THE EVENING GAZETTE.1 Exmnn Ar Eran Posr OFFICE IN Nonwann as A ansrarnn. M air; SUBSCRIPTIONS. ' DAILY. one year. 33; six months, $1.75; three months. $1.06; eneimonth, 30c. WEEKLY, one: year. in advance. $1.00; six months.'60c.; three months. 350. THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1896. A Brave Woman. It is always a great pleasure to record an act of bravery, and especially so when thekdeed is done by a woman. In times past we supposed that all sets which required physical daring were monopolized by men. But 'in these latter days the field has been claimed by women also, and in many instances they have been sharp and successful competitors for honors which the public never begrudges. Young Reinstein was having a fine swim in the East River, and as the day was hot and'the water was cool it is fair to presume that for a while at least he enjoyed himself to the top of his bent. But something happened. Henry seemed to be drowning. He struggled, but nobody took notice of him in his dire extremity. Nobody ? Louise Fredericks saw him, and just in the nick of time. She took in the situation at once, and without a thought for herself, 1 aped into the river, swam for the boy, kept a good grip on him and pulled for the shore. That he was saved is entirely due to her courage and her skill as a swimmer. .- The Law and Gravestones. _Mr. Justice Davy, of the New York Supreme Cou;t, has rendered a much commended decision in which he de~ clares statutes as to liens ongravestones unconstitutional, null and void. Under this law, which passed in the interest of dealers and with scant regard to any other consideration, gravestones were dug up, carted away, and sold at auc- tion Without any determination by ju- dicial authority as to the justice of the claim on which the removal and sale were based. The law created great activity in the gravestone industry. The mourners were approached on their way to or from funerals by agents With contracts drawn and with fountain pens. Only one side was protected in these contracts and they called for more costly stones than the purchasers could afford to buy. But who, at such an hour, would haggle over the price of a gravestone? It 1s strange that such a law could have been enacted and no one will seri- ously contend that such an industry ought to be promoted or protected by the State. No dealer in gravestones is compelled to credit anybody. J u s- tice Davy declares that the monument over a grave stands on ground that the sentiment of all civilized people hold s to be sacred, and that to permit a claimant for money due to trespass on such ground and to disturb _it, is con- trary to public policy. .0! Must the Wheel Go? Can it be true that among the so-cal- led upper classes in England the bicycle will soon be regarded as unworthy of notice? Is the machine doomed and will it be obliterated from the memory of those who set the fashion or re- membered only to be despised? It seems a hard fate for an innocent wheel. and yet nothing can be done to prevent the catastrophe, The butler and the maid of “a well known family” were recently seen on bicycles in Rotten Row. It was not a dream, it was not a nightmare; it was a "ad and awful reality. They were v: s ble to every one except two blind men, and the worst of it all was they rode well, the pretty maid attracting a good deal of attention by her grace and the butler commanding respect by his skilful handling of his machine. If they had bungled, if they had managed toget run over, that would have been one thing; but they looked as well as their betters, and that was fatal. Glass distinctions are very rigid con- cerns. People may come together hereafter, but until the hereafter makes its appearance they must be separated into cliques. If the poor man dines at twelve, the rich man makes the dinner hour eight in the evening, and now that butler and maids have taken to the bicycle it ceases to be an aristocratic vehicle and must be abandoned. Perhaps there is a queerer world than - this floating somewhere in space. but we haven’ t heard of it, remarks the Herald. I MISS FRANCES WILLARD. . Lady Henry Somerset Describes the Great Temperance Apostle. Like all temperance women good and true,,I had placed Miss Williard’s image in the inmost shrine where I .pay loyal devotion to those rare spirits which lead the rank of reform; and yet, as the train glided toward Evanston, I felt that our idols seem made but to,be shat- tered, and this one also might possibly shortly be dashed violently to the ground. On the platform she awaited - my coming—a delicate, fragilefigure in a pretty blue dress, her small hand shading her eyes as she looked about at- _ tentively seeking her guest, and as she came toward me I saw a face so frank and kind that it seemed as though the peaceful simplicity of childhood had somehow remained unruflied by the chilling blasts of life. Extending her hand, she greeted me. not as a stranger but as a sister beloved and to one to whom her soul was linked by that strong fellowship and sufiering that binds us in our “peaceful war,” a holy comradeship in the common cause _ \\\ MISS FRANCES WILLARD. for the uplift of humanity. From that hour I felt that we were friends— not alone to joy in each other’ 3 compan- ionship, but in that truer sense that binds souls, only to form a new link' in the lengthening chain of love and lay: alty that holds humanity to God. A few minutes later I was in Rest Cottage, as it was then in its complete- ness ; for since that day the sun has set on that great life which was the centre of the home circle. Miss Williard stood there then— in the doorway to meet me, erect and queenly. She greeted me vith that gentle kindness that showed at once her innate refined and quiet dignity; and as we sat round the sup- per table that night, amid the dainty, bright, yet simple surroundings of that charming home, and later, gathered round the open hearth in Miss Williard’s “den,” or walked next day on the pret- ty lawn, --with its trees and flowers, grape arbor and rustic dovecote, I felt that, in all my wanderings up and down the world, I have never found a more harmonious home—a spot which seem- ed to combine the breezy atmosphere wafted from the great wide world with the fragrant family life which remained unruffled in its holy calm. GIRAFFES ARE GIRAFFES. Mighty Few of Them Anywhere, and No Danger of Their Becoming a. Drug. There are only tWO girafies in Amer~ ica. This may seem a. startling state- ment to peeple who think they can re- member seeing many of the long necked beasts, but it is nevertheless ab« solutely true. There is only one in England, and on the continent of Europe the dearthis remarkable. In the wild beast market there are none to be had, and collectors are compelled to send agents into the interior of South Africa. to secure them. 'Three years ago the last of a large herd of giraffes that had been imported by the Barnum & Bailey show was killed by getting down in a. railroad car and having its spinal column badly bent. Its death occurred at Glovers- ville, N. Y., May 21,1893. For two years Manager James A. Bailey was constantly trying to replace the ani- mal, and he succeeded last summer in getting a fine one after hunting over half the earth. THE FOOL A-WHEEL. You Meet Him at Every Cross Walk and in Every Town. Since Bufialo Bill has been in Paris he has come to regard the French son with more respect than he does the American Sioux. This is his franc opinion—Washington Capital. The failure of a Philadelphia wool firm is said to be due to the fact that the banks wouldn’t take their paper. Some all-wool suits will doubtless be the result. —Rochester Post. . Extract from a young lady’s letter from Venice—“Last night I lay in a gondola on the Grand Canal drinking it all in. and life never seemed so full be fore.-—Harper’s Monthly. ‘- . ----Advertise in the GAZETTE. THE EVENING GAZETTE CHECKER-BOARD BUSINESS DIRECTORY. ~~ _... . ’ l NORWALK Safes FOI' ROM. EMBOSSING . Fire Insurance Cc. "“‘l'lf: “ll“ . , - In Successful Oper- Safe ”was" Vault DONE AT » auon Since 1860, , on THE l . No Outsranding Claims. NAfiggéé‘Agéqu TH '3 OF F [CE- ‘I Guerra ans. W. H. BYINGTOH Barrio INSURANCE. coon RESULTS Ilium limit: lullilng. a. rim Selleek, BEST GOODS. TEAS and COFFEES 18 WALL ST. musi TREES! was: s . 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