. EVENING GAZETTE.
ENTERED AT THE POST OFFICE IN N OR-
- WALK AS A NEWSPAPER.
MAIL SUBSCRIPTIONS.
_ ‘3 DAILY—One year, :83; six months, $1. 75;
~ three months, $1; one month, 40c.
WEEKLY—One year, in advance, 81; six
months. 60m; three months. 350.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1897.
'~ AwfulMean.
They are digging up Jerry Simpson’s
speeches in the last campaign to the
confusion of “The Prophet of the
Veiled Feet,” Jerry told the farmers
that “under the gold standard, if Mc-
Kinley were'elected, money would in
crease in value and farm products
Would decrease; that a condition ap-
proaching slavery would prevail among
the people of Kansas; that a vote for
McKinley would be a vote for 25-cent
wheat and 10-0th corn.” This is an
awful mean way of proving that a man
is, a liar.
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Southern Cotton Mills.
A gratifying increase in the amount
of cotton consumed by Southern cotton
mills is shown in the annual report of
A;
Secretary Hester, of the New Orleans
Cotton Exchange; 137,970 more bales of
cotton were consumed this year than
last, the total this year being 1,042,671.
The/number of mills also increased,
there being 482 this year to 475 last
year. When it is remembered that in
1889-90 only 546,891 bales were con:
gumed by Southern cotton mills the
rapid growth of this important busi-
ness of manufacturing cotton into cloth
and other necessities is at once noted.
Another Famine in Prospect.
It looks as if there would be distress
Accord-
ing to reports from widely separated
parts of that 151211111, the failure of crops
has been general and the. prices of pro-
The inclement sea-
in Ireland the coming winter.
visions are rising.
son has destroyed much of the grain,
and the potato crop is reported in some
districts as ruined and in many more
as badly damaged; This means a great
deal more to us here 1,1,1“ America than
the famine in Asia. Ireland is close at
our doors; many of our citizens are of
her people; distress in Ireland is almost
_ distress in the American household.
And it means even more to England.
In these days, whatever may happen
in distant India, it would. be a univer-
sal scandal were famine to seize upon
Ireland.‘ This is a matter with which
the British government cannot deal too
' quickly or too liberally.
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Georgia’s Convict System.
~ All the leading newspapers in Georgia
unreservedly condemn and denounce
not only the abuses practiced under
the convict lease system of that State,
but the system itself. There can be
no doubt that this
which is expressed with as much vigor
as the use of printable words admits of,
condemnation,
represents public sentiment in that.
Commonwealth. It is confidently ex-
pected that the Legislature at its next
session will carefully consider and take
action upon the intricate and trouble-
some problem of convict labor. It is,
. perhaps, unfortunate that existing
leases do not expire until more than a
year and a half from this date, but the
indignation aroused bya recent oflicial
disc'lbse of the infamies of the convict
camps will prObably cause a more care-
ful supervision. It is scarcely presum-
able that the lessees are entirely indif-
ferent alike to the opinions of man-
kind and the claims of humanity.
Therefore it is reasonable to infer that
man y of the outrages that have been
brought to light were perpetrated by.
underlings without the knowledge of
If this in-I
ference be correct, a large measure of
reform can‘be effected by the lessees,
but no changes in management can
the responsible pa1ties.
render the system anything but an
abomination. It has been tried for
many years and its’fruits have justified
the abhorrénce in which it is held.
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FEMININE CHAT.
Hot chocolate is getting the better
of Ice cream soda. ,
The new fall silks are the daintiest
creations and the prices quite in touch
with every-day pocket-books.
Chatelaines are degenerating. A
brass chain with any sort of dangling
ornament now passes muster for the '
real article.
_ Turquoise blue stationery is very
' much' 1n vogue.
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Walking hats for women are replete
with a certain chic that is appreciated.
by those who dote on exclusive styles.
Thank a person for a gift the. day. it
arrives. .
Acknowledge an invitation for din-
ner or luncheon the day it arrives.
, The summe1 weathe1 seems to linge1
With us. '
Acknowledge the 1eceipt of a check
at once.
Send an address the day it is asked
for. l ' .
Thank your hostess for your visit
the day you return home.
The uncertainty of auction prices is
positively appalling. A worn-out
moth-eaten carpet will bring seventy-
five cents a yard, while an almost new
and hue quality Axminster is knocked
down to some for thirty cents'a yard.
Either leave your card or write a
note to a friend as soon as you hear
that friend is ill.
Of course the Chicago woman who
has written a series of elaborate articles
on “How to Manage a Husband,” is an
old maid. It is the people who have
never tried who always know how.
Keep sufficient paper and envelopes
at once, and remember that a dainty
note is the hall-mark of good breeding.
For a nice dish butter an enameled
meat plate and cover with a layer of
one-half inch thick of boiled potatoes
mashed while warm with an egg and
little milk. The edges should, be
crimped in the same way as for an open
tart.
The higher up you go in apartment
houses the higher the price,
And now, says a New York fashion
writer comes the disagreeable news
that in foreign fashion centres sloping
shoulders are to reign. We have it on
undoubted authority that the leopard
cannot change his spots nor man add
one cubit to his stature, yet will the
modern exponent of fashion exercise
her ingenuity 1n the alteration of the
anatomy above the shoulders. For
many years we have worn our shoulders
11p to our ears, so to speak. Now all is
to be changed, and the fashionable
woman must assume the virtue of slop-
ing shoulders, though she. have it or
not. Seams from neck to shoulder
point are to be lengthened, and all full-
ness that remains at the top of' the
sleeve will tend 1n a downward direc-
tion. The shoulders, proper will re-
main wh'ere they are," but will look as
if they had 1eceived a direct impetus
towa1d the elbow.
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A QUEER CHARACTER.
ordered His Dinner Six M'ontlls Before
and Kept His Appointment.
Mr. Scott, of Exeter, travelled on
business till about eighty years of
age. He was one of the 'most cele-
brated characters in'the United King-
dom. For a'long series of years the
proprietor of every inn he frequented
in Devon and Cornwall knew the day,
and the very hour he would -~-- ve.
A short time before he died a gentle-
man, on a journey in Cornwall stopped
at a small inn at Port Isaac to dine.
The waiter presented him with a bill
of fare, which he did not approve of;
but observing a fine duck roasting,
“I’ll have that,” said the traveler.
"You cannot, sir,” said the landlord;
“it is for Mr. Scott, of Exeter.”
"I know Mr. Scott very well,” re-
joined the gentleman; “he is not in'
your house.” “True, sir," said the
landlord; "but six months ago, when
he washere last, he ordered a'duck,
to be ready for him this day, precisely
at 2 o’clock!” And, to the astonish-
ment of the traveler he saw the old
gentleman jogging into the .inn yard
not. five minutes lawn—Answers. ,
He Was Found."
Traveler (to the ferryman crossing
the 1~iver)—Has any one ever been lost
in this stream?
Boatman—No, 'sir. Some professor
w 13 d1owned heie last spring, but they
:«l ‘12:: .gain after looking for two
' 2 ~» ; .iegende Blatter.
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BLUE PEOPLE BRIGHT.
The business man’s friend, Bicola
Pills. are a scientific 1emedy and the
only perfect cure for the diseases of the
ne1 vous system. Aremedy adapted for
the banker, lawyer, doctor, preacher
and merchant. While Bicola Pills are
intended f01 all who am afflicted with
ne1vous weakness, they are particular—
1) adapted to women suffering from a
l weakened condition of the nervous sys-
Item, with prostration, faintness, etc.
‘Bicola Pills give immediate relief—for
irheumatism, all blood and nervous
t1 oubles. Discovered and Perfected by
THE TURNERS, of Philadelphia.
THE TURNERS also make TARZINA—
the only ointment fo1 skin troubles.
Cures piles.
TURNERS’ LITTLE LIVER TURNERS—
A very smallpill. Turns your liver.
F01 sale only in N orwalk by E. P.
Weed, dr uogist, R. H. Plaisted, South
No1 walk. ‘\
_fl NOTICE!
OTICF. —-1’arties indebted to George H.
_L \1chol1 in: fee'. etc. are reques'tel to
pay such claims to G orge A Shellhoos at
tl1e1r earl est conveni nos. 07 6t
WANTED.
A NTE D—A situatrip as house- keeper or
nurse to m alidb y a 1epectab1e and
c1 ~mpe1eut cl leny woman Terms easy. A11-
drcss or enquire at 47 Main street, second
floor.N-01walk. 82 tl’
Piano. Lassens.
as. GEORGE W BR1DLLI<dauhte1
of the late-W133 .Nesb .) Elves efl'lnem
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her 11 ILO No. 193 Main Inset 1
on hand, so your notes can be written '
and satisfactory instructions on the" Piano 3 t
e ' . ' .
How TO FIND our. 2
Fill a bottle or common glass with
urine and let it stand twenty-four
hours, a sediment or settling indicates
an unhealthy conditiOn of the kidneys.
When urine stains linen it is evidence
of kidney trouble. _Too frequent desire
to urinate or pain in the back, is also
convincing proof that the kidneys and
bladder are out of order.
WHAT TO DO.
There' 15 come1t 1n the knowledge so
often expressed, that Dr. Kilmer’ s
Swamp-Root, the great kidney remedy
fulfills every wish 1n relieving pain in
the back, kidneys, liveI, bladde1 and
every part of the urinary passages. It
corrects inability to " hold ‘urine and
scalding pain in passing it, or bad ef-
fects following use of liquor, Wine or
beer. and ove1 comes that unpleasant
necessity of being compelled to get up
many times du1 mg the night to u11n-
ate. The mild and the extIaordlnaI y
effect of Swamp-Root is soon realized.
It stands the highest f01 its .wonderful
cures of the most distressing cases. If
you need a medicine you should have
the best. Sold by druggists, price fifty
cents and one dollar. You may have a
sample bottle and pamphlet both sent
free by mail. Mention THE GAZETTE,
and send your address to Dr. Kilmer (SE
00., Binghamton; N. Y. The pro-
prietors of this paper guarantee the
genuineness of this affair.
NOTICE!
The County Commissioners
will meet in the Town Court
room, South Norwalk, on
Thursday, October 15th 1897,
at 10 o’clock a. m, to receive ap-
plications for liquor licenses.
All persons who intend to
continue in their business,
must hand in the applica-
tions on that day.
WHITMAN S. MEAD, County
HENRY LEE, Commis-
JAMES C. MILLER, sioners.
CITY
W e he1 eby give notice to all pe1.sons
and 001 p01 ations liable to pay taxes in ~
the City of Norwalk, that they are res
qull ed by law to delive1 to the Asses-
so1s or either of them a written or
printed list, dated, signed and sworn‘ to,
of all the property owned‘ by them 'on
the first Monday of‘October, 1897,‘liable‘
to taxation. Otherwise it will be the
duty of the Assessors to make out such
list according to law, to their best
10 per cent thereto, which they by law;
are compelled to do, and from which.
list. so made there is no appeal.
Lists may be returned to the Assessors '
at the .City Council room on the’second
floor of the Fairfield County National
Bank building, from and including Oc-
tober 11th to and includingOctober‘iOth,
1897, (Sundays excepted) from 10 o ’clock
a. m. to 12 o’clock noon and from 2
o’clock to 5 p. In. ., and on Saturday
evenings from 7 to 10 o’clock.
CHARLES OLMSTEAD,
WILLIAM H. BYINGTON,
CHARLES N. WOOD,
City of Norwalk, October 8th,1897.
Hoyt’s Theatre.
Assessors.
FRIDAY, OCTOBERIEI
Second year of Denman Thompson"
& George W. Ryer’s Success- -
ful Character Drama
The Sunshine
W1 itten fo1 the People who Enjoyed
THE OLD HOMESTEAD
24311 31 P11111111 the (last!
Good Acting, Singing and Dancing,
Fine Scenery and Electrical Effects,
make it one of the Best Entertainments.
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Secure Stats at P aisted’s and Pinne 0’s.
School for Dancing and lleporlmenl.
MR. W. GILBERT NEWELL,
Master of Dancing.
Opening day Friday, October 15, ’97.
‘-.-
Class for Misses and Masters will
meet in Lockwood’s hall, Norwalk at
3 p. m. Class for Ladies and Gentle-
men in Arion Hall, South Norwalk, at
8 p. m.
Ciiculais to be had at the Book, D1 ug
and Music stores.
The Fairfield Bounty Savings Bank.
' DIVIDEND NOTICE.
Adividend at the 1ate of foul per-
cent. per annum has been declared this
day from the earnings of the current
six monnttis to be credited to Deposit-
ors Oct. 1st and payable on and aftei
Oct. 11,1897.
VICTOR S. SELLECK,
Secy. and T1 eas.
Assessor’s_ Notice.
m.
Shorthand, Typewriting,
judgment and knowledge and adding
Paradise Alley
T ”H E . E v EN IN G GAZETTE. ‘1 ‘ ) “'1
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CHRISTMAS
The, vening Gazele News Buys 81 New Girls.“
OVER $100.00 WORTH 0F PRIZES.
WILL BE AWARDED To THE BOYS on 111an MAKING THE LARGEST _
SALES PREVIOUS T0 DECEMBER TWENTY-FIFTH.
Each boy or girl will receive on coming, to buy a stock of papers, a number. To thi
number will be credited each day the number of papers sold. At the close of business {on -
the evening of December 24, the aggregate of the sales of each numbered seller will be on‘
record In the business office of this paper and the prizes will be awarded.
. In this distribution of Christmas gifts not only the boys, but the girls now selling the GA?
ZETTE may take part. Any bright lad or lass can compete for the prizes on the same terms
offered to those already on the list. All that is necessary is to apply at the GAZETTE counting
room, give the name of the applicant and receive a number. '
Theappended list of prizes speaks for itself, News boys and news girls in striving for
them will not merely be working for the prizes but making more money than ever before
It IS a great chance foI bright boys and girls and there IS little question of the way they will
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No 1—A Scholarship of Ten Weeks’ Personal Instruction 111 the Academic, Business,
Telegraphy and Penmanship Departments of Eastman Busmgss
treat it.
college. ' .
' No. 2—A Complete Course [Instruction by Mail, book included] in Shorthand, at
Eastman Business college. ,
No 3—A Complete Course [Instruction by Mail, without books] 1n Bookkeeping. at ~
Eastman Business college.
No. 4—A Ten Weeks’ Course [Instruction by Mail] in Sherthand, at Easlman Bus.
college.
N0. 5-—A Complete Set of Shakespeare’s Works, 8 volumes.
. N o. 6—Pair of Nickel Plated Club skates.
‘No. 7—Rugby Foot Ball.
No. 8-.—Boy’ s Sweater, a beauty, one of the best. . _. 1
No. 9—Pair of Boy’s or Girl’s Fine Shoes.
.No. 10~Silk Gloria Umbrella.
No.:11—Boy’ s Sled.
No. 12—Four-blad‘ed Pocket Knife.
'1 N o. 13-Silver Dollar.
No. 14—0’11e-half dozen Handkerchiefs.
N o. 15—Boy’s Windsor Tie.
N o. l6—‘Half Dollar in Silver.
Any . News Boy .611 News Girl. bringing
$1.00 to this ofice as a. new Subscription to the
WEEKLY GAZETTE and. NEW YORK'W' EEK-
LY TRIBUNE will be credited with 50 sales for,
every subscriber obtained.
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Help the Nest‘oys and Newsgirlsto Win the
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Norwalk, Ct., Sept. 17th,’ 1897. S2 72w
PriZeS'bvjbuvi "gs-GAZETTE thye'Y’ night:
Norwalk Chronicler