TEE EVENING GAZETTE. Exmnnn .11 ran Posr Orrion m Nonwsnx' as A NEWSPAPER. , M 41L s UBSOBIPTIONS, Darnr. one year. $3: six months. 31.73; three months. $1 00; one. 'month. 30c. Wnnva, one: year. in Fadvance. $1. 00; six months. 600.: three months. 35c. / WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19. 1896. Sixteen to One. The Lincoln, Nebraska, Evening Call is pnbhshed in the home of the Boy Orator and it has the names of McKin- ley and Hobart at the head of its col- umns. Under ”the caption of “sixteen to one" it states: The Evening Call is a 16 to 1 advo- cate. We ask for sixteen chances to V,._get a day’s work to every one offered to the laboring man now. We ask far sixteen chances to make an honest dollar to ev ry one we have now. _ We ask for sixteen chances for the farmer and wool' grower to one for the foreigner, in the American market. We ask for sixteen factories to every '-one we have now in the state of NC- braska. . We ask for sixteen opportunities (0 maintain and increase prices of grain and manufactured products to every one we have now. We ask for sixteen chances to make our breed and pay our debts to every one we now have. O Silver and Wages. “l‘he free coinage advocates not only admit, butclaim, that the benefits de- rived from‘ the free coinage of silver Would be to increase the prices of prop- erty and commodities.” So says Mr. Bland, and he declares that, under free coinage, there would be an immediate revival of business, that the mOney now boarded would be invested, and that the debtor Would find it easier to , pay his debts. Mr. Bland is an excel- cut—perhaps the best-authority on Hie silver side of the currency question. None of his opponents doubt his sin- cerity. He hiss/Ibsen a close student of finance, and he is adroit and resources, ful in argument. But if Mr. Bland were ten times ablcr than he is, he Would have a hard task to convince the people—the farmers, miners. mechan- cs, rallroad" men, and the millions of others who (1 pend on wages or sal- aries—that they can 'be made prosper- ous and happy by increasing the cost of all the things they have to buy. Mr. Bland does not prove, and known facts furnish no warrant for the belief, that a revival of business would result rom free coinage. Supposing the adoption of Mr. Bland’s panacea should at once contract the currency about 50 per cent. by relegating the $600,000,000 of gold in the country to the list of commodities, how would business be helped by such a change ? It shows that in 1862 the wages of labor paid in the then moderately de- preciated currency were not quite 3 per cent. higher than the gold rates previ- ously paid, but that the prices of 223 articles of daily consumption were nearly 18 per cent. higher; in 1863,when paper money was worth 69 cents as compared with gold, wages of labor were 10;- per cent. higher than when paid in gold, but the prices of food, clothing, etc., were nearly 49 per cerit. higher; In 1861, with the paper dollar worth 49 cents, wages had risen 252} per cent , but the prices of the necessaries of life had advanced 90% per cent.; in 1865, with the paper dollar worth 63 cents, wages showed again of 43 per cent., but the prices of merchandise an advance of 117 per cent., having thus more than doubled; in 1866, with the greenbacks worth ’71 cents on the. dol- ltr, wages recorded an advance of a fraction more than 52 per cent, and com m9d1t1». s an advance of 90 per cent. Sn, DJSQ the cost of living to be 11:- creased about 50 per cent. by the change. from gold to silver basis, how will that help the poor man? If there is any one ' fact fully established it is that wages are the last thing to rise, and that they never do rise in proportion to the ties- essaries of life when a cheap currency drives gold out. When specie pay- ments were suspended during the war the. prices of merchandise went up rap- idly, but wages followed at a slow pace, and for years did not equal the rise in cost of the necessaries of life. The re- .pOrtof the Senate Committee in 1893 on the subjects of price dud Wages in the United States during a peri 1d of fifty- two years is a very instructive docu- ment, and it does not encznrage the theory that Mr. B‘ard contends for. That was .the showmg made when a3 million men were in the army, leaving their places in the industries to be filled by others, and when'a great war enor- mtus‘y increased the demand for the products of labor; Mr. Bland cannot give any assurance—and he can have no reason to exp. ct—that a rise in the price of commodities, a rise-in rents, food, and clothing, will bring onza cor- responding or even a material advance in wages. Does he expect to win the will make the c s. of living in propor. tion to wages greater than ‘t 15 now? MANY CLOCK-LIKE FLOWERS. They Wake Up and Go to Sleep With Astonishing Regularity. Gardners should know that it is quite possible to so arrange flowers in a gar- den that all the purposes of a. clock will be answered. In the time of Pliny, forty-six flowers were known to open and shut at certain hours of the day, and this, number has since been largely, lncreased, says Pearson’s Weekly. For instance, a bed of common dam dellons would show when it was 5 :30 in the morning and 8 :30 at night re‘ spectively, for these flowers open and shut at the times named, frequently to the minute. The common hawkseedj opens at 8 o’clock In the morning, and may'bedepended upon to close within a few minutes of 2 in the afternoon. The yellow goat’s beard shuts at 12 o’clock, noon, absolutely to the minute, sidereal time. The sow thistle opens at 5 a. m., and closes at 11:12 a. 'm. The white lily opens at 7 a. m., and closes at 5 p m. r—— e, Tom—How u'aé‘fitf"Mildred, dear, that you came to accept such a chap as I am? Mildred—Well, to be perfectly frank with you. Tom, darling, you were my last chance. Tom—I’ll be 113:. k too, sweetheart. I had asked all the other girls, but it was no go.—The Epoch. Since the world began, so it is said; something over a. million and a half of patents have been issued in difierent parts of Christendom. Of this aggro gate more than half a million belongs t) America. That is not a. bad show- home of the blizzard.’ Opening of the Season! . 111111111 [1111111111311 F. W. Mitchell, Managr Elaborate Scenic. Production of Alexander Dumas’ Masterpiece. The 3 BUARDSMEN, Introducing the Young Romantic Actor, PAUL CAZENEUVE, and supporting company of legitimate players The performan 6 will displa the same evi- dences. as to a peifect pro notion. as the noted.Salvini ones. PRICES:—75c, 50c and 35c. Advance sale of seats at Weed‘s and Tomlin- son’s Drug Stores. Raymond & Son. Successorsto George H. Baymt nd. Furniture Dealers and General Funenu Directors. :6 and 48 Main Street Norwalk U Beuid ance, Berkeley Place. 'Ielalrne No.7 M J. D. Jennings. .. .UNDERTAKER a Knight street.opposite Street Railway Depot NIGHT BELL A1 OFFICE. HAVE ARRIVED. My new line of _5pring and Summer Suitings, 'wh1ch will be made up 1n the latest styles and at the lowest possible price consistent with good work. Call in and inspect them. F. KOCOUR, MERCHANT TAILOR, I? North Main St. South Norwalk. I Piano Lessons. RS. GEORGE W. BRADLEX. (daughter of the late Wm HR Nash.) Rives eflinent and satisfactory instructions on the Piano at her home No. 193 Main atreet. PLYMOUTH ROCK ICE. Stores and Families Supplied. Lowest Rates. fairfield county NationalBank. 44 Wall Street, Norwalk, Comm NUORPOBATED. 1824. EnwrNO. Knnmn President. DAVID E. 11.1.1111 Vice-President. LC C.GBEEN. Cashier DIRECTORS . EDWIN 0. Karma Moses H. GLovnn DavrnH. MILLER, A. J. Manama, ’ 1". Br. J 01111 LOOKWOOD, Tampons. E. Snrrru Conn. Cass F. ans'rm. Accounts of Manufacturers M he. s d Individuals solicited. erc nt “1 Safe Deposit Boxes free to‘Depositors. 111g for the land of the free and the . Capital, $900,000 votes of workingmen for a policy that _ LA \ .\, «E ENINo o. 21-: cHEcKER-BQARD‘ BUSINESS DIRECTORY. l1 NORWALK Fll‘B 11181113110000. . sates For Rent. 'VALDAILES STORED . IN ’ _‘ Safe Deposit Vault" it 'EMBUSSING' _ A........—_~_.__.__- In Successful Oper- DONE AT auon Since 1860, or THE . . . . NATIONAL BANK ' No Outsrandmg Clalms. or NOD-WALK, THIS OFFICE . 1 oazu‘r'rs ans, , \ W. H. BYINOTOH ' , B . '_;. '- ' RING , INSURANCE 0001) RESULTS H1111 1, 5111111 luiiiing. 6. Hard Sellsck, , BEST GOODS. F, 1‘EAS and COPPEES 18 WALL ST. l._____,__ __»_________, TREES! TREES! TREES! ' Call at 58 Belden , Avenue, if you are go- ing to Set out trees this 1' 11 stock . warranted to live. . Edgar Buttery, . 58 Belden Ave. , ' 25 years foreman of Hoyts’ Nurseries. _ __._.__.c.__, Frank T. Hyatt PARLOR . V DENTIST DARBER-t-SHOP, . . 1 a. neurons. 8 West Avenue.' .. ‘47 Main Street. _ ‘Tnv' ‘ /_- WEED’S . 38 Wall St. ENTE R PR l SE / Bottling Works, 7. Wall Street. FIIE MES AHO IAOEH Expense“ FOB FAM- ILY USE. Mail orders receive prompt attention. Job. Printing EVERY DECEFOHII'TIOI Exscurnp M T1111 suzrnr arms; tily’ of, Norwalk. Earle and Vulcan ’. Will Leave Pier 23, E. R., N. Y. (Beekman St), Newlur an nrwal reigh eouuruema 1111111111, .1qu 22. PROPELLERS For South Norwalk Daily at 10. 30 A. M. Extra Boat Monday, Wednesday and Friday at5P. M, For INorwalk Monday, Wednesday and Friday 11116 P. M. For New York Leave South Norwalk Daily .16 P. M. Leave Norwalk Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 5 P. M. we 0 11 EN BICYCLE: HANDLE BARS, Just Rec. edited...— A Lot of Which I will sell, for the nexn week, at $2. 50 pen pair. Also have a look at my line of DARRIIIOES, WAOOHS, DIOYDLES, HIRHESS AHD HORSE GOODS. HO, I'ROIIDLE TO] SHOW GOODS, EVEH THOIIOH YOII DD HOTOPII’RDHASE.‘ 1%“ Repairing Done at Short Notice. LUTHER M. WRIGHT, Oarrlags Factory and Reposllorv, Franklin 01 Hadls’on 813., Sea llcrmlk. at 75c. a pair. Q OLSEN . BROS: sonar}: BUILDING, NORWALK. OF AT THE [GR-EAT REDUCTION SALE -SUMMEH SHOES- WHITE, SHOE 510111., DURING JULY 'AND AUGUST. Our Men’ 9 $5. 00 Tan Shoes Reduced to $3. 50 a pair. _Our Men’s 84. 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 S. 125 at 8196. A PAIR. 308 Pairs Men’s $2. Lace and Congress Shoes at $1. 48 a pair We will sell the balance of our immense stock of Ladies’ Tan and Black $3, 00 Oxfords at $2 00 a pair. . Two hund1 ed Pairs of Ladies’ $1. 50 Russett and Black Oxfords Two Hundred Pairs Ladies Tan Lace Shoes at also A PAIR WORTH $3.00. Hackintoshes; Three Hundred Pairs Child’s Russet S rin H 6], L c d Button Shoes at 50c a pair. - P g e a e an This 15 the greatest lot of Shoes in tgwn for the money and we want you to come and examine these goods or yourself. l Full Line of Trunks, Bags and ladies’ and Gents. KWINNER __...'- I ~~ The Reduction” in Hartford Bicycles has proved a drawing card Ladies, “Pattern No, 2, is in great demand, and orders are being received right . along Come in and eXamine it. Columbia, standard price to 1111,1100. The s. F. Ambler Ouele 60., 29 Wall Street. _ t ‘ \
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