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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-12-23
oNE CENr PosrAGE.

Few matters of legislation ln recent years have been so creditable to con- gress, SO satisfactory to every part of the country, and 50 directly and individu- ally beneficial to millions of people, as the gradual cheapening of postal rates and the increase of postal conveniences The introduction of the postal card, the lessened charges for merchandise pack ages, the money order system with the recent lowering of its fees, the reduction of domestic letter postage from three cents to two and of postage on second class matter to ono cent pound, are great gains. Joined with them are con- veniences like the special delivery sys tenn, the new international parcels post arrangements, the postal notes, and so on. One-cent letter postage will surely come to crown these triumphs, and, while the right time should be awaited for establishing it, the congress that does it will herewith build its own monument.
 For two or three years after any re- duction in the letter rate ths postofice always shows deficit, and special ap- populations are required to meet its ex- penses. Such appropriations, however, are like returning money directly to the pockets of the people; and the poor man who saves a dollar a year by reduced postage may feel the benefit more than the business firm that saves hundreds. o@I fho history Af the country shows, needs to be made during few years only. The decrease in the letter rates is always and instantly fol lowed by an increase in the business Of the post office; and this, with the increase due to the growth of the country, will supporting within few years after any reduction.
 For example, when the reduction of 1S45 was undertaken the deficiency was over $50, ,OOO, and it of course immedi- atsly become much greater; yet in five years it was all made up, and the sur plus had become so large that another reduction was resolved upon. In other countries the postal service is a source of revenue on which govern ments rely; but in this country we want no revenue from that source, but aim at further cheapening or extending con- veniences whenever increased earnings mako it practicable.
 There is also way of gradually estab- fishing one-cent postage which will re- move all doubts as to it's expediency. Congress can begin, if it chooses, by applying it to the free delivery cities, as contemplated, in fact, by bill now pending. The excess of receipts in these cities over tho entire cost of the free delivery service is more than $2,0O0, ,000 annually, so that there would be no obvious justice in this dis tinction, independently of the fact that it costs the government much less to take letter ono block, or to transfer it from one box in the postofice to another, than to carry it from Bangor to Seattle. MT Hatton several years ago computed that the increase in local postage busi- ness would quickly make up any imme- diate loss of revenue, and that part of this increase would come from absorb ing private letter-carrying business in cities, now conducted in direct or in direct violation of the statutes.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-12-23

THE bill to reimburse out of the national treasury those members of con- gress who lost money by Silcott's defal- cation may be all right from the con- Rressional point of view, but to outsiders it looks like putting premium on very loose financial methods. which the un- fortunate congressman are as much to blame for as any body, and little more
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-12-23

M RIVER RAILROAD.
 IN EFFECT SEPTEMBER IS, 1SS9 FROM WATERBURY TO CROMWELL. Lea> e Waterbury, New England station, s:55 am, 12:55, 4:30, 6.42 D. m. Leave Waterbury, Dublin street, 500 a. m.. 9:1o am; 1:1O, 4:47, *7:O7 D.. m Leave Meriden $50 a. m,, 1:57, 5:45 p. m, FROM CROMWELL TO WATERBURY, Leave Cromwell, 6:3o a. m., 1918, 4:aopm Leave Meriden, West Main street, 7:O2, 9:2O a, m, 1851, 500, 635 D. m. Arrive at Dublin street, 74O n.11 a. m 1855, $50, 7:35 p. m. Arrives Waterbury, N. E. station. 7:55, 1O:26 a. m l:50 G:05, S:05 D. m. *For Meriden and way stations ouly, arrive at 752 D. m.
 All u ains arrive at and leave West Main street, Meriden.
 CHAS. M. CRAWFORD, Supt
 Meriden Conn
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-12-23
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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-12-23

Autumn Lay of the Tramp. The air Is nipping, but get no nip; My spacious lodgings in the park are cold; The weather seems to have me on the hip. And these rheumatics make me feel quite old. My ventilated togs much too thin, The pave is chill to my unguarded sole; My eyes are full of dust and begin To weep, a1asl my tears can't controll My only handkerchief is round my neck I've lost my collar button and must tie What was collar, but is now . wreck, To save my lungs-I am too young to diel hie me to the suburbs for meal, But fate accostS me with a visage hard, Begging for just bitc-I would not steal I get it from big dog in the yard: The seasons cold! The world is colder still It treats me just as though were scampi The night comes on! Could but have my will I'd be bank cashier and not a tramp.
 N Y. Herald.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-12-23

Der loved ones that he fain would clasp again Go, rather weep at life and for the living, For hearts that still go hungering to be fed; Around you cast your tears and smiles and kisses, The quick hath need of them and not the dead Mrs. R. G. Tyler, in Christian at Work. The Summer Girl. The summer girl-O! where is she,
 The sweet the rare, the radiant maid! Gone; but her form we'll shortly see
 In glossy sealskin robes arrayed- And when the snow begins to whirl
 And eddy in the ambient air She'll blossom out winter girl,
 AS fascinating and as fair. She draws us, sways she wills;
 She smiles and to her side we fly; We'll run up livery stable bills
 To take her sleighing by and by.
 Boston Courier.
 Don't You Care. What are you crying about, little man, You have hard lesson, you says
 Well, there! Don't you care.
 That's no sad affair, You are bound to have those in your day. Be brave, little man, hard work Is your plant You'll come out all right, don't you care What are you grumbling about, business mani Dame Fortune is frowning, you say!
 Well, there! Don't you care,
  She's sure to smile you some day. Repining my man, is 8 very poor plan, You're going to succeed, don't you care. What are you sorrowing for, aged mani Your end is approaching, you say!
 Well, there! Don't you care,
 You have no time to spare, Prepare for your journey away. Have peace, weary man, 'tis part of Gods plan, You are safe in His hand, don't you care. Frank B. Welch, in Detroit Free Press
 In Q Restaurant. Like one who loves two dozen maidens fair, But can not say just which he loves the most
 Lucille, whose supple figures her chief boast, Or Rose, with the Danae shower of golden hair, Or sweet Egeria-till in wild despair He feels as though he would give up the ghost,
 But flies headlong unto the 'hitching post" And weds an old red headed freckled scare; So I, sore puzzled as to what I'll choose Of all these dishes in their French array, For which my spirit musically calls, Grow weary soon, and all my patience lose, And in dazed manner to the waiter say: "Oh, botheratfon! bring me codfsh- -ballsr Puck
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-12-23
Why Weep at Death?

Why Weep at Ueath! Why weep at death when life is so much saddcrf Life, with its partings and its bitter tears Life, with its blighted hopes and blank to-mor>
 rows,
 Life, with it's sad, sweet longings, and its
 guilty fears. Dost think the loved one sleeping there 50
 sweetly,
 The calm smile frozen on tho dear, dead face Would take again his sad life in his keeping, Would feel his heart still beat in its old placei In which to sit in dumb and speeches. pain 1; No silent partings, while his heart is breaking Der loved ones that he fain would clasp again. Go, rather weep at life and for the living, For hearts that still go hungering to be fed; Around you cast your tears and smiles and kissesl The quick hath need of them and not the dead
 Mrs. R. G. Tyler, in Christian at Work.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-12-23
POETRY or THE PRESENT.

November. The husbandman protects his store In cellar, barn and bin; The Children count the treasures OCT That they have gathered tu- The nuts that drying they have spread, The corn to pop, and apples red. The sharper bites the frosty air, More thankful do they grow For comforts that will help them bear The winters cold and snow; And crowned with blessings. health ana cheer, Forget to mourn the dying year. Sarah E. Howard, in Good Housekeeping.
 The Ballad of Ben Bosen. Ben Bosen was sailor man, But not man asSailer, Therefore he would not whale man But only man Q whaler. He'd sail the seas and seize the sails, And when he'd heave the lead He would be led to heave and, pale, Throw up the sponge, most dead. He'd eye his pipe and pipe his eye When smoking was forbidden; When wet he'd say that he was dry And search for liquors hidden. Sometimes he'd sec ship; sometimes He'd only ship sea The climes he saw were mostly climbs Upon the ropes to see. Ben's hard tack was to tack the ship, Yet never man was sooner Than be- when in the slip, to slip And quick attack Q "sohooner." He was aboard when on the sea, When on the land Q boarder. Though not 8 boarding pirate, he Was then a pie-rate boarder. Though Ben could not direct at sea, At sea he could die wrecked; His resurrection day would be The day they'd raise her wrecked One day a shark went swimming by, And Ben, .nlas! he filled him, No shark they said, could make him die Unless the shock first killed him.
 -Philadelphia PresA
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-12-23

Autumn Leaves. In early youth loved @ village maid And lived in ecstasy for days and days Her dainty feet through all my future strxycd Her bright eyes beamed in all its purple haze. My love was fierce in tenderness and joy; It was 8 thing divine and thrilled my soul Until it changed me from 0 foolish boy To one who deemed tho world in his control. Waking, wandered in a realm of dreams And builded castles by distant sea, Kissed everywhere by mellow glory gleams, And she was queen, and dwelt with love and
 me-
 Brief was the f1ckle summer of our bliss, For cruel fate our hearts asunder tore; One autumn eve we parted with 9 kiss And went in other ways forevermore. An me! know not what my life had been Lit by the tender lovelight of her eyes; Perhaps still, as then, had wandered in The outskirts of Gods blessed paradise. only know that oft when leaves are red Vague loneliness comes OCT me like spell. And then see her stand with dropping head, And hear again her sweet voice sob: Fare
 we'll"
 George Horton, in Chicago Herald.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-05-16
The Head of the Army.

General Schofield's salary is SIS, 900.
Although he is the successor of Sher-
idan, who followed line of soldiers in
the Office who were National heroes.
and although he is rightfuIly the in
cumbent by reason of his services to
the country, his career has not been
such as to make his name over familiar
to people generally. His military life
has been long and the duties faithfully
performed. but in few events he has
been very conspicuous. General Scho-
field was born on the Goth of Septem-
Der. 1881. He graduated from the
United States Military Academy in
1858. in the same class with Sheridan,
Mcpherson and Hood. Before the war
he left the service to become profess
sor of natural science in university,
but at the breaking out OF hostilities
he entered the army as a volunteer
A Majors commission was rendered
to him at once and on November p,
1861. he had reached the grade of
Bridadier-General- He served all
through the war, notably in the At
lantic campaign, and for a time was
Secretary of War in Grants first Cab
met. AT present his duties are prac-
tically nominal. for there are plenty of
subOrdinates to look after details. He
has an Office in the department build
ing which is principally interesting for
the relics which it contains of his serv-
ice- Sheridan filled up his Office in
similar way, and it was a favorite
spot for sightseers- The remark is
frequently heard here that Sheridan
died as result of idleness. He was
accustomed to typical soldiers life
and sinecure worried him more than
campaign.-Louisvi Courier-Jour-
nal -
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-05-16
A MISTAKE RECTIFIED.

A Delaware Groom Who Had Faith In
His Minister'S Honesty.
Ministers marriage fees add much &c
their incom es during the year in many
localities We are told of case that
occurred in Sussex a short time ago.
The minister was about entering the
church to preach where a revival meet
ing was being carried on when a man
stepped up and asked him if he could
marry him after tn e preaching.
Yes. 1 guess So" replied the minis
ter.
''What will you charger
''Whatever you think right" said
the minister.
''Well, what are you IN the habit of
receiving?"
''Oh, WELL" said the minister, THAT
depends upon the liberality of the per
son married; and this means some pay
large fees and others small ones"
''Well, how would $1.5O suit?''
81 am satisfied" said the minister,
eff it is for you"
Cali right" said the prospective
groom, I'LL be on hand after the
preaching."
And he was. with his bride, and they
were married. When he handed the
minister note and a silver half dollar
the minister placed the money in his
vest pocket without looking at the
amount. When he got home he took
the money out, and found that instead
of a one-dollar note it was two-dollar
note. A week afterward he saw the
groom, who asked him if his fee was
all right.
You gave me two and half" said
the preacher.
Yes" said the groom. 81 made a
mistake and handed you the two-dollar
note instead of one, but I knew you
would make it all right"
And the minister did, handing him
back one dollar.-Dover Oel.) Sem
tinel.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-05-16
The Sunbeam Of Existence.

Cheerfulness is the sunbeam of ex-
fstence- 1t penetrates into the small
est crevices. 1t drives away the dark.
est nists- If ever a man came into
the world with destiny, the cheerful
man Is that one. 1t is his mission to
preach unconsciousiy the doctrine of
happiness. He is true apostle.
Cheerfulness is the active principle of
physical as well a moral life. This
active principle lies dormant within
every man unless he is spiritually and
physically defective. 1t requires cul-
tivation to make it bear fruit. It il
better than money because it can not
be lost. 1t is better than learning.
because learning opens the book of
life and convinces US that we never
can see but an infinitesimal segment
of all that is to be known. The phi
losopher Goethe. with all his inspira-
ton and erudition, on his death bed
cried for more light" more light.
But cheerfuluess satisfies. Cheerful
ness irradiates the deepest gloom and
alone makes life worth nying.-De.
troit Free Presa
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-05-16


committeth adultery:' Hence no man
and no legislation can validity dissolve
the contract.
..Marlk. Luke and Paul all fatty for
bid divorce vinculo. The law of the
Catholic church Is inflexible. Pope
Clement VII. refused to sanction Henry
Kills divorce from Catherine of
Aragon. and England was lost to the
church.
1.-The ease with which releases from
matrimonial contracts are obtained in
some of our States is .fraught with
dangerous consequences Some of the
pretended causes evoked are so trivial
that they would raise smile if the
matter were not SO terribly serious.
"You may shrink from the rigor OF
the Catholic teaching. but surely it is
merciful beside the cruel consequences
of indisciiminate divorces we see nova
days.
Eyes, the marriage of divorced
Catholic during his partners lifetime
necessarily involves his being put with
out the pale of the church. In such
cases it is not only the right. but the
duty, of our priests to refuse the Of
fender absolution or the sacraments.
But should hesitate to go so far as to
refuse the sacraments to Catholic
who had merely obtained divorce"
American.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-05-16
NEW YORK FASHIONS.
Some of the Stylish Novelties Noticed b
Gotham Fashion Writer.

Some of the Stylish Novelties Noticed by
q Gotham Fashion Writer.
French cashmere is fabric that
holds it's place in fashionable favor
year after year, and season after sea-
son. with unvarying monotony. New
patterns are just received, which are
more than ever tempting and desira-
ble-frst. from their most beautiful
and varied coloring and wonderfully
delicate finish, and again from the fact
that they are everlasting wear. and
neither wrinkle nor crease like many
of the grades in Henrietta cloth and
other fine wool fabrics. The fresh in
voices have some charming features,
among others the dainty qualities of
figured patterns on pale-hued grounds,
with fine foulard designs in delicate
colors. These fancy cashmeres are
specially adapted for watering place
wear. and their various colors and de-
signs give wide choice for both young
women and their elders.
Turkish batiste is the name of new
cotton material that is finer than cam
brio and more opaque than lawn.
There are plain and gaily-fgured
goods In this material. New French
muslin in exquisite qualities repeat
the beautiful patterns and tapestry de-
signs of Persian and French fou1ard
silks. Shifting cambrics fer neglige
waists are shown in pretty new checks.
stripes and Pompadour devices
French cotton cheviots in Oxford
goods with plain surfaces, and in Cam
bridge fabrics with fnely-twilled face
are also used for fancy morning
waists.
Some of the stylish gowns noted
among the fair promenaders on the
avenues are marvels of fit and finish.
braiding still being a favorite decora-
ton. Many in Directoire fashion are
simply wrought, but the smartest are
deliberately decorated with new sort
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-05-16

Of silk soutache or gimp. which gives
the pattern the effect of heavy rich
applique work. Next to the braided
and magnificently-bo gowns.
large plaids and stripes are popular.
Most of these this season have redin-
cote of the same, or q bodice every
where bias. opening over astyilsn vest
of some description, with deep from
wellian cuffs to match Upon otneF
gowns at the importing-houses. now
ever. and also in the display-rooms OF
leading modistes. are deftly drapeo
plaided skirts with very elegant ]er-
seys above IN monochrome-thesev va
riously decorated and quite often very
oddly trimmed with some of the plaid
ed goods. Jerseys are popular still.
in spite of their want of novelty. OF
course these are never seen on dress
occasions, if those are excepted which
are made of marvelously fine and
flexible silks and rare open-work tex
tiles studded with gems, superbly en-
broidered Or lace finished and sleeve
less. But the jersey pure and simple.
yet elegant in effect, is good invest
ment, as a perfect fit is always assured
in advance, and so far as economy goes
it can be bought for less than the max
ing of an equally well-appearing bod
ice often costs. with, in sense, the
material for nothing. The jersey real
ly gives the appearance of a tailor
made gown at little cost. A well-fit-
ting silk or satin underwaist should al
was be worn beneath jersey. 1t IA
oil tot he a of he loft
and greatly aids in keeping it in posi-
ton, innocent as it is of either bones
or braces.-N. Y. Evening Post.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-05-16
F.lY HENNERx.

Iced Score Of hens ormore, q
8 Dear hens they are to me-
E The eggs they lay
VIII hardly pay Ks -
Tho time IL takes, You see: 81
Sope days flakes two dozen hens
To-Day one egg at vast eggspens
can not herd them in the ward.
They'd fly above the moon:
And now that spring
Is on the wing,
They keep the place In tune
~Cut-cut-ca-da cut!' are the words
That fit the anthems Of my birds.
Cutcut-ca-dawT They scratch and claw, 6
They scar the dimpled lawn;
Flower beds make
For them to rake
They scratch from early dawn:
Like surface moles they dig great holes,
And wailow in their dusty bowls.
Why do herd this useless bird. -. -
That cackles, but not lays?
That wastes her time.
And much of NINE
In all these busy days!
Because, when Imoved out OF town. knew it
KIND o. somehow thought ought to do it. Z
r. j. Burdette, in BroolNyn Eagle.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-05-16
THE EARTH'S DURATION.

Instructive Speculations on . Theme of
Never-Ceasing Interest.
The present age of the earth has
been placed by Sir William Thomson
at LOG, 900, 600 years, while the specula-
tions of others have given much larger
figures. NJ. Adolphe d. Assier, who
believes such estimates to be greatly
exaggerated, considers the life of the
earth in three periods, which he terms,
the igneous Or nebulo-stellar stadium,
the stadium of solar illumination or of
organic life, and the stadium of dark
ness. cold and death. The first
which began with the detachment of
the terrestrial nebula from the solar,
and ended in the formation of the
crystalline crust of the globe-he cal
culates from physical laws to have
been 500, 200 years in duration. The
second the present epoch,
and to close with extinction of the sun,
embracing the entire cycle of geological
formations found by geological and
physical evidence as likely to have a
total length of 25,O0O.OOO years, of
which more that half has passed. The
third stadium-starting from the end
of collar illumination, and closing in
the terrible and inevitable catastrophe
of the fall of the earth to the sun, and
momentarily frightened by the in
candescence of the earth as the moon
crashes into twill have a length
that can not be calculated until the
precise rate of acceieratiOn of the mo-
ton of the earth around the center of
attraction is known, but will probably
be, at the lowest estimate, 100, 600. 600
years or more. Upon the whole. the
present age of the earth appears to be
about 5000. 900 years This is but
small part of its existence, and every
thing leads to the belief that its tota;
evolution through the immensely Of
space will exceed a million centuries
Traveller
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-05-16
THE DIVORCE PROBLEM.
Position of the Catholic Church the
Marriage Question.

Position of the Catholic Church the
Marriage Question.
Cardinal Gibbons has been inter-
viewed regarding the position of the
Catholic church to the question Of
divorce and remarriage, and he said:
THE church holds that under GER
necessary. but in no case does it sane
ton a divorce implying the right to
remarriage.
THE church holds marriage to be
irrevocable. There is no absolute re-
lease allowed a vinculo. The Gospel
forbids a man to have more than one
wife or wife to have more than one
husband, and we follow the Gospel
teaching. -
Marriage is the most aviolable of
all contracts. Adultery alone may
justify a divorce, in the cases of sep
aration. But not in any case does it
justify a remarriage during the life
time of the two partners to the we'd
ding contract. Moses. We know, per-
mitted separation in principle, but in
this liberation the great law-giver had
regard to the violent passions of the
Jewish people for whom he legislated.
and to their liability to fall into great
er excess if their desire for divorce
were altogether refused.
Then, you know, our Lord Himself
says: whatsoever shall put away his
wife, and shall marry another. COM
mitteth adultery while, though an in
jured consort may be justified by the
Gospel in obtaining divorce. from
bed and board, the church firmly
maintains that this does not imply the
privilege of remarrying, whatever Pro-
testant commentators may assert to the
contrary.
when the Pharisees tempted Christi
you may remember, the Saviour an
swered: And say to you that who
soever shall put away his wife, except
it be for fornication, and shall marry
another. committeth adultery; and he
that shall marry her that is put away