' 200 feet, with enormous girth. '. season. A ! SOUTH 3193mm. Branch Office of GAZETTE No. 12 North Main Street W The water at the Knob registers 62o . The steamer Isabel will make two ex- -. cursions from Bridgeport to Roton Point nextSunday. The pupils of Mrs. A. F. Wheeler will give their musicals to-morrow. Messrs. Perkins and Humiston will render selections. Butler Lodge met last night and re- hearsed the third degree. , They meet to-night and hold an election of officers. About forty clergymen from St. Francis Xaviers College New York are on a two weeks’ retreat at Mauresa In: stitute, Keyser Island. The funeral of Joseph C. Wallace was'held from his late home on Mar- shall street yesterday afternoon, Rev. ' A. S. Kav‘a‘nagh officiating. Jack Dunleavy and young Capt. Jack James, of Friends College, are shaking hands with old friends, and “sporting” their college ball caps. ‘* Charles Jones and family will go to their summer home at Belle Island, the middle of this week—Danbury News. ' The North New York M. E. church ‘ gave an excursion to Roton Point yes- terday. .Notwithstanding the threatening weather this morning quite a crowd went down on the Belle Horton. The steamboat is becoming very popular this summer. Paul Schultz, J r., at his market on Railroad Place, is doing the largest business in this city. Paul is a hustler and advertises in the GAZETTE. Mrs. C. Swartz and family will spend the summer at their cottage on Myrtle Hill, Ridgefield. A Pink Tea was held in the parlors of the South Norwalk Baptist church last evening and a large number of the society were present. The proceeds will benefit the East Norwalk Baptist Sunday school. . William Lauder, captain of the Brown University base ball nine, is spendinga few days at his home in this city before going to Richfield Springs, where he will play ball during the summer. V The Consolidated road has com menced its annual haymaking. Yes- terday‘a train passed over the New York division leaving two or three scythes at the section hOuses, which? are to be used in cutting down weeds during the summer along the tracks. In some instances a great deal oft/mow- ing has to be done in order to keep the alignment clear. A A -_ ‘ r ADULTERATION OF RU BBER The Collectors Augment Its \Veiglir. with Earth and Stones. In spite of the constant talk of a sub. stituie having been found for it. rub- ber seems likely to be for some time to come the standby of the electrician for insulating purposes. The manufac- turers who prepare the rubber for the electrical and other markets complain of the increasing adulteration of the raw material, especially of that com. ing from Assam and :Burmah. Ac- cording to H. N. Thompson; the Chi- ' ne'se' have a. practical monopoly of the trade. The forests at the head of the Upper Namkong basin, are rich in rub- her, and the trees attain a height of The great tribe of rubber collectors is the Sana Kachins, who go vast distances for their rubber harvest in the dry The chiefs levy toll on the produce as it passes down the river. The Chinese who control the trade, pay the Kachins for it in provisions and cloth, and as they are adepts in the artof concealing stones in it, by the time it reaches Rangoon its weight and bulk are largely augmented by foreign substances. The Assam sup- ply is fed mainly by the Nagas, who, having got in their crops in December, set off for the rubber forests within the drain-age area of the Tareu River, where they know every tree, the knowledge being in many cases passed on from father to son. The rubber in ,this district is said to be growing so sauce that it often takes a man forty days to collect a coolie load. In Spite of this, the Singpho-villages levy a tax on each collector. When first col- lected the rubber is very pure, but the Nagas have acquired the trick of adulteratin-g it with earth and stones, and the Assam rubber is not regarded with favor in the Calcutta market. It is a sore point with the Chinese merchants that the Nagas so exhaust the capacity of the rubber to receive adulteration that there is no ope-mung left for the exercise of their own in- genuity in the same direction—St. Louis Globe-Democrat. " ‘ A Matter of Elitfoense. Jack—Was yours a long courtship, old fellow? Will— Gracious, no! My wife had nine little brothers and sisters. “Really. But what difference did that make?” “What difference? Well, if you had to bribe a crowd like that to keep out I of the parlor every time you went to see your girl, you’d soon want to cut ex_penses.”——Boston Traveller. “Now, boys,” said the'te'acher, aftei ' delivering a little lecture on'the divis- ' ions of the year. “how many months , have twenty-eight days?” “All of them,” promptly replied 2 bright boy in front. . WILTON. H. .G. Thomson spent Sunday in Bridgeport. The Reading circle will‘meet to-mor- row with Mrs. J. M. Betts. Clinton Hurd of Danbury spent Sun- day with his parents. Arthur Gregory -of Princeton is home for the summer vacation. Mr. Hilton of Albany was the guest of Louis Ambler over Sunday. Miss Daisy Gay of South Wilton was the guest of her sister on Sunday. Mrs. Daniel Hogan spent Sunday with the Misses Darling on Station Street. _ Miss Belle McKee of Bridgeport is visiting her cousins the Misses Com- stock. Miss Chambers of Morristown, N. J ., is the guest of Mrs. J. M. Betts at Four Pines. Avnumber of our society young peo- ple, wheeled to Waccabuc and back on Monday. The well-known artist, A. B. Wood- ward and wifeare summering at F red- egrick Benedict’s. ' preached an eloquent sermon to a large day morning. Miss Katherine White of Cannons, will spend the greater part of the sum- mer in Maine. Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Gilbert of Georgetown were visiting relatives in town on Sunday. The Misses Hart who have been studying at Oberlin, Ohio, arrived home last week. News comes from Norwalk of the birth of a little son to Mr. and Mrs. James Middlebrook. ‘ S. D. Folsom of the 7th regiment re- turned on Saturday from a week of mil- itary duty at Peekskill. Mrs. Jones, the aged mother of James Jones of South Wilton, is suffering from a,shock of paralysis. Mrs. Frank S. Weston and son Frederick of New York, are stopping, at the Pines for the summer. Miss Clara and Miss Hattie Gregory are again domiciled at their father’s country place on Belden’s Hill. Miss Winifred VVh ite who graduated from Wheaton Seminary last week is spending her vacation in town. H. D. Benedict and his friend Sam Basset of Yale left last week on their wheels for a trip in the far west. Miss Helen Middlebrook gave a tea on Friday afternoon in honor of her, friend Mrs. Penfield of'New York. Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Gilbert who re: turned from Chicago last week leave Sn’itoga. Small boys who are desirous of earn; ing a nickel or so should put in an ap- pearance on the Golf gr0unds on the afternoon of the 4th. John Gorham of Chestnut Hill is one of the few farmers whose meadows do not show a single white or yellow daisy,- every one being carefully exterminat- ed. Mr. and Mrs. William Gilbert and children, Miss Florence Keys and Miss Beatrice Hanan, all of Danbury, were guests of Miss Annie Canfield on Sun- day. Relatives from Wilton attended the funeral of Mrs. Timothy Davenport at Yonkers on Friday. The remains wer taken to Gloversville. N. Y. for inter- ment. ' ' The meeting of the Center school was held last week. P. S. Ackerman was reelected committee and a vote was taken to hire their former teacher Miss Sturges for the ensuing year. S. M. Middlebrook of North Wilton, speaks discouragingly of the potato crop, “with ants eatingat the bottom, and potato bugs at work at the tops, and the dry weather,” he predicts a scant crop. ., A force of Italians are at work clear- ing off and m.\king. ready the Golf course which it is hoped will be in read- iness by the 4th. Frank Comstock hav- ing kindly given a road through his land, thereby making a charming drive to the grounds. The social committee of the Y. P. S'. C. E. consisting of Miss Annie Wink- ler, Miss Zelma Thayer, the Misses Keeler, and Messrs. Comstock and Hurd were entertained at the home of Clarence Jackson on Saturday even- ing. Samuel Sturges of Cannons, and HowardBloomer and George Woodward of N orwalk, were the guests of the com- mittee, coming in for a share of the ride and strawberries. Miss Helen Middlebrook attended the Smith-Cummings wedding at Stam ford yesterday. I Miss Gertrude Turner, a former Wilton girl, officiated as bridesmaid. The ceremony was per- formed on board the yacht Viking. Mrs. Cummings has been a frequent visitor in Wilton, it being the birth- place of ‘her father, her grandfather, the Rev. James Smith, being pastor of the Congregational church in Wilton for many years. vvr . Guy Lee, son of ex-Mayor Lee, will i take his preliminary‘examinations this month preparatory to entering the Yale | Scientific School in September. Rev. Charles M. Selleck of Norwalk ' congregation at St. Matthew’s on Sun- on Saturday for a two weeks’ stay- at ' ; ‘ THE EVENING GAZETTE. _ In Trade. _ Mrs. A. Quitt—So you cleared that poor Mr. Liftem from the charge oi stealing thatturkey? Well, I’m glad of it. but he’s Such‘a worthless char- acter that I don’t believe you will ever get a cent for your pay. A.- .Quitt (the famous criminal law yer)—.I may not, but I’ve got a blamed good turkey out in the woodshed.— Truth. Resident—“Think cf commencing business, eh? Seems to me you are rather young for a family physician.” Young Duster—“Yes, but—er—I shall only doctor children at first.” OSTRACIZED H_E_R 1N SCHOOL. A. Colored Girl" Graduates from a. High School After many Discuurngements. Miss Carry Parker, the only colored ‘ girl in Vermilion county, Indiana, graduated from the Clinton High school recently after four years of dis». couragement. She was practically os- tracized by her fellow pupils during her entire course, and on two occasions when she resentedinsults, she was ex- pelled from the school, not because she was in the wrong, but, as the trustees said, f‘to keep peace in the family.” She made a good record despite her, discouragements, and triumphed over I -. - - all others in her class when she deliv« E BUSY CHEERS AND SPARKLING EYES cred her graduating address. I Miss Parker’s father is a laborcr.§ l l Follow the use of Utah Kidney Beans. The Turners’ great discovery. The warning notes from the kidneys are, backache, «urinary trouble, frequent thirst, rheumatism, burning urine, dropsical swellings, irregular heart ac- tion. Heed the warniplgfit once. BYour - . . , . a: life is in danger. Uta idne , cans “3:21“ fla‘ftélfil’ 3011 know. .. . regulate the'tkidneys, cure all )urinary L latteiei ' echoed the coon mad!“ and bladder troubles surely and quick- 1y. 1y. Utah Kidney Beans, discovered , “YGS- He iS apt to send one away and perfected by THE TURNERS of feeling awfully stuck up.”—Cinclnnati Philadelphia. THE TURNERS also Enquirer, make PO-MELIA-—The Infant’s Friend, X—You, a member of the Society f0, the Invalid’s Benefactor. A perfect the Prevention of Cruelty, dock your food. A new discovery for the little -, - . . ones and for the weak. horses ““15! IS It poss‘ble? TURNERS’ LITTLE LIVER TURNERS— IZ—flWhY’ Of course, 1 WM“ to Protect for sale only in Norwalk by E. P. Weed t 1e ies. ‘ druggist. R. H. Plaisted, So. Norwalk. She will apply for a place in the mis- sion field, and devote her life to teach- ing the heathen. The Subtle Porcupihe. “The porcupine has his good points,” admitted the possum, “but he is an a s that Fave A The Successful Merchants in Nor- walk all advertise in The GAZETTE. because it keeps thcm‘in touch with the entire purchasing community. *(fi) <> 99999 99900999 <><>99MQQOMOQQOOOO¢SOOOQOOOMOfic Rumor ' I‘ (”El TEN OGRAPHY, Bookkeeping, Banking, Correspondence" Q WM,“ } \‘/ '93th ' etc.. thoroughly taught, by new and exclusive methods ' 5 ~ -. Six months with us equal to a year in any other school- 57:2. :0) Wanted, Unemployed Young Men, ' / whose education has been finished in Public Schools, ¢ / Academies and Colleges, to write for our plan-’of instruction <> by mad. We train for practical Work and always. secure sit, uations for worthy graduates of the-Business and Shorthand Courses of y , New Yark ofriat'lis BUSH-95.5. .. . Institute 0 . f » ,‘81 5.125": St.,ueyivork'.‘ ., ¢ ¢ ¢ <> <> <> ¢ 0 $501erk or Telegraph Operator which we succeed in filling, Busi— ¢ ness men supplied with competent assistants without charge. If 9 you are seeking employmentand willing to study, send ten two-cent: stamps for five easy lessons in Shorthand. Students commence work ¢ any time. No vacations. Board and other expenses moderate." Railroad <> fare paid. If you expect to go to College write for our free catalogue. Address (mention this paper), ' " ‘ ' ’ . CLEMENT C. GAINES. President, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. *MOOOOQQOOOQOQOWQMOQO wwwwéwwwo W90 <>(>99OQOOW¢W.¢W9999WM¢¢W¢M* COMMENCING mural, 1897. DAILY TRIPS TO NEW YORK. SIDEWIIEEL PASSENGER STEAMER BELLE HORTON! 1 Leave South N orwalk, 7:30 a. 111. Leave New York, Beekman St., 2:15 p. m., (Saturday, 1:35 p. m.); East 3lst Street, 2:40 p. m., (Saturday, 2:00 p. m. FARE: Single, 40c. Excursion, 10c. SPECIAL SUNDAY SAILS. JULY 41h Io PLEASURE BEACH Leaving South Norwalk, 10:00 a. to. Leave North Beach, 4:00 p. m. FREIGHT PRUPELLER'TU IIUBWALKIAIIU SU. IIUIIWALK. Leave Beekman Street, N. Y., Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 5 p. m. ‘ Leave Norwalk, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 5:00 p. m. 1. o RENT. The fine goflicc formerly occupied by Police. Headquarters. Suitable for Insur- ance, Real Estate, 8pc, Possession July ‘1. Terms moderate. Apply at GAZETTE 0FFICE. 1 ¢¢W¢+¢W¢0 Luther M-Wrigh.t' -. CARRIAGE BUILDER AND DEALER, . . unison m FIlAllKLIll STREETS, Slllll'll uonwnu. Agent for Pierce, Rochester, Amos, Buffalo, . .. Lena c Black Diamond _ - /— nmvcnns. Prices from $37.50’to $100. mum: mum THAN' POETRY! The “ Orient ” and “Saracen ’ Are THE wheels of to-day. At Saunders,’ No. 12 North Main Is where they hold full sway. He carries every part in stock And treats you all alike, ._ No trouble if of him you buy Your Ninety-Seven Bike. At coasting or at racing They’ve always stood the peer, ' The reason is, they’re fitted with The famous “Pitch line gear.” The crack-a-jacks all ride them, You know the reason why, They’re just the class of riders Who know what wheel to buy. Prize winners are these wheels: And ahead they’ll always be, Just watch them in the races, And for yourself you’ll see. And when the victory’s over, When time prize has been won, They’ll quietly speak for themselves And simply say, well done. Yours Unlil llealh, II. A. SAUlIIlElIS, Experl in Bicycles, l2 llorlh Main Slreel, Soulh llorwalli. SPECIAL SALE 2 r PENNANT 00v~0LEs $38.00. A first class high grade wheel, large tubing and all 1897 improvements. Made by the Acme Mfg, Co, makers of the lcelebratcd Stormer bicycle. A chance to get a fine wheel for ittl e money. , _ rim ; 1r. rmwxrr 00. Stock and Mutual Managemeiit REWARD to any one for first information of- ava- .2 : .cancy for a Bookkeeper, Ste’nographer, ¢ .’ .Compared. IETNA LIFE all GUNNEC‘PIGUT MUTUAL. HE comparative merits of the so-called “purely mutual” system of manage- ment for life insurance companies and. of_ stock management are clearly shown by the following comparisons. We have selected the largest proxy-mutual company in the New England States (the Connec- ‘ ticut Mutual, and compare it, with the ZETNA LIFE, the largest com- pany with stock, management. The Connecticut Mutual, by its, annual statement filed with the Insurance Commissioner of this State, January 1, 1897, shows that it has $525,093.79 more than its entire surplus; invested in real estate. (It increased its holdings of real estate in 1896, $1,108,702.75). Its taxes repairs and expenses on real estate in 1896 amounted to $298,675.90, or$42.91I.31’ more than its ex tire income from that source, hence it appears from the sworn statement of that company that no in- come was realized from its surplus, nor from the $525,093.79 (the excess of real estate over surplus), but, on the contrary it was behind from that source, as shown above. $42,911.31. 0f the .ZETNA LIFE’S surplus ($6,711,502.25), it had on the first of January last, as shown by its statement filed with the Commissioner, real estate amount- ing to $486,348.25, leaving of its surplus to be otherwise invested $6,225,154.00. Its net income from real estate amounted to $8,150.82. Its surplus not invested in real estate earned in 1896 5 1-10 per cent, or $317,482.85, to which add its in- come from real estate as above, makes $325,633.67 earned upon its surplus alone. The Connecticut Mutual, on the other hand, instead of earning anything on this part of its assets, showaa loss, as above stated, of $42.9ll.3l. These unfavorable investments afiect the dividends of that company. (Had the Connecticut Mutual obtained as favorable results, in the above particular, as the ZETN A LIFE, it would have gained in the year 1896, over its present ex- perience, $469,138,25. ): $10.000—TEN-PAYMENT LIFE PLAN—AGE 57. Comparison of results under two policies on the life of GEN. SAMUEL C. LAWRENCE, of Boston, Mass, issued the same year, at the same age, same term and alike in all important particulars: IETNA LIFE—No. 184,491. CONNECTICUT MUTUAL—No. 191,026. Pre- Divi- Net Year Pre- Divi- - Net Savings in Etna Lifc' mium. dend. Payment. ' mium. dend. Payment. with Interest. . $854.30 ...... $854.30 1890 $964.50 ...... $964.50 $|65 3o ....... $30.40 823.90 1891 $60.90 903.60 “0 33 ....... 50.49 803.81 (1892 83.10 881.40 |03 97 ....... 61.94 792.36 1893 105.40 859.10 84 09 ....... 73.85 780.45 1894 128.00 836.50 56 59 ....... 86.27 768.03 1895 151.10 813.40 50 3| ....... 99.26 755.04 1896 174.40 790.10 37 IS ....... 122.90 741.40 1897 186.90 777.60 35 20 ............. $6,3l9.29 6,826.20 $654 55 Saving in the jETNA LIFE, including interest on the payments to date, amounts to $654.55. . ANOTHER COMPARISON. $20,000—15-PAYM ENT Ll FE PLAN—AGE 4-2. [Etna Ufa—No. 167,013. (Raised to $20,000 for comparison). Conn. Mutual.-No. 185,836 Pre- Divi- Net . Divi- Net Savings in Etna Life mium. dend. Payment. Year. Premium, dend. Payment. with Interest. $881.60 ...... $881.60 1888 $1,004.20 ...... $1,004.20 $208 42 ....... $61.60 - 820.00 1889 $62.00 942.20 [94 29 ....... 82.20 799.40 1890 83.20 921.00 I82 40 ....... 94.20 787.40 1891 104.60 899.60 [59 32 ....... 106.40 775.20 1892 132 60 871.60 I29 |7 ....... 119.20 762.40 1893 157.40 846.80 ")6 34 ....... 132.20 749.40 1894 182.40 5 821.80 86 [5 ....... 145.80 735.80 1895 . . . . .. 196.00 808.20 8| ()3 ....... 160.06 721.54 . 1896 .. . .. . . .. . 210.00 794.20 77 0| ............. 57.032.74 $7,909.60 $l,224 l8 ’ Difference in net payments in jETN A LIFE’S favor, $876.86. Adding in terest, to date, on different payments, the amountwill be increased to $l,224.l8
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