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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-12-06
Settling with a Cheek.

A man living in an outlying district near Concord, N. H., recently opened Q bank &C., count in that city, depositing $500. He was given liberal quantity of checks, which he used so ignorantly that he was soon brought up and told that he had overdrawn. When asked to settle, with great indignation he made this characteristic reply: Didn't you give me all these checks, which are not half used? If owe you anything I will draw a check and pay you."-Springfeld Repuh- lican
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-12-06
A Barre, Making Machine.

A Philadelphia man has invented ma- chire that, with the help of six hands, will turn out as many barrels in O day as sixty men can make. The machine has been suc- cessfully operated, and coopers are taking 8 good deal of interest in it. If it proves financially successful it will probably revo- lutionize the cooper's strade.-Chicago Herald.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-12-06
THE SEA.

The word of the sweetest songs, and all songs, That strong and delicious word which, creeping
 to my feet, The sea whispered me.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-12-06
New England Disenfectant Co'

are now prepared to furnish all kinds of Deoderizer and Disenfectant and sure preventative for Buffalo Bugs and Moth Wax and all kinds pertaining to the business; and furthermore our teams oo all business between sunrise and sunset, and have control of all Disenfectants used in the Naugatuck Valley, Meriden, Dan
 bury and New Britain.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-12-06
WAT PERJURY MEDICAL INSTITUTE,


 Sunday, to p. m. CHRONIC COMPLAINTS, SURGICAL
 DISEASES AND FEMALE DIFFl-
 CULTIES, SPECIALT1ES.
 The Institute is in charge of skilled and eXper fenced physicians in their several specaltleS. They prepare their own medicines and use nothing but the purest vegetable extracts. Though educated in the regular school ot practice they do not contine themselves to medicine alone, but use ELECTRICITY, MAGNETISM, MASS AGE, BATHS, etc, and are supphed with all the modern instru uments and scientific appliances to effect rapid and permanent cure, in other words THE INSIITUTkIS IS ECLECTIC, gas7~ Their combination method of healing the sick and curing diseases is most successful and su perior to all others.
 The Doctors can always be consulted in the strictest confidence on the most delicate medical subject. ,.-, Ladies married or single. requiring skillful medical services, should call at the Institute be- fore going elsewhere Terms moderate.
 sR Ali letters promptly answered. Everything strictly confidential. Address with stamps, Water bury Medical Institute 52 Bank St. Waterbury, Conn.
 N B-References and testimonials of recent remarkable cures in Waterbury and vicinity furnished on application.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-12-06
The Debating Society.

The Schwenksville Debating society re- gently wrestled several hours at the question, ''Why do handbooks have so many footnotes in them4"-Shoe and Leather Reporter.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-12-06

Cauliaower seed are eight times as valua- ble by weight as silver. They sell at $S an ounce.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-12-06

Gold was first coined in Christendom in 1s2O.s
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-12-06
HEADQUARTERS FOR RUBBER GOODS.

Mems Woonsocket rubber boots, double
 thick ball, 1st quality SS.oo Mems Woonsocket rubber boots, double
 thick ball, 2d quality 2.oo Mems extra heavy rubber boots, best bar
 gain ever offered in Waterbury l.o9 We Give Every Customer Buying a Pair of
 Rubber Boots a Pair of Slippers. Ladies' rubbers % Mems congress and lace shoes 50 We have 500 cases of these shoes and every pair
 cost over S1 to make them. Misses school shoes, II to 2s 9o < ch;,d,s ato 1-2 65 These shoes are spring heel or with heel We are retailing boots and shoes at wholesale
 prices.
 R AMEIIl,
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-12-06
Before and After.

When a man is going out to the races he calls them spointers." When he comes back he calls them "disappointers.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-12-06
N. Il. < II. Railroad Time Table.

VI AAb 4kuAAA VuV x1ulU luUlCa
 NOV. II, 1SSS
 Trains Leave Waterbury as Follows. New 1ork-605 S.26, 10.54 a. m 24s GOT. n m. sunday, 4.15 D. m. heIufn o.ol, $, a m; 1, 4.02, eos D m New Haven-G.05, S.26, 1O.54 a. m.: e.42. sos p.,a Return. 7.2o, 9.55 m 235 5S5. TS5 pm brldgeport-605 S-26, 1O54 a. m: 24s scr. Sur day. 4.15 p. m. O0'' '"- Return z. .15, 952 a. m. 9 23 s ao P a-. n VI, Sunday, S.15 a. m f " Ansonia-6O5 S.a6, 1O54 a m o4o so1 n , Sunday 4.15 D. m ~ " f' ' Return S,Gp1, 754, 1929 m.; B. 1O os, ssC p. m "atertoWn-6.5O, 85S, II 22 a. m.: 4.O3. GIG 7Ol D. m: Saturday, 9.15 D. m
 Return, 6.30, 7.55 1915 a. m: 10 4so 63o p. m. Saturday, 750 D. m Thomaston-S.4S, 11.17 a. m; 35s, 6.56 D. m: Sun- day, 9.25 a. m. F. ' " Return, 7.55, 10.a7 a. m.; 2.13, 5s9 D. m. Sunday $50 p. m. ' --'' Torrington-s; 11.17 a. m. S.5S 656 D. m.; Sun day, 9.25 a. m. ' ~ Return, 7.31, 1O.04 a. m; 1.46, 5.15 D. m; Sunday 3.26 p. m. f' 1-'' Wlnstedas4s 11.17 a. m.; s.5s, 656 D. m; Sunday 9.25 a. m. F. '' '' Return 1.1o, 9.4o a. m 1.sc, 45O p. m.; sun- day, 300 p. m.
 O. M. SHEPARD, General Supt.
 c. T. HAMPSTEAD. General Pass. Agent
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-02-11
The Trade in Pet-Dog Jewelry.


ais there much of trade in animal
ornaments?" was asked of dealer in that
sort of goods
We'll, yes, though at present there is
not much doing because the people who
buy these things are out of the city.
Just before the opening of the summer
resorts our trade had wonderful boom,
and it would have surprised one who had
not been initiated to see the valuable
ornaments that were ordered for pets
The trade, however, has not been as
this year as it was last, probably because
the line of jewelry worn by each amman
was full This business began six or
seven years ago. and jumped into full
swing when, at one of the annual dog
shows, pug was exhibited with beau
tiful pair of bracelets upon its forelegs.
The ladies were overcome by the cravings
of envy and fastened to adorn their pugs
in the same way. Some even went SO far
as to have the ears of their dogs pierced
and dainty little ear drops suspended
therefrom.
"a philanthropic spirit started the story
that this practice interfered with the dog
hearing and was a mild method of torture,
and it has now fallen into disuse. How
ever much the owners may admire the
appearance of their bespangled pets, l
ha, e yet to find the dog that feels elated
HACA phG OI AOS0
usually try to tear these things off with
their paws or gnaw them off. These orna-
ments are not confined to bracele cts. but
include collars-pain, jeweled, or with
artistically engraved mOnograms-eXpen-
sive blankets, and embroidered wraps.
They are ordered for dogs of every size
and species, but more frequently for dogs
that might be termed pets.
"The prices paid are various, but are
always high, because nearly every order
provides for a special design, and the pat
terms and settings, if jewels are used. have
to be specially prepared. l know of one
lady who owned fine pug and terrier.
She had fancy that they would look
to be made after a pattern that she had
drawn on paper. 1t was an elaborate
affair studded with gems. and a model of
beauty when completed She counted
out $3.50 for it without murmur.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-02-11
FiIthiness of Library Books.
I(NhiOa 90 News I

About 1000 volumes are condemned
every year in the public library. Ninety
five per cent of these are works of fc
ton. These books were formerly sold to
rag houses for old paper, but they are
now donated to hospitals and jails. They
are condemned because of mutilation,
either in the loss of leaves or DETACHMENT
by vandal scribbers A great number,
however, are condemned because of their
filthy condition
The utter fiilthiness of some books
after they have been in circulation several
years is almost incredible. Not only are
the covers and edges incrusted with dirt,
but the surfaces of nearly all the pages
are rendered almost illegible by reason of
the accumulated CRIME. To add to this
the books are living, crawling entomolo-
gical cabinets, the specimens being col
lected from thousands of households in
the city 1t is related that certain popu-
lar works of fiction are so alive that they
hop out of the shelves and visit each
ether Mr.. Wickersham, the secretary,
is authority for the story that Uncle
Toms Cabin has been trained to leave its
place and come to the desk whenever it is
called for.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-02-11
Tea and Tobacco IN Alaska.

Lieut.. Schwatka in Chicago Times.
While descending the Yukon many ma
tiVes visited our floating palace of logs in
their canoes and offered us for sale small
birch bark baskets full of stunted buckle
berries, the one common begging being
for either tea or tobacco. "Chy! chy
chy!" we heard from morning till night
A person wholly unfamiliar with the
word, and having no interpreter, might
think as he invaded this land that is was
a native method of salutation, a sort of
"Goodd day sir!" WELCOMED" or their
equivalents, but it isn't anything of the
sort. 1t is the Russian for tea, and you
hear the Indians begging for it far be-
yond where the Russians themselves had
ever been trading on the river.
AS this commodity first sought the
river in the hands of the Russian traders
at nearly both ends of the great stream
for the Yukon river, over 2, 200 miles
long, heads within twenty or thirty miles
of the Pacific ocean,, it is very likely that
the Indians knew no other name for it.
and as they cultivated it's taste, they also
appropriated its Russian name With tea
and tobacco for trading material trav.
eler may journey anywhere in Alaska and
the British northwest territory, and as
long as it lasts he will be supplied with
the current coin of the realm
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-02-11

THE Episcopal Bishop Carrot of Texas
wants clergymen in his jurisdiction.
"But they must be" he says, "men who
know how to take care of themselves
along the frontiers. Brave, sturdy fell
lows, not afraid of the open mouth of a
revolver, nor the yell of a drunken cow
boy. Men with muscles of steel, who
can, any of them, throw yearling
steer over wire fence as easily as he
can jerk lawless coyote out OF a relig-
ious meeting if he attempts to make
disturbance" Such men are not picked
up in the theological seminaries every
daV
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-02-11
Leisure ana Labor.
detroit Free Fress.J

What great philanthropy does the man
of leisure work out for the benefit of his
brother men? The hard working man,
the studious and professional man whose
every hour represents work, are the pill
lars of the social and commercial worlds.
The man of leisure may be ornamental.
may be pecuniary acquisition in some
phases of social life; but the man who
helps bear the burdens of the dav. and
builds up home, is not the man of leis-
ure That period of life sometimes comes
to the workingman, and he it is who
knows how to utilize it to the best adj
vantage.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-02-11

THE official list of drunkards in town
near Bielefeld, Rhine province, Ger
many, contains only one name, and this
prescribed one is the policeman of the
town. All the proprietors of the saloons,
restaurants, hotels and other places
where beer, wine and liquors are sold,
have been served with the following
order: "By resolution of the under
signed Police Department, OF this date,
the Policeman -- has been declared
a common drunkard for the period OF
fourteen months. You are herewith
duly informed OF this fact, with the di-
rection not to permit the above named
to enter your premises, nor to allow him
any drink of whatsoever kind during the
above period of fourteen months. In
contravention of this order you will be
subject to fine of to Is marks, and, in
case of a repetition, to the cancelling OF
your license. For the actions of your
family and of your employees you are re-
sponsible. The Royal Police Depart
ment of --." A similar power ex-
ercised here in the case of two or three
persons would not be amiss.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-02-11
"A studious Young Chinama,.

Sun-King's devotion to study was so
enthusiastic that he fastened the hair of
his head by cord to beam in the cell
ing lest he should fall asleep over his
book Another poor scholar who could
not afford candle collected a heap of
gloWWorms and read his grammar bv the
hight emanating from those strange insects
80 keen was the thirst for knowledge of
one poor fellow that he conned his task
Oy the hight OF the rejected snow. Wang
yu ching bored hole in the partition
wall which separated his next-door neigh
oors house from his own, and bv The
faint light which struggled through the
chlnk he pored over his books until he
made his name famous
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-02-11

ONE of the leading representatives OF
the sugar interests of the Pacific Coast
in Congress says: "This whole scheme
to reduce one-half the duty on sugar,
which proceeds from the refneries, is
simply a movement on their part to add
$50, 000, 900 year to their profits with
out reducing the cost of sugar to the con-
sumner. If the people are to be benefited
by any reduction, it must be made upon
the imported grades which they buy and
not upon those grades which are only
used as raw material by the refners.
In connection with this proposition of
the Sugar Trust, l understand that it
will also be proposed to give a bounty .
American manufacturers of sugar in
Louisiana and elsewhere in order to Sc
cure additional strength. This is one of
the most gigantic schemes, in my judg-
ment, that has ever been undertaken by
any of the great trusts of the country,
and means to them just now, if they can
carry out this programme, an additional
profit of $30,O00,OOO annually without
any benefit to any human being who
purchases sugar in this country for con-
umption."
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-02-11
RELIGIOUS SERVICES, ETC.

The services at ST. Andrews Cathedral
tomorrow will be: Holy Communion,
$50 o'clock a. m. Mathis with
sermon, at $50 o'clock a. M.
Hawaiian evensong at 3 80 p. m.
Evensong, with sermon, at 6 p. m.
Seats are unappropriated.
Second Congregation: Rev. George
Wallace, pastor. Morning prayer
with sermon at II 10 a. 4. Even
ing prayer, with sermon, at 7:3O
p. m. Sunday-school meets at 10 a. m.
Seats free at all services.
Chinese Congregation, Rev. II. II.
Gowen in charge. Morning prayer, with
sermon, at IL :15 a. 10. Sunday-school
at 10 a. m. Evening prayer, with ser
mon, at Z 80 p. m.
Central Union Church-Rev. +. q.
Beckwith, D. D., pastor. Services at II
a. IN. and 7 80 o'clock p. m. Sunday
school at As a. m.
Roman Catholic Cathedral.-6 and 7
a. M, low mass with Holy Communion:
10 a. m, high mass, with sermon either
n Hawaiian, Portuguese or English,
alternating according to the three prin-
;ipal different nationalities of the church;
p. M, rosary and catechism; 4 80 p.
NJ, instruction and benediction of the
Blessed Sacrament.
Kaumakapili Church.-Rev. J. Waia-
mau, pastor. Sunday-school at $50 a.
m. Preaching at 80 a. m.
Kawaiahao Church.-Rev. H. II.
Parker, pastor Sunday-school at 10 a.
m. Preaching at II a. m.
Y. NJ. G.. A.-Gospel Praise Service at
$50 p. m.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-02-11

The number of deaths from smallpox
in Havana, Cuba, in December was 374.
The Government will appoint COM
mittee composed of over one hundred
persons for the purpose of effecting ali
that science suggests toward eradicating
the disease.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-02-11

CANADA is threatened with another
serious complication in the Northwest.
The new Government of Manitoba is de-
termined at all hazards to complete the
Red River Valley railroad, which will
free the Province from the Canadian Pa
cifc monopoly and give it the access
which it desires to the markets of the
United States.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-02-11
Tone of Enigma Rells

II have noticed, said a brakeman.
that no two engine bells ring the same
note. This seems rather strange. too
for they are all made of precisely the
same metal, are cast in the same mold and
manufactured in the same facto ".
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-02-11
Three Ways of Spelling 1t.
IChicago Herald.l

1t is Allegheny In Pennsylvania, ALE
ghany in Virginia, and Allegany in New
York Recently the postolice depart.
ment being in doubt as to how the name
should be spelled in Maryland, applied to
the Historical society of that state, which
recommended Anegany, because that
spelling accorded with the statute creating
Allegany county, Maryland
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-02-11

SADI CARNoT, the new French Presi-
dent, has commenced sowing the seeds
of unpopularity by appointing his
brother in-law, NJ. Mairot, to a lucrative
Office, though he behaved so badly dur
ing the Franco-German war that he was
tried by court-martial for cowardice and
treachery
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-02-11

A LETTER of complaint about the foul
condition of the river Thames was re-
Gently written to an English newspaper
with ink composed of the sediment
which had formed in a wine-glassful OF
the river water.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-02-11

New YORK hotel keepers are jubilan'
over the decision of the Court of Appeal
that afirms their legal right to serve
liquor with meals to their guests on Sun
DAYS as well as other days.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-02-11
Russiana in A1asEa .

A number of Russians are to settle in a
valley north of Sitka, Alaska. an agent
now ira cling across the coptinent having
selected the site
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-02-11

Kaumakapili Church.-Rev. J. Waia-
mau, pastor. Sunday-school at $50 a.
m. Preaching at 80 a. m.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-02-11

Central Union Church-Rev. Z. G..
Beckwith, D. D., pastor. Services at II
a. IN. and 7 80 o'clock p. m. Sunday
school at As a. m.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-02-11

Kawaiahao Church.-Rev. H.
Parker, pastor. Sunday-school at 10
m. Preaching at II a. m.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-02-11

Y. NJ. G. A.-Gospel Praise Service at
6 80 p. m.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-02-11

UBsCRIBERs TO THE PACIFIC CONF,
- CIAL ADVERTISER who fail to reeelM VIZ,
papers regularly are requested 10 nj.
the TACT to the once wltnou u0i"''
ephone No. 70.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1888-02-22
Her Potentiai reetI,

The attraction that lies In beautiful
woman's open mouth, says the Boston
Record. hasn't been sung by the poets
great deal. but it Is momentous fact
just the same.
There Is lovely girl, whose home is
at one OF our watering places. who al
most always goes about with her mouth,
In which there are two exquisite rows OF
peaIly teeth, open, and who. oddly
enough. generally has an admlring circle
OF men and youths about her. !.
Her elder sister who doesn't hold her
mouth open, told the other day how the
thing goes:
cat the party last night" said che,
Bessie was sitting with her mouth
closed, for wonder, and there wasn't
anybody with her-for wonder, too.
:. Presently she opened her mouth a
little, and young man left me and went
over to her. Then she opened her
mouth little wider, and another young
man went over where she was. By-and-
by she opened her mouth little more.
so that both rows OF her teeth showed,
and she kept laughing about something,
and the men kept gathering around
her.
Dear mel Thought her Jaws would
break. but its perfectly natural for
her to keep her mouth open that way.
And the young men fairly swarmed
around her all the evening"
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1888-02-22
WEDNESDAY FEB. %, 1888.
WHY We HAVE VERTIGO.
A Dan .erOus and Sudden Disease to Whicl
We Are All Liable.

A Dan .erOus and Sudden Disease to Which
We Are All Liable.
Vertigo Is from a Latin word that
means TO turn. 1t denotes an ailment
aracierized by sudden feeling OF
dizziness and at times by actual falling
Sometimes surrounding objects seem TO
the person attacked TO whirl round,
or the floor or ground to rise up.
The fact that vertigo is often one of
the rlier symptoms of apopleSy fire.
quently fills the person wi h Terror
lest thai deadly disease may be impead-
ing. But In the majority OF cases it has
no such significance, not even as indicate
ing tendency.
To most persons, standing or walking
seems a very simple thing. On the con-
trary, 1t Is very complicated one, and
requires the concurrent action of diff
ferent nervous centres. A disturbance
Of their harmonious cooperation at once
throws US off our balance, producing the
sensations above indicated.
One form OF vertigo-a very persistent
form-is due to irritation OF certain
nerves within the inmost chamber oil the
ear, the so-called labyrinth. This was
what Dean Swift suffered from so long,
and, to the physicians of his day. SO UNI
accountably. One OF its symptoms is
temporary deafness. This distinguishes
1t from all other forms.
Another form connects itself mainly
with the eye. or this kind Is the feeling
OF giddiness, which some people have
when, being on a train at rest, another
train slowly passing decelves them into
the idea that 1t Is their own train which
has begun to move. The giddiness oc-
ours at the moment when the false and
true sensations become confused to-
gether.
In the case OF the near-slghted, the
internal muscles OF the eye often being
unduly strained In their effort to con-
verge the eye sufficiently for the sight of
near objects, suddenly give way, when
the eyeballs turn out and the letters run
into each other. This Ia accompanied
by feeling OF giddlness, eyeache, head
ache and sometimes nausea.
A third form connects itself with some
slight disorder OF the stomach, and oc-
ours most often when the stomach Is
empty. There Is sudden swimming In
the head, objects seem to revolve, and
the person totters and perhaps falls.
The fourth form Is purely of nervous
origin, and Is due to nervous exhaustion.
It may be caused by intellectual over
strain, long continued anxiety, physical
excuses, or the immoderate use OF to-
bacco, alcohol, or tea Elevated posi-
tions may bring on an attack. 1t rare
ly results In actual falling, but oftener
in the feeling OF being about to fall.
youths Companion.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1888-02-22

In addition to paying big, will give to
the person secur ing the lar gest number (not
to be less than twenty-five a fine FIRST
CLASS NEW SEWING MACHINE, retailing at $40.
SMALLER PREMIUMS will also be Offered for
second and third large list.