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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-02-18
MT. Sampson of Maine,

BANGOR, Me-, Feb. 1S.-The strongest man ill Maine is said to live in the town of New Limerick, Aroostook county. His name is Alexander Willette, and he is noted far and wide as a man able to carry a log on his shoulder with ease. Last week he won a bet by picking up newly felled fir log, forty feet in length, and carrying it some distancel No two of the other men in the camp could even lift the stick
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-02-18
Fell Through the Ice.

NEWARK, N. J., Feb. 1S-While playing on the ice near Centreville shore yesterday afternoon, Thomas McDermott, boy 12 years old, was drowned in the presence of his playmates Efforts to save him would have ben futile and were not attempted. The body was found near the place where it disappeared four hours later.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-02-18
Row in New York's Central Labor Union.

Row in New fork's central Labor Union.
 NEW YORK, Feb 1S.-There was a very stormy time at the meeting of the Central Labor union yesterday afternoon. The cause of it was an assault made by Delegate Ed ward Conklin on D. Stueck. During the tur- moil thirty-two organizations, representing 30, 900 men, left the Central Labor union and held meeting at No. 3S5 Bowery for the purpose of forming . new union.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-02-18
A Famous Old Church.

NORWICH, Conn.,, Feb. 1S.-The First Con. gregational Church of Woodstock, one of the oldest societies in this country, having been organized in 1890, yesterday rededicated it's historic structure. The ceremonies consisted of prayers, psalms and dedicatory sermon by Rev. MT. Bingham, the pastor. The work of remodeling the old meeting house has been progressing for nearly a year, and although the exterior has not been altered in form the interior presents beautiful appearance. Fourteen memorial windows of beautiful and original designs have superseded the old ones.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-02-18
Hanged Himself in a Barn.

WATERTowN, N. Y., Feb. 1s.-George Cas- hanged himself in his fathers barn in Rut land, Jefferson county. He had been mar ried @ year and was 27 years old.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-02-18
Germanx Willing to Settle.

BERLIN, Feb. 1S.-It is stated that the gov ernment is willing to settle the Samoan diffi- culty on the basis of joint English, American and German control of Samoa.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-02-18
Denouncinx tha Goyernment.

PEsrH, Feb. 18.-Thirty thousand people paraded the streets in procession yesterday and afterwards assembled at an anti-govern- ment meeting, where speeches denouncing the government were delivered from several stands. While passing the palace the crowd made an earnest demonstration of loyalty.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-02-18
Weather Indications.

For Tuesday, colder; fair weather; fresh easterly winds
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-02-18
Four Unlucky Juries.

BEDFORD, Pa, Feb. 1s.-At the session of the Bedford county court on Tuesday last the case of the commonwealth against John Owler came up for trial. A jury was selected and sworn. One witness was examined when William Jack, one of the jury, received a telegram informing him that his father was dead. The juror was excused and the jury discharged. On Wednesday morning sec ond jury was drawn to try the case Two witnesses had been examined, when George Roy, one of the jurors, received word by tele graph that his wife had died suddenly He was excused and that jury discharged. A third jury was selected, and William Fry, one of the jury, on leaving the court house after the adjournment for the day, fell and broke his leg. That made the drawing of a fourth jury necessary. This one distinguished itself through James Black, one of its mem bers fainting during the examination of a witness, but he recovered in half an hour, and the case was finished. The prisoner was acOuitted
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-02-18
WHO WILL BE SPEAKER?
REED, M'kiNLEY, CANNON, BUR-
 RoWG OR HENDERSON,
The Personal Peculiarities of the Ready Tongued Reed, Mckinley and Henderson Described in Readable Fashion-Exem- plary Habits of the Men.
Special CorrespondeAce.1

lSItclaI COrreSpondeACe.J
 WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-Two men are walking through the Capitol grounds and toward the city, touching elbows in friendly fashion. They are men who at tract considerable attention. It would not be easy to get two men side by side who would afford greater contrast. Reed and Mckinley are not at all alike. Reed is big, round bellied, loose jointed, awk-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-02-18
WHITE CAPS IN ORANGE COUNTY.
They Succeed in Inducing Young Men to
 Stay Home Nights.


 Stay Home Nights.
 NEwBURG, N. Y., Feb 1S-White Caps continue to send out warning letters in this vicinity, and yesterday a simple minded German at West Newburg was cautioned by letter to drink less rum and pay more atten- tion to the support of his family.
 Some of Goshen's lively young men are in a fever because they are not allowed to go out O nights. Sundry missives from the White Caps have dampened their ardor con siderably, and many familiar faces are missed from the streets after 9 P. m. These fellows have been ordered to remain at home nights, and they appear inclined to obey.
 Several citizens of Cold Spring have been threatened with dire calamity in case certain conditions are not fulfilled. The letters from 'White Caps" received there are in the typi- cal style, ornamented with skull and cross. bones, and are calculated to freeze the blood in the veins of those receiving them. Prom- nent citizens of Cold Spring have banded to- gether in injunction with the individuals receiving the notices to give the White Caps a warm reception should they attempt to carry out any of their diabolical threats
 At Middletown there is also a similar state of affairs.
 Mir. Morgan, the Mt Hope Orange county) man who suddenly left his home last Wednes day night, after being chased by three mounted men, has not yet been heard from Morgan disappeared after taking several "nightcaps" at a saloon, and the men who frightened him away or killed him are sup posed to be White Caps, whom Mt. Hope people would like to see wearing ''black caps !"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-02-18
A Race War Threatened.

ATLANTA, Ga, Feb. 1s.-North Carolina is on the verge of terrible race war, growing out of the negro exodus. All railroad emi- grant agents have been driven out of the state. The local military companies have been called out in Wayne county to aid the farmers ill preventing desertion of their labor CTS. The whites have asked the legislature for a law covering the case, and the blacks have retaIated by calling public meetings, at which resolutions are adopted declaring that their treatment by the whites makes life in the state unbearable. The resolutions adopted at a monster meeting in Goldsboro contained this clause, God is at the head of this move, and not the Richmond and Danville Railroad company The voice of John Brown is sounding in the ears of the sons of Ham and the grestt southwest says, Come, we have lands,' and the oppressed conscience of the negro says, Co., and we are going" A gentle man who has just reached Atlanta says that an outbreak may be expected at any moment. Both whites and blacks are heavily armed
 Governor Scales has issued secret orders to the state militia to get ready to quell possible outbreaks. The North Carolina newspapers conceal the critical nature of the situation
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-02-18
A salvationist Warrior Departs.

PITTsFIELD, Mass, Feb. 1S.-"Gen." Lutz, formerly of the Salvation Army, who is no- torious in connection with the opium joint recently discovered here, was to have been tried Saturday, but he has left town, and his whereabouts are unknown. "Gen." Lutz was we'll known in New York, where his record was anything but savory.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-05-29
Fashionable Colored Woods.

The beautiful colored woods, espe-
cially those representing walnut and
mahogany, now so largely used for
cabinet work and architectural decora-
ton on the continent of Europe. are
obtained, it is stated, by the following
simple processes: For the light wal
nut variety, the method pursued is to
dissolve two ounces permauganate OF
potash in six pints of water, and paint
the wood twice with the solution; after
the solution has been left on the wood
some five to ten minutes, the wood is
rinsed, dried, oiled, and finally pol
ished, the light variety being thus pro-
duced. A beautiful light mahogany is
obtained by means of solution con-
sisting of one ounce finely cut alkanet
root, two ounces powdered aloe, with
two ounces of powdered dragons blood,
digested with twenty-six ounces of
strong spirits of wine in a corked bot
tie, and left in moderately warm
place four days, the solution being
then filtered off, and the clear iltrate
is ready for use; the wood to be treat
ed is first passed through nitric acid,
then dried, painted over with the alco-
holic extract, dried, oiled, and pol
ished. A dark or deeper colored wal
nut is obtained by dissolving three
ounces permanganate of potash in six
pints of water, and planting the wood
twice with this solution; after FIVE
minutes the wood is washed and
grained with acetate of iron, then
dried; oiled and polished. Y. Sun.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-05-29
sHouLp WOMEN sMokE7
mrs. FRANK Leslie Answers the Question
In the Negative. k<#

mrs. FRANK Leslie Answers the Question
In the Negative. e.
The rule. is no, the exception YES,
but the exception is generally mat
ter OF latitude. No pun intended.
Women in Turkey, in Peru, in various
tropical countries smoke, and with
them we have no quarrel. Some wom-
en- profess to smoke by order of their
physicians and for them we have a
sincere pity. Other women smoke be-
cause they wish to be classed as b.
hemians, and with them we have moth
ing to do.
Tobacco may be sedative, but it is
also decolorizer of skin and teeth,
and the girl who at twenty thinks it's
use cunning Or "chic," won't like it's
consequences at forty.
Doubtless there is something
naughty, piquante, provocative and
amusing. to mon in seeing a pretty girl
or woman aping their own mannish
ways and Offering or accepting q
light" from them. and pretty hand
or wrist is certainly shown to advan-
tage in managing cigarette but the
dainty arm and shapely hand must be-
long to very stupid head if they can
find no other way of airing themselves,
and the admiration that men give to
the woman who smo6es is very apt to
degenerate into license.
Every woman should know that her
power over man lies in making him
feel her to be purer, better, more
moral than himself. If she descends
to his level, even in her amusements,
she soon finds that he is her master.
A man likes to idealize the wo man he
admires, especially the woman he
wishes to marry, but if in approaching
the ideal with timid reverence he
finds her redolent of tobacco, if the
sweet mouth he longs to press is faint
ed with nicotine. if the dainty fingers
still bear the discoloration of the
cigarette fear the idealist would fee,
as did Lamia's lover,in horror and dis
may.
Man is attracted to woman by un-
likeness, not likeness, and the less we
dress or talk or amuse ourselves in a
manly-or rather a mannish-way, or
copy him especially in his vices. the
more earnestly will he seek to induce
us to embellish his ruder life with the
retinements and beauties of our own,
and the Grabbed old writer was doubt
less correct when he said: There is
no smoke without fire, and the smoke
OF tobacco from a woman's mouth
shows the smouldering of evil fires in
her heart. Mrs. Frank Leslie, in N.
Y Herall
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-05-29
Profit in Money-Making.

1.-The bright silver-looking nickels
that pay for ride on the street cars
are source of great profit to the Gov
eminent, as they cost but three-fourths
of a cent apiece" said a mint employe
yesterday. "They are now purchased
under a contract. We used to make
the blanks ourselves and stamp them
afterward at the mint, but of late
years we have been purchasing the
blanks and having them stamped at
the mint They are bought by the
pound, as are also the pennies. I
think they cost about a quarter of
cent, or perhaps third of cent
EACH"
How many of these pennies and
nicl1els are issued in a year?"
NEARLY a million dollars worth;
not quite that, but in round numbers
say 100000 worth. The total
amount of 5-cent pieces issued in a
year usually reaches about $500, 600,
and pennies nearly $500, Besides
that there are a few Scent nickel
pieces, but only a few. Last year the
number was extremely small. There
is little demand for them, and the de-
partment is discouraging the use of
them as much as possible.''
ION this 81, 900, 900 worth of minor
coins issued, then, there must be a
profit of considerably over $500, O0O?"
Eyes, considerably more than that. "
Philadelphia Record.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-05-29
CURIOUS HORSE TRADE,

How WideAwase Stranger Deceived q
Michigan Livery-Ma
Speaking of horse-trading reminds
me of a curious trade / was mixed up
in a couple OF years ago in Michigan.
l was IN the livery business and a
stranger brought in a nice-looking
horse which he offered me for mere
song. The price seemed so low that
fell into the trap, but soon discovered
that l owned an animal that no spur in
the State could goad into SO much as a
trot. traded him off to a doctor who
prided himself on being able to ride
any horse that could be saddled. I
spread the report that the animal was
a holy y-.e3:, and that no man had
ever managed to ride him. The report
reached the doctors ears, as 1sxpected
it would, and he soon made bet that he
could ride the horse. The parties to the
wager came round, and, as the doctor
liked the looks Of the brute, l soon
persuaded nitd % trade very decent
driving horse for it. / warned the
doctor against riding the horse through
the streets, and he said he would try
it on a quiet road. Well, he won the
bet, aad the nsxt day asked me if I
would trade back II lie gave me 500 to
boot. agreed, and he told me had
better send wagon to his place. for
the alleged bucker could never walk
back. He paid the money over and
took away his horse. When I sent for
the a.liiaa: vS;ch had caused all the
sport l found I ha1 traded for dead
horse, which I had the privilege of
burying. The doctor had felt so sore
about the trade the previous evening
that he had shot the alleged high-spir-
tied brute the Nitrate he had succeeded
IN dragging it to his own stable.-Al-
fred H. Parsons, in st. Louis Globe
Democrat.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-05-29
FACTS GRIZZLY STATED.

Curious Combinations from tho Journals
of Both Hemispheres.
"A Venetian manufacturer is making
and selling thousands of glass bonnets.
1t is said that there is just IS, 600, 600
invested in special cars in the United
States.
The purest kaolin in America has
just been found in great quantity in
Ebert County, Ga.
BY breathing hot dir about PIP dog.
for two hours daily it is said that con-
sumption can be radically cured.
The root of the garden poppy is now
largely used in France to bind the earth
of railway entertainments.
A mountain of nearly pure iron has
just been discovered near Lewisburg,
in Greenbrier County, w. Va.
England has 100000 velocipedists,
among whom must be reckoned the
Prince of Wales and his daughters.
The finest olive-on in the world now
comes from California, and is so highly
appreciated that the crop is bought
two years ahead.
Owners Of the pine straw patent in
tend to establish five mills, each guar
anteed to turn out 100000 yards of
bagging in time to wrap the bales of
this years cotton crop.
Big beds of asphaltum sandstone,
from which can be made the best as
phalt pavement in the world, have
just been discovered along the new
railway lines OF Western Kentucky.
.sshicsEo News
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-05-29
Expensive Oil.

Recently there was sent from Nor
wich,, Conn.,, to New York five two
gallon tin cans filed with oil of black
birch, which was manufactured in
Bozrah by John Miner. It is worth
$50 gallon, and the five cans con-
tanned 1853 pounds of oil, valued at
$500, or a little over IS a pound. Black
birch trees do not yield oil as the maple
trees run sap. There is work in get
ting the tender twigs, and labor in the
process of extracting the oil. One
ton OF twigs yields just three pounds
OF oil, and it took nearly fifty three
tons Of twigs to yield the ten gallons.
This oil is used in giving the winter
green flavor to CONNECTIONS Of all kinda
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-05-29
THE GERMAN NlxY.

She Is Simply Later Form of the Morse
Water God Mike.
The Milky of Germany has, by
some, been supposed traceable to "Old
Nick;" but this is not probable, since
St. Nicholas has been the patron saint
OF sailors for many centuries. 1t was
during the time of the Crusades that
vessel on the way to the Holy Land
was in great peril and St. Nicholas as
suaged tempest by his prayers. Since
then he has supposed to be the pro-
tector of mariners, even as Neptune
was in ancient times, aud in most Ro.
man Catholic countries you will find, in
seaport towns, churches dedicated to
St. Nicholas, to which sailors resort
to return thanks for preservation at
sea and to make votive offerings.
The German Milky was, no doubt,
a later form of the old Morse water
god. Mike. You meet with him
again, in another form, in Neckan,
the soulless. The '.Nixa," along the
Baltic coast, was once, however, much
feared by the fishermen. It was the
same spirit which appears as the Kel-
pie in Scotland-a water demon which
caused sudden floods to carry away
the unwary, and then devoured them.
There was a river goddess in Ger
many, whose temple stood at Magde-
burg, of whom a legend exists that
she also once visited earth and went
to market in a Christian costume.
where she was detected by a continual
dripping of water from the corner OF
her apron. Generally speaking, how
ever, the Mikes may be described as
the descendants OF the Maids of an
Gent times, and as somewhat resem-
bling the Russian Rusalkas. of which
the peasantry live in much dread.
All the Year Round
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-05-29

ain, burdock or nettle, The vines
along the fences were putting forth
tender leaves; at their intersection q
thrifty lilac intermingled its purple
plumes with the fragrant gold of q
late Towering currant. The despised
barrels had become by judicious man
agement four rustic tubs; the two stand
ing upon the ground filed with gerani-
ums, verbenas and chrysanthemums,
which promised later bloom, while
those perched aloft on the twisted
sticks which Lynn had driven solidly
into the ground held masses of trailing
vines selected from Louis abundant
stores, which billowed up in feathery
green and draped their rough supports
with verdure. The old kettle, shining
bravely in it's coat of red, was suspend
cd from three twisted sticks and
adorned with whey beauty as grateful
to the eye as to the most appetizing
compound concocted at any real gypsy
campfire to the hungry stomach. A
rustic flower-stand supported the cans
Lynn had so !avishly decorated, each
filled with some blooming plant, while
at the summit a small oleander tree
with rosy blossoms gave dignity and
character to the rejected tin pail.
The bricks and stones piled artistically
around a mound of earth supported
several thrifty varieties of sedum, in
terspersod with the snowy sprays OF
sweet alyssum; and the old rake,
driven upright in the earth, was trel-
Used with cords intended as support
for the sweet peas and morning glories
lifting their heads bravely from the
mold below.
But the browning glory of all was
the old stump, which had become the
thing of beauty Lou had prophesied.
Its decayed heart had been followed
out, filled with earth and set with
crimson coleus, golden feverfew, snowy
daisies and great clusters of crimson
geraniums. The graceful Kenilworth
ivy draped its sides, and wood violets,
blue and white, filed the interstices
between its branching roots. After a
lingering survey of these beauties, and
tho rustic seat Lynn had constructed
with much care and WEAKNESS of mind
and body, Mr.. Butler had but fleet
ing glance to bestow on the round
table in the center Of the plat with it's
dainty tea service and Accomplishments
of cakes and jellies.
"You've worked a miracle, Lou" he
cried enthusiastically; and Aunt Eu-
phemia, looking down into the bright,
happy face of the boy at her side and
comparing it with the gloomy, discon-
solate countenance which had greeted
her through the winter months, added
earnestly:
Two OF 'em, should say!"
| D. Hobart, in the Housewife.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-05-29
POINTS FOR ENGINEERS.
Useful Suggestions, Practical Hints and
LabOr-SRving Notes.

Usefnl Suggestions, Practical Hints ana
Labor-saving Notes.
When using a jet-condenser let tho
engine make three or four revolutions
before opening the injection valve, and
then open it gradually, letting the en-
CINE make several more revolutions
before it is opened to the full amount
required.
Open the main stop-valve before you
start the fires under the boilers.
When starting fires don't forget to
close the gauge-cocks and safety-valve
as soon as steam begins to form. ~
An old Turkish towel cut in two
lengthwise is better than cotton-waste
for cleaning brass work.
Always connect your valves
in such manner that the valve closes
against the constant steam pressure.
Turpentine well-mixed with black
varnish makes good coating for iron
smoke-pipes.
Ordinary lubricating oils are not
suitable for use in preventing rust.
You can make a hole through glass
by covering it with a thin coating of
wax-by warming the glass and
spreading the wax on it, scrape off the
wax where you want the hole, and
drop little fluoric acid on the spot
with wire. The acid will cut hole
through the glass, and you can shape
the hole with copper wire covered
with oil and rotten-stone
A mixture of one ounce of sulphate
OF copper, one-quarter of an ounce of
alum, half a teaspoonful of powdered
salt. one gill of vinegar and twenty
drops of nitric acid will make hole in
steel that is too hard to cut or file
easily. Also if applied to steel and
washed off quickly it will give the
metal a beautiful frosted appearance.
1t is fact that thirty-five cubic feet
of sea-water is equal in weight to
thirty-six feet of fresh water, the
weight being one ton (2240 pounds).
Remember that coal loses from ten
to forty per centum of it's evaporative
power if exposed to the influence of
sunshine and rain. Safety Valve.