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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-04-02

An elephant in the funeral procession to q recent 1Iindoo cremation wore a silver collar worth 125 ,OOO.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-04-02

Tho silent man is often worth listening ta -Japanhse Provsrb.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-04-02

THE opponents of tax reform are begin ming to discover that they cannot rally even the republican party to the support of their reactionary programme. The de- mand for the reduction of taxes is not re- stricted by party lines, and the number of republicans Tn the house of representatives ready to support the Mills bill is evidently large enough to secure its passage. Every attempt to frame republican measure to antagonize that of the committee on ways and means proves dead failure Under these circumstances the wisest of the re- publican representatives are prepared to shelter themselves under the declaration of their platform of 1884, which pledged them to correct inequalities of the tariff and re- duce the surplus. If they will cooperate in the good work, democrats will not fail to candidly give them due credit.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-04-02

THE Pennsylvania coal companies are be- ginning to be shown up in their true light. Last week they held a meeting and after planning long and carefully, decided to keep up the price of coal. The present high prices were brought about by the Reading strike, and now that the difficulty is settled the companies should be com pelled to reduce the price to something near the old figure. Just how they can manage to work their scheme is not yet clear The mines have capacity greater than the demand upon them, and any movement towards reducing the quantity of coal mined in order to make the supply short of the demand, and at the same time increase the price, will affect not only the consumers of coal, but also the miners whose working days mnst be lessened, in order to keep the supply low. The scheme of the companies is gigantic one and will never be tolerated.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-04-02
Materbmry 9e,nprrat.

The DEMOCRAT will be delivered to any address for $500 a year, $3 co for six months, $1.50 for three months, or 50 cents month, payable in advance.
 All communications must be signed. Anony- nous letters news items will be consigned to the waste basket,
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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-04-02
MONDAY. APRIL ?, 1888.

Entered at the Post Office at Waterbury, Conn. as second class matter.
Richland beacon., 1888-02-11
Marriages in Mexico.

In Mexico everybody marries, whether
young or old, rich or poor, handsome or
ugly; whether their marriage portion
consists of good fincas (houses or other
real estate), ready talegas "a talega is
81, OOO, or of only cuatro piends al dyce.
This last phrase, which is another pro-
verbal saying, is a puzzling one to trans
late. "Four legs in the air" is the lit
eral rendering Of it. Isuppose it means
people who bring to each other in we'd
lock no dover save their persons, which,
indeed, is the most usual one in this
country. The reckless Mexicans, like
too many of the people north q the Rio
Caande, rush into matrimony without
the slightest care for the future or the
beggars they may bring into the world.
If any sober friend, who has observed
the ways of life, should suggest to an
ardent young couple how necessary some
little property is to keep the devil out Of
the house, the enamorados Qovers) will
only laugh and answer: "DiOs nos am.
parara," (God will help us), which sim
ply means, in other words: "Wc are
both young and brimful of passion, We
like each other exceedingly and we will
do our will, come what may" In sucl
cases the Deity is seldom thought of.
Richland beacon., 1888-02-11
THE LIME.KILN CLUB.
A Lecture to an Extravagant MEM
Der by the President.
From the Detroit Free Press.

From the Detroit Free Pressl
eff Jedge Pizarro Waterfall ar in de
hall dis cavcnin' / should like to hev him
step dis way" said Brother Gardner as
adjusted his glasses and looked over the
assemblagc.
The "Jedge" was present. He has
lately taken the first prize i'll an Amateur
Art Association QimitedD for the best
specimen OF an ax handle made by hand,
and he went forward under the idea that
he was to he complimented before the
club.
"Bruilder Waterfall" said the Presi-
dent rs the member stood before him
with his weight on his left leg, 81 war
in do back eand of a grocery sto' las
mite. beatin' Kurnel Cahoots TO straight
games of checkers, when you cum IN.
De fust thing you inquir'd fur was white
sugar, an sot dar' an heard you pur-
chase mocha coffee, currant jell m
ninety-cent tea. Ar k'rect, Brudder
WATERFALL"
eyes, sah."
Slows dc house rentl"
"a leetle behind, sab"
can de chill'en's shoes an clothes"
"Purty bad of.
can you's in debt to de woodward an
de grocer
Slightly, sab: but times is powerful
hard dis winter"
"Sartin; an who's to blame fur it'"
"De rich, sah."
exactly. If it wasn't for few rich
men in dis kentry who want to show oil
DER cutters we shouldn't hev any winter.
II de rich didn't own houses to rent an
refuse to rent 'em fur muffin, we poo
folks could git ahead. DE rich ar to
blame dat you hewitt got big woodplie,
cellar full of pork an taters, an dat
your family am not dressed in broad
cloth. Isn't dat de way you figger, Brud'
der WATERFALL"
eyes, sah."
"An' you doan argy dat white sugar
an ninety-cent tea ar too rich fur dc
blood of n man airnin' six or seben dol
lars week."
"No, sab. 1 amt rich, but I'ze just
as good Us rich folks
81 see. Brudder Waterfall. please
step into de ante-roon. If, arter dc
lapse of few minutes, you conclude
dat brown sugar an applesass an Rio
coffee ar mo- in keepin wild poo
mans wages, please gin three raps Oh
de doah."
The audience waited, it wasn't min
ute and half before the raps were
heard, and Brother Waterfall steppet
out a great deal the worse for wear. HI
clasely resembled man who had beer
. held by the ear and kicked by No. II
. brogan. He was breathing hard anG
much excited, but he managed to say:
, my opinyuns hev undergone com
, plete change, sab"
, "Werry well," quietly replied tn
, President, "Some folks kin be won ODE
) by argument, an odders need suddel
: shock. You can sot down, Jedge."
Richland beacon., 1888-02-11
MORE than one hundred descendants

MORE than one hundred descendants
in Milwaukee of Martin Kroeger, the
oldest man in Wisconsin, received their
aged relative at family reunion. He
is ia years old and native of Prussia.
He was a resident of Milwaukee from
1850 until three years ago. His eldest
son is 70 years old, and he has great
grandchildren, 25 years old, who have
children. He looks as though he were
about 60, goes without q cane and is rs
headed and jolly an old man as
there is in Wisconsin. He can see very
we'll without glasses, hear perfectly and
has an unimpaired memory. He was in
the wagon-train of NapoleOn's army in
its invasion of Russia, and tells many a
"Reminiscences of the campaign.
Richland beacon., 1888-02-11

The toyo makers brought out lot a
bob sleds for the boys this Christmas,
but no true bobber would dare to risk
his life on one Of those slender little
things on steep hill. To go fast aud
be safe at the same time, the hobs OF to-
day in such places as Albany, Burling-
ton, and the Massachusetts, towns are Of
ten built to weigh almosta ton, and then
that weight is doubled with ballast OF
iron. These sleds are so strong that 1t
is calculated that if one of them ran into
an ordinary brick house squarely at full
speed it would go through at least the
first wall.
Richland beacon., 1888-02-11

:sNo, sir, you can't possibly realize
the devastation wrought by the rabbits
in nv country" said the man from Aus
tralin, MS he addressed group in the
railroad waiting room. "You would
scarcely believe some things 1 could tell
you. They will eat nearly everything,
and what they don't cat they tramp
down and destroy. They find garden
and leave desert. There is no check
ing them-nothing to do but to sit and
see everything you have swept away.
You can know nothing about it unless
you have lived there.
"No, 1 suppose not, said the man
with the large ears.
"Must be awful" suggested the man
with no overcOat.
81 can realize it all, Though never
saw more than n dozen rabbits in my
life," said the TALL olemn-looking man
bitterly.
"YOu CAM" said the man from Aus
Italia with bad CLEAN in his eye. "Per-
haps you have had experience with the
grasshopper scourge."
"NO, sir; never"
General failure of crops-famine.
them"
"No, nothing connected with agricul-
ture."
"Then must say you can have no
conception of the scenes l have told of,
sir"
"But insist can," replied the tall
man, with n dark, revengcful scowl.
"Those scenes of devastation areas clear
to me as if lived in their midst. Sir,
l am a Methodist minister, AMI last
Thursday l finished laying IN my stores
for the winter. That very night the do
nation party landed in our parlor and
the clash of rapine was heard within our
quiet cottage. Hah. wouldst pirate to
me of rabbits" And with a hollow,
mocking laugh he arose and went oven
to the ticket Office window, and i'll a
bitter tc ne askcl when the train left for
Oshkosh. -Ckicago Ne,rs.
Richland beacon., 1888-02-11

WIZ some naturalist explain why
ponies, as rule, are more intelligent
than big horses They sre; and the
fact receives new proof from Rockland,
Me. A citizen there who owns horse
and pony heard that il 10 put good-
sizcd-stonss in the feed boxes they
would he obliged to eat slower, and
would therefore digest their food better.
He tried the plan and it worked well
with the horse; but the pony picked the
stones out one l.y one, and dropped
them on the floor, AMI he did this just
a. often rs they were put in The feed
box.
Richland beacon., 1888-02-11

Didn't | tell you so:" said Il gentleman to
an acquaintance whom he CHANGED 10 meet on
the s,l eet; Its always the way" VIII t'sal-
ways the way" inquired mutual friend #
tn twJ men who happened along just then.
Why, just this" replied the first speaker:
''you c .-mith here; the last time met him
he hal one OF the worst coughs you every
heard. lie comp aincd Of loss of appetite, Of
n.i:t-sw, ais. of low spirits and other unmis-
[, abb prcmonilory symptoms Of CON imp
iIon tod him To get IA supply of DIR. Pierce :
Golden Medical Discovery at once. He did so,
a I'd look III him now. Did you ever see IA
heal hier looki man? The discovery has
graves / knew it would cure -mi,h. It's al
Ways he ya.."
Richland beacon., 1888-02-11

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Richland beacon., 1888-02-11
She Er0kc the Engagement

because she saw that he had ceased to love her
ii beauty had faded. her former high spi its
had given place to dull lassitude. " hat had
caused this chenge? Functional arrangement
she was suffering from those ailments peculiar
20 her SEA. And so their two young lives drift.
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refunded. See guara tee ON bottle wrapper.
Richland beacon., 1888-02-11
:;MitANt -
Mexican
Mustang
Einimenl
CURES
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Burns, Stitches, Hoof All,
Scalds, Stiff Joints, screw
stings Backache, Worms
Bitea Calls, Swinney,
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Bunions SPAWN Piles.
CornA Cracks.
THIS GOOD OLD STANDBY
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Tho Pioncer edsit-can't get along without u.
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The Steamboat man or the Bo"tmnn needs
IL In liberal supply aioat and ashore.
Tho Horse.fancier needs lit Is bis best
friend and safest reliance.
The Stock .grower needs it-it Will save Mn
thousands of dollars and world Of trouble.
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The Backwoodsman needs 1t. There Is moth
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The Merchant needs It about his store amoni
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Richland beacon., 1888-02-11
(ousu m usIou Surely Cared.

To the Editor:-Please inform your readers
that have a positive remedy for the above
named disease. by its timely Use thousands OF
hopeless cases have been permanently cured
FREE 10 any of your readers who have con
sumprio If they viii send me their Express
and p q. address Respectfully,
r. A. SLOCCM, NJ. C.. Isl Pear, St., n.
Richland beacon., 1888-02-11
Tho Mayor Of Buffalo, N. Y, is wholesale
liquor man, while sixteen other OF the city
officials are liquor dealers.

We ought not to be too anxious to encourage
unrried innoyation, in cases of doubtful inn
prov,men FOR a quarter of a century pr
Sage's Catarrh Remedy has been before the
public and passed thr Ugh the severcst TEST
and is pronounced the most reliable remedy
for that disa .rccable maltdy. Thousands or
testimonials of its virtues ~ cent per bottle.
BY druggists.
Richland beacon., 1888-02-11
Hucn1UR YIleN.

.SunpfOms-M Moisture; intense itching ana
Singing; worse by scratching. IL allowed TO
continue tuners form, which often bleed and
ulcerate, becoming very sore. SwAYNE's OINT-
MENT stops the itching and bleeding, heals III
m ,rs. Equally efficaciOus in curing all skin
Diseases. DR.SWAYNE & son. Phiiadeiphla-
sent by mail for Ucis. Also sold by drugglsts.
Richland beacon., 1888-02-11

PRICKLy ASH BI1TERs is an untaiiing cure
for ali diseases originating in hillary derange-
ments caused by the malaria of miasmatic
Countries No other medicine now on sale
will so effectully remove the disturbing ele-
ments. and at the same time tone up the whole
svstem. IL IL sure and safe in it's action.
Richland beacon., 1888-02-11

The Indiana Chemical Co. have discovered
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every CASE Of acute Inhammatory Rheuma
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give immediate relief in chronic cases and
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w win Sud to any address the prescription
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We akD this means Of giving our discovery
70 NJ public, instead Of putting ID out as Q
psent medicine, IL being much less expensive.
We vi! gladly refund money II satisfaction
tnct given.
The Indiana Chemical Co.,
Crawssrdsville, Indiana.
Richland beacon., 1888-02-11
UucIe's Fat WIFI.

Why ia the letter p like unc e's rat wife go,
inc mn hill? II makes ant pant aunt, ana
cooling of too soon produces coughs ana coiu I,
Taylors herokee Remedy OF Sweet Gum anu
Mullen will cure her.
Richland beacon., 1888-02-11

Tar falling days have come again,
The iciest Of the year,
When sidewalk slipper swtars in pain
A. be slides upon hs ear.
-Teras SO ms.
Richland beacon., 1888-02-11

We are all liable TO err and every one is who
docs not realize the full value OF Taylor 5
HOSPITAL cure for Catarrh. Pamphlet Tree AZ
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Richland beacon., 1888-02-11
cATARRH IN THE HEAD.

SYMPTOMS OF THE DIsEASE.-Dull. heavy headache.
obstruction of the nasal discharges falling th
sometimes
Others thick, tenacious purulent bloody end pud
the there ringing In the DEAFNESS hacking
coughing to clear the throat OF mat
has "nasal twnng the breath Is oeneve smell ana taste
hacking cough and general debility Only few OF the
THOUSANDS OF annually without manestng half of the
above symptom consumption and end in the grave
No diseaoe common deceptive and dangerous less
understood unsuccessfuly treated by physicians
- If you would evil, strife at Hs
Ino0nn SSn2f As the prcdspoeing real cause OF
Vv~~V" Ss catarrh IL in the majority OF cases. some
i 1ncaYnncvY weakness, mpurity, otherwise faulty
ltAl1tAI condition. 9f the system II s ,pss to
the removal that The more We gee a Sr , ans
Surgical Institute, the more 40
combining with the use OF local.
Soothing and healing application thorough and persistent inter-
~ NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. tonic medicines
In curing and MI the various diseases with
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De- inhamcd eyes impure
OelnUGSs syphtic tants the wonder
IN poWers andy Of DIR. PIERCE Golden Med
eI strongly cxtOed 1t has specific
Richland beacon., 1888-02-11

The Supreme curt of Missouri has q. ueH
that the state local op' ion law is constitutional
Richland beacon., 1888-02-11
It's Always the WAY.

Number of persons supported by all forms Of
employment furnished by electricity is $4,000
Richland beacon., 1888-02-11

The hest cough medicine Is iso's Cure 10
Cnnun,r.;,r ,,rI,i vciyV hero. -
Richland beacon., 1888-02-11

Snow and ice is keeping the peace of Eu-
rope. War is certain to break out il Sir:ny
Richland beacon., 1888-02-11
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The Delta independent., 1888-05-29
On the road between Oaray and 81
The River and Hnrbor Diii.

WASHINGTON, May 2l.-The total
Increase OF the river and harbor bIll, rs To
ported TO the senate, Il about 81, 81. .oco An
appropriation for oakland is made Of ESQ
eco, for Wilmington. Gala, of t6sh, COZ for
the canal al Cascade, Ore Of $50 ooo tor
the mouth of the Columbia in Oregon. s5o,-
ooa: for the lower Willamette ami COlum-
bia. In front of and below Portland. Ore,
OF $4,000; for the WillIameite, abnye
Portland, II 5000; for 1'tiamoGk bay,
Oregon, OF s5a eco. and for Yanguins bay,
Oregon, OF $4,000 The provisions for the
Missouri river is stricken ont and tie fol-
lowing substituted For imprnvin, the
Missouri river from It's mouth 10 For; BEN
ton sl0, soo, 600, Including the removal OF OBJ
structions, surveys and examination ), TO.
ge;hcr with flee expenses and sa,ai les II
the Missopli river commission, TO be ex.
pended In accordance with the piana OF he
commission. In the Heunepin canal section
the secretary Of war is instructed to cause
TO be made proper surveys and plans and
estimates for the channel improvement, In
accordance with certain specifications, so
rs to provide navigable waterway not less
than fourteen feet deep, and to have sur.
Neycd AID lowered the channel from Lock-
port, ILL.,, to Lake Michigan at or near Chi.
cago, such clKnnel to he capable Of carry.
Ing not less than COO, ,o0o cubic feet OF water
per mile and flowing mt the rate of two
miles per hour.
The Delta independent., 1888-05-29
Tho Mississippi, Flood.

QUINCY. H.. May 21.-rhe great
Hood In the Mississippi is slowly ablting
and II is thought the worst is passed. A
trip through the submerged disuict shows
that the reports of loss and suffering have
not been exaggerated. Over 2So,e0o acres
Of the richest farming lands in the state
nre covered with water from six to tea
ieetdeep. The damage to farm, mill and
railroad property has been enormous. The
aggregate will reach Ss.0o0. 900 on the crops
aione. The damage to ievees, houses and
railroads will approximate 5000, ,ooo Much
sickness prevails among tho people who
have been driven from their homes by the
floods, owing TO want aud exposure. Meas
ures, however, have been taken to alleviate
the suffering,
The Delta independent., 1888-05-29
W alters Thompson, who is charged

Walters Thompson, who is charged
with cattle and horse-steallng, murder and
several other crimes, was arrested in Huer
fano County last week by Sheriff O'Alalley
and posse and brought to Pueblo and
lodged in the County Jail for fear he would
be lynched if jailed at Walsenburg.
Thompson is a medium-sized. blonde COM
plexioned young man, about 2s years old,
with pair of steeigray eyes that is said
m can death every time when they glance
al ong the barrel of a pistol or rifle. 1t is
said reward of 81, 600 awaits the man who
delivers Thompson in Texas and another
charge is that he killed a man in Bent
County nct long ago. The charge on which
he was arrested is the stealing of drove of
horses from citizen of Huerfano County
a few days ago.. Thompson denies all
the charges against him.
The Delta independent., 1888-05-29
A St. Joseph dispatch says: Mr.. R,l

A st. Joseph dispatch says: Mr.. Rob
ert Burns, OF Gardner, Colorado, WIN has
been waiting here expecting 10 wed Miss
Chase OF Lincoln, Illinois, upon her arrival
here, became Impatient andou Saturday
night he and N IS julia Dobbs OF this city
were married. Last fall Mr.. Burns adver.
tlsed for n bride and received five answers,
to which he paid attention. Miss Chase
WAS his Ar,t choice and nM,ss Dobbs his
second. He is about 35 years old and a
weli-t0-dO merchant
The Delta independent., 1888-05-29
Mint Report for 1851.

DR.. Geo. G. Munson, director of the
Denver branch of the United States Mint,
has completed his report of the production
of Colorado for the year 1887. The total
value Of the output of gold, silver, lead
and copper is placed at se7,66l,1sa The
gross value of the metals produced in Colo
rado during the calendar year 1887, tabu
lated by counties, was as follows: