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THE EVENING GAZETTE. l
ENTERED A'r TEE POST OFFICE IN NORWALK
As A NEWSPAPER.
,HAIL S UBSC’RIPTIONS,
DAILY, one year. 33; Six months, 31.75; three
, months. 31.00; one month, 30c.
WEEKLY. one year, in advance. $1.90; six
months..60c.; three months. 350.
TUESDAY, JULY 14,1896.
Good Roadways.
' An enthusiastic and much traveled
wheelman assures us that West avenue,
from its intersection with Wall' street,
is the best piece of roadbed to be found
in any city or large town in Fairfield
county, and that Wall straet, from our
post cities to its junction with Main,
street, is clearly the roughest and worst
I specimen of roadbed to be found any-
where within the confinesfias he be-
lieves, of the state of Connecticut
These views are undobtedly very near
the facts in each case. West avenue
that was so viciously and persistently
criticised by anoted and notorious
paper, is as perfect a piece of Mo Adam
paving as can be found adorning any
roadway anywhere. Wall street in its"
center we all know to be disgracefully
and dangerously bad and out of repair.
As the city is to engage in the larger
enterprise of widening and lowering
the grade of‘Mill Hill, it is perhaps un-
reasonable to expect that all of Wall
street be put in good order the present
season, but if so, let it be repaved from
the post office to the Boston Store this
year and the space up to Mill Hill done
next year.
We believe every good citizen, would
approve of at least a portion of it being
improved at once. It is unsafe. and dis-
reputable to let this condition exist
right in the very heart. of our city a
single day longer than can possibly be
avoided.
Messrs. city councilmen, please hear
this urgent appeal of hosts of tax-pay-
ers and friends who voted you into
power and responsibility, and give it
immediate heed.
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it Is Bepudiation.
The so-called money plank of the
Chicago platform is repudiation, and
not-hing eISe can be made of it.
At present one ounce of gold is Wt rth
thirty ounces of silver. It is the rela-
tive value fixed by the markets of the
world. To arbitrarilly make the ratio
16 to 1 instead of 30 to 1 is for the Gov-
ernment to put 50‘ cents in a so-called
'dollar and loan it or sell it to the
people for 100 cents. That is exactly
what the free coinage of silver and gold
means as we have it in the Chicago plat-
form, and every depositor in a savings
bank, every certificate holder in a build-
ing and loan association 'and every
widow or other heir who collects money
from a life insurance company will be
paid in this new Wild West silver dol-
lar. In every case the depositor', the
certificate holder and the policy hold:r
* will have paidleO cent dollars into these
institutions and Will get their return in
aso-called dollar'which is in fact but
half a dollar.
This is repudiation in its meanest
form, inasmuch as it pretends to be
something else.
It needs no prophet to say that the
people when they go to the polls in
November will repudiate the repudia-
tcrs. §
How to Combat the Silver ~Eraze.
The strength that the craze has de-
veloped is to be attributed to the
promulgation of financial heresies in
the South and West. To break its
force it is only necessary says the Eer-
ald, to expose its fallacy and by the dis-
semination of sound money views.
This task should not be left to the usual
party literary bureau. Every life in-
surance company and every savings
bank should take steps to enlighten
their policy holders and depositors.
Chambers of commerce and boards of
trade should spare no efforts to dis-
seminatesound money views in order
to safeguard commercial and business
interests. Once enlightened on the
financial issue the people can be trusted
tovote right. Once awakened to tie
danger of the silver madness they can
be trusted to put it down.
Increasing Output of Gold.
The continuously increasing produov
tion of gold is knocking the props from
under the claim of the silverites that
the precious metal is getting so scarce
that “there isn’t enough to go round.”
Reports from all sources to the Mint '
Bureau indicate that the output of yel‘
. a low metal in 1896 will, be still larger
than last year’.——'.arzer than ever be-
fore, in fact, and amounting to not less
than two hundred and twenty. million
dollars. ,
This means a larger addition to the
world’s monetary stock than was made
in the years when the mints were open
to free coinage .of both gold and silver,
and it is pleasant. to note that the
United States will again head the list ‘
of producing countries, with an out-put
of at lest-t fifty millions.
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”ABORIGINAL INTOXICANTS.
Alcoholic Stimulants in Use Among the
American Indians.
It is a remarkable fact that up to the
time of the coming of the whites the
North American Indians generally had
no knowledge of intoxicants. As for
tobacco, they did not smoke it as we do,
apparently, but merely for ceremonial
purposes.
Going southward into Mexico in
those days. however. the traveler might
have found alcoholic stimulants in com
mon use. Even at the present time the
natives in that part of the world make
an odd sort of beer out of corn. They
wet a woolen blanket. lay it in the sun,
and spread wholeb grains of maize upon
it. The grains germinate, sprouting
and sending out rootlets through the
texture of the blanket. which is kept
moist.
They are then parched and ground to
a. coarse meal. To this meal a. little
yeast, made by chewing some corn and
allowing it to ferment, is added. Then
the stuff is mixed with water, and put
away in jars. Fermentation follows,
and as it diminishes, the liquor becomes
as clear as yellow amber, in which con
dition it is drunk. It is quite intoxi-
eating.
Several varieties of grasses, herbs and
flowers, the roots of sundry plants, the
juices of the sugar cane and aloe, and
even beets, are used by various tribes
and peoples as a basis of drinks. In ear-
lier times spruce trees. fir trees, birch
trees and ash trees were tapped for their
sap, which was fermented to. make
stimulating beverages.
The willow. pop’ar, sycamore and
walnut are said to yield palatable drinks.
The Japanese obtain intoxicating bev-
erages from plums and from the flow-
ers'of the motherwort and peach. The
Chinese actually produce an alcoholic
drink from mutton.
ThecAbnaki Indians of New England
used to manufacture a kind of liquor
from the tops of fir trees, which they
boiled and put into casks with molasses. ’
The contents of the casks were allowed
to ferment for a little more than three
days. '
The Esquimaux were entirely unac-
. quainted with the art of getting drunk
until they came into contact with the
whites.
HINTS FOR THE HOUSEHOLD.
A chef will never allow an omelet
pan to be washed. The pan should be
wiped with pieces of paper until clean,
and then rubbed with a dry cloth and
kept in a warm place. If the pan is
treated in this way the omelets are not
so apt to stick or burn.
White slippers may be cleaned with
equal parts of powdered alum and full-
er’s earth. Apply to the slippers with a
dry brush and rub them until clean.
For glace kid slippers use gasoline, and
apply it with a flannel cloth.
Meat and fowls may be made more
tender if, when they are boiling a tea-
spoonful of vinegar be added to the
water.
The addition of a little salt to sweet
foods helps to bring out the flavor, and
acid things are improved by the addi-
tion of a little sugar.
If the batter for Yorkshire puddings,
fritters, or batter cakes is made several
hours before it is wanted, the flour will
have a chance to swell and render the
batter much lighter.
Kerosene oil may be entirely removed
from light carpets, rugs or woolen goods
by covering the oil Spot thickly with
buckwheat and letting it remain twelve
hours; then brushing it off and apply-
ing fresh flour until the oil has disap-
peared.
A polish for shirt bosoms is made by
melting together one ounce of ‘white
wax and two ounces of spermaceti.
Heat gently and turn into a clean shal-
low pan. When cold break into pieces
about the size of a chestnut and put in
a box until required. When making
boiled starch add a. piece of the wax.
When ironing first smooth the bosom
very carefully, then place a clean cloth
over it and iron lightly; remove the
cloth, and with a clean. smooth, hot
iron rub it rapidly; when about dry
take a cloth wrung dry in cold water
and pass lightly over the bosom, follow-
ing with the hot iron immediately.
An—Alaskan Mail Route.
A contract has been let for carrying
the United States mail from Juneau to
Circle City, Alaska. Circle City is a
mining camp, 900 miles-north of Juneau,
near the Arctic circle, and a post-adios
will be established there in June. It
will be the most remote postal station
on this continent. To reach it the mail
carrier will have to traverse about 400
miles on sledges drawn by dogs and
about 400 miles in canoes on the Yukon
River. For a distance of thirty miles,
where navigation is obstruc d by a
portage, the canoes and mails willhave
to be carried overland on the backs of
Indians. ‘
Price List of Chai'mberlain’s
Medicines.
Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diar-
rhoea Remedy. The most successful medi-
cine in the world for bowel complaints, 25
and 50 cents er bottle.
Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy. Famous
for its Curse of coughs, colds, croup and '
whooping cough, 25 and 50 cents per bottle.
. Chamberlain‘s Pain Balm. For rheuma-
tism, lame back, sprains, bruises, cuts, burns,
scalds, frost bites and chilblains, 25 and 50
cents per bottle. For sale by E. P. Weed,
druggist. -
THE EVEN1NG,GAZETTEx
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TH E EVENING. GAZETTE
CHECKER-BOARD BUSINESS DIRECTORY. '
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NORWALK Safes For Rent.
Fire Insurance Co. "mtg; mm
In Successful Oper. \ I Safe Deposit Vault
ation Since 1860. 1‘ OF‘THE
NATIONAL BANK.
No Outstanding Claims.
_ 0F NORWALK.
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INSURANCE.
Room 3. tazelle Building. .
DENTIST,
8 West Avenue.
6. Ward Selleck,
BEST GOODS.
TEAS and. COFFEES
18 WALL ST. ,,
1 Can Save You Money
IN LANDSCAPE
. ' , GARDENING, .
9 TREES, SHIUIS, ETB. ....
Edgar Buttery,
58 Belden Ave.
23 years foreman of
Hoyts’ Nurseries.
Frank T. Hyatt PARLOR
BABBEB-r-SIIOP,
. ' E.S.LEOBOLD.
4-7 Main Street.
TRY
WEED’S
SODA WATER
38 Wall St.
' ENTERPRISE
Bottling Works,
7 Wall Street.
. HIE MES AID lAGEl'l
EXPRESSLY ron FAM-
ILY USE.
Mail orders receive
prompt attention.
Jolt Printing
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GOMMENGING MONDAY, JUNE 22.
PROPELLERS
(lily of Nurwalk. Earle and Vulcan
Will Leave Pier 23, E. R.', N. Y. (Beekman St.),
For South Norwalk
Daily at 10.30 A. M. Extra Boat Mond 1y, Wednesday and :Friday
at 5 P. M, ‘
“ For ,Norwalk
Monday, Wednesday anguFi'idayfit 5 P. M.
For-New York;
Leave South Norwalk Daily at6 P. M.
Leave Norwalk Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 5 P. M.
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New Yuri: Sunday Advertiser,
Will be mailed to any address in the United
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FROM NOW UNTIL NOVEMBER 8, l896,
Upon receipt of 15c.
Daily and Sunday Advertiser for same period, only 65c.
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1-summrn suoes-
AT THE
WHITE SHOE STORE,
DURING JULY AND AUGUST.
Our Men’s $5.00 Ta'n Shoes Reduced to $3.50 a pair.
Our Men’s $4.00‘TauShoes Reduced to $3.00 a pair.
Our Men’s‘3$3.50 Tan Shoes Reduced to $2.50 a pair.
' Our Men’s $2.50 Tan Shoes Reduced to $1. 4.8 a pair;
Three Hundred pairs Men’s Congress and Lace Shoes worth $.125 at
see. A earn.
308 Pairs Men’s $2. Lace and Congress Shoes at $1.48 a pair
We will sell the baance of our immense stock‘of 'Ladies’ Tan
and Black $3.00 Oxfords at $2 00 a pair. "
Two hundred Pairs of Ladies’ $1.50 Russett and Black Oxfords
at 75c. a pair. ~
' Two Hundred Pairs Ladies Tan Lace Shoes at
. S 1. .5 © A. PAIR
WORTH $3.00.
Three Hundred Pairs Child’s RuSset Spring Heel, Lace and
f Button Shoes at 50c a pair. '
_ This is the greatest lot of Shoes in town for the money and we
want you to come and examine these goods for yourself.
A Full line of Trunks, Bags, and “Ladies’ and C Gents.
‘ Mackintoshes.
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3GAZE'i'TE BUILDING, NORWALK.
AWINNER‘
The Reduction in Hartford Bicycles has proved a drawing card, Ladies,
Pattern No, 2, is in great demand, and orders arelbeing~received right
along. Come in and examine it. '
Columbia, standard as. to all, $150.: _
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