NORWMGAZW
‘Truth above all things.”
FRIDAY. AUGUST. 4,1893.
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Diphtheria.
The dread scourge of diphtheria has
recently become almost epidemic in
many parts of Connecticut. Here in
Norwalk there have been, and are now,
a few sporadic cases. Most of these
are, and have been, properly guarded
and isolated but some few cases have
been reported where the grossest and
most culpable carelessness is charged
When parents can be brought to know
and realize that diphtheria affections
are far more contagious and fatal than
loathsome small-pox, they will perhaps
not more promptly and carefully on
the supreme duty of at once quaran-
tining the affected member of their
household until the danger is passed.
A caution, such as the above, ought not
to be required at the present day, but
lamentable facts prove its necessity.
The Roman Church on Labor.
The New York World gives a trans-
lation of the alleged forthcoming en-
cyclical of Pope Lee on the labor and
social 'disputes which are now visible
both 1n this country and in Europe.
Assuming that the paper is genuine, it
cannot fail to attract very general at-
tention throughout the world. '
The Catholic Church directly reaches
and influences a larger proportion of
the industrial classes than any other
one of our religious organiZations, and
there would seem to be eminent fitness
in the acknowledged head of the church
speaking on a subject that is pregnant
with peril to governments and people
in the present conditions of the various
peoples of the earth.
While the appeal of the head of the
Catholic Church does not present rem-
~edial measures in detail, the general
tone of the encyclical is in complete
harmony with justice, humanity and
religion, and it must exert a wholesome
influence upon some of the leading na-
ions in the interest of general tranquil-
ity.
The deliverance of Pope Lee on the
grave social and economic problems
which now confront the leading nations
of the world will now be widely read
and soberly considered in all religious
circles as well as in all intelligent class-
es. The problem for solution is one of
the most momentous of our enlighten-
ed civilization, and, with the progress
of intelligence among the peeple, it
can be enduringly settled only on lines
of justice to all conditions. The de-
liverance of the head of the Catholic
Church points unmistakably to that
end, and it must, therefore, be accepted
as timely and wise.
School Legislation.
The recent general assembly enacted
several interesting pieces of legislation
relative to the schools of the state.
The most important measure enacted
was the law conferring on women-the
right to vote for school officers, and on
school questions. This act enlarges
the public sphere of women in Connec-
ticut, and it may change the adminis-
tratlon of the schools of the state.
Another important law requires
schoolhouses to be kept clean and
wholesome and to be ventilated “in
such a manner that the air shall not be
injurious to the health of the persons
present therein.” If the provisions of
this statute are complied with, some
decided changes will need to be effect-
ed in scores of structures. When the
state board of education or the board
of school visitors finds the sanitary
co -ions of a schoolhouse defective,-
or the maths of lighting 01 ventilating
it insufficient, either board is author-
ized to recommend proper changes
which must be complied with within
two weeks or else the health ”authori-
ties may be called in and order the
work done.
The act which requires the nature of
alcoholic drinks and narcotics, with es-
pecial reference to their effects on the
human system, to be taught as a regu-
lar branch of study, and which forbids
the granting of a teacher’s certificate to
any person who has not passed a satis-
factory examination on these subjects,
caused a determined fight in the gener-
al assembly. The measure encountered
vigorous opposition but finally got
through by a substantial majority in
each house.
A new law compels every town and
school district having at least 10, 000
inhabitants to maintain evening schools.
New legislation was enacted concerning
the division of school districts formed
from parts of two or more. towns. An
act which is of considerable-importance
to some rural sections of the state an.
thorizes the scool visitors, under cer-
tain conditions,, to provide transporta-
tion at public expense for children to and
from school. The selec’tmen' of every
town are now required to provide each
schpol heuse with'a United States, flag,
and it is the statutory duty of schools
to observe flag day eachyear.
A Past Hearthstone.
In the custody of Rev. Mr. Selleck
is a small painting of the ancient Esaias
Bouton home, which Was built upon the
north branch of the Pampaskeshank,
ward Eelden’ ’s Point. This' water-s1de
bank, in speaking of the matter yester-
,not thought of it.
domicil was one well known to the offi-
cers of the great-grandfather of the
late Admiral Sir Geolge Tryon, of Her
Majesty’s last month’s lost ship Vic-
toria. and its capacious chimney, shown
in the painting, played a part in con-
nection with Admiral William Tryon's
manoeuverings, and was the scene of a
war incident in the early life of one of
its proprietor’s sons, the young Nathan
Bouton, who afterward removed to
Troy, N.Y., and was the father of Mrs.
Nathan Warren, founder of the Mary
Warren Free Institute of that city, and
the grandfather of the last surviving
member of the immediate family, Dr.‘
Nathan Warren now of lMount Ida, an
eminence which handsomely crowns "
the same flourishing city.
The Warren’s were among the or-
ganizers of the Episcopal Church in
Troy, and the ex-rector of St. Paul’s
has also a copy of a letter written to
the before-mentioned Esaias Bouton,
of Be‘lden’s Point by his grandson Ste-
phen Warren, father of the present
Hon. Joseph M. Warren, and. John
Hobart Warren, Esq., of northern New
York and Phoebe Elizabeth McKean of
Philadelphia, the granddaughter-in-
law of .Thomas McKean, LL.D., Presi-
dent of the Continental Congress. The
letter, which is a fine old-time compo-
sition, is dated Troy, Jan. 22d, 1804, and
portions of it read as follows :
“ HONORED Gnaxnrannnrs: .2: Q
When I contemplate the many acts of
benevolence which you have done, it
fills my heart with gratitude for those
kindnesses which our family have re-
ceived at your hands, and I sincerel
pray that the Supreme Dispenser of a 1
events may richly reward you. . .an
so fit and prepare us, that we may all
meet in happiness in the world above,
where there shall be joy evermore.
We have in contemplation to build an
Episcopal Church, if a sufficient sum
can be collected for that purpose.
There 1s now subscribed about eighteen
hundred dollars in this village. On
the 16th January, the people met and
organized a church, the name of which
is St. Paul s Church, of Troy.”
Your dutiful grandson,
STEPHEN WARREN.
The temple of this mother parish is
now, in 1893. undergoing extensive al-
terations, and will when completed, be,
it is probable, one of the most magnifi-
cent places of worship in the Diocese
of Albany.
Got the Currency.
The Philadelphia Times thus records
the sagacious method adopted by the
Fourth National Bank of that city to
get currency with which to help out
1tself and its customers. It says the
bank has just increased its circulation
$450,000, making its total $1,350,600,
which is the full amount it is legally
entitled to,as the circulation of national
banks is limited to ninety per cent. 0f
their paid-up capital. An official of the
day, said:
“One of the difficulties this ecuntry
is now experiencing is an inadequate
circulation of currency. It is difficult
to get money now and Philadelphia
banks have as much trouble in getting
currency from New York, where we
have a portion of our surplus reserves
on deposit. as New York banks have
xperienced in getting currency from
us. Each wants to hold on to what
they have and get as much more as is
possible.
“We conceived the idea of increas-
ing our circulation without drawing
any currency from New York, and it
was done in this way: We purchased
by draft on our deposit in New York
$500,000 worth of United States six per
cent. bonds, and these we deposited
with the Treasury, and against them
we drew $450,000 new currency. or 90
per cent. of the bonds. The advantage
to us is readily seen. Besides getting
interest on our investment we bought
our Government bonds at a large dis-
count from prices heretofore ruling,
and thus secured nearly a half million
which we can readily. loan at prevailing
rates, and in addition our circulation
is increased just $450,000.”
A number of other banks will follow
the example set by the Fourth National,
and if this is done, it is believed the
money stringency there will be greatly
relieved.
One of the things which wrought the
miracles of renewed confidence and
boom in prices in Wall street yesterday,
says the Press, was the suggestion a
savings bank president made to Presi-
dent Tappanof the Gallatin National
Bank and of the Clearing House Asso-
ciation, that the national banks might
relieve the money stringency by bor- '
rowing government bonds now held by
savings banks, depositing them with
the Secretary of the treasury at Wash-
ington and then issue new currency up
to 90 per cent of the par value of the
bonds, as provided by the National
Banking act. The suggestion was so
simple that it was wonderful others had
A number of national banks prompt-
ly availed themselves of the opportun-
ity to increase their supply of available
funds. Late' 1n the day it was announc-
ed that new national bank notes in
the following amounts would shortly
be issued by the banks named, each
having obtained the necessary govern-
bonds for deposit at Washington:
Fourth “National Bank. $2,000.000
Gallat 750.000
Bank of New York, 300 000
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P311 National nge a ward $333
It is said that the savings banks of
th‘ecity are disposed to 'sell from $10,
000,000, to $12,000,000 of government
in the Iudan city of Naramake, after. [bonds which they now hold for invest- l
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ment on which they obtain an average
rate of less than 3 per cent interest.
The natlonal banks, by depositing these
bonds at Washington, will receive 90
per cent of their face value in new na-
tional bank notes, the soundest cur-
rency in the world.
A savings bank can without loss thus
exchange through a national bank,gov-
ernment bonds for new national bank
notes; As the capital of the combined
national banks of New York city, is
about $680,000,000, entitling the banks
to issue a circulation up to about 8617,
000,000,. a temporary solution of the
present money panic would seem to be
in sight. The New York national bank
circulation now outstanding is about
$162,000,000, leaving more for an in-
crease of over $400,000,000 provided the
bonds can be secured The amount of
government bonds now held for invest-
ment by thesavings banks 18 very large
Hints About firiying.
When driving, you must watch the
road. Turn out for stones, so that the
horse shall not stumble nor the wheels
jolt over them; avoid the mudholes
and places where the going is bad; let
the horse slacken speed when the road
becomes heavy, and if you want to make
up time do it where the ground slightly
demands. ‘
It is a common mistake to think that '
ahorse can haul a carriage easily on the
level. On such a. road he has to be pull-
ing every moment, there is no rest.
Whereas when the road now rises and
now falls the weight 13 taken off him at
times, and he has a. chance to recover
his wind and to rest his muscles. As
between a. level road in a valley andan
up and down road over the hills, the lat-
ter is by far the easier for a. horse to
travel. When you come to a long level
stretch, let y our horse walk a bit' 1n the
middle of it.
Almost everybody knows that for the
first few miles after coming out of the
stable 3. horse should be driven slowly,
and especially if he has just been fed.
On a. journey it is of the utmost impor-
tance to observe this rule. Be careful,
however, not to check a young nag too
quickly when he comes fresh out of the
stable. Give him his head, talk to him
soothingly, and presently he will come
down to a. moderate pace. If you pull
him up at once, you vex him extremely,
so much so that he is not unlikely to
kick—Harper’s Young People.
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Value “’iiisky Above Gold.
There is a law against selling whisky
to the Indians in Alaska, yet fully 200
barrels of the stuff are sold there by the
Whalers and sealers every year. When
the steamer Australia leaves for Hono-
lulu, part of her cargo will consist of 55
barrels of whisky, and it is an open se-
cret that it is sent down to be placed on
the Whalers bound to Behring sea.
The liquor is doctored and adulterated
so that by the time it reaches Alaska it
has doubled in quantity and is a. first
class article of “chain lightning.” The
Indians will 5111; e ev e1 y thing they possess
for the whisky , and the captains find it
far better than gold in trading with the
natives—San Francisco Examiner.
, , A Novel Advertisement.
An advertiser in the Nantucket (Mass)
News, whose ousiness it is to take sum-
mer visitors driv mg, is responsible for
the follow 1119' novel card:
SU RREY.
I‘ m sorry to nut 11 1111 the Swiftsure (which
could tell volumes could it talk), but have pro.
:ured another and better vehicle, in which I
expect to carry sou1 enir and other spoons dur-
mg the season. I will lie at the old stand. at
H. S. ‘Wy er ’5, Federal street, where I shallbe
ready to trade carriage hire for cash with any
who may desire. I’m deafer than ever this sea-
lon. Yours meekly, \VILLIAM ann.
The Strain on the Eye.
There is no reason why a. muscle or
muscles of the eye should not fag out
just as the muscles elsewhere do. Let
one bear a weight all day long, does he
not attribute his consequent headache
to the heavy bfirden he has borne? It
seems without elaborate thinking we
could conceive of the results following
upon prolonged use of the eye. Natuie
has done all she could to protect and
prolong the usefulness of the eye.
No earthly a1 chitect ever yet planned
a structure that would not yield, crum- " .
ble and fall, and the house human, so
exquisitely uplifted 1n curious and mySv
terious ways, falls and returns to dust
more rapidly and surely than need be,
for the reason that we do not realize how
much one part is sustained or over-
thrown by another. One tiny muscle is
potent enough to disturb the whole econ-
omy. especially if intercurrent diseases
exit-2t in addition to “eye strai11-.”—Phil-
udc’phia Record.
New York,
July 31, 1893.
There is nothmg cooler,more
durable, more clean-staying,
and more generally satisfactory
than a coat, vest or trousers,
or suit of Nun’s cloth. We
have them in black or grey
suits $12, coats, $5.
There are plain, handsome
serges, or jaunty fancy cheviots
and worsteds—-everything that
a good store ought to have.
The best of it is that we keep
in sizes all the time; don’t let
our stock- run down as at most 1 ' ‘
Clothiers.
The right sort of hats, shoes 3
and furnishings to go With
them.
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Ladies’ Shirt Waists.
Shirt Waists made 1n silk, lawn, sateen, percales and cambrics at prices never
before known. Note the prices:
A good
plated waist for 19 cts; a regular 500
waist for 33c; a fine percale waist never sold less than 75 cents for 50 cents;
All of our fine lawn and sateen waists reduced in the same proportion.
5111; Shirt Waists.
Silk waists, in China, India and Snrah. in black and colors, all reduced 1n price:
$5 silk waist for $3:
356 silk waist for $4. 50;
$7. 50 and $8 silk waists for $5. 50.
Gentleman’s Outing Shirts.
We have decided to close out our entire line of gentlmen’ s outing and neglige
shirts, and 1n order to do it we have made just two prices on them c’and will sell
all of our cheviot, percale and madras shirts, regular 75c and $100. goods, at 50c- ,
all of our finer goods. in Oxfords, zephyr and French flannels, regular price
from $1 to $1. 75—we will close out at 75c.
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day, or the firstclear day.
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