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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5 1896.
Sermon on Silver.
The Bethel, Vt., Shoe company has
been giving its employees a little prac-
' tical illustration of how the free coinage
of silver would affect them. Each em-
ployee received the following notice on
last pay day:
“To OUR Eurnoxnns:—-We use in our
pay roll to-day Mexican silver dollars,
containing more silver than the Amer-
ican silver dollar. We put them in as
60 cents only, as that is all they will
pass for, not being exchangable for
gold dollars as our silver dollar is.
Should we have free coinage of silver,
as advocated today by the opponents
of our present gold standard, our silver
dollar will buy less than this Mexican
dollar, as it contains less silver and
could not then be exchanged for a gold
dollar, yet we could make you take it
tor a dollar just the same by law. The“
bank will take them 011‘ your hands at
this price if you cannot pass them,
though you can probably use them.any-
where in town as 60 cents.”
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Godd for Bourke Cockran ! '
Bourke Cockran stands up to be
counted as against repudiaton and spoil-
ation and for William McKinley in this
campaign. Read the “Sun’s" interview
with him, widely reprinted. He has
been a democrat all his life. A few
years ago his elegant oratory was Tam-
many Hall’s pride and boast But this
is a time, as he sees it, for sinking the
partisan in the patriot. He considers
the crisis graver than that of thirty-six
years ago. The question at issue pre-
sents itself to his mind—and rightly as
one of elementary morals rather than
of politics. He draws the line at that
amazing compound of fully and wicked-
ness, the Chicago platform. He is-
fuses—in his own words—to “follow
Mr. Bryan in a crusade against honesty
and the rights of labor.” He also lifts
uprhis voice in earnest dissuasion and
protest, on the subject of the proposed
sound-money democratic ticket. His
wise counsel to his fellow-democrats is
to hold their convention to frame and
set forth their platform, to refrain from
the mistake of ticket-making, and to
vote for the McKinley electors. “The
mere election of McKinley," he says,
“will be the defeat of the free-silver
movement.”
Rectify This Baseball Evil.
Those who make laws and rules to
govern professional baseball must very
promptly face and throttle the evil
which has for several years been grow-
ing until now it has attained dangerous
proportions. In the patois Of the game
it is called “kicking.” It is the prac-
tice of players who violently dissent
from decisions by the umpire, whether
they be fair, good, poor or flagrant.
Latterly the evil has developed into
vile abuse and vulgar threats, until
scarcely a game is played by National
League clubs where the ‘sport is not
marked by these violent scenes on the
diamond. Only a few days ago Mr.
Keefe, formerly a reputable member
of the New York baseball team, but
recently an umpire, resigned his office
with the explanation that-no man with
self-respect could longer be an umpire
and submit to such daily abuse.
People pay to see the game played
and not to watch hoodlums in a match
of disgraceful word contention. The
baseball magnates must take imme-
. diate means to suppress their disorderly
players. The patrons demand decency
and decorum upon the baltfield. Let
the promoters of the game act in this
instance promptly and vigorously and
general approval will follow.
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What Is Inevitable.
For the past quarter 'of a century
rapidly changing conditions, chiefly of
mining and commercial development,
have forced a rapid displacement of
silver as a measure of value in national
currency systems. This movement be-
gan over a hundred years ago, and it
has now practically completed the circle
at the globe, as far as commercial 'con-
ditions are concerned. The silver stand- .
ard nations now out of the procession
number only about 20 per cent. of all
and in point of civilization, develop-
,ment and progress they are, with one
,or two exception, the least influential
in the world. They must inevitably dis-
card silver as fast as their material
progressincreases their commercial ex-
changes with other nations. Commer-
are constantly lessening the amount of
metal required to facilitate a given
quantity of exchange; and gold, the
recognized standard throughout the
realm of civilization, is increasing in
production fast enough to dispel all fear
that, with it as the standard, there will
be too little to do business with.
. Yet in the face of all these facts, we
are asked seriousty to legislate for the
purpose of keeping up the price of sil-
ver for the mine owner! Was ever
a proposition more coolly ridiculous?
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Additional‘He e and There.
Miss Mamie Bishop of Bridgeport is
visiting Miss Pearl Gregory.
The Pioneer Hook and Ladder com-
pany will meet next Tuesday evening.
Mrs. Stanton Coley of Wilton is' vis-
iting her brother Judge James '1‘. Hub-
bell of this city.
William DeKly-n will go to Danbury
to-morrow and “root” for thezNorwalk
ball players. - .
Mrs. Mary Walsh of the Water street
laundry and three of heremployees are
on the sick list.
Assistant Town Clerk Annie E. Smith
resumed work this morning after an
enjoyable excursion down east.
Miss Jessie Hart, of Englewood, N.
J.. will spend a two week’s visit with
her classmate at Vassar, Miss Helena
Hill. of this city.
The Phoenix boys were out for a short
practice last evening. They took the
“crab” with them and returning to
headquarters had the usual collation.
Charles J. Ferris who was placed un-
der arrest for keeping a dog that was
not licensed, pleaded guilty and the
case against him was nolled on the pay-
ment of mods.
Curtis Guild, Jr , of Boston, is cred-
ited with a saying as wittily as it is true.
“The new kind of democracy,” says Mr.
Guild, “is the. kind that tries to make
you believe that a cow will give more
milk if you call a pint a quart.
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DEATH cs CONGO.
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The Famous Man-Faced Donkey Dies of
Old Age.
Congo, the man-faced donkey, died
at Coney Island a short time ago. It
was born in Lexington, Ky.. thirty-five
years ago, and for the past ten years
has been the property of Daniel Stein,
who is better known as “Farmer
Dan.”
The latter purchased the animal for
$10 from a farmer at Lexington, who
said that the donkey was twenty-five
years old then, and sold the animal be-
cause he believed it would soon die of
old age.
Stein took the queer-looking beast
through the country, exhibiting it at
the fairs and in all the museums, mak-
ing in six years more than fifteen thou-
sand dollars.
Four years ago Congo was brought
to Coney Island, and has been on exhibi-
tion on the Bowery during the summer
seasons since. Congo was a puzzle to
scientists and phrenc-logists.
“Farmer Dan” used to dress Congo in
white trouser logs, place shoes on its
boots, and a white plug hat on its head,
making the beast look like an old-time
minstrel.
Congo, the doctors say, died of old
age.
Various Wage Earners.
Carroll D . Wright teils us that there
are fifteen million people in this country
who are wage earners from necessity.
That is to say, they must work or go
hungry. Of course, the millionaire is
really a. wage earner. but his wages are
evasive; and the golden gentles who
drink only the very best vintage are al-
so wage earners. They get their pa at
about forty years of age. That is air
Saturday night, and the Wages take
the shape- of rheumatism, gout and
other developments which makes the
physician chuckle. Well, we are all
at work, and work hard, too. to make
both ends meet, and busy as we are we
are peaceable and charitable and
happy. The American artisan, with a
demand for eight hours on his lips and
a. steady job, is the best natured 'of his
class to be found anywhere in the four
corners of the globe,
No Alligators There.
A naval Oficer, wishing to'bathe in
a Ceylon river, asked a native to show
him where there was no alligators. The
native took him to a pool close to the
estuary.
The officer anjoyv ’. his dip; and while
drying himself, he asked his guide why
there were never any alligators in that
pool.
“Because, sah,” the Cingalese re-
plied. “they plenty ’fraid of shark l”—
Casseil’s Journal. .
' Altered the Case.
Gazlow—«Have a. cigar.
Blaxney-No; don’t use tobacco in
any form.
Gazlow—That so? Have a cigarette?
Roxburv Gazette. —
{Hercisrn is active genius; genius con-
templative heroism. Heroism is the
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that are deemed worthy of the name,
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GREAT REDUCTION SALE
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OF
-SUMMER SHOES-
AT THE
WHITE SHOE STORE,
DURING JULY AND AucusT.
Our Men's $5.00 Tan Shoes Reduced to $3.50 a pair.
Our Men’s $4.00 Tan Shoes Reduced to $3.00 a. pair.
Our Men’s $3.50 Tan Shoes Reduced to $2.50 a pair.
Our Men’s $2.50 Tan Shoes Reduced to $1.48 a pair.
Three Hundred pairs Men’s Congress and Lace Shoes worth 8.125 at
$396. A PAIR.
308 Pairs Men’s $2. Lace and Congress Shoes at $1.48 a pair,
. We will sell the bafance 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
case A PAIR A
WORTH $3.00.
Three Hundred Pairs Child’s Russet Spring Heel, Lace and
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 Linechrunks, Bags and Ladies ani tents.
‘ Mackintoshes.
OLSEN BROS.’
3GAZET'h'E BUILDING, NORWALK.
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(The Reductionzin Hartford Bicycles has proved a drawing card, Ladig,
Pattern No. 2, is in great demand, and orders are being- received right
I along. Come in and examine it.
,. Columbia, standard price to” all, $100.
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