- WEEKLY - NORWALK -JGA'ZETTE. Beef and Clams. The threatened famine in beef and the jump of from three to five cents a pound in our local market for the choicer .cuts. are getting. to be very serious problems for the careful house- keeper. “It isa condition and nota theory that confronts us.” In this di- lemma, the average Yankee heart and appetite run to sea food. And what, during this heated term, is so cooling, so‘appetizing, so delicious, as the suc- culent Norwalk clam? But “ye gods and little fishes,”———clams at two dollars a bushel in the shell and forty cents a quart opened! Who can enjoy them, seductive as they are, at such fabulous figures? Then, too, think of the pang that must wrench the vicera and wood- chuck wallet of our “oldest inhabitant” "who, fifty years ago, used to buy them at Gould D. Jennings’ storeon Main street for twenty-five cents a bush- el er ten cents a peck! While now, at the very next door from where the long sine; departed Jen- nings kept his store on the south, “Will” Lockwood, all oblivious of such a sacred and economical past, has the hardihood to sell our favorite bivalve at the paralyzing prices just named! Shall we venture further in this chap- ter of horrors and state that in New York city to-day every bushel of clams at Lockwood’s would promptly sell for from two dollars and a half to three dollars a bushel ! Whobut the Astors, the Vanderbilts and Goulds, can de- vour clams at such a ruinous debauch and sacrifice of wealth? Verily, may we not expect soon to reach a period when these saline globules will be sold in our markets at a nickel or a dime apiece, the same that pumpkins or pineapples are now. And why not? When beer foams ofi' rapidly and un- grudgingly at five cents a mug, and . half “shirt collar” at'that, why should we begrudge the nickel for the far snore tempting “sea food” that imparts both cooling nutriment and the most luscious of juices on penetrating its hard, crustaneous environment. An able authority, the American Analyst, has stated that an unfounded prejudice against the clam exists ,in the minds of many persons who believe that it is tough and indigestible. And feeble- minded, would-be witlings have fos- tered that error by their alleged jokes about the “leathery clam” and “the in- destructible baked clam.” But in fact the clam is only tough and India-rub. bery when man 1! is ignorantly 'mal- treated him to make him so. Provi- dence never intended that the quahaug should be cooked, any more than the strawberry. Both are finished pro- ducts, masterpieCes in their respective kingdoms, as they come fresh from the hand of Nature, and it is simple bru— tality to put either near a fire. Note “great nature's” aid here to economy of living in the use of the clam by saving all expense 'of fuel dur- ing this heated term,while costly meats cost still more for fire. The same . writer continues, “of all nature’s choicest medicines, presented tempt-' ingly' under the guise of a delicious food, none is superior to the common clam. or quahaug, as it was named by the Indian. But no matter what it may be called, it deserves to be held dear in remembrance as first and best of the numerous family to which it be- longs and as one of humanity’s best boons.” . The mad man, long before the white brought him rum and redemption,knew the virtues of the round clam and his appreciation of them was so high that he not only feasted upon its juicy flesh, but made his money (wampum) of its shells. That which gives it value is its juice. The enclosing fibre is nutritive and-— ,when raw—tender as a maiden’s first dream of love. But no matter about the muscular tissue, or fibre, of the clam ; its real use is simply to keep the juice in, just as the fibrous cells of the orange perform a like function. , We eat it, for its flavor is pleasing, it is’nu- tritious and it is very easily digested—— provided we have not toughened it by cooking—~but what we are really after all the while. whether we realize the fact or not, is the juice. And no food of which we can partake is so potent in restorative, and nutrient qualities as that‘same juice. . But one does not need to be ill to ap- preciate the benefit of clam juice. Its flavor commends it to the gastronome in health,as highly as its medicinal vir- tues qualify it for regard in case of sickness. , It sharpens appetite 'when served as bouillon and it aids digestion greatly. And the'Analyst gives away this secret. 'which maybe of service to some Norwalk sufferer, who has been more merry than discreet over night while his good spouse is absent at moun- tain or sea-shore, when it says that as a recuperative draught, to take the brown taste out of the mouth, nothing is equal to our good friend, the clam. Nothing more quickly cures, it says, the effects of 9. nights tussle with the juice of the vine than juice of the clam. Ladies, .too, it says, will find a bowl of clam bouillon very much more invigorating and beneficial than tea, when in a ner- vous or depressed condition. And, not only will its immediate and remedial ef- fect be better than that afforded by the stimulus of tea, coffee, or drugs, but clam juice builds up and strengthens the nervous system, "doing permanent good as well as affording momentary relief. “ Long live the clam.” False Reports. There is a mystery about tlfe re- ported death of Mr. Astor cabled to New York from London, which in the interests of honest journalism ought to be sifted to the bottom. At present it looks strongly as if some news re- porter, piqued because the friends of Mr. Astor would not frankly state his condition, sent off the painful false- hood of his death. It was, no doubt, a folly for the Astors to be churlish to the numerous reporters who were he- sieging their house in season and out of season. but it was their privilege to so act if they chose and no decent news gatherers should, or would try to “get even” by so cruel a revenge. Woman in the Churches. At the recent conference of American rabbis in New York, the discussions of which were characterized by great ability and advanced thought, a decla— ration was promulgated to the effect that the women of the Jewish faith should have an equal share with the men in the affairs of the synagogue. This liberal and brdad-spirited action should not be without its influence upon other Christian denominations which have not yet risen to a proper ‘recogni- tion of the women’s work in their churches. In the line of religious en- deavor the women of the country are too potent a factor to be relegated to a secondary place in church councilsnnd the day is not far distant, when the ex- clusive and inappreciative spirit of the past will vanish. . ‘ The Methodist Church will probably be the next to promulgate the equality of the sexes in its conferences. «+.____~._ Over-River School. The Committee of the Over~River school district have about concluded their personal investigations and exam- inations of the several devices urged upon their attention for the proper heating and ventilating of the school building. They are decidedly of the Opinion that the Smead system is the most perfect and desirable, but there are others, admitted to be inferior how- ever, it is thought might answer, that will cost less, and the only ques- tion now to be decided is, would it be wisest to introduce the best system, or an inferior one, because it is cheaper. The committee will make a grave error, if in such an important matter where the health and even lives of the schol- ars packed into that school building are at stake, if they fail to introduce that system which scientific research and wide practical use elsewhere, demon- strate to be the most perfect system yet developed. The patrons and tax-payers of that district will not begrudge a few extra dollars in a matter of such vital consequence. A Bad Break. Ever since Senator Vest’s speech in the U. S. Senate on William J. Camp- bell’s appointment as chairman of the Republican national committee, the. Democratic newspapers all over the country have published the wildest and most extravagant editorial denuncia- tions of corporations, monopolies and capitalists. The following from the New Orleans States is a good example : ’ “ The case against Mr. W. J. Camp- bell is just as bad. The President in- sisted that J. S. Clarkson, a jobber and corruptionist of the first water himself, should be removed from the chairman- ship of the Republican national com- mittee, and Mr. Campbell appointed in his place. If the President had object- ed to Clarkson on the ground of his no- toriety as a trickster and boodler, his course would have been entitled to commendation. But when be selected in Clarkson’s stead a notorious attor- ney of one of the greatest and most' grinding monopolies that has been spawned upop the country by the pro- tective system of robbing the people for the benefit of the class, a man, too. who had advised his monopoly client to defy the authority and insult the United States Senate, so as to evade a Con- gressional investigation into his illegal and oppressive methods, then Mr. Har- rison only showed that he needed at the head of his campaign a more cunning jobber and a more accomplished fat- fryer than he had in his discarded man, Clarkson.” This is but a sample of their wild ut- terances. There are hundreds more just like it going the rounds of the press. The Armours are the heads of a grind- ing and corrupt monopoly, fattening on the life blood of the people and con- spiring with other bloated capitalists to keep in power the Republican party, to which they owe their loathesome wealth. and Campbell is their accursed minion. What a beautiful banquet of crow these fire-eating trumpeteers will have to preside over when they discover that the Armours did not want their “noto- rious attorney” to manage Mr. Harri- son’s campaign, and that, so far from desiring Republican success at all, they intend to support Mr. Cleveland with votes, their influence, and, presumably, their money. Surely this is a bad break on the part of these political patriots. Now Try This. It wi'rl cost you nothingand will sure- ly do you good, if you have a Cough. Cold, or any trouble with Throat, Chest or Lungs. Dr. King’s New Dis- covery for Consumption, Coughs and Colds is guaranteed to give relief, or money Will be paid back. Sufl‘erers from La Grippe found it just the thing and under its use had a speedy and per- fect recovery. Try a sample bottle at ourexpense and learn for yourself just how good ‘a thing it is. Trial bottles ree at H. R. Hale’s ‘ Hon. Platt Price has rented the upper story of his Water street store to the newly organized Norwalk Demo- craticclub. He would be glad now to rent tne ground floor to any Harrison club that may be formed and it, cer- tainly would be a central and easy of access plaae. ‘ NEW LIFE ! DR. E. C. WEST’S 'NERVE and BRAIN TREATMENT, a specific for Hysteria. Dizm- ness, Fits, Neuralgia, Headache. Nervous Prostration. caused by alcohol .or [tobacco, Wakeiulness. Mental Depressron. Softening of Brain, causmg insanity misery, decay, death, Premature Old Age, Darreniiess, Loss of Power in either sex.Impotency,Leucorrhoea and all Female Weaknesses, Involuntary Los- ses. Spermatorrhoea caused bv over-exertion of brain. Self-abuse, over-' ndulgence. A month’s treatment, $1, 6 for $5 bymail. We Guarantee 51x boxesto cure. Each order for 6 boxes,with $5 Will send written guarantee to refund if not cured. Guarantees issued onl by H. R. HALE, Druggist, and Sole Agent, or- walk. Conn. , slivullujuuiu cl‘he Bill Must Be Considered in Reg- ular Order. " TO CLOSE THE FAIR SUNDAY ,Tlie Senate Declares That 'This Must Be Done and A150 Amends the Fair Bill So That Liquor Cannot Be Sold on the Grounds. WASHINGTON, July 1 i ——In anticipation of I parliamentary struggle over the silver 'bill there was an unusually full attendance upon the floor and in the galleries of ‘ the house. Promptly at 12 o’clock Mr. Catchings, of Mississippi, was on his feet to introduce a report from the committee on rules, mak- ing the free coinage bill (senate 51) the spe- cial order for the day and for Thursday. Mr. Reed moved to lay the resolution on the table. Speaker Crisp ruled that Mr. Catchings could not be taken off the floor. Mr. Bland’s Amendment. Mr. Bland sent to the desk and had read an amendment he proposed to offer to the bill, to cure the defect caused by the repeal of the act of 1890, by which it has been asserted that the silver certificates issued under it would lose their legal tender qual— ity. He also announced that in case the house refused to second the demand for the consideration of the resolution, he would move to amend the resolution so as to pro- vide that after 9 o’clock Thursday no dila- tory motion shall be entertained (a cloture rule). ' Speaking to the latter, Mr. Bland said that certain gentleman on the Democratic side had a delicacy upon the subject of a cloture rule Which he could not understand. It had been the rule of the house for fifty years. [Applause on Republican side] No longer ago than last week, without a single bit of opposition on the Democratic side, the house had adopted a cloture rule. Mr. Bland said that he wanted to put every one on record, and he announced that every one who voted against consideration registered a vote against the bill. ' “ Not a Party Question. Messrs. Clark, of Alabama, and Forman, of Illinois, argued against the passage of the silver bill because it could lead to noth- ing more tangible than a registering of per- sonal Ipreferences already well known and would lead to exposure of difierences in the party. . Mr'. Patterson, of Tennessee, said he should oppose the passage of the bill for the reason that the silver question was not one that could be called a party one, inas- muchas both parties were divided on it. The Republican party, he said, had tendered the protective tariff and the force bill as the issues of the campaign, and he was of the opinion that the Democrats should ac- cept them and not wander off upon the silver bill. Bead 'on Repentance. Mr. Catchings yielded the floor to ex- «Speaker Reed, who said that he congratu- lated the Democrats upon the “titude of repentance which they occupied. ,All the time that the gentlemen were proclaiming how sorry they were for the views they re- cently entertained his mind, he said, was occupied by a picture of the Democratic party as a minority of this house in the last session, when all the leaders, from speaker Crisp and Chairman Springer down had an- nounced that they yearned for free silver, and the declaration was followed in The Record by the statement, “Applause on the Democratic side." The Democratic. party really seemed to have reached a level which might be called a level of principle. “I am glad, ” said Mr. Reed, “that the Democrats have seen the error of their ways. And I am not criticis- 1 ing the trembling voices in which the re- pentant sinners are returning home.” [Laughton] Culberuon’s lmpaasioned Speech. Mr. Culberson, of Texas, closed the hour’s debate in an impassioned speech of ten or twelve minutes. He said the significance of the day's contest, that which filled the galleries with spectators and put “printers” all over the floor, was the fact that it was the people’s protest against monopoly. It was a fight of the common people against the money power. He devoted a great part of his remarks to a. historical statement covering the financial operations of the past twenty years, all of which he asserted had been against the rights and interests of the people. “So help me God," Judge Culber- son exclaimed, with dramatic intensity, “the people shall have the right to pay their debts in the money of the constitu- tion”, The yeas and boys were ordered at 1:20 p. m. on the previous question on the rule for the consideration of the silver bill in the house. The previous question was seconded- yeasp163; nays, 129. Speaker Crisp, at his own request, was ~ recorded in the negative. The vote was a defeat for the free silver men, who wanted the rule amended if it were to be adopted at all. Then the resolution was defeated, and the house refused to consider the free silver bill out of its place on the calendar—near the foot. No Liquor at the Fair. ' Wasnmoron, July 14.—-In the senate the amendment oflered by Senator Peder to prohibit the sale of liquor on the World’s fair grounds was adopted by a vote of 28 to 26. . Mr. Sanders (Rep, Mom), moved to lay' on the table Mr. Quay’s amendment, re- quiring the closing of the exposition “on the first day of the week, commonly called Sunday.” The vote on the motion to table resulted—years, 11; nays, 45, and was lost. Mr. Quay’s amendment was adopted. . Conscientious Congressman Bailey. Wasnnvorox, July 14.—Representative Bailey, of Texas, has requested Sergeant-at- Arms Yoder to deduct one day’s pay from his salary this month, because on that day he was absent from the house making a speech in Virginia. Etna on the Rampage. Roma, July l4.--The eruption of Mount Etna. is daily growing more violent andis accompanied by earthquakes. It is thought will be destroyed and fearful loss of life result- . . . To Head Off Garza’s Men. lianvns'row, July 14.——A detachment of the Third cavalry, under command of Lien- tenant LOngh'orne, left for Ringgold for the purpose of preventing the Garza revolu- tionists from. getting back to Mexico. ' Kate Cutleton’s Obsequies. NEW YORK, July li—Funeral services were held in “.The Little Church Around the Corner” over-the remains of Kate Cas- E. s.—n'—E. S.——|l—E. s.-n—E. [sh—H-E. S.——ll——E. s.—n-E. s.—-n-E. 8 ~‘ Edward _- Street Will make trade lively for afew days by offer- ing 60 dozen ‘ Ladies’ - Ribbed [Vests FOR SUMMER WEAR, AT THE .VERY Low, Plugs or a chains A Pinon. , ACTUAL VALUE 12;. , ALSO WILL OFFER 2000 YARDS ASSORTED STYLES Outing Flannels, Flannelettes, - and other Cotton Dress Goods at. 9 l T GENTS PER YARD. Less than oneEhaIf price for most of them, Edward. Street, No. 5 Gazette Building,Norwalk. SCOFIELMHWT . Summer House Furniture of all sorts now in special ‘ demand, has a large place in our Current thought and attention. Are your thoughts on low priced Bed Room Suits? If so, turn your steps hither and letus help your mind to logical conclusions. You’ll find them in the Oak Suits. at' $18, 21, 25, 32, 38 and 42. Ladies’ Muslin Underwear. A limited assortment in broken sizes and slightly soiled, will be sold at prices greatly reduced. Ladies’ Night Dresses 1‘9c. 39, 59, 79, 89; Ladies’ Chemises 17c, 19, 39, 42-; Ladies’ Skirts 400, 46, 58, $1.19. . Ginghams. * Another special sale in Plaids and Stripes, at 6 and 100 per yard. Dress Goods. A special clearing out sale of all. Spring and Summer goods atless than half price. Carpets. A few more pieces of all-wool Ingrains, at 500 per yd. Scofieltl 6' Hoyt’s, N orwalk and, 50. N orwalk. Agents for Buttrick’s Patterns and Hall’s Bazar Skirt Forms. N. B. We will meet any discount in Carpets. ~ . any 0? that the villages of N ocolosi and Belparso ' tleton, the actr Woodlawn for, meat. . The body was taken. to l E. GUSOWSKI, Merchant ~ Ti’silm‘. I have just received the Finest and and Largest Selection of SPRING AND SUMMER SUITINGS, TROUSERINGS AND VESTINGS. Ever shown in Norwalk. which I will make up in style and price to suit everybody. a. GUSOWSKI, turner Wall and Water Sis, Nor-walk Building Lots For Sale. BY .THE H010" POINI IMPROVEMENl BOMPANY, ROTON ' POINT. For articulars apply on the premises or to the followmg directors: James W. gyatt, John D. mey, Norwalk: E. A. oodward. C. Swartz. South Norwalk. NOTICE. LL persons are hereby forbidden to trust A. any one on accountpf the Roton Point Improvement Company Without an order Sign- e y J. Finkenstein eneral managler. By order of JA S W. HYAT _, . Presiden E_:'A WOODWABD. Secretarv ’ Paraomzn THE OLD RELIABLE ADAMS EXPRESS COMPANY. Low Rates. Prompt Delivery ‘ Branch Office, Norwalk. at Morris Benedict’s Main Office at Depot, South Norwalk. . ' , - L. HUNT..ABenV=' PROF. J. H. HEYNEN, Organic! and Director 0) St. Harry’s I Church. -’—TEACHER 0F— Piano, Organ, Harmony, Singing, Violin and cello. Piano Instructions By the German Method. Residence, 23 WEST AYENUI. ETER L. GUIGUE. Florist and Nursery- man, Union Avenue, north of Union Cemetery. Norwalk., Conn. Dealer in Green House and Hottfiouse and Bedding and Vege- table Plants Fruit and Ornamental Trees, Shrubbery, 'Vines. Cut Flowers. always on hand, and all sorts of designs in flowers ar- ranged to order. _ » Grading and refilling cemetery plots attended to. _ - s. B. Wilson, CARPENTER.ND.BUILDER 8 CROSS STREET. Jobbing promptly attended to. Plans and Specifications furnished. Mantels, Window Frames, Sash'and Blinds. furnished to order at lowest prices. . . . . . . ~ snowmen ram '1‘ NE'WeDURABILlTY EBATE PRICES an arms. armrest. ENDORSED BY LEADING ARTISTS. We ran: on Application. llll Fifth live, our. IBIII SM 3 m YORK our. . , 1 MOD in. Latest Styles of 1 Menu - Cards. ‘ Dance Orders. Ball “Tickets, ‘ RECEPTION CARDS, Show Hangers, W edding Invitations. is Business Cards, Visiting card‘s —AT THE-.— Baily Gazette 6 Jill] 0 «ICE. Church and 4’ “Society Work ' ASPECALTY .
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