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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-01-14
Sketch of Q Boston Cat.

Our household includes an aggravated cat It is cat marked with idiosyncrasies, and a great many of them. She is faniliarly known to the family as the "Lunatic," but any ons Of dozen other names would hit her as hard. She likes attention, does Kitty, and will have it or know why. She takes every peal of the door bell as personal summons to come to the fore, and no housemaid proves agile enough to intercept her course. Once inside the reception room she is mistress of the situation. Suddenly emerging from her retreat, she will utter an ear piercing m-e-a-owl delivered in a sharp staccato, and dash across the room, as if going to fire Returning, at short intervals she repeats the experiment till she makes sensation. She likes also to call around during the night watches. When the locking up process be- gins she dashes to concealment, hackneyed and thoroughly catty trick with no claim to originality, but if you find her you are lucky, and if you catch her you are luckier still. She has better things in mind than a night spent outside, or even down cellar She waits until the dread small hours, when, if you are ever to sleep, you are soundly sleep ing, and then she comes to your room and calls you like the trump of Gabriel-and calls again, and keeps calling. So does your sense of duty, and you pull your senses together and do some calling in return. Silence reigns, but your ears ring with her serenade; it was no dream, so you get up and illuminate the house. The portiere system favors her. She has a long range. You hunt and coax and call, but no kitty appears. It is her little joke. In the daytime you know where to find her. Bars and bolts wouldn't keep her out of your very best parlor. There are warmer noe AS, and, to your liking, cozier; but a par Tor is parlor, and ones dignity is worth something. So there reclines all day Mme Pussy, the Lunatic, with method in her mad ness She is of fair complexion, in good health, excellent spirits, and for sale at bargain.-Boston Commonwealth.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-01-14
Mir Bnrnum'S Condition

The New Milford Gazette published the following Saturday: We are informed by a gentleman of this village who visit ed Hon William H. Barnum early this week that he is slowly but surely gain ing ground. He was able one pleasant day last week to walk out on the bal cony of his house and once or twice has walked down stairs. He sits quietly in his chair during the day and is very comfortable. His physician speaks in most encouraging terms concerning his condition and prospects.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-01-14
Perhaps Fatally Hurt.

Louis Wheeler met with serious ac- cident on Main street, Birmingham. Sat urday. He was thrown from his car riage and his skull was fractured. He was in a very critical condition last night and recovery is doubtful. His little daughter, ten years of age, was in the vehicle at the time of the accident, but escaped unhurt. MT Wheeler drove too near an electric car and his horse took fright and ran and drew him over the dashboard. He is under the care of Dr LOOmiS.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-01-14
SURF ECHOES.
lay upon the moonlight sand

I lay upon the moonlight sand Lulled by the mighty threnody Thrunlmed on the keyboard of the strand By ghostly fingers of the sea. gazed into the cloudless night, Beyond the near and barren star That gives the world divineSt light, Out, out where viewless planets are. A weird dream fitted OCT my soul Sublimer nlhsic filled my ears; heard Titanic breakers roll On shores of undiscovered spheres.
 s A Wood
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-01-14
She Left Her Homo

MONTREAL, Jan 14.-Jennie Stuart oi New York, infatuated with Thomas Johnson her fathers coachman, has been found in this city in a hotel on St Henry st rect. Jennie's father, who is a well known New York broker, gave her the choice of leaving his house or giving uI the young man, with an elopement as the result
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-01-14
nISTRICT of Waterbury ss Probate Coul

D1sTRICT of Waterbury ss Probate Court D January IA, 1882.
 Estate of Michael Walsh late of Waterbury in said district, deceased. Upon the application of Catherine Walsh praying that letters of administration on said estate be granted to her per applic ition on file more fully appears, it is s-+ Ortiered-That said application be heard and determined at the probate office in Waterbury in said district on the s1st day of January A. D 1889 at 9 o'clock in the, forenoon; and lhat Il, tice be given of the pendeney of said application publishing the same three times in some news paper having a circulation in said district and by hosting copy thereof on the public signpost in the town of Wolcott in said dis rici.
 ELLIS PHELAN, Judge,
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-01-14
DIED IN PRISO N.

A Man Whom Many Believed to
 Have Been UniusMy Convicted.
 HARTFORD, Jan 14.-Peter Coffee, un- der life sentence at the state prison for the murder of Station Agent Way at Stony Creek two years go, died at the prison yesterday.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-01-14
Fight Men Killed.

KENT, O., Jan IA passenger train plunged into the rear of stationary freight near here this morning, killing eight train men and injuring a dozen others. The wreck took fire, but the sleepers were pushed by hand out of danger and none of the passengers were injured.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-01-14
SOCIETY. A ND CLUB MEETINGS.

GSy- Secretaries are requested to send in tn, dates of aeetinsS of societies. lodges and clubs and to notify us of any changes of regular meet ing nights
 Meetings This Evening. Evergreen Temple of Honor. Co A drill.
 Waterbury Game club. Barcelona council, K of c. Continental lodge, F. & A. M. Valley City lodge, K. of H. Fourth division, A. O. H. Companions of the Forest.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-01-14

Lake. Strobel & Go, successors to D. c. Callender, have this day received fifty silver watches. Give us a call and we will show you what we can give you from S10 to SIS. 1 and Exchange place.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-01-14
Forced Out in Quick Time,

Hirsh. the manufacturing clothier al 1851 Bank street, being compelled tC vacate February 1, is slaughtering $35 ,OOC worth of clothing at tremendous sac. rifce. The goods are going for less than manufacturing cost and the bargains are numerous and great. A rare chance for the people of Waterbury.
 Hirsh's Ten Per Cent Clothing com pany, 1851 Bank street. LOOK FOR THE WHITE FRONT.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-01-14

Waterbury Medical Institute. 52 Bank street, electric and magnetic treatments.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-01-14

Reeds Gilt Edge Tonic can be used with perfect safety as 1t contains no deleterious matter.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-01-14
BUSINESS ANNOUNCEMENTS

Legal notce-Estate of Michael Walsh.
 Attention is called to the superior stock of decorated dinner tea and toilet sets and a gen eral assortment of crockery and glass ware at George Robbins, East Main street.
 VIC. Booth, corner South Main and Scovill streets, is prepared to do carpenter and jobbing work of all descriptions Give him trial
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-01-14

DR. c. w. s. FROST, ts7 Bank street
Evening journal., 1889-10-04

IT is the duty, and it ought to be the
pleasure of every Democrat in New York
TO work like fury for the success Of the
ticket nominated at Syracuse. New
York Sun.
Considering that the intensely loyal
Sun supported Ben Butler in 1884 and
did all that was possible TO defeat Cleve-
land in 1888 this little homily seems iron
ical impertinent, and generally intellect
tous. It is doubtful if Governor Hills
ticket will obtain the full Democratic
vote in New York. Taking a candid
view of the reputation Of Governor Hill
and Of the characters Of the members Of
the ticket just nominated at Saratoga it
is not for the good Of the Democratic
party that they should win. For Democ-
racy and for the Democratic party IT
would be better il Governor Hills ticket
were defeated. There are Sc yeral seasons
why Governor Hill should not obtain
more power or influence in New York the
chief reson is that IL will give him more
influence outside Of New York which
will be used for his personal aggrandize-
ment at the expense Of the party's repu-
tation.
Evening journal., 1889-10-04
Al Recommendations MlllionaIre.

OF all the millionaires none has been re
garled as more retiring in disposition, or
more anxious TO avoid public scrutiny and
comment than Jay Could but l learn that
he has just done thing which indicates a
change Of his mind One Of our theatres is
making ready deliberately FOR the production
Of melodrama of city life. One Of the
characters is named Jee Gold, and he is
meant to be a counterpart of Jay Gould /
understand that it is undecided whether 70
employ an actor who looks like Gould, or can
produce a resemblance, but it is settled that
the part win be that of an extremely rich
Wall street capitalist and manipulation. One
scene is to represent the billiard room i'll
Goulds city residence The theatre folks did
not suppose that they could copy the apart
ment exactly, and so their scene painter
went to George Slosson, the billiardist, who
had once been employed by Jay Gould and
his son George 10 teach the game TO members
Of the family. The plan was TO use Slosson's
recollection in modelling and painting the
view But Slosson rather thought that
Gould might afford access to the room for
the purpose and polite, urbane, persuasive
fellow was sent on Che doubtful rand TO the
millionaire.
81 suppose you'll make the scene, anyhow,
Mr. Gould replied, $50 think you might as
well be right Send your scene painter Il
my house, and | win give orders for his ad
mission"
Thus it viii come about that jay Gouldi
billiard room will be seen by theatre Assem-
blages exactly as 1t looks-New York Letter
Evening journal., 1889-10-04
MELL-KNoMN PERsoNs.

A Dime Museum manager in Chicago
has sent Boulanger a handsome offer.
Nine. Schumann, the illustrious pianist,
has just completed her SEVENTEEN year.
Mr. Spergeons admirers in London are
disturbed by a runner that he is seriously
contemplating retirement from the
pulpit,
Munemitsu Mutsu, Japanese Minister
TO the United States, has returned to
Washington in poor health. He has not
been at all well this summer. and is very
weak.
A small picture was lately sold at the
Hotel Drouot, Paris, for hundred francs,
which, on being verified as his work by
NJ Meissonier, was Immediately resold
for Is, 600 francs
A cairn. surmounted by a small Ameri-
can flag, has been erected on Pixies Peak
in momory Of Lucy Webb Hayes Il was
| suggested and begun by Miss Field, a
Topeka school teacher.
Prince Henry of Battenberg has taken
TO driving his wife about in curiou.
"charabanc" with four horses-mucl
more pretentious than the humber CON
veyances affected by his relatives.
David c. Beattie, for ten years Count,
Judge of Schenectady county, N Y, dice
yesterday. Judge Beattie was a promi
nent lawyer and a leading Democrat il
Schenectady county for nearly thirt,
years.
Ex-Governor Thomas ]. Jarvis has de
clined the Presidency of the North Caro-
lima Agricultural aud Mechanical College
TO which be was recently elected. he saw
his sole reason is that he does not fee
qualified for the position.
Evening journal., 1889-10-04

Police Justice Duffy was at one time the
beau ideal Of a pedagogue. He knew the
names of more boys and girls in the First
ward than the parish priest, and he had more
control over them by reason of his position
as principal of the public school ITO my
training in this calling, quoth the judge to
me yesterday, do attribute any measure Of
success / may have attained on the bench
Boys and girls are the primers Of humanity,
and the man who studies them carefully will
master the rudiments Of that Indispensable
branch Of education. He who can read the
character of an arch delinquent urchin, and
penetrate the mystery hidden behind the
beautiful eyes Of a pisehieyous miss q IL or
IA, viii have little difficulty in estimating the
value of prisoners statement in the Tombs
or other police court The boy is fsthaf e
to the man; the girl is mother to the women.
Friction and circumstances muddle the naix-
ture. Allow for them and you arc all right. y
New York Star.
Evening journal., 1889-10-04
wANAMAKER,s.
PrrLADELrH1A. Friday. OCT. 4, is!

PHILADELPHIA, Friday, oct. 4, 1899.
Mems and Young Mems,
Boys and Small Boys, are the
classification into which Cloth
ing falls nowadays. 1t makes
progress. Small Boys Suits
have short trousers-Knick-
erbockers-and Boys, long
trousers. Young Mems Suits
are the smaller sizes Of Mems.
These subdivisions give better
chance for proper distinctions.
The Young Mems Clothing is
of the gayer style, and the
Small Boys more fanciful.
The clothier is free to pro-
duce, the buyer has larger
choice.
The special thought Of the
day runs to Light Overcoats
Grandson and Grandfather,
and the generation between are
provided for. Prices So. so tc
S32. 50. The youngster car
have an Overcoat with Prince
Albert front and strapped
seams, the oldster can have on
plain as a pike staff.
Omnibus and ExcLuSlf max,
the antiphon of our Clothing
Market street side.
Macintoshes. Do you know
them2 Rain or snow or shin
no odds which, if you hav
la Macintosh on. Dressy a
ways; the part that sheds we
is hidden. But you almos
wonder aVheye-the stuff is s
light and soft.
An outgrowth of Englis
driZzle and dip. They Civ
such things more study tina
we.
Here are etght kunared an
i ftfy-Slx MEMS Macintosh1
at less that good gossa1ser eOai
{ zOOuld cost J'on, Macintoshe
precisely fitted to Jour Needs
sorts that neither harden ne
Evening journal., 1889-10-04
A REMnasEL as srAIgMENT.


There is a movement Ia the presbyte-
flan Church led, OF at least advocated, by
the venerable ex4President McCosh of
Princeton College. to revise the Confess
sion of Faith. The point Of attack is
the doctrine Of election. In speech to
the Presbytery Of New Brunswick, DR..
McCosh said it seemed too harsh,
and as lacking in "a clear
and prominent utterance such as
we have in the Scriptures every
where Of the love Of God to all men and
of the free gift of Jesus Christ and Of
salvation TO all men. not TO the elect
alone" The younger Presbyterian
clergy, according to DR.. McCosh, find
the doctrine of election as expressed in
the Confession a serious stumbling block
in their way. They are unable or unwil-
ling to defend it, and for his own part he
discovers that it meets the heresies Of
the seventeenth century, but not the
heresies of the nineteenth The stumb.
ling block in the confession is the re-
morseless statement as follows:
By the decree Of God, for the manifes-
tation Of His glory, some men and some
angels are predestined to everlasting
life, and others foreordained to everlast-
ing death.
These angels and men, thus predesti
mated and foreordained, are particularly
and unchangeably designed; aud theiI
number Is so certain and definite that II
cannot be either increased OF diminished
Without changing the entire creed it il
difficult to understand how this state
ment can be altered and softened If /
is admitted that God is omniscient, thel
it follows that the above statement i
correct, that some are foreordained to b
punished and others to be saved. God
knowledge being boundless, can
not be limited, by time, no
place, nor circumstance. 1t
impossible to get away from this con
clusion, If the premise be accepted, with
out altering and denying the teaching
and professions Of the Confession. !
some men are to be damned and some ar
to be saved, 1t must be their number
so certain and definite that it cannot b
either increased or diminished. Tn
lists were made up by the personal God i
the councils Of eternity when what wa
! to come was as fully and q
9 particularly known &c Omniscien,
as what had already passe,
e II this statement should be modified
, suit the tender sympathies Of moder
, sentiment it would involve an entil
Q change Of belief in regard to the doctrir
l. Of everlasting punishment and cons
8 quently revision Of the whole creed
u the Presbyterians. 1t is probable tn
Il there will be movement 70 accomph
y this, for the present creed seems t
y STRONG meat for the younger men W
y consider many Of the doctrines moons
tent with the loving kindness of God.
Evening journal., 1889-10-04

are now entered on the rolls of the Ger
man universities 90, 900 students, that of
Berlin heading the list with 5000 The
Professor shows that fully one.half of
these hopeful youths are doomed to life
of poverty and disappointment. The
vast majority of the 10000 are looking
forward to becoming LAWYERS or doctors or
pastors or schoolmasters or in some other
way, either in private life or as servants
Of the State, to earn their bread by
means Of the education they are at pres
emit so laboriously acquiring. OF course
large proportion will be disappointed.
As an instance, we came across few
weeks ago in Pittsburg one graduate OF
German university doing very good
work in the tonsorial profession, and
making a better living in a barber shop
than he was able to exc out from his uni
versity training The case was excep-
tional, and possibly owing to some defect
in the make up Of the learned shampooer.
At any rate he was gaining an honest
livelihood, which was to his credit.
Evening journal., 1889-10-04
60 IT 3 -
Napoleonls Question:

When Napoleon wasreturning from bis cam
paign in Egypt and Syria, be was seated one
night upon the deck of the vessel under the
open canopy Of the heavens, surrounded by
his generals The conversation had taken a
skeptical turn and most of the party bad
conibated the doctrine Of the divine exist
ence. Napoleon sat silent and mpsing, %
parently taking no interest III the discussion,
when, suddenly raising his hand and pointing
TO the crystalline armament. crowded with
blazing planets and glittering stars, he broke
or in those startling tones that had so often
electrified a million men; Gentlemen, whC
made all thatm The atheistic generals were
silcnCed. ST. Louis Republic.
Evening journal., 1889-10-04

WE are not done with Ray and Eva
yet Ray has brought suit for divorce,
in which the salacious evidence Of his
marriage will probably be introduced and
reinhicted upon long suffering public
Meantime Eva and the bogus baby heir
are at Nays Landing jail, from which
they viii be removed, one to
begin an underlined and doubtful
future and the other to serve hel
sentence in the peniuentisry at Trenton.
They al Constitute bad lot, but it i.
well to publish them and their careers
Evening journal., 1889-10-04

st. Philip Neri, to whom a statue is 10 be
raised in Rome, was, according 20 tradition,
a great miracle worker, but hfs olaim TO our
grateful consideration lies in the fact thst he
was the real inventor OF the orGtorio. he WINS
born in 1cf5 in Florence and about 1861 con
secrated as a priest at Rome. When later be
founded a congregation Of priests At Roms be
used TO explain to them biblscal Histories,
and in order to render these entertainments
attractive he permitted hymns and psalms "
be sung between the intervals Of biz teach
tngs and exhortations. AT length he drana-
tised sacred stories, writing them In verse
and setting them to music in the fashion of
hymns. The choruses, written In four parts,
were interspersed with solos, and the plays
were divided into two parts The sSmon
was delivered after the first part, and thus
the continued attention of the con0regatiou
was assured, for none would leave beSore
hearing the second part Of this primitive
form Of oratorio. Boston Times
Evening journal., 1889-10-04
state Insane Hospital.

The trustees OF the Delaware State
Hospital for the Insane held their monthly
meeting yesterday at the hospital. A
set of bylaws was adopted and stand
ing committees appointed, The report
OF the superintendent showed that
there were 1919 patients in the hospital.
A number Of improvements were ordered
made, routine business was transacted
and several bills passed. resolution
was passed making the first Thursday Of
each month the time for regular meet
ings, and the hour ~ o'clock
Evening journal., 1889-10-04
FROM LIGHT TO DARK.

The daylight dying, yields TO snades
While golden frescoes gid the sky,
As transient as the hopes OF youth,
'Twixt zenith and horizon poised;
Float lightly hecks Of Urgent cloud
Then all the west 70 amber Iuelts
AS If 'twere tissue of dresn-
The twilights pensivo brcaths fioess 10
And seals with dew the lily's lips;
Dim evening GENES in sable rotes,
That lingering lights with luster fringe.
And round the verge Of Heaven draws
A purple thread 70 bind her veil
Upon the dusky brow Of night
From of the hill a cooling breeze-
The passing sigh Of one today
Drifts down. and silence reigDs withouti
Within. along the winds dim ways
The ristling wings of memory fit
And stir the cobwebs OF the past
john Merrill
Evening journal., 1889-10-04
New Vessel Contracts.

The Boston Towboat Company has
contracted with the Harlan & Holdings
worth Company for an iron screw
steamer for the coal carrying trade to be
completed in ten months. The new craft
will be 275 feet long, 40 feet beam and
20 feet inches depth of hold, and will
have triple expansion engines.
G. c. Davidson of Milton, Del. will
build 700-ton three masted schooner
for Captain James Conwell.
Evening journal., 1889-10-04

An ingenious scheme for obtaining frewood
was worked for a time by colored resident
Of Starke, Fla He put pair Of vicious ours
in his yard, and allowed them to run out and
attack Pedestrians. The latter, for defense,
would never pass the place unless they were
provided with an armful Of pine knots to
chunk the dogs with. AT night the darby
gathered up the dogs earnings for the day,
and found fuel enough not only for the
homely department, but a surplus to lay up
Tor winter. But now his ours are both
poisoned, and their owner sits on a stump be
meath wide spreading Jerusalem oak be.
moaning his lost.-Boston Budget
Evening journal., 1889-10-04

THE Intense partisan organs claim that
the arraignment Of the administration
by George William Curtis was inconsst-
ent in detail aud reactonaly in spirit. In
fact they are inclined to ridicule the nd
dress, impeach the motives and make
light of the intelligence of Mr. Curtis.
This Is one way of warding
off the effects Of strong, sensible and
patriotic appeal to public sentiment fol-
better administration and higher
plane Of craftsmanship than the first six
months of President Harrison has shown.
This is one way of satisfying some
people that there is no complaint
against Mr. Harrison and his advisers.
But 1t is not a refutation of the indict-
ment, dispassionate and calm, but effec
tive and true made by one Of the best
men known to American politics, The
body of honest and intelligent Republi-
cans will not be satisfied with ridi
Guile or defamation as an answer to
the address of q man like George William
Curtis. Some other answer must be coz
structed or President Harr ison must
change his men and methods. He has
doubtless been misled by some designing
and INSCRIPTIONS politicians but it will
not do TO urge the baby act" too conf.
IDENTIFY. 1t may be allowed to pass with
ssahone and Chalmers but hereafter it
will be Mr.. Harrison's own fault If he
encourages any such notorious dema-
eoQues OF II he allows Tannerism to pro-
coed against the Treasury any farther
Meantime he has Clarkson stIll in Office
and he continues to be under the in
finance Of Quay and Platt.