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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-10-29
Swindled by Bogus Nutmecs,

A week ago a spruce, business looking young man, carrying a sachel full of nut megs, struck Detroit. He put up at one of the best hotels, ordered champagne with his dinner, and later called on we'll known wholesale grocer.
 "Here are few samples of large amount of nutmegs which I own and am 7disposing of cheaply-thTty nine cents pound, while the regular price is forty four cents,n he said, opening the grip
 The grocer thought he saw bargain as did several other wholesale grocers to whom the samples were shown. He bought con- signment, paid cash and put them in stock A few days after the stranger had left town the grocer chanced to sample one. The nut meg looked all right and smelled all right, but it had no taste. Several were sent to a chemist for analysis. It was found that the that the stranger had gone one better than the olden nutmeg story, They were pecan nuts. They had been picked while green, dried and boiled in mixture containing pulverized nutmeg, which gave them the same appearance and flavor as the genuine. The grocer, with several others who had been duped, got their heads together, agreed to keep quiet and raised sum to hunt the swindler down. He hasn't been found, but the story is out-Detroit Journal ''"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-10-29
Cut Of from Communication.

Late last spring the two cable lines that connect Australia with the northern hemis- phere suddenly and simultaneously ceased to work, and the island continent was for q time cut off from instantaneous communi- cation with the older world. The fact that both cables on the same day failed to render their usual service was regarded as a re- markable coincidence and excited alarm. Letters from Melbourne say the opinion was general that this strange coincidence was either the result of a great convulsion at the bottom of the ocean or was the work of an enemy; and every Australian govern ment lost no time in putting it's defenses in the best possible condition. It was not long, however, before placidity of mind was re stored by the discovery that nature. and not
 man, was responsible, In the great volcanic belt south of Java, where the two cables lie within forty miles of each other, they had been simultaneously fractured, it is supposed by some tremendous submarine disturbance New York Sun,
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-10-29
To IIal1e Good Stick Candy.

"What is the most particular branch of candy manufacturer was asked.
 'The stick department"
 "Why sop
 "Because the greatest skill, strength and judgment arc needed to make good stick candy. No man can learn to make stick candy after he is grown. don't know why it is, but man who Is stick candy maker always learned his trade when he was a boy. None grow old in it, either. You seldom see an old candy maker. Most who learn the trade set up small retail places of their own. It is far easier to start a business on almost no capital in the candy line than in any other. barrel of sugar, few favors, Q little butter and cream will start a man in his own little factory. In stick candies the only adulterations possible are in colorings and fayors. The stock must bo pure, first quality sugar."
 In great room at long marble slabs stood fifty or more skilled workers. At the head of each table lay great mass of warm candy ready to be converted into sticks On the outside the candy makers put on the coloring that indicated the flavor. Winter green was striped with red, the lemon with pure white. The narrow stripes and broad stripes were arranged in big splatches. With aidexterous twist the largebunch was length ened into round sticks of the size one sees in the glass jars on the candy sellers shelves The stripes came out perfectly adiusted-one broad and several narrow.
 "Only years of practice can do that" de- clared the foreman.-Chicago Herald,
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-10-29
Going Out with tho Tide.

There is a belief that the soul of man lin gers on the threshold of eternity until the turn of the tide, and then, as the waves re- cede, it goes out from the corporeal clod to float forever in the golden haze. Thus arises tho question, "Do mems souls go out with the tides" You know this superstition has long existed, and there are living right here amongst us hundreds of people who believe in 1t, You remember, when Dickens was alive, he was familiar with this superstition, and ill bis novel, David Copperf1eld," he does not let "Darkis" (who was So wiIlin' to marry Clara Peggottyl die until the turning of the tide in order to confirm the supersti- tion on this point; and Shakespeare makes Mrs. Quickly, in Henry VI speaking of Sir John Falstaff, say; "A parted even lust be- tween F and ], cen at the turning O the tide"
 Right here in our own New England states a physician whom know of makes this startling statement: "Within the last five years, in a district embracing sixty square miles or so by the sea, have noted the hour and the minute of no less than ninety three demises in my own immediate practice, and every soul of them has always gone out with the tide, save four who died by accident It is a riddle-a mystery. But l. who have sat with my finger on the wrist of many feeble
 
 strengthen or sink and vanish with the turn ing of the tide, know that it is fact" This is the only piece of evidence, outside the statements of the romancers, that has been secured. I know that this doctor is a con seientious man, but he admits himself that it is riddle and Q mystery. Doctors-the most learned In Boston and New York-have as sured me that the result of this investigation. heretofore alluded to, is simply coinei- dence.
 Its superstitious hosh," that's the unani- nous verdict, and the condemnation, like all doctors affirmatives or negatives, is sweep ing. t'It's bosh, and that settles itw is their way of thinking, Doctors tell me they find i'll their practice scores of enlightened, intel ligent people who watch the action of the tides more closely than they do the move ment of the pulse, and if the patient fingers after it has turned they heave a sigh of relief and say: "He will live till the tide comes in again." No amount of argument will con- vince these people that such is mistaken notion; the superstition is too firmly rooted D. J. McGrath in Boston Globe.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-10-29
Delights of the ,Jinrikisha,

In a farming country like Japan, where in the best districts the roads are as smooth as a..foor, jinrikisha travel affords the joliest of opportunities for observation. The jinrikisha, Q Chinese invention, is an evergrown doll ehaise, of a size to carry one or two men, and drawn by team of one, two or three Japs. I never tried the double seated article, but can vouch for the delights of the jinrikisha solo. A rubber air cushion Is desirable for the small of the back, and two lively and ambitious men for motors, They whisk you over the road at 2 steady pace of six miles an hour on the level-sometimes exceeding that rate-and win average nearly five miles on mixed grades. I have one record of 93-5 miles made in hour and 2a minutes by a single man on a level.-American Agri- culturist,
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-10-29
THE SOLDIERS OF JAPAN.
She NIikado Availing Himself of the
 Forces of Modern Civilization.

Forces of Modern Civilization.
 The arsenal of Koishikawa is Woolwich on smaller scale, with 100 rifles and 10000 cartridges for its days work; the dock yard at Yokosuka is not behind Woolwich and Portsmouth in much except size, and first rate torpedo boats and the most elaborate modern ordnance are turned out there with the regularity of Armstrong or Krupp; the Armstrong cruisers lying off Tokio bay are almost the finest vessels of their class afloat, and could make matchwood of any British vessels here except the flagship, and they are manned and oficered entirely by Japanese seamen; while the war department has Rt least 40 900 men under arms at this moment and on q declaration of war could put 100, 900 troops of all arms, and perhaps many more, in the field, with weapons equal to any car ried today except the latest repeating rifles, all of whom would have served at least a year with the colors, and the majority for three years, and who would make desperate fight against any army in the world. Yet twenty-five years ago Japanese soldiers wore huge, grotesque, iron mask helmets to frlghuen the enemy, chain and lacquer armor to turn bis blows, their great shoulder cannon would have been antiquated in England at the time of the Armada, and they were led by man with fam
 Tokio is almost as full of soldiers as Metz; there is hardly five minutes in the day when you cannot hear bugle blown somewhere; mounted orderlies are always trotting about; sentries stand on guard almost as thick as in France, and the groups and troops of young soldiers in their white summer suits and Hat German caps, with red or yellow bands, soon become the most familiar objects in the city The men themselves are neither so short nor so slight as had expected, and their resemblance in dress and face and build to 9 company of South German recruits was startling at first sight. In their gymnastics, which are very regular and thorough, they are as good as Germans, which is saying a good deal, and when stripped for these they show solidly built, well developed bodies exactly what Americans call ''stocky.n The rigid precision and frequency of their salutes, too. would satisfy a continental martinet. But the one paramount impression that is left by careful and fairly complete personal examination of the Japanese army is its re- semblance to similar forces in England,
 As for the performances of the troops them selves, have never seen the infantry manual and platoon exercises better done, and say this with full recollection of seeing crack Prussian infantry at drill every day for months The marching and company drill, too, was first rate. If one made any criticism 1t would be that the wheeling in line was somewhat unsteady, and that the marching at ease four and six deep through the streets shows the slovenlipess af their French model, -Tokio Cor New York World,
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-10-29
BASEMENT FLOOR.

Owing to the very unreasonable weather, we have been fortunate ill securing Stylish Dress Fabrics at ruinous prices to the i'm porters and manufacturers. The following are only few of many bargains we can show you which never fails to interest thrifty buyers The goods cannot be duplicated for twice the money: case Pin Head Checked Flannel
 10c worth 25c 3 cases 3e inch All Wool Flannels
 and Tricots 25c worth 45c case 42- inch Broad Cloth soc worth 75c case Combination Cloth Suit
 ings 4lc worth SIC 42-inch All Wool Henrietta Cloth
 Suitings, Newest Shades 45c GA All Wool Flannels, Staple
 and Fancy Shades at 4Sc 6-4 Very Fine and Heavy Flannels 63c GA Broad Cloth Suitings and
 Tricotines S5c worth $1.25 latest Shadings s19O worth S3. co 1 case French Lyonaise Moire
 Effect Suitings only 7Se Several cases of Domestic Dress
 Goods and Cashmeres at 6c. Sc and 1Oc Black Dress Goods Department In this Department we have been ac- knowledged as the headquarters for years. The pregent enormous assortment is ahead of any collection ever shown before in Connecticut, embracing all the latest effects, both in Staple and Fancy Weaves. 4O-inch All Wool Cashmere 374c and uI All Wool Henrietta Cloths at
 42c, 45c, 5Gc, 574c, 62c, 69c, S2C Silk Warp Henrietta Cloths at
 85c, 95c, Sl, S1.15, S1.25 $1.35, $1.5( All Wool Sebastapoel Cloth at
 47c, 56c, 62c and 75t 8 New Fancy Effects in Moire,
 Stripes and Corduretts for
 75c, 95c, 95c, $l, $1.10, $1.15 and sig Silk Warp Drep. de Alma
 Cloth S5c, S1 and $1.2 Silk, Satin, Plush and Velvet Deparment' complete in every detail.
 All wanting to purchase Blankets, Com fortables, White Bed Spreads, Lace Cur tains, Linens or Domestics within thre, months will save many dollars by visiting these Departments during This week.
 CONLON BROS & co.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-10-29
ONE TOUCH OF NATURE.
English CaSalrymen and Zulu Babies-Sol-
 diers and Pappooses.

English CaSa1rymen and Zulu Babies-Sol-
 diers and Pappooses-
 Two or three months ago several thousand Zulus rebelled against their British con- querors and swept across a part of the coun- try. laying waste the homes of all who would not join them. A large number of loyal Zulus took refuge in police fort at Nwande, to which the insurgents at once lad siege, and Gen. Smyth sent flying column com posed of the Enniskillen dragons and the Thirteenth Hussars to relieve the beleaguered people The cavalry soon dispersed the rebels, and as they had orders to abandon the station they escorted the poor fugitives to place of safety.
 It was painful work toiling over the parched prairies in the blazing sun, and many q mother with a baby in her arms suf- fered severely as she struggled along trying to keep up with the column. But soon the Enniskillens and the hussars came to the rescue Then the spectacle was presented of bronzed and hardy regulars, each with brown baby in his arms or balanced on his horses neck before him, while the grateful mothers trudged alongside reassuring their trembling infants, who were inclined to dis trust their new protectors. It is safe to say that by this kindly act the English soldier stood revealed to these humble sufferers from former British invasions in a light they had never dreamed of before.
 On bitter cold day in November, 1862, about thousand Sioux women and children, under the escort of volunteer troops, were nearing the end of their logg march to Fort Smelling, Minn. They were the families of the captive braves who had been engaged i'll the terrible massacre of the preceding sum- mer. Uncle Sam had been fighting the Sioux instead of feeding and clothing them, and now the innocent among them, ill their thin and ragged blankets, were suffering for the crimes of their husbands and fathers. As the mournful procession encountered the icy winds of Ten Mile prairie, the little children began to cry most piteously. The sight of their helpless distress moved the boys in blue, as by one impulse, to carry out instant mea- sures of relief. Every blanket was un- strapped from the knapsacks, scores of over coats were thrown off the shoulders of brave men who really needed them, and soon every child in the caravan was wrapped in the thickest of woolens; and the least hardy of the captives were slowed away under the shelter of the canvas covered baggage wagons. Only little while before these sol diers had been targets at Yellow Medicine, Birch Coolie and half dozen other places, for the bullets of the red men whose families they now did their best to succor.
 The rough, hard life of the soldier ill a campaign is not inconsistent with the exer- else of the most humane sentiments-New | York Sun.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-10-29
CLOAK AND SUIT PARLOR
 FLOOR.
Carnival for Cloak Buyers.

Our extraordinary sale of Ladies', Misses and Children Suits, Cloaks, Jackets, Mod jeskas, Wraps and Raglans during the past week are entirely attributable to the exceptional values, and the exquisite styles we are offering. We claim superiority in every point in this Department. Our prices and styles will eclipse all former Efforts The newest and finest garment gill' be sold without regard of cost. PREACHING WITHOUT PRACTICE DOES NOT CONVERT. Proclaiming bar gains attracts intending buyers who came to leave and never come again. Our gen. uiness and reality of our offering is the cause of our success,
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-10-29
It Destroys the Illusion.

Ada Rehan has been telling a reporter in Paris that an actress and her husband set her thinking of a rose and a caterpillar. "Seri- ously, 1 think it mistake for actresses to marry-at all events young. It destroys the spectators illusions to know that the lovely heroine he has been feasting his eyes on is tho mother of six children. Besides marriage must distract 2 woman from her art. p-- Brooklyn Eagle.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-10-29
License Application.

,o Town Clerks office, Waterbury, Conn., October so' ISSS.-Ihls is to certify that John N Morgan mas hled an application to sell spirituous and in i;oAlcatlng hquors at No 275 East Main street and IS endorsed by John K. Northrop, John NJ. Nit GheIl, Charles Maher John P. McNamara and Jam James Brownlee, five electors and tax payers in
 JAMES C. WHITE. Town Clerk
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-10-29
License Application.

Town Clerks Office, Waterbury, Conn, October 26, 1SSs,-This is to certify that Hannah Cass, has filed an application to sell spirituous and intox- icating liquors at No 35 Railroad Hill street and is endorsed by William Heating, Thomas Goss, John Kenny John Shanahan and John Doran, five electors and taxpayers of said town.
 JaMEs O, WHITE, Town Clerk
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-10-29
License Application.

Town Clerks Office, Waterbury, Conn. October 26 SS,-This is to certify that Margaret o'Neill has filed an application to sell spiIituous and in- toxicating liquors at No IF South Main street and is endorsed by H. W. Brown, William Coss, Thomas Neil, William Kennedy and Patrick Scad dea five electors and taxpayers of said town.
 JAMEs c. WHITE, Town Clerk
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-10-29
License Application.

Town Clerks office, Waterbury, Conn.,, October 26; 1SSS,-This is to certify that Nicholas J. Wen and intoxicating liquors at American Hotel No = Grand street, and is endorsed by H. Precht, H. Fischer, l. Rick, F. Marggraff and Alb Noeth- CT, live electors and tax payers in said town
 JAMES C. WHITE Town Clerk
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-10-29
License Application.

Town Clerks office, Waterbury, Conn.,. October 26, 1SSS-ThiS is to cel tifY that William Daly has filed an application to sell spirituous and intoxi eating liquors at No II Baldwin street and is en- dorsed by Patrick Phelan, Fnton Phelan, Daniel E. Cronin, Finton Delaney and Edward Hyland five electors and tax payers in said town.
 JAMES c. WHITE, Town Clerk
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-10-29
License Application.

n. Town Clerks office, Waterbury, Conn, October s6, ioSo'-This IS to certify that D. T. Hart has nle an application to sell spiritueus and intoxi- catng liquors a: No. 127 Bank street. and is en- 9orsed py Dennis BlakeSlee, F. w. Haase Will nam S. Jones, Thomas +. Jackson and Dennis A. Magraw, five electors and tax payers in said town.
 JAMES C. WHITE Town Clerk
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-10-29
License Application.

Town Clerks office, Waterbury, Conn., October 26, 1SSS.-This is to certify that James E. Watts has hled an application to sell spirituous and in- and is endorsed by John Watts, John Bahen John Carlon, Louis H. Smith and Edward Bren man, live electors and tax payers in said town
 JAMES c. WHITE Town Clerk
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-10-29
License Application.

,e Town SS Clerks office, Waterbury, Conn.,, October has filed an application to sell sprituous and in toAlcatmg liquors at No 35 Baldwin street, and IS IS. endorsed by Maurice Harrington, Edward irlerce Maurice Noonan, Elisha SeYery and Will liam J Schlegel, five electors and taxpayers in
 JAMES c. WHITE. Town Clerk
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-10-29
License Application.

Tswn Clerks office. Waterbury, Conn.,, October 20 1SSS.-This is to certify that John Moran has filed an application to sell spirituous and intoxi- eating liquors at No, 70 Dublin street. and is en- dorsed by John Roper Michael Moran, Ed Rush, John Loughlin and Hugh Loughlin five electors anb tax payers in said town.
 JAMES c. WHITE Town Clerk,
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-10-29
License Application.

Town Clerks Office Waterbury, Conn, October 26, 1Ss8.-This is to certify that Michael Bannon toxicating iquors at No q Phoenix avenue and is endorsed by N. W. Caswell, Edward Bately, Martin Tracy Thomas Delaney and Charles R. Bannon, five electors and Taxpayers in said town.
 JAMES c. WHITE Town Clerk
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-10-29
License Application.

Town Clerks office, Waterbury, Conn.,, October 70, lSSo.-This is to certify that Thomas Malley has hled an application to sell spirituous and in IoXlcatlng liquors at No. IS Bridge street. and is endorsed by John Hayden. Charles Thatcher John Flaherty, Lyon E. Lewis and Andrew F. Sullivan, five electors and tax payers in said town.
 JAMES c. WHITE, Town Clerk
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-10-29
License Application

o Town Clerks office Waterbury, Conn, October 70, lsSe-Ihls Is to certify that Frank M. Ehle toXcatng liquors at No. 15 Scovill street, and is endorsed endorsed by William kiether, Martin A. Pond, SnaF!es @ Bltz, John Draher and William Nor
 JAMEs c. WHITE. Town Clerk
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-10-29
License Application.

, Town Clerks office, Waterbury, Conn., October Eo, lSss:IThis is to certify that William H. Col intoxicating liquors at No. 135 South Main street, ana IS endorsed by John Mullen, William Collins TatTlck IT McMahon, John Moriarty and John B. Nallee, five electors and tax payers in said town
 JAMES c. WHITE. Town Clerk
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-10-29
License Application.

Town Clerks office, Waterbury, Conn.,, October 26 1SSS-This is to certify that Patrick Hackett has filed an application to sell spirituous and in toxicating liquors at 324 East Main street, and is endorsed by Henry Corden, Edward Mullings, Anthony Blackburn, Henry J. Munson, Michael Muholland five electors and tax payers in said town.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-10-29
License Application.

Town Clerks Office, Waterbury, Conn., October 26 1SSS-This is to certify that Peter Bennett has icating liquors at No II Union street and is en- dorsed by John Calvin, Theodore Bradley, Ter ence Lyman, Michael Ryan and Thomas Moran five electors and taxpayers of said town
 JAMES C. WHITE Town Clerk
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-10-29
License Application.

Town Clerks office, Waterbury, Conn, October has filed an application to sell spirituous and in toxlcating liquors at No. 132 South Main street, and is endorsed by William k. Beecher James James Thompson, five electors and tax payers in said town.
 JAMES C. WHITE. Town Clerk
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-10-29
License Application.

Town Clerks office, Waterbury, Conn.,, October 26, 18SS.-This is to certify that John Bergin has filed an application to sell spirtuous and intoxi- eating liquors at Ne. 49 South Main street, and is endorsed by James F. Phalan, James Carty> Thomas Carty, Thomas Baldwin and Patrick McAvoy, five electors and tax payers in said town,
 JAMES c. WHITE, Town Clerk
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-10-29
Conlon Bros. & Go.
 BOSTON Dry Goods, Shawl, Cloak and Suit Store. And HOusekeepers' Emporium
Entrance Floor ! All Marked Down! This Week Will be a Week for
 Bargain.
THE FATES CONSPIRE TO GIVE THE
 PUBLIC VALUE.

THE exceptionally unfavorable weather which retarded business and been so dis astrous to manufacturers depressing prices to low water mark, impels us to inangurate to-morrow a colossal clearing sale of new Fresh Fall Goods.
 In anticipation of this great sale our vigilant buyers have secured from embar- rassed manufacturers the choicest lines of goods at ridiculourly low prices, all of which will be offered tomorrow at amaz- ingly low figures.
 Profuse and perfect assortment of lovely outfits for the little ones;
 Children's Heavy Uuderrests He Children's Heavy Wool Ribbed Hose, no
 seams, regular price BOG, at l1c Children's Heavy Wool Mittens 12!c Children,s Fancv Jersey Gloves i5c Children's Woolen Hoods lOc Children's Toboggan Caps 14c Children's Steamer Caps 20c Children's Russian Caps 30c Children's Jockey Caps 4oc Children's Fine Plush Hoods 62c Infants Long Dresses +, 19 and 2lc Infants Flannel Skirts 29c Infants Short Sacques 23c Infants Knit Bootees S9c Children's Flannel Night-DraweIs tOc Misses, Co1sets 15c Children's Short Cloaks soc Infants Long Cloaks 75c
 "Once customer always customer might well be our motto, ladies who visit our store once invariably become re- gular customers.