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Contracts taken in any part of phe Country. Steam mill and yard, 8 Cross street. Office, 92 Wal' treat, Norwalk, Conn. -;‘- .z- .g. .g. 3.. .. , \ I ' The Chinese are so much opposed to railroads that they pull up the’ en- gineers’ stakes as fast as they are located, but persons who commit this offense hereafter will be beheaded A railroad boom in China is a queer affair. ~ ’ This nation is you the high road it real greatness. We are building up a navy that will command the respect as well as the admiration of the world. With a great navy tnere wil. come a great mercantile marine as a matter of course. The America: traveler of the future will have' nc excuse for complainig that the Star Spangled Banner is seen nowhere or earth outside of the United States. The Vandelbilt system of railroad: now extends from ocean to ocean, and covers a great portion of..-the Uni-ted States. Heretofore, it has been the Vanderbilt system merely because the Vanderbilt family owned or con- trolled a maojrity of the stock of the various roads included in it—a con- trol that was precarious and mign. be parted with at any time. ' Now however, arrangements have beer made to consolidate a number of the leading lines in such a way as to give permanence to the largest railroad holding ever attempted in this coun- try. Great possibilities for good 01 cvil are involved in this newdepart- ure. ‘ The despatch of trained nurses to the Klondike and neighboring fields to look after the sick and disabled miners is one of the signs of the times. Several churches, as Well as civic organizations, have already sent. or are about sending, corpsrof nurses, mostly women, to that desolate re- gion on this benevolent errand. It speaks well for-the philanthrophy oi the governing bodies that they have undertaken such a work of mercy and done it so promptly, and it speaks well for the courage and enthusiasm of the women-that they are willing to go, but whether the scheme will do all that its benevolent projectors ex- pect from it may be doubted' Ex- perience has shown that women soul to such pioneer regions in profes- sional capacities usually marry soon after reaching their destination, and settle down in a domestic field oi labor. Returns from the town liquor agents in Vermont show that in the pasl year the sum of $167,156, or 87 cents for every man, woman and child in the State, was expended there for in- toxicants of one sort or another. Every drop of this was sold for “medicinal, mechanical, or chemical purposes,” but it would take more than human credulity to believe that more than one drop out of twenty was used for such purposes or for any other than the quenching of what it is customary to call thirst. How much more the Vermonters spent for liquors besides the sum mentioned no llt‘lt dealers than do the residents 01 other prohibition States, and as they are not less inclined thereto, the total amount devoted to “rum” was cer- body knows, but as they have no difficulty in making purchases of il- tainly two or three times that which went into the town agencies. , Still, _V'crmont seems to be content with her present system, and will not hear oi license or local option. It is her own business, of course, but an expression of mild wonder is justified by the re. tcntion of a plan which not only fails, and confessedly, to accomplish its avowed end, but also trains a large portion of the population in petty lawbrcaking and sneaking mendacity. The United States has neon a na- tion with foreign relations for aboul a century and a quarter. During that time, seven representatives oi t‘oreigngovernments have been dis missed. The first instance was the case of Genet. minister from France, during \Vashington’s second term. lie was recalled in 1794 at the re- quest of this country for endeavcring to stir up trouble between the United States and Great Britain. During Jefferson‘s administration, Vrojo, the Spanish minister, was sent home on account of conduct not only unbe- coming a diplomat. but even in all holiest man and a gentleman. Jack- son, the British minister during Mad ison’s first'term. was recalled on a request from Washington because of offensive criticism of, this govern- ment. In 1840' Gen. Taylor, then President, sent the Frencn minister, M. Poussin, his passports. len. Grant’s first term, the Russian minister, Catacazy, was recalled at our own reqilest, and during Presi. dent Cleveland’s first term a like fate happened to Lord Sackville West, the British minister. Then follows the De Lome affair of recent date. in all, the recall of seven ministers has been demanded, two British, two French, two Spanish and one Russian. During . comparatively early period of his ca- reer he ardently wished to be sent as Minister to England, and he bore a grudge to John Quincy Adams for his failure to gratify that desire. Ever since his “Reply toHayne” had made his name a household word in the country an ungovernable longing pos- sessed him to be President of the Uni- ted States. The morbid craving com- monly called “the Presidential fever” developed in him, as it became chron- ic, its most distressing forms, discr- dering his ambition, unsettling his judgment and warping his statesman- ship. His imagination always saw the coveted prize within his grasp, which in reality it never was. He lacked the sort of popularity which, since the Ad- ministration of John Quincy Adams, seemed to be required for a Presiden- "tial candidacy. He travelled over the land, South and North and East and West, to manufacture it for himself, "but in vain. The people looked at him with awe and listened to him with rapture "and wonder, but as to the Presidency the fancy and favor of the politicians, as well as of the mass- es, obstinately ran to other men. So it was again and again. Clay, too, was unfortunate as a Presidential candi- date. But he could have at least the nomination of his party so long as there appeared to be any hope for his election. Webster was denied even that. The vote for him in the party conventions was always distressingly small, usually confined to New Eng- land oronly a part of it. Yet he never ceased to hOpe against hope, and thus to invite more' and more galling dis- appointments. To_ Henry Clay he could yield without humiliation, but when he saw his party prefer to him- self, not once, but twice and three times, men of only military fame, without any political significance what ever, his mortification was so keen that, in the bitterness of his soul, he twice openly protested against the re— sult. WorSe than all this, he had to meet the fate—a fate not uncommon with chronic Presidential candidates— to see the most important and most questionable act of his last years at- tributed to his inordinate craving for the elusive prize. The welfare, much less the independ— ence of Hawaii, has never been en- dangered by the operations of that treaty. On the contrary, .Japanese im- migration was zealously promoted and encouraged in the islands until politi- cal contingencies rendered another pol- icy advisable. Japan did not seek the treaty, but her people have been in- duced to resort to Hawaii under the guarantees it provides, and certainly no one with any sense of justice can now blame her for endeavoring to conserve their rights. No Leap Year Till 1904. The familiar rule that leap year is every calendar year with a number di- visible by four will be broken in 1900, which fact need not be regarded as an indication that even then it will be time for a change. This rule of the almanac may account for the proverbi— al activity of the new woman at the close of every century. Then there is no leap year for eight years. Febru- ary, 1900, will have but twenty-eight days, the extra day not appearing from 1896 to 1.904. Centenary years are not leap years. That year will be broken in the leap year 2000, when the interruption may be regarded as an indication that it is time for a change. Centenary years divisible by four hun— dred are leap‘years, consequently there were twenty—nine days in February, 1600, and the same number of days will be given to February, 2000, and again to 2400- The object of this rule is to make the calendar year coincide with the solar year.eBuflalo Commer— cial. ' A Dog that Wouldn’t Be Cheated. A dog which belonged to the Forty- Second Regiment (Black Watch) forms the subject of an amusing an; ecdote. “Jock” had a favorite trick of begging for a penny, upon receipt of which he would trot off to the canteen and buy a large biscuit. Once the can- teen man thought to get the best of him, and only handed him a small bro- ken biscuit in exchange for his penny. Jock made a great fuss, running up and down the canteen howling and barking, until ultimately one of the men gave him another penny. Imme- diately Jock jumped up to the canteen, shoved his coin, and bolted out to the canton of the next regiment, where his purchase was duly made. From that day he tabooed his own canteen, and whenever he got a penny only put in an appearance there to show his money, and then took his custom else- where. A School for Rat-Catchers. In Chicago rats are timorous. They know that not only the feline instinct and canine instinct are arrayed against them, but that there is actually a school of training for rat catchers. The teacher of the school is Topsy, a fox terrier of renown. She has won fame as a practical rat—catcher. Now she merely instructs others in the art. With classes ranging from three or four to a dozen pupils she enters the pit. The rats which she has already dis— patched are left for the new recruits- to practice upon. They thus learn fearlesshess, and that, it seems, is the chief requisite among rat-catching oflice, giving the best of satisfaction, and they are in use in the ba 8, insurana and business oflices and among all classes of users of pens in Norwalk and Vicinity. Orders are received from all parts of the country. ' Samples to be seen and‘orders received at the (GAZETTE OFFICE. ’. The Orient. ‘ BICYCLE REPAIRING A SPECIALTY-"9'“ ’ None But First-Class Workmen! No Boys! w THE ORIENT.“ Have that old puncture in your tire vulcanized. 3 The best work at the Lowest Price. H. A. SAUNDERS, :2 North Main Street. _ ~v—THE ORIENT.» I" I ll . . I In)?” / ,l . l3 ”If“ 3" , . M m. , ., /- l/ ‘ "7' N’ W ,1 « 4%,...» (A. 4" , . .0_ war/".1 1 ' Wlll \lll ‘ ill _ / .40”. I .. -\\ I , ICE BREAKING UP IN THE YUKON. Wealth of the Klondike Shrcwd Investors Arc Sure Winners. ~ Thejoseph Ladue GoId Mining and Development Company .. (if Yukon, finding opportunity for the entremely profitable use of addi- tional working capital in connection With its transportation busmess, the Company now offer for investment a limited amount of its new 51x per cemt. preferred stock. , PRO RATA DIVISION OF ALL SURPLUS EARNINGS. Joseph Ladue was the ioneer of the Klondike. “ “ was the ounder of Dawson City. obtained a monopoly of the adjacent timber lands. _ 0 purchased the oril. 1vinnit-t2 discovery in the Klondike thou ht to be the " other Lode." establi d the onl saw-mill in the Klondike district. controls the CanadLn patent on Dawson City. Mr. Ladue came east with this basic wealth and interested the most conservative and highest class of financiers, forming one of the strongest and most‘ owerful com; anies yet organized. His Klondike placer claims of 500 feet each, other Lode nurtz, ropert .on Gold Bottom Creek, saw-mill plant, timber rights, and some of the best ots in awson City have been turned over to the above company. The above company has since purchaSed the Fine Passenger S.S.‘ “ MORGAN CITY,” 300 feet long, 2.500 tons burden, and cart ing capacity for 750 passengers, which% will ‘0 U ‘I H I. 0. operate between San Francisco or Seatt e and Skagnay up to about the 1st of une, when she will be put in commission 1:}? SS? lfiiChl‘lels in connection With four river oats and four or more freight scows on t e u on iver. .. All the valuable assets of the company are behind this stockwand investors are assured of am 1e rotection. , , Price of grefgrred stock $10.00 per share, pa able .50 per cent on application and balancé on allotment of shares. (Right reserve to Withdraw stock Without notice.) Subscriptions for the stock should be sent ‘ ‘ . 3 w: a. sroonm, Agent ror’ R. I. and Com, I46 WestminS‘ r.. st., ,. ao'ileKC, n. 1. 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