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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-10-17
THE WHISPERING CORN.

Have you e'er walked at early morn Beside field of stately corn, Just while the red sun crossed tho rim Of this round world, mst-wet and dimf Often have I. if but to hear
 Mysterious whisperings farand near. 'Tis just at natures waking time, While hillsides yet are whito with rime, And while the first lark, rising, filings Dew-spray from of h:s ea-.y wings, And now and then faint sound tells Where cattle rise and shake their bells 'Hush," says the corn, ''with dog and gun. 1see hunter hither run.
 Oh, tremb bling hare, far inward hic: Lie close, oh, partridge, do not hy.'' The hunter lists. 1tseems to say: 'No game is lurking here today" Sometimes the farmer comes to sec, Ana then 1t says: Here's gold for thee, Which sun and air and sky and soil Have gathered to reward thy toll. Ten thousand sentinels in line Guard each his gift for thee and thine" Or If some Dives walks for health, Worn out with care of useless wealth, It whispers: 'You make gold of tears, O1 hunger, curses, prayers and fears, But here are alchemists whose gold Must feed the hungry, warm the cold" Sometimes with heavy heart there goes Alove-lorn swain along the rows; Then List" it lisps, Sat husking bee, When rafters ring with rustic glee or brown-cheeked maids and merry men. AhI you shall kiss her, kiss her then" Thus oft in low, mysterious wise Soft voices from the tall corn rise Lulled lispings, as though unknown tongue Whispered the long lush leaves among They tell me secrets sweet and true; They'll whisper, if you wish, to you.
 George Horton, in Chicago Herald.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-10-17
STRANGE AND STRIKING.

A PLAIN gold ring was lately found by Washington (N. O. man imbedded in 2 large block of ice. ...-..
 A FARMER in Harrison County. O., while repairing his house recently found pocket book that he lost in 1S40.
 WOMEN have often successfully hid valu- ables in their hair, and young French lady recently found 1,00O-franc note in her de- ceased mothers chignon.
 SAYS a Philadelphia jeweler: II had @ man in here lately whose watch would not run properly just because he wore it over his heart. It's odd, but if man Is of active temperament it makes his watch run slow" A NEW YORK farmer fired shot at the reflection of 2 burglar in Q mirror and shiv cred the glass. When he came to replace the mirror he found Q niche in the wall back of it wherein his grandfather had secreted s15, GOO in cash.
 A BOY in Maryland recently found 8 smaA | snake having two perfectly developed
 heads When leased it will strike viciously,
 sometimes with both heads and sometimes
 with one. Each is perfectly independent of the other, and is attached to the body about thfee-quarters of an inch back on the neck. A RESIDENT of Clarksville, Ga, lately cut perfectly sound, fresh-looling muskmelon he had just received from Banks County, and upon examination it was found that 8
 number of the seeds had sprouted, and had roots nearly an inch long. The melon was l perfectly sound and the flesh firm and nice. | A REMARKABLE wedding took place at | Goshen, Ind, recently. Messick Carpen- ter, aged eighty mine, was welded to Mrs. Phene Clandaniel, who has seen sixty-nine summers. Both of the contracting parties 1 had been welded three times before, and they were accompanied at the ceremony by
 their grandchildren. ,
 l BY A series of strange coincidences eight young people living in Hatfield township. l near Lansdale, Pa, became engaged. to each other at the same time, fixed upon the l same date for their marriage, and were l married by the same minister ct the same
 place and hour the other day. Up to the l hour of the ceremony each Of ths tOuF
 couples had been totally unaware of the in. | tention of the others, as to when, where
 and by whom they should be married, al.
 though the fact of their engagement was l known. ~.t E THERE is lady in Ellijoy, Ga, who has a
 singular experience about reading. When
 she was about twenty years old she was
 converted and tolned the church. She did
 not know how to read, just barely knew l her letters, and she was very anxious to
 read the Bible. She got her sister to help
 her read three chapters in the Bible. and
 then she took it up herself, and can read
 the Bible as duently as any one, and pro ] nounce all the proper names correctly The strange part of it is that she can not read any thing else but the Bible. She can moi get any sense out of g newspaper or any other book. .s @ A
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-10-17

Cooperation as a method of carrying savlngs of workingmen, has gained very definite recognition ill this country. It is matter of common knowledge that in the west and in the middle states, not less than in the east, it has been success full, and that large business interests are more and more being turned into this form of management. In England and in France, as shown by MT Holyoake and M. Millerand, who are authorities on this subject in their respective coun- tries, the movement is making decided progress on right lines, and both coun- tries have already furnished striking in- stances of successful cooperation. The government has clearly recognized the system, and leading statesman without regard to party have taken an active interest in it.
 The principle at the root of co-opera- tion is that labor is property, and is en- titled to protection and interest like any other property. It is also insisted upon that labor, in performing the harder part in production, should get the larger part as profit or compensation. It claims that the workman shall share the profit in the proportion in which his labor. creates it. In this view, which MT Holyoake advances, this method of doing business is equitable, but it is apparent that both in England and in France this industria partnership demands and imposes trou- ble and patience upon employers and workmen. It is in these industrial part nerships that cooperation advances most rapidly. By this means employers are able to retain their best workmen and avoid the difficulties which grow out of the restlessness of the wage earn CTS. In France the situation has been greatly assisted since the adoption of the decree of 1888 which made distinct pro. vision for the interest of cooperative SO cieties and removed most of the obstacles in the way of their formation and sue cess. There is no royal progress in the adoption of this, method, but wherever it has been adopted under favorable conditions it has improved the industrial situation. ,.e-e
 It is evident that capital has beer having an undue advantage over labor in the distribution of results, and co operation, so far as it may tend tt equalize or more nearly approximate this distribution, is to be welcomed bJ workmen, and even by employees them selves who look with intelligent fore sight to the solution of the vexed pro blem of the introdependence of capita and labor. Certainly the progress that the system is making is encouraging for the impossible conflict seeks fo1 peaceful settlement, and cooperation seems destined as most effective mean' to thiSend.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-10-17

IT is becoming a very common thing nowadays to read of some impulsive young fellow-and occasionally an old one-being sued for administering kiss to some unwilling lass. Susceptible bachelors, and benedicts too, for that matter, are advised to confine their at tentions to those girls, who, to their own knowledge, are not of a litigious turn of mind.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-10-17

CHAUNCEY DEPEw is out as a prophet. He says that Governor Hill is man of remarkable ability, but that beyond a doubt Grover Cleveland will be nomi- mated by the democrats in 1892. Harri- son has the chances all in his favor for 8 re-nomination on the republican side but Blaine is too young and chipper to retire. Prohibition is a failure and the party is going to pieces.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-10-17

THE Danbury News proudly boasts that there were only ninety arrests in that alleged center of culture during fair week.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-10-17

CHAIRMAN MAT QUAY of the republi- can national committee has evolved a gigantic scheme, which if carried out promises badly for the cause of pure and honest elections. Quay's brilliant idea is to turn the republican party into a gigantic corporation with yearly assess ments of $10 on each share of stock, and with dividends declared quadrennially in favors at the public crib. The sug. gestion is an acknowledgment that money is the source of republican pow CT at elections.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-10-17
The Police Court Brand.

Rounder-ssHave you any decent whisky, That last got here wasn't fit to drinl1l'' Bartender--s'rhat can't be, sir. We keep nothing but fine whisky" Rounder-"Fine whisky. Yes, that's rightl My fine was Sl and costs"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-10-17

WHAT President Eliot of Harvard thinks of the pension system under the Harrison administration: You cannot tell now whether a pensioner was 8 brave man or cowardly deserter. You cannot tell whether he received an honorable wound or contracted catarrh 20 years after the war ended. You cannot tell whether he is a pauper who has foisted himself upon the nation. It is crime against the country, and it is a republican administration that has brought it to this condi tion.
 NEW YORK evidently has "Jack the Clubber." On Sunday night October 6 Edward H. Woodbridge was fatally clubbed and robbed on Seventh avenue, New York. The following Tuesday night Thomas Carey was found dying on the street within half a block of the spot where Woodbridge was found. Both had been sandbagged. Both had their skulls fractured in the same place. Both were robbed of everything of value they had. Both have died leaving no clue by which the murderer can be iden- tified.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-10-17
WANTED
WILLIAM H. COLLINS,
FIRE ALARM.

FIRE ALARM,
 LIST OF FIRE ALARM BOXES.
 Corner Willow Vest Main.
 Exchange Place.
 IA East Main and W C ott Road 15 Corner Cherry az East Main, 21 Horse Railroad Stable (private) 23 Iron Bridge, West Main.
 "A Waterbury Brass Co., (private) 25 Corner Johnson and Waterville 26 Corner Prospect and Grove
 H Junction North Main, Grove and North Fla, 2S Waterbury Mfg. Co.
 32 Corner Washington and South Main 34 Waterbury Buckle Co.
 s5 Benedict & Burnham Mfg Co.
 S6 Waterbury Watch Co. .(private.)
 3S Corner Grand and South Main
 42 Corner Union and Franklin.
 4as Scovin Mfg. Co. (private)
 45 Corner Clay and Mill. 46 No. Hose House, Baldwin.
 47 Corner Dublin Street and ittleAllev 312 Corner Meadow and Bank 314 Corner Meadow and Cedar street. a21 Plume < Atwood Mfg. Co. (private.) 323 Holmes, Booth & Haydens, 0rivate.) 324 No. Hose House. dSo Corner Smons and Burnham streets INSTRUCTIONS KEY HOLDERS To give an alarm, open the door, pull the hook down once and let go, then close the door
 Do not pull the hook if the re bell or small arr, m the box is striking as that indicates an alllbe has already been given.
 rival of an officer of the Fire Department % who d will release the key. or, if circumstances will moi permit remaining, then the proper officer will re | turn the Key to the holder as soen as convenient Always give the alarm from the box nearest the
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-10-17
MI RIVER RAILROAD

M MERIDEN, WATERBURY < CONNECTICUT M RIVER RAILROAD
 IN EFFECT SEPTEMBER IS. 1ss9
 FROM WATERBURY TO CROMWELL. Leas e Waterbury, New England station, s:55 am, 12:55, 43O 6.42 p. m ''N-' Leave Waterbury, Dublin street. 500 a. m., 9l0 am; 1:1o, 447. *7:G D. m
 Leave Merlden, $50 a. m., 1:57, 5:45 p. m,
 FROM CROMWELL TO WATERBURY. Leave Cromwell, 6:3O a. m, 121s 4.aOp.m. Leave Meriden, West Main street. 7:O2 9,a0 a. m . 12:51, 500, 6:35 SD. m. - -''' Arrive at Dublin street, TAO, n.11 a. m 1:35, 5so 7:35 p. m. ' Arrives Waterbury. N. E. station. 7:55, 1926 a. m, *For Meriden and way stations only arr;,,. if 7:52 D. m. " All trains arrive at and leave West Main street.
 CHAS. M. CRAWFORD, Supt.
 Merden, Conn
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-10-17

UPHoLSTERING w general urn;turc Repairing Oak Pic ture Frames made to order, Varnishes, Oil Fiffislos iiand M8cd Stains in alt colors, All goods Called for and delivered. .i;' '.3=e.f GEO. Q. BOOTH, t-.
 IS Abbott Avenue
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-10-17
DR HENRY F. GILL,

DIR HENRY F. GILL,
 PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Office--165 South Main Street. Free Consultation from g. m. to sp m. Office closed on Sundays till November l.
 SOME OF THE REASONS Why it is to the advantage of those in need of Skillful Medical Services to employ Dr GILL 1st-He is the only regular graduate of Medicine and Surgery in this part of the State making a speciality of CHRONIC COMPLAINTS and FEMALE DIFFICULTIES. 2d-He has had an extended experience of over 22 years in hospital and private practice and has successfully treated thousands. Sd-Dr Gill's "Combination Method' Of curing disease is based on Science and Exper1ence, the result of years of study and practice, ana is most successful.
 TIC, He uses nothing but the purest Vege- table Extracts and has everything prepared according to his own fOfmulaS by Sk1llful Chemists.
 5th-He is moderate in his terms and shows special consideration for those in poor cir cIlmstances who are worthy. Patients pay by the month and the doctor furnishes all medicine without extra charge. 6tn-Dr Gill can be consulted on the most del icate medical subject in the STRlCTESI CONFIDENCE, and ladies' married or single, speedy relief. Good board and nursing when reouired Parties writing for terms or ad- vice must give full name and enclose stamp.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1889-06-12
cellulose Armor for Ships.

Cellulose armor for ships is one OF the
most interesting inventions of the day.
It is a fibrous substance produced in
France by a secret mechanical process
from cocoanut husk. When COM
pressed its specific gravity is far less
than that of cork. 1t is the lightest
solid known, and therefore invaluable
for life belts and life mattresses, while
in large quantities its buoyancy will
make q ship unsinkable. 1t is used to
fill compartments in ships side and
serves to prevent water entering the
ship through hole made by pro-
jectile or rock, because the instant the
water enters the cellulose is expanded
by it to an impenetrable thickness. II
does not decay or emit any odor. and
has been packed in ships compart-
ments without undergoing any change.
II mass of cellulose be penetrated by
a projectile it will not be ignited by
the friction. If the neck of a bottle
full of water be filed with cellulose it
will effectually cork the bottle. 1t is
coming largely into use in the Frepch
navy.-London Court Journal.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1889-06-12
HARRlsoN'S DISGRACE.
An Interview Dissraceful Both to tn
President and the People.

An Interview Dissraceful Both to tho
President and the People.
The President has allowed himself
to be interviewed by representative
OF the Milwaukee Herald on the sub
ject of appointing German Americans
to Office. Mr.. Harrison defended him
self against the allegation that he was
not friendly to the German-Americans,
and declared that that body of voters
would eventually be satisfied with
what he did for them. A further
statement is made. not as coming from
the President, but rather as deduc.
tion from what was said, that he had
done quite as we'll by the German
Americans as Cleveland had done in
the first few months of his term.
No more disgraceful episode than
this has ever occurred in American
politics. For President OF the
United States to stand and deliver on
demand his reasons or excuses for not
appointing certain class of his sup
porters to office is the most humiliat-
| ing spectacle the American people
have yet seen. 1t shows, too, the re-
gard Mr.. Harrison has for his Office.
He apparently looks upon himself as
an almoner of offices, and that he was
elected for the purpose OF parceling
out 1.-THE spoils' among those whose
votes elevated him to the place. He
is not the Executive OF great peo
pie, leader in politics and statesman
ship, but a mere dispenser of ''loaves
and fishes" interested only in making
a fair division among the variou!
.clans of his supporters. To this deg
radiation has the Presidential Office
come.
The records of spoilsmen may b.
searched from Jackson's day until th'
present, and no instance will be foun'
where President has been put to hi
excuses, at the instance of newspa
per, for not recognizing this or tha
nationality Of his party. Two o
three of the Presidents have, possibly
been as moderate in intellectual ca
pacity as MIR. Harrison. but they wer
men of great self-respect and woul
have no more responded to the impel
tinent queries of wandering news
paper reporter than they would hav
thought of exhibiting themselves Il
Barnum's Museum.
From any standpoint the intervie,
is disgraceful both to the President an
the people. 1t makes no difference to tn
people whether the German-Amer
cans, the Irish-Americans or Amer
can-Americans have each their dr
share of offices or not. Nor is it tt
Presidents duty to see that an equili
rum of Office is maintained betwee
them 1t is high time that this di
tiaetsqp in party asaoaalities shou
The Louisiana Democrat., 1889-06-12
SPIRIT OF THE PRESS.

Corporal Tanner and the claim
agents appear to have the American
eagle by the tail.-Louisville Courier
journal.
President Harrison, above all OF
his predecessors, has comprehended
the relative value of his office.-N.
Y. Times.
"A man may have acquired much
glory during the war, but 1t fades
away as soon as he so far forgets his
country and his God as to announce
his disbelief in high protective tariff.
N. Y. Herald.
1t was Wanamaker himself who
once wrote an advertisement reading:
I'VE have striped women's stockings
at fifteen cents per pair" This was
the beginning of great mans busi-
ness career Detroit Free Press.
The Republican members OF
committee of the New York Legisla-
ture, which has been investigating the
trusts, have reported that trusts are
blessing. We like to see party men
have the courage to avow openly their
party's real principles. Boston Globe.
benjamin F. Butler failed to es-
tablish himself as military genius
during the war. Perhaps he can add
to his laurels by questioning the cour-
age now of men who served the cause
of the Union with fidelity. and whose
records are not stained by deeds OF OPP
preston. rapacity or greed.-N. Y.
World.
In Chicago the patronage board,
consisting OF Republican United
States Senator and three Republican
Congressman, called the new Repub-
lican postmaster into the session and
the four divided the patronage in what
is described as solemn conclave." "
Such conclaves will make President
Harrison solemn before he is through
with the patronage policy that origin
ated them. St Louis Republic.
-"A little daughter OF w. +
Griffith received letter from an aun
who lives in Dakota that speaks vel
, for the honesty of Uncle Sans posta
l rust!ers on the route. The envelop
, was unsealed- had been scaled
and three dollars in bank notes In
closed was visible. The money wa
e sent as present to the little girl, an
e in some oversight the envelope wa
; not closed.'a' Such honesty is cas-
n enough accounted for. You see, tn
j. rascals have not been turned Int
d eaice yst-Joplia lMo.l Herald
The Louisiana Democrat., 1889-06-12

he dronped. and least OF all should II
be kept alive by the President OF tne
United States.
How the honest mugwunAps ana
Ciyil-Service reformers, who voted
for Harrison last November beca 1se
he was so much better reformer
than Cleveland. must rejoice over this
last manifestation of his zeal in the
interests Of true reform!-Chlcago
Herald.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1889-06-12
ton-seed hulls and cotton-seed meal

alone.
Seven years ago Mr.. A. J. Wick, 9
Texan. turned some cattle into lot
for the night. On the ground we're
some cotton-seed hulls, thrown there
to fertilize the land, as they were
thought to be fit for nothing else. The
cattle ate the hulls and seemed to en-
JOY them. They were given more'
mixed with cotton-seed meal, and they !
waxed fat. In few months they were
sold for 6 cents on foot, and MIR. Vlck'
who had bought them poor, made
profit of $lS a head.
He has been feeding cattle on cotton
seed meal and hulls ever since, and has
been making money every year. Lass
year the firm of A. j. Wick u Co.. ln-
cluding the two divers and Mr.. Iomp-
kins, of the Southern Cotton Oil Com
pany, fed at Houston, New Orleans,
Memphis aud Little Rock $500 cattle
and made about $40, 600 profit.
| Cotton-seed meal and hulls are Or
dinarily supposed to be better Tor ier-
tilizers than for any other purpose;
but by feeding them to cattle the fer
tilizing qualities are not dimished, and
the steer puts on $50 to 200 pounds OF
flesh during the operation.
Mr.. Oliver remarked that from the
400 cattle he had sold go twenty-ton
) carloads of fertilizer at .25 ton-a
} small matter of $1,000, which doubt-
less paid all the expense Of labor in
, handling and feeding. Mr.. Wick said
that he had been giving away the fer
tilizer of 1000 cattle at Little Rock.
but would sell it next year, and the
party who had been hauling it away
wanted to pay $1,000 for it next year
and haul it himself.
A good many farmers. heretofore,
: have been using cotton-seed meal and
: hulls as fertilizers, but the additional
: profit gotten by feeding them first is
: new thing. The farmer is in better
t position to realize it than any one else
}, because he can realize the full value
h of the fertilizer while this cattle firm
t has to sell it for little or nothing, OF
S give it away, to get it out OF the way
d The relation of the new cattle-feed
n ing system to the dressed beef industr.
= is interesting.
h Thoy are naturally and almost in
y evitably competitors. Dressed bee
e has been unusually low this year, an
10 has about driven out the demand TO
/ local beef. There were some who sal
Of that they would do this and put u
h prices when the local cattle interes
b. had died out.
Is BY the new system Mr.. Oliver say
W he can compete with the Western bee
e. and furnish as good an article. The
e. fattened 400 cattle this past winte
le and have sold of about 800. Some {
I'd them were sold to MIR. Tye, and som
AZ shipped to Savannah and other par
Se of the State.
IS; Mr.. Oliver says the meat is the ide'
is- pale pink or white meat" that til
al butchers clamor for, and the flesh
ut tender and juicy.
he There is no telling what will CON
out of the cotton plant. Edward A
ny kinson said that if the New Englar
people had it they would get rich o
il of the stalk and the seed if they had
re- throw away the lint. We seem ju
ed beginning to learn the value OF tt
gh crop.-Atlanta Constitution.
The Louisiana Democrat., 1889-06-12
Standing on Her Dignity.

Husband alarmed Emily, there
seems to be smoke coming up
through the floor. Run and tell the
lady on the fla below. Something's
afire in her part Of this building'
Quick! Quick!
Wife (cold and stately Cyrus, I'll
never do il in the world. We've lived
three months in this fat and she has
never called Qp me. Chicago gE.. .aaa