THE DIAMOND SUPPLY. ' Jinglish Capitalists Control Almost the + Entire Field. . Are the diamond mines of the, world inexhaustible? or will the time come when diamond diggers shall have dis- covered the last of nature’s store of carbon in its allotropic form? Certain scientists argue that nature does not transform decomposed matter into dia- monds rapidly enough to keep pace with the miners. ‘ * There is a corporation in London which believes these scientists. Most of the diamonds to- day are mined in South Africa. “The Englishmen who work‘the South African fields particu‘ larly have a monopoly. With the pool- ing of their interests competition has stopped. Barney Barnato is reputed to have effected the consolidation; at any rate it exists. The output of the mines is distributed to the world byway of * the London corporation. The diamonds are shipped in the rough from the Kaffir seaports. Diamond merchants everywhere know that but a part of the annual output of the mines reaches the trade. Where is the other part? The answer to that question is in the vaults of the London Company. For stored there are stones in the rough of incalcuable value. Millions on millions of pounds are re- presented by the contents of those four massive steel walls. Not a stone more is put on the market than can be sold at the standard price set by the company. The rest of the output is stored away to await the end of the diamond supply or a larger demand. The company is cap- italized at $4,000,000, and pays hand- some dividends each year despite the reserve tied up in the vaults. Last year it was estimated that one- quarter of the output of the mines was stored away. If the contents of the vaults were put on the market at pres- ent diamonds would be a drug—Phila- delphia Press. GOLD IN— THE UNITED STATES. It is Estimated that There is $580,000,- 000 in the Country. A recently prepared abstract of the conditions of the 3706 national banks shows that they had $2,020,960,- 000 in loans and discounts and $1,720,- 550,000 in individual deposits. The specie holdings are stated at $206,712,-' 410, of which $168,244,439 was in gold. The gold held by the banks in Pennsyl- vania amounts to . $17,775,431, and in New York $57,703,485. Director of the Mint Preston esti- mates that there is 8580,000,000 of gold in the country. If these figures are correct $312,000,000 of gold is in trust companies, private banks and in the pockets of the people. The balance in the Treasury is about $50,000,000. Because it is made from the choicest roots and herbs—that's why, too, its body and life are so much ahead of other, so called, root beers. It excels any other temperance drinks and is far more healthful than any alco- holic drink. . A bottle of extract will make 5 gallon, of delicious WILLIAMS a CARLETON 00.. HARTFORD. CONN. MFRS. .I. ” The kirid Boss makes his Biscuits with. " .-' PURE, STRONG, RELIABLE. Is the verdict arrived at by Chemical Analysis of OS . BAKING POWDER Economy, Health and Satisfactory . Results attend its use. umursoruasn mi ‘3 ’ C. 1). Boss & SON, New London, Conn. ' "r ' BBOTHEt ' ,IMPROVED (sun in mi ERAL' WATERS. Flavoring Extrect,s Also the Syrups and Olden Time Fruit Juices, Root Beer. Lemon Soda, Soda Water _ Sarsaparilla, Supplied in Birch Beer, Steel Fountains. Seltzer and Vichy in Siphons. ' *Address ’ II. J. & I. S. (illlllllll, Q 4‘ Main Street, ‘ - Norwalk, Conn he mmtzresation. D mass TAKES OF‘ROMANCE. The Duke’s Vendetta;n Story of Venice and Houston. 1. Over the scene hangs a deep- star stud- ded sky. . . It is midnight in Venice. * 4 On the balcony of a magnificent ducal palace on the waters of the Adriatic sits the Countess Ginccioli. By her side is Pete Skidmore, the talented young American painter. The brilliant but soft light of an Italian moon floods the marble steps of the palace and the crys- tal sea where shadowy gondolas wind in and out like the many figures in some half- remembered dream. “Do you love me?” asks the countess in low, overripe tones. “Easy,” says Pete, kissing her jew- elled hand. ' As he speaks a black gondola glides past, and something, is thrown and falls ,at the feet of the Countess. ' “Corpo ‘di Bacchol” she exclaims. “It is a vendetta l” , " The gondola glides past again, and some one in ‘it hisses some words in Ital- ian through his clenched teeth. “That must be a. steamboat,” says Pete, "and the escape valve is out of order.” ’ _ “It is the Duke Rivoli,” says the countess. “He loves me to distraction. You must fly.” “Why?” “He has declared a vendetta.” “What’s that? Anything like a divi- dend?” _ “Do not jest. -Fly, oh, fly, ere it is/ too late. One kiss, and then farewell.” As Pete Skidmore kisses the countess anOther prolonged hissing sound comes from the gondola. Pete looks up' at the summit of Mount Vesuvius in the distance. ' ' “Sounds like we were going to have another eruption,” he mutters to him- self. Pete then puts on his shoes and goes backto the palace where he boards.” 11. It was twenty minutes to 6 o’clock in Texas. Pete Skidmore has finished his art studies in Venice and has returned to Houston. He hasvarisen early, and,'to oblige an old friend, is painting a barn at dark-red color for $4, one-half in ad- vance. He often sighs when he thinks of Venice and the dark, languishing eyes of the Countess Ginccioli, and through his head runs the refrain of a song she used to sing: “Barcipa setta muppa ganon me.” Suddenly the ladder is jerked from under him, and he falls into a bucket of paint. He colors quickly and rises to his feet. The Duke di Rivoli stands before him. “Zis ees ze vendetta to ze death 1" hissed. the duke between his clenched teeth. “I have come to keel you.” “What for?" asked Pete. “R-r-r-r-r-evengell” says the duke. “For what?” asks Pete. “I married ze countess I” m. Moonlight on the Adriatic. The Duchess Rivoli, ‘nee Ginccioli, waits upon the balcony. A gondola glides to the steps and the Duke di Ri- voli springs out. The duchess hastens to meet him. "Did you kill him?” she whispers. “I did not.” ‘ ~‘A‘W hat! Did you fail in your mission? Is it possible that a Rivoli could declare a. vendetta and then let it go to pro- test?” “Peace, Flametta,” says the duke. “I do not deserve your reproaches. “What did you do to him?’ “I left him running a weekly news- paper in Texas.” , The duchess sinks down, covers her face with her hands and shudders vio- lently. ”Oh, Luigi!” she sobs. “Revenge is all right, but was there any need to be so inhuman? You should have killed him.” ~ THE CATAMARAN ALL RIGHT. [f It Crosses the Atlantic in Three Days, Give It Credit. We would not make light of the pro- iect of the man who thinks he can in- vent a catamaran that will cross the ocean inthree days. We do not make light of the projects or the fancies of all the flying-machine men. We are very careful about making light of any of the novelties in science or mechanics which geniuses promise to bring before us from time to time. The discoveries and the inventions which have already been made, and the usefulness of which has been demonstrated, have far sur- passed our preconceptions, and have prepared our mind for the news of all kinds of others not less striking or val- 'aable. .What we object to is the volubility of those, men who promise great things which they never perform, invent ma- chines which won‘t work, and make iiscoverles which are worthless when put to the test. First get your valuable novelty for sure; then put it in shipshape and working order; and afterward tell us all about it. When the catamaran man has made his first voyage across the ocean in three days, when the man with wings has shown us how he can fly, then we will say all right; go ahead; sure as salt water and fresh air, you can raise plenty of capital in Wall street—New York Sun. Might Have Been Better Said. “I expect that before very long the congregation will be in a place where it vdl not require so much effort to keep rerun,” announced a clergyman from he pulpit of a church at Woodbury, it, last Sunday week, when the tem- _.erature was near zero, whereat there vas a fitter through the congregation. . What the good man meant was that he :rristed the new church, now building, would soon be ready for occupancy by ,- ALLEN,ITHE DEAD SHOT. Only One Arm, but He Supports a Family With His Gun. ’ For twenty eight years Thomas Al- len, of Montgomery, familiarly known as.“Allen the Hunter,” has been mak- ing a living for seven people with his left arm and a gun. One day when he was only fifteen years of age he was out hunting for ducks on the Monterey lagoon. In some manner his gun caught in his clothing and was discharged, wounding him in his right arm, near the shoulder. He layin agony with his arm bleeding profusely, until he was picked up by , some men who chanced to pass and was taken to his home. His mother called in an old Indian herb doctor, and before the year was Out the boy was as well as ever, but minus his right arm. Young Allen’s father was a famous marksman, and the boy seemed to in- herit a strong taste for hunting. When he was only four years old he would beg to go with his father to Ihoot the "little cats,” as he called the cotton- tail rabbits which infested Monterey in those days. When five years old his career as a hunter began, for his father took him out in a field adjoining their home, placed the gun over a chair and let him shoot at one of the little cats. He killed it, and from that moment he has always had a mania. for hunting all sorts of game. . When Mr. Allen was fifteen and the accident occurred that resulted in the loss of his right arm he thought that his hunting days were over. As his father had died shortly before, part of the support of the family'devolved upon him. At first he tried the gaming tar} ble, as it seemed his only resource. “In those days,” said he, in speaking of the matter recently to a San Fran- cisco Examiner reporter, “twenty-dole lar gold pieces were more common than nickels are today. But I didn’t like the ups and downs of a gambler’s life and the associations, so I gave it up and determined to shoot with my left arm.” At first he was awkward in loading his gun, but in a year he became as ex- pert in handling it as. any of his two- armed companions. He found, more- over, that he was able to make from $125 to $150 a month. “Those were the golden days,” said he, with a regretful smile. At present he says he makes 83 to $5 a day. Every morning he starts out in his hunting wagon, with his English pointer, Keno, and gets back to town in the evening loaded down with game. “The greatest sport,” said he, “is deer hunting. I have killed as many as nine- teen deer in one day, and I should think about 600 or 700 during my life as a hunter.” Every day in the year, rain or shine, with the exception of Sundays and one month in the summer, he is abroad in the hills with his shot gun and hunting outfit. Mr. Alia—n is a widower with three pretty 1;. tie daughters. He supports his mother, his three children and two =brothers. ,They live in the first wooden house—so it was claimed—ever erected in California. It was brought here in sections by his mother in 1849 from England. ' Both From ltIaine. The last story on Speaker Reed at the Capitol involves an aged Maine Cap- tain, now long past the allotted years of three score and ten, and partially blind. He was on a visit to Washington, and while unable to see very well, has a Yankee penchant of getting on some way. While near the lobby elevator of the House one day last week‘he grasped a ' big man by the arm and, with charac- teristic persistence began to ply him with questions. ' “You’re in the Government employ, I suppose?” the Captain who hails from Thomaston, Me., began. “I have a position in the House,” came the answer in broad draw]. “Git a good salary?” ‘ “I consider it a fair one.” “Where do you come from?” “From Maine.” ' “Well, I do declare. I came from there myself,” and the old man was about to ask the Speaker’s town when the latter disappeared down the lobby. Later in the day the Captain was taken by Secretary Herbert Lord of the Com- mittee on Ways and Means to be intro- duced to the Speaker. The recognition, of course, was mu- tual, and the old man, although a life- long Democrat, was overjoyed at the experience “with the big fellow I tack- led,” and really hopes he will be chosen President. .. . “Fitz" Talks of Retiring, ‘ Afew nights ago Bob Fitzsimmons said to a friend: “I guess I’ll get out of this business. To tell youtthe truth, I’m very much disgusted. I guess I’ll open a blacksmith shop, and get out of fighting for good. ‘1 don’t need to depend upon fighting, for at my trade I can make a good living.” ' “If. you met and whipped Corbett you’d be ever so popular,” suggested the friend. “I know that,” replied the champion, “but you couldn’t drag him into the 3 ring with me with a forty-foot pole.” ‘ Bankers of Some Use. Chauncey M. Depew’s remark that "the power of bankers is keeping the nations of Europe from each other’s throats,” though a new way of putting an old truth, will, perhaps, show the Populists that bankers are of some use in the world after all. No Burning of Widows. , In India, until 1849, it 'was not un- usual for widows, as a sign of grief, to burn themselves on the funeral pyres o f their husbands. In 1849, the practice, sailed suttee,-.was abolished by force. ‘ The Pity of It. It is computed that there are in Lon- don some 50,000 families on sas- .. a mis- erable plight that each f,mu..y‘ ....s only , - one room to live in. I them in my house. [T HE" E V'E’Nl No. a A.Z.EL'I¥T°EID Condensed Testimony. Chas. B. Hood, Broker and Manufact- urer’s Agent, Columbus, Ohio, certifies that Dr. King’sNew Discovery has no equal as a Cough remedy. J. D. Brown, Prop. St. James Hotel, Ft. ‘Vayne, Inrl., testifies that he was cured of a. Cough of two years standing, caused by LaGrippe, by Dr. Kings New Discovery. B. F. Merrill, Baldwinsville, Mass., says that he has used and recommended it and never knew it to fail and Would rather it than. any doctor, because it cures. Mrs. Hemming, 122 E. 25th St.'Chicago,- always keeps it at hand' and has no fear of Croup,. because itinstantly relieves Free Trial bottles at E. P Weed‘s Drug- Store, Norwalk and Monroe’s New Ca- naan. ‘ The Merwin 'r-treet Shirt factory will shut down to-uight and remain closed until Tuesday morning. Did Yaw v Err Try Electric Bitters as a remedy for your troubles? If not, get a bottle now and get relief. This medicine has been par- ticularyly adapted to the relief and cure of all Female Complaints, exerting a wonderful direct influence in giving strength and tone to the organs. have Loss of Appetite, Constipation, Headache, Fainting Spells, or are Ner- vous, Sleepless, Excitable, Mel-ancholly and are troubled with Dizzy Spells, Electric Bitters is the medicine you need. Health and Sirene‘th are guaranteed by its use. Fifty cents and'31,00 at E. P. Weed’s Drug Store, Norwalk, and Mon- roe’s New Canaan. ' A new .nl fragrant bouquet graces the dm s u: .lliss Hyatt the clerk of the boar.) of sefectmen, every day, Relief in Six flours. Distresslng Kidney and Bladder dis- eases relieved in siz hours by the “New GREAT SOUTH AMERICAN KIDNEY CURE. ” This new remedy is a great sur- prise on account of its exceeding prompt, ness in relieving pain in the bladder kidneys, back and every part of the urin- ary passages in male or female. It rc- lieves retention of water and pain in pass- ing it almost immediately. If you want quick relief and cure this is your remedy. gold by E. P. Weed, Druggist. Norwalk, onn. Bradley S. Keith attended the re-_ union of his old regiment, the 10th C. V. at the Hotel Majestic, New Haven, yesterday. . Modem-’3 Delight mm Hand’s Colic Cure HAVERHILL, Mass., 11-30-’95.—Hand . Medicine Co.—“I wrsh to say that I pro- cured a sample bottle of Dr. Hand’s Colic Cure and am delighted with it. Myrbaby is new four months old. and has sufiere’d every day of her short life with, col- ic. I have tried almost everthing ever heard of, but can truthfully say that any- thing I have tried cannot compare with Dr. Hand's Colic Cure. Yours respect- fully, Mrs. G. G. Miller, 38 Arch St.” Sold by all druggists, 25c. Mrs. Charles Brown will treat a num- ber of Broad River children to a trolley ride over the Tramway system to-mor- row afternoon. Try Allen’s Foot-Ease. _ A powder to be shaken into the shoes. At this season of the year your feet feel swollen and hot, and get tired easily. If you have aching feet, new shoes or tight shoes, try Allen’s Foot-Ease. It cools the feet and makes walking easy. Cures and prevents swollen and sweating feet, blisters and callous spots. Relieves come and buuions of all pain and gives rest and comfort. Try it to-day. Sold by all druggists and shoe stores for 25¢. Sent by mail for 25c in stamps. Address, Allen S. Olmstead, Le Roy, N .‘Y. Stephen Smith and Mrs. Hart who have been visiting relatives in Norwalk and elsewhere, returned to their homes in Philadelphia to-day. . Shake Into I'our Shoes Allen’s Foot-Ease, a powder for. the feet. It cures painful swellings of the joints and instantly takes the sting out of come and bunions. It’s the greatest comfort discovery of the age. Allen’s Foot-Ease makes tight-fitting or new shees feel easy, It is a certain cure for sweating, callous and hot, tin-'2, aching feet. Try it to-day. Sold by all drnggists and shoe stores, 25c. Trial package free. Ad- ress, Allen S. Olmstead Le Roy, N. Y. The base ball nines of Hope Hose and Pioneer Hook and Ladder company nines will play a match game at the Labor UniOn picnic Monday morning. Mother’s Find Nothing to Equal Dr. Hand 8 Colic Cure. WATERBURY Conn, 4-2-’96—Hand Medicine Coz—Dear Sirsz—“I am using Dr. Hand’s Cough and Croup Medicine and Colic Cure for my children and find nothing to equal them. They like magic. I would not be without The little ones love Dr. Hand’s Colic Cure and cry for it ; it relieves them almost instantly. Mrs. Frank Smith, 22 Wood St. At all drug- gists, 25. ' M Charles Fillow of Norwalk, is visiting Mrs. Allan Chichester of Division street.——Danbury News. swarm-FAKE: Salve.‘ The Best Salvein the world for Cute .‘F‘irnises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum Feverflores, (Better, Chapped Hands Ohilblaiue, Corns and all Skin Erup lions, and positivelyoures Piles. or _no Payrequired. It is guaranteed to_g1ve perfeutsatisfantion',0r money refunded Price25 cents per box. For Sale by E. P. Weed, Norwalk and Monroe, New Canaan. Lorenzo Adams who has been sell- ing “Blazon” in New York, returned home yesterday afternoon. The Best Remedy for Bowel Com-V plaints. . It gives me pleasure to most 'heartil recommend Chamberlain’s Medicmes. advertised them for a long time before I had occasion to use them in my own family. At the time referred to, the patient was sufl‘er- ing terribly from cramps, . mitmg ~and purgeing. I was dehghted W1 the prompt relief afibrded by Chamberlain’s Co 'c, Chol-‘ d Diarrhoea Remedy.—A. M. EVER- 31$: Editor and Proprietor of the Weekly Globe, Mendon, Mich. For sale by E. . Weed,poggist. » 2,. ‘ .A If on . work , ’ I- ‘b. To .Send in Your Idverlisement .lllfiafllllfildE” 1 ‘ I THE. EVE ING ‘ ‘GAZET E IS THE menr MEDIUM Tnnouuuuwutn ~ to anon THE mime puma. The Only Eight-Page One-Cent Paper in the Norwalks. The Value 0 anAAAdverlisement AAA v I ‘ DEPEIDS on In: norm or nus pron: wno nun IT.) ADVERTISEMENTS Ill m Evrmua GAZETTE m , sunny inosrwno’ ' .. luv: uonivro‘ smn.
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