Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-03-03
LAUNCHED AND AFLOAT.

Professor Simon Newcomb's daughter enjoys the distinction of being the only female student at John Hopkins univer sity.
 There is a policeman in St Louis who weighs 275 pounds. His weight is not against him, however. In fact it is usual ly against wall
 A Bridgeport man writes to the editor of the Post, to ask him how he can cure his dog of barking all night long, and the cruel editor says the surest way to cure him is to kill him.
 The New London Day hears that there are good many cranky voters who would object to William Walter Phelps as can didate for president because he insists parting his hair in the middle.
 P. T. Barnum seems to be the only Re- publican who is frank enough to say that he would willingly run for President. There is one thing certain, at all events Barnum knows how to work canvas for all it's worth.
 At 80 years of age the Hon Hugh Mo Culloch looks and acts like a man of 55. He recalls with satisfaction that during his six years at the treasury department, two as controller of the currency and four as secretary, he was not absent in all two weeks.
 MT Joseph Chamberlain will have the pleasure of reading, when he reaches Liv- erpool, cable dispatch announcing that he was voted very poor dancer in Amer l ica because he insisted in twirling in a space that could be covered with postage stamp.
 1 the country is being formed and pretty will havo tn GCS for S1 a l watch. However, as long the Water | terbury Go keeps out of the trust the time | of the country is safe at $3.50 each.-An- | sonia Sentinel.
 The late John J. Flanagan, city editor of the Utica Observer, had a penchant for reporting hangings. He attended 27 and once was lucky enough to get the victim on the scaffold two hours early in order 1 that he might get 8 good eaccount in the paper.
 M. Daniel Wilson, who has just been convicted of fraud and severely sentenced, | is of unknown origin. His father was a l Glasgow foundryman, but whether any of | the family still live in Scotland is not known. The elder Wilson became very wealthy from his Creuzot iron works and his gas monopoly in Paris. Daniel Wilson can speak English, but seldom does so.
 A newsletter named Dingle has been sentenced to three months Imprisonment for selling copies of United Ireland con- taining reports of meetings of suppressed branches of the National League. The
 Balfour system of gover11hent is succeed ing wonderfully we'll in disgracing its
 packers in the eyes of the civilized world.
 Some weeks ago Charles Baldwin, one of
 the best known men of Lexington, Ky,
 was seized with a sudden and peculiar ill ness, lasting several days. Physicians af forded no relief, and he recovered as sud
 denly as he became ill. On his recovery
 he noticed one evening that his body il the dark gave off steady light, visible 100 ! yards. The light is so strong that wher
 Baldwin is nude an ordinary newspaper
 can be read by the light from his body at
 distance of six feet. He is perfectly vel
 and is not conscious of his power. Physi clans say he is the wonder of the age. Antione Rigoletta of Portland, Me, is 1 professional tattooer. On Monday last h.
 was engaged by an American sailor to il
 lustrate on the broad chest of the appli
 cant the story of Adam and Eve and th forbidden fruit. Nearly week was occu pied in completing the job, which, whil , in the main is historically correct, ha some novel innovations. Adam is pricke(
 into the skin wearing evening clothes ant Eve is adorned with skirts and hustle 3 while she is taking the apple from a plat 3 ter. The serpent encircles tree, an' from his mouth comes scroll bearing tn words ''I'm onto you." The sailor vii have the marks pricked out, if possible = with cream.
 5 A womans hustle is mysterious as wei as an ugly arrangement. An agent car vassed Moodus recently, selling paten rubber hustle that might be inflated to a greater or less degree, according to tn f wearer's taste. Nearly every woma bought one and consequently when tn u Moodus band had a fair the other nigh there were lots of inflated bustles in tn
 crowd. A knowing wag armed himse]
 with long steel shawl pin and created n s end of merriment among his companion n by slyly puncturing one after another ( : the bustles. The air would escape, an the victim, frantically grasping her skirts J. would hurry out to repair damages. Tn it trick was not discovered until the joke h struck fat woman who hadn't on bu :. tle.-Manchester Herald.
 NUTMEG GRATINGS