SARATOGA! Genuine Saratoga Water in block-tin lined barrels direct. from the celebrated Spring, is for sale on draught at Had< den’ 5, corner Wall and River Street. THE WATER Is brought direct from Sara- toga, and' IS dispensed 1n pre. cisely the same condition in which it flows from the spring at Saratoga, and is sold at 5 Cents per Glass. House-cleaning. Lustrine. 160 Ask your Grocers. -BIG'GUTOiN PRIBE- ' Round, Sirloin and Por- terhouse Steaks, Sausge, Pot and Rib Roasts. ' 2% Reduced 20. 1 Pound All First Quality Meat. J W BOGARDUS, 6 WATER ST.. NORWALK DRINK . WATE RFOR THE , Stomach, . ‘ ‘ Bo wels, Liver and Kidneys. FOR SALE BY “_ The Holmes, Keeler &Selleei do NEW CAFE RESTAngEuANT MIKE ATOHFORD, 44 WainfStreet, ... The Best Wines, Liquorsljand Cigars. PLYMOUTH ROCK ICE. Stores and Families Supplied. I ' ' Lowest Rates. Horace E. Dann, EXOELSIOB Lirery and Sales? Stable wvwm‘lw‘\ Opposite Danbury and Norwalk Railroad depotl Norwalk, Conn. Stylish Single or Double Team with or without drivers Safe horses for women andehildren. 1. ' SADDLE HORSES A specumrv , pert, is somewhat bettered. Tribune. ‘ ,WORSE THAN SLAVES. Women Who Tea in the Sweet Shops of Austria. The Terrible Conditions Under Which They Work Their Miserable Lives Out — Inhuman'ity of the Commissioners. It was known that the condition of women labor in the Austrian capital Vvas wretched enough, but I question if the best informed ever credited that so ‘ appallingly low depth of misery had been reached as that revealed' 1n a semi- ofiicial repelt of a commissioner of in- quiry just published. The investiga- tions have been held during the past three weeks in the hall of the Austrian chamber of commerce here; but the ef- forts of the commissioners have been deprived of nearly all their Value by the suppression of the names and addresses in the 1eport of the labor-sweating em- ployers. The trades inquired into were bookbinding, lithographic printing and pasteboard making. Wages, declared the labor experts examined, have a gradual tendency to decrease. In the bookbinding trade the skilled female hand, after six years’ experience, re~ ceives 6 shillings 8 pence to 7 shillings 2 pence weekly. The normal hours of labor are ten daily. New hands a1e chiefly girls from 12 to 14 years old, who go from factory to factory seeking employment. In a certain factory a 10-year-old child works ten hours daily. Wages of new hands average from 2 shillings 6 pence to 3 shillings 4 pence weekly; after one year’s service 5 sliil- lings weekly are paid. Many receive better wages than this. For several months in summer, during the dead sea- son, wages of expert hands drop from 7 shillings weekly to 3 shillings 4 pence and 4 shillings 2 pence. If these girl workers have parents who can allow ' them during this period a little mone- tary aid—which is rarely the case—,— their condition, naively remarks the re- The ex- perts bitterly complain of the fines and reductions from wages. In the large factories, if a female hand chats when at work with another she is fined 4 pence, or, when discovered putting a piece of biead into her mouth, or ar- riving a minute after time, the fine amounts to 10 pence. In one establish- ment the female hands are sometimes, as a punishment, kept at work an extra half hour, just as children at school. No extra pay is then allowed. In another factory a mistake had been made in the binding of a certain book. The wretched woman had to pay for the whole edition at trade prices! What becomes of the fines the female workers have no idea. A socialist artisan at the factory hadonce the hardihood to de- mand a look at the “fines book.” He was at once dismissed. Great sensation was experienced by the commissioners when the conditions of living were inquired into. One ex- pert said that, as a rule, out of 6 shil- lings 8 pence weekly wage 1 shilling 8 pence was paid for lodging; the re- mainder went on food and clothing. The hands each bring a small flask of cofl’ee——VV'hich is very frequently not re- warmed—and this, with a small piece of black bread, constitutes the daily meal. Some can aford to buy at midday 3 farthings’ worth of boiled sour cabbage, or a pennyworth of horse sausage, in addition. For supper, also coffee and bread. On Sunday they enjoy potato soup. Sometimes a few can afford the luxury of a horseflesh steak costing 3 pence, but on Monday they are usually ill, because “the stomach is not accus- tomed to digest fat and flesh." The workshops are often underground. “Damp, evil-smelling and dark” is the condition of many. In one, where gas is burned all day long, the workers have to shade their eyes when they come in- to daylight again. In one room where 30 work there is only one basin to wash the hands in, and one towel, which is I changed once weekly. As a rule, wom- en in these factories dry their hands with paper or shavings. A case was re- ported where the workers had them- selves tp purchase brushes and rags and clean the factory floor during the din- ner hour. In another factory the room was only cleaned out once every year. One workshop floor was so full of holes that walking about was almost impos- ‘ sible; another was previously used'as barracks, and water was continually oozing from its old walls, and in winter it was full Of smoke. In such dens women toil ten hours daily; in the busy season sometimes from seven in the morning until midnight. On Sun- days, notwithstanding the laws to the contrary,work is often continued till one in the afternoon without further pay. Naturally under such frightful conditions general health suffers. Rare- ly is a female worker over 30 years of age. Two-thirds of their number are attacked with consumption. Even the dinner hour brings little rest to their weakened systems. 'In many factories those far from their lodgings are not permitted to have their mealsin the workshops, but must in all weathers knock about the neighboring streets or seek shelter in a people’s cafe, where 1 pence per glass for coffee is demanded. All the experts examined, with one ex- ception, complained bitterly . of the coarse treatment the female hands ex- perience from the male overseers. Oaths and rough pushes are general. It is very doubtful, indeed, if the kind ef- forts of these commissioners of inquiry will have any good effect. The inter- ests of capital are all-powerful in Vienna, and, though there are inspect- ors of factories, their duties are very re- miss—Pall Mall Gazette. Curiosities of Grafting. The olive has been grafted on a juniper apples on plums, a rose on an orange, peaches on myrtles, and mul— berries and red and white grapes with peaches and apricots on the same stem, for, as the buds are distinct, the stem - furnishes nutriment fer all. — Chicago MONSTER WALNUT. LOG. Worth a small Fortun——e—Tree Said to Be . the Largest Ever Known. , The largest walnut tree or log in east- ern Kentucky, and, perhaps,1 in the world, still lies on the mountain side four or five miles from this place and is as yet unsold, though thousands of the same kind have been taken from these parts. The tree, indeed, is quite a giant and is worth a good sum of money, and would have been marketed long ago but for the location, being far upon the mountain side above the cel- ebrated “yellow rock” cliffs, almost out of reach of anything. Fifteen years ago, before the worth of walnut lum— ber was known in this country, thoughtless . bee hunters located a swarm ' of bees far up. . in its massive} branches. and ob- tained permission from the own- er to fell it to the ground. It took good axmen one whole day to loosen it from the stump. The bees were found to be pouring from alarge limb or branch 100 feet from the ground, the branch itself being almost as large as any of the trees groWing around in the forest. Seventy-eight pounds of choice honey was taken from the limb. Then the men proceeded to measure the tree, and from actual measurements found it to be nine feet in diameter at the place, ‘where it was cut from the stump and exactly 100 feet to the first limb. The bark on the log is six inches thick, and now the only appearance of decay is in the falling off of the bark.. Some years ago Philadelphia capitalists un- dertook to purchase the log, and offered the owner a fine farm in the blue grass part of this state for it, but from un- known reasons they did not trade. Now, it is said that a lumber company from Washington city will soon pur- chase the log and will pay a handsome sum of money for it. If they should buy it it is a question how they will move it from its long resting place above that impenetrable ledge of yel- low marble.-—Cincinnati Enquirer. TOWN HISTORIES |N=, DEMAND. The New Colonial Societies Looking Up Genealogies. To know what kind of books are most called for at the Congressional library would probably surprise 90 per cent. of the novel-reading public throughout the United States. The demand is not for general historical or scientific works, nor for romances and dramatic literature, but just for simple “town histories.” Under this rubric is comprehended those works which describe the historical events of the foundation and development of general municipalities And the most iemark- able thing in connection with The con- stantly growing popularity of town histories is the fact that the demand comes chiefly from- women. One Of the attaches of the Congres- sional library recently asserted within the hearing of a reporter that the de— mand for these municipal records by women was assuming enormous pro- portions. “What peculiar charm does a town history exercise in modern American womankind?” was asked of the libra- rian. .- “For some time I was puzzled about it myself.” said the librarian, “but it is no longer a secret. The craze of most women to join the Daughters of the American Revolution and the Colonial Dames is responsible for it. If you have any female relatives who might have a suspicion that they came. of his- toric stock, just tell them what a great army of their fair sisters are doing, in which their ancestors lived, find some family name there, and make out a prima facie case of their eligibility to membership in the Daughters or Dames, by tracing a connection with the same name on the roster of the revolutionary army. That is being done continually, and accounts for the popularity of the old town histories.” —Washington Post. “JOHNNY ON THE SPOT." A New Phrase Which Has Suddenly Be vcome Popular. Current additions to contemporary Slang find their way into popularity by odd means. An expression once made and often repeated getsfinally a sort of vogue, especially if it seems peculiar. The grammatical genesis of “Johnny on the spot” cannot be traced very clearly, but the phrase certainly origin- ated from the longer and less expressive one, “Johnny is always on the spot when wanted.” A “Johnny on the spot” is a man or youth who may be place when wanted, and on whose as- sured appearance confident. expecta- tion may be based. It is not sufficient that an alert and trustworthy indi- vidual, to be thought deserving of the name “Johnny on the spot,” should restrict his beneficeut activity to the matter of being at a certain place when needed. He must, in addition, render such service and. attend to such busi- require, and such a “J ohnny” must be be on the spot not merely to attend to after his own. Hence who is prompt and farseeing, alive to his own interests, and keenly sensible of means for promoting his own ad- vantage, is a “Johnny on the spot.” The expression is, to some extent, a varia- other phrase “he gets there.” The expression, “Johnny on the spot,” has come into popularity very suddenly. ty after some pretty hard usage in paragra’phers colums, variety theaters, campaign speeches and cheap plays, N. Y.Sun. get the earliest history of the town OF NEW YORK. RICHARD A. MOCURDY PrOSident. emen Assets, Liabilities . Surplus “ . Total Income . eYear nding Deudl, 1H Total Paid Policy-holders in 1895, ' '. Insurance and Annuities 1n force, Net galn 1n 1895 “RENOTE—Insurance merely 1m Men, Is I have carefully examined the foregoing Statement and find the same to be correct. $221,213,721 33 194,347,157 58 $26,866,563 75 $48,597,430 51 $23,126,728 '45 $899, 074,453 78 $6}, 647, 645 36 discarded f ctuaily issued and paid for in cash is 1113333.” Statement as wholly misleading, and only Insurance I CHARLES A. PRELLER, Auditor. From the Surplus a dividend will be apportioned as usual. Report of the Examining Committee. Offieeeflhe Mutual Life Insurance company of New You, February 11,1896. 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 the annual 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 of the Company and express their approval of the system, order and accuracy with which the accounts and vouchers have been kept, and the business in general transacted. relied upon to be at a certain stated~ .. ness when there as the occasion may ' the business of others, but also to look ' an individual . tion or rather a. continuation of that‘ and it will probably go out of populari- ‘ in an equally unconventional way, but " until a successor is found it is likely to ~_ be in pretty general use hereabouts. — —-The ears of the horse, cow, 'deer. _? sheep and several other animals do not 1 necessarily move 5in unison. One can ' .be directed backward and the other forward at the same time. 1 H. C. Von Post, Robert Olyphant, , Charles R. Henderson, Wm. P. Dixon, Committee James C. Holden, J. H. Herrick. . ROBERT A. GRANNIS, Vice-President. WALTER R. GILLETTE, General Manager. ISAAC'F. LLOYD, Second Vice-President, WILLIAM J. EASTON, Secretary, HENRY E. DUNCAN. Jr. , Cor. Seey. ALBERT KLAMROTH, Asst. Secy. FREDERIC CROMWELL, Treasurer. , ’ JOHN A. FONDA, Assistant Treasurer. WILLIAM P. SANDS, Cashier JAMES TIMPSON, 2d Asst. Treas EDWARD P. HOLDEN, Asst. Cashier EMORY MOCLINTOCK LL. D., F. I. A. Actuary. JOHN TATLOCK, .13., Asst. Actuary. CHARLES A. PRELLER, Auditor, WM. W. RICHARDS, Comptroller. HENRY S. BROWN, Asst. Comp. JOHN C. ELLIOTT, Superintendent of Domestic Agencies, EDWARD LYMAN SHORT, Gen. solicitor. Gusravus s. WINSTON. M. D. J CHIN MEDICAL Dinncrons ELIAS, J. MARSH, M. D. . _ GRANVILLE M. WHITE, M. D. W. N ECHOLS. New Haven, General Agt. for State of Connecticut. ‘ _ A.H.CAM ., Local Agent.
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