Evening gazette, Tuesday, December 20, 1898 · page 6

 

 

FOLLOW THE crowns -
‘ T0 WEED’S.

The public is not dull. Their faculties are wide
awake to the buying advantages we offer. No
stock in Norwalk is 30 complete with little and
big gifts of the kind that are most acceptable.

And We Save You
> Money Everytime.

Largest showing of the following celebrated Ex—V
tracts: LAZELL’S, LUNDBORG’S, COLGATE’S,
PALMER’S, WRIGHT’S, ROGERS GALLET’S.

What is Nicer for
aPresent

than a handsome ATOMIZER, POCKETBOOK,
FANCY BOTTLE of COLOGNE or TOILET WATER.

E. P. WEED, 38 Wall St.,Norwa1k.

 

 

 

Why Not
a Piano
FOR THAT CHRISTMIS GIFT r

 

Extra Efibrts this Week to close out a large
number of PIANOS.

 

A Large Stock to Select From.

 

 

DUB LEADERS I IIIII wean.

We also have other Good Makes :

’ Kranich & Bach, Sterling, New England '

Kroeger, Huntington, Slielton,WlIeelock.

.Organs from $25 to'$5o.

 

J. W. STUDWELL,
89 North ,_Main St., South Norwalk.

 

 

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“ . . " , 1 II II" "EVEN ING

CHINESE CHARACTERISTICS.

Their Indifference to Sufl'ering and Their
Business Honesty.

The Chinaman is not wantonly cruel.
but he is marvelously indifferent to
the sufferings of others. The cool:
will cover a rat with kerosene and set
it alight, no: to enjoy its sufferings.
but because he believes its screams
will scare its fellows away. A magis-
trate will fan himself gently on th'.:
execution ground on which a yelling
malefactor is being gradually cut to
pieces. not because he enjoys the spec
tacle, but because it is all part of his
day's work. A crowd of spectators
will watch a child drown because it
is no one's succial business to save it.
and because to interfere in what does

not concern you may .give rise to

troubles

From what has been already said
as to the keen interest taken by the
Chinese in money matters. it may be
surmised that they should be, par e1»;-
cellence, a "nation of shopkeepers."
And so they are. To their credit be it
said that they have thoroughly real-
ized that. bargains are binding. The
tea merchant may endeavor in every
way to get the better of his European
confrere, but, once the mystic words
“putte bool"’—tbat is. enter it in writ-
ing—have been uttered. the latter may
rely on the transaction icing faith-
fu-lly carried through. This compara-
tively high standard of commercial
morality naturally results in an elab-
orate system of credit, greatly to the
advantage of both contracting parties.

"and, though the “squeeze.” or perquis-

ite. enters into every arrangement, it
Is not sufficient to stop the wheels of
commerce, though undoubtedly it fre-
quently clogs them.

To go back on your word in a busi—
ness transaction, or to fail, to meet
your liabilities, causes a Chinaman to
“lose face,” and this is to him un-
bearable. The sacrifices which he.
will make on the approach of his new
year to enable him to avoid being
posted as insolvent are as extraordi-
nary as they are admirable. Nor
would it be right to omit all reference
to the fact that to their justice they
frequently add generosity. I well re-
member a case in which an American.
who had failed after years of labor,
was supported during the remainder
of his life by his “compradore.” as the
native employed by European firms in
their dealings with Chinese is termed.
«Contemporary Review.

 

 

Congressman Shattue's Mistake.

“Madam, may I kiss these beautiful
children?” inquired Gen. \V. B. Shae
tuc, as he leaned' over a front gate.

“Certainly. sir; there is no possible

objection.”
“The; are lovely darlings.” said the
General, after he had finished the
eleventh. “I have seldom seen more
beautiful babies. Are they yours,
madam?” '

The lady blushed deeply.

“Of course they are. the sweet lit-
tle treasures! From whom else. ma'am.
could they have inherited those limpid
eyes, those rosy cheeks. those profuse
curls, those. conn-ly figures, and those
musical voices?"

The lady continued blushing.

“By the way, ma‘am." said he, “may
I bother you to tell your estimable
husband that \ 'illiam l}. Shattuc. can-
didate for the district. called‘ upon
him this evening?"

“Excuse me. sir" said the lady. “I
have, no husband!“

“But these children.
surely are not . widow ?”

“I feared you were mistaken. sir.
when you first came up. Those are
not my children. This is the fresh air
fund vacation cottage.”—Cincinnati
Enquirer.

madam — yo u

 

—‘ w—n—u

RHEUMATISM CURED IN A DAY

“ Mystic Cure ” for Rheumatism and.
Ncuralgia radically cures in 1 to 3 days.
Its action upon the system is remarkable
and mysterious. It removes at once
the cause and the disease immediately
disappears. The first dose greatly ben—
efits. 75 cents. Sold by Edward P.
Weed, 38 Wall street, W. C. Baur, 55
V-Vall street, Druggists. Norwalk.

The cat 0’ nine tails must sink into
insignificance before the animals of
hundreds of tails that surely exist
somewhere, judging by the lavish use
of the caudal appendage as a fashion-
able trimming.

WANTED

Ladies and gentlemen suffering from
throat, and lung difficulties to call at
our store for a sample bottle of Otto’s
Cure, which We are distributing free
of charge. We confidently recommend
it as a. cure for Coughs, Colds, Brou-
cbitis, Consumption, and all diseases of
the throat. and lungs. It will stop a.
cough quicker than any other known
remedy. We believe it. will cure you.
In croup or whooping cough it is sure
to give instant. relief. Large sizes 500.
and 250. Sold by Edward P. Weed
Norwalk; aners. Scott Williiamson
Darien. .-

_ THE ABTIVE PRINCIPLES.

In the science of medicine many discov-
eries have been made whereby the active prin-
ciples of important drugs have been obtained.
It has been demonstrated time and again how
much better it is to take the curative proper-
ties in a concentrated form. The latest and
most important of such discoveries is that of
Vino], in which is found the active curative
principles of the cod’s liver. Best of all Vinol
is delicious to the taste.

Mr. E. W. Thompson, a well known chemist
of New Britain, speaks of Vinol in the follow-
ing manner :—

“l have found that Vinol does stand in the
mono relation to cod liver oil as Quinine does
t ) Cinchona Bark, Morphine to Opium,
.Atrophcne to Belladonna, and numerous
other of the active principles to the old and
cumbersome form of drugs.”

It is just because we can now administer
these very valuable remedial features for
which cod liver oil was always famous, in
this concentrated and delicious form, that
people will never cease to be thankful for the
discovery of Viuol. Yours very truly.

Special Vinol representative.
PLAISTED’S drug Store. SO. Norwalk.

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l’lilllll‘S 'WEFEAIED

Chicago Council Burried' Street.
Railway Franeb'se.

A SURPRISE GIVEN TO ALL

The Obnoxious Ordinance Sent. to Harri-
son’s Connntttrc in the City Hall. The
Opponents of the Measure Adjourn to
Jain}; \thn Fight “’ill Go to the Le
giSritul'e. :.;.:,1-.- 1 '

Chicago, Dec. 20.—To the great sur¥
prise of the street railway companies
and their friends, the city council last
night, by a. vote of 32 to 31, relegated
all fifty-year franchises to the scrap
bean, and there they will remain.

Mr. Yerkes is completely knocked
out, and for the first time in his life
he sustains a defeat.

The feelings of the members of the
council who have been working for
these measures, were shown in their
faces, but after the meeting was over
they had nothing to say.

The fifty-year franchise ordinance
was introduced in the council two
weks ago and referred to the joint com—
mittee on streets and alleys, which
was distinctly favorable to its pas-
sage.

A week ago it was taken from that
committee and given to the committee
on railroads, which also was favora—
ble.

Last night it was taken from the
committee on railroads and given to
the committee on city hall—a. commit—
toe which was never known to have a
meeting. .

As :it happens, eleven of the thinteen
men of the city hall committee are
warm friends and supporters of Mayor
Harrison, and they will see that the
ordinance dies a. peaceful death and
gets a. decent burial.

This great victory of the party head-
ed by the mayor, against the street
rallway companies, was a. distinct sur-
prise to everyone.

When the mayor began the fight he
counted ‘on twenty—three aldermen to
stand by him, which was enough to
prevent the passage of the ordinance
over his veto.

He gave it out that he would not
approve any franchise ordinance until
the Allen law was repealed, because it
had no provision in. it for compensa.
tion, and stipulated that a five-cent
fare should be collected for twenty

years. ,
In addition to that. he was against
fifty-year franchises anyhow, and

thought twenty year franchises suffi-
cient, at the end of which time the
city should buy the railroads and run
them.

It was the intention of the alderman
who represented the street railroad in—
terests in the council to introduce a
twenty-seven year ordinance, but thn
swiftness of the proceedings took their
breath away and carried them off their
feet.

They did not have a chance to do
anything. for, to their surprise, they
were in the actual minority, something
the mayor never dreamed could come
to pass.

To clinch the victory and make it un-
equivocal, the honest men in the coun-
cil voted to adjourn until January 4,
the day after the legislature meets.
The first duty of that body will be to
repeal the Allen law, as a majority of
its members are pledged to this, and
then “interest will center in the law that
is to take its place.

_‘

TH E DREYFUS CASE.

 

 

rA Statement in the French Chamber.

Paris, Dec. 20.——There was a repeti-
tion Monday afternoon of the now fa-
miliar scenes in the Chamber of Dep-
uties. n . ~A-I’33'

M. Las-ies. anti-Semite. interpellated
the government on the subject of the
alleged indiscretions of the Brisson
ninistry in the Dreyfus affair.

He accused the ex-premier, M. Bris-
son. of violating the constitution, and
violently attacked the court of cassa—
tion, whose president, M. Loews, he
said, was a brother of a German offi-
cial.

The speech was
uproar and protests.

The minister of war, M. de Frey-
oinet, replied that he did not desire to
appear as wishing to influence the dev-
cision of the court of cassation. But
while willing to submit to 'the court
all the official documents in his pos—
session, he was absolutely determined
not to submit the secret documents in
the case, which he pointed out, con—
tained papers affecting the security of
the nation.

He said that Iif the House did not
approve of his attitude he was willing
to resign.

M. Lasies said he thought that under
the circumstances the revision of the
Dreyfus trial was only a comedy, and
he thanked M. de Freycinet for fur-
n'ish-ing official confirmation of the re—
port that the secret documents so fre«
quently referred to really existed.

He then withdrEW his interpellation.

accompanied by

Pay for Insurgents and Cubans.

New York, Dec. 20.——In the urgent
deficiency bill is this clause as it pas-
sed the House:

“For emergency fund and to meet
unforeseen emergencies constantly
arising, $3,000,000."

The Senate reaffirmedthe appropria-
tion with the addition of the words,
“to be'expended art the discretion of
the president.”

The specific object of the appropria-
tion is not stated.

The war department already is at
work on the president’s plans. ,Fili—
pinos and Cubans are Ito be paid for
the time they served as allies of the
United States in the war with Spain.
They must consent to be disarmed and
disbanded when they are paid, just as
American troops are mustered out.

Official Information gathered by the
war department indicates that the fund
will be amply sufficient. There are
about twelve“ thousand Filipinos under
arms, and one million dollars will be
more than enough *to pay them, even at
the rate allowed United States volun-
teers.

The Cubans to be paid are supposed
to number about 20,000. "

Both Cubans and Filipinos now un-
der arms will according to the aux-ices
received, accept the offer of the United
States.

 

 

A FAMOUS FLAG RAISING.

 

How New Orleans Celebrates the Anniver-
sary of‘1he Louisiana Purchase.

New Orleans, La... Dec. 20.-—'I‘hc
ninety-fifth anniversary of the raising
of the American flag in this city is
one ,of special interest this year, for
the entire West is already preparing
for a .monster celebration of the com-
ing centennial of the Louisiana. pur-

- chase.

In fact earl}r in January Governor
Stephens of Missouri will address the

, governors of all the states formed out

of the Louisiana. Purchase and ask
them to name delegates to a conven—
tion in St. Louis at which the time.
and place of a world’s fair in honor
of the centennial will be arranged.

The flag which was raised in New
Orleans ninety-five years ago had
seventeen stars and seventeenlstrip‘es,
one for each of the states then in the
Union. It was not until 1812‘that the
flag of thirteen stripes was declared
the national emblem.

The Louisiana. Purchase was the
work of two famous men, Robert Liv-

‘ingston, who represented us_ at Paris,

and Charles Pinckney, who worked for
the purchase of the territory at Ma—
drid.

The price paid for this vast terriiory.
extending from the Mississippi to the
Rocky Mountains, and from the Gulf
of Mexico to British America, was
$15,000,000. The story of the explora—
tion and conquest of the vast territory
of Louisiana. is one of the most pict—
uresque and fascinating chapters in
the world’s history. Three nations—
Spain, France and England—hag a
share. in it, Spain being the earliest
participant, but France having the
largest part.

The region to which the name Lou-
isiana was given changed its dimen—
sions several times since that historic
day in 1692, when, at the mouth of the
Mississippi, La. Salle took formal pos-

session of the country drained by that

river, and called it by the name of his
sovereign, Louis XIV of France. The
name has for several years been re-
stricted to a. single state of the Union.
In 1803, when Louisiana. was bought
from France, the name covered virtu-
ally all the territory between the Mis-
sissippi and Rocky Mountains, with a
minute fragment on the east side of
the river near its mouth. It had this
extent for the preceding forty years,
or since the end of the war in which
France was driven off the mainland of
the American continent, when France’s
possessions east of the Mississippi
went to Ehgland, and those west of
the river were transferred to Spain.
Under La. Salle’s delimitation Louisi-
ana. comprised the entire Mississippi
valley, and extended from the Alleghe—
nies to the Rocky Mountains.

Both the eastern and western sec-
tions of Louisiana often changed mas-
ters in the centuries which elapsed
since its discovery. The eastern half
belonged in turn to France, England
and the United States. The western
half was successively French, Spanish,
French again, and American. Louisi-
ana. has‘ been under more flags and
has had greater mutations of political
fortune than any other part of the
United States.

CAST STEEL GUNS.

 

 

Coming Test of Accuracy. Prejudice to '

Overcome.

VVashingtbn, D. 0., Dec. 20.—-The war
department has ordered that the trial
of the new eight-inch cast steel gun at
Sandy Hook be pushed to completion.
A second series of firings will be con—
ducted during the early pant of the
coming week.

In Thursday’s test Dr. Gatling's gun
demonstrated its ability to withstand
the regular service pressure demand-
ed of sea coast guns.

It is now proposed to determine the
degree of accuracy of the new weap-
on. ,
In all three hundred rounds will be
fired.

In ordnance circles it is said that it
the cast steel gun islpccepted it will
affect many large and costly plants
now engaged in the manufacture of
built up guns.

In consequence the new weapon will
have considerable prejudice to over-
come. .

The main significance attached to
Thursday’s test is the ability shown
to produce a grade of cast steel of such
splendid resisting powers as that in
Dr. Gatling's gun.

It was only a few years ago that
forged steel was necessary :in com-
mercial fittings wherever extraordin-
ary strains were to be expected.

In New York city the builders of the
engines of the late armored cruiser
Maine, the N. F. Palmer, Jr.. Com-
pany, were compelled, as late as 1891,
to reject an entire set of cast steel
columns because of weakness. Be-
course was had to forged steel in-
gots.

The development of high grade cast
steel has nowhere been so remarkable
in the last five years as in the United
States. In this respect Americans have
distanced English competitors.

The fact that thirty-seven pounds
pressure to the square inch were devel-
oped in Dr. G-atllng's cast steel gun'is
not in itself remarkable. But it is re—
markable that a. weapon made of cast
steel will withstand such a. pressure.

 

The Antarctic Expedition.
Hobart, Tasmania, Dec. 20.~—-Captain
Borchgrevink’s expedition has started
from here for the Antarctic. regions.

 

BITS OF N EWS.

 

The United States: supreme court has
adjourned until June 3.

VV-ireless telegraphy has been suc-
cessfully introduced in the city of San
Francisco.

The Morning Courier of Syracuse has
been consolidated with the Evening.
Telegram of that city.

For the year ending July 31, 1898, thz.
sum of $16,023,801 was expended by 'thv
board of education in New York city.

The exports from the United States
during the eleven months ending with
November passed the’ billion dolla:
,line.

Theodore Heine, an artist. has beer
sentenced alt Leipsic, Germany. to si.:
,months’ imprisonment for caricaturin:w
Emperor William.

Fire Monday, in the Kenyon papcl
mill, New Process rawhide mill and
Hotnling’s stone mill, at Baldwinsvilic.
N. Y., caused a total loss of seveutv—
five thousand dollars.

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SUBSTITUTION ,

the FRAUD ofthe day.
See you get Carter’s,
Ask for Carters‘
Ins1st and demand

Carter’s LIIIIe LiveryPills

The only perfect

Liver Pill.
Take ~no other,
Even if
Solicited to do so.
Beware of imitations
of Same Color Wrapper,

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AT

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You can find as fine an assortment of

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As can be found in anv Yard in the
State. Look it. over and get
prices before going elsewhere

W. FERN ALI),

Practical
Bookbinder

Books called for and Deliv-
ered
Postal Orders Promptly at-
tended to. '
32 FRANKLIN STREET.
SOUTH NORWALK

 

 

 

 

Orders for Bookbinding can be left.
at the GAZETTE OFFICE.

’—

O. E. Wilson,

GENERAL -2- Illilllllllllli

Real Estate and Invest-

. . ment Agent, . .
Room 3 GAZETTE BUILDING.

NORWALK, — - - CONN
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Stores and families supplied. Lowest
rates.
ELLS a. co., I I North Ave.
Norwalk. '
EWYORK.NEWHAVEN & HARTFORD
RAILROAD. '
--NEw YORK DIVISION.

DECEMB ER 4, 1898.

Twins leave South Norwalk as follows.

FOR NEW YORK — Accommodation
trains at 9.36, 11:40 a. m., 1.11, 3.04, 4.07,
5.33,6.41,8.11,10.2O p. 111. Express trains
at 4.55, 5.45, 6.15, (local), 6.55, (local),
7.13, (local), 7.54, (local), 8.16= 9.03 (local)
9.58, 10.35, 11.35. (local) 21.. m. 12.47
2.25, 5.10 5.55, 7.55 p..m. For Washing
ton via. Harlem River 12.53 a. m. (daily)

SUNDAYS—Accommodation 9.05 a. In.
5.35, (local), 7.20, (loca1)10. 10 p. m. Ex
press 4.55, 5.45 a. 111.

FOR NEW HAVEN AND THE EAST—
Accommodation trains at. 6.28, 7.42,
8.46 and 11.42 a. m., 1.12, 2.42, (to Bp’t,)
4.18, 5.27, 6.27, 7.28 (to B’p‘t), 9.15
and 11.15 p. m. Express trains at 1.11
1.20 9.11, 10.05, 11.08 a. m., 12.02, 3.05
5.04 (Naugatuck Express) 7.05, 9:05,

. m,
SUNDAYS—Accommodation 7.42, 9.12

a. m. and 7.15 p. m. Express 1.11 and

1.20 a. m.

C. T. HEMPSTEAD. Gen. Pass. Agent.

 

 

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