held next Monday even-
ing.
Miss Genevieve Storms of N vack N
Y. is visiting Miss Alice Selleck, of Mer-
win street. __
Clinton Commandery, No. 3, K. T.,
conferred the Red Cross degree last
night.
Henry A. Woodward, the dentist, has
given up business in this city and is rc-
moviug to New York.
Liveryman Horace E. Darin this
morning placed two large English
prints of coaching scenes, in his office.
The Telephone company is for the
present utilizing both its old office in
this city and its new one at South Nor-
walk. —____
—Stenographer and typewritist "de-
sires a situation. Address 131., care of
office.
The Jerome Paper company on Water
street shipped 360 boxes or two car
loads of toilet paper to a Chicago' firm,
this morning.
The trotting mare Nightingale, the
property of C. J. Hamlin, dropped dead
at Louisville yesterday. She was val-
ued at over $10,000.
—,Children’s garden tools. 3 pieces, 5
10,15 and 25 cents at Hayes’.
Gregory’s Point is now open to the
public. The present weather continu-
ing there will no doubt be alarge
crowd visit this popular] resort every
day.
The civil case of Mrs. Johanna O_’_-
Brien, executrix, vs. S. B. Wilson is
being heard befose Judge Hubbell to-
day. The case is brought to decide
'upon. the ownership of some property
occupied by Mr. Wilson andiclafmed
by Mrs. O’Brien.
A newly wedded Hungarian couple
visited a photographers and were phow
tographed, this morning. Together
with their friends they attracted con-I
siderable attention in their bridal cos-
tumes and streamers of light pink and
white ribbons. .
The location of the fire hydrant in
front of the Glover place 011 River
street is a menace to life and limb.
Last evening, Otto Deperney received
asevere injury to his leg by running
into the hydrant. Similar accidents
arp of frequent occurrence it is said, at
thatpoint. The evil ought to be reme-
died.
Sunday Service at the Churches.
GRACE CHURCH.——Bev. S. H. Watkins,
Rector. The Sunday after Ascension,
May 17th. 8 a. m. Holy Communion.
10:30 a. m. Morning Prayer, Litany and
sermon. 12 in. Sunday School. 7:30
p. m. Evening Prayer and sermon. The
rector will ofliciate.
MHTHODIsT CHURCH. ——Rev. A. H. Wy-
att will preach both morning and even-
ing. Morning service at 10: 30. Ser-
monette to the children. Theme of
sermon to the adults: “How Sins Can
Be Forgiven.” Evening service at 7:30.
Theme of sermon: “Dispersion at
Babel, Gathering In America. “-Mr.
Wyatt is preaching a series of Sunday
evening sermons on the great facts of
Genesis.
FIRST CONGREGATIONAL j10HURCH—
Rev. Thomas K. Noble. Pastor. Serr
Vices at 10. -.30A M. and7: sop. M The
Pastor will Preach both morning and
evening. Morning Subject “The Hu-
man Heart the Source of the World’e
Sin.” Evening, “Some Things Religion
will do for Business Men.” Y. P.S. C. E.
at 6:30 P. M.
Cannot Survive.
Tits. Betsy Grumman, Of this city,
mother of Stephen Allen Grumman,
the victim of an explosion in Bridge-
port went to that city last evening to
see him. He was conscious and recog-
nized her. She returned home with the:
sad news that no hope of fiber: son’s re-
covery was given by the attending phy-
sicians, and the news of his death is
hourly expected.
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Patriotism.
Bridgeport donates $500, South gNor-
walk $50, for decorating the‘graves of
our dead heroes and Norwalk gives
“flit”. “
Fred Arden Divorced.
In the civil Superior Court, yesterday
Fred B. Arden of this city was granted
ment of Mrs. Hoyt. Cake and cream
A were served afterwards.
‘ ,
a divorce from his wife, Clara Bell, on
the ground of deserti‘on,
'PATENTEES OVERCHARGE.
Their Great Mistake in Putting Fancy
Prices on New Ideas.
A new article of domestic hardware .
has been put on the market which is a
staple in all families and competes with
a. similar utensil which is sold for 15
and 20 cents. The price of the new ar-
ticle is $1. . Before it can be in demand
and generally adopted, to the displace-
ment of the old utensil, a. great deal of
work will have to be done, which is
very much hampered by the prohibi-
tory price put upon the goods. The
number of persons who will be willing
to pay the price of four or five of the
old style goods for one of the new style
will not be large, we think, and a. wiser
policy would have fixed a. lower price.
This leads us to say, says the Cincin-
nati Enquirer, that every year there are
large numbers of similar articles put
on the market, which would have a.
large sale if they were sold at ‘mer-
cantile ‘ prices. By this we mean a con-
sideration of the first cost of 'the goods
when ready for delivery to jobbers, the
jobbers’ profit and the retailers’ as
well added, for these things are con-
sidercd by buyers, both wholesale and
retail, before there is any demand for
goods. Last week we ivcnt into a store
where a filter was on sale. Upon ask-
ing the price of one of half a. "gallon
capacity, we were in formed that it was
820. 'It Was a plain casting with no fit-
tings or fixtures and with some porous
material inside of it of no particular
money value. The casting may have
cost 50 cents, and an outside figuie for
the cost of the utensil would be 81, yet
5320 was the price to the buyer. We de-
mun ed at the pi ice and gave the same
reasons for so doing that are given
above, but the seller’s argument in fa-
vor of the high price was that it would
filter some fabulous number of gallons
of water per day. This had no connec—
tion whatever with the cost of the
goods; a frying pan will turn out 500
pounds of cooked material a day and a
25- cent faucet will permit thousands of
gallons of water to pass t111 ough it
daily. These are the functions of the
article sold; they are expected to be ef-
ficient, but there is no reason for add-
ing 2,000 per cent. to the cost of them.
The fact that articles are patented
leads many persons to feel that the pub-
lic expect to pay stiff prices for such
things, but we believe this to be errone-
ous. Nowadays those who have money
to spend consider prices very carefully,
and if they ' are unreasonable they
simply go without the goods.
ELECTRIC HOUSE FOUNTAIN.
Worked by Electricity It Can Be Carried
from Room to Room.
An electrically operated fountain, de-
signed as an ornament to a. drawing-
‘room, and brought out in, Saxony, Ger-
many, is something of a novelty in the
United States, but the combination is a
perfectly practical one, and, being
self-contained, can. be readily removed
from place to place, adding distinction
to various parts of the house, if de—
. sired, says the Wa'shiii‘gtcn Star.
This ornament consists of a. tasteful-
ly decorated flower stand, with a.
small aquarium and a. spouting
jet of water. Under the level of the
plants and flowers is a. square zinc tray,
containing an electric -motor attached
to a. small pressure pump. The zinc
tray also acts as a, reservoir for the- wa-
ter, and the pump, operated by the
motor, keeps a constant circulation
thrOugh the aquarium and fountain
above. Current for the motor is ob-
tained from a. powerful battery cell
placed on a. separate shelf beneath the
zinc tray.
The battery used is new, and its con-
struction is not without interest. It
consists of a. brass cylinder, taking the
place of the ordinary battery jar, and
an inside brass cylinder, the latter be-
ing perforated, to promote the action
of the battery fluid. A porous cup
with a. zinc pole is placed within the
inside cylinder. The space between the
two brass cylinders is filled with blue-
stonc (sulphate of copper) and the space
between the inner cylinder and the
porous cup is filled with a concentrated
Solution-of sulphate of copper. Inside
,the porous cup, surrounding the zinc, is
a strong solution of rock salt. This bat-
tery is said to be very effective, but
when not in use the porous cup must
be removed_.____ .
WATERPROOF BRICK-
Interesting Experiments with Oil-Soaked
Stone and Clay.
At a. recent meeting of the Australian
Association for the ‘Advancement of
Science Prof. Liversidge read a paper
on “The Waterproofing of Brick and
Sandstone with Oils.” These experi-
ments were made with the view of as-
certaining the length of time that brick
and sandstone are rendered waterproof
or p1"otected by oiling. The oils used
Were the three commonest and most
readily obtainable for such purposes,
namely,’linseed oil, boiled linseed and
the crude mineral oil known as. “blue
oil” used for preserving timber; The
weatherings were made upon a flat
portion of the laboratory roof fairly ex-
posed to the sun and weather. Good,
sound machine- made b1 icks weie ex-
perimented on. The amount of oil and
water taken up by the sandstone was
very much less than that absorbed by
the brick, although the area. of the
sandstone cubes was much greater
than that exposed by the bricks. Equal
amounts of the raw and boiled oils
were absorbed; the blue oil, however,
was taken up in much grea ater quantity
by both brick and sandstone, but by
the end of twelve months the whole of
the thirteen and one-half ounces of
blue oil had apparently evaporated
away, and the brick had returned to its
01 iginal weight, but those treated with
raw and boiled oils remained unchanged.
After the second oiling in November,
1890, and exposure for nearly four
years and two months, they had prac-
tically retained all their oil, inasmuch
as they had not lost weight and were
also-practically impervious to water. It
was noticeable that the sandstone
cubes treated with raw and boiled oils
'returned to than original weights, but
do not appeai to have lost the beneficial
effects of the oils, being practically 1m-
pervious to 1.» ater.
—Subscribe for Tim GAznTi-a.
The Next n.._
‘ “ The Hour has it all.” - ‘»
“An 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 ‘Backache is the pre-
vention of Kidney trouble.
Buker’s Kidney Pills
will cure the Backache and keep
the Kidneys in order—curing the
diseased Kidneys when neglect
has worn them out is another
thing. There' is no specific for
making new Kidneys. Keep
disease away from healthy ones.
The Pills cost 50 cents at the
druggists. Bo about Back-
ache and Kidney trouble, free.
Baker Pill 00., Bangor, Me.
W Unclaimed Letters.
The following' letters remain uncalled
for at the Norwalk post office for the
week ending May 16.
Mrs. Minnie Clark, Mrs. Nettie Clark
C. B. Ellis, Mrs. Lizzie Ferris, Miss M.
Finn, Mrs. Theresa Hutchins, Messrs.
Howard & Barker.
W. H. MALONE, P. M.
Launch For Sale.
The fast Steam Launch MINNE’I‘TA will be
sold for less than its value. if applied for at
once.
S. B. WILSON.
92 WALL STREET.
ID the Board of County Comnnssioners for
Fairfleld
hereby applcyo for a license to soil spiritu-
ous and intoncatipg liquors. ale. lager beer
Bhin‘e wine. and cider at cor. Cedar street and
Ta lor avenue, own 0 alk.
y place of business is not located within
two hundred feet“ in a direct e of a church
edifice or public school-house. or the premises
fiepgliging thereto, or any post-office or public
Date at Norwalk this 7th da of Miy. 1896.
CHIR STIANL ABSEN. Applicant.
We. the undersigned}, electors an tax-p
era, as defined aw, of the town of Norw pelk.
ereb endorse the application of the above
name Christian Larsen for such license. .
Daggesét lfiorfialk this It‘vghuday of EMafielm.
. agner. 1 111m arm .
Matt Kindilien. Joseph Popp. Henry Phebe:
. I hereby certify that the above in - ‘
. dorlsers are electors and tax-payersg's degfiifgd '
aw. of the town of Norwa 1k.
bibiited at Norwalk this 1th day of May, 1896
ANNIE E. SMITH. Asst. Town Clerk.
Norwalk Opera House
1 ALL NEXT WEEK.
The Julian 011111111 801111111
OPENING PLAY:
A Man of the World
positive Nightly Change.
People’s Prices. - 10c, 20¢ and 30c
Tickets now on sale at Weed’s and Tomlin-
son’s Drug Stores.
WANTED.
ANTED—Carpenters. Three or four
zood workmen. Applyt toS. B.W WILSON.
92 Wall street. m-iI—l-w
' __1'O RENT.
0 ltENTaCottage of six rooms. adjoining
residenc W .J. Fitch. Westport avenue.
Apply on me see. tf
CARPETS 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 Woaxs. No.14 Knight street. mii-iw
HERE THEY ABE! \
EDDY’S REFRIGERATOB'SI
I1 {Strongly Built, Handsomely Finished and the Most
Economical Users 61' Ice.
THINK OF:THIs-,¥g
Perfect Non-Conductor "Packing.
tion. Wrought-Iron Ice Racks. Absolute Dryness.
Slate Stone Shelves.
Zinc Linings.
Double
Unexposed ‘Wood
lninde Joints.
Cases.
EVERY ONE WARRANTED AS REPRESENTED
South Norwalk
4
Hardware 00.,
42 SOUTH MAIN STREET, SOUTH NORWALK, COM-N.
OLSEN BROS.
Our display of new Tan Shoes and Oxford for the spring
of ’96 beats anything ever shoivn in “town for novelties, liber-
ality and splendor.
They dazzle and bewilder you, and you will be the worst
disappointed person in town it
ine our shoes, Whether you wish. to buy or not.
as usual, THE LOWEST, at
OLSEN
you don’t come in and exam-
The prices
23305.2
WHITE anon STORE
’3 GAZETTE BUILDING, NORWALK.
YOUR FRIENDS ARE USING
PLMSTED’S COUGH REMEDY
AND RECOMMEND IT S USE
Get a. Bottleat once. 25 111111350 Cents.
'ALL DRUGGas'rs.
Cbld Dry Air Circula?
Norwalk Chronicler