K—‘——'—. wfl— ‘— ' *— .THF. EVENING GAZETTE Nmnn AT THE Pos'r OFFICE IN Nonwsnx as A NEWSPAPEB.'.' "4.1L SUBSCRIPTIONS DAILY. one year. :3; six months. $1.75: three ‘ months. $1.00; one month. 300. WEEKLY, one year. in ladvance. $1.30; six months. 600.: three months. 350. THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 1897. Military Instructions. The idea of teaching military tactics in the schools of this oiuntry is met with favor in most of the states, and the plan has been so extensively adopt— 8:1 that the government is pushed to furnish instructors a~ fast as they are needed. There is a bill now pending in the Connecticut legislature to make mili- ‘ tar-y training a part of the public school .Isystem of the state. There is no other exercise that is equal to it in all re- spects. It is approved by the government, it is practical knowledge. and it affords all around development for youth. The inspector general of the army, refer- ring to military instruction in schools in his last annual report says: “Military instruction deserves to be anossured feature of education in this country. Its irfl'ience in developing mind and body. in teaching method and precision, sell control and obe- dience, discipline and manliness are in-. calculable. * * * Lessons learned in boyhood are seldom‘forgotter, and the seed planted by the government is sure to come to the surface in a future generation, when the need may be greatest.” There are to-day in the country fifty- SIX institutions at which proficiency in the military department is necessary tor a diploma, and at sixty-three prizes are offered for excellence in military work. The tactics are taught in'a great many schools, and the excellent results favor an extension of the system. In time it is sure to be' adopted in all the slates as it should be. Two» A Desirable Citizen. Colonel Pease is a somewhat vener- able thds Island publisher. He visit- ed Washington some days since as can- didate for public printer and was promptly; run over by the everywhere prevailing-scorcher. The Washington Post thus narrates the accident and gives vent to. its feel- ings in a way to show that it desires the Bhode Islander to at once become a citizen of the Nation’s capital: It appears that Col. Pease, of Woon- socket, R. I.. is a very desirable kind- of' aoitizen. Col. Pease is merely a visitor in Washington at present, but he hopes to settle here for quite a term of years, say four. and therefore it is in order to consider him as an addition to the community. 001. Pease is an applicant for the position of Public Printer. He is said to have a strong New England indorsement. If 'the Post were in the business: of recom- mending aspirants for appointment we should be irclined to take a very favor- able view of Colonel Pease’s applica- tion, but the Post is not. We can ap- praise the-Colonel only as a private in- dividual. We can examine his record and then tell ourselves whether we should like to have him move: into town. Upon the whole, we are’anxious to annex Col. Pease. Assuming to be true the currert story concerning him and a “ certain local bicycle rider, name un; known, we are quite sure that we should! like to have not only the Colonel him- self, but seVoral thousands more like him. Perhaps we had better repeat the story, homver. It is to the effect that on Friday evening Col. Pease emerged from his hotel and started across the street. Just as he stepped from the curbetone into the roadway he was struck by a rapidly-moving bicycle, knocked down and run over. All ac- oounts agree up to this point. Beyond» it the versions~ vary. One says that the Bolonel, rising to his feet simultaneous- ly with the wheelman, rushed at the latter without any preliminary conver- sation and proceeded to wipe up a very; large superficial area of the thorough: lam with his once proud form. «An- . other has it that the Colonel was dis- posed‘to treat the collission as an acci- dent, but that the cyclist, mistaking (this philosophic attitude for timidity or guilty conscience, ruffled up to him and wanted to know why the thinga'bob he didn’t get out of the way—what he meant by upsetting a bicycle rider in such fashion. Then it was, according - to the latter gvsrsion, that Col. Pease put off his meekness as though it were a linen duster and emote the cyclist several large Homeric smites. The public may choose between the two accounts. The undisputed fact remains that Col. Pease was knocked down and run over by a swiftly-moving bicycle and that he got to his feet in time to give the rider two left hooks, one straight punch, and a right upper cut, which. together, temporarily reduced the scorcher to the moral and intellect— ual condition of a lump of glucose. ., Upon this record, and without asking any further questions, we accept Col. Pease as a Welcome and desirable ad- dition to Washington societv. He fills along felt want. We need such men in our business. ' We can make room There are persons here quite ready to knock for several thousands of them. down or otherwise punish scorchers who run over pedestrians. We know of many who have sworn to inflict dire vengeance on any rider who throws one of them to the ground and passes over his prostrate form: Doubtless there are whole regiments of citizens pledged to this. But in Col. Pease we THEE-E I E” EN 1N GT". 6 AZ Er'rn” ’ THE EVENING GAZETTE CH ECKER-BOARD BU SIN ESS DIRECTORY. . NORWALK Flu insurance Go. hi Successful Oper- ll ation S1nce18b0. No Outstandinu Claims. BRING ti. Ward Selleok, BEST GOODS. TEAS and soreness 18 WALL ST. Safes For Rent. - A LIIABLES mm 1N3 Safe Deposit Vault OF THE NATIONAL BANK OF NOBWALK. PIEL BROS’- GAZETTE ADS. GOOD RESULTS bloc. W. Raymond, DEALER IN Staple and Fancy Groceries AND Provisions No.9 DIain St. _________.__——~ have a combination at once novel and important. He is not only anxious to punish the person who runs him down with a bicycle. but he seems to have the capacity of recovering in time to carry out his p:ogramme. What the community needs most is a large num- ber 'of citizens able to get up and pul- verize scorchers after having been knocked down. What we want is action. With 001. Pease permanently located ‘in our midst the reckless wheelman I would soon begin to disappear. and then good bicycle riders, together with the general public, would rejoice. Piano Lessons. V RSGEORGE W. BRADLEZ. (daughter ,. of the late_Wm. R. Nash.) gives efiicent and satisfactory metructions on the Plane a her home No. 193 Main street 00 YOII KNOW That you can saveomoney by buying you1 Meats and Fish at '. ‘ F. W. SHITII’S, 55 Main Street. Everything First Class. This natty little”suit comprises three pieces, boy‘s jacket, short knee trousers and full blouse of white cambric. The stylishjacket in Eton effect has a wide back, and is simply shaped by shoulder and under-arm stains. The upper. por- tion ofthe fronts are reversed to form pointed lapels while below this point they flare widely apart showing the dainty blouse underneath. The two seamed sleeves are cut in the regu‘ation coat style. The shaping of the trousers is accomplished by inside and outside leg seams and the closing is affected at Frank T. Hyatt DENTIST, 8 West Avenue. NASH tVANSUDY . —Dealers in-_ Cnocaanv. CHINA AND Gases WARE. PLUMBING. STEAM MID GAS FITTING. “OPEN EVEN‘INGS ’ 3.3.va suit. the sides. Inside bands at the top are a“ ommwwcmmmwmmm m .1 Cor.Main & West ts so. N0 RWALK, or ‘ NO. 154—PRICE, TEN CENTS. [HINTS BY KATE WALLACE CLEMENTSJ attached to an under waist by means of buttons and button holes. At the neck isa smart tie and sailor collar of the blouse falls deeply across the back and shoulders. Tweed, Cheviot, homespun cloth, cord- uroy velvet and velveteen are among the chosen materials for making, While braid and buttons form appropriate decora- tions Sizes are 4, 6, and 8 years. Quantity of material for medium size 1% yards of 5i in material. Quantity of material for blouse yards of 36 in wide goOds. 01/ 14/4 “Vefirivvcnn..mwssfiimmmmenawfima THE EVENING GAZETTE ORDERZBLANK. on I; g“). s) . - . 9 For the Above Pattern, No. 159. (i ') Cut this out.2fill in your name, address and age. and mail it to the PATTERN p ‘13 DEPARTMENT,EVENING Giznrrn wrth 10 Cents. Write ~name and address care- (5 fully and lcgbily to insure delivary. 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CHILDREN’S Wagons, carts, Barrows, Iloops, Garden Sets, Kites, Marbles, Tops, SchOoISdpplies We have the biggest Tablet in town for 5 cents. Real Estate and Steamship Agent. JOHN-films, EMAIH STREET, - - - NORWALK. IV HERE’S YSIIR GIMME. A fine building lot on Wilton ave- nue. If you intend to build, look at ' this before purchasing. Water, gas and sewer on the avenue. Will be sold at a Bargain. . w. H. BYINGTON, Rizal Estate and Insurance I. Room Leaner“ B’l’dr . FRED A. WALTE l R 1 G I. “11;! $12? OF fl ea erman ager, HARNESSLXIIV'IL}: ' On draught HORSE GOODS 3" ,. and in Battles. .Repairing of allkinds i _... — denser-tits” ‘ m ‘ n HATGHFOBD’S, anypgyiief ‘” 44-Main Street_ Nonméx, fféggm net-Leon * _ ° efiaeflg'lin “‘1 W- -3Y|NGT0N cglllt‘gi'tillr' Alla ' ‘ masons'auun- ‘ IIG MATERIALS INSURANCE ‘MANUFACTUBER 0F ”6%” up? It a »" it til" 3j_ic,.4:l€slter 5:16“. . um man 2 ruling. I #— _'—'__—_' 1 S. B. Wilson, ' . " Carpenter ' ‘ and tr. STEAM MILL a will!) OFFICE. 92Wa._o‘t. Norwalk. Conn. ______ ‘ . P ' t' .P . Al “I "AF-Kl" uifizigéfixlifihén- 1119; an carpenter ' Finishing.” W°° and Builder, 52%‘1llbplfn’ 1 4 sum: Alto PLAlllllti Norwalkf V°’(‘,‘,’,:’n_ 7 6 Franklin Ave . Send for book con- __ NORWALK. CONN. taining samples. PARLOR BABBEB-:-SHOP, H. S. LEOBOLD. 47 Main Street. . TRY __ WEED’S SODA WATER 38 Wall St. in: K I I Job Printing 0]." DONE AT EVERY DESGRIPTIBI THIS OFFICE. nxncnrnn . arrnn . tit/Etna Life'"s".“tl‘ti.. GAZETTE OFFICE Made the Following Gains in the Year l896: Increase in Income,“ -$|,O57.8|6.28. Increase in Assets, ' 4 $ I 997,234.42. Increase in Surplus, $|98.8l6,8l. Increase in New Life Business, $ I 598,668.00. , Increase in Life Insurance in Force, $5,608,680.00. Increase in Accident Insurance in Force, $2 I .736500 00 Inzrease in Accident Premiums, ' $ I 75,085.72—01‘ 62 per cent. I Increase in N ew Life Insurance Written in Connecticut, $3 I 0,642.00. ' Increase in total Life Insurance in Connecticut. $472,569.00. From the increased Surplus the usual increase of divide policyfiolders will? paiddin “it”, making the Twenlv-Fifth Blight: nnua noreaseo ivi an s to the insured and a race d in the history of life insurance. ’ . I unparalleled Notwithstanding the material increase of new business ' the expense in Life‘lnsuranoe is chiefly incurred, the ratio of ezgellflllg income on'the Life business of this company, excluding the Accident busintlaiss, is somewhat lower than last year, and is 23 per cent less than-ti e average expense of the ten leadin “ urel m l I” . ' for the Year l895. . g p y ”a companies Their figures for I896 have not been published. ' I “— MOBIillll Ii. BULKELEY, President. J.C. WEBSTER. Vice-Pres. J. L. ENG DISH. Sec. H,»W_ 31', JOHN, Actuary. - ‘ . ‘J C. E. GILBERT, Ass‘t. Sec. . W. C. FAXON, Ass’t. Sec. Accident Department“ ‘ ’ I. G. W.’.RUsSELL. M. D.. Med: Director. JAMES CAMPBELL, up. Med. Ex. ' E. E. HALLOCK, General Agent, 5 Hubinger Bldfg., New Haven. ‘ ‘ o. I. HUTCHINSON, ce'neral Accident Agent, Hartford. t "
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