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" EVENING GAZETTE.
ENTERED AT THE POST OFFICE IN NOR-
WALK ‘As A NEWSPAPER. ,
MAIL susscmrrlous.
DAILY—One year, 83; six months, 81575;
hree months. 31; one month, 4.0“
WEEKLY—One year, in adva'ince, 81; six
months. 600,; three months. 85c.
I THURSDAY, 3 .CTOBER,,6,:1898.‘
EVE’S RAMBLINGS.
‘ . COMMENT AND GOSSIP AMONG
THE WOMEN. BY ONE -
OF THEM.
At this season of the year, when the
returning housewife if forced to face
the problem of new servant hiring she‘
undoubtedly regards her lot as a most
unhappy one, and in a way it is a vexa-
tious and trying time, yet she is not
the only woman who must struggle
with the exigencies of the situation,
and by time and patience work her
way out of darkness into light.
There is “the help” to be considered,
the other women who by force of cir-
cumstances must eke out her existence
‘ amid strange surroundings, battling
with tastes and whims new and untried
to her. -
As replete with annoyance as is the
breaking in of the new girl by the
mistress, imagine what that breaking
in must mean to the one thus broken.
She comes sans friends, sans ceremonie
to your house.
She may be of a retiring, sensitive
disposition, for even servants have
been known to have feelings; she is, so
-to speak, thrown overboard into a
strange sea, where she must flounder
about as best she can until she becomes
accustomed to her surroundings, in the
meatime naturally committing mistakes
that would be far more numerous if
mistress and maid were forced to ex-
change places, yet which are met with
reprimand and rebuke instead of
patience, and if at the end of a week
she does not know the place as well as
those who have lived in it for years she
is told she will not “do,” and out she
goes to try again in some other equally
strange but let us hope more amenable
household.
To serve others is exacting at best.
We who have never felt the force of
such a position can. scarcely judge of
the many trying features that it must
possess.
We ’expect perfection from' an
individual who has no knowledge of
our ways or where we keep our tea-
spoons. We expect Bridget, Ellen or
Jane to pop into our homes with the
exactness of a ball in its socket? and
with little or no explanation to at once
familiarize herself with the fads and
fittings of the household.
Just exercise a little more' patienc e
Mrs. Housekeeper. How would you
feel to~be turned loose in a strange
kitchen and be expected to get up a
meal when the place where cooking
utensils arid supplies is ever unknown
to you, and after that to creep up-stairs
toa lonely bedroom, there again to
fight with the demon of strangeness.
It isn’t a. pleasant picture, but‘i't is a
true one, and when next you- feel in- ,
clined to dismiss the-maid who has
been with you but a day or two make
- allowance for the sensations that are
as natural to her as to you, and {by len-
iency perhaps you will find and keep a
good servant, and the “breaking in”
will not be so difficult or so frequent as
you anticipate.
M gauzféé a/ gas.
Feminine Chat.
Semi-invalidism is the purgatory of
physical existence. _ ‘
The half-finished gown is the one
you always want to wear.
No one can have joy to-day who is
worrying about to-morrow. ..
We often hear of a man painting the
. town red, but «he never does it in water
colors.
The rest cure to one .who has any
ambition in her body is most decidedly
a misnomer. '
Our best friends are generally the
ones who are quickest to point out the
arrival of our grayhairs.
To behold an example of pure fright,
peep in on a man who is having his
nails manicured for the first time.
One never sees a feminine figure
representing Time. Women are not
anxious to pose as exponents of its
fligth.
No matter how angular the female,
she will be accounted lovely if the
figure in her bank book‘ runs into
curves. '
The melancholy days have come ,the
saddest of the year. You can’t tell in
the morning if it means to rain or
clear. ..
Isn’t it strange how quickly after
marriage husbands discover faults in
their wives that they would n’t. see dur-
courtship, »
, ‘Now that the crazy quilt fad has died
ouii'one wonders what use the sample
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fiend has for the many little snips she
so industriously gathers. .
:One touch of nature may make, the
whole world kin, but one touch of
neuralgia can make the whole house
crazy, provided a man has it.
———‘O”—
In Dotted Swiss.
Dotted swisses and sprigged muslin:
are extremely popular this summer. In
the latter material a charming gown
had a white ground, on which were
scattered tiny pink rose buds with here
and there a knot of pale blue ribbon
tying them. ~ . .--- ,.
A dainty dotted swiss has the cor-
sage arranged to wear with a Jabot
or front of. different material. The
material is laid in tiny tucks 1'er
the shoulder down to about five inches,
and is , gathered snugly in at
the waist line. The jabot, of line
white muslin, is bordered with ruches
of dainty lace. A crush collar of white
taffeta encircles the neck. ,
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'Eiily‘hiiirriikel. ’
The farther south one goes, the ear-
lier one finds marriages take place. ’A
census was taken lately in Algeria. and
1t_,w'as‘found that the youngest Arab
married man was twelve years old, and
that there were very manx box: who
were married at thirteen and tour-
teep, while some at fifteen years or age
had several wives. There is 3 youth-
ful Algerian widower of fifteen, and a
divorced husband of the same age.
Girls are still more precocious, and are
sometimes married when only eleven
years old. thOugh twelve is the more
usual age. There are 189 widows of
fifteen. and 1,176 divorces or the same
age.
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
Co., of Maryland, furnishes surety. W.
H. Byington, agent, GAZETTE Build-
Ing. ' N30 tf
TO RENT.
O RENT—A large hall in the GA-
ZETTE Building. Apply to Charles
Olmstead, Masonic Building. N 30_tf
FOR SALE.
OR SALE—House at Broad River,
6 rooms and basement; new barn;
lot 75x200; chicken house and fruit. W.
H. Byington, Insurance, GAZETTE
Building. MS if
FOR SALE—House on Franklin ave
uue. water and sewer connection; barn
and hennery. W. H. Byington, Insur-
ance, GAZETTE Building. M8 tf
FOR 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
OR SALE—Three finebuilding lots
on Wilton avenue. 0. E. Wilson,
Insurance, GAZETTE Building. N 30 tf
FOR SALE—On Newtownavenue, a
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
FOR SALE—Two building lots on
Newtown avenue, 60x200. W. H. By-
ington, Insurance, GAZETTE Building.
D29 tf
OR SALE—One of the best building
lots in the city; five minutes walk
from Bridge. Water and. gas on. street.
W. H. Byingtcn. Insurance, GAZETTE
Building. N 30 tf
OR SALE—A house on Wilton ave-
nue, 6 rooms. Will be sold cheap.
W. H. Byington, Insurance, GAZETTE
Building. N30 tf
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S U I T I N G S !
TROUSERS $5.50 UP.
Old Suits made to look as good as
new.
Repairing, Altering, Cleaning and
Pressing a Specialty.
Fit and Workmanshi p guaranteed.
ERANREOOA,
36 Main Street, - - Nor-Walk.
THE MUTUAL LIIT. Insunnuu
A. ,McGU‘RDY, “President. ‘ '
touch
The County Commissioners
will meet in Room 1, GAZETTE
Building, Norwalk, on" Thurs-
day, October 13th, 1898, from
10 o’clock, a. m., until 4
o’clock, p..m., to receive ap-
plications for liquor licenses.
All persons who intend to
continue in their business,
on that day. .
County
WHITMAN S. MEAD,
HENRY LEE, , Commis-
JAMES C. MILLER, s10ners.
Hoyt’s Theatre.
",ONE NIGHT!
THURSDAY, OCT. 6.
Most of all Fun!
The Great Pastoral Comedy
JOSHUA SIMPKINS!
lSplendid Scenery and Mechanical Ef-
fects! Thrilling Saw-Mill Scene!
Charming Music!
Excellent Singing!
@Graceful Dancing!
Up-to-Date Specialties!
A Famous Orchestral
@Two and one-half Hours of Solid
Amusementlfi
Watch for the great N con—day Parade,
TWO BANDS!
One Handsomely Uniformed. followed
by the Funny Farmer Band!
Prices: 250, 35c, and 50c.
ISS‘Seats now on sale at Plaisted’s and
VVeed’s drug-stores.
New York Announcement.
“Our American Homes and How to Furnish Them.‘
Homer’s Furniture
The Best in the Market.
.All who desire to buy reliable Fur-
niture, whether in medium or finest
grades, will find our stdck the most ad-
vantageous to select from for these
reasons:
ti'ons of the best makers only, and is
the largest and most, varied In Amer-
Ica, while our prices are the lowest at
iwhich goods of similar ' quality can
possibly be sold for.
The completeness of our assortments can
best be understood from the fact that we
I'xhlblt more than five hundred diférenl Bed-
room Sets In every variety. of wood, over 70
patterns of Brass Bedsteads. as well as end-
less lines of Parlor, Drawing Boom. Library
and Dunne Room Furniture of the most
artistic styles, and ranging from the modest
and Inexpenswe to the most elaborately
carved and Inlaid. . '
Entire floors devoted to Venetian Carved
Furniture and other Foreign Productions
from Paris..London and Vienna. ‘
Send for our Illustrated Book.
Helpful to all who 'con‘emplnte furnishing in whole
or in part.
R.J. Homer & Co.,
Furnlture Makers and Importers,
61-65 XV. 23d St.. New York
Comma-bends six
W621) glork Schools. The L A w
a ' School (with D a y
glfllve‘é‘zgyg. and EveningClnsses)
Medical College,
Graduate School, Perlagoqv, ENGINEERING
and UNIVERSITY COLLEGE- For (:iI'cu ms
address L. J. Tompkins. lx’ugist: nr. \‘.'usli:n{;-
ton Square. New York City.
J. I). JENNINGS.
llllllERTAKEll!
No. 3’ MAIN STREET.
NIGHT BELL ATOFFICE.
PLYMOUTH ROCK ICE
srncuv PURE!
Stores and families supplied. Lowest
rates.
ELLS & co., I I North Ave.
Norwalk. t
WE HAVE OPENED
‘ NEW JEWELRY STllllll
at 96 Washington St., South Norwalk. .
It will be our purpose to conduct this store on the same lines
and in the same liberal manner as our other store, and with a first
class stock and prices as low as possible, bespeak the liberal pat.
ronage of the public.
We ”will carry aCOMPLETE STOCK OF DIANIONDS
WATCHES, CLOCKS, CUT GLASS and everything that-
is usually carried by a First-Class Jewelry Store,
We make a specialty of our OPTICAL DEPARTMENT
which is complete in every respect. ‘
In Watch and J eWelry repairing we do first-class work at prices
as low as consistent with good Workmanship.
We cordially invite you to inspect our New Store.
} .I. SPENCER ECO.
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must hand in the applications .
It represents the produc-'
. RICHARD A. MCCURDY
RIGHARD
Received for Premiums
From all other Sources
For all other Accounts
property held b
pany’s holdings 0
have
NEW YORK, January 21, 1898.
1E
Insurance and Annuities in Force '
, INCOMEC
DESEU’RSEMENTS.
To Policy-holders for Claims by Death
To Policy-holders for Endowments, Dividends, etc.
ASSET;;;.
United States Bonds and other Securities _ .
First Lien Loans on Bond and Mortgag . .
LOans on Stocks and Bonds . .
Real Estate . ‘ . .
Cash in Banks and Trust Companie . .
mrued Interest, Net Deferred Premiums, etc. .
Reserve for Policies and other Liabilities .
Surplus ‘ . . .
y the Company, and find the same to be as stated.
CHAS. R. HENDERSON
S. V. R. CRUGER
SAMUEL D. BASEO§K
JAMES C. HOLDEN
HERMANN C. VON POST
PWILLIAM J. SEWELL
‘OLIVER HARRIMAN
ROBERT OLYPHANT
GEORGE F. BAKER
DUDLEY OLCOTT . l
WILLIAM J .} EAS' ‘DN, Secretary.
F REDERIC CROMWELL
J ULIEN T. DAVIES
A. N. WATERHOUSE
S. V. R. CRUGER
CHARLES R. HENDERSON
h urns W. PECKHAM
J. HOBART HERRICK
WM. 1’. DIXON
ROBERTA. GRANNIss
HENRY H. ROGERS
JNO. W AUCHINCLoss
THEODORE MORFORD
WILLIAM BABCOCK
STUYVESANT FISH
AUGUSTUS D. J UILLIARD
CHARLES E. MILLER,
WALTER R. GILLETTE '
H. WALTER WEBB
ISAAC F. LLOYD, 2d Vice-President
JOHN A. FONDA, Assistant Treasurer.
WILLIAM P. SANDS, Cashier.
CHARLES A, PRELLER, Auditor.
C. CLIFFORD GRETSINGER, As-fistant Auditor.
JOHN C. ELLIO 1", Superintendent of Domestic Agencies.
EDWARD LYMAN SHORT, General Solicitor.
MEDICAL DIRECTORS:
GRANVILLE II. WHITE, M D.
ELIAS J. MARSH, M. I):
G. S. WINSTON M. D. Consulting.
WALTER R. GILLETTE, General Manager.
A J ' From the Surplus a dividend will be apportioned as usual
ELBRIDGE T. GERRY
J. HOBART HERRICK
Statement for the Year. Ending Dec. 31,’ 97.
According to the Standard of the Insurance Department of the State of New York.
542.693.2oI no
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554, 162,608 .23
.- $13,279,630 66 .
12,712,424 76
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536, 124,060 99 ,. ..
$132,017.34! 45
59,433,937 31
12,880,308 00
21,618,454 88
11,705,195 82
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$253,786,437 66
218,278,243 07
$35,508,194 59
$936,634.496 63
‘ I have carefully examined the foregoing Statement and find the same to becorrect;
liabilities calculated by the Insurance Department. CHARLES A. PRELLER, Auditor.
Report Of the Examining Committee.
Office of the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York.
. To THE HONORABLE, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES on
THE MUTUAL -LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW
The undersigned, a Committee appointed by your honorable body, on the twenty-
secOnd day of December. I 897,to examine the Annual Statement of the Company and
to verify the same, respectfully——-——r
. 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 officers
and have carefully gone over all the items contained in the said Statement, and have found the same to be correct. They
have examined and counted every certificate of stock, bond and other obligation held by the Company, and mmpared
the prices at which the same are carried in said Statement with the market quotations, and find the same not exceeding
such quotations—in fact, in many cases below them. They have examined and counted the bonds and mortgages on real
, They have also verified the valuation of the Com-
f real estate and have verified the deposits of money in the various banks and trust companies, and
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 nece-
sary in such examination have been freely submitted to the Committee by the said officers and their assistants, and tlfit
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 systerfi
and methods adopted by the Company in recording its transactions and caring for the assets are entitled to commendatioD,
All of which is respectfully submitted.
YORK.
A. N. WATERHOUSE
JAMES C. HOLDEN
Board of Trustees-
GEORoE G. HAVEN
ADRIAN ISELIN JR.
GEORGE S. Bownom
WILLIAM C. WHITNEY
WILLIAM RochEELLEB
JAMES N. JABVIE,
CHAS D. DIOKEY JR.
ELBRIDGE T. GERRY
‘ J AMER SPEEER;
ROBERT A. GRANISS, Vice-President.
DUE H du-P, BRECK, Corresponding Secretary
ALBERT KLAMROTH, Assistant Secretar ; .
FREDE RIC CROM W ELL, Treasurer.
JAMES TIMPSON. 26. Assistant Treasurer.
EDWARD P. HOLDEN, Assistant Cashier.
EMORY Mo'CLINTOCK, Aptuarv.
J OHN TATLOCK, Jr. , Assistant Actuary.
WILLIAM w. RICHARDS, Comptroller.
HENRY S. BROWN, Assistant Comptroller
mesons e EELRERE, @emenal.
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