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AUSTRALlA’S RABBIT WAR.
Mln’s Almost Htipeless Struggle Against
the Pest.
Men have been canonized for a variety
of reasons—some more worthy than
others. There is, or was a man who,
could his name be ascertained to-day.
would receive a left-handed canonization -
by the general acclamation of at least
four millions of his fellow men. He
may have done it innocently; he may
have done it'thoughtlessly; he may even
have done it with the best intentions—
but he introduced wild rabbits into
Australasia! It is certain he could not
have dreamed of the results, as even
now the mischief he has wrought can
hardly be comprehended by the rest of
the world. What he actually did was to
risk the destruction of a continent.
Less than thirty years ago some one,
happily unknown, set at- liberty in the
'olony of New South Wales and in the
.‘outh island of New Zealand, a few Eng-
lish rabbits. He is supposed to have done
this for sporting purposes.
It was several years before much no-
tice was taken of the new colonists.
Then little, by little, the rapid increase
of the newcomers began to be talked
about. ‘ ‘
Runholders in southern New Zealand
were the first to feel the scourge. So
rapid was the increase of the evil after
this that within a year or two it became
the subject of a parliamentary inquiry in
the colonial Legislative Assembly. The
runholders, who generally lease their
land from the State, represented that if
the new plague continued to increase at
the same rate for avery few years the
State property would be almost, if not
quite, valueless as sheep runs, and would
therefore bring in no rents.
The colonial Legislature took alarm
and was both prompt and decisive in its
action. A law was at once passed to
compel each landowuer, or leaseholder,
under heavy penalties, to destroy the
rabbits within proclaimed districts.
Various plans were adopted, but the
one found most successful in New Zeal-
and was to keep packs of trained dogs to
hunt the rabbits. ‘This was carried so far
that on one large run no fewer than 240
dogs and a considerable staff of men
were maintained for some years until the
evil was greatly reduced. Some owners
introduced ferrets, weasels, and stoats
for the same purpose, but the Legisla-
ture interfered to protect the birdsof the
country by preventing these animals
being set at liberty.
With energy and enterprise which,
among the colonies of Australasia, are
characteristic of the people of New Zeal-
and, a use has been found for the rabbits,
large quantities of which are now canned
in various forms for market, while their
skins are exported in quantities which
give an idea of the extent of the plague.
Last year the export of rabbit skins was
officially reported as between seven and
eight millions. These are said to be
worth about two cents each.
A MILE A MlNUTE AT SEA.
A \Velch Inventors Ideas of the Possi-
bilities of the Old-Time Paddle.
To cross the Atlantic in less than three
days. To travel a mil» :1. minute at seal
It is considered by many that the
maximum rate of speed in Atlantic
steamships has been reached new that
the Campania and Lucania can go from
land to land in a few hours more than five
days, but Mr. George Augustus Haig, of
Pen lthon, Newton, Montgomeryshire,
Wales, maintains that steamers can be
built that will make the voyage in two or
three days.
Mr. Haig, who is the senior partner of
a London firm, has devoted much of his
leisure to the study of steam navigation,
and has now prepared plans which dem-
onstrate the practicabilityof driving a ves-
sel through the ocean at the rate of sixty
miles an hour.
Mr. Haig says that the risk of crossing
the Atlantic in a well built, well planned
steamer at the rate of sixty~miles an
hour is considerably less than the risk
run by the Flying Dutchman or the Fly-
ing Scotchman—fast English trains—day
after day. As to the enormous expense
of obtaining a high speed at sea, he
thinks it is because shipowners have rig-
idly adhered to the use of the screw pro-
peller placed only at the stern of the
ship, by which the propelling surface has
of necessity been made very much smaller
than the resisting surface, and, therefore,
much too small even in fine,calm weather,
while there has been no reserve to over-
come head winds and the action of the
waves.
By the plan Mr. Haig proposes he con~
tends the propelling surface can be enor«
mously increased, so that it would greatly
exceed the submerged cross section of
the ship, and consequently there would
be a- large reserve of propelling power to
overcome the intermitting obstructions
of the waves and violent head winds.
Mr. Haig says: I shall no doubt sur-
prise many shipowners when I suggest
that shipbuilders should give up the
screw propeller and return to the long,
discarded paddle wheel, but then it will
be made in a very different position.
Heretofore no one ever thought of util-
izing more than two paddle wheels to
propel a vessel at sea. The larger the
vessel the larger the wheels, and those
wheels were put in the worst possible
position, that is outside the ship, one on
each side at the broadest .part and just
dipping into the water at the very spot
where the rolling of the vessel was sure
to immerse the paddles too deep at one
moment and leave them a few seconds
after with almost no grip of the water,
while if there was a head sea on every
passing wave did the same. Why no more
than two wheels, one on each side, were
used, .I cannot conceive, unless it was
thought, as many scientific men still
think, that the wheel makes a current in
the water, and that one wheel behind an-
other would be useless. That, however,
is an utter fallacy. If a wheel makes a
current then each separate paddle makes
its own separate current.
No paddle wheel steamer ever had more
than two paddle wheels, one on each side.
But I have no such halluciation about
onefpaddle wheel interfering with the ac-
tion of another wheel behind it any more
than six oars on each side of arowing
boat interfere with each other.
Therefore, my plan is to put a great
number of paddle wheels, one behind the
other, in the very centre of the ship’s
length and breadth, in afore and aft line.
making them work into a water channel
between the stem and stem of the ship,
just above the ship’s bottom.
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Had film There.
He—I wonder when you will be able
to set as good a table as my mother
does?
She—By the time you‘ are able to pro-
vide as good a table as your father does,
my dean—Burlington (Iowa) Gazette.
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Food, crisp pastry, delicate cake, good di-
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and it saves money as well.
success has brought numerous imitations.
has trade mark—steer’s head in
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EURLBUTT. .l . liELlHL‘N.
Attorney and Counselor at Law. room 4. (up
stairs) GazfiotteMRu‘ildlng. Norwalk.
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Teas anti Coffees. Specialties.
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MARBLE 1.11:1) .
ATES. P.W.Wator st..N; Steam Stone Works
Monumental and. Bill’s.
Holiday
Presents;
Toys, Games, Sleds, Express
Wagons, China Cups and San-
cers, Children’s Tea Sets. Pre~
sents to suit all ages and pocket-
books. Our goods are placed on
5, 10, 25 and 50c counters so
you can tell at a glance the cost
of any article.
ELK. WILLIAl‘rIS,
15 \Vall Street.
all an Win er.
1894-95..
Better Qualities, Larger Stock
Lowu‘ prices lhauevel‘ before
for cents.
Cum": lull? Shilling
at the old stand of
E. fiissowski.
Corner Wall and “’ater street.
W. C. HULMES,
No7
Practical
Plumber,
Tinner,
Roofer,
All work promptly. thoroughly. and well
done. and at fair and m~>dcrate prices. As I
personally att nd to all orders, I defy compe-
tition in quality of my work or reasonableness
of charge. Give me a call. Remember
W. C. HOLMES,
The “Honest " Plumber.
JAMES' BLOCK WAT B. ST.
Fuller and Tailor.
Fur Coats, Capes and Jackets or.
sale or to order.
SKINS DRESSED Allll DYED!
Ladies' Dresses and suits by ex-
perienced French Mantaumaker.
Good work and very reasonable
prices.
Gents’ Garments repaired, pressed
and cleaned.
The best of wozk and lowest pri-
ces.
Renovating and co .amcting La-
dies Fur l inrmc nth .., syecialty.
and
Water Street.
GIG} .15 PM is .. . JUICE,
. Jain street. Nurn'alk;
Second 1': at.
Charges very reasonable.
All Free ‘
Those who have used Dr. King’s New
Discovery know its value, and those who
have not, have now the opportunity at
try it Free. Call on the advertised Drug-
gist and get a Trial Bottle, Free. Send
your name and address to H. B. Bucklen
8; Co., Chicago, Ill., and get a sample
box of Dr. King’s New Life Pills .Free
’ as well as a‘ copy of Guide to Health and
Household Instructor, Free. All of which
is guaranteed to do you good and cost
you nothing. H. R. Hale’ Drug store.
Mr. and Mrs. William Beckwith of
Bridgeport, are the guests of Alvah
Lockwood, on Belden Avenue.
Some Foolish. illothers
Let their babies cry with colic, giving
mother no rest night or day. How foolish
when Dr. Hand’s Colic cure gives imme-
diate relief to baby. It removes wind
from the stomach, quiets the nerves and
gives restfvl sleep. Mother send to-day
to your drug store for a 250 bottle. Think
of the weary hours it saves you. If baby’s
gums are sore, teething, use Dr. Hand’s
teething. At all druggists 25c.
Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Quarrier, "of
Brooklyn, were guests of Mr. and Mrs.
' IV. F. Bishop, over New Year.
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It 11101] Do as Much for You.
Mr. Fred Miller, of Irving, 111., writes
that he had a severe kidney trouble for
many years, with severe pains in his
back and also that his bladder was affect-
ed. He tried many so called kidney
cures but without any good result. About
a year agohe began the use of Electric
Bitters and found relief at once. Electric
hitters is especially adapted to cure all
kidney and liver troubles and often gives
almost instant relief. One trial will
prove our statement. Price only 50c fc r
H. R. Hale’s drug store.
The Misses Bates, of Smith’s college,
are guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Our-
tis, of West avenue.
Mothers Read Tin“
“My child is subject to severe attacks
of diarrhoea. During the last sickness.
Dr.Hand’s Diarrhoea Mixture was freely
given and an immediate cure resulted
It would have required a dozen visits of
a physicians, as on former occasions. I
believe Dr. Hand’s remedieswould have
saved the life of the child I lost, had
they been within my reach at the time
of its sickness.” Mrs. F. H. Bennett,
722 New street, Camden, N. J. They are
splendid children’s remedies 25 cents.
. All drugstores.
Mrs. P. T. Barnum is reported ill in
i a private hospital in England.
”Bucklln’s Armca Salve.’
The Best ”Salve in the world for Cute
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum
Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands
Chil‘olaine, Corns and all Skin Erup
tions, and positively cures Piles. or no
Payrequired. It is guaranteed to give
perfectsatisfaction,or money refunded
Price 25 cents per box. For Sale b8
:21. B. Hale
It was an ideal New Years day!
Bright and sunny.
RELIEF IN srx HOURS.
Distressing Kidney andl :Bladder
diseases relieved in six hours by the
“New Great South American Kidney
Cure.” This new remedy 1819. great
surprise on account of itsexceeding
promptness in relieving pa1n in the
bladder, kidneys, back and every part
of the urinary passages in male or
female. It relieves retention of water
and pain in passing it almost immediate-
ly. If you want quick relief and cure
this is your remedy. Sold by G. A.
Gregory 8; Co., Druggists, Norwalk,
Conn., 38 Wall street. 996y
Bates’ Market,
Have reduced expenses to the low-
est possible notch and am selling a1—
kinds of meats from ten to twenty
per cent cheaper that other markets,
giving you equal quality. C all and
see for yourselves.
Bates’ Market,
5 Water Street.
SEASON or 1895' g
Crafty, No. 12,022.
BECORD:2.13}.{.
Sire Kentucky Wilkes. No. 1857, Record
2.21%. Dam Argo by Electioneer. No. 126. Ser-
vwe. $35.00.
Bay Baron, N 0. 82,57.
RECORD, 2,19%,
Sire Baron Wilkes. No. "‘58, D ‘ '
Wilkes by George Wilkes. 4‘No. 511311 Sgiti‘idg
$20. W. B. E. LOCKWOOD. Jr.
Norwalk. Conn.
Gees Pools and Closets.
Cleaned in a reasonable and
expeditious manner. Address
is :m '6. H. H..”.Norwa.lk P. 0.
Horse Shoeing.
The undersi’ned has taken the shop in
the! nt of . T. Bub ’s on Cross street.
ndi prepared to do arse shoeing in a
rye-21w manner.
John '1‘. Lycett.
BEN BOLT.
Oh! don‘t you remember sweet Alice Ben
Bolt, .
Sweet Alice whose hair was so brown.
Who wept with delight when you gave her a
smile .
And trembled with fear at your frown?
In the old churchyard in the valley,
Bolt,
In a corner obscure and alone,
They have fitted a slab of the granite so gray
And sweet Alice lies under the stone.
Ben
gnder the hickory tree, Ben Bolt,
Which stood at the foot of the hill,
Together we’ve lain in the noonday shade
And listened to Appleton’s mill.
The mill wheel has fallen to pieces, Ben Bolt,
. The rafters have tumbled in.
And a quiet that crawls round the walls as
you gaze
I-Ias followed the olden din.
And 13101111 you remember the school, Ben
o . -
With the master so cruel and grim.
And the shaded nook in the running brook.
Where the children went to swim?
Grass grows on the master’s grave,
Bolt;
The spring of the brook is dry.
And 02 all the boys who were schoolmates
t en
There are only you and I.
Ben
There is change in the things Iloved. Ben
Bolt;
They have changed from the old to the
new.
But Ifeel in the depths of my spirit the
truth—
There never was change in you.
Twelve months, twenty, have passed, Ben
Bolt,
Since first we were friends—yet I hail
Thy presence a blessing, thy presence a
truth,
Ben Bolt of the salt sea gale.
—Thomas Dunn English.
SAVED BY A PET BEAR.
A Catamount \Vas Killing Berger \Vhen
His Wife’s Favorite Appeared.
The surveyors stood spellbound. They
could not grasp the situations. The bear
to all appearances was as savage as any
in the mountains, and was covered with
blood. One of the party finally broke
the ice by shouting at-the top of his voice
and attracted the attention of both the
man and the hear. The man signalled to
the surveyors to come to him. The party
crossed the stream and found that the
man was Jacob Berger, and that he was
severely wounded about the head and
body. One arm was broken and his back
was badly sprained. He could not rise.
The bear in the meantime watched the
strangers closely, but offered no objeo
tion, to their advances after being cau-
tioned by Berger. After the surveyor had
taken Berger to his home, to which they
had been followed by the bear, he told
his story:
Berger first explained that Davy, the
bear, was perfectly domesticated and was
his wife’s particular pet. She had a pc-
culiar fondness for mountain animals,
and in a stockade near the cabin she has
asort of domestic menagerie. Davy has
long been her favorite, and also that of
her daughters. This is accounted for by
the fact that the bear has acted as senti-
nel at the house and stood guard in the
absence of the woodsman. He had never
been very familiar with Berger himself,
and how he happened to accompany him
that morning could not be' explained.
Berger left home that morning to inspect
some timber land. He had gone some
distance into the woods when he noticed
that the hear was folIOWing him. The
bear kept a respectable distance in the
rear and evinced no desire to cultivate
terms of intimacy. In this way the pair
pushed through the woods until the bank
of the creek was reached. Berger stopped
here for a moment, partly ,to find a safe
place to ford the stream, and partly to
view the timber. He was so engrossed
that he did not hear or notice a. large cat-
amount creeping along the limb or a tree
above his head. He was about to move
away when suddenly the catamount leap-
ed upon him. The animal struck Berger
squarely between the shonlders, and
knocked him violently to the ground.
The teeth and the claws of the catamount
tore his flesh; his arm was broken by the
fall, and he was unable to offer any re-
sistance. Just when he had made up
his mind that he was done for, he heard
a low grunt, the brush was swept aside,
and old Davy came upon the scene. The
bear leaped savagely upon the catamount
and a terrible battle between the two
beasts followed.
The cat was a large one, and fought
viciously, and tore bruin badly in his
efforts to release himself. It was without
avail, however. Davy had suffered sev~
eral severe scratches, and he was greatly
aroused. He tore the cat into pieces, and
chewed the carcass into fragments. He
was still engaged tearing at the remains
of the catamount when the surveyors
came along.
The Inferiorily of Woman.
Mr. Hall Caine, whose recent state-
ments regarding the inferiority of woman
attracted some attention, has called down
upon his unlucky head a spirited re-
joinder from John Strange \Vinter (Mrs.
Stannard). In the commencement of her
literary career, Mrs. Stannard says in the
Young \Voman, her father died, leaving
the family without a penny. She lived
far from London and had no friends to
help her in the literary world. “Yet, be-
fore I was thirty, my name was known
all over the English speaking world. I
have married, brought children into the
world, ruled my house, sold a million and
a half of books, kept up an enormous
circle of friends, helped several charities
and many strugglers both in kindness and
in influence, have kept my house better
than mest women, and have a husband
and children who worship me and are
never really happy unless in my actual
presence.” '
“0n the other hand,” Mrs. Stannard
proceeds, “you have Mr. Hall Caine, who
is a small, fragile man, who cannot work
in London, who, by his own showing,'is
thoroughly exhausted by the ,effort of
writing a single book, a bundle of nerves
and fancies. He began his literary career
with an enormous advantage over me.
He has a wife to mind his house, and to
bolster him up when his nerves get too
much for him. I fail to see where his im-
mense superiority over me comes in.”—
VVestminster Budget.
The Crucial Test Bad Been Omitted.
“Your Highness,” said the menial,
“the man with a bullet-proof shirt is in
waiting in the anteroom.”
“Show him in.”
Meekly the inventor entered.
“Has this garment been subjected to
every possible test?” inquired the poten-
mm.
“It has, please Your Majesty.”
“Er—has it been to the steam laun-
dry?”
The inventor fell to the floor in a.
swoon. “Foiled, again,” said he n he
fell. .‘ ‘
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Boys wanted to sell the GAZETTE.
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But they are few and far between II you
are up-to-catc- enough to know that good
durable ShOCo, such as we sell. are cheap-
er in the long run, than the trashy kinds
This week we are offering great bargains
and it will pay you to drop in and 100k
Trolley cars pass the
at some of them.
door.
H. OLSEN
The Leading Shoe Dealer,
8| Washington Street, So. Norwalk.
Siiiltllallllt Flour.
THE. BEST FLOUR MAD'lll _
S . HIS FLOUR has stood the test, and been at the
:14; ES; head for the last twenty years. It will make
w more Bread and Better Bread than any other
Flour made.
TIVE FLOUR. A11 grocers have it.
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Be sure and get the JONES SUPERLA—
WHOLESALE AGENTS :
THE HOLMES, KELLER. &
SELLECK co.
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bottle
liver, and kidneys. _ '
is selling in vast quantities, .
the monthly increase of sales is over 400 per cent.
for this immense popularity,
will cure you. '
$900. Made by the sole proprietors,
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offer the best remedy in the world, sell it in an honest measure
(full pint), warrant it to cure all diseases of the blood, stomach,
It is curing thousands who otherw15e might die. It
one dealer ordering 300 dozen in one lot, and
Now, there’s a reason
and that reason is Merit. Clover Bitters
Full pint bottle, $1.00; 6 bottles,
All dealers sell it.
Clover l'ledicine Co., Augusta.
-.- 5“”) I‘m-,1 A»
ish it at once by using PERRY La» is’
501d and us
by itself.
‘2'» .4 of
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The Woman in White
Was one of Wilkie Collins’ best books, but the
Ladies of N orwalk are unanimous in their state.-
ment that she
Is Not In
It with the large and elegant stock of Ladies’
and Children’s fine shoes to be found at
The White Store
Here
Of Olsen Bros. in the GAZETTE Building.
Everything from a pair of Storm Boots to the
daintiesl. Slipper can be found at prices that de. .
fy competition. As for Christmas presents, there
is no need of looking elsewhere after visiting
the s ore of
01.an BROS. ‘
Gazette Building.
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