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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-03-11
The New Department.

The elevation of the agricultural bu- reau to the dignity of a department with a seat for its executive head in the presi- dents cabinet is of far greater import anco than may now seem. The bureau of itself has DO great significance. But aS q vehicle for business that overloads other departments the new executive branch will grow in importance. The interior department has far outgrown proportions compatible with its greatest usefulness, and the general land office could very properly be transferred to the agricultural department. So, too, with the signal office, which can be of greater advantage to farmers than any other class.
 There is also range of service i'll the state department that properly falls within the scope of the new department, and that is the system of collecting in formation about foreign agricultural methods and operations. This is mingled, of course, with statistical in- formation about many other things, but to the farmer it is of tho greatest value as determining the prospect of his market. This country could we'll afford to station special agricultural agent at every important foreign mission. The interstate commerce commission, which is classified as accessory to the interior department, should be related to the agricultural department if to any. The secretary of agriculture will not have a Washington Star.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-03-11
Personalities in Books.

It is the inborn curiosity WIG all have to know men in their inmost personality, that makes autobiographies the most in teresting books in the world. Of the countless memoirs that have been pub lished there arc none that may be called dull, for even when there Is dullness, and the self revealer Is relating details common to humanity, the very fact that we recognize it as dull, and SO class the hero of the tale with common clay, makes it interesting to the student. No matter what his achievements, we per ceive that after all here was man. He may have attained eminence, in this line CT that, have performed some great feat in war, in politics or ill art, but, after all, he had, as the French lady said, "his hours and his moments"
 There were times when dullness over came him like a fog, and the evidences lie here in the book before us. There fore, paradoXical as it may seem, there are no dull autobiographies, for the req son that their very dullness has it's inter- esting features.
 The fact that all the novelists and story tellers have put many of their stories ill the form of autobiography shows the hold this method of recital has upon the mind. Robinson Crusoe is ten times more real than if Defoe had related the famous adventures in the third person; the same may be said of Marryat's sea novels, of Poe's best tales, and even of Frank Stockton's grotesqueries. The ap- parently real narrator excites a personal interest that throws charm around the whole story nothing else can give.-Chi- caGo Herald.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-03-11
Capt. kidd's Lon. Disembodied Spirit,


 A ghost in the old Rock Hill estate at Medford is the subject for gossip in that vicinity. It is said to be the spirit of Capt. Kidd, and this belief is founded on an old tradition connected with the estate. It is one of the numerous places where the fabled treasure was hidden. Many have dug for it, and it is said that some struck the cover of the chest, but it had trait of sinking lower whenever touched. Another theory is that the midnight visitor IS the spirit of a New Hampshire farmer who was robbed and murdered there. The ma iority of people. however, have no story at all and will believe i'll none. Tho visitor has the usual characteristics of a ghost, and has disturbed all the inhabitants ill the vicinity.-Springfield Republican.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-03-11
MORSE ON BALLOT REFORM.

Senator Morse of the Sixth district though admitting the need of some cleo toral reform, is of opinion that the pres ent election laws of Connecticut can be made sufficient for all purposes designed by the passage of secret ballot law. In this connection, in a speech before the judiciary committee on Thursday, he quotes section 215 of the state statutes, relating to hibery and marked ballots. and claims that if this law was enforced vigorously there would be very little de- mand for secret ballot system. With few simple changes in our electoral rules, some of which he recommends, that would not to any extent change the practical working of our present system, Senator Morse thinks the present laws are sufficient to secure full and free ballot and an honest court.
 We do not think they are, and we be- lieve that very few, unless perhaps it may be those who are reinterested in their continuance, will be disposed to agree with Senator Morse. The fact that both parties in their state platforms declared for a secret ballot, and the further fact (with which Senator Morse is or ought to be familiar) that bribery and intimi- dation have been altogether too frequent under the workings of our present sys- tenn, is proof that 6 reform that will insure secrecy to the ballot and un- trammeled action by the freeman is demanded and expected by the people of the state. If there is anything that our present election laws have demon strated it is their utter inabilityto secure an honest ballot or an expression of the popular will that is true to the actual political convictions of the people. And we do not think that the suggestions of Senator Morse are either W ise or practi- cable. It is better to make bribery and intimidation impossible, or as nearly inn possible as human laws can effect, than to introduce spy system on vote buyers as Mir Morse suggests. A secret ballot law, either on the Australian plan or some other that may be devised, is better calculated than MT Morse's plan to in- sure fair, free and full expression of the popular will We have already taken occasion to re- mark that the politicians do not want an absolutely secret ballot, but that ought not to be an effective argu- ment against it. What is best for the politicians is rarely best for the people, and the fact that the present election laws, even though amended on the lines suggested by Senator Morse, are just what the politicians want should be the best possible argument for change.
 Senator Morse is wrong. There is a demand for secret ballot system in thls state, and sooner or later such system will be engrafted in the statutes.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-03-11
The Emperor's French Cook.

The expulsion of French cooks from his household by the present emperor of Germany recalls the fact that his inn perial grandfather long employed M. Urbain Dubois as chef When the Franco Prussian war broke out, NJ. Dubois re- signed his post, but Emperor William would not permit him to depart. When the fortunes of war had placed the chefs latiTe village in the cmperor's power, he latter issued an order that the people of that vicinity should not be compelled o pay an indenlnity.-San Francisco '.rgonaut.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-03-11

THE Jersey City Argus finds an object lesson in tariff in the fact that the price of binding twine has been varied on Iowa farmers from twelve to twenty to use it, which the Argus thinks is wrong. If Iowa farmers," says the Argus, ''object to paying protectiv., prices for binding twine why did they vote for protective policy and candi- date? The Iowa farmer evidently finds himself compelled to furnish roost for an unexpected rooster come home to him unawares." As we have had occa- sion heretofore to announce, the cam paign of educ ,tion continues
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-03-11
Composite Photo-raphy.

Photographic art, in it's recent progress, includes no p.ore interesting phase than that known IS composite photography. It is six years since that Professor Gault, an American, began experiments in this direction, attaining results that have at tracted attention on both sides of the Atlantic. h. brief. the process, which applies only to reproducing the human features. consists of super-imposing a number of photographs upon a negative common to all. The outcome, when this process is intelligently and skiilfully done, is photograph embodying the dominant facial traits of all the portraits placed before the camera. The last pic ture of all bears the same relation-as to rcsamblancc-to it's predecessor, as does the human bcing often bear a likeness to his ancestors through many generations. Fresh il the minds of many will be the magazine articles recently published, giving the results of composite photogra- phy as applied to q chosen number Of pupils in a seminary.
 The final photograph showed a type distinct from the score@of photographs used to produce it, yet revealed face in ttS iStilS oi Sl were blended in a face of extreme beauty and power. Tn similar manner a composite photograph made up from a succession of family portraits will yield remarkable result. giving features in which the characteristics of ancestors are plainly discernible. By blending two portraits upon one negative curious cf- feet is produced. The possibilities of composite photography arc full of deep interest, not only for the lover of the camera. but for the student of human nature.-Pittsburg Bulletin.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-03-11

IT is encouraging that the Connecticut solons have shown their willingness to make war on the cigarettes and on the use of tobacco by minors. If Connec- ticut youths are not born sensible they should have little common sense thrust upon them. The smoking of cigarettes and the use of tobacco by youngsters cannot be other than harmful, and if nothing else will do to cure the habit legislation is the proper thing.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-03-11
FIRE ALARM,

LIST OF FIRE ALARM BOXES,
 Corner Willow and West Main.
 Exchange Place
 IA East Main and Wolcott Road l5 Corner Cherry and East Main, 21 Horse Railroad Stable (private). 2S Iron Bridge, West Main s4 Waterbury Brass Co (private.p. a5 Corner Johnson and watervtlle s6sCorner Prospect and Grove. ? Junction North Main, Grove and North e,,, 2s Waterbury Mfg. Co. B Corner Washington and South Main, 34 Waterbury Buckle Ce S5 Benedict & Burnham Mfg. Co. ss Waterbury Watch Co (private) SS Corner Grand and South Main. 42 Corner Union and Franklin. 4s Scovi Mfg Go. (private.) 45 Corner Clay and Mill. 46 No Hose House. Baldwin 47 Corner Dublin Street and Doolittle Alley. s1e Corner Meadow and Bank s14 Corner Meadow and Cedar street G1 Plume X Atwood Mfg. Co. (priyateA sss Holmes, Booth < Haydens, (private) S5 No. 4 Hose House. 3s5 Corner Simens and Burnham streots
 INSTRUCTIONS TO KEY HOLDERS.
 To give an alarm. open the door, pun the h.oA down once and let go, then close the door Do not pull the hook if the h-e bell or snall .rm 1as already been given. Be particular to remain at tho box untsl &h..,a ival of an officer of the Fire Department -Ae .ern,it remaining then the pronpr otss. VII i,, not urn the key to tho holder as soon ss corv~rsrs t Always give the alarm from tho box re..-I ~. re. Key Holders upon changing ths,r loce.so..~.a please leave word with the CAief la0incer.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-03-11

THE doctrine of the divine right of kings finds counterpart in the belief of the republicans that to them alone by a sort of inalienable right belong the off ceS of the United States. The way they are working this belief since Harrison entered the white house is caution.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-03-11

THE number of republicans that, like Wanamaker, have performed that kind of Honorable party service" that is no disqualification for public office" dis counts the locusts of Egypt. The woods are full of 'em, and they haven't been half counted vet
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-03-11

THE World suggests that the surplus of $2O, ,0O0 from the inauguration ball be kept for the mourning services four years hence. It wouldn't be one hum dredth part sufficient to go around, if the present hunt for spells is any indi- cation of the number who will be putting on weeds in 1892.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-03-11
Waterbury Me liCal Institute.
Office ParlOrs 52 Bank St

O1flCe farlOrS 02 Bank St. Free Consultation, 9 a. m. to 9 D. m.
 Sunday, to , p. m. CHRONIC COMPLAINTS AND FEMALE DIE
 FACULTIES, SPECIALTIES.
 The INSTITUTE is in charge of skilld and experienced physicians in their several spe cialties.
 They prepare their own medicines and use nothing but the purest of vegetable extracts Though educated in the regular school of prac tice they do not confine themselves to medicine alone, but ELECTRICITY, MAGNETISM MASSAGE, BATHS, etc, and are supplied with all the modern instruments and scientific arpli anceS to effect rapii and permanent euro, in other words the INSTITUTE IS ECLETIC. Sw The Combination Method of Healing the sick and curing diseases is most successful and superior to all others.
 Ladies married or single. requiring skillfu medical services should call at the Institute be fore going elsewhere. Terms moderate. The WATERBURY MEDICAL INSTITUTE is rapidly gaining popularity with Brass City res idents Recently t ere have been many remark able cures hat add to the reputation of these skillful physicians.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-03-11

THE present condition of things at Washington seems to lend point to Pres ident Harrison's remark that he shall probably not be able to attain an ideal civil service
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-03-11

John Jacob Astor is gone on bend. His bride that is to be, Miss Amy Bend, is one of the prettiest debutanteS of the present social season in New York.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-03-11
Notice to Contractors.

= FAILED proposals for the building of brick c school house for the Center school district D. m. sharp.
 Proposals will be received for the work in- clIded in the mason's specifications and oarpen- ter's specifications separately or estimates in- cludng all work com.lete.
 Plans and specifications of the building may be had for examination from Architect Joseph A.. Jackson, Room No 6, Comm ercial block. Bank street.
 The district comm ittee reserve the right to reject any and all bids if in their opinion the interests of tn Center school district require it. All bids and proposals must be presented by the contractor or contractors to the chairman or clerk at the office of the Center school district, Room No ?. Irving block, within the above specified time Per order district committed
 CHAUNCEY B. WEBSTER, Chm. JOHN s. NEAGLE, Clerk.
 Waterbury, Conn, Feb B, 1889.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-03-11
DR. B. G. RYDER,
Albany -ntist, l33 Bank str ct, Waterbury.


 I33 Bank str ct. Waterbury. TEETH FILLED WITHOUT PAIN, WE NEv- FER WEDGE TEETH BEFORE FILLING. Teeth extracted without pain by the o Ryder'S gas of vitaliZed air, made fresh every ay Anyone can take it with perfect safety, young ol old,
 Teeth Extracted, 25 cts, Teeth Cleaned, 75 ct, Gas or Air Administered, ao cents, Teeth Filled with Amalgum 9 cents. Teeth Filled with Silver, 50 and 75 cents.
 Teeth Filled with Gold, $1 and upwards A SET OF TEETH, $500.
 BEST SET OF TEETH, $500 THERE IS NO BETTER MADE NO MATTEL
 HOW MUCH YOU PAY.
 Office Open at All Hours. THIS OFFICE AND ALL OTHER PERMA
 NENTLY LOCATED. Branches of the Albany Dental Association, tht Largest Dental Establishment in the World: tS3 Bank street, Waterbury, Conn. sSS Main street, Bridgeport, Conn., l42 East Main street, Rochester, N. Y. )ver First National Bank, Scranton, Pa. .T2 Main street, Bnffalo, N Y. Over First National Bank, Binghampton, N. |.
 OFFICE OPEN AT ALL HOURS
 DR. c B. RYDER.
 Manager of this Office OR. M L. RYDER. Secretary.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-03-11
HOW IT STARTED.
The Account of Two Serious D1sastsrs which came Without warnins-Hovs to Keep Out of the Pit or Danger.

MT. William 2. Coulton, of Worcester, Masa.. walked rapidly to catch . train, thus gettine into precipitation, and carelessly eat in . drnught after the train had started. The next day he was fin bed with physicians attending him, and the third day he died
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-03-11
PENM A NSHIP-

ID E. HOLLY, Artist Penman and Teacher, II gives private instruction in practical and done it the parlor. Invitations sr car writins equal to the best engraving at short notice. Par Tor, 131 Bank street.
 N. B.-A good business hand acquired in six. teen lessons.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-03-11
WASHINGTON EXPRESS.

WASHINGTON EXPKEss. For Newburgh. Philadelphia. Baltimore and Washingt with Pullman Sleeping Cars, 10. .4e pm. Boston, 31o m. Worcester, 3lo m. Putnam, 3Io am Willimantic, 3:1o am Hartford 3:10 m; return, $50 a. m New Britain, S1o us return, s:4s 1. m. Danbury, 1o:4a p m; Nturn 200 m. Fishkill on Hudson. I042 m; return, 1920 . m.
 A. c. KENDALL. Genl Pass Agent, kossua c H. PLATT, Surt., Hartford
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-03-11

PERSISTENT importantly is the prac- ticable opportunity.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-03-11

isaconfection of rare merit and a thorough remedy for all Malarial trouble,A It is in- dorsed by the highest Medical and Scien- ti6c authorities among which Is the late Benjamin Silliman, M.D., Dean of the Medical Department of Yale College.
 ETFor sale by Druggists, Grocers and General Dealers.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-03-11

A~oSy AeAy SSesA direct to the Kidneys or bladder, I havo never known Q case where, If taken in time, by the prcpa- ration known aS H u D t's Remedy, they could not be cured and expelled from the system. But where the cold Is allowed to finger, in most cases, it re- suits in continued i'll health or death. f =
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-03-11

This great Remedy is superior to anything now known to doctors or medical institutions for iemale troubles, and I endorse 1t most heartily"
 The danger of small beginnings gro too often overlooked. Take them in time Use the right remedy and only such lvmedy as has been endorsed by the highest authorities and has proven its worth by years of popularity.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-05-03
A Serious Joke.

A young physician went to visit his
consin, an army officer, ont upon the
great plains. The officer was given to
practical jokes, and the young doctor,
being a genuine "tenderfoOt, was a
most promising subject. One morning
the host gravely proposed an elephant
hunt. "What," said the doctor, edo
you have elephants out here ?"
"Plenty Of them, replied the host.
Preparations were at once begun, and
by nine o'clock party of youngsters,
ripe for the fun, were after elephants.
When about five or six miles from the
post, the doctor was sent through a
thicket Of 'wait-a-bit" thorns, of which
he knew nothing Anticipating rare
sport at his plight on his return, the
host sat on his horse waiting, when he
heard shot, and was startled by loud
cries for help.
He galloped through the glades, and
arrived at a small prairie opening Of an
acre or two in extent, around which the
doctor was frantically urging his pony,
while only few yards behind was a
huge wild Texas bull in full charge.
All the manliness of the host was
aroused by this real and unexected dan
/ ger Of his friend, and without a mo-
ment' shesitatiOn, he dashed in and fired
pistol shot. In an instant the bull
turned upon him. His large American
horse was unequal to the emergency,
and in turning was met full in the side
by the horns Of the beast.
Both horse and rider were lifted for
one instant into the air, and then came
down in a heap together The horse
was dead without a struggle, one horn
being completely through his body, the
other caught in the bones of the chest.
One leg of the rider was between the
horns Of the bull, pinned fast between
his head and the body of the horse.
When heaped together, the horses
body was on the bulls head, fastening
it to the ground, and most fortunately
preventing any movement, and the
rider, his leg fast, was lying on the
bulls back.
The whole hunting party was soon
assembled. They were afraid to shoot
the bull, lest his struggles might fur
ther injure the man pinned to him. At
last his jugular vein was opened, and he
slowly bled to death His horns were
then cut off, the horse lifted, and the
now nearly dead man carried on a litter
back to the post.
Though no bones were broken, he
paid the full penalty Of his joke, not
only with the loss Of a fine horse, but
with several weeks of severe suffering.
1t was his last elephant" hunt.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-05-03
PedagogfcaI.

Two eCcentr1c-IOOhng women, whose
description seemed to identify them as
Mrs. Malaprop and Mrs. Darlington,
we're in a Fourth avenue car, and
entertained the Other. passengers with
their brilliant remarks. "I see from
the papers" said one of them, "that
they have fixed up a college of peda-
g0gy and are going to give degrees. 7
think 1T IS a hOrrid outrage. I won t
say nothing about those Madison Square
affairs, which certainly have a bad In
fuence on the people. The idea to
watch lot of crippled fools running
around ring for a whole week! I won
say nothing about that, but when they
start a regular college to train more
such fools I think the law, or Mayor
Grant, or Congress, or somebody ought
to stop it. " "Why, Mrs. Darlington, "
exclaimed her companion, with a SUI
perior smile, you've made a dreadful
mistake. That College of Pedagogy
and the training school are not for
walkers at all. It doesn't mean that "
"Of course 1t does; If it doesn't what
does it, then % remarked the first, with
charming consistency. "Corn doctors,
of course, was the answer, and at the
same moment the car ran off the track.
-NelC York Tribune.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-05-03
Sugar Making a Chinese Invention.

The Chinese, who invented almost
everything before anybody else heard
Of it, claim to be the original discover
ers of the process Of sugar-mal1ing,
and it is said that sugar was used in
China as long ago as 5000 years. This
Is misty, but the fact is well establish
ed that it was manufactured in China
under the Tsin dynasty, 200 years at
least before the Christian era began.
India has put forward a claim for pri-
GRITTY Of invention, but the probability
is that the HindOOs learned the art of
sugar-making from the Chinese, and
that through them the knowledge final
! " spread to the Western nations.
/ Nearchus, when sent by Alexander on
an exploring voyage on the Indus,
brought back reports of honey" which
/ was made by the Asiatics from cane
/ without the help Of bees. At this time
neither the Greeks nor the Jews nor
/ the BabylOnians had any knowledge of
! sugar, but later the art of making the
artificial honey" became known and
practiced, though its progress and de-
1 velOpment was exceedingly slow. 1t
| was prescribed as q medicine by Galen
in A. d. $50, and up to the seventeenth
/ century it had become nothing more
I11aA d costly luxury 10 DC uS6u only
on special occasions. Even as late as
/ the beginning Of the eighteenth cen
/ fury the annual consumption of sugar
/ in Great Britain had reached only 90
/ 600, 600 pounds, whereas it is now more
than 1900, 600, 900 pounds. Refined
| sugar was not made in England till
/ 1859. The art of refining was learned
! by a Venetian merchant from the Sar-
/ acens, who sold the secret to him for
/ 100. OOO crowns.-GOOd HoWsekeepi22q.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-05-03

side him lay an overturned jar, recog-
nized by Victor as having contained 3
deadly acid.
Despard had evidently returned the
preceding night to remove all traces OF
murder from his victim. He had
stumbled In the darkness The faI
had probably stunned him, and, his
face falling in the liquid, he had In
hailed its noxious poison and been
suHocated.
Dacre confessed that he had been
duped and deluded. and did not with
hold his consent to the happy marriage
that took place a month later.
And, treasured among relics, love
tokens and bijOuterie more than aught
else by happy Adrienne and Victor, is
the dove, rendered almost 1ifelike by
an art preservatiye- beautiful car
rier dove that saved Victor Danes life.