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EVENING GAZETTE.
ENTERED AT THE POST OFFICE IN NOR-
WALK ASA NEWSPAPER. . .
MAIL SUBSCRIPTIONS.
DAILY-One year, :53 ; Esix months, 81.75;
hree months, 81; one month, 40c.
WEEKLY—Ono year, in advance, 81; six
months. 601»; three months. 35c.
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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER-20, 1898.
EVE’S' RflBLlNGS.
COMMENT AND GOSSIP AMONG
THE WOMEN. BY ONE
OF THEM.
A writer in a certain magazine has
been giving us all a very severe casti-
gation. He says that the “Decline of
Conscience” is one of the marks of our
time, and that it is chiefly noticeable
among the women of our upper and
middle classes.
Their life he calls “shameful, void of
redeeming qualities, entirely compact
of gay, callous, .wanton selfishness.” ,
“They do nothing,” he adds. “From
hour to hour they think how best to
amuse themselves, to pass the time, to
satisfy the appetite for new sensations.”
Then, as if wishing to find at least
one or two “redeeming qualities,” he
admits: “They are seldom vicious.
'They are always amiable.” Very kind
of him, but scarcely convincing, for
our experience teaches us that persons
Of the sort described are certainly gnot
‘falways amiable.”
. How could they be ? Is net 3. life of
deliberate self-seeking a very mark for
the arrows of fate, bound to meet con-
stantly with contradictions and vexa-
tions, against which the undisciplined
character can have no power to support
it ?
.IAmiability is surely the last trait to
ibe found in a person who is what some-
2one has politely called “profoundly
individualistic.” I need not add that
the inventor of this pretty epithet was
-a Frenchman.
How much nicer it sounds than “ut-
terly selfish l” Of course we have all
must folks who are described as “ami-
able egotists”—the smiling people who
go about the world taking in a quiet,
.pleasant way the best of everything
that life ofiers, and giving baa: noth-
ing at all to the fund for the general
. good.
But I suspect that, if circumstances
isuddenly changed, their amiability
"would be found to be a plant without
lroots, unable to survive the drying-up
of the fountain Of prosperity.
I should not care to have one of these
dear creatures for a companion during
any specially trying experience, such
as a wet week in seaside lodgings, an
attack of influenza, a “move” or a
yachting cruise in stormy weather.
They are often nice to look at but, as
the old woman said, "they won’t wash,
nor wear neither, and as for patchin’,
it just ravels ’em out!” .
g gray/Aliza c%(g;ue.
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T0 MERCHANTS.
The openingof the. fall. season is now
at hand. All indications point to good
times.
Crops are good and there are plenty
of hungry people.
Money that has been tied upwill now
be invested.
The opportunity to secure your share
of this money presents itself now.
Are you alive to the possibilities of
your opportunity ?
THE GAZETTE is a. medium in which
is secured both quality and quantity.
It goes into the homes and is read by
the well-to- do. Hand in your adver-
tisements now.
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—Thu Time to Invest.
When the first rich discoveries of
gold on the Klondike were proclaimed,
the topic at once became of absorbing
interest. People were over-powered
by the magnitude of these riches.
Every one will want Klondike mining
stock this year.
better chances than The Joseph Ladue
Gold Mining & Development company
Of Yukon. This company owns placer
claims yielding $12 per cubic foot, and
quartz claims assaying $300 in free
milling gold to the ton. The exclusive
timber right fifteen miles on both sides
of the Yukon, with a saw-mill earning
$1350 a day; some of the best lots in the
City of Dawson. They also own a line
of ocean and river steamers running
between Seattle and Dawson, via St.
All of our readers who are
isnterested in the Klondike region
hould read the advertisement in this
issue, and also write for prospectus.
The oldVirginia camp meetings near
Peat swamp are meeting with the suc—
cess that its projectors the members of.
theCalvary Baptist church anticipated.
The meetings are well attended and
the. enthusiasm increases as the sun
goes down.
No company offers ‘
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How GENERAL HOWARD YIELDED-
Bis Unselflshness Toward Another Officer
and What Game of it. ,
Speaking on the law of self—sacrifice
work in America, Dr. Henry 'Mable of
Boston relates an incident of the civil
war. In Sherman’s campaign it be-
came necessary in‘ the opinion of the
leader to change commanders. O. 0.
Howard was promoted to lead a divis-
ion which hud been under the com-
mand of another general.
went through the campaign at the head
of the division, and on to Washington
to take part in the review. The night
before the veterans were to march
down Pennsylvania avenue, General
Sherman sent for General Howard and
said to him: '
“Howard, the politicians and the
friends of the man whom you suc-
ceeded are bound that he shall ride
at the head of his old corps, and I
want you to help me out.” ‘
“But it is my command,” said How-
ard, “and I am entitled to ride at its
head.” -
“Of course you are," said Sherman.
“You led them through Georgia and
the Carolinas, but, Howard, you. are
a Christian."
“What do you mean?" replied HOW-
ard. “If you put it on that ground it
changes the whole business. What
do you 'mean, General Sherman?” .
"I mean that you can stand the dis-
appointment. You are a Christian."
“Put-ting it on that ground, there is
but one answer. Let him ride at die
head of ‘fhe corps.”
“Yes; let him have the honor,” add-
ed Sherman, “but, Howard, you will
report to me at 9 o’clock, and ride by
my side at the head of the whole
army.” In vain Howard protested,
but Sherman said gently but authori-
tatively: “You are under my orders."
When the bugle sounded the next
morning Howard was found trembling
like a leaf, and it required another or-
der from General Sherman before he
Was willing to take the place as-
signed to him. He ”had, as a-Chris-
tian, yielded the place to another
which rightly belonged to liim, and in
the grand review found himself not
at the need of the corps, but at the
head of the army. Even worldly men
know where Christians should be who
laid down their lives in self-sacrifice
for others.
BATCH OF PLUCKY TELEGRAPHERS.
Bravery of Stafl of the Cable Company at
Bombardment of Cavite,
During the whole of the action of
May 1, when Cavite was bombarded
by the American squadron, the staff
of the cable company, from the super-
intendent downward, were at their
posts. although their office was situ-
ated only 200 yards from a Spanish
battery, which_several times opened
on the American ships. Fortunately.
however, the latter did not reply.
the Spanish fleet and Cavite arsenal,
the American Commodore lined his
shipsup in front of Manila. with their
guns trained on' every shore battery,
with the evident intention of com-
mencing a bombardment should a {sin-
gle shot be fired on his squadron from
any of the batteries. The operators
of the cable company were all this
time in their ofiice, transmitting the
telegrams which were handed to them,
as if nothing unusai was happening.
On the evening of May 2 the Hong
Kong cable became interrupted. Two
of the servants of the company imme
diately proceded to the cable house on
the beach, which was within a stone’s
throw of a battery, then threatened by
the American guns, and, having set up
a testing apparatus, found that the
cable was broken about ten miles
from shore. From that time to the
end of the war the telegraphers stood
by their office day and night, although
the building was repeatedly struck
and pierced by bullets from the in-
surgent forces, who had been main-
taining a determined attack on the
Spanish intrenchments in the neigh-
borhood. Aitthough they were given
by the directors permission to retire
to a place of safety, they never left
their posts—St. Louis Globe-Demu-
crat. .
FANNY KEMBLE’S DRIVER.
She Paid His Extraordinary Charge and
Continued to Employ Him.
A story is told of Fannie Kemble.
whose favorite summer resort was
Lenox, that on her first season there
she employed a self-respecting vii-
lager, who had a comfortable turnout.
to drive her about. He,- feeling it to
be his duty to make the drive as en-
tertaining as possible, began to call
her attention to the beauty of the
scenery—which she Wished to enjoy
undisturbed—and to tell her who lived
in certain houses as they passed along,
until finally Mrs. Kemble, being unable
to stand it any longer, said, in the
high-tragedy manner somewhat pe-
culiar to her: “I have engaged you to
drive for me, sir, not to talk."
The driver ceased talking, pursed up
his lips, and in all their subsequent
drives his only remarks were such as
he found necessary to address to his
horses. At the end of the season he
handed in his bill for the summer' ser—
vices. Running her eye down its
awkward columns, she paused at an
item she didnt understand.
stand it?"
With equal gravity he replied: “Sass.
$5. I don’t often take it, but when I
do I charge.”
She paid the bill without comment,
and continued to. employ the same
driver during many summers she spent
there—Chicago Tribune.
“Tlfis train makes a’ good many
stops."
sites. It is a milk train.
ably stopping [or water."
It is- prob-
Howard .
Having completed the destruction of -
“What is this, sir? I cannot under-
, H E ' E v“ E E m) Ge A2 hrTE
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WANTED.
ANTED—Houses and Real Estate
. to sell. W. H. Byington, Insur-
ance, GAZETTE Building. N30 tf
ANTED—Contractors to know
-- that the Fidelity and Deposit
00., of Maryland, furnishes surety. W.
H. Byington, agent, GAZETTE Build-
TO. RENT.
TO RENT—A large hall in the GA-
ZETTE Building. Apply to Charles
N 30 tf
Olmstead, Masonic Building.
FOR SALE.
OR SALE—Two second hand pianos,
low price to Cash buyers. In-
quire 53 West Ave. S 16 1w
OR SALE—House at Broad River,
6 rooms and basement; new barn;
lot 75x200; chicken house and fruit. W.
H. Byington, Insurance, GAZETTE
Building. M8 tf
FOR SALE—House on Franklin ave
nue, water and sewer connection; barn
and hennery. W. H. Byington, Insur-
ance, GAZETTE Building. , M8 tf
rFOR SALE OR RENT—House on
Camp street; 13 rooms, modern im-
provements; barn and large carriage
house. W.~ H. Byington, Insurance,
GAZETTE Building. M8 tf
FOR SALE—On Newtown avenue, 3.
fine house of 10 rooms, hot and cold
water, furnace, etc. Lot 95x400. Will
be sold cheap if taken at once. W. H.
Byington, Insurance, GAZETTE Build-
ing. D29 tf
OR SALE—Three fine building lots
on Wilton avenue. 0. E. Wilson,
Insurance, GAZETTE Building. N30 tf
FOR SALE—Two building lots on
Newtown avenue, 60x200. W. H. By-
ington, Insurance, GAZETTE Building.
D29 tf
FOR SALE—One of the best building
lots in the city; five minutes walk
from Bridge. Water and. gas on street.
W. H. Byington, Insurance, GAZETTE
Building. N 30 tf
OR SA LE—A house on Wilton ave-
nue, 6 rooms. Will be sold cheap.
W. H. Byington, Insurance, GAZETTE
Building. N30 'tf
MITCHELL & SON, Auctioneers.
-AuctiOn Sale of
Antique and Modern
UUUSEUULU FURNITURE
At, the “LOOKWOOD HOMESTEAD”
“Brookside,” Middle Five Mile River,
MONDAY, 'SEPT. .26TH, 1898, at 10
O’clock, a. m. 'If'storniy next‘fair‘ day.
The subscriber will sell at Public,
Auction a miscellaneous lot of Antique; ‘
Kitchen Utensils, etc. 2 . 2 .
In this lot will be found Mahogany,
Sofash'Maiiogan'y Chairs, Mahogany
Tables, Cherry Tables, Book Cases
Writing Desks, High Post Bedsteads,
Feather 'Bed‘s, ‘lot of,‘Rag Carpets,
Black WalnutMarble Top Bedoroom
Suit, Springs, Hair Mattresses, Rush-I
Bottomed’Chairs, Plush Parlor Suit,
Portieres, Lace Curtains, Carpets,
Pictures, Walnut Entension Tables
and Chairs, Dishes and other articles
too numerous to 'mention. For full
particulars inquire of WILLIAM LOCK-
WOOD, or MITCHELL 8t SON, Auction-
eers, NorWalk, Conn.
Hoyt’s Theatre.
SATURDAY, SEPT. 24.
. THE COMEDY SUCCESS i
N. Y. J ournal’s Original Production.
THE NEW EDITION.
MG’FADDEN’S-
Row 0F FLATS.
E. K. Townsend, Author
“Chimmie Fadden,” “Marquis of
Michigan,” Etc.
The Funniest Seen in Years.
30 People in the Cast. 30
Prices, 25, 50, 75 cents.
@Seats now on sale at Plaisted’s and
Weed’s drug-stores.
Hoyt‘s Theatre.
Monday, Tuesday-and Wednesday I
SEPT. 19th,2oth and 2151;
Three Nights with Matinee
The BoSton Ideal
Opera Company,
Direction Harry B. Norman.
35 ARTISTS. 35
Producing Grand .and Comic Opera at
Popular Prices.
Monday night—Girafle—Girafia.
Tuesday night—Olivette.
Wednesday mat—H. M. S. Pinafore.
Wednesday night—Bohemian Girl.
goopular prices: 10, 20 and 30c; mat. 10,
c.
and Modern Household ’Furnituregj
@Seats on sale at Plaisted’s and ,
OF .NEW .YORK,
RIOHARD A. glith'URDY, Emmi?“- ,
Statement for thelear Ending Dec. 3i,’97.
According to the Standard of the Insurance Department of the State of New York. .
INUOMIG
Received for Premiums 3' Z - _o - . .
From, all other Sources . . .
$42,693.20! 99
11.469.406 2'4
$54,162,608 23
DIsEEEsEMENTs. . a
To Policyaholdcrs for Claims by Death ' ' . . . $13,279,630 66
To Policy-holders for Endowments, Dividends, etc. .. . ' 12,712,424 76
For all other Accounts . . . ._ . .' 10,132,005 57‘
ASSETS.
313390179341 45
United States Bonds and other Securities . .
First Lien Loans on Bond and Mortgage .‘ . . . 69,423,937 31 .
Loans on Stocks and Bonds . .. . . 12,880,30800 - 2
Real Estate . . . . . . 21,618,454 88
Cash in Banks and Trust Companies . . . 2 11,705,195 82
Accrued Interest, Net Deferred Premiums, etc. . . 6,141,200 20
' ' $253,786,437 6'6
Reserve for Policies and other Liabilities . . 218,278,243 07
Surplus . . . . . - . $35,508,194 59
$936,634.496 63
Insurance, and Annuities in Force . . .
l have carefully examined the foregoing Statement and find the same to becorrect;
liabilities calculated by the Insurance Department. CHARLES A. PRELLER. Auditor.
From the Surplus a dividend will be apportioned as usual
,‘RepOrt of the Examining Committee.
Office of the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York.
To THE HONORABLE, THE BOARD or TRUSTRRs or
THE MUTUAL LIFE IISIIBAIGE GDIPIIY OF “I YORK.
'The undersigned, a Committee appointed by your honorable body, 0n the twenty-
second day of December. I 897,to examine the Annual Statement ofthe Company and
to verify the same, respectfully—h—
REPORT
That, pursuant to the power and authority thereby conferred, the Committee have, at various dates between the _
date of the said reference and the date of this Report, attended at the office of the Company, and have been waited on .
by the Treasurer, the Comptroller,the Auditor, and the Cashier, together with the respective assistants of such oflicers
and have carefully gone over all the items contained in the said Statement, and have found the same to be corre ct. They
have examined and counted every certificate of stock, bond and other obligation held by the Company, and compared
the prices at which the same are carried in said Statement with the market quotations, and findthe some not exceeding _
such quotations—in fact, in many cases below them. Theyhavelexamined and counted the bonds and mortgages on real
property held by the Company, and find the same to be as stated. They have also verified the valuation of the Com.
pany’s holdings O .
have counted the cash on hand held by the Cashier.
And the Committee certify that all the books, papers, documents, and evidence .of title of every. description neces- '
sary in such examination have been freely submitted to the Committee by the said officers and their assistants, and that
the same are accurate, in good order, and well kept.
And the Committee further certify that the investments of the Company are of a high order, and that the system.
and methods adopted by the Company in recording its transactions and caring for the assets are entitled to commendation
All of which is respectfully submitted. CHAS. R. HENDERSON ELBRIDGE T. GERRY A. N. WATERHOUSE
NEW YORK, January 21, 1898. S. V. R. CRUGER J - HOBART HERRICK JAMES C. HOLDEN
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Board of Trustees.
GEORGE G. HAVEN.
ADRIAN IsRLix JR.
GEORGE S. BOWDOIN
WILLIAM C. WHITNEY
WILLIAH ROCKERELLRB-
J Aims N. JABVIE '
CHAs D. DICKEY JR.
ELBRIDGR T. GERRY
JAMRs Seam;
HmRY H. Rooms
Juo. W AucmNOLoss
THEODORE MOBFOBD
WILLIAM BABcocR
STUYVESANT FISH
AUGUSTUR D. J UILLIABD
CHARLES E. MILLER
WALTER R. GILLETTE
. ~H. WALTER WEBB
FBE‘DEBIO CRORIWRLL
J ULIEN T. DAVIrs
A. N. WATERHOUSE
S. V. R. CRUGER
CHARLES R. HENDERROR
Burns W. PEOKHAM
J. HOBART HERRIOR
Wu. P. DIXON
ROBERT A. GRANNISS.
SAMUEL D. BABGOOK
RICHARD A. MCCUBDY
JAMES C. HOLDEN
HRRHANN C. VON Posr
WILLIAM J. SRWRLL
OLIVER HARRIHAN
ROBERT OLYPHAN'I
GEORGE F. BAKER" .
DUDLEY OLOOTT ,
ROBERT A. .GRANISS, Vice-President.
’ WALTER R. GILLETTE, General Manager. '
ISAAC F. LLOYD, 22d Vice-President DUER du-P. BREGK, Corresponding Secretary
WILLIAM J. EASTON, Secretary. ALBERT KLAMROTH, Assistant Secretary,
, FREDERIC CROMWELL,‘ Treasurer. . ' ‘
JOHN A. FONDA, Assistant Treasurer. JAMES TIMPSON. 2d Assistant Treasurer.
WILLIAM P. SANDS, Cashier. 2 EDWARD P. HOLDEN, Assistant Cashier.
EMORY MOCLINTOCK, Actuary.
JOHN TATLOCK, JR , Assistant Actuary.
CHARLES A, PRELLER, Auditor. 7 WILLIAM' W. RICHARDS, Comptroller.
C. CLIFFORD GRETSINGER, Assistant Auditor. HENRY S. BROWN, Assistant Comptroller
J OHN C. ELLIOT, Superintendent of Domestic Agencies.
EDWARD LYMAN SHORT. General Solicitor.
‘ ~ MEDICAL DIREOTORs: ‘
ELIAS J. MARSH, M. D- GRANVILLE M. WHITE. M D
G. S. WINSTON M. D. Consulting. '
Rieuons a GILBERT, General Agents.
Weed "sadrug stores. ‘ .2
$3 69 I 349036- 9.9.
f real estate and have verified the deposits of money in the various banks and trust companies, and .
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